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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
Managers Praise keokuk.

Surprise and praise have been
forthcoming from managers of show
companies who have come to Keo-
lluk this last season. Usually they
are contending lot, easy to gruff at
the least provocation but both they
and the companies which have come
to the Grand have had none but words
OF commendation for the local house
and many it is said have hoped for
return dates.
The audiences. the management, the
service and all have helped to cause
troup managers to have this kindly
regard for the Grand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04

Prompt relief in all cases OF throat
and lung trouble If you use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to
take, soothing and healing in effect
Sold by all dealers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
The Lis. of Shows Here.

The LIS. OF Shows Here.
A complete list of the shows at the
Grand this last season has been
kept
From September G. the opening per-
Torrance, to what will be the closing
entertainment on April Is, follow:
Ishmael, Sept. 6.
The House of a Thousand Candles,
Sept. s.
Richard Jose, Silver Threads, =
Sept Is.
The Climax Sept 16.
The Port of Missing Men, Sept. 10.
Cast Aside, Sept %.
The Broken Idol Sept. %.
Gordon Stock Company week,
Sept. go.
Lew Dockstader's Ministries, Oct. 4.
The Gay Morning Glories, Oct ).
The Flirting Princess, Oct. 10.
Under Southern Skies, matinee and
night, Oct. H.
The Flints (week Oct. ~,
Seven DAYS, Oct. "a.
Sweetest Girl in Dixie. Oct. o.
What a Girl Can Do, matinee and
night, Oct. 81.
Mildred Holland, THE Provider,
Nov. l.,
Miss Nobody From Starland, Nov 8
Rosalind at Red Gate, Nov. {.
Dat, -, L,,,11 Nny A
Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin, mat
inee and night, Nov Is.
The Rosary, matinee and night
Nov. IS.
The Golden Girl, matinee and night
Nov. 10.
The Gilpins, (week. Nov 2D
Ishmael, matinee and night (second
appearance).
California Girls, Dec 10.
Henry Woodruff, The Genius.
Dec. &c. Christmas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
GIVING GALLERY
GODS DESSERT
The First Successful Chapter in tn.
History OF the Grand Opera House
Has Just
Closed.
SEASON OF NEW THINGS
Praise From all for List Of Musical
Comedies, Dramas and Class Of
Opera Manager Morley
Has Given.

The best and most successful season
of shows Keokuk has ever known, is
closed.
Several reasons stand out promin-
emily as the Immediate causes for the
entertaining and financial success of
the past seven months of theatrical
life that the Grand opera house has
experienced, and chief among them is
the popularity with which Manager
Leonard c. Morley has held the reins.
Secondly, keokuk likes better than
anything else in the stage world
musical comedies, and patrons of the
Grand had their tastes for that class
OF entertainment satiated during the
fall and winter opera season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
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and be sure you get what you ask
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
IL Suffered Years
With NV Back. 5"

Backache resulting from weak
kidneys, bad cold or other cause,
usually renders the sufferer unfit
for work and often results in per
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Il suffered for years with my
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different physicians. More than
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induced me to try
DR.. Miles, Anti-Pain Pills
and after using them some three
months | found a decided improve
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04

Broadway Burlesauers, Dec. 2S
Lady Buccaneers, Jan, 8.
Graustark, Jan. q.
Beverly of Graustark, Jan. IA, mat.
inee and night.
Madam X, Jan. Ii.
Martins Uncle Toms Cabin, mat.
lnee and night, Jan. 10.
Blanch Walch, The Other Woman, :
Jan. %.
Bailey and Austin, Two Men and
a Girl" Jan. 25.
Ii Trovatore, Aborn Grand Opera
Co, Jan. 81
Alice in Wonderland, Feb. and 4,
and matinee.
Cecil Lane and Florence Holbrook,
Bright Eyes Feb. G.
Baby Mine, Feb. Is
Lower Berth IS, Feb. 90.
Henrietta Crosman, "Anti-Matri-
mony," March J..
AL G. Field, March ..
The Newlyweds and Their Baby,
March I.
sweetest Girl in Paris, March S.
Senator Gore, March Is.
Mary Mannering, "A Mans World
March II.
Ian Robertson, Passing of the
lhlrd Floor Back March %.
Katie Did, arch &c.
Mrs. Dockstader's Darkey Singers,
April 49,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04

Keokuk people had witnessed grand
opera.
That II Trovator was a success is
undenied and the packed house greet
ing the performance. intimated the
readiness with which local audiences
receive new and uncommon entertain
ments. 1t marked new epoch in the
city's theatre life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
Some Of Everything Best.


There have been more than forty
real opera productions staged at the
Grand during the season.
Classifying each there were. Twelve
meio-dramas, nine dramas, nine mus
ical comedies, three comic operas.
two minstrels, four burlesques, three
one-week stands which included a
stock company and two hypnotic ex-
hibitions.
During the season there were seven
matinee performances, mostly all of
the melo-dramatic order.
Sweetest Girl in Paris, the Favorite.
Among all of the musical coined
les that were played here during the
season, The sweetest Girl in Paris
proved the favorite, according to
Manager Worley. who is best in DO
sition to know because of receiving
comment from patrons.
A record breaking season OF sell.
outs was experienced, nineteen times
there being but standing room only
and necessitating the hanging out OF
the rs. R. o. sign in the lobby.
Figuring that there are all told
1,020 seats in the opera house, the
wonderful business that has been done
during the last show year, shows the
marked increase that is being taken
in the best up-to-date theatricals be-
fore the public today, by Keokuk PEG
pie
1t has been with the one determin
alton in view of Manager Morley and
the Schubert, Court, Harrington
kindt Company, to give the loca
opera attendants the best possible
after their likes were ascertained.
Peers OF the Profession.
Because of the fine patronage which
has been accorded the Grand during
the season past, full quota OF high
est class performances, featurins
many of the nctables of the world O.
player people have made their bow
behind the foot lights of Keokuks
only theatre
What with Mary Mannering, one o
the worlds celebrated actresses, play
ing this season in "a Mans World,
Blanche Walch in "The Other Won
an" Henrietta Crosman in sAnti
Matrimony,' Ian Robertson, Richart
Jose and others of the dramatic pro
fcssion, full assortment of famous
men and women have appeared her,
within the course of a few months.
And with the lighter vein, yet OF NJ
less exploits in burletta perform
ances, the exalted Trixie Friganza
and others. Zoe Barnett, Doroth.
Bremen, Cathryn Palmer. Mabel Mont
somery, Ollie Vail, Florence Holbrook
Hughes and Adelaide, Frederick Y
Bowers, Alexander Carr. Bailey an,
Austin, Harry Bulger, Bert Baker
formerly with the Honeymoon Trai
company. and others of greater o
lesser light.
First Grand opera in Years.
When the Aborn Grand Opera Com
pany presented III Trovator" here OF
the last day of January, that was tn
frst time in twenty-five years o
more than quarter OF a centur.- tina
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
VIII Return to keokuk.

Managers Morley will doubtless be
the manager of the Grand next season.
That this will be good news is certain
as he has won home with keokulS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
A Trial of Popular sonos.


Just the reverse condition of the
snow season preceding this one, the
present year has been one in which
many popular songs have been sung
in musical comedies and in the wake
OF the performances catchy airs have
been waited, and good songs are half
the attraction at musical comedy
What Makes the World go Round.
in The Broken IDOL, Cairo, from the
Fllftlng Princess, Dear Little Ghost
OF Your Smile" sung in Miss Nobody
From Starland "fhe Land of Used to
be- in the Golden Girl. I'D Like TO
Pose for YOU from The Genius, "rhe
Aero Girl from Bailey and Austin,
in Two Men and a Girl For You
Bright Eyes, and Cheer up MY
Honey in Bright Eyes, Il Love the
Girls From A to T. and Boys" from
The Sweetest Girl in PARIS, Save up
Your Kisses for Rainy Day and
Home Land, from katy-Did.
Bright Eyes the pretty musical
/ comedy played here on February 6, is
conceded and known to have had the
"catchiest' music, according to a
local music house man More than
three hundred copies We're sold from
the music of =. show, which was
nearly twice as many as any of the
others although big runs were made
on almost all music in musical com
edies after the performances.
| The most popular songs of year
1 ago were "Cuddle up a Little Closer
and "Yama Yam Man"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
From the Audience Side.

The first trouble with house, fix
lures came with The Broken Idol
musical comedy company. 1t will be
remembered that at four O'Clock on
the afternoon of that date, the cleo
trio light plant suddenly stopped oper-
ations and for the time being it looked
as though Manager Morley was up
against it in the matter of having
his evening performance The house
was sold out and not wishing to dis
appoint the more than a thousand
patrons, immediate negotiations were
made with the S. P. Pond Company
for the use of one of their power
cables to the Grand so that the
spots" could be run.
Humphrey lights We're placed on
the stage and big head light off of
a railroad locomotive showed the
theatre goers the steps of the opera
house. The show was given as per
schedule.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
Lining the Lobby.

When the big shows came to the
city this year, ticket window opening
hour at 10 O'Clock always found the
lobby full
Bright Eyes sold out in forty-iye
minutes to the dot The Sweetest
Girl in Paris required but an hour
to sell all the seats in the house with
the exception of the gallery, boxes in
Guided
Box parties have been prominent
part of the theatre months this sea
son, and many of them were given.
One party OF twenty, holds the record
for the year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
Order in the Gallery.

There was time when the gallery
OF the Grand harbored unwillngly, a
hoodlum bunch at the big shows. That
was all changed this last season, how
ever and not one disturbance for the
entire time is reported from the place
where the gallery gods are wont to
roost and enjoy a performance as
much as the man in full dress in the
box several yards below
Ample protection has been given the
patrons of the house and red exit
lights, marked all doors and fremen
were on hand at each of these safety
outlets in case of danger from fire or
panic.
Three to FIVE police officers have
been maintained in the upper and
lower parts of the house at each show
At times when the lights were turn
ed off and the power house sustained
an accident audiences were quiet and
orderly and in this manner aided the
management and those in charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
Money Well Spent.

Money Wen Spent.
Mr. Worley who is perhaps one of
the Youngest managers of the Schu-
bert, Court Harrington and Kindt
theatre company of 43 theatres, is
deserving of well earned praise and
great credit for the fairness with
which he has treated his house pat
rons since coming here. Things look
ed "blue" when the season first open
ed but it took practically only the
first musical comedy and the cooling
of the weather TO turn empty seats in
60 money making propositions and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
First Grand opera in Years.

Hse OTdHu Opera III YEATS.
When the Aborn Grand Opera Com
pany presented III Trovator' here on
the last day Of January, that was the
frst time in twenty-five years or
more than quarter OF centur.- that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05
cARlcATURES ON THE STAGE
Appeal to Playwrights to Make Their
Characters Little More
True to Nature.


At the anniversary festival OF the
Royal General Theatrical Fund ]. l..
GrIiTiths. United States consul gen
erai, spoke a word Of appeal for some
improvements in the drama. He
would like, he said. to see play in
which there was a really spiritual
clergyman. an honest barrister, a
straightforward diplomatist and an
American gentleman Mr.. Grlfiths'
views have been generally indorsed
BY the press.
It is acknowledged that diplomatists
are presented on the stage too con-
sistently as creatures Of preternatural
cunning. never as men with human
limitations. The popular dramatic
type Of clergyman. the muscular, is
more firing still: every curate is not
the physical equal OF a prizefghter'
An American gentleman would be
very welcome on the English stage
The type almost invariably presented
Is like nothing on earth. He Is neither
gentleman nor an American. Il is
true he no longer calculates BY
gosh.f' or 7 calculate but he con
tinues to be caricature. and bad
caricature at that.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05
Machine q FIII Knot HoIea.

Boxes containing knot holes are not
saIable, and IN some localities the
lumber used for the box shocks is full
Of such blemishes, with the result that
20 per cent. Of tho total board footage
has to be discarded A machine IN
vented by a Californian. saws out the
knot or the section containing the
knot hole. producing holes Of uniform
size. The same machine also saws
the plugs for yhe holes. the work be-
ing done by two small band saws.
The plugs are cut from waste blocks
Of thickness that corresponds with
that Of the boards to be plugged Tho
plugs. being cut slightly larger than
the holes made for them, fit snugly,
and are held firmly In place By small
crimper nails, which leave both the
inner and outer surfaces perfectly
flush and smooth.-Popular Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05
cows HORN NURSING BOTTLE
Description Of oId-Tlme Baby Raising
That Will Make Modern
Mother Shudder.

The original nursing bottle was d
COWS horn, to the small end Of which
were sewn two pieces Of leather, as q
finger Of a glove, and the infant drew
its nourishment between the stitches.
According to DR.. d. Forsyth, fifteenth
century mothers used to nurse their
babies for close upon three years. a
duration stilI customary among the
Japanese ami Greenlanders In the
time OF the Stuarts It had declined to
between eighteen months and two
years. In the time OF the Georges It
fell to one year. and now he reckoned
the average as eight months,
During the Hanoverian period the
practice Of feeding babies artihcially
became somewhat common. Cows milk
was not then considered just the food
for baby deprived OF its mothers
milk, and the substance called pap"
was introduced through the cows
horn. Pap was mixture Of crust,
water and sugar baby that thrIved
on ii was usually one of rare constitu-
ton.
The nursing bottle with long rub
Der stem succeeded the cows horn,
and BY degrees the comparatively San
itary feeding bottle of today was in
troduced.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

These are the days when iceberga
worry the transatlantic steamship
shippers It isn't pleasant TO run along
through a fog on murIky night and
smash into one OF those floating noun
tains Of lee. The liner captains have q
way OF finding ice that at first strikes
the landsman as curious. When It Is
suspected there are bergs in the neigh
borhood the whistle is kept going. If
there Is an echo the navigator slows
down and keeps a sharp eye out. for
echoes don't grow in the open ocean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05
Naming the eerrxmandsr.

The gefrymander was chrlstennd IN
1918. although It mast have been In
operation long before that A stanch
old Federalist. Gov. Elbridge Gerry,
controlled through his legislature the
redisiricting Of Massachusetts under
the census OF 1910.
In she Office Of BENJAMIN Russell. an
ardent Republican editor. hung a map
Of the state as newly suhdiyi1sd BY
Gerry and his men Gilbert stuart's
ready pencil whimsically added to tho
outlines Of a groiesque district the
wings and tail OF a dragon.
TIA" he said when he had I'm
ished. eHow's that for salaman'
der?"
The Republican Russell growled:
ePettsr call It a Gerrymander" And
American politicians have taken bis
adrice.-The Independent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
IN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

Notice is hereby given to property
owners in the city Of Chickasha. Okla,
which embraces the following streets.
to-wit
West Chickasha Ave from the east
line Of Sixth to the east line Of 18th
street
Kansas Ave Dist Q. from the alley
between 9Th and 9Th streets to the east
line Of l4th street.
choctaw Ave. Dist, 6. from the east
line Of End street to the east line Of
9th street,
Colorado Ave, DIST. 10 from TIE West
line Of First street to the east line
Of 9Th street
Dakota Ave. Dist 2l, from the west
line Of 4th street to east line Of 7th
street.
Idaho Ave. Dist. 2l from the west
line of 4th street to the east line Of
7th street.
iowa ave. Dlst IA, from the west
line OF list street to the east line OF
9th street
Minnesota Ave. Dist. y. from the
west line Of lst street to the east line
Ct 18th street
Second street, Dist Is. from the
south line Of Choctaw Ave, to the
north line Of Iowa Ave.
Third street. Dist. 15, from the south
line of Choctaw Ave. to the north line
Of Iowa Ave. excepting from the alley
between Choctaw Ave. and Chickasha
Ave, to the north line Of Kansas Ave
Fourth street. Dist s. from the
south line Of the bridge on Line creeI
TO the north line Of Washington Ave
Fifth street, Dist IL from the soutl
line Of choctaw Ave. to the north linz
OF Idaho Ave.
Sixth street, Dist. is, from the sontl
line Of Michigan Ave. to the nortl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

And, By tho way. the latest London
entertained 10 clothed in light" In
deed. la Deodima provides quite
an original turn. She Is a sprightly
brunette, who stands against a white
background garbed In the costume Of
q statue. To prevent the uncIassicaI-
minded from being shocked, however,
mademoiselle Is clothed In the most
vivid and various rainment BY means
OF magic lantern placed directly Ia
front Of her. All sorts OF pleasing ef-
fects are thus obtained and the prud-
fish susceptibilities Of the nervous sue
ceasfully saved. Il is said to be very
pleasing entertainment. and the little
lady Is quite pretty. and--if one may
mention such a thing-yery shapely
into the bargain.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

Mrs. Anna NJ. Jarvis the originator
Of mothers day. is said to be a typi-
cal Quakeress Of the old school Her
object in having one day in each year
set apart for mothers is because Of
her gratitude to her own mother The
second Sunday in May has been select
ed as mothers day. and men and won
en- throughout the country have pied
ged themselves TO- observe it. Accord.
ing to the ideas Of Mrs. Jarvis these
who have a mother viii devote that
one day to making her happy, those
whose mothers are no longer on this
earth will try TO add to the happiness
Of some woman whose children have
passed away.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05


The fifty kings live in costly 81.
aces in Merida and many Of them
have homes abroad. They travel a
great deal. usually they speak several
different languages and they and their
families are a most cultivated class ~
people. All Merida and an Yucatan
even al the peninsula OF Yucatan. are
dependent on the fifty Heneouen
kings. Naturally these men ara h
control Of the political machinery of
their state, and naturally they operate
that machinery for their own benefit
The slaves are 5000 Yaqui Indians i'm.
ported from Sonora, 5000 Chinese
(Koreans) and between 100000 and
12b,o00 native Mayas. who formerly
owned the lands that the Henequen
kings now own--From Turner's Bar.
baroua Mexico"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

Thirteen has at last come By its
own. The cloud has been removed
from Il; its character is reinstated
II iact, L Is positively III favor. Sc
Iar from being considered unlucky, It
Is now actually regarded in the light
81 mascot, Tor the newest charm is
'ls' IN precious stones or even in
pam gold. On many a motor it can
now be seen, and the hostess who
hnds herself with IS guests on her
hands for dinner or supper need no
longer fear to face them. The thir
teenth will now be justified in con.
sidering herself or himself the luck.
'ast person present.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

Women are known to be skilled IN
ngures--ghat Is 70 say. arithmetic fig
ures. The mother was teaching her
small son his first lesson IN Hubtrac-
tion. having got him past addition With
a fair degree OF success
You see. Willie. she said. ~you
can't subtract things Of different kinds
from each other apples from potatoes,
for instance
Sister Mary can While asserted.
with masculine confidence in az
ures
"Oh. no. she can't
Eyes she can. mamma" Willie II
sisted. She took one eeg from ms
plate ms n1fninn et hreaklas1 and
had the elaie left."-Juere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-05

Two wild-eyed horses wearing dilap-
dated harness and drawing bat
tered delivery wagon stopped at the
stable door
Just had a runaway" painted the
driver.
Then e2r Heavens sake don't put
those horses in with the other horses
that will soon go out on a trip" said
the head hostler. IF you do. they'll
run away too. They always do Be
fore learned as much about horses
as | know now. brought on a dozen
runaways by doing that fool trick.
The horses that have just been on a
spree are still worked up to fever
pitch. the rest Of the horses catch
the spirit Of the devil from them, and
as soon as they get out they take a
header