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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-18
SWEDEN.

Three Danish theaters are going to
present dramas by August Strindberg
during the coming season.
The total exports of lingons (small
red berries) are said to be only one
twentieth of the exports for 1910.
The price of butter is soaring 50
high that the common people begin
to look around for artificial butter.
The prices of tickets to the Olympic
games in Stockholm next summer will
range from so cents to five dollars.
The steamer Viking returned with
Hogbom's expedition from Spitzber-
gen. The cargo consisted of 100 tons
Of coal and 100 tons Of plaster of
Paris.
The Swedish shipowners have
raised the wages Of their men $1.35. a
month largely because the wages of
the seamen of the neighboring ma
tions have been raised.
The Varends wood works at HUI
vik, Smaland, were destroyed by fire.
Valuable stocks on hand were also
reduced to ashes. The insurance on
the property was $4,000.
The wife of a confectioner at Boras
is subject to epileptic fits. Her hus-
band tried to get a divorce on this
ground, but the national board of
health refused to grant his petition.
No applications have been received
for the positions Of instructors in
Swedish, German and English at the
co-educational school in Haparanda,
and Of instructors in chemistry and
biology at the Hudiksvall high school.
No less than 400 different parties
bought lingons (small red berries) in
northern Sweden, and although the
crop was light the price was SO high
that experts in handling the picking
machine could make as much as SO
q day.
The first military flying machine to
carry passengers in Sweden was q
Bleriot machine at the LjuEgbyhed
military grounds. Lieutenant Danlbeck
made fourteen successful trips IN one
day, and on four Of these he carried
two passengers.
TIE production Of gold and silver
is going down from year to year. Ten
years ago Sweden produced almost
200 pounds of gold, but last year the
pl oduction was less than four pounds.
The production Of silver for the year
1910 was about 60 pounds.
The Southern Swedish Power COM
pany has issued new bonds for $780,
600, to be redeemed between the
years 1916 and 1885, and convertible
In 1921. Security was furnished BY
the cities of Malmo, Lund, Lands
krona. He1singborg and Halmstad.
The Swedish government will have
to pay almost $1,000 in damages to
persons who were to furnish horses
and provisions for the maneuvers
which were to take place in Ostergot-
land, but which had to be aband0hed
on account Of the prevalence Of In
tantile paralysis in that section OF
the country.
A most extraordinary freak Of q
calf was born at Klippan, Skane. It
had no upper jaws, and for .nostrils
It had only one hole. The left eye
was located in the middle Of the
cheek. The front legs terminated at
the knees, and the hind legs at the
lower joint.
Two Mormon missionaries who had
been preaching IN farmland were or
dered by the government to leave the
country within IS hours or run the
riak of being expelled. This stem IL
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-18
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NORWAY.

A fisherman at Horton caught SIX
foot swordfish in his nets. The sword
was two feet long.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, worldwide
Norwegian association, has recently
received many new members in AZ
RIGA.
The Observation-Disclosures Steamship
company has asked for bids for the
construction of steamer of 1900
tons. It is to be SOL feet long, and
must develop minimum speed Of Is
knots.
About 700 graduates from the agri-
cultural college land its predecessor.
the Aas agricultural college) are now
engaged as farmers, forest wardens,
gardeners, dairymen, etc. in different
parts of the country. ...5
Thoger Andersen, Of Larvik, has
been permitted to hunt whales along
the coast of Mozambique, and a stock
company has been organized with q
capital of 5000, 1000 for the purpose 0f
taking advantage Of this chance. The
company will make st2rt with two
new whaling steamers.
Alfred, Me-, Oct. 3.-The will Of the
late Mrs. Ole Bull Vaughn, daughter
Of the late Norwegian violinist, Ole
Bull, was filed yesterday with Judge
Hobbs of the York county probate
court. The bulk of the estate, which is
believed to be worth half a million dol
lars, is bequeathed to Sylvea Bull
Vaughn, minor, and adopted daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Vaughn. Dorothy Shap-
leigh and David Miller, two children
who had been under Mrs. Vaughn's
care, received $4,000 each. To the
"Ole Bull Fund committee" of Bergen,
Norway, is left fund yielding an an
nual income of $4,000 for preserving,
maintaining and making improve
ments upon Lysoen, Norway, the home
Of Ole Bull.
Captain Sagen. who had trouble
with his soldiers at Porstadmo, has
again placed himself before the eyes
Of the public. He wrote letter to
the king, and just after he had sent
it he read it to his company. He
petitioned the king to dismiss the
company on account Of the impending
courtmartial. Not only the soldiers,
but the entire population of Gudbrands-
dalen look upon the action Of the gov
eminent as an insult. The people Of
that part Of Norway are . proud set,
still remembering that they licked q
Scotch army 300 years ago. The SOL
dfers would also like to 20 home to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
KEoKUK GIVEN HIGH
GLASS ADVERTISING
Tho Vogue, Ono of Leading Perlodl-
calls Of Country, Mentions City
and Nordlca.

An article appearing in Vogue for
November describes Madame Nordi-
cas- western tour, announcing her
opening In Keokuk, and giving a de-
tailed description OF her program
here
Vogue is read by the most cultured
people, and little notice of this kind
closely associates Keokuk with the
important cities Of the west, is worth
as much as any paid advertisement
inserted In any magazine.
The social advantages of a city
are strong influence in attracting
,rospective manufacturers and others
of prosperous class. The paragraph
Immediately following the description
Of the Keokuk recital tells of Madam
Nordica's appearance In Salt Lake in
the immense tabernacle, seating ten
thousend people, with President Taft
ns her guest.
What IS the physiological effect
On tho reader? Keokuk appears tC
them as wide-awake city, associated
with other cities that offer the ad
vantages of high class musical at
fractions These other cities are the
recognized live ones Of the country
Seattle Spokane, Los Angeles, Sal
lake, etc.
Any number of cities recogniz.
the valu of appearing In a good ligh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
PERSONALS.

Messrs. Dewitt. Hamill and Talbot
arrived home this morning from AL
ton, ILL.,, where they have been at
tending the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement Association meeting.
Fort Madison Gem City: Miss Jen-
ME Howe returned from Keokuk,
where she has been visiting relatives
and friends Mrs. j. Leyes re-
turned to her home in West Point, af-
ter visiting in Keokuk and Fort Madi.
son.
Messrs. H. A. Logan and L. S. Ed
wards of the Kirksville, Mo-, creamery
were in the city today, the guests Of
cry department of the S. P. Pond Co
Mrs. William Dooley left this morn
ing for Galesburg to visit with hel
sister.
F. A. Butterworth, assistant genera
freight agent Of the Pere Marquette
railroad was in the city Thursday af
ternoon visiting with local railroad
office officials.
Mr.. and Mrs. p C. Hayden left fol-
Quincy this afternoon to remain until
Sunday evening, visiting relatives.
Mrs. Chas. Anderson and Mrs. J. B
Doll of Oskaloosa are visiting at the
home of Mrs. John c. Karle on Elk
change street. They came to Keokuk
yesterday from Oskaloosa in Mrs. An
derson's auto.
w. G. Bowman has returned home
from Wyaconda where he has been
engaged at work for several weeks.
Mrs. w. ]. Fulton and son Marshall
returned this morning from South
ern California visit of some months
duration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

successor of Governor Hoke Smith,
who resigns next month to assume
his duties as United States senator.
It is generally expected that the COM
mittee will select the second week OF
December as the time for holding the
primaries.
There are three leading candidates
| In the race for the governorship. They
are former Governor Joseph M. Brown
former State Treasurer j. Pope
Brown and Richard B. Russell, judge
of the court of appeals. This is
Joseph Browns third race for gov.
ernor. He defeated Hoke Smith for
a second term in 1908, and in 1910
was defeated for second term by
Smith. His entry into the present
contest has aroused the fighting blood
of the Smith adherents who look or
his candidacy as part Of plan Of
former Governor Terrell and the ole
machine to gain control of the Geor
gia democracy and defeat Smith wher
he goes before the people for reelec
ton as United States senator.
The prohibition issue is expected t.
figure prominently in the campaign
Judge Russell is to make the race OF
local option platform, while ]. Hope
Brown is a supporter Of the presen
statewide prohibition law. Forme'
I Governor Brown straddles the prohi
bition question.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

glad did, for it has cured me.
81 know of SO many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will. Mrs. JANETzKI,
1868 Arch ST., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills De
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. .Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe.
male ills. In almost every community
you will lind women who have been
restored to health by LYDIA e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
A NUMB FEELING
THAT SPREAD
A Kansas Woman Tells How
an Attack Of Partial Paralysis /
Started.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pflfs CHzed
This Case as They Have Macy
Othess After Ordinary /
Treatment Failed. !

Mrs. I. D. Lewis, whose addreMfaE
+, ID. No. 2. Grcleville, Kansaa. de-
scribes an experience OF more than usual
interest to every nervous sufferer, Her.
complete cure by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People of q seyera ner-
vous disorder should convince every
reader of the power Of this medicine.
She says:
'Three years ago I was stricken with
paralysis in tho right side of my face,
and my mouth was drawn to ono side
80 much that I could not talk plainly.
The disease started in gradually with a
numb feeling in my face and kept spread
I was extremely nervous and could not
get a good nights aleep, nay appetite
left me, had gas on the stomach, pal
pitation of the heart and sinking spells
which came without warning, making
me suddenly gasp for breath and faint.
"a physician said my trouble was
paralysis but his treatment did not help
me. He gave me medicine and also
electric treatments.
An advertisement in the paper led
me to try DIR. Williams Pink Pills and
was muchsurprised at how they help
ed me. could see Improvement while
was taking the first box. With the
second box the numbness disappeared
and I continued their use until / Was
cured. could eat again, my flesh and
strength came back, / could sleep and
felt as well az ever.
IT believe DIR. williams Pink Pills
are the cause OF my present good health
and tell everybody what they have
done for me.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
| pie are general tonic and are useful in
all diseases arising from poor blood or
weakened nerves, such as sciatica. neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
and pale and sallow compilations.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt OF price, so cents per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Write for q copy OF our new booklet,
Diseases of the Nervous System. 1t
4 contains facts you should know.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
PRESIDENTS CUP
WON BY MATLESs
Cards Are Figured and Scratch Play
err Heads List With
25N Up.

The Dickinson cup. presented by
President J. N. d. Dickinson Of the
Keokuk Country Club, has been won
by James Matless, according to the
results announced today by the golf
committee which has just completed
the task of figuring UP the cards OF
the various contestants.
The match was handicap affair
Each player played ten rounds, and
the score was figured on match play
against DOGGY. Matless was up OF
nine cards and all square on the tenth
Perdew Sheldon finished second anG
Edgar Cochrane third.
The trophy is q handsome copper
cup trimmed in silver.
OF about thirty players who enter
ed the match, only six completed
their cards. The results follows.
Matless, scratch 251a up.
Sheldon, scratch, 211a up.
Cochrane. handicap. 10 up.
The next three players Of the 81,
who finished we're Dickey, 1T1h up
Dunlap 16 up: Baker 10 up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
GIRL INDICTED HERE
is NOW ON TRIAL,
Charged With Embedding Post Office
Funds In Mining Camp Near
Abba, Iowa.

OTTUMWA, Iowa, Oct. 27-Charg-
ed with appropriating postofflce funds
to the extent of some $500 while act.
ing as clerk in the postoffice at Hook.
ing, a small mining town near Abba,
young Miss Lucy Thomas is the cen.
ter of attraction in the United States
court today as she sits near her aged
mother in the court room.
Case Excites Sympathy
Small in stature and innocent in ap.
pearance, the defendant excited the
sympathy of the many present in the
court room as the charges were stat
ed to the jury by United States Dis
trict Attorney M. l.. Temple at the
opening Of the case.
The jury was summoned to take
places in the box about 10:45 and the
work of selecting the jury was be
gun with expedition. Miss Thomas is
but slip of a girl and the charge
against her is that of using funds be
longing to the money order depart
ment of the Hooking postoffice during
1910, previous to November.
Indicted In keokuk.
Her indictment took place severa
months ago at Keokuk. A move was
on foot to have the trial at the Des
Moines session of the federal court
but Judge Mcpherson after ascertain
ing that the district attorney was
ready for trial, expressed disinclina
ton to hold the hearing over to the
Des Moines session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
SHOOTING ARABS
IN SECTIONS
CONTINUED from page l.,

Censorship on messages from Rome
has reached such ridiculous extremes
that as in the present case 1t is i'm
possible to dispatch information even
Of reported Italian victories. Com
mercial messages are transmitted only
after the authorities have satisfied
themselves that they contain no hid
den meaning. Bitter protest by bust
ness interests, by the press OF Rome
and many Italians have faned to move
Premier Gioleti to relaxation OF
the regulations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

Keokuk for four or five years, leaving
for Washington with her husband In
the COS when Mr.. Ballinger went to
the national capital where he is en-
gagged in the law business with Sem
ator John M. Thurston Of Nebraska.
Both have many friends in this city.
Mrs. Ballinger was Washington
girl before her marriage. being Miss
Minnie F. Fatio and coming from one
of the old and prominent families Of
that place. Death resulted from
heart disease and dropsy.
Besides her husband, she Is sur
vived by two children. The burial
will take place in Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
We We GOT ALL
BEHIND U.s. AID
"All of the Power of the Mississippi
Will Soon be Behind keokuk,
Iowa." Says Every
body's.
PAGE ADVERTISEMENT
Story About tho Dam City Also APP
pears In This Months Issue Of
the Popular PeriodI-
cal.

AS attractive an lad" as any city in
the country could wish for, appeared
in "Everybody's'' Magazine this
month. Readers Of that periodical
saw the picture of the power house
and dam in the full page advertise
ment with much interest and the con-
tents of the paragraphs looks like ex-
ce''ent bait for the procuring, OF to
follow the vernacular, landing OF fac
tories for Keokuk.
Aside from the advertisement, in
another section of the magazine, was
an interesting little story about Keo-
kuk, founded on Longfellow, the poets
The Village Blacksmith
The wording of the advertisement
appears below:
A s25,OOo,Ooo dam and power plant
on the Mississippi.
All the power of the Mississippi will
soon be behind Keokuk, Iowa, when
the gigantic dam is.completed a few
months hence The country will then
behold the marvel engineering
achievement of the century-a single
water power plant developing 100000
electrical horse power.
With the opening Of this dam Keo-
kuk will offer industrial advantages
not to be found at any other point. 1t
will become not only the power center.
but the manufacturing center OF
America.
keokuk "The City Of Power
Power will be furnished to manu-
facturers at about half the usual cost.
Think of the fixed annual saving.
Labor-Keokuk, having so many
home advantages, is attractive to
workers in the varied lines of indus
, try.
: ortation-excellent by raj
: and water, with sidings supplied tc
every plant, connecting with all rail
roads and wharves. A government
loo. at Keokuk, the same width as the
y Panama canal, facilitates freight traf
I fic on the Mississippi and tributaries
= through the port at New Orleans t.
u the Pacific coast and all the ports o.
the world
Location-Right at the gateway fol
a. lumber from the north, hides and WOO
. from the west, cotton and sugar from
!. the south, iron, steel and other metals
: Nearby beauxite clay beds offer I
u boon to manufacturers of aluminium.
Every manufacturer in Americ'
u should know more about Keokuk
y Write for illustrated pamphlet.
u Keokuk Industrial Association, Keo
= kuk, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

in social as we'll as business way,
manage series Of attractions Of the
class Of the Madam Nordica recital
and put up thousands Of dollars as
guarantee. Keokuk, Is going to en-
Joy several other musical treats this
year through the efforts Of one public
spirited citizen, and these should be
supported, not only because you will
enjoy them but with the full assur.
ance that they are of vast benefit to
the city In attracting outsiders here
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

After exposure. and when you feel
cold coming on, take Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. 1t checks and
relieves. Use no substitute. The
genuine in yellow package always.
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
What You Have Boon Looking Fos.

What You Have Boon Looking Fos.
Meritol White Ltniment u q
preparation that gives universal salts
faction in every instance where a pain
killer and healer Is needed We do not
believe you could get better liniment
at any price. O. w. Ellsworth & Co.,
City Drug Store. Exclusive agents,
A euro for Eczema.
Eczema IN any form. whether anuts
or chronic. is easily and rapidly over
come by the use Of Meritol Eczema
Remedy. Gives positive relief when
all others fail and we heartily recon-
mend 1t to any sufferer. o. w. Ellis
worth & Co, City Drug Store, e1clu-
sivo agents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

bonds of the United States Steel cor
poration, netting him $16.000,000 an
nually.
schwab Explains idea cs Trust.
Mr. Schwab, before the Stanley
committee, explained the fundamental
idea of the combination when he was
asked to tell what he said at the IA
nous steel dinner:
Il explained at that meeting the
very great advantage that would re-
suit in manufacture Through such an
Organization as the United States
Steel corporation, and / gave my rea-
sons in detail to them. First OF all,
that instead of manufacturing steel
as it was then manufactured by
number of companies, each OF whom
manufactured the same lines, 1t was
my idea that the organization. to be
truly successful, should be made OF
such character that one mill should
be run on one product and not one
mill on fifty products, as was then
the practice
lASSOlulu6 W I1clb0lC AAhoA osA~NsAA =
report, the United States Steel corpor-
alton has proved profitable concern,
having earned IL per cent on the
actual investment. Its chief monop-
olistic feature" says the report, lis
in it's control OF the raw material,
owning rs per cent, 1t Is stated, OF
the commercial available ore lands in
the Lake Superior district"
Charles Steele of j. +. Morgan and
Co., Daniel c. Reid and John D. Rock
efeller. Jr., were served with papers
in the suit this afternoon. Rookie
Teller resigned from the directorate of
the steel trust some time ago but was
nevertheless made defendant
The effect OF the government suit
upon the shares in the corporation
was instantly apparent when the stock
market opened this morning. Prefer
red Steel which closed at 1885 last
might, started to go down steadily this
morning and at noon had reached
103A with every evidence that II
would go down still further during the
afternoon. Steel common also fell
about eight points and 1t is thought
that the bear movement will continue
throughout the day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
THREE SEEK TO
SUCCEED SMITH
Hot Fight For Georgia Governorshlp
Is Formally Launched by
Candidates.

ATLANTA, Ca. Oct. 27.-What
promises to be one Of the hottest
fights for the governorship that Geor-
gia has seen in years was formally
launched here today when the state
democratic committee met to fix the
date and make other arrangements
for the state primaries to choose the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

Only ono "BRoMo ouININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN-
me. Look for the signature of e. w.
GROVE. Used the world over to Cure
Cold in One Day. Csc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
MRS. BALLINGER
DIED THIS MORNING
Word Received From Washington,
Announcing tho Demise Of For
mer keokuk Lady.

A message was received this morn
ing by William Ballinger from his
brother Madison A. Ballinger of Wash
ington, d. c., announcing the ueath OF
the latter's wife, Mrs. Minnie 2. Bal,
linger. this morning at 2:20 o'clock.
The deceased was q resident OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

The best plaster. A piece of flannel
dampened with Chamberlain's Lini-
ment and bound on over the affected
parts is superior to plaster and
costs only one-tenth as much For
sale by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

and / went to the
store to get a bottle
Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Veget IA bic
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it l in
sisted and finally
got it. and I am SO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27

Where Fools Arc Plenty.
Most people" says the Boarding
house Philosopher. as soon as they
are married and safely launched on
the stream Of life, begin to rock the
boat. Toledo Blade.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
W WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from a fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-27
TRUST
IN THE WORLD
Continued from page ID

Coal and Iron company with capital
ization of $3o,00o,000.
For his interest In the Carnegie
Steel company Mr.. Carnegie took in
payment per cent first mortgage
bonds OF the United States Steel cor
poration, netting him s16.oo0,oo0 an
nually