davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Sad Piiahts Of Women.

It is true that during the prosper
Gus times We have been having the
condition OF most families is what
they have chosen to make it and there
IS no reason for their being in need
BIZ. their own shiftlessness But in
any case it is generally the women
and children that are the ones to suf-
fer.
A few days ago a woman appealed
for little help Her husband had
become drunkard and she was sup
porting her family by toiling over the
washboard. Her husband she keeps,
by main force, at home where he can
not drink but his long period OF de-
hatchery has rendered him practical
" useless. The woman was homes,
and had dollar viii which to buy
fuel, but could not get a dollars worth
delivered. She merely appealed for
money enough to. pay for the delivery
Of the dollars worth OF fuel.
Often children are sent in almost
barefoot TO get shoes before they can
go to school A woman who had been
left by deserted husband with five
children on her hands sought a little
clothing for them in order. to keep
them In school while she scrubbed
from morning till night to keep them
In food In almost all cases 1t is the
women who bears the burden Of pow
erty,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
CITY NEWS.

President Roosevelt and Mrs. Wiggs.
Delighted cried President Roose-
welt when in Louisville he was shown
the veritable cabbage patch wherein
Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice found Mrs Mrs
Wigs and Lovey Mary And the
chief executive went on to say that he
regarded Mrs. Wigs life quite as
highly as the simple life preached by
his friend the Rev. Charles Wagner.
Presidential praise is high praise al
ways, and in his speech delivered be-
fore the students of the State Agricul-
tural college, at Lansing, Mich, on
May 81, 1907, he said You will learn
the root principles Of self-help and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25

helpfulness towards others from Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch just as
much as from any formal treats on
charity" which shows that the execu-
tive was thoroughly In accord with the
American people, who love Mrs. Wigs
as they have loved few other women
of literature and the stage. Mrs.
Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" will be
presented here under the management
of the United Play Co. on Friday
evening, Nov. 90, at the Grand opera
house.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Not out Of Work.

No able bodied man receives aid
from the county this year and but a
few worthless nomads attempt it.
There is plenty of work In the city
for any man who is willing to work
and wages are high SO that there is
no excuse for man physically well
to support himself and family.
But there is a lis. of some thirty OF
forty families in the city that the
superintendent has compiled who are
really in need now and will continue
In needy condition through the win
ter There are all cases where the
family breadwinner has been sick
where a widow is striving to support
herself and several children, Nor where
the couple Is old and feeble but re
fuse to have the stigma attached to
them as inmates of the county poor
farm.
These people partially support
themselves and will ask probably a
dollar or two week from the county
II is cheaper for the county to thus
help them than to keep them in the
aimshouse and allows the people te
retain a certain measure of their sell
respect..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
A Certain Quick Relief for
Indigestion or Upset Sionlaehs

little child car take It without fear of
bal after effects. Don't wait until
you have another attack of indiges-
ton, but get a package today. Try it
after eating. and just see for yourself
how 1t helps your stomach. We are
SO confident that Digestit is perfect
remedy for stomach up-sets that We
guarantee it to please you In every
way get package and Z you don't
like 1t we will give your money back
Wilkinson & Co.. Druggists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
ALL MEMBERS NIGHT
AT THE Y. w. G. A
Harvest Home Picnic to Which al
Members and Lady Friends
Arc Invited.

All members OF the Y w. c. A. and
lady friends are invited to the harvest
home picnic by the Good Time Girls
committee Tuesday evening at 800
O'Clock.
A merry program has been arrang-
ed. The day before Thanksgiving will
be appropriately celebrated at the
Little Crick schule-house." The fol-
lowing is the personnel Of this inter
esting institution:
choolmaster-N Noah Lot.
Pupils
Napoleon Bonaparte Jones-Who is
rather slow
Berthe Bumptious-Bounce The di-
rectors daughter
Mary B. Still-Who never is.
Eddie krowe-Boy tenor.
Julia Uptosnuf- She speaks for
herself.
Willie Buster-One twin.
Johnnie Buster-The other.
Patricia P. Pinkbow-Fr the east.
Amos Quito--A live wire.
B. Bumtious Bounce Visiting dt-
rector.
The school is not a practiced affair
but depends largely on the sponten-
ity of the minute, which is all the
more fun for the audience.
Mr.. Allan COLLISION will open the
program with his Victrola. AS many
as will are requested to come dressed
as old time settlers.
The harvest home picnic promises
to be thoroughly enjoyable occasion
and all association members are urged
to come.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25

Why suffer thei to-tures of !ndiges-
ton, Sour Stomach, Gas. Belching or
other stomach up-sets? There is a GER
tain quick relief and permanent rem
edy for these disorders Browns Di-
sgestit tablets will give relief almost
Instantly One dose makes your
stomach feel fine 1t stops fermenta-
ton. prevents distress, digests all the
food and restores your tired WORKOUT
stomach to a healtbfr condition. Dr.
gestIt IS perfectly harm sss--eyen a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Gomnera Is III.

United Press Leased Wire Service. I
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov 25.-De-
preston marked the opening of the
building trades department conyen-
ton a. the Hotel Rochester today be-
cause Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor,
who had been expected TO welcome
the delegates, is seriously i'll at his
room in the Hotel Seneca He is
threatened with pneumonia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Advances SUSPENDED.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. The in
terstate commerce commission today
suspended until March 81 next pro-
posed advances in rates of from four
to eight cents on fax, tow. fax moss
and fax fibre In carloads from st
Louis, Mo-, Winona, Mimi, and other
points to Chicago, Peoria, st. Louis,
Kansas City and Missouri river cities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25

Don't use harsh physics. The reac-
ton weakens the bowels. leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doane's
Regulets. They operate easily, tone
the stomach and cure constipation
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25

train 47s-Leaves keokuk. 7:4o an
'Train 741-Leaves keokuk. $3.50 pm
'Train 472--Ar-ives keokuk. TAO pm
Strain 47o-Arriyes Keokuk. 1905 IN
Local Freight Trains.
'Train SCARVES Keokuk. $50 pm
Strain S5-Leave Keokuk. 700 an
'Daily excep. Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
prominent Young Lady Of keokuk
Eac, Year Helps the Poor but
Keeps Her Name
Secret.
Y ARE NEEDY
List Of Those in Actual Need is Pre-
pared by superintendent Of tho
Poor for Charitable
Persona

The other day a young lady, promi-
nent in society in the city, walked in
to the office of Fred Korschgen, sup
erintendent Of the poor. in the court
house and asked for a list of the poor
OF the city that were most in need of
help. Each year about this time this
young lady secures such a list and
through the winter many widow
with several children to support has
been cheered in a dark hour by gifts
of food or clothing from this young
lady. She distributes her largess al
ways without osten.ation, Sometimes
through the superintendent, and has
absolutely prohibited her name to be
made public.
This is the time of the year when
the thoughts of those who have plenty
turn to charity. With the approach
of Thanksgiving and the Christmas
season, bringing the cold blasts of
winter the organized charitable so
cieties and individuals think OF
means to help the less fortunate
Each year at Christmas a banker OF
the city hands ten dollars or more to
the superintendent Of the poor to be
given GU. as ne sees fit and always
refuses to let his name be known
The county officer is always willing
to cooperate with the many church
organizations and individuals wsr
want to alleviate in any manner they
can the sufferings Of the poor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Their Reward.

Il wonder what the twinkling stare
really are" said little Eva. ooh,
guess they are good little night lamps
that have died and gone to heaven, !"
little Olga replied.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
G. g. & q. RAILWAY co.

Trains leave from the Union Icpot
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John
son streets.
Southbound.
xNo. 8, st. Louis. west and
south leaves ..............1 L.: 45am
xNo. IL. st. Louis. Kansas
City. west and south. leaves 8:50am
xNo. arrives .............. 1:22pm
Leaves OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1:32pm
mo. 10. Quincy, Hannibal and
Kansas City. arrives. ...... S:aSpm
mo. 10 leaves ............... 8:35pm
Northbound
xNo. Z, st. Paul and points
west, leaves ........... 2:3sam
xNo. 10, Chicago. St Paul and
points west, leaves. 1890. 7.35pm
mo 8 Burlington, Cricago
and east, arrives. 1:32pm
xNo 1. Burlington ana Chi.
cago, leaves ............ 7:25am
mo. 81, Donnenson, c. B. &
4. G. and North road, leaves 3.30pm
| mo. 80, from Donnellson, c.,
B. 6 X. c. and North road
arrives .................... IL: 3oam
mo. !, X. & W., west, leaves S:40am
No. 5. Centerville, leaves sun
Gay only ................ 7:36pm
mo. 8. Centerville. leaves =. s:1o2m
mo. 4, from Centerville and
/ points intermediate. arrives 1:15pm
mo. 2, from Centeryille and
points west, arrives. ..... s:1Opm
No. s, from Centerville. ar
rives. Sundays only. -. II: 55am
Daily. 'Daily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25
Keeping Friends.

Not to need your friends is probably
the best way to keep them.-Atchison
Globe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-25

Trains leave from the Union Iepot-
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John
son streets.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23
GOOD HINTS ABOUT PLANTING
Soil Should Be Thoroughly Prepared
and Nothing But Best Seeds
Obtanable Used.

Let us thoroughly prepare the soil
before planting Pillow and harrow UNI
til it is like an ash heap for three or
four inches deep.
Plant the best seed that money can
buy.
Do not plant the seed too deep
When planted too deep there is hard
ly strength enough in the little plant
to reach the air and it often dies be-
fore it can draw support from the
soil.
The crust on the soil shuts out the
air so essential to termination and
growth and should be broken every
week and always after rain
While the plants are small, thor
oughly work the spaces between the
rows to a depth of at least four
inches. This leaves a fine seed bed
for the tender plant roots to occupy
later when they are racing around to
find food and water. NAll later culti-
vations should be shallow. Shallow
cultivation keeps dust mulch, checks
the rising soil moisture and plant
food just at the depth where there
are the most rootlets to utilize them
for plant food
Shallow cultivation should be CON
tinued as late as practicable.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23
LOOK AFTER SMALL DETAILS
Practical Farmer Will Take Advan.
tage of Bad Weather to Mend
and Oil His Harness.


A practical farmer will look after
the small details. He will take advan-
tage of all bad weather when he cannot
work out of doors, to mend and oil all
of his harness and gear, see that the
double and single-trees are all in good
shape with clips all tight; see that his
plows are all in good shape with sharp
points and his harrows and cultiyators
ready for use. He will keep his stock
all in good working order so they will
be strong and ready to do full days
work as soon as the weather will per
NIT. Then when the first good wealth
er comes he can put in a whole days
work. The impracticable farmer will
be getting ready and going to the field
with his gear tied up with strings. his
chains tied with wire. clips loose on
single and double-trees and many
times he will stop in the middle of
the field and go to the house for
strings to tie his gears or wire to
tie his chains or nails to fasten
clips.
The majority of such farmers talk
about being practical farmers They
are anything but practical farmers
Such men are often down on their
knees in the middle of the field with
a piece of brick trying to rub off the
rust from their pillow, caused by leav-
ing it out when it should have been
put under shed as soon as the last
blowing was done. Everything goes
wrong with these impra ctical farm
ers and they wonder why they are
not as prosperous as their practical
farmer neighbor.
One of the most important and hui
name features for the practical farm
er to look after is the care of the
horses shoulders Galded or sore
shoulders are caused by neglect
Early in the spring many of the
horses and mules shoulders are ten
der, and after the days work should
be bathed in cold water The next
morning every particle of the accu-
mulated sweat and dirt should be re-
moved from the collars and back
bands. and the collars should be beat
en- gently with a perfectly smooth
round stick. They will keep the
collars well up on the horses neck
and off the points of their shoulders,
and the horses will have no sore
necks. These are a few of the
things that every practical farmer will
do.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

give comical kick in the air and
the mole gets out of sight with start
ling quickness and find him if you
can.
The mole-hills which we see are not
homes but composed of material
which is worked over in forming tenn
porary passages looking after prey
A mole's only true home, fortress or
kingdom, is located at a distance from
the hunting grounds with which COM
munication is kept up.
A mole will consume the weight Of
it's body in a remarkably short time.
Snails and slugs it seizes from be-
hind before they know a mole is after
them Another wonderful thing is
how soon a mole will succumb with
out food, as 12 hours fast will re-
suit in death for the little animal and
all of it's family.
Therefore, the poor mole has to
work hard most of it's life for a liv-
ing. and especially is this true in the
winter
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

testing of milk the making of butter.
and the judging of cattle. while a
number of lectures were given on the
care and feeding of dairy animals
Another way the field men aid the
dairyman is in the selection Of dairy
machinery. with which he can make
a better grade of butter. A great deal
of what butter is made in the south
is made in such a primitive way that
it is notified and sour, and does not
satisfy the demand; hence large
amounts of butter have to, be brought
in from northern states
instruction has been given to dairy
farmers in regard to keeping their
herds in a healthy condition, and in
the purpose and application of the
tuberculin test Where possible, herds
have been tested for tuberculosis; and
where department agents have assist
ed farmers in the selection of new
cattle, it has been the practice to
have these cattle purchased subject to
the tuberculin test.
ION account of the prevalence OF
the. boil weevil, southern farmers are
taking up dairying as lucrative BUSH
ness unaffected by the pest, and are
learning to rotate crops SO as to pre-
vent the spread of the weevil Dairy
use for the crops
'The field men assist in the organi-
cation of dairy and live stock associa-
lions. number of these have been
organized in the past three years in
several of the southern states. One
which the department is now trying to
introduce is the bull association. in
which a group Of farmers join in the
purchase of one or more pure bred
bulls, to introduce good blood into
their herds and raise the quality of
their COWS, at an expense within their
means One bull association has just
been organized through the efforts Of
the field agent in Maryland.
Butter contests for periods of u
months have been conducted by the
field men. Criticisms are made on
samples sent in each month, defects
are pointed out and remedies suggest
ed, and in this way the product of
many farms has been greatly improv-
ed In every state in which the de-
pertinent has a, field man educational
exhibits have been shown at fairs;
during the past year is such exhibits
were made One feature of the exhib-
its is working dairy. where there is
a demonstration of how a good quail
ty of butter may be made"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

One must to keep up with the times,
have some experience in cooking in
paper bags. It is quick, satisfactory
and economical and the ideal way of
cooking meats, as the flavor is all in
the meat, not passed off in the oven
or air. 1t prevents waste as the meat
weighs as much when 1t Is taken from
the oven as it did when put in.
One Of the beauties Of this system
is that the food cannot be looked at
and the only care is to keep the oven
at a good temperature for the dish
baking. Care should be taken in
opening the oven If gas fame is
used, for a sudden draught from a win
dow or door may ignite the bag.
When such accident occurs. turn off
the gas, remove the. bag and place 1t
inside of another. If left few min
utes to make up the loss of time, ev-
erything will be right.
There are any number of points in
favor of paper bag cookery; no dishes
to wash after roasting fowl or cook
ing a stew, perfectly clean, sanitary
bag, free from microbes. to use, no
odor from the cooking and no oven
to watch
Paper bags made for the purpose
are on the market; the ordinary bag
is not satisfactory as 1t lis not strong
enough and it leaves an undesirable
flavor in the substance cooked in it.
These bags may be purchased of
any merchant, or he will be glad to
keep them as they are becoming more
and more popular as they are known.
Directions for using come in each
package. Care should be taken In
placing meat with sharp skewers or
bones that will pierce the bag
The bag should not be moved when
put into the oven, as the heat makes
1t very tender. When ready to. take
out place pantunder it and draw out
gently on to it or the platter on which
it is to be served. Open the bag and
remove the contents. One mistake
which is made by many is that of put
ting the filed bag into pan 1t
should be placed directly on the iron
rack. SO that the heat has free access
to every part of it. If the bag bursts,
slide it into another. keeping a pan
on the bottom of the oven to catch all
the gravy that escapes
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

If dairy COW has been rightly fed
for all of her life she will be good
COW when she becomes old. COW
that has been overfed for years will
become burned out" by the time
she is ten or twelve years old. The
COW that has never been fed to bring
her up to the highest capacity of
milk-giving will have fixed habits of
milk-giving at a lew point, and will
not be valuable as an old COW. She
will, therefore, have to be disposed of
to the butcher several years before
she otherwise would have gone out of
service as a mixer.
There are multitudes of cows that,
If fed on a properly balanced ration
and a large amount of succulent feed
the year round, would increase their
capacity for milk giving. This is what
develops the capacity of the COW. A
great many cows are never fed with
the idea of getting out of them the
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

Colony House System.

think colony house system Ia
the only proper way of raising chick
ems. says writer in an exchange |
made several, this last year from
piano boxes, and believe they are
the cheapest colony houses we can
build. Put two piano boxes together
and you can build one for six dollars
if you can buy the piano boxes for
two dollars apiece. Any farmer can
build one in half day and they
make good comfortable cheap col
ony house. In the mild weather in
May and June, | believe fireless
brooder could be used in these colony
houses. but earlier in the season 7
do not think they are practical
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23
THE VALUE OF DATES AS FOOD.

If children could be given dates.
raisins and figs for sweets more often
than candy. they would be much bet
ter in disposition and health.
Hutchinson says that a half pound
of dates and a pint of milk makes "a
meal sufficiently nourishing for a per-
son engaged in sedentary labor.
AS a CONNECTION there is nothing
more delicious than dates stuffed with
nuts of any kind. few dates added
to the apple salad improves it very
much.
date put into small ball of
doughnut dough and fried is pleas
ant change from the everyday dough-
nuts.
Dates added to the breakfast cereal
is not new, but it is a decided i'm
provement on the plain cereal
The Arab can walk long distances
and display the most wonderful en-
durance with handful of dates and
a piece of black bread for food
For cake filing dates are excep-
tionally good, Take half pound of
udt6S, remove TIE stones and cut fn6
with knife; add a third of a cup of
boiling water and sugar to sweeten
to taste, tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Cook in double boiler until
a smooth paste. Spread on layer
cake and frost with orange icing
few dates put into cored apples
and baked makes common dish a
creation Lemon jelly nodded with
dates and served on lettuce as
salad is a new and delightful combi-
nation for a salad.
Dates are added to cakes for the
fruit, to bread of all kinds. and a
pie made of dates is hard to equal.
A plain baking powder biscuit dough
rolled rather thin and spread with
butter. and generous layer of
chopped dates mixed with nuts, then
rolled and baked will. be either a hot
cake to serve for tea or with a sauca.
WIN make toothsome dessert
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23

greatest amount of milk possible
each year, with due regard tosthe
health of the animals. If this is done.
the old COWS will still be giving
large mess of rich milk.
Many old cows are still proving
profitable because they have had the
right kind of treatment They are not
oyerfed at one season of the year and
underfed at another. They are not
given green pasture at one time of
year and forced to content them
selves with dry forage for six months
of the year.
The silo is the greatest help in the
right feeding of cows, for it gives a
food product that is easy on the d.
gestive organs of the cows and gives
succulent food the year around The
little wear on the vitality of the ami
NAL brings them to old age in good
condition and with many years of
usefulness before them.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-23
MANURE sPREADER is HANDY IMPLEMENT

field presents a spotted appearance.
the grass being rank in those places
where the manure struck the ground.
but scanty and sparce where no ma
nure reached it.
BY the use of wagon man must
stand on the manure while distribut-
ing it, and the starting and stopping
of the team takes time, and alto
gether the job is unsatisfactory.
With a manure-spreader, all that is
necessary is to back the machine up
under the stable window and empty
the manure into it daily and then
when the box is full mount the wagon,
drive out into the field, and without
touching The manure with a fork. it
is quickly and easily distributed.
Spreaders are SO arranged that by
a little pressure on lever the amount
of manure can be increased on the
bare spots, and shut off where not SO
much is needed.