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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
ORIGINAL Notice.

State of Iowa, Lee County SIS In
the District Court of Said County. at
Keokuk
Alfred C. Schmidt Charles o.
Schmidt and Henry f. Schmidt, plain
tiffs, VS., H. w Perry, Sr, Kate Per
ny and Sadie tWalcott) Perry, defend
ants.
To the Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby notified that a
petition is now on file in the clerk 3
office of the district court aforesaid
at Keokuk in behalf of the above
named plaintiffs against you and
claiming that they are the absolute
owners in fee simple of the following
described real estate, towit lot
twelve (12l and the easterly one-half
(i2) OF lot eleven 0D. in Block SO,
in the City of keokuk, Lee County,
Iowa, and that they are credibly in
formed and believe that YOU make
some claim adverse to their estate,
in the said real estate. They pray thai
their title and estate in and to said
your adverse claims and that you
and all persons claiming by under or
through you be barred and forever
estopped from having or claiming any
right or title adverse to them in said
premises, and that their title thereto
be quoted in them.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next regular May term of said
court, to be begun and holden at Keo-
kuk on the 22nd day of May A. D..
1911. default viii be entered against
you and Judgment rendered thereon
as prayed for in said petition.
W. j. ROBERTS,
Attorney for Plaintiffs,
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Accessories at very lowest prices.
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CITY NEWS.

William III. NerIick, aged 80, OF
Hannibal, Mo, former resident OF
Keokuk, died several days ago OF
typhoid fever He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harmon G. Nerlich
The body of Joseph A. Lupton
was removed yesterday from the vault
at Oakland cemetery to the Hickory
Grove cemetery
In the district court here Lena G
Carlson has brought suit for divorce
against Oscar Carlson, the ground OF
the petition being cruel and inhuman
treatment
The notorious Filipino. Lawrence
Delo, was made defendant in divorce
action brought by his wife, Hester
Delo, in the district court here today.
The plaintiff sets out in her petition
that Delo threatened to kill her and
that on one occasion while in fit of
rage threatened TO set fire to her
house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Resolution Mo. SO

De 1T RESOLVED, BY the City
Souhcli OF the City Of Keokuk. Iowa:
mat 1t is necessary and advisable
% make the following improvements,
to-wit:
construct an eight inch tile sani-
,a,y sewer through the alley in block
~ and in rear of lots /, ., 9, 4, 8,
~ IL and IL, block III, commencing
al point on the west side of Sew
ei'h street and connecting with main
sewer IN block 119; through the alley
IN blocks so, n, 20 and SO, commenc-
ihg at the east side OF Seventh street
auu connecting with main sewer at
intersection of Third and Des Moines
streets; in front of lots, 1, 2, 3, A, 5,
=, . 8 3, 10, IL, IL, 10, IA and Is, in
oiock A, Mason's Upper Addition.
SAD sewer to commence near the east
que OF Eighth street: thence easterly
aiohg the northerly side of Grand
avenue to Sixth street; thence south
connect with sewer at alley in
S,Sth street; through the alley in
piock IA. Estes Addition, commenc-
ig on the west side of Fifteenth
4 street. and connecting with main
saver on Sixteenth street, in tho city
ol keokuk. Iowa.
And that the cost of the same be
assessed and levied as a special tax
Upon the real property abutting upon
Ne alleys in which said sewers are
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constructed, in proportion to the spec
ial benefits conferred upon said prop
erty by said improvement, and not in
excess thereof
And that this resolution will be
considered for passage at meeting
of the City Council to be held on the
first day of May, 1911, at which time
objections may be made to the pas
sage of this resolution and to the
making of said contemplated improve
ments.
Roll call:
Elder-Aye.
Gray-Aye.
Schmidt-Aye.
(SeaD j. /. ELDER
Attest. Mayor
O. w. sANDBBRG. City Clerk.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
BOUGHT REMAINDER
OF j. L. ROOT FARM
Mrs. Emma Rockenbach Buys That
Part Of Land Not Taken by
Water Power Co.

A real estate deal has recently been
closed by which Mrs Otto Rocken-
bach becomes the owner of all that
part of the j. l.. Root farm not taken
over by the Water Power Company.
The tract comprises approximately
seventy acres and lies a short dis
lance above the Illinois end of the
dam. Considerable of this farm will
be overflowed by the building Of the
dam and the power company has paid
for the land it will damage by the
building of the dam. The remainder is
the part bought by Mrs. Rockenbach.
1t is fine investment and is delight
fully located.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
MaxweN d 7uy,,eZtv
Insurance and Real Estate
IL North Sixth Street

new thoroughly modern dwelling seven roomc and
BATH steam heat good location Third Ward 49,
thoroughly MODERN eight room frame DWELLING =; g.
ton, conveniently located in Third Ward - "
double brick dwelling, in fine condition. and rooms and
bath centrally located North side can at very ,a 49,
pe be- converted into single especially adapted for
, and boarding tNuse. ~ ~ 7
ten room thoroughly modern dwelling on corner LOT in
one OF inc best locations positively the finest
home offered for sale TODAY 0s
fine eight frame and p.eo, c+roo+
lot 63xS6, this is nice home al a bargain
double frame dwelling, each side ot 54x1 Mo-
6 and 5lS South Sixth investment properv
lew thoroughly modern frame dwelling st .na
Moines Street e' o aiu
Side " ie' WIN
8 Five room cottage with o Orleans Street
Five within ono b1oc1 &c 49,
line in West Keokuk. = 80
The oee home Johnson stretseven rooms full lot
and good barn. ~ 80 ~
Twenty tract adjoining Keokuk suitable
lot town lots and borders railroad
in the market
see phone Black .
=.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Terrible Picture of Suffering

Clinton. Ky.-Mrs. Nj. G. McElroy
in a letter from Clinton, writes
For six years, was sufferer from
female troubles. could not eat, and
could not stand on my feet, without
suffering great pain. Three of the
best doctors in the state said was
in critical condition, and going down
hill. lost hope After using Cardui
week, l began to improve. Now |
feel better than in six years Fifty
years of success, in actual practice,
is positive proof that Cardui can al
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Sentence Imposed.

Before imposing sentence Judge Nc
Pherson gave brief summary He
said that the pure food acts had been
in existence for nearly five years and
that Secretary Wilson had been very
lenient hoping to educate the people
Courts have been lenient, he said
filming offenders only So or $40
The Burlington case is an old story
he said The Pond story is still old
err saying the matter was intrusted to
girls, who wrapped the butter, the
managers being asleep, and failing tc
take notice of the kind of wrappers
that went on the butter.
In the Anderson Canning company
case the most stress was put on the
benzoate of soda by Judge Mcpherson
The pure food laws are for the pur
pose of enabling the consumer to gel
that for which he pays.
These firms, continued the court
are OF high character. and thus the
offence is the greater, because from
firms of high character we expect te
get the best for what we pay.
Thereupon the fines We're assessed
5000 in the Keokuk cases and SOY
against Burlington defendant.
Grand Jury Reported.
The grand jury made it's report
this morning, returning only one in
dictment. In this indictment the per
son is not under arrest and tn name
of the party was not given out for
publication.
This afternoon Judge Mcpherson
heard a few minor matters and then
adjourned court. The next session
will convene at Davenport in two
weeks.
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he had ever tested The tomatoes
used In it were more or less decayed
Mr.. Wernrich again referred to the
freezing which the catsup had been
subjected to. but this was no defense
IN face of the testimony brought to
bear by the Washington man. He held
that no active change had taken place
in the product since it was manufac-
tured and the freezing could have had
nothing to do with it's condition.
Inspector Evans who seized the
goods at Omaha, told of the condition
in which it was received, and of the
label theron. 1t was four days en-
route from Burlington to Omaha.
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Burlington Case Called.

The third case was against
the Burlington company. The findings
of the government men in this were
not at all of pleasant nature for
the Burlington man. DR.. Howard said
that this catsup examined showed
the highest degree of spoilage of any
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
! SWlTCAMAN King
| Saved A LIFE
William King, Rock Island Employe
at Foot of Main Street, Pulled
Old Man From
the Tracks.
LEG WAS CUT OFF
Character Who Has Lived Here Num-
Der Of Years, HeIpIessIy
Staggered in Path
of the Cars.

William A. King. the Rock Island
! sWitchman in the railroad yards at
the foot of Main street proved MIN
self an exceptionally cool person and
good man in an emergency yester-
day afternoon when Steve Brunt, the
elderly man, had his leg cut off.
Bystanders who saw the happening
and turned away from the sight be-
cause they expected Brunt's body to
be cut in two, say that Switchman
Kings act in pulling the injured man
out of danger as much as possible,
was a heroic one.
Today Brunt who is very low at
the hospital, owes his life to Mr. King
as death would have been certain had
the string of cars pushed by the %"
switch engine, struck him.
Brunt had been down at the river
front and one of the fishermen there
had given him fish to take home.
1t is said he was under the influence of
liquor at the time and while on the
north side of Main at Water street,
started in the direction of the tracks
on which the cars were being switch
ed at the time.
Seeing the condition of the man,
Mr. King shouted to Brunt to stop,
The old man halted himself and then
without warning ran staggering to-
ward the tracks when the moving
cars were within ten feet of him.
Noting the plight of Brunt and
knowing that he would be run down,
King ran thirty feet and Selling
Brunt by the arm, ierked him all but
the right leg from the path of the
cars. Brunt was limp in his limbs
and it is supposed he was unable to
pull the right one from the tracks in
the excitement.
AS it was tn. escape of both men
from being run down was miraculous
as the cars brushed past just as King
pulled his man out Of the way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Leo Amputated.

The ambulance was Immediately
called and Brunt was take2 to Ora
ham hospital where amputat!on of the
right leg was found necessary, the
limb having been mashed from all
semblance of shape Just below the
knee by two of the car wheels. On ac-
count of loss of blood and shock, it
was not expected last night that
Brunt would live because of his ad-
vanced years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

MINNESOTA Free 200 page book
compiled by state. Accurate infor-
nation about price of lands in, and
products of each county 100000
acres homestead lands. Farm labor
ers wanted Farms for rent Address
State Boaru of immigration. Room
289 State Capitol, ST Paul, MINI.
WILL Call for. sharpen and return all
kinds of tools, razors and scissors,
gasoline stoves cleaned Iowa. phone,
107-Red. Home phone, 1852. J.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
The Charges.

The Anderson Canning Company
of Keokuk was charged with violation
of the pure food act in the shipment
of tomato catsup on March 8 from
this city to Nave-McCoid Mercantile
Company of ST. Joseph, Mo. The la
bel was false, according to the in
formation, because the product was
adulterated, containing filthy, decom,
posed or putrid animal or vegetable
matter.
The Burlington Vinegar and Pickle
Works was charged with false label
ing of tomato catsup shipped to Allen
Brothers at Omaha.
The S. p Pond Company of Keo.
kuk was charged with false labelling
of butter shipped to Philadelphia.
The information set out that the
words Process Butter" was hidden
and could not be seen until the pack
age was broken. The outside label
represented the butter to be pure.
The informations against the COM
panies were filed by Mercellus Il.
Temple, United States attorney
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
The S. P. Pond Company and Anderson Canning
Company of Keokuk Were Fined by
Judge Mcpherson Today.
PENALTY Was IMPOSED
Burlington Company Also Found Guilty. but Fine
Assessed was Only $5O---Uncle Sans
Experts Testify.

For two hours in the United States
District court this morning Judge
Smith Mcpherson listened to nearly
a score Oh government experts testify
against The Anderson Canning com
pany, The S. P. Pond company and the
Burlington Vinegar and Pickle Works
in pure food cases, and at the end OF
that time the court became convinced
that the defendants We're guilty OF
fiagrant violations and he fined the
two Keokuk firms the maximum
which is 5000, and the Burlington com
pany $50, owing to extenuating cir
cumstances in the case.
Some of the testimony was the
most technical that has been heard
in the federal court here for long
time. DR.. B. j. Howard, chief of the
Micro Chemical laboratory for the
government at Washington, was Uncle
Sans leading witness, and he scored
point after point against the defen.
full preparation for the case and a
thorough knowledge of the subjects at
hand. During the arguments in which
William Ballinger, Charles S. Pond
and Mr. Weinwick of Burlington ties.
titled in their own behalf nearly every
thing which had to do with pure but
ter and process butter, and with to-
mato catsup was touched upon.
When the cases were called short
ly after court convened at 10 o'clock
the defendants entered plea of gull
ty and the discussion that followed
was for the benefit of Judge McPher-
son in assessing the fine.
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es plunged into a lengthy explanation
Pure butter, it was said, is purer than
process butter, but fair grade OF
process butter is better than a poor
grade of pure butter.
Henry Norwood, another govern
ment expert, who was the inspector
responsible for the seizure of the but.
ter at Camden, N. j. testified as to
the label which misrepresented the
product.
Attorney Sawyer representing the
Pond Company explained to the court
the manner in which the wrong label
had been sent out by the Pond peo-
pie. For number of years the Keo-
kuk firm has done business with the
Philadelphia company. and the latter
has always sent its own wrappers to
be put upon the butter shipped to it.
This continued for sometime and with
out the company knowing it were
changed and permitted to be put on
butter without the error being dis
covered here in Keokuk 1t was point
ed out that there had been no attempt
on the part of the Keokuk company
to deceive.
Charles S. Pond also spoke briefly
upon how the mistake in wrapping
the butter had been made.
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Mr. Weinrich is Heard.

When the pure food cases We're
( called the Anderson Canning com
/ pany and the S. p. Pond company en-
tered pleas of guilty to the charges,
4 but not so Immediately with Mr..
! Weinrich, of the Burlington company.
/ Mr.. Weinrich is very hard of hearing
4 and when he addressed court did SO
4 in very lound voice. He stated that
the charge against him was a sud
den one and entirely unexpected. He
stated that he had had his catsup
examined by chemist at ST. Louis
who said it would pass government
examination. Mr. Weinrich stated
that in shipping the product to Oma-
ha it had been chilled by big fall
in temperature and had been frost bit
ten. In consequence of this 1t made a
poor showing. He said the chemist
who examined the catsup would bear
him out in this. He said that it had not
been his intention to misrepresent
things.
Judge Mcpherson told him that the
present question was one whether he
should plead guilty or not guilty. The
Burlington man was not represented
by an attorney and after a short con
ference with Clerk Macarthur decided
to enter a plea similar TO the defend
ants in the other cases.
The court said he was running into
this kind of catsup everywhere.
There was second case against
the Anderson Canning company, but
it was dismissed when plea of gull
ty was made in the other case.
Testimony of Government Men.
The first case in which the govern
ment men were asked to give expert
testimony was in that against the S.
p Pond Company They said that
they had made the analysis and found
that the butter was process butter Of
fair quality Court asked that they
designate between pure butter and
process butter and one of the witness
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FOR sALE-One work horse; double
set of harness one lumber wagon
and one fresh COW. Inquire I'LL Des
Moines street
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FOR RENT.

FOR Furnished rooms; all
conveniences, SIS Morgan. Tel. 70
Red.
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WANTED-Dining room girl at Grand
Hotel
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WANTED.

WANTED Dining room girl at Pres
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LOST.

LoST-Small diamond scarf pin. Find
err please communicate Bell Phone 375
Black.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-Large boned young work
horse, tail and toppy and good trsv-
eler, only 1925. White Elk Vineyard.
Hub phone, 1852.
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The catsup Case.

i'S SaSSbF SdSSs
The second case called was that
against the Anderson Canning com
pany. DR.. Howard was called to testify
in this and in his opening remarks
summed up the findings that had been
made during the analysis, later ans.
Wering many questions put to him
both by the court and by the defend
ant company. Dr. Howard said that
he had founu in the catsup decomposed
substances, yeast and spores, and bac-
terra, giving the amount in each in
stance. He plunged into a technical
explanation of how decay is brought
about. He said that he found too
much benzoate of soda in the product
and this was practically the violation
which the keokuk company was found
guilty of. How this was brought about
was explained by Mr. Ballinger Of
ten in factories the pulp which goes
into the tomato catsup is purchased
from another factory. This was the
case in this instance and the Keokuk
company put in lilo of l per cent ben
zoate of soda as permitted by the
government. However, before re.
ceiving the company sending 1t had
put in a quantity of this preventative,
which was found upon test by the
government chemists
Mr.. Ballinger stated that catsup in
time will very often spoil, but DR..
Howard said that if properly sterilized
it will not spoil for years, even though
the air gets to it.
Up to this time the discussion be.
tween the two gentlemen had been
as to the condition of the catsup with
regard to germs, etc. Judge McPher-
son asked the pointed question of how
the benzoate of soda had gotten in in
such large quantity. Mr. Ballinger
said he was guilty on this count, al
though he gave a good explanation of
the manner in which the condition was
brought about
Judge MCPHERSON pointed out to the
head of the local canning company
that it would be an easy manner to
employ some high school boy to make
the proper tests.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-30
Modern woodmen of America.

Thirty-eight members were in their
places when Worthy Advisor Terry. in
the absence OF the consul. called Excelsior
camp 10 order. One stranger was found
in waiting and given the fraternal de-
gree. The sick committee reported the
several sick neighbors as progressing to-
wards recovery The regular meeting
will be held tomorrow evening. This Will
be the last in the present location. The
first meeting following Will be held in
the new Modern Woodmen home. lei
Main street The building has been over
hauled and many important additions
made to the furnishings and fixtures
Members are urged To attend tomorrow
evening, as matters OF Importance are TO
be determined -.
Great Salt Lake camp No. 1o0T1 held
an enthusiastic meeting last Tuesday
evening, with all officers and about fifty
members present. The attendance shows
a steady Increase, Three transfer cards
were presented and balloted upon favor
ably, and the beneficial degree was con
ferred upon one candidate Visiting
neighbors for Colorado and Arizona were
present and spoke well of the way In
which the evenings work was carried
out. The regular meeting will be held
Tuesday evening. There are several can
didates 10 initiate. All visiting neigh
bors are welcome, and every member OF
the camp Is urgently requested TO attend.