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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
AS THE GROOM SAW HIMSELF

Oliver c. Sigsworth, a country
correspondent for forty years, wrote
an account Of his own wedding, which
took place at Franklin. Pa. last Sat
urday. and sent it to the papers. The
bride was Mrs. Emma J. Ludwig, who
obtained divorce an hour before she
got her license to wed. 1t was Sigs-
worth's second marriage. The notice
runs:
The bride is as fine as silk and a
good cook, although as to this the
bridegroom reserves the right to
amend his petition later. She is fat,
fair and forty; weighs ITO, dressed,
and has lived all her life in Oil City.
She is member of the Evangelical
church, but cannot say much as to
her standing. The truth of the mat
ter is she never took me to church
with her, due probably to the fact
that she was ashamed of me.
am not aware that she has ever
figured much in social events. and she
Is not member of the 400. nor do
the records show that she was ever
arrested for drunkenness or disorder
II conduct. She is Just the plain,
average woman who has always tried
to make home the pleasantest place
for her family.
She has nice home IN OIL CITY
and her friends think that she is 1901.
ish to go out on farm, where she VIII
probably have to chop wood. Wisely
however, she leaves her home turn
ished, and If chopping wood and feed
ing the calves becomes too strenuous
she can return to her old home
The bridegroom is an old hayseeo'
and has been writing for the news
papers for forty years. He IS cnar.,
or member of the Correspondents
club, and did not go outside the CLUB
for a wife until all the old maids ano
widows had turned him down.
| He has written the biggest snake
and nature fake stories published ID
the state and is the author OF more
I lies about his neighbors than any 9th.
er man in this country. He is sawed
| off in height, squint-eyed, baldheadeo
and bow-legged Although aged, he
lis not entirely senile. He owns
poor farm, fifteen bony COWS, dozen
scrubby swine, six dogs, dozen cats
| and a lot of other trash too numerous
to mention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
PASSING up Iowa.

Cedar Falls Record: Fourteen mem
bers of the Chamber Of Commerce OF
the United States will leave Chicago
today and In the following twenty-five
days will visit Nebraska, Wyoming,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada. Arizona, Cali.
fornia, Washington, Montana, North
Dakota and Minnesota. AS an Incl
dent to the trip directors meeting
will be held in San Francisco on July
14th.
Here is another instance Of Iowa los
ing large amount of advertising be-
cause these directors have chosen to
begin their sightseeing at the begin
ming OF the jumping-off place, the
western shore of the Missouri river.
mo doubt these gentlemen will be
whisked through the one great agricul-
tural state in the night time on board
a Pullman surcharged with the famous
Iowa corn producing climate and car
ny to Omaha with them nothing but
the memory of pleasant dreams super
induced by smooth road beds, easy
grades and good railroads. They will
know nothing of the vast corn field
that stretches from the Mississippi to
the Missouri, field, pessimists told
us would never reach knee high by
the Fourth Of July, but that is now SO
tall that searching parties must be
/ sent out for the man who still persists
1 in trying TO knock down an occasional
weed They will know nothing of the
immense manufacturing business
springing up in every little Iowa city,
that the bread basket Of the world has
decided to bring the folks here to eat
instead of having to pass the food SC
far down the line.
/ Why not get busy with the slogan
See Iowa by Daylight Advertising
4 the slogan will eventually compel the
railroads to alter their train SEIZED
/ ules.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

The Free Press tells OF the trials
and tribulations OF Mt. Pleasant
woman who got new dress the other
day. She put 1t on and it didn't fit.
Then she called In neighbor and she
couldn't help her any. so another
woman was called in and finally they
had the whole neighborhood The
sequel is thus told:
"All offered advice. Some suggest
taking out a tuck here and taking in
seam there. But the woman called
the dress maker and when she got
there shs found the woman had put
the dress on backward. The moral OF
this story is: Don't go to cutting
and taking out pieces Of these new
tangled dresses until you are certain
that you have them on right side up
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
EDUCATION IN GERMANY AND IN
THE UNITED STATES.

1.-The average man OF the people In
America is much more interested In
the affairs of the public school than
the average man In Germany" de-
clares DR.. George Kerschensteiner, a
well-known German educator, in "A
Comparison of Public Education 10
Germany and the United States" Just
issued by the bureau of education.
In the daily press, reports and dis
cussions on educational topics oc-
cupy a space which to my observa-
ton is fully ten times that which
German newspapers devote to the
same subject"
DR.. Kerschensteiner compares point
by point the school systems in the
two countries. He shows how Ger
many secures educational efficiency
by Capitalization of authority within
the individual states. He admits that
possibly Capitalization has gone even
further than is desirable In Germany,
but Is equally positive that there Is
not enough GENERALIZATION within the
individual states OF this country AS
a result Of the lack of state compuI.
sion, he says, I'VE see today in the
United States the sharpest contrasts
between school systems that are In.
credibly poor and others of the high
est possible type, that would do credit
to the finest civilized nations of the
GLOBE He finds that American citi.
gems OF a community have more di-
rect control over their schools than
in Germany, and commends this con.
dition He compares the teachers in
the two countries-their training
their salaries, their tenure of Office
He discusses religion in the schools
OF the two countries. co-education
and other points of similarity and diff
| ference.
/ Direct election OF school-board
members by the citizens, as found in
! the United States, impressed DR.. Ker
1 schensteiner very fayorably. He
notes that in Germany the citizens
have little OF nothing to, say about
their school system In Germany the
local school boards are nowhere
< chosen by popular vote" he declares
He thinks the American plan might
be very good thing for his own
country, particularly as means oil
/ arousing genuine public interest in
education
The American high school comes In
for some interesting comment by Dr.
kerchensteiner both complimentary
( and otherwise. He praises the high
t schools democratic spirit, its aim to
j. educate all the people; but he misses
the thoroughness that characterizee
the work of the German gymnasium
5 In both nations the SCHOOLS are nov
IN period of great development. ac
: cordins to the Munich educator. "The
d great advantage that Germany DOS
W sesses," he declares. "in addition IL
r the relentless thoroughness Of tbs
a whole educational work, is the well
regulated organization of state.pro
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

Prof. Hayden Tufts Of the Uniyers-
ity OF Chicago thinks that the post
ponement of marriage is a bad thing
for city He says that out OF every
hundred persons between the ages of
twenty and twentyfour there are sew.
enty-two single and twenty-sfx mar
ried. and between the ages OF twenty
FIVE and twenty-nine In the city forty
four are single to ffty-four married.
In the country the young people mar
ry earlier. He quotes other statistics
to show that It were better If men
and women married earlier in life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

one to the government. The financial
returns are far in excess of the added
expense. It's probable therefore, that
in the near future, the rates on pack
ages will be reduced even if the pro
posed increase of weight is not deem
ed expedient.
The parcel post system is of great
convenience to the public. 1t fills a
long felt want, that express companies
could not or would not meet. AS an
adjunct to the rural free delivery
alone, 1t is Of inexpressible benefit
That the usefulness OF the system
will be increased, there is not the
shadow Of doubt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
Growth Of the Parcel post systen

r
Springfield Register: SIX months
ago, the parcel post system was in.
Iaugurated in this country. It has
grown in that short period OF time
SO rapidly that it is found advisable
to do away with special stamps and
to introduce an Insurance. system.
Ordinary stamps will hereafter
carry parcel post packages, by an
order issued July first, by the depart
ment. This will prove a great con
|venience not only to those using the
parcel post but even to greater ex.
tent to the government and its post.
office employees.
1t has also been decided to reduce
the insurance rate on packages of the
value of twenty-five dollars or less
from ten cents to five cents. Pack
ages of value above twenty-five dollars
will have to pay ten cents for insur
ance as heretofore.
Other changes In the rates and reg
ulations OF the system are proposed
and some of them will probably be
adopted The extent of the territory
of zones may he increased and pack
ages of greater weight than now al
lowed may be permitted. 1t has beer
urged that a hundred pound limit BIZ
adopted and that rates of postage be
reduced.
| Whether or not the proposed
changes or any Of them are adopted
4 the fact is that the parcel post system
which was introduced SIX months age
has become very large and profitable
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
Marquette and Joliet.

Long. long ago, to Pim-e-tou-i's shore,
Which none but savage feet had ever
trod,
The holy fathers came; Cross they
bore
AS token of the White Mans gentle
God.
voyageur, soldier. trapper. pioneer
Or poor or rich with glory and with
gains
And all who early loved and labored
here.
Have passed away-the Cross alone
remains.
M. Mckee Maxwell in Peoria Herald
Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
rhe oId-Fashioned Fourth.

The boy stood on the burning porch
Whence all had made scoot,
A roman candle In his hand
Was just about to shoot.
A FRAGILE pinwheel at his side
Was all that stayed to tell
How father, minus half his hide
Had fled with grievous YELL
A busted bomb upon the floor,
Some remnants OF hat,
Suspender buttons, three or four
That was where grandpa sat.
An isle of safety on the lawn.
Where still the grass was green,
Marked where his sister dear had gone
To rub on vaseline.
Anon the smoke rose from the yard,
And then through one small rift,
We saw where mother, scorcned ana
SCARED,
A smelling bottle shifted.
And at the gate stood Uncle Bill
In fragments of his pants,
Demanding In his accents shrfll,
Send us an ambulance!"
The boy. as we remarked at first,
A roman candle held,
He struck a match and lit the fuse,
This is the last" he yelled.
The roman candle fizzled and fared;
The balls flew far and wide.
His relatives, all badly scared
Once more essayed to hide.
Alas, ere shelter they could find
The direfu1 deed was done!
He whirled the candle all about
And pinked them every one
In pain they limped up to the porch,
They crept from bush and shrub,
And each fmplored in husky tones.
Let me get at that cub!"
There came burst Of thunder sound.
The boy-oh. where was he?
BY turns he was sent on round
That led from knee to kaee
w. D. Nesbit, in Chicago News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
keokuk, Iowa :.
DICKENS IN CAMP.

DICKENS IN CAMP.
Above the pines the moon was slowly
drifting.
The river sang below;
The dim Sierras, far beyond, uplifting
Their minarets of snow.
The roaring campfire. with rude hui
NOR. painted
The rudy tints OF health
On haggard face and form that dropped
and tainted
In the fierce race for wealth;
Till one arose, and from his packs
scant treasure
A boarded volume drew,
And cards were dropped from hands
Of listless leisure.
To hear the tale anew.
And then. while round them shadows
gathered faster.
And as the freight fell.
He read aloud the book wherein the
Master
Had writ of Little Nell
Perhaps twas boyish fancy-for the
reader
Was youngest OF them ALL
But, as he read, from clustering pine
and cedar
A silence seemed to fall;
The fir trees, gathering closer in the
shadows,
Listened in every spray,
While the whole camp with Nell" on
English meadows
Wandered and lost their way.
And so in mountain solitudes Ser
taken
AS by some spell divine
Their cares dropped from them like
the needles shaken
From out the gusty pine.
Lost is that camp. and wasted all III
fire;
And he who wrote that spell?-
All, towering pine and stately Kentisl
spire,
Ye have one tale to tell!
Lost is that camp, but let Its fragran
story
Blend with the breath that thrills
With hop-vine's incense all the per
sive glory
That fills the Kentish hills.
And on that grave where English oal
and holly
And laurel wreaths entwine,
Deem II not all a too Presumption
folly
This spray Of western pine.
Francis Bret Harte. 183e-1so2.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

A New England aviator is now
planning to fly across the Atlantic in
combined heavier and lighter than
air machine; an aeroplane and d.
rigible balloon all in one. But while
part of the machine is to be heavier
than air. Nixon Waterman rightly
insists that care should be taken to
have all OF it lighter than water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

acious and dangerous, but spent its
force without breaking the union posi-
ton, Picke.t's charge was magniii-
cent but hardly war. It melted away
with little harm except to iti,elf. I'M
agine the participants in those three
days Of fiery trial talking it over fifty
years later. and standing again on the
field! II is an epic event.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

The Dubuque Telegraph-H Herald de.
clares that those Arkansas Bible
students who decided there is no hell
never lived in Iowa in good corn
weather. Tut, tut.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
THE DAILY GATE CITY

long enough on the journey to keep
Mr.. Hawg cool until he goes into the
pen in Chicago's stock yards and Mr..
Griffith has the hog money In his in
side pocket. Great head. great scheme
and it isn't patented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

vided school system, which requires
In each community school as good
as that in every other community.
But this advantage has been purchas-
ed at the expense of many qualities
for which we must envy the Ameri-
can schools
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

A dispatch from Mendoza. H., re
ports that 1000 barrels Of beer were
emptied into creek there when the
Mendoza brewery was closed. where
upon the police reported drunken bull
frogs walking arm in arm up the main
street. Sounds as If it was the police
instead of the bullfrogs that got the
beer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

vests and even collars and 10 seek
comfort regardless of the DEGREES of
fashion and social etiquette The heat
takes the starch out OF nicely launder-
ed clothes and it takes some Of the
starch ou- Of social custom. The hot
weather isn't friend of caste and
form II makes people little more
democratic. Even the most confirmed
snob finds 1t extremely difficult to be
snobbish in extremely hot weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

When he conferred the LII D. on
Edward Douglas White, chief Justice
of the United States, President
Faunce of Brown university spoke OF
him as "a Jurist who possesses the
confidence OF America and, behind
all legal learning. carries a human
heart"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
rHouaHT FOR THE DAY

Ideas go booming through the
world louder than cannon. Thoughts
are mightier than armies. Principals
have achieved more victories than
horse-men and chariots Paxton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that Iowa corn is growing so rapidly
now that it is quilting up the morning
glories that inadvertently fastened
their tentacles to the stalks a few
days ago. That Is what we under
stand here in Iowa as an exemplifica
TN OF the term going some"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

A st. Louis newspaper is offering
500 in cash for the best ten reasons
why people should move to Missouri.
The contiguity of the state to Iowa
is respectfully suggested as a starter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

A Fort Dodge baby born on the
Fourth has two teeth "cut clear
through" 1t is now up to the par
agraphers to make the most of the
fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07
The Foe ~ c.st.

Cedar Rapids Gazette. The no,
weather does something else than
make the corn grow. It makes collars
wilt. 1t impels men to doff coats and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

AS further evidence Of our ability
to outlick any other nation, the post
master general has ordered $4,000.
100000 postage stamps for next year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

Apropos the former uproarious
Fourth Of July celebrations, it was the
small boy who put the riot in pa
triotism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

The promiscuous interlocking of
blue and gray hearts these days sug
gests to the Peoria Herald-Transcript
that it ought to be called Forgettys
burg
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

Speaking of singing and music a
Davenport firm advertises Tee cold
lemonade and refreshing drinks"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

A Chicago statistican says mar
ried people really live longer than
single people-that It doesn't merely
seem longer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-07

Too often Glorious Fourth means
an Inglorious Fifth
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-07-18
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Real Estate. "Whitehalr', il
the Village of ,Yoodville, Prince
Georges County, Maryland.

Fine Mansion-"W hitehalr'-in per-
feet order, fourteen rooms, hot and cold
water, bathroom, ETC., twenty-elght
miles to capitol, G. cd road, twenty
miles being state macadam road. Auto
mobile line direct to Washington.
Three and a half miles to railroad.
Two and half miles to Steamboat
landing. One eighth mile 10 two
churches. Schools convenient.
There is no more substantially built
house in Prince Georges County than
"Whitehall" Together with seven
room tenant house, four barns, carriage
house, stables, and all necessary out
buildings, and seventy acres of land in
excellent condition, fenced and cross
fenced-most of the fencing new. Water
practically in every field.
ALSO
At short distance from the house,
l tract of sixty acres, more or less,
for the most part cleared and in fine
condition; some of the best land in this
neighborhood is in this tract.
ALSO
The personal property of the owner
of "Whitehall" consisting oftwo work
horsef, four head of cattle, flock of
sheep, fancy chickens of the leghorn
breed, various agricultural tools and
implements, a separator, mower, drill,
roller, OK cart and farm-wagon. car
riage, buggy, horse-rake, with all other
tools usually found on farms.
Also the furniture which is in the
house, it being partly furnished.
Personal property will be sold first.
Real estate will then be offered. All
can be inspected at any time.
The above will be sold at Public
Sale at "Whitehalp' in the village of
WOODVILLE
Wed, July D, 1913, at | | a. m.
TERMS OF SALE-For the Real
Estate-One-third Cash, the balance in
equal installments of one. two and three
years, or all cash as the purchaser may
elect; the deferred payments to be Sc
cured to the satisfaction of the owner.
to bear interest from date of sale. A
portion of the money may remain on
mortgage if deemed advisable. A cash
deposit of three hundred dollars will
be required on the day of sale.
Acknowledgment fees. conveyancing
and recording costs at the expense of
purchaser or purchasers.
Fer the personal property-Cash or
satisfactory note.
For further particulars apply to
DR.. HARRY M. BOWEN,
Aquasco P. O., Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-07-18
Friday, July 18th. 1913
THE LOBBY INVESTIGATIONS
HAVE ROUTED A NUMBER OF
OPPONENTS OF THE TAR
IFF BILL

The lobby Investigations that
are being made in Washington
by both the Senate and the
House of Representatives have
stirred the country from one end
to the other. When President
Wilson some weeks ago declar-
ed that an insiduous lobby was
at work in Washington against
the Democratic Tariff Bill it was
believed that, while certain in
terests were fighting the bill,
such tactics as have been expos
ed were not being resorted to.
The investigation so far has re-
sulted,in some startling disclos-
ures and it is believed they will
grow worse from day to day.
1t is reported that the investiga-
tion has had a tendency to drive
a number of the leading and
most prominent lobbyists out of
Washington. They have be-
come alarmed over the situation
and have left, out, if their pres
ence should be needed, they
will be brought before the proper
committees. The lobby investi-
cation has unquestionably con-
siderably eased up the fight
against the Democratic Tariff
Bill. The exposures that have
been made regarding past legis-
lation and the connection of GER
tain public men with them have
somewhat dampened the enthus-
iasm with which some Republi-
cans had planned to fight the
Democratic tariff bill. Many
observers believe that the lobby
investigation will result in the
adoption Of the tariff bill without
the fight that was expected. :
Democratic Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-07-18
Trustees Sale

DY VIRTUE of the power of sale
ID contained in a deed from Thomas
q. Wildman to 8. Marvin Peach, Trus-
tee, dated December 9th, 1912. and rec
orded among the Chatte1 Records of
Prince Georges County, MARYLAND, and
by virtue of the order of the Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County
passed on December II, 1919, in No.
ATS Equity in said Court. the under
signed trustee will offer for sale at
public sale at the store of Thomas H.
Wildman at LANDOVER, ND, on
Wednesday, July 3Oth, 1913
at the hour of II M all the stock of
MERCHANDISE AND GOODS
ia said store and other personal prop
erty in said deed mentioned.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash on day CT
sale.
s. MARVIN PEACH,
Trustee.
Upper Marlboro, Md, and Hyattsville,
Md. July 18th
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-07-18
Nor1oE TO CRED1roRs

THIS is to give notice, that the un
i dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters of administration upon
the personal estate of
CHRISTIANA SWEENEY,
late of Prince Georges county, deceas-
ed. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same. with the vouchers
thereon legally authenticated on or be-
fore the 18th day of January, 1914, or
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits Of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
ouested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
July, 1913.
T. VAN CLAGETT,
Administrator c. t. a. of Christiana
Sweeney, deceased. July 1S1m