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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
CHARLESTON.


Mrs. John Wake was given a very
pleasant surprise Monday evening
when quite number of her friends
and neighbors gathered at her home
to help celebrate her birthday. The
evening passed very pleasantly with
music. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Downey, Jas.
Pickering and Harry Barnes all added
to the evenings enjoyment by fur
nishing music with violin and banjo.
Ice cream and cake were served to
over thirty guests who left memen-
to for Mrs. Wicke showing the high es.
TEEN in which she is held by her
neighbors and friends.
The M. w. A. lodge gave social
Tuesday evening to members and their
families which was much enjoyed. A
special feature was the music furnish
ed by Mr.. Schotta's music class and
Hancock orchestra of New Boston.
Ferd and Otto .Wahrer went to Bur
lington Saturday to witness the ball
game and visit relatives.
The social given on the church
lawn Dy the Baptlst Young People was
much enjoyed.
Messrs. Henry Kirchner, Archie
Vermazen. G. A. Swinderman, Adam
Hopp and Alonzo Swinderman went to
Keokuk Monday in Mr.. Kirchner's
auto.
Mr.. Corsen and Harmon Marsh,
painters and decorators from DON
Nelson passed through town with an
auto party enroute to Quincy, ILL.,,
Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. j. A. vermazen took
their son Archie to Keokuk Friday
where he was operated on by DR.. Laps
lew for adnoids and throat trouble.
The operation was success and his
many friends will be glad to learn he
will soon be we'll again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
and times. The cut out is used most
ly by smart alexis who want to call
attention to themselves and to their
ears
THE Fly PEST.

The common housefiy has been CIV
en- so much undesirable notoriety in
late years, particularly during the
past few months, that it is somewhat
surprising that campaigns against its
existence have not occupied more at
tention than they have. Here and
there community has gotten the
children at work and is getting some
fame for the pints and quarts brought
in by its Johnnies and Marys; some
have enacted laws and are insisting
on the screening of foodstuffs ex-
posed for sale, but anything concert
ed against the fly has yet to be done.
The disgusting pictures published by
various of the tuberculosis societies
do not half tell the tale of possible
disease and filth conveyance that the
fly can do.
The remedy is not fy-swatting ex-
cept in SO far as it concerns the fly
then and there exterminated, and
this should mean every fly that
gets inside the well screened house,
but the practical problem is the mat
ter of destroying them, through him
dering their propagation. This means
a civic movement under whatever
health authorities a community may
have; it means absolute cleanliness
in streets, alleys, around stables and
ash pits, in door yards, everywhere;
it means eternal vigilance on the part
of every person In any community.
With such vigilance for cleanliness the
fly can become stranger and heath
conditions otherwise would be ire
mendously advanced. Some day this
will be undertaken, but we are not
expecting that it will be this year or
next.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
NO MEDICAL TRUST.

Senator Owen OF Oklahoma is evil
IDENTIFY not greatly impressed with the
charge that the American Medical As
ISOLATION is medical trust" In
"a recent speech in the United States
senate he said:
IF the American Medical assocfa-
ton forms a trust, and IL they are
concerned in establishing a depart
ment of health with view to pre-
venting sickness, which would be the
purpose Of the department of health.
they would be engaged in tearing
down their own business; they would
be engaged in depriying themselves
OF the patients from whom they make
living. 1t would be the only trust
in existence which is concerned IN
diminishing its own revenue and de.
stroying its own financial foundation.
Such a trust as that is very noble
trust and one that deserves encour-
agement."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
MAGAZINES BY MAIL.

Beginning in the near future the
larger proportion of the leading maya
zines published in the United States
will be transported by freight to cen
trail pc. AMI thence Distributed Nv
mail over the various states OF which
such cities are the distributing CEN
tiers. The monthly magazines will be
made up in carload lots in the cities
in which they are published Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Springfield,
O., etc.-and forwarded to Chicago,
Omaha, Denver, San Francisco and
Seattle for distribution.
The third class freight rate on this
class of printed matter from New
York to Chicago is so cents per 100
pounds, or $40 ton, compared with
$40 per ton if transported by mail
The postmaster general estimates that
in this manner the department will
be able to save between $8,000,000
and $9,000,000 annually compared with
the present plan of transporting this
class of mail wholly as second class
matter The effect of the plan will be
greatly to reduce the volume of mail
matter compared with the present vol
ume, by excluding magazines and 9TH
er printed matter not published often
er than once a month.
The new arrangement includes re-
weighing of all mail, and the postmas-
ter general has ordered this work to
begin September / and to continue los
days. In anticipation of material re-
duction of the quantity of mail to be
carried on passenger trains after Sept.
/, the postoffice department has or
dered the railroads to cut out of SER
vice the forty foot mail cars now gen.
orally in use on the trunk lines, and
substitute others thirty feet in length.
The purpose in reducing the length
of the cars is that the volume of the
traffic is not expected to be sufficient
to occupy the space now devoted to
this purpose. A very considerable saw
ings by salvage of rentals will be eff
fected. The government is paying the
railroads Of the country s49,000,G00
for carrying the mails, and is endeav-
oring to reduce the amount to s40,-
0Oo, 900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
"MApE IN IOWA."
Hawkeye Manufacturers Would Ir
crease Sales of Their Goods.

Sioux City Journal: When you go
on shopping expedition be certain
that every purchase you make bears
the stamp Made in Iowa."
Iowa has proclaimed to the world,
through circular issued by the State
Association of Manufacturers, that it
is getting ready to supply every neces-
ity and luxury for people in and out of
the state in the near future. II the
plan works out as predicted by the
manufacturers Iowa will set another
model for the remaining states OF the
union.
1t is to be a campaign to educate
Iowa people to buy Iowa made goods.
Iowa is the first state to think of
making the move, and the. merchants
have promised to aid in making the
venture a success. Already merchants
are planning with their window trim
mers and purchasing agents. The lat
ter are to get good line Of native
state goods in stock and the former
are to display the home wares to the
people The people will be the final
judges.
Leading merchants OF the city
when asked yesterday concerning
their opinions of the move to develop
Iowa factories and thus increase the
commonwealth wealth and prestige,
were heartily in favor Of the cam
paign.
The yearly output Of the factories of
the state run over s200,Do0,O00 in
value. Many of the products are sent
to foreign lands and are of the best
quality and workmanship, according to
reports received by the firms
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA Disgrace.

Dubuque Times-Journal: The ter
rible tragedy enacted at Coatsville,
Pa, Sunday night when mob of
citizens dragged half dead negro
from the hospital and burned him
to death leaves a blot on the Key
stone state that it will take years to
efface Every once In a while we
read of the burning of negro in
the south and cry Of horror goes
up, but oft times the proyocation is
far greater than that for which the
lynching occurred at Coatsville. No
matter, however, what the provoca-
ton is there can be no excuse for
lynching and 80 far as burning the
victim it is terrible to contemplate
Governor Tener has stated that he
will start an investigation of the
Coatsville lynching and make an eff.
fort to bring the offenders to Justice.
II the participants In this dreadful af-
fair can be located wholesale hang
ing bee would be an excellent thing
for that community and it might
have beneficial effect all over the
country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Modern Milking.

Very early in the morning
Hiram sought the spotted COW,
And with gloves his hands adjoining,
Took the night cap from her brow.
Reused her from her we'll bred slum-
Der,
Bathed her features with sponge;
To the bath tub made her lumber,
For her early morning plunge.
Manicured each horn and hoofiet,
Sprayed her DER with listerine;
Scrubbed her stall from floor to
rooflet,
Till each inch OF it was clean.
Then while her attention centered
On her predigested bran,
Reverently Hiram entered
With a silver plated can,
Into which, by gauze protected
From bacilli and their ilk,
Hiram skillfully projected
Little streams of purest milk.
With a microscope he viewed it:
Slew a microbe here and there;
Strained it, weighed it, cooled it,
stewed it;
Pasteurized it, too. with care.
Then in bottles small he hauled it
To the city, and in short
Everywhere that Hiram called, it
Cost them forty cents quart
George Fitch in Peoria Herald Tran
script
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
SANITATION IN
GROCERY STORE
Warning Has Been Sent Out by Sec
rotary J. A. Pollard. Telling
Them Of Law In This
Matter.
SOON SELL BY WEIGHT
They Will Probably be Notified In a
Few Days That Commodities
Must Hereafter be
Weighed.

Retail grccers OF Keokuk have re-
ceived notice from Secretary ]. A..
Pollard in regard to the sanitary con-
ditions in which their stores must be
kept II the law is to be complied
with. He warns them about the law
and says that a state inspector will
soon visit Keokuk in his rounds ii
inspection.
Grocers will also be notified in a
few days to put into force the state
law requiring them to sell by weight
instead of by measure.
When all establishments are ready
to do business on the weight plan
they intend to form combination by
which they can compel the farmers
to sell by weight instead of by meas
ure. The grocers claim the farmers
decline to sell by weight to them and
that they must continue to buv by
measure unless all agree to buy by
weight. The grocers claim that un.
less they can buy by weight they can
not profitably sell by weight, for farm
produce Is often lighter than the
standard, especially is this so with DO
tatoes which, although bushel by
measure. fall short of the standard
weight Of potatoes this season The
householder must study the table Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
A SENSIBLE ARRANGEMENT.

Under a new law, which went into
force on July 4, a prisoner who de-
sires to plead guilty need not await
the action of the grand jury. but the
Indictment by the county attorney is
sufficient, and he can at once be
taken before the judge for sentence.
The arrangement is sensible one.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye well says
of it:
1t simplifies matters and saves
time and money The first case under
the new law was reported from Boone
How much better than to have the
fellows sitting in Jail, being indicted
by the grand jury, then having some
one appointed to defend them, who
will collect a certain amount from
the county for advising his clients to
plead guilty. The Iowa legislature
seems to hit the right spot occasion
ally
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Politics a Funny Game.

Des Moines Tribune: Judge Prouty
discovered on looking into the cotton
bill that the southern Democrats mad
arranged it to double the rates on
southern cotton. Since then there has
been likelihood that congress would
adjourn without action on cotton.
Everybody is laughing at the south
ern Democrats.
But how is that different than for
Iowa after spending ten years in agi-
tating for tariff revision, and specifi-
cally demanding Canadian reciprocity
to send out such cry of woe because
Canadian reciprocity has actually
come, and tariff revision begun on
them instead OF on the other fellow?
Senator Kenyon has made the at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
OUTLAW The cur.oilrl

In ottumwa the city physician has
recommended 70 the council that they
provide punishments for the fellows
who use the cut outs on their auto.
mobiles to distress the weak nerves
The council is expected to put the
matter in the form of an ordinance
The Gate City is in accord with the
Cedar Rapids Republican that
'They will be entirely safe in max.
ing the use of the cut out entirely =
piece of outlawry. There is no use
for cut out on a paved street NOT
even on the hills, for the motor s,oes
not gain quarter of horse power
by the use of such cut out, while tba
noise is multiplied about one thous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

mosphere eloquent with denunciations
of Illinois corruption. and Senator
Cummins has assailed the Aldrich
commission with zeal and determine
ton.
But when 1t comes to the Remsen
board, in Secretary Wilson's depart
ment. much more extravagant than the
Aldrich commission, and the conspir-
acy against DR.. Wiley, much more ma
tionwide in Importance than the worst
charged against Illinois, there is not a
peep from Iowa.
Is it any wonder that every once in
a while there is disposition to fall
back on Senator Delivers comforting
belief that it is Providence that takes
care of the American people, and not
themselves nor their leaders?
Politics is funny game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

AT hearing at Humboldt day or
two ago of several young boys accus-
ed of entering and robbing house,
Judge Coyle of the Fourteenth dis
trict of this state declared that the
amount of juvenile crime in Iowa is
appalling. 1t is growing larger every
year, although the average citizen
seems to have no realization whatso-
ever of the seriousness of the situa-
ton In Judge Coyle's view-and it is
probable the correct one-the boys
parents are largely to blame and the
public schools and Sunday schools are
falling far short Of teaching some OF
the most important things of life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

W. S. Bear of Decatur City, Iowa,
has been growing ginseng successful
ly for number of years. The roots
are gathered and dried and shipped
to China where it is considered a
remedy for every malady that flesh
is heir to- Prices for the past ten
years have been steadily increasing. In
1898 the price ran from 1918 to $500
pound. In 1909 from s7.25 to 5000.
Fancy shapes are reported to have
sold in New York markets, as high
as s35 for single root weighing only
about one third Of a pound. 1t is
not uncommon for a Chinaman to pay
from so to SIS a root From a piece
of ground 16x24 feet, Mr.. Bear sold
in 1909, s22475 worth of seed and
roots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
THE SECRET OF IT

eral and local news right up to the
mark, is ever at the head Of the
column of city boosters. never misses
the sight of a new industry that might
be caught, or Of new enterprise
that is possible, but at the same time
1t never neglects an opportunity to
promote the progress Of agriculture,
or to, assist the farmer in that econ
omy Of labor, time, and capital that is
essential to his advancement and
prosperity. Hence, we find The Gate
City one day working for the acquire
ment of new factory by Keokuk,
and on the next day urging the farm
ers of Green Bay bottoms to hasten
the work that is necessary to prevent
the everlasting submergence of 5000
acres of most valuable land.
1t is to this enlightened breadth OF
policy-this policy that sees the i'm
portance Of keeping all vitality relat-
ed things abreast Of each other; this
policy of not putting the city too far
ahead of the country, nor the factory
too far ahead of the dam; this policy
of bringing UP in solid phalanx all
interdependent interests that the
Keokuk press has led the power city
up and up to higher and higher
achievements and to the opening of a
metropolitan era of the glory OF
which there was no dream few years
ago.
Those who are ambitious to ac-
complish the same things must adopt
the same policy.
Granger, Mo-, Aug. Is, 1911.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
.IRx Marx FieId.l

Provincial papers with metropolitan
aspirations might, in many instances,
greatly improve their chances for the
achievement of their ambitious pur-
poses by looking over the fence, and
taking thoughtful view of what
their neighbors are doing, and OF how
1t is done
Just now the city papers up and
down the Mississippi, stirred by what
Is going on in Keokuk, are keeping
their columns ablaze with booming
editorials. They are doing their best
for their towns, and this is to their
credit They are anxious to keep
pace with the Gate City, and this is
commendable. But have they seen
how things have been done and are
CONG in that city2 Well, hardly.
Now, to man who knows news
paper when he sees it, 1t is plain that
the secret of the present marvellous
progress of Keokuk lies mainly in
the policy and methods Of the Keo-
kuk press. Take, for example, The
Gate City. That paper is from day to
day complete reflection of the char
acter, the spirit, the enterprise. and
the wants Of the whole field
of its clientele urban and ru-
raj. The editorial management
displays a full and intuitive knowledge
of the important relations subsisting
between man and SOIL of the fact
that farm and factory, plowman and
merchant. are vitality interdependent
one upon the other. 1t keeps its gen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Don't Use Cracked Dishes

Don't use cracked plates, as the
chemistry department Of the agricul-
tural department at Washington has
found that millions OF microbes lodge
in the cracks and that 1t is almost
impossible 10 keep such dishes clean.
Be careful OF the dish mops and dish
cloths this time of year. One woman
does not use towels at all She
washes the dishes in Iukewarm water,
puts them In the wire tray, pours hot
water over them and lets them drain
dry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

THE SONG OF OBLIGATIONS.

THE SONG OF OBLIGATIONS.
The obligation of every American citi-
zen to see that every other Ameri-
can citizen does his duty, and to be
quick about it.
The janitor's duties, the board of
health's duties, the milkman's du-
ties, resting upon each one OF us
individually with the accumulated
weight of every cubic foot of VI
tiated sir. and multiplied by the
number of bacteria in every cubic
centimeter of milk.
The motorman's duties, and the duty
of every spry citizen not to allow
himself to be run over by the
motorman
The obligation of teachers in the pub
lie schools to supply their pupils
with all the aptitudes and graces
formerly supposed to be the result
of heredity and environment
The duty of each teacher to consult
daily card catalogue of duties,
beginning with apperception and
adenoids and going on to vaccina
ton, ventilation, and the various
vivacious variations on the three
RS.
The obligation resting upon the we'll
to-do-citizen not to leave for his
country place, but to remain in the
city in order to give the force of
his example, in his own ward, to
safe and sane Fourth of July.
The obligation resting upon every cit
izen to write to his congressman
The obligation to speak to ones
neighbor who may think he is liv-
Ing moral life, and who yet has
never written to his congressman
The obligation to attend hearings at
the state house.
The obligation to protest against the
habit of employees at the state
house of protesting ignorance of
the location of the committee room
where the hearings are to be held;
also to protest against the habit of
postponing the hearings after one
has at great personal inconvenience
come to the state house in order
to protest.
The duty of doing your Christmas
shopping early enough in July to
allow the shop-girls to enjoy their
summer vacation.
The duty of knowing what you are
talking about, and of talking about
all the things you ought to know
about
The obligation of feeling that 1t is a
JOY and a privilege to live in a
country where eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty, and where even
If you have the price you don't
get all the liberty you pay for
IS. NJ. Crothers, in the Atlantic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Beware Of Ointments for Ca.
tarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF, smell and completely ns-ange the
the mucous surfaces. Such articiss
should never be used except on .rescr.n.
tons from reputable ply sicians. Is the
damage they will do is ten fold to The
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
F.. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo o., son.
tains no mercury. and is taken inter
ma lly. acting directly upon the blood
Ind mucous surfaces OF the sys.em. L.
boyiag Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internaily
mado In Toledo, Ohio. by n 4
cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
). SO py Druggists. Price. 75c Der bot
Take Halls Family pills for const,pa
den. 70
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Southeastern Iowa raised a bumper

Southeastern Iowa raised bumper
crop of timothy seed this year. At
Birmingham a local dealer bought
two wagon loads of seed recently for
which he paid the handsome sum OF
s1,167.75. One farmers check was
for s633.17 and the other check
amounted to s5345S. At Van Vert
last Saturday load drawn by single
team was exchanged for a check for
s605.77. 1t may not be generally
known but is nevertheless fact that
southern Iowa is the center of the
timothy seed industry in the United
States. And the greatest timothy
seed market in the country is here
in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

Mr.. Bryan has served notice on all
whom it may concern that he intends
to devote his life to driving plutocracy
from the throne and putting the rights
OF man in the seat thus vacated The
Chicago Tribune declares that if in
carrying out this most righteous and
sublime purpose Mr.. Bryan accumu-
,ates an immense fortune it is purely
incidental and nobody's business but
/ his own.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

They are hoping at Des Moines that
the naval exhibit at the state fair
will revive interest in the efforts
to make the Des Moines river navi-
gable. Boats will not accomplish the
purpose. What that stream most
needs is water. Meanwhile the COM
munities along it's course are prepar-
ing to dam it for the development of
power. There is good sense in the
power proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18
Nauvoo Men Find Pearls.

Nauvoo Independent: Henry Ar
CAST found another pretty pearl few
days ago. 1t is about equal to the
one he found last year for which he
got SIG. Henry found one a few
months ago for which he has refused
an offer of $50. Orville Hummel the
other day found turtle-back pearl
weighing forty-two grains. It has a
fine lustre, but being irregular in
shape detracts from its value.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18

Hay Fever Asthma and summerIcoIds
Must be relieved quickly and Holey's
Honey and Tar Compound will do it.
e. M. Stewart, 1884 Wolfram ST.
Chicago, writes: II have beet great
iy troubled during the hot GUNNER
months with Hay Fever and find that
by using Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound get great relief" Many 9TH
ers who suffer similarly will be glad
to benefit by Mr. Stewards experience,
Wilkinson & Company and ] F. Kied-
aisch & Son.