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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
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Hancock County Circuit court con-
vened Monday morning, with Harry
NJ. Waggoner, of Macomb, judge pre-
siding.
The grand jury is In session, Sam
uel Smith, of Rock Creek, having
been appointed foreman.
.Chas, Boston was a Chicago bust
ness visitor several days the past
week.
Mrs. Mary ]. Wright returned last
week from several weeks visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Stella Jackson, at
Creston, Iowa.
Mrs. Ethel Levitt left Monday even
ing for Chicago to spend the week.
Mr.. Boedecker, travelling representa-
tive of the Geo. d. Barnard Book
Supply Co., of st. Louis, was in the
city last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave R. Kimbrough
of Middlecreek, spent day last weei
with his father, VIM. Kimbrough, OF
this city.
Senator James F. Gibson came over
from Macomb the first of the week, te
accompany Mrs Gibson and son
James home from a visit with hei
mother, Mrs. Emily Tyner.
Attorney Louis Lamet, of Warsaw
is attending court here this week.
Mr.. Sewers of Moorehead, Mimi, is
a business visitor to the city.
Arthur Thompson returned home
Friday evening from winters stay
In Los Angeles, Calf.
Misses Fern Moseley and Stella
Paris were shopping in Keokuk Satur
day. spending Sunday in Warsaw
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Mcclure.
Attorney Clifford w. Warner, of La
Harpe is in the city this week.
Marriage Licenses.
G.. l.. Ewing. Elvaston; Blossom
Walker, Elvaston.
John Baker, Ploma, Ill.,, Minnie
Rust, Canton.
Logan Busch, Hamilton, Nellie Min
ick, Hamilton.
James E. Crum, LaHarpe; Elms
Gene Anderson, I.aHarpe.
Fred Graham, Bowen; Mabel Scott
Bowen.
r. W. Pilkington, Nauvoo; Ethe
Peak. Nauvoo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
To Elevate the Tracks Above the New
Water Level to be Caused by the
Great Dam Hero in the
Mississippi.
POWER COMPANY WORKS
Is Rapidly Pushing the Elevated
Roadbed Southwark Toward the
Union Station and Now
to Water Works Plant.

The relocation of the tracks of the
Burlington route to a point above the
new water level to be caused by the
mammoth dam being built here has
been going on SO rapidly that the
work done attracts the attention of all
passengers passing the site of the
largest water power plant in the
world.
The present tracks, running along
the government canal will be covered
with over twenty feet of water when
the giant water power is completed
in about year. This makes it neces-
sary to elevate the railroad which
now runs at the bottom Of the high
and steep Iowa bluffs.
For most of the way, along the site
Of the forebay to the power house
and on northward, the new tracks are
being placed on a shelf cut into the
bluff and heavily ballasted with lime
stone rock. The lower part of this new
railroad building is protected by a
seawall built of solid concrete, high
and thick, which is continuous with
the dry dock, monster lock and the
water power plant iself This wall is
seen from all trains and is now being
extended across the canal toward the
corner of the dry dock.
High Fill In a City
Below this where there will be no
water in contact with the road bed a
high fill is being made. This is to
carry the railroad line down prac-
ticable grade to the normal level
again, down about the union station
1T will slope down as it is built south
ward, but at the water power site it
is necessarially as high as the tracks
on the high shelf On the bluff.
This fill is made by building high
and strong trestle on which traca
is laid. Then train loads of big rocks
are dumped on both sides until the
rock reaches to the top of the trestle.
Finer stone dumped there for surfaclna
then makes an ideal rock ballasted
road bed for the ties and rails.
/ This filling is now done far below
the dry dock site. The trestle reaches
to the water works plant and the rock
fill will soon be that far advanced
also.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Dumb Chills and Fever
Douglasville. Tex.-"Five years

Douglasville. Tex.-"Five years ago.
i vas caught in the rain at the wrong
time," writes Miss E0ns Rutherford
of Douglasville, "and from that time,
was taken With dumb chills and fevers
and suffered more than can tell.
tried everything tn I thought would
help, and had fou different doctors,
but got no relief, SO l began to take
Cardui. Now feel better than in
many months" Cardui does one
thing, and does 1t we'll That's the
secret of It's so years of success. AS
a tonic, there is nothing in the drug
store like it. AS remedy for WON
ems ills. it has no equal. Try it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
BUSY SATURDAY
At WARSAW.
Greatest Trading Day for Some Time
on Account Of Fine Weather
and Free Picture
Show.
DUCKS ARE PLENTIFUL
St. Patrick Luncheon Was So Liberal
" patronized That Every
thing on Hand Was
Sold Out.

WARSAW, ILL.,, March 2O.-Rev. j.
Forbes Mitchell gave lecture on
Africa, in the Episcopal church, FIT.
Madison, Thursday last 1t was re-
cital of his several years experience
in the wilds of Africa as mission
ary oftentimes the only white man
among thousands Of savages. Rev.
Mitchell is an interesting speaker
and held his large audience IN wrapt
attention.
The Nfizpah class of the Presbyter-
Ian Sabbath school gave supper in
the church parlors Tuesday evening.
hlr. and Mrs. Ed Jones are home
again after winter spent with their
son in the west.
]. Frank Patterson has gone to
Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Saturday last was the biggest trad,
Ing day Warsaw has seen in years
The farmers took advantage of the
good roads, to haul in their grain and
were also drawn by the free picture
snow given by the International Har
w, at DIcduliduu luSdlT0
hltching places for teams were at a
premium. Warsaw could have every
Saturday almost as good il she only
nan good roads, and an effort is to be
made this spring to that end, with
some hopes OF success.
Ducks are reported plentiful In the
sloughs below town.
Dr. Fl. A. Harlan, formerly a dent
ISL here. and for some years resi-
dent OF Hillsboro, Iowa. is here calling
On friends. He has taken up land II
montana and expects to remove there
me st. Patrick luncheon at the
Little Brick" on 4th street, given by
me ". R. G., from 4 to s p. m. Mon
nay was SO literally patronized thai
everything was sold out before !
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Household Remedy
Taken il tho Spring for Years.

Ralph Rust, Willis, Mich, writes:a
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been house,
hold remedy IN our home as long as I
can remember. ! have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
polling the humors that accumulate
during the winter. Being a farmer
and exposed to bad weather, my sys-
TEN is often affected, and / often take
Hoods Sarsaparilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsap arllla is Peculiar to
Itself. There Is no "just as good"
Get 1t today In usual liquid form or
tablets called Sarsatabs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
ottumwa Needs the Money

OTTUMWA, Iowa, March 20.-The
city council last night adopted the
report of its finance committee, re-
ducing the police force to six men
and the fire department to nine men,
including chiefs and night captains
This move was made to keep expendi-
lures for the coming fiscal year with
in the reduced income caused by the
loss of the anticipated saloon tax
revenue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

o'clock and the ladies' realized a neat
sum for their efforts.
Mrs. H. A. Brinkmann left for
Quincy, Monday, to visit relatives.
Walter Dross left today for Augusta
on business trip.
Warsaw has already sold nine auto
mobiles, and more coming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

new track at the entrance to the
grounds around the lower lock.
Through this vehicles pass, under the
new tracks and over the old rail road
line. The water power company has
stationed watchmman there to pre-
vent accidents to vehicles crossing the
railroad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

Work Is Done by Power Company.
All this relocating and rebuilding Of
the railroad near the Iowa end of the
water power is done by the water
power company which agreed to pay
all damages, or save all damage from
the railroad company. The rock for
the new road bed is taken from the
Excavations made in the thirty-five
acre cofferdam in the Mississippi
where the largest power house on
earth is being built.
An opening has been left under the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

Accidents will happen. but the best.
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Electric OIL for such emergencies. II
subdues the pain and hea--s the hurts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

E'rnil women. women during menstrun
Yon, pregnancy or nursing should keeE
te bowels we'll open. Try DR.. Calu-
ell's " Syrup Pepsin. At all . drug
ores. so cents and 81 . bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-19
Real Estate Transfers.

Following is a list of the real estate
transfers as recorded at the Somerset
registry of deeds. during the past
weeks:
Athens-Fred Futile to Albert b.
Walker; Albert L. Walker to Erwin c.
Huff: Hattie A. Walker to Erwin c.
Huff; Sarah f. Foss to Minerva r.
Fish.
Anson-George E. Savage ct al. to
Frank Danny.
Canaan-Albert r. Chase to Charles
II. Lancaster: Richard o. Chase to
Percy J. Lancaster; Charles H. Ian
caster ct al. to Josephine w Crowell;
James S. futile to Henry w. Growell.
Cornville-Mary r. Hussey &c
Charles b. Chase.
Mercer-George Burdin to Sylvester
]. Walton Fanny K. Willard to the
Inhabitants of the Town of Mercer.
Madison-zaidee Morrison ct al. to
G. f. Burrill
Norridgewock-Will Bracket to
Henry L. Everett.
New Portland-Columbus NJ. Moody
to Ellen ]. Moody.
Skowhegan-Zaidee Morrison ct al.
tG Itlcndfu corey tLNel.s Aitiilt - ~
lano to Fred L. Moody; j. Perrin Ross
to Annie May Reed; William @. Hes
elton estate by admir-, to Martin h.
Reselton: Nye burlington Co, 1.-TWO tax
deeds) to Inhabitants of the town OF
Skowhegan; George T. Kicker Co. dwo
tax deeds) to the Inhabitants of the
town of Skowhegan; McQuilian q
Pooler (certificate) to Timothy b.
Barrett.
solon-Roscoe B. Stafford to Elbridge
w. Merrill.
Starks-Harold r. Murray to Bert
Hilton; Bates College to Frank q.
True.
st. Albans-Charles H., Springer to
Katherine NJ. Kidder Abner Brooks
to David II. Grant.
smithfeld-George H. futile to lda
NJ. Spaulding.
Tomhegan-Frank ]. D. Benjamin to
Great Northern Paper Co.
No AR. 2-N. b. K. P.-Common-
wealth of Massachusetts Gland agents
decd TO Samuel Newell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-19

that many Of them resolved to circum-
scripe their d6ings to one little
space. Their brethren and the public
have profited greatly by such eoncen-
tration of effort 1t is doubtless true
that the course of the specialists has
brought some of them wealth; but it
is equally true that the mastery they
have gained over specific diseases and
the instruction which they have i'm
parted can never be adequately com
pensated by any community in which
these 'one-idea men" have lived and
worked
Nevertheless, as our visitor pointed
out, the time Is ripe for a more gener-
GUS recognition of the general practi-
toner, the family doctor who ushers
us into the world, attends us through
the physical perils Of childhood and
matcrer age. and finally heartens us
for the painful steps of the last jour
ney. There are few frvr~and women
who have moi tender memories of some
practitioner who was honof~l ~ a
physician and loved as II friend. and
ashn. though frr did MOI make money
was J'ich indeed in confidence ana es-
teem circumstances of recent wears
have not seemed so explicitly TO favor
the development OF men Of his type as
they did. say, 80 years ago, but II
seems to us, as it did 20 the physician
whom we have quoted, that conditions
are changing. The medical, student oil
to-day has an opportunity through
clinics and hospital practice to cover
a range of experience that his grand
father could hardly have comprehend
ed in 80 years of bedside mlnlstfation
Thus there is no reason why the gen
eral practitioner should not be COM
petent man and a useful one. Ana
there is every reason why he should
come to his own,'' because flrst ana
last and almost always we need him.
Boston TranScript.
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lead process was in successful opera
ton on the Rand an engineer who had
worked it left for California. Soon af-
ter his arrival there he applied for the
position of cyanide manager of a large
gold mine, says +. Lane Carter in the
Engineering Magazine. The superin-
tendent, who was almost desperate on
account of the failure to get the gold
from the weak cyanide solutions, told
the engineer that it he could solve the
problem ii would save the mine from
closing down The engineer from At
rtca said he would study the problem
and let him know later if he could
solve it. Ten minutes after he was in
the cyanide plant the visitor saw that
the trouble could be remedied in no
time by using acetate of lead. but he
never slet on deciding II would b..
better to play the mystery act
He reported to the superintendent
that the problem bristled with diff
clilties, but that he was sure he could
werk it out Having been signed on
at good salary, our friend went at
work, adding a large number of bot
ties and chemicals of evil sounding
names to his laboratory The bottles
he filed with various colored liquids,
labelling them with fearfully and Won
derfully made chemical hieroglyphics.
Whenever anyone was around he
worked industriously with his bottles.
but when they were all away he would
get out the acetate of lead and doctor
the zine boxes.
The effect was magical The gold
precipitated perfectly, and he acquired
the local reputation of being a wizard.
He was assiduous in keeping his Sc
cret, and SO successful was he that the
owners were able to sell the mine in
less than a year for one-half million
dollars Manchester, N. H., Union.
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SuDt, |, ". Cerrish Submits
Annual School Report.
Somerset County Town Reports
Show Increases in Taxes.
The Death, Friday Afternoon, OF
Mrs. Pamela Burns.

Mrs. Una McKenney of Portland is
visiting for several days at the homes
OF Mrs. Isaac Wheeler and Mrs. John
u. Cox.
Miss Marie Lane, a teacher in the
Portland public schools, was the guest
of Miss Gertrude Townsend, Friday
and Saturday. party was given in
her honor Friday evening, at Miss
Townsends home and several OF the
teachers of the Skowhegan schools
were present.
Rev. George Merriam supplied the
pulpft at Good VIII church. Sunday
afternoon, in the absence of Rev, q. w.
Hinckley.
Miss Beatrice Triton, who has been
attending Morgan's business College at
waterville for several months, has mn
ished her course and has been given a
position as bookkeeper and stenog-
rapher in the store of Steward & Blunt.
Elijah Easlier of Cornville hauled
the record load of pulp wood into
town, Friday With one pair of horses
he hauled Az cords.
In the report of the Republican ban
ouet to be held in Hotel Coburn, Feb.
% ii was stated that it was to be given
under the direction Of the Skowhegan
Republican committee. This should
have read the county committee.
Percy r. walshaw, who has held the
position of boss dyer at the Madison
worsted mill for two years, has re-
signed and taken a position of boss
dyer at the Wyandotte mills in Water
Vile.
The churches of Skowhegan ohserv-
ed "Men and Religion Movement Day
Friday evening At the Methodist
church supper was given. Addresses
were delivered by Judge +. f. Law
renee, Leslie Jacobs and others. f..
C. Butler acted as POSTMASTER at
banquet at the Congregational church,
and following this there We're adj
dresses by II. w. Jones. Willis Bailey,
r. W. Leighton and Carleton Merrill.
Music was furnished by the church
quartet. At the Bethany church there
was an address by DIR. l. b. Mower of
WateryiIle on the Significance of the
Movement" W. H. Halves acted as
presiding officer. A piano solo was
given by Mrs Ethel Ames; vocal solo,
Mrs. w. Fl. Halves; monologue, Mrs,
Violet Fogg: remarks by Rev George
Merriam and a solo was whistled by
Master Joyce Tuscan. Refreshments
of coaco and cake were served
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-19
RETURN OF THE FAMILY DOCTOR
Who Should Not Be Minimized by the
Specialist.

The recent opening of n hospital
here afforded visiting physician eX-
cuse and opportunity to say, in behalf
OF the general practitioner some things
that doubtless needed to be said. but
that Tor obvious reasons, one Of our
own medical men would have hesitated
to utter The point of the address was
that the family Doctor is returning
to the place of honor which he occu-
pied so years ago, and that presently
we shall once more find him accepted
at his flghtful valuation a s physician,
counselor and household friend. 1t viii
not be needful that, to this end. we
shall do away with the specialist; we
cannot dispense with him, indeed; but
1t will be necessary for us to fecog-
ME that the general practitioner
stands on quite as high a plane aud
that we are not justified in fiouting
him because his fee for consultation
is only about one-fftieth of that de-
manded by the man who ministers ex-
clusively to the ears or nose or lungs
or throat.
The specialist met a long-felt want"
| and developed in a perfectly natural
way. During the last third of the 18th
century the science of medicine ad-
vtnced by leaps and bounds The re-
searches of psychologists alone OPEN
ed a new world to the student, and
the amazing exploits of modern sur
geons, though they appeared to delim-
it his field, intellectually increased his
knowledge. 1t was not strange that
young men who entered the profession
in, let us say. the early EOS, should
have been atrife bewildered and over
awed by he vast area that lay before
/, them, ard il was not 10 their discredit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-19

The town report Of Scion, handed 10
the printers, saturday, shows that the
State tax for the year just closed,
amounts 10 $24Sl45, whereas il was
S1l637s, last year, under Republican
administration. The county tax, this
year, is $7s4.S3, where the year previ-
Gus it was s56S.S5; amount of real es-
tate S27302e; personal estate, $50, 4S2;
real estate, nonresident, $685. $40; per
sonal estate, nonresident, $l2 l25; to-
tai, $3.50, is7. There was 291 polls and
and the rate of taxation 1926 ON 81
The town report of Embden shows
that the State tax for 1911 is SlG3S.l4
and the year previous it was Sl$49.31;
county tax, $51S.29, and the year be
fore it was $396.28 town valuation,
real estate, $66.650; real estate, non
resident, s14l ,125; total real estate,
$2oS. 275: personal estate. non resident,
So, 535; total personal estate, s62,3S0;
rate of taxation ops on 81; number Of
polls 142.
The report Of l.. W. Gerrish, super
intendent of Skowhegan schools, Civ
en- out, Saturday, shows that many Of
the school buildings in the town have
undergone considerable repairs. In the
rural districts work of remodel1ng and
repairing nave been done on the Pitts
and Blunt buildings. In the village
work has been done on the Garfield
and Park buildings. In the High school
building the lower floor has been par
titioned OFF and new grade taken in.
The report shows that the town has
eight rural schools, two kindergarten.
one High and IS graded schools. Good
work has been done in the night
schools but the attendance was small
and very few working certificates have
been issued Mr.. Gerrish recommends
more and better reading in the schools.
There have been only three changes
in teachers in the year There have
been two new courses added, agrieal-
ture and domestic science, and both
ire n0nUlar.
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Simple Home Remedies

have proven to be not only safer, but
far more effective than any eombina-
ton of drugs.
Nearly forty years ago the now
famous Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable
Compound was simple home remedy
made by the woman whose name il
bears. on her kitchen stove, from the
roots and herbs Of the field, and sup
piled TO friends and neighbors without
cGSt.
The wonderful success of Lydia r.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound in
alternating the sufrerings of woman
kind, has made it known in every
home in our land, and now recognized
the world over as the standard rem
edY for female ills.
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Eyes of the Horsomen On HaiIowell

Three stake races will be trotted off on
the Hallowell ice track, Thursday, Feb.
y, and a great occasion is looked for
Glass a, Free-for-A1, Glass for
horses with record from 225 TO go Glass
6 for horses with record from 81 TO >
minutes. All horses that We're in the
races on Feb. Is are entitled to free en-
try for Feb. %. All PAGERS that have
won race on the Hallowell ice track
this winter, will be put in the free-for.
all, Feb. 20. Liberal purses for each
class. All entries must be made to Cush-
man Walker by Wednesday evening,
Feb. 2S.
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GREAT DEEDS OF THE SCOTCH.
Many Struggles For Freedom Have
Been Led BY Them.

Neither Puritan nor Cavaliers led in
the struggle for freedom of speech and
of the press. That honor belongs to
a Scot, Andrew Hamilton, who went
in 1895 from Edinburgh to America,
where he! rose to be attorney general
of Pennsylvania.
Neither Puritan nor Cavalier kindied
the popular flame for independence.
Two years before James Otis famous
speech in the Boston town house, in
1861, Patrick Henry, a Scot, had done
that in Virginia in the defense against
the noted Parsons cause.
The telegraph depends today all
OYER the world on the inventions of
Joseph Henry and S. r. b. Morse.
both Of Scottish origin. The telephone
comes closer to you still, for Alexan-
der Graham Bell was born in Edin-
burgh, while Thomas A. Edison's
mother. Mary Elliott, was also of
Scottish blood. So was Cyrus Nc
Cormick who brought the wheat fields
of the United States and Canada to
your doors by the invention of his
reaper.
The first fast printing presses were
developed by Scott Gordon and
Campbell: the stereotype presses nee
essary to complete their usefulness
came also from an inventor of Scot
fish blood; the first American news
paper. the News Letter, was pub
Iished in Boston by john Campbell:
the first newspaper in the great ter
ritory northwest of the Ohio river
was published at Cincinnati by Will
liam Maxwell; the first religious. news
paper was also started by a Scotsman
OF Chillicothe, Ohio, and, finally, the
two most noted editors in the United
States were James Gordon Bennett
and Horace Greeley, the one Scot,
the other an Ulster Scot.-HoustonN
Post.
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Mrs. parmelia tAdams) Burns.

Mrs. PAMELA (Adams) Burns died,
Friday afternoon. at the age of 79
years She had been living for some
time with her daughter. Mrs. Lizzie
Lombard, on the Madison road. She
was born in Bloomfield, daughter of
Joshua and Electa CParkman) Adams.
She married Joshua Burns SIS years
ago. He died in 1907. There were five
children born to them, three of them
now living: George H., Mrs. C. H.
Whittier of Skowhegan and Mrs. Liz
zie Lombard of Madison. Funeral SER
vices viii be held, at P. NJ. Monday,
Rev George Merriam officiating The
body will be placed in the tomb