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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
pimcuIt Mark.

A story that Lincoln used to enjoy
telling is recalled by the Housekeep-
er. 1t is easy to imagine the max
inns of homely philosophy that it could
be used to illustrate. A certain old
backwoodsman had very heavy. over
hanging eyebrows, and wore big spec
tacles with brass rims. One day he
came rushing into his cabin, and seiz.
ing his rife, aimed it carefully through
q crack of the door at great oak
tree that stood near. and fired.
What is IT," whispered his wife A
wildcat. Sairy,' he said, excitedly. an
missed HIM He hastily loaded
and fired again. and then again. Now
hold on, joshua said his good wife
LET me look at you. Why, laws-a-
daisy, it's nothin' but little bug On
one O. your eyebrows"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
RIVER DISASTER
OF YEARS AGO
Steamer sultana Went Down With A.
Many Lives Lost as on the
Titanic.

A La Crosse, Wis, paper recalls
the greatest tragedy on the river as
follows:
Forty-seven years ago last night a
steamboat wreck entailing a loss of
t life probably fully as great as that
caused by the sinking of the Inflated
/ Titanic took place in the Mississippi
river seven miles above Memphis.
| And forty-seven years ago today,
Major General c. C. Washburn, La
4 Crosse. then in command OF Union
I troops at Memphis, and later COVER
nor Of Wisconsin from 1872 to 1874,
took charge of the Investigation n.
pointing committee corresponding to
the senate committee appointed to in.
/ vestigate the wreck Of the Titanic.
The steamboat was the st. Louis
and New Orleans packet Sultana. She
was commanded by Capt j. Cass Ma.
son, who lost his life in his efforts to
save his passengers. The passenger
| list was composed entirely of paroled
Union soldiers eagerly counting the
,lrs that divided them from the MON.
ent OF reunion with families and
friends in thei" homes in the North
/ There were about forty women on
4 board-all Of whom, it is said, were
relatives OF the soldiers There were
some civilian passengers All told,
when the Sultana LETT the Memphis
wharf at o'cloci; that Wednesday
night she carried about 1900 souls.
/ Three of the women were saved
one CT them picked from the TANGLED
mass Of floating drift some distance
below Memphis, more than seven
miles from the scene o. the wreck,
next morning. The rest found graves
In the Mississippi river or were laid
by reverent hands in resting places
upon it's banks.
For days following the wreck the
people of Memphis, impoverished by
1 the war which was just closing. for
got sectional feeling and laid aside the
memories OF their own dead upon a
! hundred battlefelds to give Themselves
and all that was theirs to procuring
the comfort and wellbeing of the sur
viyors. Homes were thrown open to
the wrecked soldiers as to brethren in
It the flesh. Clothing was provided.
Medical attention was given. The pail
OF horror which lowered above the
charred timbers of the Sutana blotted
out, for the time at least the animosI-
ties Of warfare.
When the nation recovered from the
| first shock of the tragedy indignant
protests went up on all sides against
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

year and will move here in about three
weeks. He preached here Sunday and
made garden Monday.
Mrs. Mary MCGEE is reported sick
again. Her niece. Miss Brunton, is
with her.
About 1000 bushels of corn was
slipped from here on Monday by the
two firms who are buying here Now
We will have but one firm of buyers as
MIR. Garard has sold out his elevator
site and business to Messers. Watt
and Gable. who will soon begin build
ing new elevator.
The bank building is well under
way: the vaults are all in and the
workmen have begun on the upper
story.
Our two blacksmiths are both very
busy with more work than they can
do. Don't see how we got along with
only one as long as we have.
John Price, A. Puntenney and James
Camel attended the funeral OF their
comrade, VIM. P. Boyce, on Monday at
Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs Claude Walker are
rejoicing over the arrival OF a baby
daughter, born April &C.
0. p Pennington was business
visitor in IaHarpe Saturday.
Friday, May g.. being Thomas Gar
vey's forty-ninth birthday anniversary.
a number of his friends gathered at
home after church Friday evening and
surprised him. Light refreshments
were served. consisting OF brick ice
cream and cake. All left for home at
a late hour. wishing Mr.. Garvey many
more birthdays.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
when They Came to the Fold.

A Boston clergyman tells of gen.
tleman in that city who has some
what patronizing manner, due to the
exaggerated notion he has of the
amount of bad blood" that runs in his
veins When not long ago this man
was introduced to Syrian of good
birth and education, who lives in Wor.
cester. the Hubbite blandly inquired
during the course of their converse.
ton: May ask if you are of the
Christian religion" The Syrian
smiled My family" replied be. was
converted to Christ's teachings at the
time of Johns second visit to Leb.
anon"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

Stains made by medicines, and espe
cially liniment marks. are among the
most obstinate of removal and fire.
quently tax ameteur knowledge TO the
utmost. Iodine marks may, however
be successfully removed by means OF
liquid ammonia. little of the spirit
being poured into the saucer and the
stained garment laid across 1t and
the spot dabbed repeatedly with the
fingers until it disappears. 1t should
then be rinsed in tepid water and
washed with strong soapsuds in the
usual manner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
ELvAsToN, ILL.
) : : - - - - = : :


Corn planting has begun; several
farmers have commenced Oats look
fine and all stock is running at large
on the pastures.
The boys talk of good swimming
holes and all nature seems endowed
with spirit of happiness.
Not any serious sickness to report
and all the injured are getting along
nicely.
Earnest Thomps, IL years old, was
thrown from horse on Saturday
breaking his left arm at the wrist
but he is doing nicely.
Rev. Mckinney of LAGRANGE, Mo.
has been called to preach as pastor
for the Baptist church here for the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

and what disappointment il is 10 find
that though you are young, your hair is
beginning TO turn eray-that you are
surely going to look old before your
time.
Don't wait for any more gray hairs to
come-get bottle Of HAYS HAIR
HEALTH today. Start in now and use
1t regularly.
Those gray hairs will soon disappear
be restored to their natural color and
stay so.
HAYS HAIR HEALTH will keep
you looking young.
sloo and Soc at Drug Stores or direct upon
receipt ofprice and dealers name. Send ioc for
trial bottle. Philo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark, N. ].
For Sale and Recommended by Mo
0rath Bros. Drug Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

The above dispatch was received by
The Gate City at 3:45 this afternoon
and was the kind of news that the
citizens expected from the aggressive
bunch of boosters sent to that city to
do Just what they did do-get the 1918
convention. 1t is fine showing for
Keokuk and indicates that the right
fellows went to Sioux City. About
600 delegates will attend the Keokuk
meeting next year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

The splendid work of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand RENE
dy for liver and bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
them for curing constipation, sick
headache. biliousness, jau1dice and In
digestion.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy.
and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Robbins Makes Resolution.

But the next morning Robbins says
he wakened up mad in every fiber of
his body. He thought within himself:
There I've worked and endured and
sacrificed to make my stake and I'm
not going to lie here and die on these
SHOWS of Alaska. I'm going to find
settlement. So he got up, stagser-
ing with weakness and saw before
him a great white cross 1t was the
hallucination which comes before
one dies of cold or hunger. He knew
that he was about all in, but he stag
gered on, the cross going before him.
Finally he saw before him another
cross which did not recede before
him. Going up to it he saw that 1t
was a white brick cross which mark
ed the grave of an Esquimaux and the
epitaph bore testimony that he was a
christian. Standing here Raymond
Robbins vowed that if that cross led
him back to the settlement that he
would dedicate his life and his gold
to the uplift of humanity, and espe-
cially to the lettering of the work
ingmen. In a few hours he did reach
the settlement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Art Of Punctuation,

A man went into the Jewell Coun
ty Monitor office and asked the
young apprentice what rules of pune
tuation he followed. The boy replied.
Il set as long as can hold my breath
and then | put in a comma. when
cape insert semi-colon, and when
want chew of tobacco make par
agraph Kansas City Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

clean and orderly The people have
sort of social center where they
meet for study and for social enjoy
ment. Only those who have followed
the work of this devoted man and wo-
man know what they have been able
to do for the betterment of the condi-
tons of the laboring men and women
OF America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Mirror for Cyclists.

A convex mirror has been designed
for motor cyclists, who. by attaching
it to one wrist by a rubber band, can
lift the hand and see what is coming
behind them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

John d. Rockefeller would go broke
II he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare better medicine
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea,
dysentery or bowel complaints. 1t is
simply Impossible, and SO says every
one that has used 1t.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy,
and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Wife a Woman Of Culture.

Mrs. Robbins is a woman of birth
and culture but she gives her life to
the lettering of the conditions Of la
boring women. They moved to Chi
cago. and took up their residence in
one of the poorest quarters of the
city, in dirty and unattractive place.
Without any noise or visible effort
they have changed the conditions all
about them. until now the streets are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

A touch of rheumatism, or twinse
OF neuralgia, whatever the trouble ls'
Chamberlain's 14iniment drives away
the pain at once and cures the COM
plant quickly. First application gives
relief.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co Pharmacy
and j. f. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Interesting Life Story Of Raymond
Robbins, Man of Humble Birth,
But Has Rugged
Grit.
HE BEGAN AS A MINER
Man Strongly Identified With the Re
lIsious Forward Movement Has
Life Story Full of
Interest.

One of the most prominent workers
i'll the Men and Religion Forward
Movement is Raymond Robbins who
is head of the department of social
service. He is known by a number OF
men in Keokuk The story of his life
was recently told in public meet.
ing. here.
No writer OF fiction could fancy a
more dramatic plot than his true life
story contains He was born in a
family of poor mountaineers in yir.
ginia, Mountain Whites they are
called. In his boyhood he worked In
the coal mines OF Pennsylvania. go
ing TO work early in the morning. and
working all day until nightfall coming
home too tired 10 do anything else
save tumble on TO the bed and sleep
until morning. only to rise and go
through the same routine, seven DAYS
in the week.
When Raymond Robbins was TWEEN.
ty years old new hand came to the
mines to work one day who said to
the boy, Il don't see how you stand
1T here. Why don't you go to Colorado
where miners work only ten hours a
day. six days in the week" Robbins
thought the man was joking, he
couldn't even fancy a place where
men worked only ten hours. a day
and one whole day each week free
! from work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
The Priest 70 Alaska.

The husband landing on a foreign
shore did not care much what be
came of him. He journeyed here and
there, finally going into Switzerland.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
"BRlcnAm" YOUNG vIeoRs
Kidney and Bladder Disease Can OF.
ten be Relieved, But How Many
Remedies Effect Permanent
Cure.

!. Lewis Coleman, sworn on my oath
say. am Al years Of age. Three years
ago became badly afflicted with Kid.
ney and Bladder troubles, my back
hurt me SO bad could not sit UP, l
could scarcely urinate and then small
quantities, with hard efforts, although
having to respond to the call of ma.
ture every hour. After trying other
medicine, ! commenced taking "Brs.
ham" Young Vigors, and the improve
ment in my health began Immediately
and after | had taken or boxes.
was entirely well: and fearing the re-
turn Of my affliction, took 2 or )
boxes more, and since that time have
had no indication OF any trouble with
my kidneys and bladder whatever.
further swear ! am paid nothing
directly or indirectly for this affidavit
and II some other poor sufferers are
cured by means Of reading what cured
me ] feel that am well paid for the
testimonial. LEWIS COLEMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this oath day Of December. 1910.
(Seal) N. r. CHERRY,
Circuit Clerk
Never accept a substitute.
For Sale by, /. c. Reeves, 326 Maln
St. and other Keokuk dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
Starts for Colorado.

The man finally convinced him of
the Colorado labor laws, and young
Robbins started west After time
he reached Denver and finding that
his friend had spoken truly, he went
TO work in the mines there. He
learned to read in night school. and
so eager was he TO learn and so dill
gently he applied himself that in a
few months he was a reasonably well
informed man
At this time the discovery of gold
In Alaska turned every miners
thoughts toward the K1ondike. Ray
mond Robbins went with a party OF
Colorado men to Alaska and made
that perilous Journey over the Chill
coot Pass. being one of the three to
cross over the pass safely. He and
another miner pushed their way far.
Their north. and stopped once TO spend
the night at a Catholic mission. The
priest who lived at this mission was
& man of wonderful personality and
he and Robbins sat up all night to
talk In the exchange of condolences
the priest told how he came to take
the vows and to be stationed at this
far off mission.
He came from a prominent family
in Baltimore Many years before he
had been married and he and his
bride started to Europe on their wed.
ding journey. On the way over the
young wife died.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
In Nome Several Years.


A company of men went back and
rescued his companion whom he had
left out in the snow that morning.
He went on to Nome and lived there
several years. What he did for that
city is history He found it lawless
miners camp and after serving as
mayor two years, left it law abiding
progressive city. He came on down
to Seattle, there he studied and later
took degree at the state university
of Washington. He studied theology
and was ordained to the Presbyterian
ministry. He has never had charge
of church however, but has devoted
his time to broader service.
He crossed the continent speaking
in the principle cities to the men in
the labor unions. One day he was
speaking in church In Boston and
looking down into the congregation
he saw what to him was the most
beautiful girl in all the world. He
stayed in Boston few days and then
went on down to F'lodira Every day
as he spoke to the audiences in the
various cities. there would come be
tween him and the laboring men. the
face of the girl. He concluded that he
might as we'll go back to Boston and
SO he did. He found the young wo-
man much in sympathy with him and
with his work. So they were married
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09
KEOKUK GETS
THE CONVENTION
Big Bunch of keokuk Boosters Who
Went to Sioux City After Manu-.
facturers Convention Bring
Home the Bacon.
J WAS UNANIMOUS
pr. Moorhead Wires The Gate City
That This City Gets the Meet.
ing to be Held in
1918.
Especial to The Gate City.l

u
SIOUX CITY, iowa, May s.-comlns
home with the bacon. keokuk gets
Iowa State Manufacturers Association
convention next year by unanimous
vote. s. w. MooRHEAD.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-09

Read The raiiy Cate CITY.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

up his residence on Thirteenth South
and Third East and lived to be 81
years old These gentlemen could
have picked out residence in any
part Of the city and have all the
land they wanted for the fencing of
it, but they wanted to live in the
country where the air was clear and
the water pure. God made the coun.
try; it was man made the city. To-
day there is more building going
up south Of Ninth South than there
Is In any other part Of the city. If
you look carefully at the map you
will SEQ that Liberty park is in the
center of the population. And the
Wandamere car line has the best
service in the city Understand, I
nm no real estate merchant and you
can make any terms with me you
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

hock >, Union Heights ....................
J. f. Cochrano and wifo 10 l.. J. Hammond.
lots ;, aud 10, block l, South Main Street
addition ,......,-..., 49,: .:.......,. -. S5
Mary l. 5. Hammer ct al 10 James G. Bleak
Jr., aud wiic part section 81 township ?
south range ! cast .......................
T.. 2 Weeks 10 D. a. Stewart. lots ISL and
Is-' topler rlaoc -. ......s... ....t..,...
Iabcrial NecringF and wife 70 Thomas s
Broadhcnt, lot 90. Country Club place. .....
lagells r Kohn TO Isaac Ferguson. part see
tinn ls. township south range oast...-
y. Weeks 10 Earl q. Craig lots 50 and
20 block = Poplar Grove ..................
Newton Bros Co. 10 4. T. white ct al. pnrt
lot -. block Il, nre-acrc plat h..........
Frank Grill and vifa 20 Hanorn HuEhs lo-s
! ant 2, block / Desky'a Third addition
Leah SlSokmore 10 Alfred slarkmoTo. LOT l5
block !. Temple View addition ...-........
Willis BirklnHhaw and wife 10 Charles Birkin-
shaw ct al. part lot s. block e. plat B..
Frank z. Scott and wife 10 Albert Merrill
part lot !. block 1876. plat D................
W. T. Caddell and wife 20 Louise n Doug.
las. part section s. township south.
Z. n. Harding aud wife 70 Mary r Wood
land. lot 10 Marguerite subdivision ........
Albert Toronto aud wife 10 J Hsdneld lots
lF Is aud e. block T. OaEland placo w
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

Every sightseeing auto In the city
brings the visitors through Liberty
park and everyone is delighted
with it.
Just as soon as you 60 south
Of Tenth south, you get out Of the
fog and fumes Of the city. Un-
derstand, there Is fog and fumes
which rises in the valley every
morning and it hovers around the
foothills Of the city till II o'clock
almost every day. Everyone Of the
pioneers that settled in the valley
lived from 80 to 40 years longer
than the ones that settled in the
heart Of the city. For instance,
President Woodruff took up his resi-
dence at Eleventh South and Fifth
East and lived to be almost 80 years
old. President John R. Winder took
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

This is no real estate ad. and 7
am no real estate agent. This will
be the last sale of the Grand Haven
subdivision Every lot will be sold
without regard to price. I have
owned the Grand Haven subdivision
for the last twenty-five years. I am
selling it myself and I can save
the buyer from 35 to 40 per cent
by buying direct from the owner.
The Grand Haven subdivision is 40
rods south of Liberty park, one Of
the most beautiful parks in the west.
The Wandamere car passes the lots.
In every city in the land the best
class of people have their residence
In the vicinity Of public park. A
public. park is a lung preserver for
You always get the fresh air that
cannot be taken away from you.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
Real Estate Transfers.

". P Freebeinc5 md wife TO II. s. Keoskum
and wife part block 4s. ten-anre plat 4. s
Katie acHenry 70 James McHenry. part lot
%, block 16. nve-scre plat A......-..........
James w. McHenry 10 Levydcll P. AcHeury.
lot {, Telt's subdivision . ................
John j. Durke. ST., TO Harriet T. BAstcI
lots Is and IL. block . Emerson Heights
dGulilon . g.
william r. Bowdeu and wife TO r 3 Enrl-
ness. part section g. toHnship Q south, range
east '-..-.."..- ......-..... '..........-.
Elenntino Draschor et al. TO R B. Harkncss
part section 4. township 2 south. range I
c61L
Eimbrough Z. voorhea 10 Alice voorhcs lots
% and $. block Z. and lo.s So. IS and S.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13

wish. bv making r small paymen,t
down and a small payment each
month. And we Will make those pay,
ments to suit yourself. Come and
see me. Your terms are mine; Tnis
will be the last sale on the Grann3l
Haven subdivision, The sale VIII
last for ten days. If you saw the
property and knew the price it wouic'
not last ten hours. Ny office is on
the lots so you can see what you are
buying. Take the Wandamere car
get off at the corner of Seventh East
and Browning avenue, one oiochl
south of Liberty park, Any one thas
cannot find it convenient to come
and see the lots during the week,
| will be glad to show them SUNDAY
afternoon from to clock,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
John Heath Michiean Bar

John Heath. Michigan Bar, Cal,
writes: "I was afflicted with kidney
aud bladder trouble for nearly six
years. Had very bad spell some
time ago and was unable to turn with.
out help. I commenced using Foley
Kidney Pills and can truly say I was
relieved at once. I take pleasure in
recommending Foley Kidney Pills. -
Schramm.J ohnson, Drugs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
An acre or half-acre

in Homefeld Acres, the ideal garden
tract, is sufficient to bring you good
living and help you gain financial indie
pendence.