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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

men, and have met many of the boys on
the road that are afflicted with disorders
of the stomach as they have to put up
with all kinds of half cooked grub at the
different country hotels, which is one
cause of this dreadful disease"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED Forty union carpenters
for work at East Moline, Ills:
wages 80 cents per hour; long ana
steady JOB to good men: railroad fare
will be refunded to men working one
month or more: apply on the prem
not incorporated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED TO RENT at once 6 or s
room house between Main and Con-
cert, below 10th street Address Rent.
care If Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED BY middle aged German.
position In store. real estate or
Wholesale house. Address "R. X,
this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED -Laborers on grading and
concrete work. Steady work and
good pay. C. A. Shaffer, Du Point
Powder Co.. Mooar. Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
A Travelling Man Cured

P. B. Counterman, travelling man of
Joplin, Mo, writes: Twelve years ago
| was great sufferer from stomach trou-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. D A. Gossette of Chi
cago are visitors in the city today.
B. A. Phillips OF Davenport is in the
city.
o. j. Carson of Burlington is a Keo-
kuk visitor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED "A girl or middle aged
lady to clerk at United Tailoring
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
CITY NEWS.

Miss Glyadys Snyder and Marion
Serbia of Hamilton, H., secured IL
cense to marry in this city today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED Dishwasher at Racey's
Restaurant, % s. 9th St
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
a Bridge Party.

Mrs D. N. Lovelace will entertain
company of ladies at bridge tomor-
row afternoon at her home at go
High street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
FOR RENT.

FOR RnNT--Furnished house for
man and wife. Call at AIT So. 9Th
for particulars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
Rose Maiden Club.

On Tuesday evening Miss Mary
herst will entertain the members OF
the Rose Maiden Club at Halloween
party,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED Three furnished or I'M
furnished rooms for light housekeer-
Ing, or five or six room modern house
unfinished. Inquire for "a. B. Co.
Water Power Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED : Boys. seiberts cigar
store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28

WANTED-To rent at once, or 8
room house, on Main or Blondeau,
Below Eighth street. Address Rent
care Gate city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
Travel Glass.

The Travel class will meet on Sat
drday afternoon with Mrs. George
10S High street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
Eortniohtlv Whist.

Mrs. H. w. Upham will entertain
the Fortnigntlt Whist Club on Tues
day afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
An ait Home.

Invitations have been issued by
lrs John Marshall Elgin, Mrs. Carl
ierman Flieshback and Mrs. Anna
!, Martin for an at home, 500 North
ourteenth street, Saturday, Novem-
er 2, 8 p. M.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-28
win Give Receptlon.

The board of directors of the z. w.
=. A. are planning a reception to be
given on Saturday afternoon in honor
Of the new members who have been
recently received into the association.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
Back at Princeton,

The call from Princeton came In
1890. when he was made professor of
Jurisprudence and politics. which chair
he held for twelve years. In short
time he became one of the most pop
ular professors in the institution. his
lectures being delivered to crowded
rooms. During this period We're writ
ten his most important works-"Divi-
sion and Reunion" in 1893. and i'm the
same year An Old Master and Other
Political Essays" and Mere Literature
and Other Essays" In 1876 appeared
his George Washington" and In 1907
his greatest work. "A History of the
American People"
In the same year he was elected
president of Princeton university. His
subsequent history is familiar to most
Americans. His fight for democracy
in the college was one of the tierceSt
ever witnessed in TN American uni
versty. and. while he lost on some
points. its influence for good will long
remain
Of his campaign for governor ii has
been said that the "SchOolmHSter." AZ
he was deriSively called by his enc
mics. lnid asidp his can and gown WIS
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

pronted ny rtgunng thuSe oratIons u
Is not ON rp,rrd whether his class.
mates IN the law srhuul lrwnicd him
for president ur not. hut they win
doubtless W. heard FROM later
In 1882 Woodrow Wilson. with an
other young lawyer. hung out his shin
gle as n practicing attorney at Atlanta.
Ga. He knew nobody In the town. and
Atlanta already had her quota OF law
yers. AS n result the two young hope
fuls had plenty Of leisure. Wilson i'm
proved II by pursuing his studies OF
government and writing and by MAX
ing the acquaintance OF his future wife.
Helen Louise Arson. who. like him
self was the child Of Presbyterian
minister From the number Of them to
whom he Is related II would seem that
Mr.. Wilson should have the solid vote
Of the Presbyterian ministry.
In 1883 the future president revised
his opinion as TO the law being a prop.
err open door to public life and entered
Johns Hopkins university to study for
his doctors degree. While here he
wrote his first work. Congressional
Government which yet remains
textbook. Ambassador James Bryce
has testified that he received material
help from the students of Johns Hop
kins In preparing his american Com
monweath" and mentions Wilson by
name as one of his helpers.
In 1885 Mr. Wilson was married and
the same year became associate pro-
lessor Of history and political economy
at Bryn Mawr. where he remained I'M
til 1888. He then held the same posi-
ton at the Wesleyan university for two
years. BY this time he was gaining ma
tional fame as writer and lecturer
In 1889 had appeared his second book.
1.-THE State" which further added to
his reputation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
kOM COLLEGE CHAIR TO THE PRESIDENCY
SchOoImaster Who Laid Aside
His Gap and Gown For Ma
tlon's Highest Honor.

struggle the boy remembered nrrre.
Augusta was not in the arena Of actual
fighting. About the only two events
he recalls distinctly concerned the be-
ginning and end Of the conflict. One
day he heard two men in front Of his
fathers gate discussing politics. One
of them said that Lincoln had been
elected and there would be war. The
other incident concerned the arrest of
Jefferson Davis, who passed through
Augusta on his way to prison.
At Augusta the boy destined to beat
William Howard Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt had his first schooling. He
was not a boy prodigy who began talk
ing about political economy as soon as
through wearing dresses. Nothing of
the sort On the contrary. he did not
begin school till he was a good chunk
of a lad, his father not believing in
teaching the young idea how to shoot
too early. When he did enter school
he was just an average scholar. He
read great deal. but had no frills as
a student.
His father was perhaps his real
teacher. The two took long walks
about Augusta. visiting the factories In
the vicinity. There the man explained
industrial processes to the boy In way
that made the lessons stick. He also
trained the lad in exact expression.
teaching him that any thought clearly
comprehended could be put in words
so that others could comprehend. 1t
is too bad that more of our statesmen
do not have fathers like that. Take our
platform makers, for example. They
say things that the country thinks II
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

truly, but for all the rest of the first
boomers. The original Wilson man
was not man at all. She was wo.
man. She is dead now and even If
alive would probably not be looking
for an office.
An Indulgent Brother.
AS Wilson was born in 1886, this
must have happened in 1866, which
knocks my chances of being the origi.
nal Wilson man sky high. That was
three years before | was born. so they
would have no trouble In proving an
alibi on me. But hold on minute! This
was supposed TO have happened in
Wilmington. and Wilson did not go to
Wilmington Till long after he was ten
years old. Have TO investigate that
story There may be a chance for lit.
tie Willie after all
In this connection | have here an
article by Joseph X. Wilson. broth
er of the president elect. which begins
as follows:
my first distinct recollection of my
brother was on his return from Da
wilson college early in June, 1874. We
were then living In Wilmington, n. c..
having moved there from Columbia
the previous year. | was eight years
old. Tommy, as my brother was then
called, was eighteen"
Yet the newspaper item telling Of
Mrs. Russell says distinctly that she
taught In the ''Tileston school in will
mington." So II must have been that
the excellent Mrs. Russell taught Joe
and not Tommy. In that event she
must have predicted that Joe would be
president OF the United States. and he
is only city editor OF a paper In Nash
vile. There is again hope for the
original Wilson men.
This article by Joseph II. Wilson Is
iluminative Of the year In Whining
ton aud OF his distinguished brothers
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

We take lot or nDertIes win Oh.
presidents and presidential candidates.
but that only shows we have adopted
them into the family. We never take
privileges with rank outsiders. When
we call them "Bill' and Teddy" and
ben" and Jim" and "Old Grant"
and Honest Abe" it is only because
we love them and want to make them
feel at home. Mr.. Taft has testified
that being president Is terribly lone
some, which we can readily under
stand since the election. So If we
grow familiar. caricature our chief
magistrates in the newspapers. abuse
them by the column. say they ought to
be raising chickens and other like
pleasantries it is only to keep them
from feeling lonesome.
The next presidents father was a
Presbyterian minister, and his grand
father. James Wilson, was an editor
and something of politician in Phila-
delphia and Steubenville, o. He came
from Ireland. Maybe that is the roo
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
|OdrOWWi|son's Rapid Rise the
bsuIt Of Years Of Preparation.
Original Wilson Men,
BY JANHs A. HDeHRroN.

WE have elected all sorts and
M conditions of men president
NV of the United States, quite a
number Of generals. colonels
majors, whole batch of lawyers.
me diplomats and occasionally
tesman. Now. for the first time, we
&c chosen college professor. We
putting political economist at
rk applying his political economy.
e word economy" In this case does
{ mean saving money. We have got
IA OF the habit of saving money
this billion dollar country. Various
I3n have tried to reform our free
Inde] method of dissipating national
IndsI but the results have not been
|nspicuous.
We are fond of saying that our pres
ency is the greatest Office on earth.
be boast may be bit provincial, but
is patriotic and may be excused for
ht reason. Anyway, 1t is a mans
b and carries with 1t tremendous
liver. likewise an amount of respon-
bility, worry. handshaking, travelling,
Inqueting. speechmaking, message
b1ting. comforting and standing or
ice seekers that is more than tremen-
Bus.
Woodrow Wilson will be the twenty
lventh president. ! know some peo-
say the twenty-eighth, but to do so
~ must count Grover Cleveland
ice. Now. Grover Cleveland was a
Dat man, but he was not that nu-
orous. BY the way, Mr.. Wilson's
Blne before being president is next
5or to that of Mr.. Cleveland after be-
3 president. Cleveland was born in
Wv Jersey and died in New Jersey,
bile Wilson lives in New Jersey. An
her point of resemblance is that each
'nputated his front name. But for
lis they would have gone laundering
twn the ages as Stephen G. Cleveland
"a Thomas w. Wilson. Still another
'1nilarity is that one was and the
her is a Democrat, the only two
emocrats to be elected president since
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
Photo . by Pach Bros
MRS wILSON AND MISS MARGARET WILSON

books and his spectacles and went ouI
and licked the gang TO FRAGILE" He
was elected by $4,000, the first Demo
cratic governor OF New Jersey In six.
teen years; redeemed his party pledges.
kept Jim Smith, the party boss. out Of
the United States senate; was nomi
mated for president OF the United States
on the forty-seventh ballot after th'.
longest fight IN the history OF Ameri
can political conventions. was chosen
to our highest, Office by the CREATES
electoral majority since James Monro,.
and on March will be inaugurate,s
the twenty-seyenth president Of the
United States
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

he civil war-at least, the only ones
get the goods. There was Samuel
Tilden-- But that is another story.
Was Called Tommy"
|lfr. Wilson was born at Staunton.
Ia, during Christmas week, 1856.
eyeral other presidents were born In
|irxinia. but they are all dead. II
ued to be fashionable for a president
! be born In Virginia. and now II Is
bming back in style. In his young
|,ars the future president was called
Maybe that Is the reason
i u,sd the ak on his name. Ii Is
sni " imagine anybody liking TO be
.)|oY "Tommy." Yet the president
|oct was called woody" during his
Impaien and said he liked that
here Is no accounting for tastes. espe-
|elly after one gets into politics.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

half dozen men were mentioned; then
It narrowed down to Mahlon Pitney
and Tommy Wilson and finally narrow
ed TO Wilson alone. In this verdict
practically the whole class agreed.
Studies Law.
Out Of Princeton Mr.. Wilson entered
the law school of the University OF
Virginia. He had decided to become a
public man and considered the law as
an anteroom TO public service. There
are traditions Of him In these days as
wearing a flowing mustache and sing
Ing tenor In a gIee club. He was also
noted as debater. evidently having
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

newspaper reading. whether n ever
~ verify this particular one without
calling up Governor Glenn on the oug
distance or wireless. aud probably he
would deny II. Calling president
elect IF tho United states lazy do,.s
not sound nice unless he belongs to the
other political party. Then 1t Is too
mild.
The Original Wilson Man"
IL was at about this time that DIR.
Wilson pere became himself a college
professor. holding the chair of theolo-
gy. He did not like the change. how.
ever. and In few years was back in
the pulpit. Before the son returned
from Davidson the family had moved
to Wilmington. n. c.. where the lad
spent year at home. recovering his
health and being tutored for his en-
trance into Princeton. IL was at this
time also-so runs the story-that
prophecy was made that he would one
day be president Of the United States.
A similar prediction Is made for many
boys, but the interesting thing about
this one is that 1t came true. Another
valuable feature Of the story is that 1t
determines the identity of the original
Wilson man.
You know how 1t Is. Whenever
man is elected to high office there is
not only the IL told you So brigade.
but the regiment of the originals"
who doomed him for this particular
job before anybody else. There were
OCT of these original Wilson men at
last accounts. and the returns were
not all in. Strange as 1t may seem.
many of the originals were looking for
jobs under the new administration.
They were not office seekers. you
know-nothing so vulgar as that-but
felt that they owed their services as
patriotic duty to the country.
At one time | thought about trying
to qualify us the original Wilson man
myself. but the dream was shattered
by this story from Wilmington. Ac-
cording to the tale. Mrs. Mary Russell
taught Woodrow. or "Tommy"-always
getting those names mixed-when he
was ten years old. She then predicted
that he would be president This set
tied the question not only for yours
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
Carried Out His Platform.


else.
Carried Out His Platform.
Wilson showed his training in exact
expression when he was governor of
New Jersey. He interpreted the plat
form on which he was elected in the
manner that the people thought they
understood ii. He also carried it out
When the legislators hesitated he call
ed them In and talked to them like
father. This was such IA novel proce-
dure that the voters elected him presi-
dent. Promising has become grand
old art In politics. but performance. If
It Is an art. is one OF the lost arts.
A few years after the war the VIII
SOUS went to Columbia. $. c.. and
while here Woodrow. or Tommy, as
he was still called. entered Davidson
college. Now. Davidson was one of
, those grand old institutions of learning
In which the boys swept their own
rooms, made their own fires. carried
their own water aud generally made
themselves useful have certain
shivery memories of that sort of school
myself. IN which the boys took turn
about getting up at o'clock In the
morning TO ring the bell. do not
know whether the future president OF
the United States had TO take his turn
at early morning bell ringing or not.
but hope he escaped that particular
form OF punishment. He spent but one
year at Davidson. Ill health compelling
him 10 quit. During that one year he
did not make any particular mark. He
is remembered as pleasant spoken
Young man. who was good In his de-
Daung sociery. rormer Governor
Glenn of North Carolina was his class.
mate and is reported 70 have said 10
Wilson that he would make a good
ball player II he were not so lazy.
That sort OF story matss '"'er~stine
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
A Famous Glass.

The class of 1879 was one of the most
distinguished In Princeton annals. One
of its members is Justice Mahlon Pit
ney of the United States supreme court.
Another Is Robert Bridges. editor of
Scribner's Magazine. Others are Cy-
rus Mccormick. head of the Interna-
tiOnal Harvester company. a suit
against whi'h President Wilson will
inherit from his predecessor: Rev. A.
W. HalSey. head Of the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions; Robert Nc
Carter. once attorney general of New
Jersey; Cleveland II. Dodge and many
more almost as distinguished.
Here Is more sad news for the orig
innl Wilson men. Frank Presbrey.
now prominent advertising man. was
president of Wilson's class at college.
Since election he has told the following
story:
During the freshman year Il discus
sion started aS to what man in the
class WAS Zig enough TO become prpS.
dent of the United states. At fr.'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

character. cannot refrain from quit
Ing some passages Here II one:
II 1T NE say here that from my ear
Hest reolle,tions he has nlvnvs been
the most indulgput of brothers. lie
never bullied me. ~ older brothers are
wont to do. nnd, although ! teased him
on n good many occasions. he was nj.
ways good natured and never lost his
temper
In 1875 Woodrow-no. he was still
Tommy-entered Princeton. ! am not
certain just when he pried or that
name and lost IL. hut 1t must have
been about the time he graduated. At
any rate. II was never heard of after
ward. Henceforth he was to be known
as Professor Wilson. Dr. Wilson. Pres
ident Wilson, Governor Wilson. that
man" Wilson and again as President
Wilson. The Tommy days ended with
school days.
At Princeton Wilson began 10 show
his bent for politics and the science
of government. He never was a
grind" although he kept up his
grades, graduating forty-first in n
strong class of more than 100. He was
ever an omnivorous reader. and from
this time forward his reading turned
more and more into his special line of
parliamentary history and political
economy.
At first he was not a good extempo-
raneous speaker. although always class
ed as a strong debater. There Is
story told Of him at about this time to
the effect that he started out deliber-
ately to make himself a ready speaker.
He propounded the theory to one of
his friends that any man of average
intelligence could do this by a system
of training. With this goal In view he
began reading and studying great ora
lions. Whatever there may be In the
tale. 1t is certain that Woodrow VIII
son has made of himself one Of the
readiest speakers in the United States.
If clear and convincing statement is
oratory he Is an orator.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11
> by PachB Bros
ooDRow WILSON HIS DAUGHTERS ELEANOR AND JESSIE

son his grandson likes imericks. On
the maternal side Mr.. Wilson is de-
scended from Presbyterian divines
also. The Woodrows are Scotch. That
Scotch-Irish combinat gu is hard one,
TO beat If you doubt 1t ask Presi-
dent Taft and the colonel. Many OF
our statesmen have been Scotch-Irish,
William Mckinley among the number.
Others have just been Irish. New Jer-
sey was largely settled by Scotch-lrish
In an early day. which may be one rea-
son that the state took so enthusiastic
4 part In making Woodrow Wilson
president.
Becomes Georgian.
When the future Democratic leader
was two years old his father. DIR. Jo-
seph Ruggles Wilson. had call 10
Augusta. Ga. where the family re-
manned I'LL after the war. or that great
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-11

understands, only to find out after cleo
ton that the authors meant something
alSa
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-18
DAYS DOING At
STATE CAPITAL
BAR RAISED ON KISSING III AT
LAITA PARKS-oTHER NEWS
FROM CAPITAL,

Atlanta, June 17.-Kissing is no
longer a crime in Atlanta's parks.
First time since Atlanta has had
parks, loving couples may hold hands
and spoon without fearing every mo-
ment to be interrupted by the blue
coated officer of the law
This very radical change aas been
hailed with delight by many an ar
dent Corydon and with a blush of
satisfaction by many yielding Phyl-
lis.
Park Manager Dan Carey has or
dered that all the new benches in
stead of being placed in the full
glare of the electric light as hereto
fore, shall be hidden about in sylvan
hooks and corners such as will pro-
mote the gentle art of courtsLlp
Henceforth young Atlantians who
are all the world" to each other car
coo and hold hands to their Learts
content in Grant, Piedmont or any
ether old park in Atlanta, and. if The
policeman doesn't like the spectacle
he can simply turn his head the othe
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-18
4arclaman WONT Run.

Atlanta, June 1.-THE decision OF
Dr. Hardeman of Jackson county MT
to enter the gubernatorial race came
after careful study Of the poltical
situation in Georgia, and was dictated
it is said-nOt only by his belief
that he would have no chance to win
but ty his conviction as well that
an ideal time had come when old
factional lines could be peacefully OBJ
liberated by concentration on p can
didate who is acceptable to both the
branches of the democratic party.