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The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Hereafter the Citizens and Strangers
In the City May Read Books
and Magazines There on
Sundays.
BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY
Everybody Seems to Favor tho Idea
OF Providing Reading Place for
Sunday Afternoons, Now
Installed.

Hereafter, Keokuk and strangers So
journing in the city may spend Sun
day afternoon roading in the public
library, If they choose, for the board
of trustees ordered the reading room
opened on Sundays from 1870 to
o'clock. at the regular meeting held
last night.
There will be no issuing of books
on cards, but any book may be OBJ
tanned for reading in the reading
room. New magazines will be obtain
ed soon, and two dozen new chairs are
being bought for the expected larger
attendance on Sundays and the new
mems smoking room which will be
opened as soon as some repairs can
be made.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09

ing burned through, but the contents
of the room We're destroyed or badly
damaged, incurring a loss estimated
at about $3.50.
Another alarm was sounded at $50
last night by the burning out of a
flue in the M. L. Hoffman building;
916 Main street, but no damage re-
suited.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
'I've got It Right Here. You Never
Catch Me Without Box Of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets in My Vest

Dyspepsia Tablets In MY Vest
Pocket"
cause they contain only the natural
elements of the digestive fluids.
Coated tongue, bad breath. heart
burn, belching, flatulency, bloat-all
the symptoms of digestive troubles
disappear quickly when these tablets
are used. They are not cure for
anything but dyspepsia and kindred
complaints. But they have brought
relief to more sufferers from digestive
diseases than all the patent medicines
and doctors prescriptions put to-
gether
The stomach does the heaviest work
of any of the bodily organs, yet it's
the one we treat with the least regard.
We eat too much OF the wrong kind of
food at any time. The patient stom-
ach stands such treatment as long as
| it can and then it rebels. You get no.
| tice Of the rebellion in the shape of
the gases and pains caused by undi-
gested, fermenting food.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will put
the stomach right again in short order,
and enable you to eat what you want
and when you want it. Garry them
around with you; they are an actual
Substitute for a weakened "all-in''
stomach. They act in hurry when
you want relief; they act quickly
promptly, safely and naturally in di.
gesting your food, just as nature does
herself; they bring the stomach bach
to normal condition.
/ Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are SOLD
and recommended by all druggists al
SOC and s1.00 a box. II you would
like trial package we will send yor
one, free, on receipt of your name and
address. Write to F. A. Stuart Co.
| $50 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
l.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Jumped Fron, Wlndow

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
ERIE, Pa. Feb. 9.Dr Louis Hens
Ter, GO, a physician, died in hos
pital this morning, the result of in
iuries sustained in gas explosion
that wrecked the boarding house OF
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
FIRE RECORDS
SMALL LOSS
A Blaze at the Home of Mrs. Julia
Breeenzer Incurrins Small
Damage.

The alarm at Oils this morning
Icalled the department to the residence
lof Mrs. Julia Bregenzer, 116 South
Fifteenth street, where small blaze
in room in THE second story of the
building was discovered which was
caused by 2 defective flue. The fire
WAS extinguished before getting heac-
way in the Roof, only a small hole be-
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Royal Wedding Tomorrow.

lphlled Press Leased Wire Service.l
s,ilSsllE.NNA, Feb. 9.-Despite his feeb-
1aess, Emperor Franz Josef attended
7 alnner at the Schoenbrunn palace
,a'e today in honor of the marriage
s.omorrow Of Prince George, of Bavar-
"a the emperor's grandson, and
Archduchess Isabella Maria, of Au-
s,ria- All the immediate members of
'ue royal family We're present.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09

Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters purifes
the blood, clears the skin, restores
rudy, sound health.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09

Mrs. R. S. Benson. Hensler jumped
from a window.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09

Not tho Stately Oak.
Many a boasted family tree is mers-
ly underbrush.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Stomach in Your
Vest Pocket
Tablets That Have the "stomach-
Power" Of Real Stomach
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
TRIAL Package Sent Free to Prove It.

When your stomach's overworked-
and the average persons stomach is
overworked good part of the time
take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
give the stomach week or a month
off. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do
more than assist digestion-they ac-
tually digest the food themselves, be-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
Kansas City Welfare Board.
Estimates 1t Costs So a
Week To Live.
TO INCLUDE ALL FEMALES

Kansas City, Mo.-Special: A law
for a minimum wage for women is be-
ing drafted here and will be presented
to the Missouri legislature III COM
ing session by organizer labor inc the
board of public welfare of Kansas City.
The bill will provide for the adoption
of Il minimum WACO scale for all occu-
patiOns, and for a salary commission
10 determine what the standard shall
be under varying conditions for all
occupations in which women now are
or may be engaged.
The scope of the bill will include all
women employed in domestic as we'll
us industrial occupations, such as
cooks. Mattresses. laundresses. maids,
stenographsrs, messengers. saleswom-
en-. cash girls and candy It
will provide for IL commission of five
or seven persons. and it will be their
duty to fix the wages to be paid. after
Il thorough investigation OF working
conditions inc the cost of living. The
commission will also act as a board of
arbitration in case of strikes result
ing from wage disagreements.
Such Il law is now in effect in Eng
land. and one has recently been adopt
cd in Massachusetts. Strong OPPOSE
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

ron III fact that over a dozen
mothers cooking classes have been
permanently established in various
sections of Cincinnati and each of the
classes has from 20 to 10 members, who
come regularly and receive instructions
in the different branches OF cooking.
Some women are experts in certain
lines of cooking and an interchange of
ideas n methods il working great
benefit to n various members. The
high cost of living problem is being
worked out in the class room as well
al in the cooperative buying plan.
The public schools Of Cincinnati are
no longer closed to the public after
regular school hours. but are kept
open to become social centers for the
good OF the people who support them
by paying taxes to the city. It is
hoped to make the school buildings a
place Of instruction for the good Of
the grown-ups ~ we'll as the chill
dren.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
ONE oF MOTHERS COOKING CLASSES IM SESSION.

How TO become better cooks and
Incidentally how to reduce the high
cost of living, are problems now be-
ing solved by hundreds of wives und
Young women in Cincinnati by at
tending free cooking classes estab-
Iished recently in the city's public
schools.
These novel cooking classes. where
mothers bring children while they at
tend classes, were established especial
~ for he women in the neighbor-
hood of the school,. After the regu-
lar school hours these mothers cook
Ing classes meet for one hour and the
regular teacher Of the culinary depart
ment of the school caches the mothers
OF h youngsters she teaches during
the day how to make better bread, bet
ter biscuits and how to prepare goods
In general in more wholesome and Geo.
nonlical ways.
That the new departure Is being re-
ceived with much favor and enthusi.
asm by the women may be cleaned
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
shep-The Good Citizen.

&c. Henry. in Farm and Firesicc.)
We may be writing about Shep. or
Mate. or Dick, or Tom. or Billy. or Frank.
Of Watch. or Curly. 1t doesn't matter
one mite his name-we arc talking about
one of the finest fellows the farmer and
the farmers friends ever associated with
his dog.
Many ordinary people who nave known
dogs-and such people love them. of
course-agrec with new ~thoughtists to this
extent: all animals may have souls: dogs
certainly have
I sec the lady Of the house turn up her
nose and sniff. She recalls the time Shep
crawicd on the white spread of the spare
bed. OF course, he was sick. but 1t Is
hard to forget. / hear little Johnny wall
about the time Shep mistoOk his new fur
cap for a woodchuck and mauled and
chewed it. ] hear the hired man cuss
about the time Shop chcwed up that new
harness. and the farmer blamed the hired
Shep was a upp then.
Also. I remember that Shep goes for the
rows in the big pasture in the morning
or at the close OF day. and brings them
to the ~barnyard. every one. I can see him
patiently enduring little Johnny's wOoling
and %taii-pulling: can see him chasing
Q stray COW out Of the garden.
I can see--it's clear before my eyes be-
cause It happened at my hotme-l can SEQ
Shep, now crown old n pretty cranky,
. permitting Baby Jack to pull . piece OF
fina meat literally from between his teeth,
and wagHtng his tail and smiling . dog
amile-when truth TO tell IL Il were .
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

grownup person who dared the rash theft
Shep would fight like q tiger for his own.
l can see young Shep and old Shep
jumping and frisking and fairly howling
his delight when the man of the house
and tho lady OF the house return after n
weeks absence III a visit.
And / can see old Shep, disconsolatc
heartb.oken. his head held low. his tail
droopirg. wandering about the place
whining now and then, with no appetite,
for twb or three days while baby's BODY
lies Geld in death In the best room-and
finally sneaking along on the other side
of the fence (for a dogs grief is not recog.
nizcd by us superior animals).. step. by
trip to its last resting place preparatory
to the journey to the great beyond. the
sincerest mourner OF them all. excepting
perhaps. baby's mamma
As one learns human nature ones re.
spect fOr dog nature increase!
Yes. l think Shep is y pretty good citi.
zcn-and he may q q soul, after all.
II he hasn't I'm sorry. for I'd like to meet
Shep when 1 go to the other place.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

Los Angeles--I. Townsend Burden,
Jr. who has Just discovered that New
port is no longer fit for Fashionable
folks because too many common
people have crowded in there. has not
been fastidious bou taking the money
of the common people for his enjoy
ment. Burden. scion of u wealthy New
York family. clever polo player. used
to the most exclusive circles in METRO
politan society. did not object to ST.
10000 dover that came from Dennis
Sheedy. the father of the dashing
Florence Shecdy. when she became his
wife.
Yet Dennis sheedy is ii sterling
specimen of the common people. He
tramped into the west in the gold craze
days of the COS and dug the earth with
pick and shovel for "a living. He kept
= grocery store and doled out supplies
for Il living. He travelled the plains
with immigrants and p~rospectors, and
he mixed with them in mining camps.
rney called him the man who
wouldn't steal n cent or a million"
And Sheedy is still happy to call him
self n OF the .coEl1non'' people. He
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

was accompanied by Mrs. Morse,
who's untiring efforts caused his pa
role by the president. On his return
1t was rulnored that he had saved from
the wreck of 1907 IL large part of his
fortune. His operations during the
past few weeks would seem to give
color to these suspicious.
The banker intends to run his bust
ness hereafter as IL corporation. and
the name that will appear ON the door
of his new offices will b. the Morse
Securities company. Information as
to the OF capital stock OF this
corporation has not been obtainable,
but 1t Is understood hat Morse Gun
get all the financial backing in Wall
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
MR. awe MRs. cHAaLEs ". MORSE ANo view OF WALL sraeEr.

New York-Spccial: Charles w.
Morse. frenzied tinanrier. who in 1908
was sentenced to u term Of Is years
in the federal p~enitentiary at Atlanta
for violating h federal banking laws,
and who was pardoned last February
by President Taft on the representation
that Morse could not live long. is
back in Wall street. He is in
exuberlnt spirits and in the best of
health. He occupies a commodfous
suite in the same building where ne
carried on his operations before going
to Atlanta.
The 1nancier has been home from
Germany two months. He was taken
TO Nauheim springs for his health and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
NEW PLAN OF NUMBERING Cans.
The European Scheme Would, Cause
Less Confusion, Il 10 Believed.

erom tnc NOW YORK Times.
The practice OF numbering cars that
traverse the same avenues. so thai the
waste his fare and temper, WIS brought
over from Europe last month by Col. I'd
Ward 8: Cornell. secretary Of the National
are considering 1t in Springfield. Mass.
and in Pittsburgh. as well as in this city.
On certain streets. for example, the fig
ure one would do for all ears, with letters
cular sign on side or front Of those that
lcaee that street at different points. The
circular sign would show from ala to
the policeman on the corner might indicate
1T briefly but effectually to the stranger.
The device Is practicable, 1t Is used in
fusion and delay caused by stepping from
the wrong car and searching for the right
one add to the accident cases and to the
popular discomfort.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

Iiisil unu wore COWul0c pOOtS TO nelp
raise the mortgage from his farm"
To-day Dennis Sneedy is a financial
power in Denver and worth many mill
lions.
Young Burdens Complaint.
1.-The trouble is said Young Mr..
burden. who has arrived here with his
bride and his tather-in-law, after "a
tour I'm the latter's private car, that
nowadays there are too many common
people with money enough to buy
homes in refined residential places
and most of them have done so.
II do not mean To reflect on the com
mon people, for they are necessary to
to the economic development of the
world, but l am not compelled to have
social relations with people ] do not
like"
eastern people are beginning to
recognize that California furnishes the
best natural setting for a superb home
OF place in the world.
THE fashionable cities OF the east.
as Newport and Bar Harbor. have be-
come so overcrcwded overrun with
people of every class that the better
class of folks are DESTROYS of making
some other place their headquarters.
We have seen what can be done
with a California landscape, and l be-
lleve thai many more of these bcaut!-
iul show places will he erected in San
Ia Barbara, Pasadena and Coronado.
These three places furnish the ideal
setting for Il gentlcman's estate.
mo Proper Place in America"
There is no use hiding or trying to
hide the fact that people of fashion
nave no proper place in which to live
in America. 1t is moi that they are
exclusive so much as that they are
particular. People who have noney-
and money is easily made in America
are not necessarily fit associates for
cultivated people.
But with their money they are able
to get property close by the homes of
people who do not wish to associate
WIN ,he1n' n therefore, the latter
must move or be regarded as snobs.
IF the old class of residents Of
Newport and Ban Harbor do not come
To California they will go somewhere
else. Many of them already have
homes on the continent and in Cuba.
nheN can no longer so to Newport and
Bar Harbor and be free from the i'm
trusion of people with whom they have
nothing III common.
Burden Won in Rivalry.
Young Burden won Miss Florence
Siieedy something over Il vear ago aft
er an exciting rivalry with Lawrence
Pfipps. II had obtained a distinct
social reputation for her beatuy and
viVaclty. and, though h had promised
Hd y LIZ 1<SW 1Orkor long be.
fore the actual announcement of the
engagement. she held it secret until
ina or her elder sister Marie's be-
trothal to Robert Livingston.
Burden has for some wears been
prominent in the younger set here and
at NEWPORT: The town house of his
street. He is a. member of the Knick-
eibocker. Racquet. Rockaway, Hunt.
and Baltusral Golf clubs. He gradu-
ated from Harvard in 1897. The family
fortune came from iron. His father
reape9 n1llilons from machines he i'm
vented for making horse shoes ana
railroad spikes. ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
street he wants o any enterprise h
nn,La,k0 IN,

street he wants for any enterprise he
embarks in.
The f%inancicr has taken his son.
Harry Morse, In partnership with him.
The wise mes on the street have con-.
tended ever since Morse's release from
prison that he would soon be back re-
organizing his many interests. MORSE
is still a power in the Citizens limo
and The Peoples Zine. which operate
the night boats to Albany. He now
plans h construction Of four luxur-
ious steamships. with which he will 60
after some of the New England trade,
He has already secured terminals and
floated the stock of the new
ton, it is said.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
Consideration

From the Houston Post.
III l didn't have such . large family
l could saw . little money"
Don't be o SUR Of Il. II you didn't
have a large family you might have an
auto"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
Obvious.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Bessie-Wondcr II Maude knows that We
are looking at her new gown?
Jessie-certainty, what do you suppose
She Is walking down this street for.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

In tho production Of rice and coffee
the United States ranks 10th, COM
pared with other countries Of the
world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
AM NOT IN THE ROLL OF
COMMON MEN,
What Burden Saws.

There are today many COM
mon people with money
enough to buy homes in refined
residence piaces-and most of
them have done so.
81 do not mean to reflect on
the common people, for they are
necessary to the economic devel-
opnent Of the world, but am
not compelled to have social re-
.ations. with people do not
like"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

There were 1850 cremations Of hui
man bodies in Switzerland last year.
an increase OF - per n over t..
number for the year before.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
MINIMUM WAGE LAW rs
PLANNED IN MISSOURT

n expected from employers i'm st.
LOUIS: Kansas City and other cities of
the state. They fear the power pro
posed to be given to the board to Ak
wages and arbitrate strikes. The WON
en- OF the state and the labor unions
VIII be solidly behind the bill. The
unions have made great progress in
.he state in the last few years organ
izing the women
l.. A. Halbert. secretary of the board
OF public welfare, has compiled statis-
ties to show that in Kansas CITY a
living wage for a woman an AMOUNT
which will enable her to live cleanly.
decently and to provide savings of at
least 81 a week. is 50 a week. AS a
matter of fact, virtually two-thirds of
the women and girls employed in in
dustrial occupations get less than Sc
Il week. In Boston n standard Of s1O
a week q been fixed, but it is figured
that in Kansas City and ST. Louis.
prices being less and working con-
ditions better. 50 equals $40 in Boston.
Mr. Halbert figures h list of the
average working woman's necessary.
expense for the week as follows.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
Newport Too Ordinary For
Scion Of New York Family
Seeks SecIusion.
TAKES ONE AS HIS WIFE
HOW HISTORY REPEATS.

Qsy scorning the haunts of
the common people Mr.. Burden
puts himself in a class with
Owen GlendOwcr. who pro-
claimed himself Prince of Wales
in the time OF Henry Nv.
Shakespeare makes Glcndower
say. i'm Act ILL.,, Scene ID
Cousin of many men
! do not bear the crossings;
give me leave
TO tell you once again that at
my birth
The front OF heaven was full OF
fiery shapes.
The goats ran from the noun
tains and the herds
Were strangely clarnorous to
the trighted fields.
These signs have marked me
extraordinary:
And all the courses OF my life
show
AM NOT IN THE ROLL OF
CNMMnM ME NJ
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
Exciting Times in Kentucky.
From The Jackson Times

Monday the deputy sheriff OF Breath
lit county fired two shots ON the streets
OF jackson Jest to skeer "A fcller'' WhU
ran after being arrested. A Snowman
was standing nearby. One Ut the bull
lets struck a pebble in the street. the
pebble hit the Snowman on the calf OF
the leg and for a while he went into
conniption fits. There Was sumthin'
shOr.ly shaking"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

In addition to this, the board esti-
mates that II woman must have a mar
gin between wages and expenses which
will allow her to put aside at least 81
q week for savings against extraor-
binary expenses and to provide against
old age.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03

The imperial German p~ostoffice has
a new machine for printing stamps
in rolls which are used in automatic
slot selling devices.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-03
SHRINKS FROM COMMON
HERD, BUT BURDEN CAN
TAKE THEIR CURRENCY

Irish III wore cowhide boots to help
raise the mortgage from his farm
To-day Dennis Sneedy is a financial
power in Denver and worth many mil
lions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11

tail agents for SAnitas the washable
wall covering for kitchens and bath
rooms
Try Ralph Stanton's Club Smoker
first for pennarts, also full line of
clear Havana, Key West and domes-
tic cigars.
Ward & Mcmahon Wfll give you
estimates on your plumbing. steam
and hot water heating that will ave
you money.
Sewing machines repaired and war
rantsd for one year. Supplies for all
machines F1ebig. locksmith. 1919
Third avenue.
A frsproOf safe In the house or store
10 q necessity. We have them from
s12 up. F1e5ig. locksmitih. 1913
Thir1 avenue.
Lereh 4 Greve, wall paper and
paint store. will help you select any
of the 1912 designs in wall paper for
your heme. 2e02 Fourth avenue.
Bartlett Bros tsas. coffee, spices,
extracts ana baking powders have No
equal. oae thousand people are or
dering fIom Us daily. Follow the
crowd.
souders Laundering company at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11

6O1-5oS Twelfth street This laundry
is equipped with the very latest mod
ern machinery, turning out work that
Is not surpassed by any laundry in
the state.
Mueller Lumber company will en-
able you to build a fine house or barn
out of the choicest select lumber and
you will be surprised and yet pleas
ed to learn the low prices they are
making.
Dunsmore ana O'Connen smoke
house and billiard parlors. corner Of
Twentieth street aud Fourth ave
hue. Every brand of good cigars and
all kinds Of smokers supplied
T. o. o'Hsra, -four and feed store,
Is having a big trade on stock and
poultry food. DR.. Hess' stock food
for horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and
all kinds OF poultry. 1t makes the
hens lay every Gay.
Kain and Reinhardt cigar store still
takes the lead. Most literally patron
ized. Everything i'll tobaccos, cigars
and smokers supplies. Man is never
better satisfied than when smoking
their choice brands
PHI. S. Wilcher. the leading tin