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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
SALE OF NORWICH & WESTERLY Will Be Held in Poquetanuck on June

The auction sale of the Norwich 6 Westerly road. as advertised, will be held on June P at Poqeetanuck. in one lot. The sale is to be at noon, and a description of the propertp appears elsewhere
 The report from New Haven that President Mellen of the New Haven road had refused to buy the road is reported untrue b.z one in a position to know, and it is understood that it has not been offered to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
Home from Colorado.

Day Starter Harry Stebbins, who has been away on a trip to Colorado and other western points, returned on Tuesday evening, coming by way of Worcester. He will be back at his ac- custonled place in the starters office on Franklin square today, where Night Starter John Kinney has been serv- had Mir Kinney's place at night.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
Takes OF the Express Trains.

The new schedule on the New Iia- ven road in effect June 4. takes off the Portland express trains running over this line and the Bar Harbor ex- presses, together with the Portland will be sent around by the way of Hartford, Springfield and Worcester. Eight miles are saved by that route.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
A Fair Exchange.

Chicago judge has sentenced a bad boy to the navy. Now the navy may be expected to sentence its re- 9rsctnry .sazscrs to Chicago -Clexe~. land Leahen
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Toltio, Japan, intends to spend-near-
 ly s16, 100000 on drainage works.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
Chemically
 Pure Drugs

It's purity thar counts in prescrip- tion work. Remember the next time any member of your family is sick to bring your prescriptions to
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
Drink for your ,aealtkswilliam., Roo.

Beer. A most wholesome temperance beverage. ; glasses for Pc
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Each of the observation trains for the boat race this year will have three more cars tran heretofore, the number
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

At the state meeting of the Wo- mems Universalist Missionary society held in St Paul's church, Meriden, on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cobb, wife of Rev J. F. Cobb of Norwich, pre- sided; also reading one of the four papers, her theme being The Decisive Hour f 1T Foreign Missions.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Comnen cement exercises at Trinity college will begin on Saturday, June 24 with the annual Trinity Wesleyan baseball game. In the evening the annual senior dramatic will be given. the bill being Her Uncle's Will in which Thomas c. Brown. son of Rev. and Mrs. I Eldred Brown of Norwich, has a leading part.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

The permanent commission on paro- chia1 archives of the Ciocese of Goa necticut is to hold its meeting in the comptroller's office at the state capi- tol on Friday afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

The 1911 luncheon at New Haven May 31 in honor of Mrs Sara T. Kin ney of Hartford, president general of the National Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. is being pleasantly anticipated by the Daughters from all over the state. who have been bidden to the affair, as well as Mrs. Kinney herself, who always looks forward to these social gatherings.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Supt. J. B. Stanton of the West Chelsea school has arranged for the repeating of the Maypole dance at the Mt. Pleasant street school. following the scho session, at f o'clock this at- ternoon. It will be public affair and no doubt many will attend.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Former Gov. Thomas NJ. Waller of Charming street. New London, is to close his town house and take up his abode at Neptune park for the sum- mer, on the 5th of June.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

There is to be baptism of five can- didates in the river at PoquonnJc Bridge next Sunday by Rev. Osmer c. Buddington of the Poquonnoc Br, dge Baptist church.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

MT. and Mrs. Isaac Jones and fam fly of Norwich, who were at Gales Ferry, over the week end. have re- mained for a few days at their cot tage.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Turn societies throughout the state will celebrate on Thursday the cen tenary of the establishment O. the first Tur1 Platz Gan open field for the prac- tice of gymrastics) by Friedrich Lud- wig Jahn in May. 1911, on the Tiasen- heide, at that time in the outskirts of Berlin Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Mrs. William Gallup and son Lester of Woodstock have returned nome aft CT spending a week with relatives in Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

In accordance with a circular letter issued by Rt Rev. Bishop Milan. a Novena in honor of the Holy Ghost will begin Friday evening in the Cath ollie churches. and will be continued until Whit Sunday
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Iris and other spring flowers are in bloom in the old-fashioned garden at the Sweet place. on Thames street, which every season is kept with such order and care that it is real beauty spot in that section.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Mrs. Herbert & Owens. formerly of the Eastern Point colony, was the lady Selected to deliver the speech at the presentation of the silver service to the battleshjD Utah, on Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

The entertainment fer Founder S day. which was to lave taken place today, Wednesday. May 24. at Rock Nook home, is indefinitely postponed, on account of illness among the chill dren Abby D. Allen, chairman en- tertainplent ccmmittee.-adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24
Otlf Ruilrtill,
VARIOUS MATTERS

It is claimed that Monday was the hottest May 22 in twenty-fve years.
 May sf in the church calendar is the feast of Our Lady. Help of Christians
 It is said that summer excursions to Block Island are to begin early this season
 Advent churches are appointing del egates l.. the state convention in New Haven on May 30.
 Men have been pruning the vines on the otis library, which already show thrifty growth.
 Rev. Charles H. Ricketts will de- liver the Memorial day address at Monson. Mass. this year.
 May is the month to start beekeep- ing, and many farmers are adding hives to their possessions.
 Yesterdays cool wave gave human ity new courage. It came as a great relief to invalfds and the aged.
 Harry Burnett and family of Hart ford have taken the Reverie cottage at Ocean beach for the summer.
 Maryland strawberries are arriving in market at prices to encourage church societies to held strawberry suppers.
 Grand Army officials are making their annual feqGest. that t.. cir partic- ular day May 30. be called Memorial day, not Decoration day.
 Passengers on the Worcester trains notice the banks along the railroad below Plainfield, which are covered with long, -steIAmed violets.
 Farmers had a comparatively easy day Sunday, the first Sunday in weeks,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Farmers had a comparatively easy day Sunday. the first Sunday in weeks, as the ground was moist enough after the showers to prevent woodland fires.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-24

Petec Kelley of Hopkinton. Mass, was bound over to the September term of the superior court under bonds of s1.000 Monday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Charles A. Gallup on a charge of larceny of game fowl iron, the farm of F. H. Gavitt in Water ford.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

ducts to market which otherwise
would not have had sale. He was al
ways an eloquent writer on naviga-
ton.
Senator Poindexter is just now CIV
ing attention to the need of improving
navigation on the Columbia River,
particularly between Wenatchee and
the mouth of Snake River. 1t seems
the local engineer officer in charge
has made an adverse report on this
project, and it is complained by bust
ness men and students Of the Column
bia River that it fails to take into
consideration the incalcuable benefit
this improvement-the conquering OF
the difficulties of Priest Rapids, Cab
met Rapids and Rock Island Rapids
would be not only to the commerce
of the whole river, but enormously to
the whole country.
"The adoption of reciprocity with
Canada, we'll and good as 1T Is, would,
with the proper improvement of the
Columbia River and the passage of
freight carried from the head of navi-
CATION in British Columbia to the
ocean, would give a tremendous i'm
Ipetus to commerce with Canada
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
KEoKUK COLORED
PEOPLE AT BARBECUE
More Than Hundred in Fl. Madison
Today Attending Emancipation
Day Exercises.

Emancipation Day, the anniversary
of the freeing of the negro slave, is
being celebrated in Ivanhoe Park at
Fort Madison today. More than a hun
bred colored people from Keokuk took
the morning and afternoon north
bound trains for the place of celebra-
ton where a big barbecue is to be
held. A program will be held at the
park. Emancipation Day barbecues are
annual affairs with the colored people
of this section as well as other parts
of the country.
Burlington, Monmouth. Galesburg,
Mt. Pleasant, Quincy, Hannibal and
other cities will have large represen
tations Of colored people at the cele
bration today, besides Keokuk and
Fort Madison.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
POINDEXTER rs
RIVER BOOSTER
Senator From the West Believes That
River Improvement Is Vital
Question.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ST am
most heartily in sympathy and accord
with the policy of annual appropria.
tons for rivers and harbors and for
a broad and comprehensive system
Of waterway improvement that shall
adhere strictly to treating the sub
iect always from national stand
point, approving no local project that
has not important and intimate rela-
ton with the national scheme of
broadening and maintaining naviga-
ton Of all our waters. That, I'M
derstand, is In harmony with the
purpose and reason for existence of
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress."
With this enunciation of principle,
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
PROTEST AGAINST
| ROLLER |. | CHARGE
property owners Who Have 70 Pay
For street Improvement do Not
Understand Additional
Three-cent Charge.
HAVE TAKEN ACTION
Petitions Are Being Prepared on
, \, Four o. the Streets Where
Work Il Being Done.
Commissioners Explains.
HAVE TAKEN ACTION

Several hundred property owners
today are signing petitions which will
be filed with the city clerk protesting
AGAINST the three cent charge for work
Of rolling done by the steam roller
on streets that are being macadamed.
Four separate petitions are being cir
culated and two OF them have already
been filed. They include the property
owners on South Fifteenth from John
son to Des Moines; North Thirteenth
from Main to Franklin Palean from
Twelfth to Fifteenth, and on Orleans
street.
The following reasons are set out:
that taxpayers have helped pay for
said roller; that city has rolled all OF
the streets up to this time without
charge and property owners should
not have to pay for something that
nobody has paid for before.
Commissioner Thomas P. Gray was
questioned concerning the matter to
day. He says that in the present con
tracts for street work the city agreed
to furnish the tar kettles, which
were purchased at the expense Of
$500, and also to roll the streets. Il
this has not been done the bids would
have been higher and in the end the
property owners would have to pay
just the same. As it is tho work Is
being done at price considerably
cheaper than ever before and he does
not understand why there should BIZ
any complaint. The additional charge
made is three cents per square yard
which amounts to about 81 in ma
jority of instances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
Boy Scouts Require Big Business System
Details Of the Methods by Which Hundreds Of Thousands Of
Boys Throughout the Country are Kept Interested in
Activities that Make for Fun Health Mental and
Character Development
Character Development.

constantly are writing to the National
Headquarters OF the Boy Scouts Of
America. They send in hundreds of
letters daily. all OF which must be an
swered. The requests must be satisfied
or the lads lose interest II the boys
in any one town are eager to engage
in this activity not specified in the
manual, but tending to bring out their
latent good qualities, the leaders Of
the movement keeping in touch with
the development of the boys must ar
range to make that play or work an
official Scout activity. There are hum
dreds OF questions bearing pertinently
on the Boy Scout movement sent In
every week.
All those details must be worked
out. A visit to the national headquar-
tiers reveals how thoroughly and ade-
quately attention is given to the boys
wants. 1t shows that while the Boy
Scouts with their patrols and troops
in every state are apparently greatly
scattered, yet their interest in scout
headquarters system has been work
ed out so that the interest of every
boy Is appealed to. In other words,
systematic supervision of the boys
play has been devised, in manner to
suggest many and diverse lines of fun
for him, but with the idea of develop
ing self-reliance in his character. The
national headquarters has the help OF
200 local councils In cities and towns
throughout the country which attend
to many details.
To meet the need of the boys there
are working In the national headquar.
tiers men trained in the handling OF
boys. others versed in the science of
philanthropic work, clerks, bookkeep-
ers, stenographers, the boy scout Of
fee boys. Right in headquarters alone
there are thirty-three persons employ
ed They occupy six rooms on the
eleventh and twelfth floors of the
Fifth Avenue building, New York. a
casual visitor dropping in there during
working hours will find many type.
writer's clicking and turning out let
tiers about the boy scouts, sending 10
structions to scout masters, answer
ling hundreds of questions that daily
come in to the headquarters staff
The boys are busy sending out badges
and filling orders for equipment. 9th
| er clerks are busy with the cores
pondence relative to the appointment
of scout masters and the issuing o.
the scout masters certificates Writ
ers are busy working out details O
other activities to meet the needs o
American boys. Every month more
than $4,000 communications are sen
| ou.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

The Boy Scout movement Is big
business enterprise. 1t involves the
expenditure Of 100000 yearly for the
maintenance Of the National Head
quarters OF Boy Scouts Of America. 1t
necessitates the printing Of hundreds
OF thousands OF manuals, bulletins
and other information concerning the
movement 1t requires a big business
staff, at the head OF which Is man
trained in law, the science OF philan-
thropic work and skilled in up-to-date
business methods. 1t requires the
thoughtful attention Of many dis
tinguished men who are devoting
their greater part of their lives to
philanthropic work. It has absorbed
the sympathy Of thousands of able
business and professional men
throughout the country who appreciate
its great opportunities for the all
around development Of boys into ex-
cellent citizens.
When one considers the thousands
of Boy Scout patrols and troops
throughout the country, one does not
think of the tremendous business
system behind the varied and scat
tered activities OF those boys. In
every city and almost every small
town throughout the country, there
are Boy Scouts. They are being
trained physically, mentally and
morally. They are having fun engag-
ing in rial fishing expeditions and
swimming contests, taking hikes in
the woods, stalking animals and birds
with cameras, learning to paddle a
canoe, to swim and to camp out They
are doing those things first because II
is fun, but they have over them
Scoutmasters who see that they dc
those things Systematically, that
they do not over-exert themselves
physically, but play in manner that
increases their physical strength
makes them alert in mind and fills
them with the desire to be honest, up
right men.
AS these boys progress In the vari
GUS lines of Boy Scout activities, win
ming merit badges, doing things that
educate them and prepare them fol
the battle Of life, there are many
things that they want. They demand
Scout manuals, hats, suits and shoes
/ specially made for tramping in the
woods. They may want a Scou
whistle or handy little axe. They
may want to know something abou
the birds or the animals in the woods
They may want badges to show tina
they are Scouts. They want meri
badges for which they are SO eagerl.
striving
The boys individually and collective
lily in many different towns and citie'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
Effect of One Bottle.
Crandall, Tex.-"After my last s

Crandall, Tex.-"After my last spell
OF Sickness" writes Mrs. Belle Teal.
of this city, 81 remained very i'll, and
stayed in bed for eight weeks. !
couldn't get UP, all this time, and
though my doctor came to see me
every day, he didn't do any good. |
had taken but one bottle OF Cardui,
when was UP, going everywhere. and
soon ! was doing all my housework. I"
Cardui helps when other medicines
have failed, because it contains In
gradients not found in any other medl-
cine Pure, safe, reliable, gentle
acting -Cardui is the ideal medical
tonic for weak, sick women Try 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

ington, member OF the senate commit
tee, whose home is at Spokane, or
the great Columbia river, added that
no people in the United States were
more deeply interested nor more keen
ly alive to the Importance Of river
and harbor improvement from the
broadcast standpoint than those Of the
state of Washington.
IT believe it is of much Importance
to the country at large and the peo-
pie of the United States are now so
earnestly determined upon awaiting
themselves Of every possible means
of reaching a live-and-let-live policy
with respect to transportation that all
political parties should speak out in
their next national conventions Tor
annual appropriations to be devoted
to nationwide system of improve
ments. The republican party has al
ways been proverbially liberal to-
ward internal improvements, and
have no doubt it would cheerfully in
national convention endorse this idea
Certainly the democratic party
shouldn't fail to fall in line, for its
father and founder, Thomas Jefferson,
was the first of American statesmen
to be attracted by the far-reaching
importance Of caring for waterway
means of transportation. One OF the
most interesting things in the great
variety Of subjects which engaged the
mind of this versatile thinker was
his attention to the beneficience OF
navigation, and in all his history moth
ing is more striking than when with
pardonable pride, in his old age in
summing UP what he had done that
was worth while he pointed to the
fact that while young man he got
up subscriptions to clear Instructions
from the little river near his home
the Rivanna-and afterwards obtained
an appropriation from the Virginia
general assembly for the improvement
of the river, and that the improvement
enabled the shipment of farm pro
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
Will Scrub No More.

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. Mrs. Ida
Duncan, young widow, who support
ed herself and three small children by
scrubbing floors In office buildings
and washing since her husband died
about four months ago. has gone to
Tampa, Fla, to claim an inheritance
OF $4,000, left by her uncle. Mrs.
D,ln,an, who is native of the South
land, said at her home, 1124 Third
avenue. before starting On the long
Journey, that the good news came in
a letter from a solicitor in Florida,
Four thousand dollars of the estate
is in cash, the rest being invested in
fruit lands, which Mrs. Duncan is to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

manage during her lifetime, after
which 1t will become the property OF
her children. Il was unable to take
care of the little ones while working
OUT Mrs. Duncan said, 80 l placed
them in the day nursery, calling for
them in the evening. I was not at
home when the letter came, but as
soon as l heard Of my good fortune
L almost ran to the nursery and
brought the children home. was not
prepared to go anywhere, but good
friends have assisted me to go to
Florida"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
FIRST IOWA VETS
HERE WEDNESDAY
X Will be the FIftIeth Anniversary Of
the Battle of Wilson
Creek.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Aug. 4.--Ap-
parently there is going to be a large
gathering of veterans Of the civil war
and others interested IN the glorious
events Of fifty years ago at the city OF
Keokuk next Wednesday. August 10 is
a date dear to the heart of every for
mer member Of the famous First Iowa
regiment. For twas at Wilson creek
August 10, 1861, that the First Iowa
regiment won undying fame and earn
ed the admiration and called forth the
applause of patriots in all sections of
the country. The time OF enlistment
for the men OF the First Iowa regt
ment had expired. They could have
returned home without ever being
accused of any wrongdoing. They
would have been entirely within their
rights il they had stacked their arms
and declared against farther fighting
on their part. They had done their
duty. They had fulfilled the agree
ment They had rendered faithful ser.
vice during the time for which they
had enlisted. They had done all that
they had promised to do, all that was
expected Of them. And yet. when the
word was passed around, these men
who, according to strict instruction
had ceased to be soldiers, without a
dissenting vote declared for fighting
as long as there was fighting that
needed to be done. And after the ex
piration OF their enlistment they took
part in one of the most stubbornly
contested and most bloody of the
smaller battles of the civil war. They
showed their spirit there and after
ward. After they. had been regularly
mustered out, very large percentage
OF the men Of the First Iowa enlisted
IN other regiments. where they die
valiant service.
Survivors of other regiments have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
Great Show at Colonial.

Everything new at the Colonial
theatre tonight. A great program
headed by thrilling picture called
Jim and Joe, or Bunco Bills Wild
West. full of excitement. scenes TAX
en- with the 101 Ranch wild west show
The Cowboys Deliverance, a stirring
western picture. The Pretender," a
modern drama Clyde Martin playing
the pictures. Jim Foley will sing I'D
Rather Have Folks Say How that Man
Could Run, than There He Lies. A
great coon song. Two shows at 7:45
and 900. A great show. Don't miss it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

been invited to join in the reunion at
keokuk, and there promises to be a
large and interesting gathering Of the
men who wore the blue, and Of men
who were more or less prominently
Identified with public affairs, when the
battle of Wilson creek was fought.
And the looker-on will marvel not so
much at the fact that some Of the
men are bent and feeble, as at the
other fact. that there are SO many
among the veterans who are still in
the prime richness of life, and who
seem almost fit to again do the
marching and the lighting that fell to
the share Of the famous First Iowa
fifty years ago.