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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
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AGAINST DISEASE
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60 Use When the Blood Il
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08

To the Editor of The Gate City:
The fate OF Keokull will be de-
termined at the coming city election.
1t is for the voters to decide what
this fate shall be-
The truth is not always pleasant to
the taste, but "candor is the seal
of noble mind, the ornament and
pride of a true man and the scorn OF
rascals," and it is fitting to look the
issue squarely in the face.
For the past twenty years Keokuk
has lain dormant, has stood still while
other towns with far less early pres
ltige and start have forged ahead, has
been looked upon as a dead town"
and Stunned by new industries.
/ AS an apology for these conditions
which none could deny the excuse
was always offered that the town was
In the hands and control of political
ring which obstructed progress at
every step, burdened the public with
lax and careless administration and
extravagant and useless expenditures.
The advent of commission form Of
government was welcomed by every
honest citizen and hailed as the COM
| ing of a new day for Keol6uk in the
rightful belief that under a careful
business administration and with the
great opportunities at hand she would
begin a growth that would soon stamp
her as a progressive wide awake
community.
II seems incredible that the intel
lgent voters of Keokuk would for a
moment seriously consider deliberate
Ily repudiating the present admins
tration and passing back again into
the hands of the same old ring, the
CITY government, with the certain
knowledge that their future admins
tration OF affairs would be but repe-
tition of past performances which
made KeokulS a by word and laughing
stock among l.ississippi valley towns.
There is not one single act to which
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Here It's Noon, and this Man Hates
To Think of Lunch. If He'd Only
Take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's He Would Always Be
Happy at MeaItime.

dyspepsia, burning sensation, brash,
fermentation and the other ills attend
ant upon disordered stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are com
posed of pepsin, and other natural
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health.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not
merely aid digestion they actually
digest the food themselves. All the
Eard work is thus taken off the ston,-
ach and it gets a chance to rest and
recuperate The undigested foor
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oughly digested and as a result pro
vides new brain and Drawn and nerve
cells to replace natural waste always
going on.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act
quickly safely and naturally just like
Nature herself. They are an essential
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and are sold at soc box. You can
get a tiial package Of them free by
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
PRIMARY ELECTION.

/, Joshua F. Elder, Mayor of the
city Of keokuk, hereby give notice to
the voters of the city of Keokuk, Iowa
that on Monday, March 18th, 1912,
the primary election will be held at
the following places:
First Ward No. 327 Main Street.
Second Ward-No. so South 5th st.
Third Ward-No. 1101 Main STREET.
Fourth Ward-No. 22S B Street.
Fifth Ward No. 314 N. 14th st.
Sixth Ward-No. 1902 Main st.
Said election will be held between
the hours OF seven Cd o'clock a. m
and seven ca o'clock p. m.
The following candidates will be
voted for:
One mayor, for two years.
Two for councilmen, for two years.
/ therefore make proclamation
thereto, of which all voters will take
notice.
Witness my hand this End day OF
March, 1912.
JOSHUA F. ELDER.
Mayor
Attest: o. w. sANDBERG,
City Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Walter D. Van Deusen Died Early
Last Evening After Suffer
erins From Prolonged
illness. =.
MoURNED BY FRIENDS
A Reslden. Of keokuk For Twenty
Nine Years, and Was Quiet
and Honored
Citizen.

An honored and valuable citizen of
Keokuk passed away between 6 and Z
o'clock last night at local hospital
where he had been confined with
dropsy since December. Since 1883,
excepting few months, Walter De
Los Van Deusen had been citizen
of Keokuk, entering that year in the
employment of James B. Diver, engin-
GERS and bridge contractors. He was
able and efficient in this line Of work
which he began about his nineteenth
year with Raymond, Campbell & Co.,
of Council Bluffs who in that early
day were prominent engineers and
heavy contractors in bridge building.
He afterwards held responsible posi-
tons with other large firms, includ-
ing the firm of the King Bridge Com.
pany.
In 1888 he came to Keokuk to en-
ter the services of J. B. Diver & Co.
Mr.. Diver knew him previous to his
coming here and was aware of his
sterling ability and worth. He had
remained here ever since except a
| few months when he took a position
with a Chicago firm but soon return
ed to the earlier attachments he had
| formed and re-entered the service OF
| Mr.. Diver.
In 1906 it will be remembered that
Mr.. and Mrs. Diver took trip around
the world and then it was that Mr.
Diver turned the business over to Mr.
Van Deusen who conducted it undei
the firm style of the Keokuk Steel
Bridge Company with w. D. Van Deu'
sen as manager and Geo. H. Turner
superintendent of erection.
Mr.. Van Deusen was a native OF
Pennsylvania where he was born in
1S4S. The first venture of his you'll
was as second clerk on a steamboat
plying the southern waters. He was
a mere boy but had many experiences
! In river life from which he formed
pleasant stories for his Intimate
friends. He was of a very retired dis
position, rather reticent in his habits
of conversation except with thos'
with whom he was we'll acquainted
He mixed very little with the world
/ but was exceptionally sociable ant
entertaining with companions ant
/ friends. He was a member of the or
der Of Elks with the members OF
which he was quite popular, genia
and companionable. He was warm
hearted, cultured and persistent
worker. His business was his frs
care, and the company Of a few
chosen friends his diversion. He viii
i be sadly missed by those who knew
Jshim we'll. For two years and hal
l;he had suffered from the disease
(which at the end proved fatal.
L Mr.. Van Deusen is survived b.
lone son, Charles L. Van Deusen, o
st. Louis and one brother, j. B. Var
Deusen, OF Powellton, Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
INCUBATOR BABY

ut is with great pleasure and pride that
/ herewith enclose a photo Of my son
lack a genuine Mellins Food baby.
When tell you that he was an incubator
baby and that at the age Of three months
he weighed three and one half pounds
and was so pitiable an object that even the
doctor seemed to think the case hopeless.
you can morereadily appreciate the change.
He could scarcely retain the lightest nour.
ishment and was so weak, one could
barely hear him cry. tried him with
Mellin's Food and the improvement was
wonder to everybody"
Mrs Chas Osborne. Lankershim, Cal.
Write today for a free sample OF
MellIn's Food totry.
MELLlN's ROOD CO. BOSTON. MASS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
REGISTRATION NOTICE..

Notice to the qualified voters OF the
City of keokuk, Iowa.
The registrars of primary and gem
eral municipal election of the City of
Keokuk, Iowa, will be in constant at
tendance at the places herein desig-
mated from eight (S) o'clock a. m. I'M
til nine t9) o'clock p. M. Thursday,
March IA Friday, March Is, 1912, for
the purpose of registering all qualified
voters for the city election to be held
Monday, March %, 1912.
Said registrars will again be in SEES
sion at the same places on Saturday,
March and Saturday, March %, for
the purpose of revising. correcting and
compiling the registrations.
First precinct Sixth street engine
house.
Second precinct Krueger's tailor
shop, South Fifth street.
Third precinct Leake Printing Co.
Office, Main street.
Fourth precinct-West .Keokuk en-
CINE house.
Fifth precinct Camps drug store,
Twelfth and Fulton streets.
Sixth precinct-Ewer's cigar store,
l120 Main street.
Every voter whose name is not in
the registry list, or who has changed
his place of residence since said lists
We're made, is notified to present him
self for registration in the proper
precinct, and on the dates above
specified, else he will be debarred the
privilege of voting at said election.
Such registrars will be in attendance
on election day, Monday, March
II, 1912, and on Monday, March %,
1912, at the places above mentioned
during all the hours that the polls
are required to be open, for the pur-
pose of granting certificates of regis
tration to legal voters who were alb
sent from the city during all Of the
days fixed for registration, or to for
eigners who may have received their
final naturalization papers since the
last preceding day for registration, or
Persons who have become Of legal age
since said day, or to any person whose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State of Iowa, Lee county, City OF
Keekuk, SIS.
In the superior court, Keokuk, Lee
county, Iowa, April term, 1912, w. j.
Roberts, plaintiff, VS.. ]. B. Fowler,
defendant.
To, the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that petit
|tion is now on file in the clerks office,
|of the superior court aforesaid, at
Keokuk, in behalf of the above named
plaintiff, against you, and claiming
Judgment against you for the sum of
lone hundred dollars and costs, for ser.
vices rendered in obtaining Judgment
I in the district court of Iowa. at Keo,
kuk. against the Mcleod Artesian
Well company, in October, 1895. You
are also notified that a writ Of at
tachment has been issued and the
said Judgment levied upon.
And unless you appear and defend,
before noon of the second day of the
next regular April term of said court
to be begun and holden at Keo-
kuk, at the court room of said
court on the first day of April,
IA d. 1912, default will be en-
tered against you and Judgment rem.
dered thereon as prayed for in said
Ipetition.
w. ]. ROBERTS,
Attorney Pro- Sc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08

was dead and the people discouraged.
The reason for this is, not that the
water power was not valuable but be-
cause of the friction between the
power company and the city after
water power was developed. ! believe
that a point is now reached in the his
tory of Keokuk where We are in
danger of losing the fruit of all our
hopes
For those who feel arrogant 1t may
do to inquire who owns Keokuk? 7"
Not SO for the poor man nor for the
modest property owner. 1t may not
be a pleasing confession, but neyerthe-
less fact that Stone & Webster and
their friends who are developing this
power, could buy out the whole city
several times over. They are spend
ing on this enterprise alone two or
three times the assessed value OF all
the real and personal property in
Keokuk. They do not need Keokuk
-Keokuk needs them, and needs them
quite as much now, as before the en-
terprise began.
Regardless of questions OF friend
ship and popularity, the property in.
terest of every man who owns a
home, and the daily bread OF every
man, who has to work for it, demand
of him, first, cooperation; second,
friendship; third, cordial support to
ward every reasonable desire ind
wish and purpose of the water power
people They have demonstrated their
friendship to Keokuk. Shall we Kill
the goose that lays golden eggs?
Ny vote is to be cast for Keckuk's
prosperity with no thought of person
al preferences or of offenses real OF
imaginary. | believe that to give il
to any other than the continuation Of
the present administration would be
serious mistake.
Let us vote Elder, Schmidt ant
Gray. W. j. FULTON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08

those asking for reinstatement to
office under the old ring can point
with any pride as having been &C
complished during the years when
they were in absolute control and 1t
is only reasonable to presume that
they are in no wise better fitted or
more worthy of intent today than they
were years ago.
Communities, like individuals
should ask no more than an oppor
tunity to make gooda chance tc
demonstrate that they can "delivel
the goods" To ask or expect more i.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Your Friends May Not
Know You

If you take Hoods Sarsaparla and receive as much
benefit from it did Mr.. Benjamin c. Rose of Saun
derstown R. I. He says, 'sMy sickness and bad feel
ings from dyspepsia and nervous prostration ex-
tended over seven years. Physicians, medicines
and treatments gave practically the same result
no help but Hoods Sarsaparilla did the work for
me and did it WELL Friends said did not seem to
be the same man. Hoods Sarsaparilla is a great
spring medicine a fine stomach and nerve tonic"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
An object Lesson on Water Powc
Booms.

An object Lesson on Water Power
Booms.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
Six or seven years ago the water
power on the Wisconsin river was de-
veloped at Kilbourn, Wisconsin, the
power becoming available about
three years since. A splendid dam
was erected and electric power house
equipped The power available was
not large as compared with ours,
neither is Kilbourn a large municipal
ity; yet the relative size Of the power
development and of the city was
about the same as here-say ten horse
power to each inhabitant
Kilbourn had great expectations
from this enterprise. Real estate
doubled in value while the dam was
building. Unfortunately the city gov.
eminent at Kilbourn has been in liti-
cation with the power company ever
since the completion of the dam. In.
stead of cooperation there has been
friction. No factories have come to
Kilbourn. The power is all transmit
ted to Milwaukee and other cities and
is all sold. I was in Kilbourn last
month. A member of the city gov.
eminent told me 1t would have been
better for Kilbourn today If they had
never seen the dam-that property
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Both Pleaded Guilty.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, March s.-Pleas OF
guilty were entered in the I'm
tied States court by George
Graham Rice and B. H. schef-
tells to using the mails to de-
fraud in connection with exploitation
OF mining stocks. Rice was senten-
ced to one year in the penitentiary
while sentence on Scheftels was sus-
pended.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
DR.. F. G. SMITH
HEADS ELK LODGE
officers Elected at Meeting Last Eve
Ming and VIII Be Installed in
April.

DR.. F. G. Smith was elected exalted
ruler OF Keokuk lodge No. 1O6, B. P.
o. Elk, at the annual meeting last
evening. The other officers are:
w. B. Woolley. esteemed leading
knight.
Harry r. Culkin, esteemed loyal
knight.
o. s. stanbro, esteemed lecturing
knight. 81
l.. j. Wolf, secretary.
j. R. Baur, treasurer.
]. Ross Robertson, tyler.
w. H. Reimbola, representative.
Harry j. Reeves, alternate.
B. J.. Auwerda was reelected a
trustee for three years.
Installation will be held on the first
Thursday in April.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08

name was, on the preceding Saturday,
and in the absence of such person
stricken from the registration lists,
and who on said day of election shall
prove to the satisfaction of said reg
istrars that he is a lawfully qualified
voter of said voting precinct.
Given under my hand this second
day of March, 1912
JOSHUA F. ELDER,
Mayor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
%, | Cant
Eat a I hing!'
You'll Never Say So Again After Yol
Read This, and Act on 1t. Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets Are the
Open Secret.

Trial Package Sent Free to Prove II.
I
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Stops RheHRsaafiss,a's
Pains at Once!

MUSTERoLE brings ease ard comfort to tho
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08

Medicines that aid nature are al
ways most successful. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. 1t
loosens the cough, relieves the lungs,
"opens the secretions and aids nature
in restoring the system to a healthy
condition. Sold by Wilkinson & Co.,
Pharmacy and J. f. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-08
Public Opinion

To the Editor of The Gate City:
The fate Of Keokul1 will be de-
termined at the coming city election.
1t is for the voters to decide what
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-02-23
AN IMPORTANT BILL.

A bill which will shortly be intro
duced in the Legislature TO revise
the practice in the law courts Of
Maryland is now being repaired by
Messrs. VIM. j. Ncale and f. Sno v
den Hill, Of the Marlboro anil Wash
ington bar. The bill will provide
for system Of practice to conform
with the practice Of the courts Of the
District Of Columbia. The principal
objects Of the bill will be to dispense
with the appearance dockei, anil
docketing suits by fitting.
II will require the declarations TO
be tilei at the time Of docketirg the
suit and copy thereof to be served
with the Summons, and copy of
each pleading TO be served on the
opposite party.
A trial calender and motion calen-
dar is provided for, and no case will
be called to the attention of the
Court until it is ready for trial, there
by dispensing with the call of the
docket at the beginning OF the term
each case upon the trial calendar be-
ing ready for trial on the first day oil
the terms. The bill will also pro
vide for a deposit Of $500 for Clerks
costs and t1.00 for Sheriffs costs to
be made at the time of fling suit
This bill when introduced will apply
only to Prince George county, though
it il understood that other counties
will offer amendments to include
them under its provisions.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-02-23
D1sPLRAsRD AND DlsaRuNrLED

The Democrats in the legislature,
according to the recent reports pub
lished in the Baltimore city papers
are mad, really and truly mad, worse
than that for Judging from the re-
ports, we fear that they are really
angry. And what do our readers
think is the real or alleged cause of
this new ebulution Of temper? Why
is nothing more nor less than the
refusal Of Governor Goldsborough to
appoint men according to their especi-
al notions of fitness The Governor
has repeatedly declared that he favor
ed and would appoint men fitted to
the respective positions, preferably,
of course, Republicans, he being a
life long member Of that party, and
elected to that high and responsible
position, be is so thoroughly compe-
tent to ill by Republican votes and
in carrying out these declared inten-
tiOhs he has offended, nay, worse,
made the Democrats very, very, mad.
They declare for instance that the
Governor by the appointment OF
School Commissioners is determined
to put the schools OF the State into
politics. Coming from any other
source it might be seriously consider
ed, but from Democrats, Oh my
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-02-23
THE PUBLIc's GOVERNOR

The appointments sent to the Sem
ate by Governor Goldeborough can
not fail to impress his political OPP
ponents as well as his party friends.
The men whom be has selected for
the four principal city boards are of
an unusually high type and have
been chosen with regard to the pub
he interests, not simply to reward
party services or to strengthen polti-
cal alliances. The independence,
the sincerity and the conscientious
ness with which he has done the
first work that Lis hand fonnd to do
demand generous expression of APP
preciarion on the part OF all lovers Of
good government and justify the
hope that this first important act in
his Gubernstorial career strikes the
lasting note Of an administration of
political inspiration and high public
service. Continued on the high On
which he has began, the new Cover
nor will properly deserve the title of
friend of the public, the public's
Governor rather than party's Gov
ernor, or the politicians Governor.
This enlightened and progressive
attitude is bound, nevertheless, to
bring its own personal and political
reward. The declining strength of
machine methods In Maryland is tvo
obvious to require comment. Gov
ernor Goldsborough's appeal to the
new and purer political thought of
the day represents food for reflection
to the Democratic party. tits an ex-
ample of personal independence, of
official fidelity and political widom
that cannot be Ignored, which, in fact.
makes t incumbent upon the Demo-
rats to rise TO the same high level.
Baltimore Sun.