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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
BOYS, PROGRAM
AT "Yn TONIGHT
Big New Years Carnival Will be Held
in Gymnasium-Many to
Take Part.

A half hundred or more boys will
participate in the big New Years
carnival and program at the Y. NJ. C.
A. gymnasium this evening, when
many spectacular exhibitions will be
staged. The program as has been ar
ranged will be instructive in an ath-
letic way as we'll as being highly
amusing. The funny clowns are GER
tain to keep you laughing all of the
time while the we'll trained acrcbats
will do daring feats on the apparatus
II is an athletic program better than
anything that has been prepared for
some time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
THREE CROWNED HEADS
ON THE PILLOWS
Prince William, Prince Luitpo!d and
Emperor Franz Josef Are
~, all Sick.

UNITED Press Leased. Wire Service
LONDON, Jan. 1.-Three members
of European royalty are not to take
part in the New Years festivities to-
Gay because of illness. Frederick Will
liam, crown prince of Germany, is
still confined to his quarters at Danzig.
suffering from severe cold which
prevents him from spending the holi.
days at the palace at Berlin which he
had planned.
Prince Luitpold. regent of Bavaria
who was thrown from his horse some
time ago. is unimproved and it is fear
ed he will not recover because of his
advanced age.
Emperor Franz Josef, of Austria. is
still ailing, and aside from greeting
the members of his family. he was
forced to spend the day in seclusion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
PAUL PEEvED
At REPORTER
Former City Tax Collector Is to be
Married Tonight and Did Not
Want Friends to Know
About It.
ANNABLE TRIES TO HELP
Veteran Clerk Arranses Meeting, But
Reporter Visits Court House
Just in Time to get New
Years Story.

Paul R. Luedtke, former city tax
collector, would have been quietly
married to Miss Anna E. Hubenthal at
st. Pauls German Evangelical church
tonight had it not been for the I'M
timely visit of reporter to the district
court clerks Office this morning. Now
Mr.. Luedtke is peeved because he
knows the entire city will know about
it when The Gate City is delivered
into virtually every home with it's
New Years distribution
Mr.. Luedtke, wearing warm over
coat and happy smile, arranged a
meeting at the clerks Office with
Clerk D. H. Annable. Mr.. Annable is
pretty keen when it comes to assist.
ing those timid grooms and the hour
Iset was one which Mr.. Annable
believed would be reporterless.
The license was issued and the
former tax collector had just paid his
dollar and a half when reporter,
hungry for New Years stories, burst
through the door
Congratulations greeted the re-
porter as he gazed at the record and
showed Mr.. Luedtke a gloved hand
Best wishes for happy New Year
and a happy married life
A frown settled over the collectors
broad face. Ssh! Sh! Don't you
think you could forget this little an
nouncement until tomorrow You see
Anna and | want to be married quietly
at the church this evening =
Nothing doing shouted the re
porter as he darted through the doc
and was gone. Good night
i Paul R. Luedtke is well known il
the city, having held the Office of cit,
. tax collector for several terms unde
the old administration. The ofiic
, was abolished by the present cit
commission Miss Hubenthal is
daughter of Charles Hubenthal, afte
whom Hubenthal's Grove was named
Rev. JacoS Nuesch will perform tn
: ceremony.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
CITY NEWS.

Masonic: Regular meeting OF
Eagle lodge No. IL, A. F. and A. NJ,
80 o'clock Tuesday evening, January
2, 1912 Visiting brethren fraternal-
ly invited BY order of the w. NJ
S. H. Johnston. secretary.
With the temperature below the
10 degree mark, the fire department
was called to the Pelgen residence,
1928 Timea street, at $50 o'clock this
morning. Fire from a defective hue
burned a large hole in the roof.
"A. Gordon, member of the Keep
kuk colored odd Fellows, died Sps
al the County Farm of Brig
ease.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
SPECIFIES FOR THANKS

Mena. Ark.-"I find Cardui to be all
you represent" writes Mrs. H. B..
York, of this city. 81 suffered from
womanly ailments, for nearly two
years, before l tried Cardui have
been so relieved since taking it. l
cannot say enough in its praise. 1t
has done me world of good, and l
recommend Cardui to all women"
Cardui is over so years old, and the
demand is greater today than ever.
Cardui is the standard, tonic med
icine. for women of every age. Would
you like to be well and strong? Then
take Cardui. It's record shows that 1t
will help you. Begin today Why wait?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01

are big and stoutly framed and he
looks through them, over them, under
Or around their with equal ability to
count water-power as two words and
send the fastest messenger boy to the
best customer.
Everybody hopes Cy. Dolbear will
stay right there for forty years more
and still stay as young as he is now.
He is not = telegraph operator. He
is the nephew of the great physicist
Dolbear, who always claimed that
Alexander Bell stole the telephone in
vention from himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Marriage the consummation.

Persistently the Chestnut parents
withheld their consent and still with
hold it, but without avail. Impatiently
the young couple watched the days
roll by until a time when the groom
elect would have reached the age Of
twenty-one and no longer need the
consent of his mother and father.
, His twenty-frst birthday arrived
flast week and preparations were hast
lily made for the marriage. Secretly
then went to Fort Madison Sunday
morning where the wedding cere-
mony was performed
The couple will. live at 30S South
Twelfth street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Foley Kidney pills

always give satisfaction because they
always do the work ]. T. Shelnut,
Bremen, Ga, says: Il have used Foley
Kidney Pills with great satisfaction
and found more relief from their use
than from any other kidney medicine,
and I've tried almost all kinds. | can
cheerfully recommend them to all sug-
ferers for kidney and bladder troub-
le'' Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
A Pre-arranged Affair.

s.
According to Mrs. Samuel H. Chest
nut, 1119 Des Moines street, mother OF
the twenty-one year old groom, the
romance was pre-arranged affair.
To Gate City reporter today she
told her story which was punctuated
with protests against the marriage of
her son to a minister's daughter, not,
however, that she opposes ministers
anu their daughters, but simply be-
cause the union did not meet with
her approval.
THE first / knew that the cere-
mony had been performed was late
Sunday morning when Donald called
over the long distance phone. We
have been expecting the marriage, but
nevertheless were surprised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
mendation of the president. He should

mendation of the president. He should
be empowered, in his discretion, to
increase by administrative order, the
duty on one or more articles now i'm
ported from certain foreign countries
under the minimum tariff rate-not
necessarily to the full extent of the
maximum rate (25 per cent increase)
but to such intermediate rates Is
per cent, 10 per cent or more) as in
his judgment may be required to
secure fair treatment for American
products, and to apply such rates not
only to dutiable articles, but also TIC
articles now on the free list, or tc
Ell er or both classes as may best
serve the purpose in view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
The BEGINNING Of il,

Donald Chestnut was member of
the Bank Street Christian church sew
eral years ago when Rev. Suzanne
Thompson came to Keokuk to preach
the gospel. According to the mothers
story, the minister must have taken
liking to her son, for it was soon
rumored that she had planned to build
a romance about her own daughter and
the religious young member of her
congregation
Later, Gene Marie, four years Don.
AIDS senior. and easily showing it.
came to the city and the romance
gently fostered by the minister-mota
/ err, grew into something real
The Chestnut family tried daily tt
dissuade the young son, but Rev
iThompson's influence and love for the
girl are said to have beer more
weighty . i eas gt.5
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
PERSONALS.

Edward Knox Johnstone has re.
turned to Madison, Wis, to resume his
college duties after spending the
holidays in this city with his parents.
Mrs. William Wohlwend of Burling.
ton visited with Keokuk relatives last
week.
Miss Harshman has been spending
the holidays with relatives at Wig
gins, Colorado.
Harry G. Fenton has returned to
Keokuk from Charlottesville, Indiana
and will resume newspaper reporting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
MOTHER
AND BABY

"EIaye used a great deal Of Melins Food and
lind i. beneficial to both baby and myself t1pcc..!
10 feed baby on MclIn'. Food Tor second year.
Mrs. William c. Dart, Box 347.
St. Johnsville. NY.
Our baby ia getting along fine. Your food
has saved the child's life. When we htst gayc,
|her Mellin Food she was six weeks old and had
mot gained in weight from the time Of her birth;
|Sacc VIC gave her Mellin's Food she has gained.
tour pounds in six weeks. My wifc and thank
gou for the kind advice you gave us and will
Piways feel that MelEn's Food wa, the means
p saving our baby's li!e.'
Mi. ]. C. Mansfield. Box l69,
Yarmouth. Maine.
Write today for free sample OF
Mellln's Food to try.
6S-L1N's FOOD co. BOSTON. MASS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Government Telephones.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Jan. AT the stroke
of midnight, government monop-
oily of the telephone system in
the United Kingdom became an
established fact. Every employee OF
the 100000 on the payroll of the Ma
tional Telephone Co., which for years
has enjoyed a monopoly, will become
a public servant, The transfer in
cludes 1850 exchanges and 10000
miles of trunk lines over which 1000,
100000 messages pass yearly. The
price to be paid by the government has
not yet been fixed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Eoreian Minister.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan. If can't
be vice president, will be foreign
minister" Pine Suarez, elected vice
president but unable to serve because
the office was abolished, when inform
ed that Foreign Minister Manuel Gale
TO would resign. President Madere
confirmed Suarez resignation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
kiddinn chauffeurs.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. LOUIS, Jan 1.-'.That We won't
be kidded by any more chauffeurs
The reserve squad called out at mid
night when score of automobiles
drivers backfired in unison to salute
1912. A race war was reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Blank Shells.

United Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS, Jan. mot to cele-
brate any more New Years with ball
cartridges Joseph Carriciola, now III
a cell for accidentally killing Francis
Bomarito while celebrating last night
with blank shells"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
GODS
Sarsaparilla

Eradicates scrofula and all
other humors, cures all their
effects, makes the blood rich
and abundant, strengthens all
the vital organs. Take it.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called SarsatabS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
The MIGHTY Smith.

WOOD RIVER, Ill.,, The smithy
a mighty MAN., is he resolved the
citizens of Wood River and advertised
for man with strong and sinewy
arms" to stand under the budding
chestnut tree Today they received
over 100 applications for the job and
more are expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Three Years.

United Press Leased Wire Service
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1. Re
solved: will reach the Atlantic
coast If have to fly for three years
to get there'--Aviator Robert g.
Fowler, who has arrived here after
two months of viscissitudes and acct
dents since leaving Los Angeles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
oh You kid!

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-"That our cele-
bration was the best ever. Missouri
Athletic club which carried a three
months old girl baby, nude around
the assembly room as a sign of the
new leap year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01

Do not allow your kidney and blad-
der trouble to develop beyond the
reach of medicine. Take Foley Kid
ney Pills They give quick results
and stop Irregularities with surprising
promptness. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
New Years
Resolutions

UNITED Press Leased Wire seryice.l
MULDROW,. Okla, Jan. 1.-Sam
Turner, a negro. pre-celebrated New
Years by stealing locomotive,
ditching it, killing a farmer and at
lacking his wife and then getting
drunk. He resolved to do it again,
but a mob with the same resolution
hanged him outside the Jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
some THING new
IN C0URTsH|P
EIopement Of Donald c. Chestnut
with Minister'S Daughter Brings
to Light Unusual
Romance.
MINISTER'S INFLUENCE
Wedding Took Place Sunday at Fl
Madison With Rev. J. M. EIam
Performing the
Ceremony

Donald G. Chestnut and Gene Marie
Thompson were married Sunday at
TT. Madison by Rev.. j. NJ. Elam pastor
of the First Christian church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01

Little Trick OF Humanity.
1t Is brave and agreeable trait In
human nature that makes people lie
about the distance they lave walk
ed.--Filson Young in Saturday Re-
view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01

Merito Hair Tonic keeps the scalp
in healthy condition, prevents the
hair from falling out, restores it to
its natural color and used regularly
keeps the hair soft and fluffy O. W.
Ellsworth & Co., City Drug Store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Are You Afflicted With Piles?

This disease, whether acute or
chronic, is easily and rapidly over
come by using Meritol Pile Remedy
Gives positive and permanent relief
when all others fail, and we heartily
recommend it to any sufferer. 0. w
Ellsworth & Co, City Drug Store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
ro cure a Cold In one paY

AXE LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money IL
lit fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box csc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-01
Lent Comes Early in 1912.

Lent ZONES Early IN tSiZ.
The almanacs also remind the peo-
pie that Lent comes unusually early
in 1912, dating from February -e1st.
Following are the fixed ard movable
feasts, fasts and anniversaries:
January Epiphany.
February 4 Septuages;ma Sunday
February Is Quinquagesima,
Shrove Sunday.
February clash Wednesday.
February 25-Frst Sunday in Lent.
March st David
March IL ST. Patrick
March 25--Annunciation--Lady day.
March 31-Palm Sunday.
April 4-Good Friday.
April 7-Easter Sunday.
April l4--Low Sunday.
April est George.
May 12--Rogation Sunday
May 16-Ascension day.
May 26-Pentecost Whit Sunday.
June 2-Trinity Sunday.
June CORPUS Christi.
June 24St John Baptist.
September 90 Michaelmas day.
November Cost Andrew.
December First Sunday in AID.
vent.
December 6-St. Nicholas.
December 21-St. Thomas.
December Christmas day
December 27--St. John Evangelist
Other Days Of Note.
Following are the ember days of the
year:
February %, March 10, May e9-31
June !. September 1S-29-2l, Dsce
1S-20-2i.
New Years day comes on Monda,
next year.
Ground Hog day February 2, il
on Friday.
Lincolns birthday, February -. il
on Monday.
Washington birthday. Februar.
%, is on Tuesday
McKinley's birthday, February &c
is on Monday
ST Patrick's day, March IL is OF
Sunday.
april Fools day. April I. is OF
Monday.
Memorial day, May so, is on Thurs
day.
The Fourth of July comes on Thurs
day.
Labor day will be observed Monday
4 September 2.
I Thanksgiving day win be on Novem
Der IS.
| Christmas comes on Wednesday il
! 1912.
The evening world., 1912-03-11

Lisa from the Louvre. and then turned
to address himself exclusively to Mrs..
Clara MudridGe-Smith.
do play somsthans on b plano. Mr..
Slavtnsky. mean 6lavtn." said Mrs.
Jarr. to relieve the evident tension.
That Gay Gorilla 0iids' you composed.
Please dol"
But young Mr.. siavinsky was evident.
~ annoyed by tho attention Ars. Mud
ridge-Smit, n ~bsstowtng upon the de-
~tsctive. for he pleaded the excuse that
his companion. the animal trainer. was
"a nut on hEfsbrow music and Il drove
him daff n anybody played ragtims."
The animal trainer ocowlsd darkly at
the nero mention Of ~syncopated music.
and burst forth into q long TRADE ~ 10
| the low musical tastes OF Americans
who preferred raGtime eomposers to J.
Sebastian Bach.
what were going to say. Mr..
slavinf" asked Clara Audridss-Smhth.
for tho popular young mAtron never
permitted any male person to escape
her wtles. though . dossa were present.
II Just wanted to know whatcha gona
The evening world., 1912-03-11
N&l7P en.m

ma Trainers. what do you think? They
actually wish me to go on the stage!"
The great Stailingbull regarded the
Great Gorlitsky Mr.. Sidney Slavin-
particularly the latter-with some DIS
favor.
Il think I seen YOU some place. young
feller." he Erowled at the latter. Didn't
you stall for dips on the orosstown
rattlers?"
You got me wrong. you big jobbte!''
said young Mr.. Slavinsky coolly. (YounG
Mr.. Slavnsky had been a beloved vaga-
bond. but his career 50 tar had beei,
honest II not exemplary you know
me all right. though" he added. II
used to play the plano In The Dillptckle
ttathskelier when you used TO come
every month for yours"
This little fiare-up wal couched In
, terms uninteihEible for the ladies. But
the great StallingdJull. It was evident.
did not desire to cause any friction at a
social gathering. 30 he simply muttercd
something 20 the effect that there wers
more pictures missing from certain gal
lsries he could name than the Mona
The evening world., 1912-03-11
OLD TIME "EXTRYS! !"

"HE first daily newspaper in English appeared in London
March II. zoe. two hundred and ten years ago to-day.
News letters and pamphlets printed from time to time
when news or politics warranted had been common enough during
the latter half Of the preceding century, but these were in no sense
newspapers.
The first daily was called The Daily Courant and was pub
lshed by f. Malet. against the Ditch at Fleet bridge"-close by
the site Of the present London Times office. The paper was only n
single sheet of two columns. 1t professed to give only foreign
news with the name of the foreign source.
SO keen was the publisher to steer clear of any responsibility
for his news, and to hide himself and his views in the background,
that he says in his frat tue in 40 many words he will make no
comments Of his own, "supposing other people to have sense enough
to make reflections for themselves"
The Daily Courant, which lasted until 1875, may he said to be
the first daily newspaper in anything like the modern sense. Yet
the Romans had a publication called DAILY Hsppenngs" (Acta
Diurna) which noted the movements Of the armies and elections
games, sacrifices or wonders Of the town. These were written out
By special officers, deposited in the state archives. and copies posted
shout the city. A few circulated privately. A Roman satirst de-
scnbes . lady looking over the news in the morning.
The oldest English daily now in existence is the London Morn
ing Post, started in 1772. Tho Oldest daily in the world is the
Picking Gazette, which has given a daily bulletin of Chinese official
deings and DEGREES since about 700 A. d.
The evening world., 1912-03-11
1877

rTvliE door bell RAM and. Mrs. Jarr
having company. Gertrude. the
Jarrs' l~ight-running domestic,
went to the portal.
"Oh. mum!" she was heard TO cry.
Here's q big man got his foot against
the door and I can't shut ~
"It's Detective ~stailingbull." said MI
Jarr. Il believe hell put his generously
large good right foot agains. the Pearly
Gates when 1t. Peter peeks out to look
him over."
You don't want to take no chances.
friends" said the great detective. who
evidently overheard this last remark.
when you're in my line. The lookout
at the joint takes a slant at your bro
sans and that wlses him you're a fiattis,
Natcherly In slams the door! Well. hs
can't slam the door II o gotcher hob
nails against II. SO. when you been
from Devery to Waldo In pi~ain-clothes
Il comes n habit to push q foot against
Q door as soon as It's opened"
'Oh, I'm no glad you've comet" CUR
gled Mrs. Mudridge-Smith. who wa
amons those present. Let mo Intro
duce you to Mr.. Sidney Siavin. q younl
theatrical man Of my acquaintance. ant
the Great oorhtsky. the King Of AMI
The evening world., 1912-03-11
Winning Luck.
By Cora M. w. Greenleaf.

NOwNHDARTDD? whof /, Well,
not quite:
- The battle 10 hardly begun.
II luck would escape me by Night,
She'll ma she must learn how to run
More fast than she ever has yet.
To the hem Of her gown like a burr
I'll stick. % she'll never forget
And she'll learn that ! won't forget
her.
Discouraged? Now don't make me
taught
] want all my vim for the race.
! think Luck has Just about half
Dsdded to smile In my face.
I don't take N stock In her frown-
She Oft puts It on for effect.
When she holds from the victor hts
crown
Hs and strength to Inspect.
When she's tested and proven his worth.
Learns he will not take mo" for reply.
She gives him . share Of the earth,
with the promise Of moro by and By.
Then tighten :our belt and come on!
just lst out . new burst OF speedi
You can win Lack ~ sure d you're
born.
And she's wei, worth the wianihg
Indeed.
The evening world., 1912-03-11

dot" said young Mr.. slavinsky suiisniy.
III you want to 20 In vaudeville. I
can get you In vaudeville"
She's gotta wear tights" growled
the animal trainer.
Mrs. Mudrides-smdth sAve q pleased
though startled scream
'Oh. I couldn't think Of suoh a.dread-
full thsng!" she cried.
"Der animals dsy won't work unless
the lady 10 in tishts." said the Great
0orlitsky. The blue-fsce teboon would
tear you into rags"
MY srad0usi I had no idea one
had to DO such things on the stage.
80 I guess I will change my mind and
be . detective" aid the young lnatron.
"A detective!" cried Mrs. Jar.
"Sure!" said the Great Stallingbuu
scniaiiy. didn't you know the little
lady had wrote me about getting to
bs . detectivs?"
"Yss. I want to % . Lady Sherlock
Holmes a run down taxtcab bandits.
like Mrs.. Goodwin dsd. I think that's
muOh moro romantic than going on the
stage. When could ] 6egin?' said Mrs.
Mudddge-6matA.
well. you 50 you'd have to b q
station house matron first." said De-
tscuvs 0~tailinebull. you have to
search drunken ladies. and Arst you'd
have 70 b . poiiceman's wtddsr. and"
'Oh, dear!' cried Mrs. Nudyidse.
Smith dsspai1nSv. ISN'T thsrs any ro-
! mantle way to be . lady detective or
an a~ctrsssr"
Mrs. Jarr save hsr . bitdns smile ana
aaid:
mo. my dear The only romantic
way ter Q woman TO mako . PROSPEROUS
livelihood 10 to NAVY some rich old
man for his money!"