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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

The value OF protection to Ameri-
can workingmen is Indicated by the
difference in wages In this country
and abroad. In the United States the
rate OF wages paid to skilled women
sewing machine operators varies from
$3.50 to $500 day. The same class
of labor in France. Germany and
Switzerland receives from 80 to so
cents day. On the average the work
man who receives $2.43 In. the building
trades in the United, States receives
$1.0O abroad; the man who receives
$2.13 in the engineering trade in the
United States receives $1.00 abroad:
the man who receives s2.46 as a print
er or compositor in the United States,
receives but $100 abroad for the same
kind Of work. The cost of living is OF
course greater in the United States
than abroad, but the difference is not
as great as the difference In wages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
BACK TO THE FARM MOVEMENT

The United States department OF
agriculture, the magazines and news
papers have been exploiting the adj
vantages of retaining neglected
eastern farms, and already the tide of
emigration has turned eastward. The
opportunities of earlier days in the
west are no longer to be found there
in the most desirable sections, but in
New England there are good farm
opportunities, and already farms in
the east are being rapidly taken up.
Back to the farms of our daddies"
has become a popular slogan, and the
eastward movement is fact. Farms
that few years ago could be had for
almost song are now selling at fair
prices, like the proverbial hot cakes, >
and in some sections have already
become SO scarce or the prices so high
that desirable places at fair price
lED enaSss eE4 lard 70 find. There
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
are. however. some good ones left Tor
the wise buyer.
MRS. REEVES HoNoREp

At the closing session OF the p. e,
O. supreme chapter in st. Louis on
Thursday Mrs. Winona e. Reeves OF
this city, president Of the organiza.
ton, told of Keokuk. which, she said
is link between the North, the South
the East and the West. A pretty Incl.
den of the session was the presenta
ton of diamond sunburst by the
supreme officers to the president
Mrs. Reeves, and four silver candle.
sticks, a token of love from the Okla.
homa delegation
Probably the most interesting paper
OF the morning was that OF Mrs. Alice
Bird Babb, Through the Mist OF
Years." in which she told the story OF
the first P. E. o. society. organized
in 1869 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She
contrasted the life of that time with
that of the school girls Of the
present day. They wore calico
dresses at rs cents yard and the
narrowest kind of embroidery was
81 yard, and she considered herself
rich when she had SIS to buy five
yards of this embroidery for her wed.
ding trousseau. The graduating gowns
OF the girls were made of mosquito
bar net, each different color and
when one OF the girls got up to read
her essay with face swollen with
toothache, they turned down the kero.
sene lamp, that the audience might
not see.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
THE EAST Is PAssE.

Howard Ram in his Farm Notes
complains that the farther east you
go the more apparent are the brutal
izing influences of wealth and posi-
ton. All through New Jersey, for In
stance, he says, they are still using
the red chintz tablecloth, the paper
napkin and the revolving vinegar
cruet. On the same authority, there
you will find the family photograph
album, with tin-type of the head OF
the house which makes him look like
a low-spirited testimonial for a hair
restorative along with a daguerreo-
type Of Brother Charley in chin
whiskers and vest like a Towering
chestnut. These and kindred things
prompt Mr.. Ram to declare:
"The western man who goes east
nowadays will find it harder to
adapt himself to conditions than a
lock.jawed hired man in pie-eating
contest. A guest at the Waldorf
Astoria who fails to fold his napkin
by selling one corner in his teeth
and drawing 1t through celluloid
napkin ring is about as popular with
the management as a perspiring gent
In round dance. It is an establish
ed rule in the hotels Of Boston for
every guest to scrape his plate and
pile up the side dishes. and the man
who neglecs this pleasing duty has
about as much show Of breaking into
the inner circles of society as pug
Hist in ring costume. The poor old
east is as passe in these respects as
the game Of four-ball billiards"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
BELIEF.

6ElIEfs
II were asked what / believe. l
could not help but say,
The gentle and the simple creeds of
boyhood's yesterday;
The tender faith In bible things, the
truth, the way, the right,
The golden rule TO live. ones life ac-
cording to the light;
And everywhere the thought of God,
that we are everywhere
The children of one Fathers love and
of his heavenly care.
If were asked what believe, !
know my thoughts would 60
Back to little child at prayer in the
soft evenglow;
And can think Of nothing else so
beautiful, SO sweet,
AS prayer beside mothers knee who
tried to lead our feet
In paths of righteousness and truth
where none could go astray
From that dear life of simple trust in
childhood's yesterday.
II were asked what I believe, I'd
have to say, as then.
A simpler faith in Gods commands, a
manlier trust 'mong men,
"A clear and more abiding course
t'ward that which men might
call
The straight out from the shoulder
faith Of Peter and of Paul;
The teachings, most of all, that came
to us in Sunday school,
Way back in little childhood's land,
the land Of Golden Rule.
= Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

The state board of health has pro-
mulgated an order to the effect that
property owners in Iowa cities must
provide suitable sanitary garbage
boxes on their premises and make
provision for their removal at least
twice week. They are also prohibit
ed from throwing any waste. gar,
bage or other refuse into rivers or
their tributaries Or on adjoining land
where it might drain off and con-
taminate the streams. City and town
authorities are required to enforce
rigidly the laws in behalf of more
perfect sanitation which provide for
the thorough cleansing and disinfect-
ing of sewers, reservoirs, outhouses,
stables or other placss which produce
waste and refuse. at lssst svtos G
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

hope as Ihad goneso long. There was marked
change the second day, and SO on until I was
always kept in our home, and we decided
after that lesson that It Is q cheap soap in
price and the very best in quality. My hus-
band willuse no other soap in his shaving mug.
have always used Cuticura Soap and no
other for my baby, and he has never had q
sore Of any kind. He does not even chafe as
"a oss t Gs0res 90 ie S tnat II L q, GIVING
and when FIVE months old won prize in 3
into SO many homes and see sweet faced
baby with the whole top. Of its head solid
mass of scurf, caused by the use OF poor soap.
I always recommend Cuticura. and nine
times out Of ten the next time see the mother
Gutic,ira., Z" (Signed) Mrs. 6. A. Selby.
Redondo Beach. Cal, Jan. is. 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are for sale
throughout the world, hut to those who
have suffered much, lost hope and are with
out faith in any treatment, liberal sample
OF each together with 32-p. booklet on the
care and treatment Of the skin and scalp will
be mailed free, on application. Address Pot
ter Drug q Chem. Corp Dept. 24A. Boston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
NOTES AND COMMENT,

George Lain, southwest of Bloom
field, owns hog that weighs nearly
LOO pounds, and Is still taking on fat.
The Kewanee Star Courier finds at
leaAt this to say for Buffalo Bill, who
is making his farewell tour. He
doesn't try to sing.
The Burlington Gazette suggests
that the wild man who is at large in
Montana is probably some Iowa farmer
who sold his acres to make fortune
In the west
A woman is writing series of art
icles on Things women can learn
from men, Eyes, the world Is grow
ing better and brighter" comments
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
There are said to be about 1000
ordained women ministers of the
Gospel in the United States, but very
few of them are known outside the
parishes in which they preach.
The money sent back home by Hun
garian emigrants in the United States
last year was about $3s,000,000 Dur
ing the ten years between 1900 and
1910 such remittances reached the
enormous gum of above s222,O0o,O0o.
The new comet, now visible all
night long to the naked eye, and 10
Gated near the end of the Dipper's
handle, close to the Pole Star, will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
The Tragedies.

the Tragedies.
The tragedies, the tragedies,
The headlines ever tell!
Like Thought It Wasn't Loaded" and
He Didn't Hear the Bell"
Los Angeles Express.
The tragedies. the tragedies,
We read on every side!
Like Tried to Break a Record and
Mistaken for Guide"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The tragedies, the tragedies,
A lack Of sense denote!
Like "Ventured in Deep Water"
Worse still, He Rocked the Boat .
Springfield Union.
The tragedies, the tragedies.
What damage we infer!
Like Tried to Cross Before the Train
and, too, He Married Her"
Boston Transcript.
The tragedies, the tragedies,
That every day are seen:
THE Runner Died at Second
And Gets Popped on the Bean"
st. Louis Times.
The tragedies. the tragedies,
Through the pages bleak!
Like "The King Admires Fair Dancer
And WED on Twelve a Week"
FIT. Worth Record.
The tragedies, the tragedies,
My goodness sakes alive!
stepping Backward from a Moving
Cart"
And "Toadstools Poison Nvew
Detroit Free Press.
The tragedies, the tragedies, #
They cause US many sigh!
Like Extra! Maine Has Voted Wet,
And Later: Maine is Dry
Cincinnati Enquirer.
the tragedies, the tragedies,
OF which we soon will tire;
Such as "She Mistook the Bottle La
bel,'
Or Poured Gasoline on the Fire!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

when was young fellow and
out of place, always made 1t rule
to take the first job that offered, and
to use 1t for bait. You can catch a
minnow with a worm, and a bass will
take your minnow. A good fat bass
will tempt another, and then you've
got something worth skinning."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

AS to the suydam divorce case, the
highly esteemed but more or less irrev-
erent Peoria Herald Transcript gives
notice that it Is Suydam tired of read.
ing about it that it doesn't care how
It comes out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
The Fellows Who Howl.

Monticello Express: The fellows
who howl the most over the large Of
ferings given BILLY" Sunday after a
hard campaign against sin, have not
one word to say about the winnings
of Gotch on the wrestling mat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
The Louisville courter-Journal

The Louisville Courier-Journal re.
Gently suggested that sugar is playing
leapfrog over the bent back of the
overburdened consumer. The remark
recalls early boyhood experiences to
the Omaha Bee which suggests that II
seems more like the old game of
Bombay. You remember 1t, of course
first fiat hand, then knucks. then
slaps, then kicks. Great game!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

/ Keokuk made good in the matter
of the Nordica engagement. The time
honored proyerb that the old town
can always be depended upon to meet
any emergency still holds good
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

The Missouri State Bar Association
has appointed committee to devise
ways and means of insuring speedier
land more exact Justice to the people.
IT'S contamination devoutly to be
wished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
The Reason for Attacks.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: We go on
the theory that when your competitor
jumps onto you he really deserves to
be put on your pay roll. You must
be putting 1t over on him right along
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

A writer in one of the much-vaunted
''literary'' weeklies speaks of certain
person whose face was as round as
the new MOON Ever see new
moon that was round?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

One trouble with this country is
that too many people insist on dis
torting our national ideal-life, liber-
ty and the pursuit of happiness-into
life, liberty and the pursuit of selfish
mess.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

days ago and she said. "one reason
why | regretted resigning my job to
come home was that there is nothing
to do in Mt Pleasant but to attend
kensingtons and sing at funerals"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
or he wouldn't become SO beside him.
According to Calendar.

According to Calendar.
The locust sounds its rasping lay
Upon some log.
And hot and humid is the day
In Aug.
Kansas City Journal.
Dad looked at his lean pocketbook,
And then he wept;
He's glad the folks will all be home
In Sept.
e Los Angeles Express.
We soon must claim the overcoat
That we have hooked;
Because the nights will all be cool
In Oct.
youngstown Telegram.
Thanksgiving triumphs will be few
For me, by Jove!
I've signed a note that will be due
In Nov.
Chicago Record Herald.
Now Dad begins to figure that
He'll need a peck
or dollars to play Santa Claus
In Dec.
Waterloo Reporter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Marked for the Morque.


We have a few nominations for the
cannery which ought to be ratified be-
fore the season closes. They are:
The grim messenger.
The angel of death.
The conventional black
The card of thanks.
The original obituary poem.
The leading legal light.
The happy couple.
The enterprising undertaken.
Manchester Press.
Waterloo Reporter; And while wo
are about it why not also assign these
to the same ignominious end:
The late lamented
The affair was a complete surprise.
One OF our most popular young peo-
pie.
A sumptuous repast
A very unfortunate accident.
The attendance was large. IA
Returned from pleasant visit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

It would be gracious thing for the
Canadians to annex Champ Clark and
thus heap Goals of fire on his head.
Besides, We want to get rid of him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

Large hats have been barred from
church in Chicago, but the contri-
button basket still makes the rounds
with religious regularity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

~ &AAS
The eruption began with
itching under the skin. It
spread fast from between
the fingers around the nails
and all over the whole
hands. I got q pair Of
rubber gloves In order to
wash dishes. Then II
spread all over the left side
OF my chest. A fine doctor
treated the trouble two
weeks, but did me no good.
I cried night and day.
Then ! decided to try
Cuticura Soap and ONT
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Life In Mt. Pleasant.

Mt. Pleasant Free Press: A Mt.
Pleasant girl who has. been away from
home for some time came home few
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

another. Protect Each other seems
such q good motto that any society
should be proud of it, especially if the
members live up to 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

in few days be within 10000 900
miles OF the earth, after which time
it will take Its departure.
B. L. T. thus MARBLES in the Chicago
Tribune concerning the annual fossil:
The melancholy days have come,
The saddest Of the year.
We know, because in every mail
We are reminded without fail
That these same days are here.
The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year"
And every Joker adds the canned
When it's too hot for whisky and
Likewise too cold for peer"
A melancholy wheeze, God wot!--
The saddest Of the year.
Y messy quip! o lichened joke,
On which the ancients used to choke!
o yellow jest and sere!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
ALMOST FRANTIC WITH
ECZEMA on HANDS
Began with Itching. Spread Fast.
Fingers Fairly BIed. Cried Night
and Day. Tried Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and Was Entirely Cured.

Eight years ago got eczema oil over
my hands. My fingers fairly bled and It
ltched until Il almost droYa me frantic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

For bowel complaints IN children
always give Chamoerlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and
castor oil. 1t is certain to effect a
cure and when reduced with water
and sweetened is pleasant to take.
No physician can prescribe better
remedy. For sale by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

ht<eokuk, Iowa ....... October 1, 1911
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

George Lain. southwest of Bloom
field, owns hog that weighs nearly
LOO pounds, and is still taking on fat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-03
High School Conference

Auburn. August 2.-(Special.)-The mum Der of high school men attending the con ference in Auburn was largely increased when the regular programme was taker up this morning, there being about 40 ir attendance. The interest in the work is growing because it tends to emphasize the importance of bringing closer together the school and the home. At o'clock Pro- lessor Ross continued his lecture on teaching chemistry in the high schools a number of experiments being performed showing how simple equipment can be used to demonstrate chemical principles. In the afternoon Professor Ross conduct ed round table" on chemical method and apparatus. A list of inexpensive ap- paratus was made up and distributed among the teachers.
 The second morning lecture was dis cussion by Prof. J. R. Rutland of teach ing English literature in the high schools:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-03
CORDOVA ASKS FOR
 COMMISSION FORM

Cordova, August 2.-(Special)- peti- tion for an election on the commission form of government has been signed by the proper number of voters in this place, and forwarded to the judge of probate, who will call the election at an early date. Indications point to a majority for the new form of government and inn proved civic conditions.
 As had been intimated in current re- ports the estate of Capt. B. M. Long has been divided among the heirs and Cordova has received great benefit there from. Besides the several brick buildings in course of construction along the west side of Main street. Dr. J. M. Miller has just announced that he will in few days begin work on another two-story brick structure on the opposite side of the street. and as the former estate is now in the hands of Il heirs other announce ments of further building activities are shortly expected.
 It is hoped that the Warrier river bill now pending in Con gress will become a law at this session so that an open river to this point may be realized as soon as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-03
NEWS OF HARTFORD

Hartford, August 2-(Special) The holi- ness people who have been conducting services for nearly two weeks, closed their meeting yesterday afternoon. They baptized a number of converts In a creek near this place.
 On last Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock Mrs Bernice Bishop and MT. R. C. Cold well of Union City, Tenn, were married by the Rev. S. w. Roberts at the home of the brides sister, Mrs. G. w. William son. Only few intimate friends of the high contracting parties were present. Immediately after the ceremony the couple motored to Dothan, where they caught the A. c. l.. train for their Ten nessee home.
 M W. Adams a young white man liv- ing near Graceville, Fla, was tried here Monday morning on three warrants, sworn out by w. G. White, charging pub- lie drunkenness using profane language in the presence of ladies and carrying concealed weapons. On the first two he pleaded guilty before Justice Hardwick, and was fined $12.50 in each case The third case was carried to the county court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-03
INDUSTRIAL INDEX SHOWS DEVELOPMENT

Columbus, Ga, August 2.-(Special.l- The Georgia and Alabama Industrial 1n- dex says in its regular weekly issue:
 "Eleven new banks, three new railroads and 27 new corporations, the latter having aggregate capital stock of s1,154,10o, are features of announcements this week that help to demonstrate the greatness and growth of development and prosperity in Georgia and Alabama.
 "The largest single item is the an- nouncement that s1.ooO.ooO additional is to be expended immediately in completing a dam across the Chattahoochee river for the great electric power plant at Co., lumbus.
 Municipalities are keeping pace fully with private enterprise. Savannah has decided to vote upon the issuance of s6OO,- 900 of sewer bonds; Albany Is preparing to sell s10O,0O0 of improvement bonds; Fay bonds and Jackson. Ala. s15,o0o of tue same character. Lawrenceville, Ga, will vote upon the issuance of S50,000 of im- provement bonds Jackson. Ga, s11, 600 and New Decatur, Ala, $20,000.
 Macon is to have a. $1OO.OOo bakery and candy factory and S5O,000 ice factory; Americus, s1Oo,0Oo fertilizer factory; Cedar town, Vehlcle factory, NeW Decdtur, Aid pearl button factory; Birmingham, six to eight-story club building; Newman and Milledgeville, depots Selma, Ala, street paving; Dalton and Dublin, Ga, theatres Alabama, two state normal school build ings.
 Hand sales form an important feature of the weeks news. Sales near the cities named were: Ft. Valley, 21O acres, s24.0O0; Albany. 25O0 acres, $40000; Eutaw, Ala, 3160 acres, $S5, 900; Appling county. Geor- gia, 10,0OO acres. s50,00o. Tracts near Foley Ala, will be planted in oceans, French almonds, satsuma oranges and figs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-03
ODD FELLOWS MEET
 AT ALBERTVILLE
Lady Narrowly Escapes Death When Buggy Runs Into Ditch and
 OverturnS

Albertvile, August 2.-(Special) )-The district Odd Fellows convention, em- hracing seven, counties, will meet at AL bertviie on the Sth and 9th of August, and the local lodge Is making great prepa- rations for the entertainment of the vis- tors. Besides the delegates, several teams from the different lodges will be here to take part in the degree work. The con veption will meet in the auditorium of the Seventh District Agricultural school, and all delegates will be met at the train ana assigned to their homes
 Mrs. k. A. Miller, wife of Prof. F. A. Miller, Happened to a very painful if not serious accident yesterday afternoon while out driving with, her sister, Miss Willie Sims. The two were driving in front of the Seventh District Agricultural school and started to turn In some manner the lines became twisted and Mrs. Miller, see ing that the buggy was going to turn into 8. ditch, jumped out and fell, the buggy running over her and making a very pain ful gasE in the back of her head. Miss Sims escaped injury.
 Frank Hodgkins, proprietor of the AL bertville hotel, died at his late residence Monday night, following a general break down, Hodgkins removed here from Ten nessee several years ago and took charge Of the Albertvlle hotel. He is survived by his widow and three children. The fu- neral services were conducted from his late tlresidence yesterday afternoon by Rev. Dr. George H Means.