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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

ing to see what the city OF Keokuk
has to offer him or them they are
pointed to the well known fact that
every industry at present within our
borders is receiving as they should
our loyal support and that this is a
community and class of merchants
and people that he desires to get next
to.
Starch-and Its Uses
When tho housewife, usually the
laundress of the family, strikes"
good grade of starch for her clothes,
and the family's, it is the toughest
proposition on earth to get her to
change from that particular brand Of
starch. Why? Easy enough to an
swer-bad starch is ruinous to more
things than clothes, it ruins tempers,
irons and many other things too num-
erous to enumerate.
For years, Bucks starch has been
household necessity and one of tho
boons of Keokuk families in the past
fifteen years.
To be without it, would be calam-
ity. Bucks starch is a Keokuk made
product, so suffice to say, as all
other Keokuk mace goods are-the
best recommendation it needs.
Pursuing Wise Policy.
No two business establishments are
conducted just alike. Some have
their strong points and others their
weak ones. A quality which applieA
to the former, is observed yearly and
always has been by the Buck-Reiner
Grocery Co. 1t is a we'll known fact
that business house may change
hands many times and in stepping in.
to the business where his predecessor
left off, the new owner may decide to
change the name of a brand of goods,
to please himself, regardless Of the eff
feet it has upon the buying public who
may have been used to certain
brand of goods for years and then
when the label is changed they do not
recognize it even though the goods
are unchanged, identically the same,
and just as good.
1t has ever been the policy CT the
| Buck-Reiner Company to sell goods
| directly as they may appear,
] without the use of a GER
| tain named pet brand, yet
at all times observing that the goods
are the same and of the best quality
| year in and year out. In this way
confusion of labelling is done away
4 with and nuisance to the retail ant
j consuming public, is abated.
a- Just cidding "Adeu.' =
: So In closing-and as a conclusion
to the above fact-laden paragraphs fol
i everybody, the passing remark tina
after all, Keokuk goods are in a1class
J by themselves, are worthy Of the mos
! ltra-fastidious recognition in thu
. world. would seem fitting at just this
juncture in little story about wha
a grocerman has to say.
If the foregoing were all gew-gav
, facts, Mr.. Buck would long ago hay,
, retired from the grocery business. ant
one of the leading business firms ant
, wholesale houses of the section nigh
| not today be in existence. But 1t Il
J Mr.. Bucks devout belief that people
most people anyway--like good plail
truths about such things, and an III
I burdening of them from the head min
| of an active grocery house now an
5 then, relieves every one and keep
. the right path, clean swept.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

Do you know that crol2 can be pre-.
vented? Give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse or even after the croupy cough
appears and it will prevent the at
tack. 1t is also certain cure for
Group and has never been known to
fail. Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
Nitroqen in Animal Charcoal.

Why animal charcoal removes the
color from colored liquids, while wood
charcoal has no effect. has not been
understood. A European chemist now
finds that the action OF the former is
due to the presence of five to seven
per cent of nitrogen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
The Age Of Happiness.

What is the age of happiness? A
great man of science declared his be-
lief that pessimism, like measles. is a
complaint of youth, and calm joy the
characteristic Of age. The Women
Workers have just been told by Mrs.
Creighton that middle age is happier
than the springtime OF life. london
Telegraph
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

suit A small quantity was scraped
I'D later and given to the police to
aid them in their search for the MI
hilistic-intending persons who evident
ly mean to wipe out the barber shop
Police Informed.
The same evening of the afternoon S
occurrence, Mr.. Osborne Informed the
police of what had happened and for
a week the officers have been quietly
searching for the man who is supposed
to have been the one who placed the
powder in the coal box. Several sus-
poets are being kept under surveil-
lance. and sooner or later an arrest
is expected which may lead to the
conviction of the parties who are
guilty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

mind OF that individual, is cleanliness.
from the very beginning, and never
does a package, carton of any de-
scr1ption, ever leave the "house" I'M
TIL those in charge of the manufacture
OF these products are contented in
mind that they are safe to be set
upon the table OF an epicure.
Automatic machinery handles every
grain of oats and from standpoint
of cleanliness, no food can be better
prepared. Every particle Of undiges-
tible substance is removed so that
only the best elements, making de-
licious flavor, find themselves in every
package of Purity goods.
Purity oats are sterilized by a pro-
cess, which this company originated,
and are thus enabled to assure pur-
chasers that bug or weevil will
never find it's way into their goods
If packed in the round package.
Quality is the factor which enters
first, last and all of the time in the
making Of Purity rolled oats, and
to the people of Keokuk and contigu-
GUS territory, it is but fair and just
to say as preface and at conclu.
sion that it is only fair to remember
in purchasing, to put the products oil
a home institution first before all 9th
ers, especially when these products
are of meritorious value.
The retailer as we'll as the consum
err, basing facts upon that Statement,
should insist on having Purity Oats
because they are made in Keokul.
We desire to again say that tht
consumer of these goods will serve
their own interests best by demand
ing from the retailer or distributor
that all cereals should bear the name
of the manufacturer so that the mai
| or firm who puts out the best goods
on earth shall receive his proper cred
it, therefore when you want rolled
| oats be sure you get the Purity brant
in the round package.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
Proprietor Non-PIused.

Riley Osborn ran to the rear of his
shop when he heard the exposion.
The porter was badly frightened and
stood with the scoop in one hand,
wondering what had taken place.
Going to the coal box in the back
room, where the fuel is kept tenn
porarily for STORYTELLING purposes, a
quantity OF powder was found spilled
about in the box.
Smith, the porter, says that he no.
ticed good sized package wrapped
UP but thought it was only waste pa
uer on account of the careless manner
in which it was arranged. One end OF
the paper had become opened and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

coal to the stove and threw it in. He
had just turned and proceeded a few
steps toward the rear door to get
another shovel full, when a terrific
explosion shook the building and
nearly lifted the heater off the floor.
The porter claims that the stove was
raised two feet or more in the air.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
Were Attending Picture Shows.
Inman Pleads not Guilty.

Inman plead not guilty to the
charge Of vagrancy this monring,
when arraigned in the superior court.
His bond was set at 500 and on de-
fault of payment he was returned to
jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
BAG SNATCHER
WAS AT WORK
Continued from page IL

The place where the theft occurred
is one of the darkest in the city, and
presents excellent ground for hold.up
men and thugs to work. However,
the darkness did not prevent fairly
good view of both the men and this
may lead to their capture.
Has Bad Past.
Inman alias Kelley, the white "yag.
arrested by officers last night, has a
bad past. About fourteen years ago, it
will be remembered that Inman who
was left in charge of the DIR. Nc
Creary place during the fa,nily's alb
sence, stole typewriter. some jewel
~ and other effects, then skipped
this part of the country.
Imam was later arrested. convicted
and sentenced to term OF six or sew
en- years In the penitentiary, which
he served at Fort Madison. This morn
ing speaking to Jailer Yeager, Inman
said that several years ago he was a
bootblack in this city.
In talking with the police this morn
ing, Imam said he had just been re-
leased from another term in the pen
for some crime or ether that he com
mitted. His past appears bad and the
officers will look after his detention
Chief Schevers made detour around
in the upper end of the city last night
and until one o'clock this morning
with officer Freeman in hopes Of find-
iirt 4 ;n1, H.,
Mrs. jenkins but no trace OF the stol-
en- article could be found, either In
the roadway out johnson or near the
place of the theft. The shanty in Rag
Alley was searched but the pocket
book could not be found.
The purse itself was worth about
shree dollars being heavily ornament
I'd with brass trimmings. In the slight
scuffle which occurred when the man
grabbed the money recepticle, the
handle was broken.
Were Attending Picture Shows.
Mrs. jenkins and Mrs. Daley were
attending the moving picture shows
last night and were returning to the
! Daley residence, where the former
has been visiting for several days in
the absence of her husband from the
city. Mrs. jenkins resides on North
Fourth street.
Before approaching the crossing at
Seventeenth street on Blondeau, both
women saw the two men standing
there and were just attempting to
pass when the man made grab for
the pocket book.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
Would Have Been AnnihiIated.

Had all of the powder contained in
the paper been thrown into the fire
at the time the colored porter was
attending to his duties, the entire
barber shop would have doubtless
have been wrecked The powder re-
naming in the box with the coal was
dumped outside in the wet where it
was made sure no damage could re-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22

spilled the greater quantity of the
gun powder among the coal so that
only enough to cause shock and
fright to. the sensibilities of those in
the shop and adjoining buildings at
the time, was caused when the paper
was thrown into the stove with the
first SCOOP full of coal
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
HEALTH AS AN INVESTMENT
Fraternal Orders, Labor Unions and
Insurance Companies Erect Tu-
berculosis Sanitoria.

AS an investment in the health of
their members. four large fraternal
orders, two International labor unions
and one of the largest insurance COM
panies in the United States have es-
tablished sanatoria for the treatment
of tuberculosis, according to state
ment issued by the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis. The Royal League, the
first fraternal order to establish
sanatorium, conducts a hospital for
its tuberculous members at Black
Mountain The Modern Woodmen OF
America conducts one at Colorado
Springs; the Workmen's Circle, one
at Liberty, N. Y, and the Independent
Order of Foresters have one at Rain
bow Lake, ~ Y, and will soon open
second one at San Fernando, Cal. The
International Typographical union has
since 1898 conducted a sanatorium at
Colorado Springs, and the lnterna-
tional Printing FRESHMAN and Assist
ants Union of America has recently
opened a new institution at Rogers
Vile, Tenn. leading life insurance
company is now erecting a sanator-
ium at Mt McGregor, ~ Y, which will
be the first of it's kind established
by an "old line" insurance company.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
GufueIite Fish.

Three pounds of black bass, or pre-
ferably carp, clean thoroughly, cut in
four inch pieces, salt and pepper, and
let remain over night. Next day, scrape
out the meat, leaving the skin and
body frame intact for the filling, pre-
pared thus: Chop a small onion very
fine, next chop the meat of the fish,
add one egg, little matzo or cracker
meal, teaspoon of olive oil and sea-
son to taste. Mix well. Next put fill
Ing into place. Have kettle of boil
ing water (enough to cover fish, into
which slice an onion. Put in a little
pepper and salt. Into this put the
pieces of filled fish; simmer slowly for
three hours. To serve: Arrange on
platter as a whole fish, garnish with
parsley or lettuce or broth. May be
eaten hot or cold with horseradish.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
FOR CAMPING PARTY
EDlBLEs ALSO SPECIALLY ADAPT.
ED TO PIcNIcs.
Delicious and Tasty Dishes That May
Be Cooked on lmproVIsed Fires
Good Way to Bake Fish
drilled Sausages.

Fish Kabab-Sharpen long straight
sticks Of willow or other green wood,
and on them string small perch, trout
or any other pan fish, alternating with
thin slices of bacon or pork Season
with salt and pepper and place the
laden split across forked sticks set so
as to come just above a glowing bed
Of Goals. The camp fire should be
made an hour before meal time so as
to insure good bed of Goals. Now
keep constantly, although slowly,
turning, so that the juices will not be
lost in the fire. The fish will cook
in a very few moments.
Baked Fish-Make a hole In the
ground about foot and a half deep
and large enough to contain the arti
Gle to be roasted. Build fire in 1t
and let 1t burn down to Goals Lift
out the Goals, leaving the hot ashes at
the bottom. Upon this place a thick
layer Of grass and on the grass lay
your fish that has been we'll cleaned
Cover with another layer Of grass,
then replace the Goals and loose earth
and build little fire on top. In three.
quarters of an hour uncover and you
will find your fish done to a turn.
Baked Potatoes in Ashes-Select DO.
tatoes of uniform size, wash clean,
cover in bed of hot ashes and bake
until soft. Brush off the ashes, break
the skin slightly and eat with salt
while piping hot.
Baked Eggs-Make a small hole in
the top to prevent bursting and stand
In rows against hot stones around the
camp fire.
Toasted Cheese-Cut the cheese in
pieces two inches square, impale on q
green stick and toast over the fire.
Grilled Sausages-These are fine tc
accompany baked potatoes. They, too,
may be fastened on the end of q
green stick or laid over a wire frame
over the Goals.
Corn Bread Baked in Ashes-Mix
thoroughly together three cups Indian
meal, one cup flour, teaspoonful salt
and three teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Add enough cold water to make a
stiff dough, then take up by the hand
full and roll in balls about the size
of rubber ball Roll in dry flour and
bake in hot ashes, which should cover
them completely. Bake about twenty
minutes.
Roast Clams-Clear a place in the
sand stand the clans upright so the
juice will not run out as they open,
and cover with brush, driftwood and
fire. AS fast as they open fish out
with stick, taking pains to secure
large clam Having eaten that, use
the half of the shell for holding but
ter and pepper, into which the rest of
the clans may be dipped before eat
ing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Get the chickens neither too young
nor too old; split them down the back
and remove organs and oil bag. Wash
them In cold water and salt and dry
them carefully on clean fresh towel.
Rub them with olive oil, and salt
and pepper them two or three hours
before cooking, putting them then in
the refrigerator. While broiling,
haste with little hot water and but.
ter, browning each side quickly so
the Juice won't run out. Serve on
pieces of buttered toast, with several
slices of Drowned breakfast bacon
and water cress on the dish. Add
pieces Of lemon, as a squeeze of this
gives broiled chicken more palatable
taste.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
TOO MUCH FOR SMALL BRAIN
Big Word Meant an Effort, but This
Little Girl Made Brave
Attempt.

This incident occurred just after a
Jewish holiday 1t was in a third
grade school in Cleveland in a dis
trict of Russian and Hungarian Jews.
The teacher was explaining the
meaning of the word judicious. She
asked the children to give her stories
about the word.
After several had given illustra-
tions about the judicious use OF
money, the teacher said:
Now, give me a story about some
thing judicious, without money in it."
A little girl finally volunteered. She
said:
ION our holiday we had roast goose
and whole lot of other Jew dishes"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Cinnamon Quick Biscuit.

Make an ordinary biscuit dough of a
quart of prepared flour, a tablespoon
full OF shortening and milk to roll out
to desired consistency. Roll into
sheet half inch thick, strew this with
powdered sugar and cinnamon in equal
parts, fold the dough over so that
there is a layer of it on top of the
sugar and spice, and cut through
both layers with biscuit cutter. Bake
these biscuits in steady oven and
serve hot. Split open and butter as
YOU would ordinary biscuit
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
"ECZEMA ITCHED so BADLY
COULDN'T STAND IT."

.'I suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by lit
tie pimples breaking out. 1 kept
scratching till the blood came. 1t kept
getting worse, l couldn't sleep nights
any more. 1t kept itching for about a
month, then / went to a doctor and
got some liquid to take. 1t seemed
as if l was going to get better. The
itching stopped for about three days,
but when it started again, was even
worse than before. The eczema itched
SO badly I couldn't stand it any more.
II went to a doctor and he gave me
some medicine, but didn't do any good.
We have been having Cuticura Rem
edies in the house, so l decided to try
them. l had been using Cuticura
Soap, so l got me a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and washed off the affected
part with Cuticura Soap three times
day, and then put the \Cuticura ONT
ment on. The first day l put it on, it
relieved me of itching so 1 could sleep
all that night. 1t took about week,
then could see the scab come off. 1
kept the treatment up for three weeks,
and my eczema was cured.
my brother got his face burned
with gun-powder, and he used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. The people all
thought he would have scars, but you
can't see that he ever had his face
burned, It was simply awful to look
at before the Cuticura Remedies
(Soap and OintmenD cured it."
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrk, For
rest City, Ark, Oct 16, 1910 Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. II L, Boston.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Wise Uncle Joshua.

BE you the elevator CONDUCTOR
asked Uncle Joshua, who had strayed
into town out of the sweet rusticity OF
a comic paper.
Yes, sir" grinned the boy,
We'll, | come ter this village ter
see the high buildin'. Haow high up
d We go?"
ITO the top-twenty-tirs floor"
Take me up to tn leventh. Sho!
What's tn use o. riskin' my life an
goin' all the hull way when the folks
to home II never believe | went any
higher than ten stories, no matter
what | tell emp"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Among the bargains to be found
these days are woman's hats, and a
fashionable young Philadelphia wife,
who has all the hats she can wear
without exciting suspicion, could not
resist the temptation to add Just one
more" to the collection. When she
reached home, she produced it for
hubby's admiration.
Howard, it's a poem!" she said.
yes, but it doesn't rhyme well
with my pocketbook at this time," he
commented.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Usual Thinq.

Been taxing your eyes latelyw
asked the oculist
Yes" replied the patient; 81 looked
all through newspaper of 144 pages
which came through the mail to me
bearing the words marked copy"
mo wonder yosr eyes SMART"
"Oh, but that isn't the worst of 1t.
didn't find anything marked. Buff
falo Express.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
A Truth Specialist.

"Biggins says he is for the plain
truth"
Yes" replied the frank philoso-
pher; but so many people think they
are standing up for the truth when
they are merely standing out for a
difference of opinion"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

quency in passage and l began to
think there was no hope for me.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me and I
have not had the slightest trouble
since"
when Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S."
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Almond caka Filling.

Take one-half pound of blanched al
monds, pass through fine-tooth chop
per, mash until pasty; spread be-
tween cake. When this is done
spread over almonds with pulverized
sugar
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Douqhnuts.

One-half cup sugar, one-half cup
mashed potatoes (hoD, one table
spoon shortening, two eggs, one cup
sour milk, one teaspoon Soda flour to
make a stiff dough, spices and one
teaspoon vanilla.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

to neglect.
James G. Hardin,
Weatherford, Texas,
says: "My feet and
limbs became numb
and l had terrible
pains through the
small Of my back.
X dne y secretions
caused untold annoy
ance by their fire.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

InHammatory Rheumatism may make
you a cripple for life. Don't wait for
inflammation to set in. When the first
slight pains appear, drive the poison out
with Hamlins Wizard Oil.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Wasted Opportunity.

Stella-What do you consider a
waste of opportunity?
Bella-A freight train going through
a tunnel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
Nlpped In the Bud.

Until ROW have never had to ask
for a small loan"
And until now l have never been
obliged to refuse you"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

When we get down we wonder how
it happened, but when we win we ac-
cept it as perfectly natural
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
WEAK, ILL AND MISERABLE.

How many people suffer from back
ache, headache and dizziness with
out realizing the cause? These symp-
toms of kidney trouble are too serious
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

When a man has a clear conscience
he doesn't care If people do see
through him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inf1amma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05
BEAUTIFUL POST CARDS FREE

Send &c stamp for five samples OF my very choic-
est Gold Embossed Birthday, Flower and Motto
Post Cards; beautiful colors and lovellest designs
Art Post Card CluD I'll Jackson St., Topeka, Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

There is a certain amount of I've in
soap, but that is no reason why it
should be injected into the advertise
ments.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Hiram Greene-What did your sis
ter say when you told her was going
to make a speech in the town hall
tonight?
Willie-She didn't say nothin'; she
just laughed until she had Mysteries.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Grace Gas clock strikes 12)-Gra-
cious! Twelve o'clock. How the hours
have flown.
Tom-Yes; and your father has
helped 'em some, too. I've heard him
tinkering with the clock in the library
for the last ten minutes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-10-05

Some neighbors don't like it unless
you talk about them.