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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02
DELIGHTFUL DANCE MONDAY
EVENING.

The dancing young men of Greenwood
entertained in their usual strong fash
ion on Monday evening last with de.
lightful dance at STEMS Hall, compli-
menting the Topp-Tims bridal party.
Fully fifty couples were doing Terp-
sicorean stunts by 10 o'clock, being
chaperoned until the wee hours of the
morning.
Big Six Orchestra of Memphis fur
nished music for the occasion, and
quite a number of attractive girls from
adjacent towns were guests to add
mirth and enjoyment to the festive oc-
casion,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02

For sprain you will find Chamber
lain's Liniment excellent, 1t aIays the
pain, removes the soreness, and soon
restores the parts to healthy condition.
rs and 80 cent bottles for sale by all
druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02

Insure your horses and mules with
w. M. Peteet NOW; they may be
dead TOMORROW.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02

FOUNTAINS Great Money
Saving White Sale begins Feb
raary fst.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02
Attend FOUNTAINS WHITE
SALE thursday, February 1st,
closes Saturday, February II.

Trade with our advertisers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
censorinc the News.

Chicago Record Herald: A few days
ago the editor Of the Hutchinson
(Kanl Gazette. having busted off the
office furniture and hurled few arm
fuls of old exchanges" into the waste
basket, invited the suffragists OF the
community to come in and play edi-
tor. The invitation was accepted with
the usual alacrity and the women
welded the blue pencil with such oe-
vastating fury that The Gazette ap-
peared with two blank columns on the
front page. The women hadn't been
able 10 find enough OF the news
that's fit to print to fill the modest
space at this disposal.
Some of the otherwise vacant
space was occupied. however. by the
following announcement:
.voicing, we believe, the sentiment
OF the women Of Reno county, The
women Of the great state of Kansas
and the women of the United States,
we have omitted telegraph news that
is undesirable. We believe this new
is undesirable to be taken into the
homes; undesirable TO be read in the
business Offices or IN any other place
where newspapers are in demand The
stories of the night related to such
subjects are:
Jack Johnson's disTaceful con-
duct in Chicago.
THE war in Mexico, which we de-
plore.
THE revolution in Cuba, which we
deplore.
THE Balkan war, which we de-
.plore..
Surely a summary way to edit
news. 1t is curious how the idea per
sist tina. what one doesn't know need
not trouble one, and that the easies,
way to improve the world is to close
ones eyes and ears to all that is evil
in It. The ostrich with it's head in the
sand is the eternal symbol Of such Z
state OF mind, but one faneies thai
among women, no less than amona
men, such a state of mind ia becoming
! decidedly rare. No one refuses to be
lieve that The good women OF Hut
! Crimson spoke for very many of Their
sex in the great state Of Kansas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

The action of the Stone & Webster
Company In employing ]. A. McKenney
OF New York to act az their indus
trial agent, Is one OF great import.
ance not only to Keokuk but to the
cities in the power zone. He will CO
operate with r. w. Childs, the pub
iicity agent OF tho Stcne & webster
Company, in the development Of the
Industrial life Of Keokuk and vicin-
lily. This move indicates that the
power development organizations in
tend to develop also the industrial
possibilities OF this city, natural and
those made possible by the cheap
power taken from the Mississippi
river. Mr.. Mckinney will cooperate
with the Keokuk Industrial Associa-
ton and similar organizations OF 9TH
er cities to the end that the MiSsis-
sippi valley become one OF the grea.
throbbing industrial parts of the Uni
ted States. Fertile In agricultural
products 1t is intended to correlate
the two and give TO this great sec
ton q commercial impetus that many
ave~dreamed OF but few appreciated.
Millions will live to realize the dream
Of thousands and before many years
have elapsed finished products win
be sent to all parts of the world from
this heart or industry.
Mr.. Mckinney is familiar with the
steps requisite to obtain Industries.
He is a man of experience. That he
has ability is given expression in the
fact that he has been employed by
one of the greatest development. or
CARNATIONS in the United States. His
assistance to the local Industrial A.
ISOLATION will be Of great value. The
Gate City welcomes him as citizen
and as an important part Of the com
mercial life OF Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
PRODUCING ELECTRICITY.

Electricity is produced by chemi-
cal action, or by the action of acids,
etc. on metal plates. This current is
called galvanic electricity and is the
kind generally used for opera ting
telegraph lines, telephones and door
bells. There are a great many forms
of galvanic batteries, from the wet
battery OF the telegraph lines. CON
sisting of copper and zinc plates i'm
mersed in an acid solution, TO the
DIZZY" batteries such as are used on
door bells and for ignition purposes
in gasolene engines.
FRACTIONAL electricity. or static
electricity, can be produced By rub.
hing glass, and other subst ances with
silk cloth. Lightning is static cleo
tricity and usually the quantity Of
ststic electricity is small hut the
pressure, or voltage, enormous This
explains why n. snaps and crackIe.
when it is generated by rubbing tn,
cats fur
Magnetic electricity is produced :,
moving wire between the poles o
a magnet. Electricity produced Il
this way is the kind used for light
ing our streets and buildings, 70
eied'ri ity heating and cooking an
dor driving our trolley cars and fac
tory motors
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
The COMING Legislature.

I
Davenport Democrat: An interest.
ing session Of the legislature seems in
store for Iowa this winter. The pro
gram laid out for it is fairly ominous.
The proposed coordination of Iowa
schools will undoubtedly be the sub
ject of long discussion and acrimoni-
ious debate, If 1t comes before the as
sembly- and there is no doubt that
Lit will. Many legislators are gradu-
lates OF either the state university or
the state college with the university
undoubtedly in the majority. owing to
its having a law school and lawyers
having ., prediction for politics.
Tax legislation, equal suffrage,
state prisons. direct election of SEN
ators, presidential preference prim-
aries, employers liability, better
roads, the Shankland bill proposing
changes in the liquor law of the state
these and quite number Of other
important subjects are on the list OF
big questions that the legislators will
take up and attempt to answer.
1t will be an important session II
the results measure up to the oppor-
Itunities for sensible and progressive
! Legislation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
AMerciful ForgetfuIness. ],

Nevada representative: The Des
Moines Capital puts in plea that
Taft was overwhelmed by the insist
ence Of the newspapers and magazines
and that since election the public has
been finding out that it has been
"fiimf1ammed." we do not know that
debate on this particular proposition
is very profitable at this stage Of the
proceedings; but there has been this
sort Of talk from Taft sources all
through the past three years at inter
walls between the time when it was
possible to get any popular verdict on
the subject OF Taft. Whenever it was
possible to get such a verdict the ex-
preston was always and all to the
same effect and that was that the peo-
pie had been "flimflammed" about
Taft in 1908 and proposed never to be
SO fiimfiammed again. The truth is
that a majority OF the members of
the party that elected Taft to the
presidency bolted his denomination.
and that OF the minority that support
ed him approximately half voted for
him in the interest of party regularity
and not because it had any real faith
in Taft We do not know that there is
any such thing possible as Republic
can reunion; but il there is such a
possibility it will be promoted by an
immediate recognition of the fact that
the American people as q whole never
had much use for Taft, have no use
for him now and are tolerant of the
incoming OF Democratic administra-
ton for the reason that such incoming
will be contemporary with the final
outgoing Of Taft The indubitable
fact is that Taft went into Office as
the titular leader OF a coherent and
dominant party and that he is going
out OF Office as the nominal head of
an aggregation that is third only in
voting strength. The best wish that
can be extended to such leader is
that he be forgotten, and for our part
we would be glad to join with his
friends in leaving him to merciful
| forgetfulness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
nsANTA CLAUS ON THE WABASH

Santa Claus will bring patrons OF
the Wabash for Christmas 10 new
steel passenger trains to run on the
Limited and Express trains between
ST. Louis and Kansas City, st. Louis
and Chicago, and 81. Louis and De-
troit.
This equipment is electric lighted
throughout. and of the most substan-
tial construction known to the car
builders art 1t comprises sleepers,
Longing club and parlor cars, chair
cars, coaches, combination smoking
and baggage cars and postal cars.
"A novel feature is the truck
frames being Of steel cast in one
piece. Also the wheels are OF solid
steel rolled out OF one ingot.
They are equipped with double
lavatories and every modern conven-
fence for safety and comfort. and
built of indestructFble material in
every detail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
WRlTERo WHO MIsLEAp.

WRlTERo WHO MIsLEAp.
A man-p'r'aps twas woman-wrote
for the press
CAS- you or | might dol,
She told how to cut and At dress,
And how to stew many a savory mess,
But she never had done it herself, |
guess
(Which none of her readers knew.
O. the hour we spent and the flour we
spent,
And the sugar we wasted like sand,
AT the behest of woman who never
had cooked
tAnd now we know that she never
could cook,
And did not understand.
And man there was, and he wrote
right fair
As you or / might do),
How out of barrel to make chair,
To be covered with chintz and stuffed
with hair.
'Twould adorn any parlor, and give it
an air!
fAnd we thought the tale was true).
the days we worked and the ways
we worked
To hammer and saw and hack.
In making chair in which no one
would sit,
chair in which no one could possibly
Without crick in his back.
A woman there was, and she had Ter
fun
(Better than you and y;
She wrote out recipes, and never tried
one,
She wrote about children-of course,
she had none
She told US to do what she never had
eAnd never intended to try,.
And ii isn't to toll and it isn't to spoil
That brims the cup OF disgrace
It's to follow woman who didn't
know beans
Tor man who never had cooked any
beans),
But wrote and wrote to I'LL space.
Anon
Apologies to Rudyard Kipling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
CARTHAGE, Ill.
) %NNNNAN%Nu -

David Conklin. of Hamilton, was a
business visitor to the city on We'd
nesday.
Miss Matte Scott Of Denver, H..
was calling on friends here Friday
Colonel Greer and Mr.. Grigsby of
La Harpe were business visitors to
the city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Eastman and L.
II. Dexter of Augusta, were auto visi-
tors to the city Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cunningham
went to Hull, H., in their car Satur-
day evening. to spend Sunday with
their son, Joseph and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Harder and little
daughter Lucille. left Tuesday morn
ing for California to spend the win.
ter for the benefit OF Mr.. Harders
health. They will visit the lady's
aunt, at Glendora. Calf, and have as
yet made definite plans as to where
they will spend the remainder of the
time.
MIR. and Mrs. Dave Kimbrough, Of
Middlecreek spent Sunday with hi.
father. VIM. Kimbrough and his sister
Mrs. Erwin.
Miss Ruth Hartzell, who is a stu
dent at the state university at Cham
ipaign. expects to arrive here Fvrida,
10 spend the holiday vacation witt
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. Hartzell
! Mr.. George Hainline of LaHarpe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
How to Make a Quick Breakfast.

It's pretty hard to get up these cold
winter mornings in time TO prepare an
elaborate breakfast, and there 'aint
no need either" If you keep track OF
quick and easy ways. Do you know
for instance that you can get ready
mixed pancake flour. made up of
wheat and corn and rice, and that
this flour is self-rising. and that ali
you have to do is to mix it with milk
or water and your batter is all ready
Tor the griddle? It's the easiest way
possible OF providing very delicious
breakfast and Aunt Jemimass Pan.
cake fiour Is not only delicious, but
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
SIGNING UP THE DESERT.

After many months of planning and
Preparation, the Automobile club of
Southern California, In conjunction
with the state authorities. has begun
the work OF making clearly defined
pathways through such sections OF the
desert lands of the state as motorists
are likely to traverse. This will con-
sist of so placing adequate signs every
| five miles that the automobilist will at
| all times know just where and how to
travel
at present there are $50 miles OF
desert roads in the counties of Kern,
Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, I'M
perial, San Diego and Los Angeles
The deserts which these roa is trav-
erse art the Mojaye, Death Valley,
ChuckawaIla and Imperial The lat
ter should not be confounded with the
fertile and prosperous Imperial val
hey.
Heretofore, in all these 5ections or
desert country there have only been
some fifty signs for motorists, these
principally in San Bernardino county.
| Few of these signs are OF any value
| to the motorists today, for the some
what unusual reason that they have
been used as targets by various per-
sons passing and have been SO "sbot
up as to be almost undecipherable
/ The purpose of the new signs is not
only to direct the motorist along the
right road but to tell him where he
can find nearby springs and water
holes, directions as to locating these
being explicit.
| These signs will be eighteen inches
square, of No. Is gauge galvanized
annealed steel, set crosswise on 211a
inch rounded steel galvanized hollow
posts Each post will be anchored
with a cross of the same material as
the pole itself.
The desert. contrary to what many
/ persons suppose, is by no means a
level country. There are many miles
iof lava buttes and granite mountains,
the ways among which are devious
and almost impossible to thread if
one is not informed as to the right
road. In passing through the desert
the motorist, it has been found, faces
/ danger and death at every turn If he
has not equipped his car with an ade-
Equate warning signal. There have
4 heen SO many accidents due TO the
ineffciency OF the bulb horn that the
various motoring organizations have
seen to 1t that their members are
warned of the danger OF using any
thing by high powered electric
horn There are many points where
it is impossible for two cars to pass,
and sharp turns are frequent in just
such sections.
Mr.. o. K Parker, engineer Of the
Automobile Club Of Southern Cali
fornia, said regarding this matter. q
have travelled over $4,000 miles over
these desert roads and through the
canyons OF the mountains of Cali.
fornia and ! would like to warn all
motorists against placing any de
pendence upon the bulb horn. It is
useless in either city or country, hut
a man takes his life in his hands who
depends upon 1t IN any way in this
country about which We have been
speaking"
1t will take the better part OF a
: year to accomplish the task of signing
. the desert, but the work Is TO be prose
! cuted vigorously and is part of the
) whole system of effort to make motor
ing in California as pleasant and free
, from danger as possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

Stomach 3 q Liver
Tablets would do for
them, " writes n. M.
Youngpeters. editor Of
the Sun, Lake View,
Ohio. Zone bottle Of
the tablets would end
the trouble for most Of
them. I suffered in
tensely after eating
and never felt well,
and no treatment or
medicine I tried ever
seemed to do me any
good until reading an
ADVERT sement for
Chamberlain Tablets
In my own paper, !
tried a bottle. Tbe6rst
few doses gave me sur
prising relief, and the
second bottle seemed
TO give me a new stom-
good health. ! didn't
would give me such a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

Its very economical and very nourish-
ing. Ask the grocer about it and tell
him to show YOU the coupon on the
package which explains how to get
the funny Aunt Jemima Rag Doll
family for the kiddies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

unimpeaehable-Ii you were to see
the unequalled volume OF unimpeach-
able testimony in favor OF Hoods
sarsaparilla, you would upbraid your
self for SO long delaying to take this
effective medicine for that blood, dis.
ease from which you are suffering.
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
Foura Years In Prison.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. lss-State
Senators Isaac Huffman OF Butler
county, and L. r. Andrews OF Lar
renee county, convicted with others
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

in the legislative bribery cases, must
serve their respective sentences OF
three years and nine months in the
penitentiary. The supreme court to-
day affirmed the sentences OF
lower court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

was transacting business in the city
the first of the week.
E. A. Wilcox, as probation officer.
accompanied Harold R. Drouot, de-
linquent child to the Illinois Manual
Training School at Glenwood, H.,
Saturday evening, spending Sunday
with his daughter. Mrs. James Cher
rill, in Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
MiIIet Collection.

MiIIet Collection.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
PARIS, Dec. 1sMore than fifty
Millet pictures went under the ham.
mer in the Henri Rouart sale, s69.516
being realized on the days business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
Eddie Vinegar. of LaHarpe; Lottie
Kirby. LaHarpe.
Oakley Melvin, sLaHarpe; Ethel
Tilton, LaHarpe
Theodore Geissler. Carthage; Min
ME Gronewald. Gothenborg, Nebr.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18
Gave Him
A New Stomach

There are thousands of sufferers from
stomach and liver troubles whom wish
] could meet and tell what Chamberlain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

ach and perfect good health. I didn't
think anything would give me such a
complete cure. They are wonderful"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-18

ksokuk, iowa Dec. 10, 1912
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
This LADYS
GOOD APPETITE
Mrs. Hansen, In q Letter From
Mobile, Tells How She Gained II.

Mobile, Ala.-"T suffered for seven
years, with womanly trouble" writes
Mrs. Sigurd Hansen in letter from
this city. Il felt weak and always had
a headache and was always going to
the doctor. At last was operated on,
and felt better, but soon / had the
same trouble.
My husband asked me to try Cardui.
felt better after the first bottle, and
now, 1 have good appetite and sleep
we'll. / feel fine, and the doctor tells
me I am looking better than he ever
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II you are sick and miserable, and
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womanly trouble-try Cardui
Cardui Is successful because Il IL
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For more than fifty years, 1t has been
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06

Moline. The Watertown guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Chase
and Miss Carrie Albrecht.
The Methodist Aid society met
with Miss NJ. 10y and Mrs. William
Gill. Twelve members were pres
ent. They held their annual cleo
ton and the following officers were
chosen: Mrs. w. G. Ausbrook, pres
ident; Mrs. S. D. Shepperd, vice
president; Mrs. M. 10y, second vice
president; Mrs. William Filbert, Jr..
secretary; Mrs. Charles l.. Cole
man, treasurer.
Mrs. John Wilcoxson is entertain
ing her brother, Ernest Moon, from
Mineral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shafer en-
tertained a large company Of friends
at a New Years dinner.
Mrs. Osborne entertained the
Baptist Aid society Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Charles Nelson is enjoying a
visit from her sister, Mrs. Charles
Bandlon, Of Rochester. MINI.
Frank Herbert and family arriv-
ed here from Beaver, KY, after an
absence Of few months. They
moved Tuesday into one of the s.
P. Cosner houses.
Delos Metcalf will move to Moline
the first of the week. Dave Coz
will occupy the house vacated by
him and William Gill will move into
the house to be vacated by Mr.. Cox
The Modern Woodmen and Roya
Neighbors lodges will hold a joint
public installation Of officers next
Tuesday evening at their hall.
Mrs. Art Zimmerman has gone fol
visit with her relatives in the cen
trail part of the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
A1edO

Paul Graham has returned to
Champaign to resume his work at
the state university.
Mrs. VIII Shaw left Wednesday 10
visit with her sister at Reynolds.
c. A. Clark of Sherrard returned
home Wednesday after a business
visit here.
A new automobile store will be
opened early this month by Earl b
Miller and John A. Harris, both OF
whom are well known in Aledo.
The estate of George McPherren
deceased, will be sold at public sale
at the court house Jan. 6. at 2 D. m
A marriage license was granted
here to Carl d. Harter of Rock Is.
land and Miss Bessie Young OF
Aledo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
Andalusia

Charles Burgoyne, Jr., who is at
tending Knox college at Galesburg,
spent the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burgoyne.
Oscar Ramser of Rock Island
spent several days visiting his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Ruby.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Simmons and
daughters, Josephine and Henrietta,
who spent Christmas with relatives
in Muscatine, returned home Tues
day.
Miss Irma Wenks entertained a
number OF friends New Years eve
at a watch party.
j. C. Dunn and family of Rock
Island moved their household goods
to their home Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Wenks will have
charge Of the Social society dinner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
Saves Two Lives

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