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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
MuIdoon,s Picnic.

Edmund DUPONT and Dolly Devyne.
producers with the b. c. Whitney,
Ward & Vokes here with Marsh Bros
Inc. new Muldoon's Picnic.
Edmund DUPONT and Dolly Devine
who will be seen here with the Null
doons Picnic are recognized as pro-
ducers of musical farce comedies all
over this country. As producer
and stage manager OF high class at
fractions, also playing all leading
parts in the shows he produces, Du-
Pont is one man in ten thousand who
always infuses new and original ideas
into each and every show he pro,
duces. With Miss Dolly Devyne he
has originated his Living Mechani.
cal Doll" new feature brought over
from Paris and one that will prove
a revelation to the American show
going public. Miss DeVyne will be
seen In her original part (especiall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19

Disnlfled Yell.
Keokuk, Keokuk, Uncle Sam!
Missississippi River, Great big dam!
What's the matter with father?
He's all right!
So is Keokuk, by big dam site.
Progress!
Hurray! Zip!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
he subscription blank. Now is the

the subscription blank. Now is the
time to cut it out, fill in the number Of
seats wanted, sign and mail to ]. e.
Baker. There are only few days
left during which subscriptions will
be accepted. Send in your subscrip-
tons now and get the benefit of the
saving in money as well as the adj
vantages of first choice of seats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
Lifelike Pictures Take One Through
Lall

He'll.
Recognized foremost of all moving
piltures, Dantes Inferno" attracted
a large number of people to the Grand
Friday and Saturday evenings. The
scenes of the underworld as seen by
Dante and Virgil, are depictive OF
the awfulness of punishment told in
the book of Revelation in the Scrip
lures and by the writer of the Infer
no piece.
The pictures We're in five separate
reels Miss Rose Ivy, prima donna, a
sweet voiced singer, pleased the au-
dience with several numbers last ev-
ening. The pictures shown were
something unusual for local audi.
ences and number of the settings
were grand in their positions.
"The Girl Love" at the Grand Opera
House Tomorrow Evening.
The seat sale for this popular must
cal comedy opened Friday morning
and the sale was splendid. There will
be no vacant seats in the Grand Mon
day evening when Victor No lev and
his company appear If you intend to
see this attraction got Your seats
without further delay or you will be
unable to get them at all, Manager
Worley has in prospect number OF
high class shows and there is moth.
ing that helps more to get them than
good business for the Keokuk opera
house.
1.-THE Girl | Love- is musical
comedy in two acts. The first shows
in beautiful landscape view, the
lawn and fields of Happy Hollow
Farm, in the Catskills, with the bunga
low-home of the proprietor, Billy
Phibbs. The second reveals the coy
interior of the bungalow, with beam
ed ceilings and weathered oak panels
A part of the action is supposed tc
have taken place almost year be
fore the rise of the curtain. jeremiah
Bugleweed, wealthy and puritanical
has made a proposition to his only
nephew and heir, the gay and festive
Billy Phibhs. The latter has beer
sowing too many will oats along the
Ga. White Way, and Old Man Bugle
weed, decides to compel him to har
vest crop of the tame variety. HI
allows him $4,000 for one years ok
pertinent in the rural life at Happy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
On the Threshold
OF A Civil Strife

the club who were playing pool or
followed and it was the general opin'
ion that the club had made a big mis-
take through the past years in not
having yell. Thereupon President E..
S. Baker deserted billiard game and
called hurried meeting The pool
quartet-Capt. B. G. Taber, Capt. T. f.
Baldwin, John w. Hobbs and Paul
Dysart-dropped everything and went
to an upstairs room for secret
session. Palmer Trimble had just
come in with Mayor Elder and c. j..
Smith and Sham" directed them to
the conference. For three hours they
were in meeting and at the end of
that time President Baker descended
! the stairway and stuck up on the bull
letin board the clubs official yell,
using a piece of chewing gum fur
nished by Attorney Trimble.
There was certainly CONSERVATION
in the Keokuk club camp Wednesday
evening when Tory members gather
ed and made the discovery. The two
| young directors, j P. Sheldon and
Karl Kiedaiseh, stamped the action Of
/ the older members as highly officious
and entirely without club sanction.
Such hish handed methods will not
be tolerated around this club" de-
clared Sheldon, at least not while
I'm on the directorate"
Here either" said Kiedaisch, as
he wiped the beads of perspiration
that stood out on his forehead. I'm
the first place the action is without
authority and then that yell is about
the sissiest thing l ever listened to. II
might do for the girls at the Nauvoc
academy, but nowhere else"
Meet In Annex.
/ By this time dozen of the young
members had gathered around Direc
tors Sheldon and Kiedaisch, who
seemed to be the ring leaders. The
conclave resembled an anarchis
meeting, and SHAM who usually di
reefs maneuvers when matters ge
too noisy. suggested that they go tt
the annex and discuss the proposition
SO as not to disturb the sane persons
present. Under the guidance of Der
Dunlap this was done.
That the dignified yell was not t.
| stand without opposition was quickl.
determined. A committee consisting
of Frank Merrill, Harry Huxley an
Stephen Irwin was appointed to CON
| pose one and after some deliberatio
the printed spasm above was appro,
J ed, except by Sham" who persiste
! that the word duck" in the thir
{ line should be changed to chicken.
i Since Wednesday matters have r,
e manned practically unchanged TIL
: older members have been holdin
meetings every afternoon, while tn
s Tories have been gathering in the e.
o ening to formulate plans which wi
e enable them to win what promises
j. be long-winded fight Some of tn
j. non-interested members are disguste,
q Both yells remain on the bulleti
board. Under that of the Progressive
is black hand warming Sensation;
, developments are expected during til
r week and Secretary Cochrane ha
d been temporarily enioined from mai
# ing to the Keokuk Club of Liyermor
!. Falls, Maine, or any other place, an
p yell, whatever.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
How's This?

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
f. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo Q.
We. the undersigned. have known F. j.
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
80 WALDINt;, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Z.
Halls .Cntarrh Cure is taken internally ~,
cous surfaces of the system. Tcstimon-
ials sent free Price is cents per bottle.
Sold w all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills LOT const'pa-
ION.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
GRAND G Ge5se
Friday, Saturday, Nov. 17-1s
Performances daily
Matinees 2:30, Night 8:15.

A WonderfuI RETALIATION
DANTE'S INFERNO" 5 reels
The Greatest Spectacle in Exhibition
History, unusual translation of the
View and Work of the immortal poet.
SPECiAL-Mme Rose Ivy, Prima
Donna Dramatic Soprano, will appear
at each performance in song.
Explanatory lecture, impressive eff.
gects.
Prices specially reduced, adults
Csc; children, 15c; gallery, 1oc.
Manager Charles Abel, of the Dodge
theatre, has very kindly consented to
bring up his resistance coils so that
the 500 direct current can be used,
showing clear picture. o At
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19

Old Members Take Action.
The above letter was brought into
the club Wednesday afternoon by Sec
rotary E. r. Cochrane and perused
with great interest by members of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
seIf.Evldent.

What is a college coach for, sis,"
"For hack work, OF course. you ninny."
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
POOR BERRY SEASON.
Market for Them VIII Not Be Lively
This Year.

This will not be much of a berry
season. Weather conditions have tend
ed to shorten the period for the sale
of strawberries and now they are be-
coming a scarce article in the mar
ket-- Few boxes have been sold in
this vicinity, in comparison with the
large lots that have formerly been re-
ceived here. The strawberries have
heen an uncertain article day by day
and the prices have remained high all
Not until late in the season
did the best berries arrive.
1t bids fair to be the same way
with other kinds of berries. Black
berries should be more plentiful than
they are and there should be good
supply of raspberries and blueberries
at this time. Dry weather will pre-
vent an abundance of any of these
kinds this year.
Raspberries are quoted at IS cents
a box and blueberries at II. Currants
were selling at two boxes for %
cents.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

A reader of these notes living in
section where very little has been done
along the line OF growing alfalfa In
quires how to go at it 10 get n stand.
bis purpose being to make spring
sowing OF The seed. The writer is of
the opinion TINT more satisfactory re-
suits will be had in getting a start with
alfalfa II the sowing is delayed until
the middle of August. The land used
for the purpose should be well drained.
enriched with seven or eight loads of
barnyard manure per acre and just as
free rs possible from weed seeds. a
piece of land from which a crop of
wheat or oats has just been removed
would serve the purpose very nicely,
rs n good share of the weed seed
terminates within short tiae after
the grain is cut. while the remaining
seed can be killed in the preparation
of the soil for the alfalfa seed. While
the seed can be broadcasted. there Is
little question that more uniform
termination will be secured : IL 1t is
drilled In. From fifteen to twenty
pounds of seed may be used. the
smaller quantity being required II n
drill is used There is species of bac-
terra which works on the roots of the
alfalfa plant. and n much thriftier
growth will be secured If these are In
PRODUCED into the soil. This may be
done by mixing soil from an estab-
lished alfalfa field with the manure
with which the field Is ferfilized or
soil from the roadside where the wild
sweet clover has grown will answer
the same purpose. or one can make
application to the department of agri-
culture Mt Washington for little tube
IF the nitrogen fixing bacteria. which
Is diluted in water and the seed wet
with this n few hours before sowing.
After being treated the seed should
not be exposed to the direct rays Of
the sun The writer has known of
number of instances in which a good
stand of alfalfa has been secured by
sowing the seed In the spring, but in
these cases the soil was free from
weed seeds, and the young alfalfa
plants got n foothold Mt once and were
not swamped with rank weeds, as is 80
/ eften the case.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
Woman, Lovely Woman
But Alas Without Beautiful Hair
No Woman Can Be Handsome

We ask every woman reader of this
paper to give Partisan Sage a thor
ough trial, and we gladly make them
this liberal offer:
Get a large so cent bottle from G.
r. Fogg today. Use 1t as directed
for two weeks If at the end of that
time you are not satisfied with the
results, say SO to G. r. Fogg and he
will give you your money back.
Besides being delightful and In
MIGRATING hair dressing, Partisan
Sage will cure dandruff stop falling
hair and itching of the scalp, or mon
ey back z8-29
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

Our readers know in a general way
that there was a persistent drought
over the country the past year, but
perhaps few of them have seen 1t ex-
pressed In definite terms. The writer
wished to have this data and so wrote
the director of north Iowa United
States weather station. The director
reported that covering a period of
years the normal rainfall at his sta
ton was 81 % inches. but that for the
year from March /, 1910. to March l.
1911, the precipitation had been but
1914 inches, which was n shortage of
1f.70 inches as compared with the nor
NAL rainfall Assuming TINT n pint Of
water weighs n pound these figures
mean that In the twelvemonth period
there was q shortage of 1866 tons of
water per acre. Taking in connection
with this the fact that an inch of wa
ter soaks down foot in loose soil.
one gets good idea of the depth
from which water was drawn last sea-
son to supply the needs of growing
crops.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
Or. EDWARDS.
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FOR

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Eliminating all poisons from the gys-
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I'D Is 50 guaranteed under the Pure
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
HannlcSt Girl In lincoln.

A Lincoln, Ncb., girl writes. Il he'd
been ailing for some time with ehron-
ic constipation and stomach trouble.
| bcgen taking Chnmberlain's StOm-
ach end Liver Tablets and in three
days | WIS able to he up and got
better right along. l am the proud
est girl in Lincoln to find such a good
medicine For sale by G.. r. Fogg
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
safe Hints for Good Health.
Don't hurry your meals.


Don't eat when overtired, rest a few
moments before eating. II will pay
you.
Don't borrow time for work thai
belongs to rest or sleep.
Don't neglect the first symptoms o.
illness or disordered digestion.
Don't allow the bowels to become
constipated, but If you are 50 unfor-
tunate, don't delay taking one or two
teaspoonfuls of IL F." Atwood s
Medicine or Bitters on retiring at night
They have record Of sixty years and
never fail to relieve constipation and
.biliousness.
All dealers have them in large bottles
for thirty-hye cents. Be sure to get the
IL. f" kind A generous sample
mailed free on request by the IL F.
Medicine Co.. Portland Me.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS

TheIr action controls your heRlth.
Read what Foley Kidney pills have
Nigue, Waterville, Me, says: Last
summer ! suffered with kidney trout
BILE. | had a severe pain across my
back and II was almost impossible for
me to stand the pain. a friend ad-
vfsed me to take Foley Kidneys pills
! got a supply and took them accord
ing to directions. After few DAYS
tne pain left my back. and the action
OF my kidneys was free and natural
am fully cured and l give all the
redlt to Foley Kidney Pills"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20
Over lf-Cemury.

Humphreys Speoifioa have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 30
years. Medical Book sent free.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

If an abundance of good sharp grit
is constantly on hand the many all
ments that spring from Indigestion
can be prevented.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

1t is with hens as 1t is with hired
men and dairy COWS. Handsome Is
that handsome does" This statement
Is prompted by u glance at the picture
of celebrated Plymouth Rock hen
that has record of $50 eggs In year.
She was very short legged, comb twist
ed and Ill shaped. tail feathers looking
as If she had been the sport of half
grown puppy and yet she delivered the
goods-tifty-s pounds of eggs which
sold for $475. Her bin OF fare cost
$3.50. leaving a net revenue of $685.
more than is got from thousands of
cows over the land.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

We are asked by reader what to
do to kill the insects which gather
meath dead portions OF bark on the
trunks Of his apple trees. AS a rule
such insects do little or no damage
However, such bark should be cut
away. The birds and the sunlight viii
do the rest.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

They are telling a pretty good joke
on the Ohio egislature-that not a
single member OF either house could
tell offhand whether a cows ears were
In front of or to the rear of her horns.
II such be the case 1t will hardly be
charged that Ohio farmers have been
packing the legislature in their own
interest. But. seriously. how many Of
our readers can tell where a cows ears
are located7
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

The roaaapsoblem the country over
will be a Zig way near solution when
the idea Is more universally recog-
niZed that money raised for road i'm
proyement should be spent primarily
with the idea Of bene0ting the roads
and not of putting bunch of easy
money into the pockets of township
supervisors or others having the road
work In charge.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

The old, historic Hanscom building,
so called, at the junction of Elm and
Main streets, Wateryille, which was
erected far beyond the recollection of
the oldest inhabtant, will soon be
levelled to the ground. The work
started recently under the direction
of Homer Proctor. This is the first
move for the erection of the new Fed
eral building. "Up there in the top
ROOM" said Mr.. Proctor, pointing to
a room where man was tearing
away the woodwork is where John
Nye and myself enlisted in April
1861, for the Civil war. and | have
not been in that room since that date
WIS II years of age at that time.
hardly old enough to know how to
button my shoes. In this old house
many volunteers enlisted their SER
vices for the war Many of them
were students from Colby college"
Mr.. Proctor told of many incidents
connected with the old structure
while the workmen tore away the
doors and windows.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

Do not be led into paying exorbitant
prices for sittings of eggs from so call.
ed heavy laying strains of chickens.
The poultry department of the Maine
experiment station worked this thing
out very thoroughly and found that no
reliance could be placed on the pro-
ductiveness of pullets from high rec
ord hens. but rather that 1t was largely
an individual matter Some other sta
ton may have secured different
results. but If such Is the case its find
lngs have not been generally published
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

Henceforth In the United States the
men who will be most influential and
Independent, as well as physically
most healthy and vigorous. will be
those who own and till the soil. There
Is no other condition possible. For
this reason he is a sensible man who
at the earliest possible time gets title
to a piece of land-it matters not
whether here or there. but only that
1t is fertile and near good market.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

THE CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY has bought
the Capital the Skowhegn Light Company which
operates in Skowhegan and Noridgewock.
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY operates in
Watervile Oakland Winsow, Pittfed
Dexter, Haowel Togus an electric
transmission line connecting all places planned
this line to Skowhegan before the end of the year.
The believe this substantial
to the companies and people
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY has a large
power fol desires
1t will supply any purpose any
quantity
Through the
at full capacity About three hundred served with
and hanon ethousan
power daily.
anyone Skowhegan Norridgewock O
industry enlarge old
More industries greater prosperity both community
and to the
q
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

When the United States fisheries
steamer Cannot which arrived in
Portland recently finishes her season
she will have had the best year in her
history Capt. G.. w. Greenleaf esti-
mated that the total number of lobster
fry that would be planted on the
whole coast would probably amount
to 150.000000 On the trip which
was completed recently. 100000 fry
were planted in York Harbor. A
number of both old and new seed lob
sters were taken and these will be
carried to the hatchery at Boothbay.
The old seeders, ii might be interest
ing TO know, are those whose seeds
will hatch this year. while the new
ones will have to be kept at the
hatchery until next year With the
seed that will be secured from the
Holsters now on the Cannot and those
already at the hatchery, probably 49,
100000 more fry will be secured this
year. These will be planted at once
Thus, with total of l50,000000. the
coast will be better covered than il
ever has been before and a supply OF
crustaceans is assured that will last
for years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

Tests have shown the violet tinted
varieties of white potatoes to- be the
highest in uutritiye value.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

The Bar Harbor Horse show will
De held this year as usual and unless
| all signs fail more excellent horses
will be entered than for a number OF
years past. The dates of the show
are Aug. %, % and "a.
The first areoplane to be owned In
Pennington, is that which has been
built by Joaquin J. de la Rosa. The
builder of the flying machine Is a
| resident of Havana, Cuba, and a stu
| dent at the Abbott school. The ma
chine is a biplane and is entirely the
| result of his own handiwork.
John o. Lawrence of Saco has re-
ceived from Port Daniel, p. O., a
| handsome 20-pound salmon. The
| fish which came from a friend of the
Saco man, was shipped by express. 1t
is 700 miles from Port Daniel to
Saco, yet the salmon was in almost
as good condition as when taken from
the water.
S. NJ. Robbins of the Deerng
neighborhood, Sanford. who Is about
so years of age, is remarkably active
for one of his years. He rises at
f30 every morning and brings load
of passengers who work in the
Springyale factories, arriving there
before some of the natives are up. He
also turns off no ineonsiderable
amount of other work during the day.
A peculiar accident Is said to have
occurred recently In Bath, the hero
OF which is a very small baby. The pd-
rents of the child in the winter heat
their sleeping room by means of q
hole cut in the floor Immediately ovel
the kitchen range. Not long ago The
baby was left alone in the room by
his parents and started to inspect the
hole with the result that he lost his
balance and fell through 1t. Fortu-
nately he did not land on the kitchen
range but instead dropped into a pan
of bread which had been set on the
stove to rise. The youngster was so
small, the bread pan so large and the
dough so light that the child was not
a particle injured by its fall
Myriads of moths were seen re
Gently off the Maine coast according
10 the report Oh capt. george w.
Greenleaf of the u. S. Fisheries
steamer Cannot. The swarm extend
ed all the way along from Southport
to the Isle of Shoals and the Gannet
as she passed through them was fairly
covered with the small winged Great
ures, which lighted not only on the
decks and house but on the masts and
stack as we'll The moths were not
browntails, according to Capt. Green
leaf, for they were brown all over
and were from three-eighths to five
eighths of an inch in length. 1t is
thought that they might have been
blown off shore by heavy northwest
wind and were making their way to
Lind mhnn cinhtnd
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

A good deal of cultivation cen h'
done on the smaller farms 7fter the
corn is planted and before II is mp