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@ Carthage College was victorious in
the second intercollegiate debate held
with Hedding College last week.
The program committee of Carthage
Womans club delightfully."- entertained
the club and guests at dinner at the
home of Mrs. Borgess., Thursday even
ing of last week, to celebrate the
birthday anniversary of llm. Shakes
peare.
Mrs. Driscol and childen of
Springfield, w'lo have been visiting
Mrs. Driscolls mother, Mrs. f. l..
Smith, near Hamilton, are spending the
week with the family of Chas. Hollis
CLAW.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hubner of Dali
las City, visited one day last week
with Mrs Mary Gill
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoch and daughter
Helen, and Miss Mabel Martins went
n to Quincy to see Grace Baird, who is
playing there.
Homer Garvin and son Gilbert OF
Memphis, Tenn, were visiting in the
city the 1irst of the week
w H. Bartells went to Quincy Wed.
nesday to take the thirty-second de-
gree in Masonry.
Harry McCants Of Quincy spent
Sunday with relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Miller are
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visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Miller in
ColfaX, I'll.
Chas. S. DeHart was a Chicago
visitor last week.
Sam Stigall of st. Louis visited his
mother Mrs. Mira Ritter, over Sunday.
Mrs. John Cloud and son of Boards
town, were in the city last week,
called by the illness of her sister,
Mrs. Fannie Cannon.
Mrs. j. H. Mccullough of Burlington
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Granville
Cannon.
Mrs. e. S. Coombs visited over Sun
day with her sister, Miss Grace Wor-
rell in Blandinsville.
John Duff of Lynch, Neb., is visit
ing friends in the city.
DR.. Hoover was in Muscatine, Iowa,
over Sunday
Mrs. Carl Peterson of Galesburg is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. w. S. Prentice.
Mrs. Elizabeth White of Sciota, and
Mrs. John White of Albuquerque,
N. NJ, are guests of Mrs. U. S. Ferris
Mrs. G. F. Gill and Mrs. R. b. Kirk.
patrick of Peoria are visiting Miss
Martha Quinby and Mrs. Franc Harris
E. A. Garard of Chicago visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Garard
last week.
Mrs. E. B. Markillie, of Quincy, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. N. G. Fisher
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-28
GROWING GIRLS
NEED A TONIC
When They Become Thin and
Pale Ii Proper Development
and HeaIthful Womanho0d
Is to Be Assured.

Poverty of the blood, scientifically
called anamia, is common in young
girls and in persons who are oyerworked
or confined within doors and makes its
approach in SO stealthy a manner that
it is often we'll developed before its
presence is recognized. Taken in time
the disease is readily durable, the specific
being tonic medicine which increases
the number of red blood corpuscles thus
enabling the blood to carry the he
giving oxygen to all the tissues of the
body.
Mrs. Nellie f. Roscovius, of Tulalip,
Wash. was strong and healthy until
her fourteenth year when she went into
rapid decline. For the next year she
suffered from anamia and was not
cured until she gave Dr. Williams
Pink Pills trial. She says:
"When | was fourteen years OF age
went into decline and was miserable
for year / had not a particle of color
and my blood was turning to water.
! was very weak and could not walk up
stairs without great effort. had dizzy
spells and headaches all OF the time and
was compelled to leave school.
"The doctors pronounced my trouble
anamia but did not receive much
benefit from them. Through a neigh
Dor, who had given her daughter Dr.
Williams Pink Pills, ] began their use.
Alter short treatment with the pills |
was stronger. | quickly regained my
health and strength and have had no
occasion to use the pills since. y
The tonic treatment with DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills is successful because it
acts directly on the blood, purifying and
building il up to its normal health. 1t
thereby keeps the body healthy even
under unusual conditions.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills have been
found invaluable in wide range of dis
eases of the blood and nerves such as
rheumatism, after-efiects of the grip and
fevers, neuralgia, nervous debility, St.
yitus' dance and even partial paralysis
and locomotor ataxia.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are for sale
by all druggists, or will be sent, post
paid, on receipt of price, 80 cents per
box; six boxes for So 30, by the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, \. Y.
Send today-ior copy of our free book.
let, Diseases OF the Blood. =
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replaced, this defect would be rem
edied. The cracks in the outer wall
are not all element of danger to the
public. or pupils attending school
here, but if the building were re-
pointed, it would not be amiss.
We would respectfully report that
no teacher conducting school in this
building, and no parent sending his
or her children to this school, should
have the slightest fear of any acct
dent occurring because of the condi-
ton of the building.
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. w. YOUNG,
Contractor and Builder
H. ID. FLEMING, !.
Contractor and Builder
JOHN ANDERSON,
Chief Fire Department
THOS. P. GRAY,
Commissioner Public Safety
April G, 1911.
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BIG BUDGET FOR
. SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Business Study viii be Introduced in
High schooI-smploy Penman-
ship Instructor for
Both.
TEACHERS ASK RAISE
Reports Of Superintendent, Bills Al.
lowed, Wells School condl-
ton and Other Matters
Make Long Session.

Filled with a. number of matters of
consequence, the meeting of the
school board directors last night was
one OF the most important in the
school year. Converting shortly after
the fine dinner rendered them by the
Domestic Science young ladies' how.
ever, the members felt "primed' Tor
the business at hand and it was with
loath feeling that adjournment was
taken at 10 o'clock.
Dora Ware, young colored girl OF
the grade schools, who has proven
herself incorrigible during the pres.
ent school year, appeared before the
board accompanied by an older cister
and note from her mother.
The girl promised reform both to
the superintendent and the directors
superintendent AID signined his
willingness to reinstate the Ware girl
providing her school room conduct in
future is irreproachable
The report OF attendance and bank
ing in the schools was read by the
superintendent and follows:
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Rheumatism Comes
From Bad Kidnyes
Once Your kidneys work Properly,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease and
Bladder Trouble Disappear
How to Cure Yourself.

tNtetiGy ClSCdSG anu
Bladder Trouble Disappear
How to Cure Yourself.
1t is no longer necessary to spend
months and. months undergoing a
complicated treatment for rheuma-
tism. kidney or bladder trouble or
spend good many dollars in DOCTORS
bills.
A new treatment can now be OBJ
tanned which seems to act more like q
marvel than medicine. This treat
ment has produced such satisfactory
results in a short time that it is now
guaranteed from first to last.
There should be no more DOUBT
about the rapid cure OF rheumatism,
no fears of the fatal termination Of
treacherous kidney disease or dropsy.
rheumatism means nothing more
nor less than that your kidneys do
not work properly. Your blood passes
through the kidneys hundreds OF
times day to be filtered and purified
When the kidneys are weak, the pois
ons are Tot taken out of the blood
as they SHOULD be. This leads to Vari
GUS diseases, such as rheumatism, ter
rible Bright's disease, Diabetes, drop
sy and bladder trouble.
The new guaranteed treatment is
DR.. Derby's Kidney Pills. One Gays use
of them will prove t1eir remarkable
| effect. M. 7. Ridenour of Lima, Ohio
says: When / feel bad in my back
just take couple of Derby's Kidney
Pills and get immediate reliet''
If you have rheumatism, anywhere
back pains, cloudy, foul urine, pains
i in the bladder, Bright's disease or dia
betes, put your whole confidence IN
DR.. Derby's Kidney Pills, and you will
not be disappointed.
DR. Derbys Kidney Pills are sold at
all drug stores-25 and so cents
or we will scrd them direc
from the laboratory of Derh.
Medicine Co., Eaton Rapids. Mich.
prepaid If you wish. If YOU
want to t. them first, just tell your
druggist to give you free sample
package.
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NEW MONEY
FOR CHINESE
Old Copper and Brass Pieces Are to
Make Way For the Modern
Silver Coins,

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-With the
recent signatures of the contract for
the loan of $50,0o0,00O to China by
American, British, German and
French bankers, the death knell of
the most hopelessly confused currency
in the world was sounded. Foreign
ers residing in, or doing business with
China breathed sigh of relief, as
the loan is to end most veXatious
obstacle to the transaction of business.
China agrees, as part of the con-
tract to install a currency system
worthy of the name. Until the eight
les of the last century the brass cash
was the only national coin. Silver
was used in the lump by weight, the
unit of weight being known to for
eigners as the tael Can Indian term
and to the Chinese as the lang, the
equal, roughly speaking, to ] Ii
ounces avoirdupois.
The weight of the lang, however
and the fineness of the silver bullion
varied in every city of the Empire
and, to add to the confusion, Mexican
and Spanish dollars were also in use
in certain localities. About 1887 thf
Chinese provincial governments be
gan to mint dollar pieces, and there
are some eight or ten varieties O.
these in circulation, all nominally o
the value of a Mexican dollar, but il
! 1o oly{nu ,,nifNrn1jtU
Added to these various dollars i:
that of the British crown colony
Hongkong, which is in use in mum
Der of the ports. Several foreigl
banks doing business in China have
issued paper notes, which have
/ limited circulation. Some of thes'
are subject to discount if used OUTSIDE
the port of issue. All this has pro
duced great confusion, and burdenet
trade with endless charges for ex
| change, and the difficulties have beel
increased by the fuctuation in tn
gold value of the silver.
The American government has bee
consulted number of times by Cin
during recent years in regard to cul
rencv reform which would relieve tn
situation. In 1903 treaty was signe
in which China agreed to provide
uniform national coinage.
In 1904, at the request of China
Prof. ]. w. jerks, of Cornell univel
| sity. and member of the Commissio
ION international Exchange, was sen
TO Picking by the American govern
ment. Prof. jerks studied the none
tary situation in China for eightee
months, and his recommendation
were accepted
However, after his return to tn
| United States change of sentimen
appeared. Various substitute scheme
were presented, but none adopted III
/ til last May, when an imperial edic
appeared approving plan.
The standard coin is to be of sllve
OF the same weight and fineness a
the Mexican dollar. The fractions
pieces in silver will be the dime, tn
quarter. and the half dollar, and SUI
.ksidarv coins in addition to these wi
Ibe a nickel FIVE cent piece, and
copper the mill, five mill, one cen
and two cent piece.
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Eor Domestic Science.

An appropriation of $40 was made
for the Domestic Science department
to finish the present school year, and
not dissenting vote was heard Dur
ing the year, including last nights
appropriation, s135 has been used for
the cultivation of young minds in this
phase of school life and the small
amount expended has brought vast re
turns.
The matter of securing site for
constructing school building, vest
of Fourteenth street on the south side
of the city was referred to the com
mittee in char~e.
Two appropriations of SO each We're
made for the manual training depart
ment and for DR.. R. l.. Reid, principa
of the high school.
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Superintendent Aldrich reported to
the board that last year between the
end of the fourth and seventh month
of the school year, there was an in
crease of thirty-fve students in the
schools. This year an increase of lis
has been noted between the same
months and period of time.
A canvass has been made of some of
the school blocks of the city for the
purpose of determining whether new
school boundaries can be made to
carry out the policy of the board in
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To Succeed A. E. Parsons.

Possibly the most important matter
for consideration of the board. be-
cause of the effect it will have on
the commercial understanding of the
high school student hereafter, was
the suggestion of superintendent
Aldrich that successor to the late
A. E. Parsons. writing and drawing
supervisor be appointed.
Mr.. Aldrich asked that the sense OF
the board in which direction they wish
to look with regard to continuing the
study, be made known
1t was asked whether the board
wished to continue supervisor OF
both writing and drawing or to secure
some one to instruct classes in pen
manship and take up business
course with high school students.
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Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets assist nature in driving all
impurities out of the system, insuring
a free and regular condition and re,
storing the organs OF the body to
health and strength. Sold by all
dealers.
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Protest Street Work.

A motion was made by Director
Strimback that the committee in
charge of repairs, make protest to the
city commissioners against the gut
tering and tar binding of the road be-
tween Des Moines and Palean on
Thirteenth street at the west of the
Carey school
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to teach penmanship and commercial
work in the high school.
Won't Stop Drawing.

It is not the purpose of the board of
education to drop drawing from the
school curriculum, 1t. is DESTROYS to
have some one instruct the schools,
the superintendent stated. who could
bring some of the artistic into the
work. The drawing in the past by
keokuk students has been more of a
penmanship drill rnan the artistic side
of the work. Some of the teachers in
the schools are able to handle the
work of drawing satisfactorily. Later
water color work could be introduced
and the system bettered by the en-
ployment of a penmanship and bust
ness instructor, and have the teachers
themselves be the drawing instructors.
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Foley Kidney Pills contain IN con-
centrated form ingredients Of estab-
lished therapeutic value for the relief
and cure of all kidney and bladder
ailments Foley Kidney Pills are anti
septic, tonic and restorative. Refuse
substitutes. Wilkinson & Co.
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Teachers Ask for More Money.

A petition signed by fifteen of the
grade school teachers, asking for an
increase of SIS month, the same to
take effect the coming school term,
was presented the board
AS a reason for asking an increase
in their salaries, the teachers state in
the petition that living expenses
have increased since their monthly
stipends were first arranged and they
are now doing more work than before,
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High School Also.

A similar petition to the one pre-
sented by the grade teachers, was
presented the board by the instructors
in the high school, who ask for SIS
more on the month.
The cost of living, they state, is
higher. Another reason for asking
higher salaries the petition states, is,
that there has been no general in
crease for some time among the teach
ers and two years have passed since
more money has been paid them. For
these reasons, the instructors state,
they believe that some act is thought
imperative, on behalf of the board of
directors.
Eleven high school teachers signed
the petition.
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on teachers A hearing Of the
matter of salary increase will be given
the teachers at meeting OF the
board next Wednesday evening.
Sadie Marion Becker, teacher in
the high school, asked for the sigma
lures of the president and secretary
of the board in having renewed, heI
state certificate as school instructor
c. l.. Becker asked the board for re
appointment as school census taker
the matter being referred to the com
4 mittee in charge.
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Item Welcomed
BY Many Men

This recipe can be filled at home.
so that no one need know of an
Others troubles, as the ingretii-
ents can be obtained separately at
any well stocked drug store. They
are in regular use and many diff
ferent prescriptions are constantly
being filed with them
This will prove a welcome bit of
information for all those who are
overworked gloomy. desponden.
nervous and have trembling limbs.
heart palpitation. dizziness.
fear without cause. timidity
In ventnring. and general in
ability to act naturally and ration
ally as others do. because the !
treatment can be prepared secretly
at home and taken without any's
knowledge.
manv victims Of societys late
hours and dissiba ton will. 1t IS
said find the restoratiyes they are
In need of.
II the reader decides = try it.
, get three ounces of ordinary syrup
; sarsaparilla compound and one
ounce compound fluid balnawort:
mix and let stand two hours. then
get one ounce compound essence
; cardiol and one ounce tincture
; cadomene compound mot carda-
NOM. mix all together shake
well and take a teaspoonf,ii after
= each meal and one when retiringa
; A certain well known medical
expert asserts that thousands OF
men and many women are suffer
ers all because of dormant ciroula-
ton of the blood and consequent
impairment OF the nervous force.
which hegets the most dreadful
symptoms and untold misery.
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a wa.erless Bath.

what do you think" said the man
curious. ~ cleaned my face to-day
with vacuum cleaner. 1t just takes
the skin and pulls it so you can hard.
ly get away. The man who operates
one told me that he went over his
face and clothing every night when
he got through his work and felt as
fresh as daisy OF course, he takes
off the thing he uses for floors and
walls. l believe I'll start a fad--tak-
ing waterless baths"
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Don't permit yourself or any mem
Der of your family or any friends to
suffer long from the effects of consti-
patton. Keep the constipation poisons
out of your sytem, and feel we'll all
the time. Write for a free trial pack
age to The Blackburn Products Co.,
Dayton, Ohio. or obtain a 10c or 25c
package from your druggist.
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Good results always follow the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases of kidney
and bladder disorders. Try them. VIII
kinson & Co.
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Col. Nate Meeker Says:

Col. Nathan Meeker, a veteran OF
the nth N. Y. Volunteers, residing in
Syracuse, New York, who wears a
Gettysburg badge for bravery writes:
Il am an old soldier, and can say with
pride that Blackburn's CascaRoyal
Pills beat anything have ever tried
for chronic constipation. almost for
get myself, l feel SO much better in
every way. take one pill every
other night. and l feel lively and ener.
getic all the time since taking them
shall tell all of my friends about
their great merit. cannot make my
letter strong enough in praise"
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Hoods SarsaparilIa

Wnicn enects wonderful
ous because combines the twenty
uneenc There
70 Duy any preparation said
snieflor costs less Doses ST.
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Wells School Perfectly Safe.


The report of the committee ap-
pointed for inspection of the Wells
school building, was read by the sec
rotary and follows:
To the Honorable School Board of the
City of Keokuk:
Gentlemen-At the request of Di-
rector Joseph Lutz, the undersigned
have made a careful examination of
the Wells school building and hereby
respectfully report as follows;
We find the building to be in per-
fectly safe condition. Its walls are
exceptionally thick, plumb and true,
having only few slight cracks,
caused by time and slight settling,
which are of no particular conse'
quence. The floors, stairways and
pastering are in good condition
There are few very slight cracks n
the plastering and small amount OF
the plastering has fallen down, trick
ling upon the floor as particles OF
sand and lime. This we do not con
slider of any consequence, from the
danger point of view, and if a small
amount of the plastering is taken of
where the cracks have occurred ant
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Courtesy to Teachers.

Director Hamil made motion that
the board go on record as appreciatiye
of the courtesies extended the visit
ors at the Southeastern Iowa Teach
ers convention recently, by the Wat
er Power company and j. H. Cole, sup
erintendent of the keokuk and Ham
ilton bridge.
The Water Power company, the
superintendent reported, personally
conducted the teachers over the works
on both sides of the river and furnish
ed train for conveyance to the Iii
nois shore.
Superintendent Cole saw to it, that
no cost was attached to the trips
over the bridge made by the train
which otherwise would have been
quite an item.
Eight hundred badges, the finest
that have been seen at any teachers
convention, were given the pedagogues
visiting here, as souvenirs, by the
power company.
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restricting pupils in certain ward, to
attend the school in that district. The
average number OF pupils in the
George Washington school district, is
small. A list of those attending school
in the Washington ward will be pre-
pared and submitted to the superin-
tendent and Directors Roberts and
Woolley. To increase the attendance
at Washington school and relieve the
situation of crowdedness in some of
the others is the object sought in
boundary change.
The superintendent submitted for
examination of the board, papers
naming the. repairs needed in the
schools. The matter will be taken W
By the committee of the whole and re-
pairs needed will be given proper at
tention.
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Spring Debility

I'VE 90 the den'iitating weather ofthe season,
and to the impure, Impoverished devtazed
CONDITION OF the blood caused by too close con-
finement, too little outdoor air and exercise. too
heavy diet during the winter.
u 10 cured by the great constitutional remedy
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For the Month Ending March "a, 1911,
Schools. Enroll No. Cases Bank
Noticeable Increase.

xlos x122
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-10
BRIBERY CHARGE
IS MADE AT GARY
Mayor, Several Members Of
Council and City Engineer
Under Arrest.

Gary. Ind, September s.-Mayor
Thomas knotts. I'VE of the nine mem!
oers OF the City Council. City Engineer
w. "A. Williston. and a son OF one OF
the Aldermen. were arrested yesterday
on charges OF having accepted and SO.
licited brides in heating franchise
deal. The arrests were made on com
plant of T. B. Dean. OF Richmond.
Ky" to whom the franchise was grant
ed. and who said he had given evidence
Of the attempted bribery to attorneys
In Chicago before tho money was
transferred
AT the same time steps were taken
IN Chicago to protect funds sa.d 10
be involved in the deal. said to be da-
posted In safety deposit vault there.
This money, Dean said. was given bv
him TO Councilman. placed in an en-
velope and signed by Dean, and each Of
the men involved. each keeping a key
until the deal was completed Mayor
Knots. who was arrested In his office .
by Sheriff Thomas Grant. gave cash
bail OF $4,000. The others were taken
to Jail al Crown Point, Ind. Mayor
Knots secuted the bribe charges and
said he would be able to prove bia
innocence Dean charged nIayor
Knots with having received s5 mn
as his share of the deal.