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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
ST. PatrIek,s pay.

Moline Dispatch: st. Patrick is a
character 30 Overlooking with optim-
ism and good humor that he commands
a general interest to an extent rare
with any radical hero Protestants fire.
,quently show a friendly sympathy by
wearing the bit of green and they
might we'll also learn something OF the.
traditions of the day.
Patrick kindles the enthusiasm OF
every Irishman, perhaps for one reas.
on because Of dauntless courage
that is typical OF the race.
Tradition says that in Patrick's day
the idol Cromcruach was wcrshiped
by King Tigernas and his mobiles and
people. with the highest veneration.
Yet disregarding pains and penalties
lof courts and kings, Patrick lifted up
his staff when approaching the image
of gold and silver. and commanded
the devil to come out OF him. There
upon the image fell over and twelve
smaller idols were swallowed up In
the earth.
| And SO in after years, the genius
of the Irish race has never stopped
to count the cost OF defiance to poten-
tates Or enemies. The rolls OF our
soldiery have always been thickly
strewed with Irish names, and no
strain of blood can be found more
largely in the American National
Guard or the regular army and navy
today.
The Irish have always liked Ameri.
ca because America succeeded In what
Ireland long sought in vain to do, sue
ceeded in pulling away from political
dependence on England. But Ireland
is too near to England and she has
never succeeded in getting out from
under the whip-hand. She remains as
patriotic as ever, and slowly but
. surely she is demanding and getting
rights and privileges under which she
!. would have thriven generations ago
instead Of being famine-swept every
few years. Under her new rights and
privileges Ireland is no longer halt
starved: she is growing more and
more prosperous year by year. Her
: thrift is getting its opportunity, and
by 1t the Irish people are surely ris
: ing into their rightful place in the
world. vi ~ iii,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

gave me some medicine, but didn't do any
good. We have been having CuticurA Rem
edies in the house, SO l decided TO try them.
had been using Cuticura Soap. so | got me
q box Of Cuticura Ointment, and washed on
the affected part with Cuticura Soap three
times day, and then put the Cuticura
Ointment on. The first day / put II on. Il
relieved me OF itching 80 could sleep AL
that night. II took about week, then
could see the scab cDine of. kept the
treatment up for three weeks, and my eczema
was cured.
my brother rot his face burned With gun
powder, and he used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. The people all Thought he would have
seats, but YOU can't see that he ever had his
face burned. It was simply awful to look at
before the Cuticurn Remedies [Soap and Oint-
ment] cured IT. (Signed) Miss Elizabeth
Gehrki. Forrest City. Ark. Oct. 16. 1910
Although Cuticura Soap and Cutic1ra
Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere. . liberal sample Of each. with
32-page booklet on the skin and hair. will
be sent, post-free, on application to Potter
Drug & Chem. Corp., Dept. LIB, Boston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
More "Houn' Daws'' Verses.
Every time Teddy hears sound,
He thinks they are kicking

More "Aoun' DaWe'' Verses.
Every time Teddy hears sound,
He thinks they are kicking
Bill Taft all around.
It makes no difference what kind OF 4
sound.
Teddy laughs cause they are
kicking
Bill Taft around.
Big Bill Taft is large around,
He knows all the boys
When he comes to town.
He'll get the nomination, il Teddy"
does pound.
So Ted better quit kicking
Bill Taft around
President Taft is the peoples choice,
Teddy" said he was in thunder
ing voice.
He has made q good President, safe
and sound,
So there's no use kicking
Bill Taft around
all luIhiSAeu DTdiHS lOI INC nooSc-
welt crowd,
But now they are knocking him
long and loud.
II they had as much manhood as any
hound,
They'd surely quit kicking
Bill TAFT around.
Our party and Taft are the peoples
hope,
This nntioa won't stand for -he
Roosevelt dope"
The third term cry is not the right
sound,
So there's no use kicking
Bill Taft around.
y. W. Bence. Memphis, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
is worthy Of remark I

IL is worthy OF remark that
while the report OF the bust
ness for 1911 of Sears Roe
buck, one of the big Chicago mail
order concerns, showed marked in
crease in sales. it Is significant fact
that the net percentage of profit was
smaller than in previous years and
that the expense of doing business in.
creased very heavily The figures in
this connection are in a measure rath,
er startling and offer some food for
thought The increase in the expense
for 1911 was s2,5ss.11o over the
previous year while the net profits for
the same period only increased s255,
i0s9. Apparently it is costing the cata
ilogue houses more TO get business
now than was formerly the case. The
activity of the retail dealers all over
the comfy In opposition 10 theil
mall order competitors seems 10 be
making itself felt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

A heavy snowfall this late in March
Is not unprecedented in Iowa Today
forty-two years ago-March Il, 1870,
"a blizzard set in in the western
part Of the state that lasted three
days, accompanied by foot of snow
Fine particles of snow filed the air,
making it impossible to see anything
On the prairies number of people
lost their lives through becoming be-
wildered. B. F. Crow Of this city
was teaching school In Harrison coun-
ty at the time. The storm unroofed
the school house and the snow drifted
in until it completely filled the struc-
ture. Billiards on Iowa prairies in
those days were the real thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Chicago women are happy because
a poll will be taken on April at the
primary election upon the extension
OF suffrage TO women. A number of
prominent women making the request.
Judge John f. Owen consented that
the ballot should contain the question,
do you approve of the extension OF
suffrage to women" Mrs. Catherine
Waugh Mcculloch has pledged herself
10 become responsible for any ex,
pense incident to the election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The present lull in the city cam
paign should be welcome to all con-
Icerned. 1t ought to be possible for the
voters OF Keolzuk to select a mayor
and two commissioners without be
coming excited or manifesting i'll
feeling toward anyone. The task calls
lfor earnest thought and wise action,
and the cooler everybody remains the
greater the probability that the re
suit WIN reflect the best judgment
LOT the community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Prof. O. S. Morgan Of Columbia uni
versity is going to undertake system
attic investigation into market con-
ditions with the view of determining
Just where the consumer is to FIX the
responsibility for what it costs him to
eat butter, eggs and poultry and 9TH
er things that he thinks he needs.
1t is all right to fix the responsible
ity," but what the consumer really
wants is to be able to buy these
things at less cost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

There are to be a score OF ladies In
the graduating class Of the Waterloo,
west, high school this year. and these
ladies have been getting together and
have resolved that the graduating
fnery shall be simple and cheap and
Uniform Their good example should
be everywhere commended and fol
lowed. They have solved the vexed
problem Of graduating dresses and
solved It right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
keo.suk. Iowa ........ March u, f1si1
MOONLIGHT ON THE SNOW.

MOONLIGHT ON THE SNOW.
what scene OF magic sweetness,
what a mystic beauty rare;
what a dazzling sheen OF splendor
greets the watcher ev'rywhere,
AS the tiny, whiten'd crystals into
sparkling tapers grow.
When the snow is on the hillside, and
the moonlight's on the snow.
Tharn ara CRIBS OF wondrous beauty
in the azure Of the sky;
There's a majesty in lightning as 1t
blasts the clouds on high:
And there's something vast and awe
some In Aurora's lurld glow;
But there's nothing makes the heart
throb Hike the moonlight on the
snow.
when the ben is pealing midnight
from It's icy-covered tow'r.
There's witchery resistless in that
solitary hour;
And a wealth of golden fancies-
sweetest dreams that mortals
KNOW
When the Frost King has been busy.
and the moonlight's on the
snow.
There's a sense Of strange enchant-
ment in the silence of night,
As the hand OF the Eternal touches
darkness into light:
And the coal upon the altar OF the
soul begins to glow,
While the Lord reflects His glory In
the moonlight on the snow.
May the Hand that built the crystals
for the pale moons softenee
light
Crystalize in US His purpose-sen
His glory beaming bright
That we may reflect His beauty Of
this darken'd world below.
In service silent, splendid, like tn
moonlight on the snow!
Rev. Henry Clay Hall. in the Meth
odist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Members Of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement, who met in New
York last Sunday, arranged to insert
series OF church advertisements in
the sporting pages of all the leading
New York newspapers for term OF
six weeks. The expense of such a
contract. will be enormous, but the
promoters OF the movement are con-
WINGED that il will bring returns com
lmensurate with the investment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
DIES MONIES COUNTY FOR TAFT

The Burlington Hawk-Eye reports
that apparently there was not dis
senting vote In the primaries in Des
Monies county Thursday evening to
an endorsement OF the Taft admins
tration. The county convention met
yesterday and it is assumed that 1t
was solid and harmonious for the re-
nomination OF the President, In
speaking of the Des Moines county
result the Hawk-Eye we'll says:
This will mean that the First lows
district will elect two Taft delegates
4, the Chicago convention. This indi.
otion OF genuine harmony among the
j epublicans OF this county is most en-
tnuraging, and is in fact a fair indi-
4 ton Of the trend in Republican poll
!, cs all over the country. Under the
admirable leadership OF President
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

When Sarah Bernhard says that
under no circumstances will she be a
candidate for further theatrical hon
ors in this country, what she means
is that she viii not appear consecu.
lively. Valuable word, that,--in an
emergency.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Roosevelt supporters in New York
have adopted a black square on q
white ground as an electoral emblem.
That's the regulation cold wave sig
nal. II the forecast Is correct the
colonel's boom is in for something
worse than a severe frost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The Kentucky senate has passed a
bill granting school suffrage to the
women OF the state by vote of u to g.
The measure has already passed ths
house and II is believed that Governor
McCreary Will sign the bill. All wo.
men who exercise the privilege will
have to know how to read and write.
besides possessing all the quaHfica-
lions OF the men voters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Taft, and by reason Of his fine and
courteous hearing toward everyone
politically, his sound judicial sense,
end his unfailing courage In the face
of danger to his political fortunes,
have drawn to him the large element
OF fair-minded people Of the country.
and will give him second term in the
presidential chair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

J.. Adam Bede. former congressman
from Minnesota, dispenses grade OF
humor A. keen and clean as Mark
Twain's. Tho political mix-,p has
drawn from him the merry suggestion
that the gold bricks shipped to Oyster
Bay be utilised in building lighthouse
on Sycamore Hill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

It is safe guess that in the fu-
ture no Texas train robber will modest
any express car In charge of Messen-
ger Trpusdale. The country in gen
eral and the railroad and express
companies IN particular owe much to
Truustsle for the way he protected
the property entrusted to him, He
Is a real hero
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

sleep nights any more. u
kept itching for about .
month, then l went to :
doctor and got some
LIQUID TO take. It seemed
as it / was going to get
better. The itch Ing
stopped for about three
days. but when II started
again, WAS even worse
than before. The eczema
itched so badly ] couldn't
stand il any more. /
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The papers are filled with politics
these days to the exclusion of almost
everything else, but this condition will
not last long. The baseball season
win open In a few weeks and the
presidential contest will then hare to
take back seat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The work OF tying a tin can to
Champ Clark's houn' dog viii be I'M
dertaken In earnest in Iowa the com
ing week by the Wilson men. If pro
longed yow1ing is heard the source
will not be difficult to locate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The Herald. Transcript foresees that
this Is going to be great passenger
traffic year for Peoria 1t says that
all of the candidates for governor are
visiting that city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

It is learned from Brooklyn paper
that 1t lis proposed to sell the navy
yard there for &24,oo0O0o. although
the United States has spent $40. ooo.-
600 on the site. Here we catch a
glimpse of government ownership
which ought to place the socialist par
ty in power at the next election
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The voters OF Seattle recalled their
idea of attempting to recall the re-
call. Next thing they will be wanting
10 recall the recall of the recall Of
the recall
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

The Republican convention for the
Fourteenth Illinois district has been
called to meet at Monmouth on
Wednesday, April 18th, and will be
composed Of III delegates. Hancock
county will be entitled to 10, Hender-
son S, McDonough 10, Mercer IA, Rock
Island 81 and Warren 16.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Champ Clark Will live to see the
day when he will wish from the bot
tom Of his heart that that "Houn'
Dawg Song had never been written
Mark the prediction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

When anyone has offended me, l
fry to raise my soul so high that the
offense cannot reach it.-Descartes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

Hail to St Patrick's Day-in the
morning!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17
TCzEMAITCHEDS 50
| COULDN' | STAND 1T
Began by Little Pimples. Scratched
Until Blood Came. Kept Getting
Worse. Could Not Sleep Nights.
Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and the First Day They Relieved
Itching. ln3Weeks Eczema Cured.

~ suffered With eczema On my neck for
about six months, beginning By little pim-
pies breaking out l kept scratching till the
blood came 1t kept getting worse, couldn't
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29
SPORTING ITEMS
Yesterdays Results.


American League-Boston 5,
Chicago 4; Washington 4-3,
cleveland IL; Detroit 8, Phila-
ydelphia 4; New York go, St.
Louis 43.
OF National League-No games
dscheduled.
Jake Stahl beat Sox almost I'M
9aided yesterday. Boston manager
ywhaled a single, triple and homer.
Cicotte pitched against his old
lsmates, and while he was hit hard,
,fpoor fielding on part of South Sid
ers got him in bad.
O. Weaver went after a fly that
would have been soft for Collins,
'aand Sullivan tried to take float
Ter that belonged to inheld.
Both of these miscues blossom
ed into runs.
= Red Sox compiled IA safeties
7off Cicotte.
Joe Wood had Sox baffled until
fifth, when four hits yielded four
runs. Then, with bases filled and
two out, Ping Bodie rolled out to
Bedient, who had relieved Wood.
Shane Collins also famed with
two out and bases filled in sixth.
In ninth Yerkes and Wagner
worked old army game on Col
Inns, who had singled with one
out. Lord popped a fly, and two
Boston infelders made Collins
think it was grounder, doubling
him at first.
Only good thing about the
game was the attendance.
Washington cleaned up anoth-
Ter double bill with Cleveland,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-29


pitchers battle in the first, the
National finger having the edge.
In second game positions were
reversed, and Vaughn, National
southpaw, trimmed Bill Steen,
right handler.
Clyde Milan and Chick Gandil
tore four hits out of the after
moons excitement, Milan also
swiping three bases.
MoelIer, Washington right
fielder, whose batting is helping
to keep the Nationals in the fight,
was injured making catch in the
second game. He had made three
hits. Out for two days.
Birmingham, in center, had re-
markable record for an outfelder
in first game. He had eight put
outs and two assists, starting two
double killings.
Ryan and Jackson led Maps
with stick in second, Buddy polk
ing double and triple and Joe
trio of singles.
Jack Coombs, Athletics main
stay, crumbled and Tigers won
easily.
In fourth inning MulIin, Cobb
and Jones punched triples, four
runs counting.
Cobb and Moriarity featured in
the field with remarkable catches
of line drives.
Yankees took a pair from St.
Louis through good pitching on
part of Mcconnell and Warhop.
Daniels, Yank left fielder, gotta
double and three singles, besides
stealing two sacks duringthe day.
Dat a. or,o bae& ha4 1r,;AL AZ
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
BOMB TERROR|zEs
THE ROYAL FAMILY
Internal Machine Thrown and Sol
diers and Bystanders Killed.
YUAN sHl KAI is THREATENED
Reign Of Terror Is Expeeted-Thro~e
ers of Bomb Escape-Royal FAM
lily Prepare to Leave Picking
for Jehol, 115 Mile Away.

Picking, Jan. 16.-Special: Terror.
lied by the attempt to kill Yuan Shi
Kai with bomb, the members of the
Royal family this afternoon met fran
tically and prepared to leave Picking
for Jehol lis miles northeast of here.
1t is expected a reign of terror viii
result unless settlement is made at
once with the Premier.
Yuan had just left the palace at
noon and was about to step into his
carriage when three Chinese appear.
ed and Yuan seeming danger lodged
behind the body guards. .r..
A moment later one of the men
threw an Internal machine and ter
rible explosion resulted.
Two soldiers, four bystanders and
the premier's horses were blown to
pieces, but Yuan escaped and the
assassins escaped.
A number of houses near the palace
We're searched by soldiers, but no
trace could be found of the assailants.
Yuan was so unnerved that he was
unable to proceed with the duties of
his office until given powerful stim.
ulant. -. . ... ...-. 90. is
Yuan Shi Kai has been repeatedly
warned that attempts would be made
against his life. The revolutionaries
have more than once threatened him
with dynamite A puard NJ tuontv.
five cavalrymen usually escorted his
carriage through the streets of Pc.
king. I'D.
The Kan Su imperial army, after
much fighting, has succeeded in push.
ing its way to within sixty miles OF
Shen-Fu. The entire province of
Shtn-Si is in a turmoil. Many town
residences have been looted and de.
serted.
The reported massacre of 10000
Manchus by rebels in the district Is
confirmed. Ia
The provinces of Shen-Si and Shan
81, from which the reported massa,
ere has been received, have been
hot beds of the revolution for some
months. On December s news wa
received by messenger that 5000
Manchus had been slain in the pro-
vince up to that date.
Late this afternoon soldiers captur-
ed the would-be assassin of Yuan
and he was put to death without trial.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
A Novel BuiIdinu-

A Poweshiek farmer near Malcolm
is erecting farm building, something
entirely out of the ordinary. 1t is
44x2O feet in size, eight feet high at
the corners. Cement foundation walls
except the south end at which are
placed two big sliding doors. The
north end is but few feet from the
dwelling. The northwest corner of
the building is fitted up as an ice
house. The northeast part is the
wash house. To the south of this is
a wood house. The southeast part is
a blacksmith shop and on the south.
west corner is the garage, all under
one roof.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Board of Management Reorganized
With A. P. Spencer President.

At the annual meeting of the Oska-
loosa Public Library Board of Man.
agement Monday, Mr. A. P. Spencer,
who has been Vice President for a
long term of years, was elected Presi-
dent to succeed the late John A. Kali
bach, who had served long and we'll
in that capacity. The other officers
of the Board elected at the meeting
were: Dr. L. A. Rodgers, Vice Presi-
dent, and Miss Marie Minton, Librar.
ian and Secretary to the Board
The old Board met at the usual
hour and closed up the business for
1911. The financial report was pre-
scented by Mr.. Spencer, and a COM
prehensive and elaborate report for
1911 was submitted by Miss Minton.
The old Board then adjourned sine
die, and Immediately the new Board
met and organized for the coming
year. Mr.. w. Fl. Kalbach was pres
ent as member of the Board, sue
ceeding his brother, John A. Kalbach.
as director. The budget for the new
year was presented and various mat
tiers of interest to the library were
discussed.
Mr.. Spencer then announced the
standing committees for the new
year as follows:
Building and Grounds-W. H. Kali
bach and A. p. Spencer.
Books-Mrs. I. C. Johnson, Mrs. R.
D. Walton, Mrs. Frank Lofiand.
Apprentices and Assistants - Mrs.
R. d. Walton, Miss Minton and A. P.
Spencer.
Auditing-Frank T. Nasn and w.
Ii. Kalbach.
Township Extension - Frank T.
Nash, L. A. Rodgers, Mrs. |. c. John
son and Miss Minton.
Woman's Club Rooms-A. p Spen-
GER, w. II. Kalbach and Mrs. !. C..
Johnson. a..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
Bids For School House.

Notice is hereby given that the pro-
posals for the erection of a school
house in the Independent District of
Wheat Grow, Black Oak Township, in
the County of Mahaska, will be re-
ceived by the undersigned at his
home. Plans and specifications can
be seen at the office of the Kuyper
Lumber Co, Pella. Iowa. Bids must
be in the hands of the Secretary by
10 o'clock a. M, Feb. IA. 1912. Bids
will be opened and contract awarded
at the office of the Kuyper Lumber
Co., at one o'clock p. m, Feb. IA.
1919. The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
January II. 1912.
ARIE TYSSELING. Sec'y,
26w4 R. r. 5, Pella, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18
some HIGH PRICED POULTRY
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TURN.
ED DOWN FOR COCkEREL.
Three Hundred Dollars Paid For a
Barred Plymouth Rock-oth-
er Fancy Prices.

Des Moines, Jan. 16. Special: W.
Winneke, poultry financier of Carroll,
Iowa, paid $500 for a chicken at the
auction of the poultry show being
held here at the Coliseum. The
chicken is a Barred Plymouth Rock
cock, bred by c. w. Scott, of Pack
wood, Iowa.
The highest bid at the auction, $500
was refused by A. Haskins G Sons
for a Rhode Island Red cockerel,
which captured the sweepstakes prize.
A number of others brought the
fancy prices.
F. G. Cutler sold a White Orping.
ton to c. F. Garrison, OF Fairfield for
$780, ., .s,- ...
The Commercial club cup offered
for best and largest chicken in the
American class was won by ]. w.
Clark, of Scranton.
The Commercial Club cup offered
for Asiatic class was won by Fair
holm Poultry Co., of Boone.
The Commercial Club cup offered
for English class was won by DR.. H.
E. Day, of Dumont, Iowa.
The Greater Des Moines Commit
tee cup offered for best in any one
variety was won by d. w. Rich, of
Mt. Pleasant.