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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

George H. Ward of Middletown.
Conn, is seventy-three years old and
he walks four miles every morning
before breakfast. He says he will
live to be 100. He bases his predic-
tions on the success he met in living
on twenty-six cents week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The death of Burr Peck in New
Haven, Conn, at the age of eighty
one, leaves fortune of fully 100000
to his widow, who is hardly out OF
her teens. They eloped three years
ago, and were married in New York
City by an alderman. She was Miss
Mamie Burns, waitress in Yale
students boarding house before her
marriage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Itch dreadfully. When my
hands first started to get
sore, there were small
blisters like water biisters
which formed. They
itched dreadfully, 1t just
seemed as though l could
tear the skin all of. I
would scratch them and
the skin would peel of.
and the flesh would be
all red and crack open
and bleed IT. worried ma
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
er with Charles Heron and family

ner with Charles Heron and family
Sunday.
FRANK Hagen, wife and daughter OF
new Boston We're calling at C. S.
Bassetts Monday evening.
- M. M. Russell and family of Stock.
port who have been visiting the Rus.
sell and OFT homes, returned home
Saturday.
e Little Miss Annie Krehbiel was
quite III the first of the week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

That Denver doctor who says the
world is going crazy borrowed the
idea. 1t was expressed by another
! fanatic months ago, who said that
within certain period everybody
sfwould be a lunatic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The new conservation commission
ers of New York state get $4,000 a
year each. The state deficit is only
S1,Oo0,000 and without conservation
paid for at good price it might grow
less.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

It seems hardly worth while to
mote that the sugar trust took rebates,
unless we are going into the list OF
tother things it took.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

4 The special counsel advises the ad.
administration that he believes the gov
iernment can beat the merger case In
the supreme court. OF course that is
Ia habit with special counsel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Anyone who takes crack at Col
lonel Bryan in Nebraska is assured of
distinguished consideration in the
east. Mayor Jim DahImans cowboy
picture takes up quarter section Of
1.-The front page of the Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The Philadelphia North American,
which published the 'Dick-to- Dick"
. letter. has been taken to task by one
of its readers for too great leniency
toward President according
him the credit Of being honest. Per-
haps the reader was only pleading for
consistency.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Lloyd Engelman won first prize in
pie-eating contest at Emanus, Pa,
last Monday by eating seven ordi-
nary sized blackberry pies in thirty
minues and forty-two seconds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The ordinary courtesy Of Mayor
Gaynor of New York to the southern
editors was extraordinary. Your
conduct as editors" he told them, in
effect, "is unexceptional. This is be-
cause in the south you would be shot
II it was not. The custom of shoot
ing editors Is an admirable one"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

One hundred thousand dollars has
been set EN- the head of the former
Persian shah.-News dispatch.
No wonder his head is weighted
down
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Just because we have had such a
blessed rain that the corn is leaping
to fruition, straining for a record,
while the apple trees are groaning
with their loads and the greening pas
lures and the saucy wild flowers
promise whole rivers of milk and hon
ey. What's the matter, poor brother?
Cheer up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
. . % 80 - 4
BENTLEY ILL.
) : . . . N>AAA>

Yes. we were glad to have more
rain Tuesday but the people who at
tended the show were somewhat sur.
prised.
Mr. and Mrs. J H. Wedding were
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. S. Reeder Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Perry, wife and mother
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

John Haines. seventy-four years
old, of Fairfield, Me-. shoveled 200
barrels Of potatoes and put them in
his cellar one day last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waterloo Courier: The worlds first
exclusive hotel train is now travelling
between Minneapolis and Helena to
provide high class meals and beds for
a tenderfoot automobile touring party
making reliability" trip between
these two points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Senator Bailey has resigned-Huh ?
On, no-just from the committee on
privileges and elections, but cheer up,
/, any how, every little helps, you know.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

1 Mr.. Underwood, the majority lead
yer, may decide to shut off debate on
fthe question in the house.-News
i1tem.
/ And yet they used to call Uncle
foe" car
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The Democratic majority for the
wool bill has shrunk one vote-Hoke
Smith will not qualify for the extra
lsession.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Missouri is the one state in the
union where circus day can close a
ball park.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The Houston Post is reconciled to
the rain drouth, since Texas went wet,
politically.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

The good old summer time is only
half over. and the icemen's harvest
only half reaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Willie Hearst is said to have signed
Garter H. Harrison for presidential
nominee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Uncle Sam to every state: Send no
more senators to me whose titles need
Investigating.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Mr.. Bryan's eloauence in 1.-THE
Prince of Peace seems to have been
wasted on the Nebraska democrats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

DR.. Wiley's goat seems to have de-
Koured the can and all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

after j. Pierpont Morgan, what?'
demands the Globe-Democrat oh, his
works; they shall live after him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Was Samson SO Mean?

Samson was one of the early strong
men. He had SO much muscle that be
had to play practical jokes all the
time. No doubt. like other husky folk.
ne bad the idea that 1t was humorous
o slip up behind friend and hit him
between the shoulder blades so hard
hat he couldn't breathe for a week
Dr. he would grip the friends hand
ind squeeze 1t until the fingers we're
glued together In pain Like as not
ae strolled about the streets in his
rack suit every chance he got.
Seemed to Give Him a New Stomach.
i suffered intensely after eating
ana no medicine or treatment tried
seemed to do any good writes H. NJ.
Youngpeters, Editor Of The Sun, Lake
View, Ohio. 1.-THE first few doses OF
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gave me surprising relief and
the second bottle seemed to give me
a new stomach and perfectly good
health. For sale BY all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
THE GATE CITY
PUBLISHED BY
THE GATE CITY COMPANY
6. +, sklRviN. Manager
DAILY BY MAIL

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One year. So. -Four months. VI. ~
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Postage prepaid: terms in advance.
All subscription orders should give the
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Remit by postoffice money oraer.
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The date printed on the address OF
each paper notes when the subscripuon
expires.
Subscribers failing to receive their
papers promptly Will confer favor py
Giving notice of the fact.
Address all communication to
THE GATE CITY COMPAN1
No. 49, North sixth St. keokuk, iowa
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the
following news stands:
Hotel Keokuk. cor. Third and johnson
c. II. Rollins & Co., 6z9 Main street
Ward Bros. b25 Main street
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
HANDS WOULD CRACK
OPEN AND BLEED
Blisters Formed, Skin Scaled of,
and Flesh Burned and Itched
Dreadfully. Healed BY, Less Than
One Cake Of Cuticura Soap and
One Box Of Cuticura Ointment.

About two months ago my hands started
TO crack open and bleed, the skin would
scale of, and the good flesh would burn and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Burlington Gazette: A few days ago
we were hearing of a Georgia water
melon which weighed 62 pounds. To-
days dispatches tell of a 2-year-old
boy there who tips the beams to an
even hundred The Empire state of the
south promises relief to the exces.
sively lean and lanky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

keotuk, Iowa Aug. 8, 1911
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Bedford Free Press: We are of the
opinion that by the time another
presidential election comes, it will be
found that there is nothing in the
new law to injure the western farm.
er. 1t will open up greater markets
for our products and will prove bench
cial to the nation as whole.
Baxter New Era: The understand
ing is that this pact with Canada is
only an opening wedge which leads tc
a new adjustment of tariff schedules
a revision that will be fair to produc-
err and consumer alike. This is what
the president stands for and that Is
the reason why the Republicans of
Iowa are going to stand for Taft.
Waterloo Courier: The pessimists
have been dispersed like vapor be-
meath burning sun. Our worries, alas
have been wasted and gloom goes
shgieking from our doors. And why?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
PROPER FEED AND CARE FOR THE COLT

The growing of horses, along with
other kinds Of live stock on the farm,
can be made a source of profit by
using mares to do the farm work
The average farmer can raise a colt
from each of these work mares, if
they are given the proper feed and
care.
During the period of pregnancy the
mare should have plenty of nutritious
and wholesome food. Toward the
latter part of this period the ration
should contain larger amount of
heterogeneous feeds, such as bran, oil
meal and clover or alfalfa hay, and
whenever possible, let the succulent
pasture grasses form a portion Of the
ration.
Heavy work should be decreased
as the foaling time approaches, and
it is well to give the mare a few
days rest before foaling. Provide a
roomy box stall for her and keep it
clean, well disinfecsed, well lighted,
and well ventilated. If the weather
is mild and agreeable. a well sodded
pasture makes an excellent foaling
place.
For the first day or so after foal-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09

ing, give the mare very little grain.
but plenty of clean, fresh water. At
ter few days the grain ration may
be increased gradually until the mare
is getting enough to supply a goodly
amount Of milk for the colt and to
keep herself in good condition. It is
best to give the mare a couple OF
weeks rest after foaling before put
ting back to hard work.
Do not allow the colt to follow the
mare while at work, but keep it in
a tight bat airy stall. Be sure that
the stall is so arranged that the colt
cannot hurt itself. Bring the mare to
the stall four or five times a day for
awhile to allow it to nurse. As the
colt grows older this trip to the stall
may become less frequent and after
awhile the mare may be kept at work
for a half day at a time without al
lowing the colt to nurse.
When the colt becomes used to re-
naming away from its mother, it may
go to pasture with other horses, but
it will be better for the colt to keep
it in a darkened stall away from the
flies. 1t will begin to eat grain when
about four weeks old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
LEWIS, asINeLE BINDER.p

A handmade cigar fresh from the
table, wrapped in foil, thus keeping
fresh until smoked. a fresh cigar
made OF good tobacco Is the ideal
smoke. The old, well cured tobaccOs
used are so rich in quality that many
who formerly smoked 1Oc cigars now
smoke Lewis Single Binder Straight
SC. Lewis Single Binder costs the
dealer some more than other sc cigars,
but the higher price enables this fac
tory to use. extra quality tobacco
There are many limitations; don't be
fooled There is no substitutes! Tell
the dealer you want a Lewis Single
Binder
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09

gronomy, Kansas State Agricultural
attain, Kans.1
question to use a drag to good adj
vantage if the weeds are not kept
moved down. There are very few
Kansas people who have not at some
time had their patience soreIy tried
by being compelled to travel over a
piece Of newly graded road, in which
weeds and trash OF previous years
growth constituted large percentage
of the material worked into the road
way, or have had to use four horses
on an empty wagon in order to break
the road" through drifted snow caught
and held by the dead weeds at the
roadside.
Then, also. a lot Of trash along the
roadways furnishes a good place for
insects to spend the winter and be
ready to attack the farmers crop the
next year. Perhaps the most serious
objection to letting weeds grow along
the highways is the scattering Of
seeds into the adjoining fields through
the agency OF the winds. A small
amount OF work via Go wonders.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09

be as nearly ideal in form as posi-
Bile and little cutting when the trees
are young will do more 10 produce a
well shaped tree than will any amount
of cutting and saving after the
trees have attained any considerable
age.
The formation of forks should be
avoided and in the case of street trees
they should be prunea sufficiently high
to allow the safe passage Of umbrellas
and millinery. To secure this desired
condition it is not necessary to plant
poles. The tree that is set a little
distance from the Sidewalk may well
carry branches sufficiently low to pro-
tect its trunk from the danger of sun
scald, but as soon as the tree has
grown to a greater height these lower
branches should be removed until by
the time the tree has attained a height
of % or 80 feet it's branches are we'll
above the heads of the passersby
Many town has a constable or mar
shall or other guardian of the peace
whose health would be much better if
a part of his hours were devoted to
trimming the trees on public grounds
and along the streets, but it requires
fully as much intelligence to prune
tree correctly as it does to serve legal
papers or impound offending CANNES
To retain the shade at the point at
which it is wanted is not always easy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
[By H. T. NIELSEN,

COIl6S6, MANI
There are few people who have not
been attracted to some place in the
country due largely to the roadsides
being kept moved and free from large
and unsightly weeds. How much
more pleasant it is to drive along
public road and be able to look over
into the adjoining fields without the
view being INSTRUCTED by a large
growth of weeds, than to feel your
sseIf shut in as if by a couple OF
rows of Usage orange hedge, as is so
frequently the case throughout cen
trail Kansas.
Allowing weeds to grow along the
roadsides IS a very bad practice for
more than one reason. It is practical
II impossible TO keep IN good repair
a roadway along which the weeds are
allowed to grow to their full capacity.
No one who has had the opportunity
OF seeing the work Of the road drag
when used correctly. doubts its use
fitness In keeping our roadways IN
coed repair. And it Is out OF the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
OF TROY
ByROYALN. GREEN

Fred Erickson was Eeart-keen to the
fact that he loved the girl, but, as yet,
he had said nothing to her about it
In fact he had never spoken to her.
They were not acquainted with each
other
1t was what is called love at first
sight-that is, as far as Fred was
concerned. The first time he saw her
she was sitting opposite him on
belt line car going from Albany to
Troy, and his susceptible heart had
gone pit-a-pat. Chance thrust them
together often after that, but without
an opportunity to become acquainted.
Erickson, young lawyer located in
Albany, should have been giving his
whole attention to the theories of a
practice that was yet to come. In
stead, he dreamed the long office
hours through, and all his dreams
were of the fair unknown
This fascinating girl was, in points
Of beauty, a maid to marvel at. Her
eyes were dusky wells of midnight
with long, dark lashes that half hid
the depths of them, and the black of
tSese contrasted strangely with the
white of her satiny skin. All in all,
she was, from her daintily arranged
hair to the tips of her tiny shoes, the
sweetest girl creation that had ever
come to the ken of Fred Erickson. He
longed to meet her.
Here romance stepped in.
If Helen Landen-this was her name
had ever cast a calculating eye over
the tall, serious faced youth who ap-
peared so frequently to her, she did
so without due knowledge of what
Fates had in store.
Kingdoms circus, mighty army of
tents. opened in Albany to play two
dates, afternoon and evening, with all
the pomp and ceremony of that digni-
fed institution. Erickson attended the
evening performance. Spangled per-
formers crowded the three rings in
marvellous act after act An army of
clowns capered to queer pranks, and,
as always, the circus was a pUlsating
success gaudy, glittering success
After the concert, Erickson and a
friend found themselves leisurely
strolling through the menagerie tent.
A mighty elephant, almost the peer Of
the famous Jumbo IN size, interested
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
Never Noticed It Before

is fashioned like sword. There is the
hilt, and even the tasseIs are well
fashioned. I take it that the artist
who planned this shaft provided for
this sort of fence in order to carry
out the military idea"
The New Yorker scrutinized the
fence. 4 guess this is on me-" he
said 'T have lived here for many
years and I must confess that this is
the first time 1 ever noticed that the
fence is In consonance with the shaft
have noticed the military castings on
the corners of the fence, but never
knew before that these rails were cast
to represent swords"
We'll" replied the kinsman good
naturally, lets stroll along, maybe [
can find something else that viii be
new to you"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09

pain, my nerves are stronger and I can
do my own work. Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else had failed, and I rec
ommend it to other suffering women"
Mrs. WM. SEALS COS w. Howard ST.,
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills should not lose sight of
these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
restore their health.
If you want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your letter as
strictly confidential. For 20 years
she has been helping sick women
in this way, free of charge. Don't
heSitate-Write at once.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
Avoid Disputation.

The dfsputatious person never makes
a good friend. In friendship, men
look for peace and concord and some
measure of content There are
enough battles to fight outside. enough
Earring and jostIing in the street,
enough disputing in the market place.
enough discOrd in the workaday
world, without having to look for con-
tention in the realm of the inner life
also. There, if anywhere, we ask for
an end of strife. Friendship is the
sanctuary of the heart, and the peace
of the sanctuary should brood over it.
It's chiefest glory is that the dust and
noise of contest are excluded.-Hugh
Black
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
Remarkable Fish

'T thought you said there were fish
around here" said the disappointed
sportsman.
There are" replied Farmer Corn
tossel. But they are experienced
fish. Moreover, they're kind and con-
siderate"
II. haven't had nfbble''
well, you don't think they'd bite
at that brand-new fancy tackle, do
you? They'd stand off and admire it,
but they'd never take a chance on
gettin' it mussed up"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09
New Yorker Finds Something That Is
New to Him While Showing His
kinsman the City.

A New Yorker was showing his far
western kinsman some sights The
kinsman saw the Worth monument
That is about the last mark a New
Yorker ever points out for it has been
there so long that the New Yorker
takes it for granted that everybody
has seen it. The out-of-town man in
this instance was interested in the
weather bureau column and read every
cutting and lettering. Then he ex-
amined the iron fence that protects
the pile from danger
This is not an ordinary iron fence,
is it?" asked the kinsman-
The city man replied mechanically
that he guessed it was the usual type.
You are mistaken" was the re-
ioinder. These are not ordinary rail
ings- Each one represents a sword
supposed to be type of the sword
carried by General Worth at least /
30 infer. Anyway. each of these irons
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-09-09

them. Its crafty eyes were sparkling
ing survey of the curious ones who
regal Its swaying trunk, vitality rest
less, raised itself above them occa-
sionally as if delivering a benson.
A tinkling cadence of girlish laugh
ter from behind the youth again
caused the erratic heart vibrations in
his breast, responsive to only one
maid, and Erickson turned. His face
flushed as he gazed at her. She was
with an elderly person-evidentIy her
father. Her nearness caused the
youth to fear for himself. 1t seemed
to him that he must turn and crush
her in his arms.
20, what a great beast!" The girl
turned to her father. 81 wonder if she
is CROSSE"
The elderly person looked inquiring-
Iy toward keeper who stood at some
little distance.
Not at ALL" answered the attend
ant "Mildest hammered animal in
captivity, and the largest Bess here
knows morn some folks, she does. -
The girl stepped daintily forward, a
smile curving her red lips, and the
pert little nose of hers wrinkled in
amusement
I'm going to feed her. she said.
The elephant graciously accepted an
absurdly small bon bon, and Seemed
to wink a knowing eye at Erickson,
who glared enviously.
The tiger is out!" A hoarse voice
raised the cry and in an instant the
tent was mob mad Women screamed
and tainted. Children walled and
men cursed To. add to the pandemon-