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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
NO DANGER IN FREE SPEECH.

Governor Wilson of New Jersey, as
leading presidential possibility COM
manded liberal space for the address
he delivered on the Fourth at Ocean
Grove. He declared that the plain
speaking about existing evils, which
disturbs certain people, is really "the
ground OF our safety" because it was
about things that need to be remedieo.
He declared that the object of the ma
ton in its various establishments sis
that every man should have his free
opportunity; that no man should en-
JOY privileges not open to his neigh
Dor. that no man should rule us with
out our consent; that the instrument
employed, whether political or econ
onic, should be our own, to be used
as we deemed best" He said he laid
stress on these ideas because so many
men In recent months had expressed
the fear that the country was about to
experience change of plan OR a loss
OF It's practical genius" He thought
that the future would be like the past
in revealing genius for that which
builds UP, purifies, strengthens. illumi-
mates and conserves for the prudent
uses of posterity.'.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
A Simple Heartfelt Law.


dedicated to Sthe Empory Gazette
and other despisers of Whitman and
Browning.)
Lives of poets oft remind us
Not to wait too long for Time,
But, departing, leave behind us
Obvious facts embalmed in rhyme
Poems that we have to ponder
Turn us prematurely gray;
We are infinitely fonder
OF the simple. heatlfelt lay.
Whitman's Leaves of Grass is Cd
ious.
Browning's Ring and Book" bore;
Bleat, oh bards, in lines melodious-
Bleat that two and two is four.
Must we hunt for hidden treasures?
Nix, We want the heartfelt
straight.
Minstrel, sing in obvious measures
Sing that four and four is eight.
Whitman leads to easy slumber;
Browning makes us hit the hay,
Pipe, We potes. in simplest numbers,
Anything We have to say.
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK

4 .
The Georgia legislature will take
its first vote today for the election
of United States senator to succeed
the late Senator Clay The result of
/ the contest is awaited with consider
able interest, chiefly because of the
prominence OF the several aspirants
for the toga. Among those who are
regarded as candidates for the sena-
torship are Governor Hoke Smith,
Senator Terrill, Tom Watson and
Col. Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah.
Republicans of Kentucky will nomi-
nate state ticket at convention to
he beld in Louisville today. Judge
E. G. O'Rear of the court of appeals
Is their probable choice for COVE nor.
No instructions are proposed for
United States senator, and probably
none will be given.
The progress of King George and
Queen Mary in their tour of the Unit
ed Kingdom promises to furnish the
most of the weeks news from the 9TH
er side. Concluding the four days
visit in Ireland their majesties will
leave Dublin Wednesday for Wales.
AT Carnarvon Castle the next day will
take place the investiture of the
Prince of Wales by the king. On Fri
day his majesty will open the new
University college at Bangor and on
Saturday he will lay the foundation
stone of the Welsh National Library
at Aberystwith.
The notable conventions of the week
will include the national reunion of
Elks at Atlantic City, the annual con-
vention of the National Educational
association at San Francisco,
the meeting of the Imperial
Council of the Mystic Shrine at Roch-
ester, the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Editorial association at De-
troit. the national convention OF Build
ing Owners and Managers at Cleve-
land, and the annual convention of
the Young Peoples Christian union
of the Universalist church in the
United States and Canada at Portland,
Ne.
Other events that will figure more
or less prominently in the news OF the
week will include the opening of the
Canadian Industrial exhibition at Win
uireg, the international athletic games
in England between the teams of
Harvard and Yale and Cambridge and
Oxford, the opening of the Grand Cir
cult races at Indianapolis, and the
national balloon race, which was
scheduled to start yesterday from
Kansas City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Corn and FoIke.

Sioux City Journal: The Springfield,
Mass, Republican reports that white
the weather may have been good for
corn. as 1t has heard somebody has
said 1t was, nevertheless it's been
mighty bad for folks" Even in Massa.
chusetts. 1t would appear, there is
thought of the corn-the corn, such as
it is, that is raised in New England.
Out this way, the better the weather
is for corn the better 1t is for folks.
The hot weather, to be sure. brings a
measure of personal discomfort, but
current vital statistics do not show
that 1t IS bad fer folks. In Sioux City.
for instance. probably at no time dur.
ing the year have the doctors been
more inactive or the public health bet.
ter. 1t is not enough to say, in a
SAMMY way, that many OF the doctors
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Hardtack Mustered out.

Washington Times: A good deal
may be said in favor of the kiln dried
bareback which the provender depart
ment of the army has decided to aban-
don. Without requiring so strong a
heat as does the baking of tiles, gran
lite ware, and vitrified brick, the UNI
leavened comestable is better adapted
to hard usage and exposure 1t prac-
ucally defies the tooth of time, the
ravages of rats. and all other wasteful
inroads. 1t is the original of the ire
mainder biscuit which Shakespeare
cited as the last word in desiccation.
Its highest usefulness was to lend
color to the earlier stories of piracy
and shipwreck. 1t was one of the
unities OF that style of writing that
the crew adrift in the south seas
should not reach the last biscuit until
the penultimate chapter, which always
meant that death or rescue was close
at hand. AS steady diet on the old
fashioned windjammers 1t was con-
ductive of scurvy, and in signing for
voyage Jacks first question was as
to whether lime Juice or grog was
distributed on board to ward off the
dread disease. Where the grog was,
the ships complement was full
In the exigencies Of the civil war
bareback stepped from yellow bfck
novels into real life. 1t was change
from parched corn. 1t also came with
fair degree of regularity so long as
there was anything whatever in the
commissariat. The water. the salt, or
perhaps the bran of which it was COM
posed must have contained some sus-
tanning substance, for there was more
fight in one bareback than in a skin
full of raw beef. When the misunder-
standing was over, the bareback re-
enlisted, and has been in the service
ever since. 1t seemed to be a part of
the equipment, like the drum and the
flag. There were doubts as to it's use
fulness, but nobody cared to say so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
RENToNsPoRT.
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The Presbyterians OF this place and
Methodists of Vernon, held a joint
Sunday school picnic on the 4th.
Mrs. Melia Scott of this place and
Mrs. John Scott OF Dallas are visiting
relatives in Keokuk
Mrs. John Montgomery had the mis-
fortune to fall causing both bones Of
her ankle to be broken.
Mrs. ]. Guthrie is quite low, nun
Der of relatives have been called to
her bedside.
Mrs. C. Ruble and daughter. Mrs.
f. ~ Purdy of Ottumwa, visited with
friends in Keokuk last week.
Mrs. Sheath is visiting her daugh-
ter in Eldon.
Max Ruble spent the 4th In Douds.
going on to Ottumwa to visit his sis
ter, Mrs. e. n Purdy.
Mrs. Lyon of Des Moines, also Mrs.
Benz. Merriott of the same place were
recently called here to attend the fun
eral OF the late Henry Dunn. He was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
FOOD VALUE OF CHEESE.

The smallest knowledge of the Old
World makes the dullest tourist
wonder why cheese is not more gen
orally consumed in America as sub
stantial article of diet, like meat and
eggs and fish. Americans eat it as a
luxury Or as condiment: but they
rarely regard it like bread and meat
as the staff of life. And yet such it is.
The United States government has
thoroughly investigated the subject in
all its phases, with the result that
cheese is placed in the foremost rank
as a life-sustaining food. 1t is not
condimert to go with food. 1t is
food itself. Hear this: "a pound OF
cheese is equal to three pounds of
fresh fish So the official reports
declare. The experiments failed to
show that cheese was specially a
condiment or digestion promoter, but
they proved that skim" cheese is al
most as nutritive as the best cream
article and green cheese quite as df-
gestible as the old. Sad to relate.
Americans know next to nothing about
preparing cheese dishes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
WITNESSES FIGHT
THEN TAKE ACID
Tragedy Occurred at Bluffs, H., and
Young Woman Dies In
Fright.

BLUFFS, H., July Enlightened
by a fight between her husband and
a man named j. B. Wilhelm from
Hannibal, whom Bush claims he
found in his home late, Mrs. OrviHe
Bush swallowed the contents of a
bottle of carbolic acid.
Bush is conductor on the Wabash
railroad and was out on his run that
night. He was expected to be away
until late but got another man to
take his run and returned late at
night Unexpectedly. Going to his
home he found Wilhelm there. A
fight ensued between the two men
in which the Hannibal man Is said to
have been handled roughly. He sus-
tanned several injuries during the al
tercation and was rather severely
hurt.
The encounter had hardly ended
before Mrs. Bush secured bottle con.
tanning carbolic acid and drank the
contents. Although living several
hours her death was expected from
the time CT her drinking the liquid
Little could be learned concerning
the case of the participants. The
Pushes have lived at Bluffs for some
time.
Mrs. Bush was % or 2a years of
age and married Bush about three
wears ago. For some time the family
lived In Hannibal and then moved to
Springfield and for about a year the
couple have been living In BLUFFS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
MOSQUITOES AND MUSIC.

A pseudo-scientist down east claims
to have made the discovery that mos
quitoes are attracted By music and
that the windows OF a room in which
q Young lady was playing the pianola
we're literally covered with the insects
until the music ceased whereupon they
al few away TO resume their natural
for unnatural) business. This dis
covery leads the Buffalo News to sug-
gest that instead Of following the adj
vice of those experts who would have
US catch mosquitoes with tin cup
and some kerosene, all a man has to
do is TO encourage his wife to play
beethoven Sonata by the open win
dow and while the pesky mosquitoes
are listening TO the band he can
sneak of comfortably to bed. The
same paper advances the idea that far
better than useless swatting with a
folded newspaper IT would be to
have boy with a strident harmonica
discourse sweet strains that should
lure the pests away from his vicin-
ity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
kAHokA, MO.
a q = q q q . q a . q

The Bloomer Girls ball team will
play in Kahoka next Monday.
Harry Crawford of Keokuk is spend.
ing the week with Kahoka relatives.
Mrs. Matilda Townsend left Friday
for visit with her son, Ben, Of lola,
Kansas.
Misses Clara and Leila Karle left
Thursday for a visit with brother,
Otto, at Linneus, Mo.
James Bell left Thursday for a few
days visit with his sister in Fort
Madison.
Miss Mary McNichols Is the guest
OF her friend, Miss Lenola Martin, at
West Point. Iowa.
The Kahoka ball team met defeat
at Hamilton the Fourth by the score
of IL to IL.
The Kahoka !. o. o. F. lodge will In
stall officers next Tuesday evening.
All members are urged to be In at
tendance.
Mrs. Julia Mohr died Tuesday at
the home of her son, H. " Applegate,
in Union township, aged es years.
Funeral services from the home
Thursday with interment in the Ger.
man cemetery.
Assistant Attorney General J. NJ.
Dawson CT Jefferson City, is spending
a few weeks vacation in Clark county.
Phillip Spangler and Miss AIDA
Lower, of Carthage. III. were united
in marriage in Kahoka last Saturday.
Mrs. Green Wright died June 90 at
her home in Camden county, Mo. She
and husband left Clark county In the
7o's. She was sister OF Silas Fair.
brother Of Kahoka.
The Kahoka school board met again
Monday night and adjourned without
electing a superintendent. In the In.
terest Of the schools there should .e
no further delay in this matter. And.
further, In the interest of the schools
a man who Is in no way mixed up in
this squabble should be elected to the
position. We say this to in no way
discredit anyone. but believe IT to be
for the best interests OF the schools.
William Cottingham, of Ashton.
and Miss Ada Shaffer, of CORN. were
united In marriage Tuesday By SQUIRE
Perry in Kahoka.
Jacob Keller, for many years an IN.
nate OF the poor farm, died Monday.
lnterment in the poor farm cemetery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Christmas Shopping.

Keokuk Gate City: Now that the
fireworks have disappeared from the
store windows 1t is none too soon to
suggest that Christmas shopping be
done early.
Clinton Herald The suggestion is
good one and doubtless many people
will avail themselves Of every oppor-
tunity. We never stop In the busy
grind OF business and 1t will not be
many days before the merchants will
begin to line their shelves with articles
appropriate for Christmas gifts. And
those who take time by the forelock
and now and then make purchase
will least feel the drain on the peck
etbook when the holiday season
rolls around.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
LATE Young as a Weather Prophet.

Cedar Falls Record: To Hon. La
fayette Young, of Des Moines, belongs
the credit for the recent rains and
cooler weather. He told the writer on
the afternoon Of the third that the
thing was sure to happen. He said he
had never known it to fail at this par
ticular season of the year. you can
mark it down as correct prophecy
that rains in a greater or lesser de-
gree invariably fall on the Fourth or
a day or so thereafter" And sure
enough the welcome precipitation came
to great many communities in Iowa.
Colonel Busby, the seer of Independ-
ence, will do we'll to look to his
laurels because Mr. Young is still
abroad in the land and his successful
prediction may lead to others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11


The home of VIM. Owens, south OF
Kahoka. is lighted by an acetylene
plant. The plant had for some time
been out of commission, but on Wed.
nesday evening Mr.. Owens and family
were to entertain a party of friends
and he thought he would turn on the
lights. He picked up a light and went
to the cellar where the plant is locat-
ed. Some gas had escaped and the
light caused an explosion quite Sc
yerely burning Mr.. Owens on the face
and singing his hair and eyebrows. A
telephone message brought doctor
and assistance from Kahoka Tie
blaze was quickly extinguished, and
Mr.. Owens burns pronounced severe
but not dangerous
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has ord red a sweeping investi-
cation OF all companies in the United
States affected by the Interstate COM
merce law. IS if in anticipation of
this action, nearly all of the big ex-
press companies on the same day filed
notice OF new tariffs, believed to be
materially lower. The investigation
is ordered to determine whether pre-
vailing rates are unjust or discrim-
inatory. The new tariffs are to be-
come effective August /.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
SOCIAL SERVICE ON NEW BASIS.

OOSiHc 0EhVtSG oN NEW 0ASi0.
Through a tentative body created
by the last general convention, the
Episcopal church will undertake to
formulate comprehensive program
for social service by official and vol
unteer workers This church has just
voted to cooperate with the federal
council of churches and also to work
with the Christian Social Union and
other agencies within and without the
Episcopal church that are engaged in
this work
The church will furthermore encour-
age volunteer workers in parishes,
especially laymen, to undertake sys-
tematic effort, and it divides the lines
of work thus: The city, to include po-
lice, health, charities and schools
charity. both public and private; Ia
Dor organizations. together with the
relations of non-union labor; and
ciyics, which includes politics to the
extent of securing honest men for Of
fee, and the watching of elected men
in office. The step is the initial one
on the part of the Episcopal church
to put social service, as it has al
ready put Christian education. upon
the same organized basis as it's mis-
sionary work. The commission will
open an office, employ a secretary
and enter upon budget of $4,000 a
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Keokuk, Iowa ......... July II, 1911

"ALL FOR THE BEST
AIS for the best, be sanguine and
cheerful,
Troubles and sorrows are friends in
disguise;
Nothing but folly goes faithless and
fearful,
Courage forever is happy and wise.
Ais for the best, If a man will but
know it,
Providence wishes us all to be
blest;
This is no dream of the pundit or
poet,
Heaven is gracious, and alrs for
the best
Ais for the best, then fling away
terrors,
! Meet all your fears and your foes In
the van,
And in the midst of your dangers and
errors,
Trust like child while you strive
like q man.
ALPS for the best, unbiased, unbounded,
Providence reigns from the east TO
the west;
And by both wisdom and virtue SUE
rounded.
Hope and be happy that all's for
the best.
old English Song.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Insuruent Humbuq.

Cedar Rapids Republican: 1nsur-
gent humbug" Is phrase that seems
TO be running through the entire press
nowadays. Some OF us know what 1t
was many years ago. Some of US in
Iowa had inside facts on that matter.
We knew how the thing was horn In
this state low it was conceived. in
fact and how it grew--almost entirely
in vanity and in enlarged selfishness.
We are not surprised at the later
revelations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Attorney General Wickersham,
speaking before the Michigan Bar AS
ISOLATION at Battle Creek one day last
week, made hi first public statement
concerning the supreme court ruling
In the oil and tobacco cases. He be-
lieved that the school of literal inter
probation of the laws had been repu-
dated by these decisions, but insisted
that the Sherman law had been rem
dered more effective than ever. For
the first time that law had become an
actual, effective weapon, as it's area
OF uncertainty had been greatly mar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
brother Of Mrs. Lyon and the father

brother OF Mrs. Lyon and the father
of Mrs. Merriott.
Mrs. Dena Lane and son Leon left
Saturday to join Mr.. Lane in Nash
vile, Tenn
The last report from Ottumwa was
that Miss Mary Montgomery who fell
and broke her arm and was taken to
a hospital at that place, is doing nice
ly. Friends of Aunt Mary will be
pleased when she is so far recovered
as to be able to be removed to her
home.
Mrs. c. Ruble visited her sister, Mrs
J. o. Murphy in Eldon Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Only sS,ooO.O0o barrels Of beer soll
IN the United States during the last
twelve months. AS the population OF
the country is about 100000 it fol
lows that, on an average, every man.
woman and child consumed something
like six-sevenths of a barrel. Evident
ly some fellow got more than hf=
share.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Bank exchanges at all leading cities
in the United States made practically
the same comparison with a year ago
as they did the previous week, but
compared with 1909, notable improve.
ment appears, the total aggregating
s2,S29, 1573o7, a decrease as compar.
ed with the same week last year Of
6.5 per cent, but a gain of Al per cent
over the figures of the corresponding
week in 1909
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

The two-inch rain that visited Keo-
kuk Sunday evening was quite gen
ieral, wherefore IT is entitled to rank
in the million-dollar class. such a
visitation is worth more to the coun.
try than special session OF con.
igress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

rowed by the application OF the rule of
reason. Size alone did not consti-
tute a monopoly but unfair methods;
and no form OF combination or larse
OF time can bar federal court of
equity from terminating an unlawful
restraint.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
Hay Fever and Summer Colds

Hay Fever and Summer Colds
Must be relieved quickly and Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound will do It.
r. NJ. Stewart, 1894 Wolfram ST., CHI
cago. writes: Il have been greatly
troubled during the hcs summer
months with Hay Fever and find that
by using Foley's Honey and Tar Com.
pound get great relief" Many 9th
ers who suffer similarly will be glad
to benefit by Mr. Stewards exper.
fence Wilkinson & Co., J. r. Kied
aisch g. Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

said Mike, with scorn. "Sure. they
don't be in it with the Irish at all.
Sure. any folks can trace their en-
cestors back to the Garden of Eden.
and If Adam had kept his mouth shut
we might have been there yet"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

An auto driver plunging along The
edge Of steep embankment. won
dered Il it would be safe TO take his
hand off the wheel long enough to
brush bee off the end OF his nose.
What would you have done?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

4 New Orleans paper laments the
passing Of the Z. S. mint IN that city
The situation might be worse Just
suppose the supply OF Kentucky mint
should fail,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

The Sioux City Journal has noticed
that the farmer who viii not desert
his fields for a special election usually
IFS found in town when the circus
parade is starting
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

The lamb is IN the habit OF skipping.
SO We were in measure prepared for
the spring variety jumping up to six
ty-ave cents hundred pounds in Chi
cago the other day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

From the way they are standing the
hot weather, the Omaha Bee Is en-
couraged TO believe that some of the
congressman viii put up a tough fight
against old Nick
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
THE DAILY GATE CITY

fiuences steadily at work in our social
and industrial. life. while the other
is remote and not particularly re-
sponsiye to these influences
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

It is possible to oyerdo even d
good thing. A Dubuque man broke his
wrist Sunday while swatting a fly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

| They that will not be counseled
cannot be helped. If you do not hear
reason she will rap your knuckles.-
Franklin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

An eastern paper tells King George
and Kaiser Bill that they may hand
out their orders and decorations, but
they will never get really strong with
the masses until they begin to give
green trading stamps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

The Dubuque Times-Journal OBJ
serves that some persons actually en-
JOY the hot weather, not because their
physical constitution is abnormal, nut
because their mental attitude toward
the weather is rational.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The preacher has his troubles, to be
sure; but the Sioux City Journal no.
tees that no one can beat him to a
vacation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

It is up to the tobacco trust to turn
over new leaf.