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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
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The !. o. o. F. lodge at this place
observed the 92nd anniversary of the
order, with banquet and program for
the members and their families, at
their hall. All spent a pleasant day,
that could attend AS we have had
an epidemic of whooping cough and
measles this spring, quite few had
to stay at home.
Uncle Bonnie Pennington. who is
quite aged, is quite sick at his home
in town, and mis- recovery is doubtful.
Wednesday evening Jesse Jolley and
Miss Jessie Dill of town were quietly
we'd and are at home in the Joliey
home. which Jesse's parents have re-
modelled and furnished for them.
Jesse and wife are of our best people,
he being associated with his father,
in the stove and hardware business
and they have the well wishes of all
through life. A linen shower was
given the bride last Monday evening
at the VIM. Blanchard home, the lady
friends of both attending, and hap
ply time enjoyed.
Mrs. C. E. McClurg was called to
Keosauqua by the serious illness of
her brother, Van Norris, who is no
better at this time.
T. S. Bogg has begun the building
of his residence in north Milton. Nc
MILAN has the contract.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

"The Awakening of the American
Business Man. Andrew Carnegie $
presentation OF The A. B. G, OF the
Tariff Question, complete novelette,
by the author of PAM" and our
Lady Of the Beechcs,D Baroness Won
Hutten's "The Clandon Letters. PROT.
Ferrero, author of THE Greatness anu
Decline of Rome" and one OF the most
distinguished of contemporary men Oh
letters, makes his Introductory paper
picture of women and marriage IN
ancient Rome. portraying conditions
of social liberty and of legal and econ
omic autonomy, which are full OF IN
terest for men and women of today
There are illustrations from carefully
selected photographs and from draw
ings by Andre Castaigne. DIR, Mac
Kennels recent events give special
timelines and Importance to VIII IT.
wins article on Industrial lndem-
nifty the third of three papers on
"The Awakening of the Business
Man. Mr.. Carnegie presents in sue
cinct form his solution of the foremost
domestic question of the day, the tar
if.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
THE LATE MRS. FAyARp,

Intelligence of the death of Mrs.
Louise Favard in Chicago on Sunday
was received in this community with
general and sincere regret Mrs
Favard was a longtime resident of
Keokuk and was held in the highest
esteem by large circle of friends
She was born in France, came to this
country at an early age and spent the
best part of her life in this city. Her
husband, Pierre Favard, who died sew
eral years ago, was member of the
advance guard of the Icarian Com
mune which first located near New
Orleans and afterward at Nauvoo,
where the F'avard home was first
established
Mrs. Favard was woman of simple
tastes, lovable character and woman
ly attributes which endeared her to
all who knew her She was ingram
ed with sincerity and she lived a
homelike life in keeping with her
temperament and tastes. She was a
devoted wife and model mother ana
found her sphere of usefulness and
her greatest delights within the
sacred precincts of the home. A good
woman has gone from US Say not
that she is dead, but only gone before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
CARTHAGE, ILL.
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Geo. Mayor OF Bushnell, spent sew
eral days with home folks, the past
week
Col. Fred l.. johnson was in Cuba,
Ill, last week, disposing of livery
stock, at auction.
Mr.. Carl Peterson, OF Galesburg,
spent Sunday with his wife at the S.
w. Prentiss home.
Mrs. Michel Of Quincy, spent Sun.
day with her daughter at the ]. f..
Helfrich home.
M. Emery and Miss Edith Day,
Of keokuk, were guests last week at
the. Thos. McMechan home.
j. Ed Martin OF American Falls.
Idaho, has been visiting with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Stowe and
family are visiting the gentleman's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Sllas Stowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Briley and Mr..
and Mrs G. p Johnson went 10 Mon.
mouth Sunday last, in the former
auto. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson visited
her parents. Representative and Mrs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Jewel, while Mr.. and Mrs Briley went
to Aledo. i
Mrs. Sarah Reyer is visiting her
brothers in Chicago and her daughter
Miss Elizabeth, who is attending
school at Norris, Ill.
Harvey Boston, of Glendive, Mont,
was calling on friends in the. city
one day the past week
Mrs. G. B. Newcomer expects to re.
turn to the city this week. She is now
visiting her sister, at Polo.
Msr. Alva Williams expects to join
her husband IN Chicago, about May
18th to accompany him on tour IN
Guiding st. Louis. Mo-, Washington, d..
O.. Boston, Mass. and New York
City
a. $. McKown, OF New Boston, III,
visited his sister, Miss Ida Powell
the past week.
Miss Ethlyn Grifath ard Mrs. II. p.
Berry attended the state p. r.. O..
convention at Aledo last week Miss
Griffith responded to the address Of
welcome.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Rev Robert Rnrdette, the erst-
while humorist of the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, now Baptist minister at
Pasadena Cal, is to edit George
Fitch's column of Transcripts in
the Peoria Herald Transcript for one
issue of that paper in the near future
Mr.. Burdette was reporter on that
paper some thirty-fve years ago. He
was asked if he would agree not to
quarrel with the foreman and replied
Impossible. don't think it can be
done. l haven't got the old fear of
the foreman out of my system yet.
Evidently he isn't acquainted with
the situation in The Gate City office,
in which the foreman is the most
courteous and obliging member of the
whole bunch,-Which is saying a good
deal in view of the angelic qualities
of the entire force
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
ABSURD LAWS

In a recent MONDAY lecture before
the Law School of the Northwestern
University, Chicago John F. Geeting
made some striking statements on
the "absurdity of our laws" under
which he said, man could have two
wives. He is quoted on this point to
the following effect:
In ordinary divorce cases our
statutes provide that neither party
shall marry within one year from the
date of the decree. This restriction
implies the right of the party to mar
ry lawfully at any time after the ex-
piration of that year.
But another statute, applying to
all cases. both civil and criminal. al
lows the losing party to sue out a
writ of error in the supreme or ap.
pellate court at any time within three
years, and by that means have the
proceedings. reviewed. Now, if a man
remarries and his wife appeals and
wins the case, he has two wives I'M
der the law
According to Mr.. Geeting, the stat
utes of Illinois provide that the laws
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
LESS FIRE WASTE

1t is announced from Des Moines
that Ole o. Roe, who will become
Iowa's first fire marshal on July =,
next, will start state wide campaign
on education along the line of fire
prevention and a lessening of the FIRE
waste. He plans to seek the CO
operation of teachers and instructors
in all educational institutions and
proposes a special fire prevention day
to be observed annually the state
over, as Arbor day is now. He also
expects to establish system by
which every fire in Iowa will he re-
ported TO him. There is a wide field
for useful endeavor along the lines
Mr.. Roe has mapped out for himself.
The present fire waste is disgrace
to present day civilization because it
is so largely unnecessary. Most Of it
could and would be prevented if
proper precautions were taken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
ELvAsToN, ILL,
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On Saturday evening VIM. Miller
and Miss Alta Thomas went to Keo-
kuE and were united in marriage by
Rev. Frank McGraw. They were &C.
companied thither by Mr.. Miller's
brother, V. X. Miller and wife, Lee
Ewing and Blossom Walker and Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Kerr.
The bride and groom left the same
evening for Monroe. Mo-, and are
still honeymooning at that place. They
Will be at home in Elyaston on their
return, in the Newman property, Just
east of DR.. Runyon's residence, where
they will reside. They have the best
wishes of their many friends here.
The Misses Ruth Garard Lessie and
Ethel Harrison, visited last Sunday
with Miss Crystal Garvy.
Miss Marguerite Henke of Keokuk
visited with Miss Dora Cameron at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Spence.
Mrs. James NJ. Campbell is on the
sick list, her daughter, Mrs r. s. Run
yon being at her bedside.
Alexander Maize was born in ST.
Joseph, Mo-, July a. 1859, and died at
his home 3 miles north of Elvaston
on Sunday, April 23, being about 81
years Of age Mr. Maize has lived in
our community for 20 years or more.
Mr.. Maize began life as q poor boy,
but by economy and energetic effort.
at the time of his death had accumu-
lated valuable farm PROPERTY His
death was caused by organic heart
disease. He was very Quiet, unas-
Stunning gentleman and had the respect
of the entire community. He leaves
wife and ten children to- mourn for
him. who have the sympathy of the
entire community Funeral services
4 we're held at the home on "Wednesday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. L.
/ Macarthur of Hamilton. Burial at
Curry cemetery
w II. Marshall and daughter, Jean.
nette. are visiting relatives at Knox
City. Mo.
John Pollard and wife apd young
daughter went to Burlington last
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

| A remarkable series of short stories
dealing with department life at Wash
| ington, by Ella Middleton Tybout, au-
thor of The Wife of the Secretary of
State" and other successful novels, is
begun in the May Lippincott's. Each
story deals with some special phase
| of the life as it affects department
employees With the subject of cleri-
cal pensions so much in the air, these
tales OF machine oppression, as it
crops up in every department of the
government, are decidedly timely and
important. even though they are pure
fiction in form. The author knows
her subject inside out To great ex-
tent, the same conditions which pre-
vail among the employees OF the ma
tional government. prevail among the
state employees, who are subjected to
similar temptations and similar abuses
where such exist. The first of this
series of stories, Conscience Mon
ey, tale Of the Treasury depart
ment, appears in the May Lippincott's.
The foremost feature OF the Red
Book Magazine for May is a powerful
and deeply human story OF a girl of
the Indiana oil fields, by Charles Ma
jor, author of When Knigbthood Was
in Flower" It's title is Sweet Alys-
sum- II possesses all the charm that
made Mr.. Majors famous novel the
most popular story Of this generation.
Nor is Charles Major the only author
who has won golden spurs who is rep
resented in the new Red Book. Onoto
Watanna, author of the widely popular
Japanese Nightingale contributes
tale of Old Japan entitled "Tokiwa.s
Patrick Vaux, an English naval. ali-
thority, tells the story of tragedy on
board a British torpedo destroyer, ana
Alfred Henry Lewis contributes a
real detective story entitled Page.
Alias KelIy--Cashier."
OF the May Century's list OF good
things, FIVE features are specially
noteworthy; the beginning of GuglieI-
mo Ferrero's series of papers on "Wo-
men OF the Caesars Rev. A. A. Mac
Kennels discussion of The Plight Of
the Country Minister. will Irwin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
MAY.

NAY.
6ris tinted May now skirts the woods
and hollows,
And, where the south wind leads, swift
and soft footed follows;
There's incense in her breath, before
her steps and after
And in her loosened brooks echoes OF
woodland laughter.
In the bosky thickets birds are briskly
singing,
While the lofty swallow some message
must be bringing
From the far Azores, SO strong is his
endeavor
TO brush against the azure, and &C
sailing on forever.
Not less the crystal lake he puts in his
dominions,
He skins its polished face; and, with
his preened out pinions,
Single eyed, surveys all his insect
quarry,
Having two highways, the mundane
and the starry.
What white sheet you see, where al
the greenery varies,
is the petaled snow shed by the san.
guinaria's
Clear and spotless blossoms-seen by
every conner
a chosen scarf of spring thrown on the
neck of summer.
The wind flower, all alone, that with
4 no other matest,
sLifts trenlblingly it's head-the dear
est, delicatest;
More than all lowery forms in wood
or meadow places,
It's rose-edged, pearl like tint, grim
~@swinter's spell effaces
May, the maiden month, has in her
rich possession
All the cavalcade of natures fair pro-
cession.
Even the bobolink, that like foun-
tain rises,
Soon. will add. his song to her supreme
surprises!
Joel Benton in the Outlook.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
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Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Balm and baby
of Nauvoo spent Wednesday and
Thursday with their sister, Mrs. l.,
Hemingway, of this place.
MIR. John Noonan and daughter,
Miss Alice, were Keokuk callers Sat
urday.
Misses Mary Harrington, Blanche
Osburn and Alta Hemingway and
Mr. Bryan Harrington of Keokuk en-
joyed Sunday with home folks.
Mrs. ]. l.. John and son, Ralph, of
Bluff Park, spent Thursday with rela-
tives at this place.
Miss Anna Driscoll spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Joyce, of Keo-
kuk.
Mrs. A. R. Osborn was visiting in
Sandusky last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mabel Osburn was business
caller in Keokuk Wednesday.
Mr.. j. F. Harrington made several
business trips to Keokuk last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
500 REWARD. 500.

The readers of this payer will he
pleased TO learn that there ia al least
one dreaded disease that pcience has
that is catarrah. Hall Catarraf cure
u the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh icing
constitutional disease requires con-
Cure e taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. thereby destroying tr foun-
oason OF the disease and giving TIL,
patent strength by building lip the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing
lts work. The proprietors have so much
la,.n IN its curative powers that they
that It falls to cure. Send for lists Of
do. o.
So. by all druggists. 7bc.
Take Halls Family Pills for eonstipa-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Commission government has reduc-
ed the cost of governing Birmingham,
Ala, by $4,000 year, and, more
over, has given better government.
The exhibit for Keokuk under the
commission plan during the past year
will be even more creditable. With
much smaller income our commits
sioners have managed to save nearly
$4,000 The commission plan isn't
automatic, but in the hands of the
right men it Yields admirable results
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Thursday to consult a physician in re-
gard to the little girls eyes, which
seem to be failing her.
James Dowdall has just finished a
fine large barn 32x42, with shed 1892,
On the south side.
Mr.. Greenberry Fisher Of Basco, is
painting Mr.. A. J. Newman's house.
Mrs. Claude Loring visited several
days with her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Huston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

of England in force at the time of the
settlement of jamestown are binding
in the state, Unless repealed or con
trary to our American institutions,
which keep in force many of the old
English criminal laws long forgotten.
Among these laws is the famous
witchcraft statute of England, enact
ed in the first year of the reign O.
James l. Illinois criminal statutes,
he declared, consist of great mass OF
confused and ill:advised legislation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

LATE Young was emphatically and
unequiyocally right when he said in
his address before the Americas
club in Pittsburg the other evening:
Congress has no business to be in
session. The country has no demand
for either congress or Canadian reci-
procity. Congress should adjourn at
once and give the country a breath
ing spell. The farmer wants chance.
The banker wants a chance. Congress
is blocking the game
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

An Indiana man writes that he
killed blue racer snake which con-
Ftained twelve quail eggs. He suggests
that little campaign against the
snakes might do more good than
spending SO much money to stock ag-
ricultural states with game birds.
The incident prompts the Davenport
Democrat to say:
This raises the query as to wheth-
er the snakes do more harm than
good. One of their favorite dishes
is field mice, If we remember correct.
ly. We poss the subject along to
someone who knows more about
snakes than we do here in Daven-
port"
If there is no authority in Daven-
port on snakes the case is clearly
hopeless. No other city can hope to
compete successfully in that particular
line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Woman suffrage was endorsed by
the Iowa Ladies of the Maccabees at
their annual meeting in Des Moines
the other day when committee re-
port endorsing the methods of the
Iowa Suffragist association was adopt
ed They do not approve of militant
methods AS the national supervising
deputy explained the situation, they
wish the right to vote rather than the
vote itself and they would never carry
banner in parade in thousand
years. She believes the great mass
Of American women are Indifferent on
the question, and in this she is no
doubt right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
The Cedar Rapids Gazette states IN

The Cedar Rapids Gazette states IN
important truth clearly and forcibly
in saying:
The best friends of organized labor
will not condone crime, but will insist
upon a full investigation before set
Ting upon their conclusions, holding
no man guilty or innocent until proven
so. One side cannot demand that
the othe suspend Judgment unless it
does the same thing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Senior Limantour brings the accusa-
tion against Don Madero that he is a
vegetarian, dreamer and spiritual
list. Don Madero reioins that Senior
Limantour is lickspittle, a moss
back, a timeserver and horsethief.
And this is the sort of thing they call
an armistice in Mexico,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

It seems to the Sioux City Journal
that Clifford Thorne is liable to pros
ecution for infringement of Kansas
City's motto: Keep Something Go
Ing On"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

The Washington Press is doubtless
correct in its surmise that Colonel
Palmer is not lying awake nights
worrying over the Thorne Cosson CON
troversy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

i A Brooklyn woman who is 1o1
years old attributes the fact to her
habit of arising every morning at 6
O'Clock. She must have aged very
tapidly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

The tree planting season has not
elosed just because Arbor day has
passed 1t is not vet too late to en-
gage in the good work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

1 It Is remarked by Abe Martin that
figures don't lie, but you can group
chem SO they'll answer the same pur
pose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Bank exchanges make consider
ably more satisfactory comparison
than a week ago, the total last week
at all leading cities in the United
States being s2,430,541 $50, a decrease
Of 10 per cent as compared with the
same week last year and of l1.9 per
rent as compared with 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

The Charleston News and Courier
says, "One jaekass stands on -four
keet, the other on a technicality
Now will the average lawyer be good
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
THOUGHT FOB The DAY.

To understand the things that are
ut our door Is the best preparation
for understanding those that lie be-
fEond.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

A spelling bee in Missouri recently
tasted seventeen hours 1t goes with
put saying that that was good spell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

When insurgent meets insurgent
then the fur flies
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Go 1t, Clifford-go 1t, George!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02
NOTES AND COMMENT.

It strikes the Cedar Rapids Gazette
that the Three-I league scrap is get
ting to be as big a nuisance as an
ordinary cat fight.
Now the question for debate is,
did Hubbard go Democratic or did
Pepper go Republican" says the
Marion Register, commenting on their
vote for the Canadian reciprocity bill.
A Newark woman who was struck
by trolley says the accident has Civ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

Things should look up now. Thu
aviation season has opened.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

keokuk, Iowa ............M May 2, 1911
The Washington times., 1911-06-18

WE'VE had to recorder and reorder again and again th
w season. 1t has been great season with us. Suct
selling necessitated the accumulation Of many broker
lots. This means confusion unless
We've done it'll Gathered all these shoes together at
Seventh Street Store and they go sale morning
at prices before thought possible footwear Of such
quality Guaranteed quality SO early in the season
All This Seasons Very Latest Styles
Every Shoe Guaranteed Just as
Though Regular Prices Were Charged
Full Range of Sizes In All Leathers
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-30

accorded an outsider s. ~ hlaeosr -. *
tne country. He Wa Is tnIlr
1oe 1ort4, yet eveFyh - NV y
felt on the subject g 81
4 4 designed to use sdiannnear,n~
eun9 Tor the 6orts. = disallSearin4
sun mas the same advantage q nm
shooting from behind tree. It bobe
out suddenly. fires its load and H.
Iore the enemy can get hack at It =
again IN hiding.
BIG Growth on Pacific
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-30

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Daytona. Florid4 f3lrIs go :
S. dated April | No.
APRIL 1, 1e19 49, S S
and interest - r. ! s
cent Interest 81 I q
$eo0 81.
Florida East Goes 49, - - S
b Association, fir1t = s.
bonds, s.. Prize s.
interest yielding 6 - e S S
Dated July I, 19o4 - .
before July 1, 1921 ln6erd1t
July /.
$4,000
Florida Publishing coauonv.
IS, dated January 2, 1o11 ~ ). )
January 2, 1913. Price 7
and interest yielding s per =
Interest July / and Janu1
$E3V
Stock Of East Florida Tslsuhc
Company at par.
$500
Peninsula Bridge ssoek II -.
$500.
Forf Tampa S per cent semi.e..s.a
water Works bonds = ysasa -
SIS. 600
Pensacola Improvenent 49,. -.
years 4 IL per. cent. Par.
$4,000
oc't. Inyestnent Co. s-per e.,t
penes z years = ran. 81.