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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01
Farmers Buggy Smashed.

4 little later in the afternoon, while
the crowd from the show grounds was
pouring down Main street, another
alto smashed into buggy driven by
c. Van Blair, farmer residing near
Warsaw and jolted the conveyance up
considerably. The road was chok-
Ell with vehicles and pedestrians, and
1t is said that the accident occurred
while the machine was trying to pass
the buggy. The car struck the shafts
and put the front part of the running
gear completely out of commission.
The name of the driver is not known
to the police, but they have the num-
Der of his machine. and undoubtedly
he will be apprehendea.
The records of motor vehicle num-
bers are kept in the Office of the sec
rotary of state in Des Moines, and
unless the men who were involved in
yesterdays accidents voluntarily turn
In their names, the matter probably
will be taken up with the Des Moines
Office. The incident suggests that it
might expedite the Identification of
reckless auto drivers If the local
police had on file a list of all Lee
county machines with their numbers
and the names of their owners.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01

trowd that was ever
the crowd of thous-
|e home yesterday af-
Buffalo Bill perform
Of people, drenched
nd spattered, thei-
in some cases, COM
show grounds.
ormance started at 2
S no rain and the big
18th a great throng OF
pie from Keokuk and
of the ladies were
best and but few
prepared for rain.
Finance, there were a
MOWERS but the show
d, not one act being
he audience sat be-
$, dry and interested.
show was over and
vas commenced, then
Those lucky ones
consignment of We
but the others not
it soaked. The rain
bets and continued to
who were compelled
it, were drenched
4 crowd wendell its
lin street extension in
Hacks and excur-
led before they count
ow grounds and the
not accommodate
The corner Of Nine
we're compelled to
in the rain, but all
Eught out for a min
we'll have stayed cut
|ce of the storm, for
|Ighly soaked and a
would do no further
I'D clothes cleaning
3 a harves. today,
Elsiness they can at,
any a girl and wom-
the ruin of her best.
shining parlors are
rtfme today cleaning
the people who ar
almost an acre Of
their feet.
,rmance of the show
advertised. but the
handful of people.
lin during the even
tening weather kept
tending. The show
this morning for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01
Suffer Alike.

There is very little difference be-
tween the educated and the unedu-
Gated man when IL comes to starya.
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01
Only Use He Could See.

Why are people SO anxious to find
the south pole?"
It'll save lot of money when they
do
How"
There won't be any more expedi
lions to look for it them. Stray
Stories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01
Why 81

Why S lose the Gown.
A woman Perryvale. Kan. was
allowed her .s &c between new
parlor rug am summer gown. The
Journal saysr after three sleep
less nights sa ecided on the dress.
She argued: u n darken the parlor
and the rug g ook all right in sub.
dued light, at0 esioes, hundreds OF
folks will sci dress who would
never see thu !"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-01
ERR i 6|RENCHED
TO The SKIN.
eus Crowd Caught In Downpour
yesterday Afternoon While Com
Ing Home From the
Show Grounds.
LIKE DROWNED RATS
The Wetteacr wd That Ever Was in
keokss rusgled Through
thu, b During the

The wet /
in Keokukas
ands which,
ternoon frnhl
ance, thouls
to the ski
clothing ~ II
ing in frord
Wnen lin
o'clock, thea
tent was "a
thousands n.
vicinity. +
dressed i'm
people had
During the
couple of Us
went right
abandoned n
meath the q
But wheE
the start hM'
how it didM
who got thy
hicles, escM
only got VI
came down y
do so until &
to be out q
through. B
The bedM
way along tn
the pouring
sion cars VIZ
arrive at ta
street cars h
the crowdsc
teenth sired
Some pei
walk clear I
who had be
ute, might jy
during the !
they were 1
little more 4
damage. \
The tailos
shops are ri
aving all {
tend to, wig
an is bemoa
dress. The Z
also working
I'M the shoe
rived homeS
mud attache,
The night
was pulled 5
crowd was L
I'iciS was
Ing, but the ]
hundreds fr
pulled out I
Burlington.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
OPINION NOT ALWAYS FINAL
Pretty Safe to Say That Doctors
Diagnosis Was "Away or"
In This Case.

The pretty daughter OF a physician
is engaged to college student Of
whom her father does not altogether
approve. His daughter ia too young
to think Of marriage, the doctor as
serts; the college student is too
young to think Of It. likewise. 1t ia
out of the question.
She explained all this to her lover
the other night
Father says" she summed 1t up;
father says, dear. that will have to
give you up"
The young man sighed. Then It's
all over?" he murmured, with gloomy
Interrogation And the girl laughed
and blushed.
Well" she said, well, you--you-
know that when the doctor gives you
up that's Just the time for you to take
more hope. Isn't 1t sometimes that
wayg'-Reboboth Sunday Herald.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
THE C5fLER

night In a cheap store, leased from month to
month. and stays until trouble occurs or the field
is worked dry
New York city alone demands to be duped
by no less than eight practically permanent com.
panies OF this SORT, only shifting their positions to
greener fields as the crowds change
There are three ways to tell a legitimate auc-
tion II the place Is permanent and advertises
sales on certain days. II the goods to be sold
are catalogued piece for piece and If there no
outside men hired to control the bidding, then
1t Is certain that the sale is genuine
The fake auction game is played under the
pseudo patronage Of reliability. The auctioneer's
license. issued by the city, is hung conspicuously
near the door and the goods claimed to have
been consigned from private sources or pawn.
brokers in nearby cities 1t is Misrepresentation
from the start. AS a matter of fact the goods
were picked up in Job lots from novelty houses.
jobbers. Japanese stores and regular auction sup
ply firms who handle job lots OF trashy stun
and are to be found In all the larger cities. The
worries they handle are made of cheap clay by
shrewd Japs who have scraped through the shell
of American bluff and found the fabbiness of the
flesh beneath. These antiques crumble to pieces
after six months in heated apartment Practi-
cally all the goods handled in these stores are
made on the same principle and bought at from
onefifth to one-ffteth of what they will bring at
auction.
There is nothing criminal In selling at an ex
deal. But fake auction company is primarily
ring Of cheats never Intentionally giving anyone
a square deal.
The proprietor is the arch rogue His profit
depends on selling article at anywhere from
fifty to two three and sometimes FIVE hundred
dollars. The auction does not pay II run for the
average buyer; 1t is merely trap, plant" for
the occasional good thing" who happens in and
Is quickly relieved of large amount Of money
through an elaborate system he never suspects
1t is 1oyless game. played on cut-anddried
rules which admit of no freshness or originality
The average CASTOR they all actors and
play the same cheap show every day-is made up
OF one hacker or proprietor, two auctioneers one
pretty girl cashier. and from two to ten "shills"
(the pale-faced people with mushy morals) their
number depending on the size and situation Of
the store.
The hacker usually is shrewd and unscrupu.
ious man who rents vacant store, fills It with a
scattering Of cheap snowy articles to attract at
tention and number of large socaed works
Of art" and antiques" which, on inspection,
prove to be minors. The range runs from foun.
tain pens at ten cents to deceptive 'ivories"
"bronzes' and paintings by the old masters" that
bring from fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars
and sometimes more. from the uninitated.
The proprietor hires pretty girl cashier and
,ounts her as an additional attraction. He gets
one or two auctioneers-they u,ualy travel in
guarantees them ten per cent. of the sales; which
week.
Then the dealer incorporates the backbone Of
~ whole crooked business-the body Of "shills.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Unjustly Accused.

Andrew Carnegie, at dinner in
New York. talked about the Scotch
dialect
Its hard lingo to understand,
he said 1T often causes awkward
mistakes.
Once an American divine spent
Christmas in a Highland inn. On
Christmas morning he gave the maid
a tip of a sovereign, and he said. look
ing earnestly at her-for she was q
pretty maid:
"Do you know, Kathleen, you are
q very good looking lassie?
"Of course Kathleen was pleased,
but, being modest, she blushed like
a rose and answered:
"'Ah, ma; ah, ma! But my kissin
sir, is beautiful
1.-THE divine frowned.
""Leave the room. you wicked
young baggage! he said sternly.
"He didn't know, you see, that mod
est Kathleen had been simply prais
ing in her Highland dialect the su
perior charms of her cousin Janet o.
PEBBLES"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
He Knows His Time Table.

A woman waited and waited for a
car In Boston suburb and no car
came. Finally she lost all patience.
''Will you please tell me-" she de-
manded of the starter, an old man
seated on keg of chewing tobacco,
''if there are any cars left on this
line, and II SO. when they will pass
here?"
Without moving his eyes from the
distant horizon and without stopping
chewing. the old man answered:
"A quarter arter, a half arter, a
quarter to, and at."-Success Maya
zine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
RESULTS OF FOOD. y
Health and Natural Conditions Come
From Right Feeding.

Man, physically, should be like q
perfectly regulated machine, each
part working easily in its appropri-
ate place A slight arrangement
causes undue friction and wear, and
frequently ruins the entire system.
A wellknown educator of Boston
found way to keep the brain and
the body in that harmonious co-opera-
ton which makes Joy Of living.
1.-TWO years ago." she writes, being
In condition Of nervous exhaustion.
resigned my position as teacher,
which I had held for over 40 years.
Since then the entire rest has, Of
course, been benefit, but the use of
Grape-Nuts has removed one great
cause Of illness in the past, namely,
constipation, and its attendant evils.
II generally make my entire break
fast on a raw egg beaten into four
spoonfuls OF Grape-Nuts, with little
hot milk or hot water added like
1t extremely, my food assimilates, and
my bowels take care of themselves.
! find my brain power and physical
endurance much greater and / know
that the use of the Grape-Nuts has
contributed largely to this result
1T is with feelings Of gratitude that
! write this testimonial, and trust It
may be the means of aiding others in
their search for health" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's q Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letters A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine. szae, aaA full Of human
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

roguery In working between the public and some
swindling game In this case, working among
those who stop In at the auction and pretending
to have no connection with the sale, betraying
score Of people day after ingratiating himself
in their good graces through cunning and craft
Without these shills no sham auction can ex-
list OF course in smaller towns only two or three
can be used, as strangers are more easily noticed
In such places. They are the crooks on whom
the proprietor relies to pick out unsuspecting Wis
itors shared by the bargain lure and jockey them
into buying mjsrepresented articles.
The shill mixes with the crowd His business
Is to look Just like interested buyer and lie In
west for the fly for which the elaborate web was
spun
This Individual for whom the scenery is set
and the actors dressed is called in technical slang
"a rummy." The old three-card monte men chris
tened him sucker"
Picture room 40 feet long and 20 feet wide
Double doors to the sidewalk are invitngly open;
above them hangs entcing red flag bearing
the name Of what purports to be legitimate
auction firm; beneath that. In large letters
the words:
SALE TODAY
Pick out any acquaintance who lives In a small
town. is fairly prosperous, and has come to the
nearby city of10,000 to 900 population to look
around for the day, purchase present for his
wife and some implements for the farm.
He has read in the papers and magazines
counts of book. art and antique auctions and not
ed the hugh prices brought by rarties. When he
stumbles on to the fragrant flag Of the fake auc-
ton house and looks in at the window. heaped
with miscellany Of antiques, he is suddenly
stirred by that perennial longing for bargain.
He glances through the door. There is a wor-
ned auctioneer struggling with eight dull-faced
people. He is trying frantcally to sell pair of
opera glasses.
Genuine Lemier, gentlemen: concave and con.
vex lenses put up in this heavy morocco case"
the auctioneer cries. land 81 Is bid for them.
Think Of that! Not tenth Of their value. Why.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Scotland Going Dry.

An unprecedented state of affairs
prevails in the distillery industry OF
Scotland. It has been announced that
the North British Distillery is to be
closed down This makes the fourth
large grain distillery which has ceas-
ed operations in Scotland during the
last month or. two. 1t foreshadows
that other distilieries will be closed
permanently. The situation is un
usual and shows the force of the
strong temperance sentiment which
is sweeping the cvuntry.-Temper
ance
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
He Stood the Test.

The hour was l g. m. Inside the
dimly lighted hallway stood Mrs. Dor
kins with a grim smile on her face.
The front door was bolted.
John" she said. in cutting accents,
you have been dissipating at the club
again!"
Maria" spoke voice outside, rap
idly. clearly and distinctly, he blew
lugubriously on the blooming bugle!"
Instantly she unfastened and open.
ed the door.
Mr.. Dorkins had not been dissipat.
ing.-Chicago Tribune.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

lily, but I tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
1t as l have. am scarcely ever with
out 1t In the house.
will say also that I think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and we'll. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
full periods and irregularity, and 1t has
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II am always ready and willing to
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Pjnkham's Remedies. / tell every one
/ meet that owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. ]. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich.
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Tho Scorcher's Fate,

The Cannibal King-See here, what
was that dish you served up at lunch?
The Cook-Stewed cyclist, your ma
esjty.
The Cannibal knight tasted very
burnt
The Cook-Well, he was scorching
when we caught him, your majesty
Sketch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
lns and Outs.

whats that noise?" asked the
visitor in the apartment house.
Probably some one In the dem
lists apartments on the floor below
getting tooth out
But this seemed to come from the
floor above"
"Ah. then it's probably the Pop
ley's baby getting q tooth in"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

His Opinion.

Nephew--What do you think Of the,
opera?
Uncle Josh-Them women In tn
boxes ought to be able to raise enough
money on their diamonds to buy some
clothes with, by links!
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Miniature Specialization,

A young medical student was being
quizzed by one of his teachers: "In
what will you specialized" he was
asked. Disease of the nostril." re-
piled the student. Good" said the
professor. enthusiastically. Which
nostril success Magazine,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
The Servant Question.

Good gracious! There's Marie
falling out OF the window"
"Drat these servants! She knows
We are not insured against accidents.
They're always trying to annoy US"
.-Pele Nele.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

we're going dirt cheap Two ladies' beside him com
miserated because they wouldn't have enough
Gentlemen and ladies'" the auctoneer went on
solemnly, IF had this article in Chicago or New
York 1t would bring one hundred dollars, one hun
dred dollars. You couldn't duplicate 1t at retail
for less than two hundred II is the finest piece OF
art glass shown in your city"
Can get one hundred dollars? Ninety? Eighty
Seventy-fve dollars? Can get sixty? Fifty? Give
me forty; thirty-line: thirty"
Fifteen dollars!" came a hating voice from
beside Jones.
Had he known that when the auctioneer said
'thirty-line' 1t was signal to the sbil beside
Jones to bid $50 with line through 1t, or fifteen
actual dollars, he would not have been SO enthu
sastic
"Sixteen!" Seventeen" Half" Eighteen p
saccato offers punctuated the atmosphere after the
auctioneers encouragement.
The little man beside Jones shook his head
sadly
Gee, It's gone beyond me-" he sighed turning
to Jones; it'll dirt cheap. too. II you could buy
that for $50 it'd be bargain sure enough"
"Twentyeight is the last bid" walled the auc-
tioneer. Why you could take It out and pawn
1t for more than that"
Jones thrilled as the auctioneer turned to look
squarely at him.
You'd give thirty, wouldn't your" he cried
Jones gulped and nodded
The auctioneer skilfully led up to the grand
landing by taking offers of "thirtysx" and thirty
seven" from members of his troupe. He had felt
out his man carefully and knew that $40 would be
Jones's limit.
"W you give me forty?" he said simply, in a
Level tone. leaning far the showcase
Jones hesitated. guped and then nodded his
head abruptly.
Jones was pleased with his bargains until he
got home and his wife told him he could get the
same punch bowl for $40 anywhere and that the
other stuR was worthless.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Afraid Of Disbursement.

She-Aren't you going to ask papa
tonight, George?
He-No, dear. think I'd better
not want to have my picture taken
tomorrow.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
James Would Miss Him.

Husband-I shall have to be away
all day Thursday.
Wife-My dear, how can you posi-
bly, do that when you know that is al.
ways the day you give James notice
to go?-Punch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

v eye ia bic Com
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
/ live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. / am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that 1 am
not broken wn
with hard work and
tho apx.n Af g..
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich" want to tell
you how much good Lydia Z. Pinkham's
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
THE HHcTIOXfER .ss

The word "shill," or "shil-
liver" in full, is of indie
terminate origin. 1t Is
synonymous with cap.
per-" booster" ringer"
dummy" STOOL" stool
pigeon" and outside
man." all technical slang
titles for the shabby crea.
ture. the human buzzard,
who picks up his foul liv-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

one in his pocket; so his eyes continually
roved toward the cut glass in little Japanese
cabinet.
He didn't know IT, but before he was in the
place two minutes, while the auctioneer was
trying to feel him OUT with the watch one
of the shills had noticed Joness interest in cut
glass, and had called the auctoneers attention
to the fact by touching the cabinet signif-
cantly.
The auctioneer, on his perch above them
all. had control of the situation. He noted
the signal from the shill. jotted down mentally
that Jones wanted cut glass, and knocked
down the watch he had been experimenting
with to one OF the shills for ruinous price,
which all helpful In showing Jones that
a shrewd man could pick up bargain II he
laid low, attracted no attention and bided his
time
Sold for six ninety. Put It with the other
goods for Mr. A. Deposit sufficient" the auc'
tioneer cried to the pretty cashier.
Jones did not bid on the first piece OF cut
glass The auctioneer did not look toward him
once to give him chance. The piece was
knocked down for $3.50. 1t was frightful bar
gain. Jones would have given IS for 1t him
self. But the auctioneer passed abruptly to the
next article.
Jones pressed forward this time as a gor
geous punch bowl was put up, He heard var
GUS EXPLANATIONS around him, all tending to
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
THE PROPRIETOR

from line/to line, we find
In nearly every state
from one to forty cities
supporting temporary
auction swindles. Few
are permanent; 1t is a
mushroom busine 8 s
which snrinqs I'm nyar
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

misrepresented article. These bogus auction stores
are more harmful to a nation than all the old
time lotteries, policy games, mail-order fakes and
circus CRAFTS including gold bricks and shell games.
combined
They are not honest They play "heads win,
tails you lose" Uncle Sam doesn't want to bring up
his boys in the business; yet he countenances It,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

| don't believe you gentlemen would give $3.50
to see statue of liberty do Salome dance Two
dollars bid OH shll! Two doars!"
Jones, your out-of-town friend is undecided
whether TO go in not but at that moment a
fellow near the door shakes his head to seem
ing stranger beside him and says in a low voice.
Its a shame, Things are going for nothing.
Wish had the price to buy some of that cut
glass It'll sell for song"
Jones overhears and is interested. He thinks
the mind Of everybody In that store is centered
the opera glasses, going so cheap He smiles
at their rapt attention and the auctioneer's hard
luck complaints. The smile would disappear In
stantly II he knew that he himself the sole
concern Of the eight minds in that audience. and
the auctioneer He would be furious II he knew
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

Of sham; that when
the Jonesey looking he Immediately transmitted
this fact the saying oh sh"
ally in speech
he with suspicion from the auconeers argon and
nothing the remarked
glass bargains
a matter of fact Jones interested in cut glass
80 liked it and occasionally he invested in
-Mn being the lie could get diamonds
NJ he sauntered in casually and watched with an
auctioneer trying sell watch
Jones interested watches q had