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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

The state board of agriculture has
prepared petition to the railroad
commission asking that the commits
sion order the railroads to put in the
reduced rate to the state fair as au-
thorized by the legislature. 1t is I'M
derstood the railroads have refused
to make any reduction in rates for
state fairs or similar gatherings. The
legislature authorized the commission
to decide whether such rates are prop
er and, II So to order them adopted.
The railroads will resist in the courts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
BENTLEY, ILL.
. > > . 9 . = . !. = 80 I

Mr.. A. K. Cotfman and grand
daughter. Miss Opal Coffman, have
returned from Jacksonville, ILL.,, where
Miss Opal has been attending school
tie past winter.
|. Mr.. Hull, the new section foreman
has moved his family here from
Hulls, H., and will locate here per-
manently.
All crops in this locallty are look.
ing fine.
Miss Nellie Kennedy and mothe,
are business callers in Carthage.
The Christian people have been re-
modelling their church at this place.
The firm of Smith Bros, who are
buying cream for Swift & Co., are buy
ing quite lot of cream here as they
buy from fifty to seyenty-five gallons
per day.
Our merchants here must be buying
lots of eggs as they have been loading
a carload here each week.
Mr.. John Stuehrenberg returned
Monday from Keokuk where he was
ouerated on for appendicitis.
T. A. Lillard was business caller
in Carthage Wednesday.
Rev Enslow was here today dis.
tributing advertising matter for the
celebration at Elvaston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
TWO Of a Kind.

Iowa City Republican: The Republi-
can has this story which it tells on
an advertising customer: A wealthy
retired citizen called at the Republi-
can office to insert an ad to sell a
horse. The cost was ten cents for
one insertion, or twenty cents for
three. On the third day the retired
citizen called in and said he had sold
the horse. He stood around few
minutes and then remarked:
THAT ad was five cents day after
the first day."
The ad man admitted the accusa-
ton.
Then you don't need to run the
ad tonight"
ooh, no. we will take 1t out IL the
horse buyers are bothering you"
The man stood around a while
longer and then remarked, well. !
have nickel coming back to me?"
Sure said the ad man, excuse
me for being so absent minded. Here
1t is"
But an Iowa City business man
says he has one that beats that. He
had on a discount sale and well
known Iowa City woman, prominent
in foreign mission endeavor, made
two purchases on different days and
the woman paid cash and took the
discounts. Later she brought in both
bills and remarked
an computing discounts. where the
fraction is more than half cent you
allow the cent, don't your"
The merchant said such was the
case.
We'll" remarked the woman. "or
one OF these bills the discount care
trllv c~-~,-,..os f. t'c .rt-s drcs--srl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
NEW AUTO LAW.

We are now operating under a new
automobile law which was passed by
the thirty-fifth general assembly and
became a law under publication. l,
covers points that the former law fail
led to cover. Following are the prin
clpal features covered by the new law:
Must turn to the right on approach
ing vehicles.
Must turn to the left in passing q
vehicle from the rear.
Must give signal to nearby vehicle
II he stops or turns suddenly.
Must turn square at the corners
and keep to the right.
In turning to opposite direction
must turn to left.
In cities of first class must stoE
with right side of machine next tc
curb.
Must not overtake and pass another
vehicle at street crossing.
Must not allow machine to emit I'M
due amount of steam or smoke.
Must have mufflers on exhaust.
All drivers of autos must be over
fifteen years of age.
Must stop at right hand curb at ap
proach of fire, patrol or ambulance
wagons.
Must not leave machine standing
within twenty feet of hydrant
Must not be left standing within
fifteen feet of entrance OF any theatre
auditorium or place of public gath
|ering.
Must not leave vehicle alone when
any part of machinery is in motion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

We're under fourteen; fourth OF the
children worked FIVE hours or more
q day after school; three-fourths OF
these home working families earned
less than ten cents an hour altogether.
In the end. however, the consumer not
infrequontly must pay an awful price
IN sickness and in death for bar
gains prepared under such pitiless
and often pestilent conditions, Well
indeed has DIR. Solomon Soils Cohen
Observed that the poverty of Lazarus
makes itself felt In the house of
Dives yes, and his infection also.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

The department of agriculture at
Washington is sending Miss Laura E.
Biglow to Iowa to lecture on good
roads. She will tell farmers insti-
tutes and county normals OF the great
possibilities existing in Iowa for coun-
try Identification, and will emphasize
the relative Importance Of the better
ment of the rural highways and by
ways of the state. She should have
good audiences wherever she speaks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

More than 90 per cent OF Iowa's
farm products are kept within the
state. being fed on the farm. This Is
the way the Iowa farmer realizes the
most out Of his crops. He markets
his crops on the hoof, not only get
ting more money for them, but sus-
tanning more soil fertility on his farm
by keeping live stock Intelligent man
agement of this sort is what brings
prosperity to Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

amounts to os34 and on the other to
.0slS. a total II 1852. You allowed
me only II cents in discount The
ffty-two one-hundredths of a cent is
more than q half cent and under your
rule | have cent coming
WELL" remarked the somewhat
astonished merchant, Eve won't kick
over cent, but you see these were
purchases made on different days
Anything today, mum ~
mo, just thought it best to come
down town and make the correction
before lost the sale slips"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

A writer in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat explains that It Is not that
Tom Marshall talks more than other
vice presidents, but that he says
something worth quoting. which gets
him into the papers SO often. Toms
an original genius.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

money for good roads We are will.
ing that our sons and daughters shall
go to more progressive western states
or to the Canadian provinces rather
than establish enterprises that would
keep them at home, to the comfort
of the old folks and to the tremen.
dous advantage Of the state. We are
willing to spend our money for blue
sky in any old state rather than for
the blue-black soil of our own most
productive commonwealth. You have
noticed this, haven't you?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

The Knoxville Express is anything
but a standpat newspaper, but 1T is
standing pct on the idea of running
the public schools for the nineteen
that go into business and work, and
not for the one that goes to college.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

One OF the embarrassments incident
to running down the high tariff lobby
at Washington is the more or less i'm
portant fact that there doesn't seem
to be any high tariff lobby to run
down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

The makeup of the new public
buildings committee indicates to the
Sioux City Journal that Iowa republi-
can districts will have to sit on the
fence for a while and watch the
Democrats go by with new public
BUILDINGS under their arms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

II Uncle Sans new money laundry
treats the washing like some clothes
laundries, the Peoria Herald-Tran-
script anticipates that the man who
sends twentydollar bill for cleans
ing is liable to get back handful of
small change.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
Are AGAINST War.

NEW PORT, Wales, June G-The
members of The Federation of Trans
port Workers today adopted a resolu-
ton urging all members to refuse to
handle munitions OF war. They de.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

A Boston minister asserts that no
man has ever yet acquired an accu.
rate idea of hell We'd like to see
him try to make an Andersonville
prison pen survivor believe that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

Forty-two statesmen blooming in
Washington have put In forty-two
bills for forty-two patches for the
federal constitution. Fort--two sons
or semi-sons are dead sure they can
improve on the work of the fathers.
Sons are built that way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

themselves to do no work that would
further it.
Ben Tiliett, the labor leader, said
that all English patriotic societies are
r7T-r@d r. - -, Tl-cv,i rfr,-s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

Offciai life In Washington con-
tinues to be one investigation after
another The habit has become
chronic with the Democratic majority
there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

A headline writer on southern
paper is responsible for this: Born
Blind: Eyesight Restored" The hot
weather perhaps
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

Question of the hour propounded by
Abe Martin: Well. what are you go
ing to raise. chickens or flowers?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

'sCW SSTStoH.
Who saw him reel?
II" said Pfnchot,
He was fishing you know,
When | saw him reel"
Who noticed his breath?
~" declared Bacon,
When onions he'd taken,
| noticed his BREATH"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Wouldst thou thy Godlike power pre-
serve?
Be Godlike in the will to serve.
Z Glider.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06

TOO TRANQUIL FOR HIM.
Heaven, when he awakened there,
Was as the preachers sad 'twould
The weather was superbly fair.
The prospects all were fair to see;
The streets were paved with gold.
each gate
Was made of splendid, priceless
pearls;
And music, sans the syncopate,
Was lured from. harps by lovely
girls.
There was no bitterness, no strife,
No foolish pickering for gain;
No lazy man compelled his wife
To scold or YEARLY complain;
No puny children had to toll,
No foolish scribblers wasted ink;
There were no bars where men might
Their sleeves while lingering to
drink.
No gilded warriors strutted past,
No wrong of any kind appeared;
There was no clash Of class or caste,
There were no dangers to be feared: :
There were no rogues to steal or
chea.
No favors to be bought or sold.
And no one sweltered in the heat
And no one shivered in the cold.
He had been there a week, and all
Was lovely still and still serene;
There had not been single brawl,
No smoking chimney marred the
scene;
He yawned and, with languid air.
Said: Gee, I'll die here purity soon.
wish there was game somewhere
To go to see this afternoon
IS. E. Kiser In Record-Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
C. inton's Storage
A1inton's Transfer.

Merchandise, Machinery Furniture,
Etoves, Musical instruments, Pictures
and everything In the Storage Line.
large, clean, safe warehouses. Prices
reasonable, Including Insurance.
TRANSFER LINE IN CONNECTION.
Office 62s 6Iondeau. Both phones 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-06
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
JUMPS OVER A MAD BULL
Small Boy Plays LEAP Frog" With
Crazed Animal and Escapes
Without Injury.

Cincinnati, O.-Gerald Hopkins nine
gears old, the other afternoon per-
formed a feat that would mako the
torreadors of old Spain and Mexico
jealous. A wild bull which had brok.
en- loose from its stall in stable in
the neighborhood caused a reign of
terror in Mount Auburn, Avondale and
Walnut Hills. the fashionable suburbs
of Cincinnati. The Hopkins lad got
directly in the path of the maddened
animal. People held their breath and
watched the frightened youth. Taking
a quick step, the lad jumped clear
over the lowered head of the bull and
played leap frog" slipping over the
animals back and running into a
house before the bull could turn
around.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
LOON GRABS BOY IN FIGHT
Nearly Pulls Him Under the Water
but He Finally Gets the
Bird a Captive.

Elmer. n. IA big Icon caught aft
er an exciting fight in the water, is
the captive OF thirteen-year-old George
Cassidy of this place.
While out attending to his muskrat
traps the other day, the lad spied the
bird az the edge of a pond. AT the
approach of the boy the loon ran and
swan. and made futile attempts to
dive in the shallow water. Seeing a
chance to catch the big bird Cassidy
Jumped into the pond and, heading it
off from deep water managed to grasp
one of its wings.
The bird gave battle, attacking the
young trapper with it's long bill. Cas-
sidy's trousers were seized by the loon
and he was nearly plunged into the
deep part of the pond before he finally
subdued his prize and carried it off ia
show an admiring crowd of school
mates.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
Landed Inside the Mail Car.

Believe me, / am doing all l can TO
urge him to consider study more seri-
lousy"
Il know you are" sighed Myrtle, but
gratefully. Mother worries about
him continually. She hears a great
deal about his reckless ways. He does
not seem to appreciate that her life
hangs upon a very slender thread"
Believe me, Myrtle, l shall do all I
can to direct him Alright" said Walter
with deep feeling.
The theme was a grave one with
Walter. Wild, reckless Leslie Forbes
had no better friend than this sterling
young fellow student But for him no
would have been twice expelled from
college. Many night had Walter sat
up assisting his chum to prepare at
the last hour for critical examina-
ton.
Walter gave his friend a great talk
ing to after arriving at the college. He
worked double time posting him to
keep up with his classes. Leslie
seemed really on the mend. Then
was a riotous time and some broken
windows at the village tavern, ard Les
lie was in the black books of the pro-
fessors again.
One afternoon Walter started out
for a walk. 1t was not until he had
ended a good long sprint at little
railroad station that, placing his hand
in a pocket, he discovered some cards
that by mistake he had put on Les
lies coat
Walter sat down to rest on bench.
He heard the distant roar of coming
train just as the station agent came
rushing wildly out of the depot. He
was white as death.
Wire from Hamptonl" he gasped.
Bridge around the curve gone down
Semaphore won't work-must stop
the limitedi"
The man ran down the track in the
direction OF the semaphore three hun
dred yards distant. He stumbled,
started on again, and then sprang
aside, for the approaching train was
fairly upon him.
Walter took 1t all in at one swift
glance. Then he tore off his coat.
Near at hand was the mail crane.
A mighty resolve came into his
mind He ran up the steps, placed
one hand on the extended hook, and
posed, breathless.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
Showed Him Through the Door.

gin removing it and himself from that
vicinity on the high speed.
Another man came running from
across the street and the belligerent
Cooper tackled him, too. only TO find il
was an officer not in uniform, who
started after the fleeing robber. The
robber fired twice and so did the OFF,
Ger, and the man on the sidewalk got
himself together and also started to
leave. The officer, Chester Vassar
transferred his attention to the second
robber and captured him.
''And / guess that's all there is to
it, Cooper remarked later. He had
calmly returned to his store-at the
corner of Fourteenth and Summit
streets-and was looking after his GUS
toners, most of them attracted by the
racket. for there had been no one but
himself in the store when the invasion
occurred.
At the Southwest Boulevard police
station, the captured robber gave hif
name as James Quigley. He said he
was an eX-soldier and added he was
drawn into the affair innocently, as
the other man was the one with tho
revolver. Cooper says not.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
SOME REAL. ACTION
How a Young College Student
Saved the Lives of 500
People.
BY MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD.
RIDGE,


A night of sweet sounds, the beau
tifull villa of White Shadows a scene
of moonlight joyousness. A fair girl
with pride in her face, Lucia Page-a
conscious young man, her accepted
lover, the center OF an admiring throng
Harold Worthington.
Beyond the group, Leslie Forbes, his
sister Myrtle, and young Walter Dale
the brother a natural athlete in
build, the sister a charming model Of
girlish loneliness, her would-be lover
slightly reserved, but with fine intel
lectual and humane face.
WELL" observed Leslie in his Off
hand way, there's hero worship for
you!"
HIS companions did not venture any
suggestions. Walter was watching
Myrtle's face with attention. He was
a keen analyst. He loved Myrtle, and
he was a loyal friend of her brother.
Outside OF being the best student in
his class at college, however, he had
never made much noise in the world.
He knew that pretty Myrtle was
something of a dreamer. He wondered
now if she was comparing him with
the great, bluff Worthington, who was
receiving the adulation of the light
minded group OF loneliness about him
as if he was some valiant warrior.
big Injun hero, eh?" continued Les
lie. Saved a drowning man up at
the falls, didn't he? I heard that what
he really did was to toss the struggling
victim q plank. At all events, he
didn't get wet. Come on, Walter. It's
back to college for us tomorrow, you
know"
But Walter had no thought Of leav-
ing his lady love. He noted her watch
ing the distant group, and he fancied
he could read her thoughts.
81 do wish you could rouse up my
brother to" Myrtle paused. Walter
was sure she meant to say something
like that" meaning the heroic deed of
Worthington. But she added: ito
some real action"
II think | know what you mean,
Myrtle" said Walter in his usual di-
rect way. you believe that Leslie is
indolent. Yes, that is true, but a
more whole-souled friend never lived.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
Iron in plants.

Experiments are under way at the
agricultural meteorological station in
Vienna to increase the quantity of
iron carried in certain plants, with a
view to the effect on the human
system when those plants are used
as food. Artificially prepared foods
containing iron do not always produce
the desired effect, because the iron
is not completely assimilated. This
difficulty. it is thought, may be
avoided by causing plants to take up
an increased quantity of iron during
their natural growth. BY adding
hydrate of iron to the soil in which
it was growing, the experimenters
have succeeded in producing spinach
containing a percentage of iron seven
times as great as that found in ordi-
nary spinach. 1t is believed that the
process will prove successful with
other ferruginous plants.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-04-05
DOCTORS LIFE NOT ALL JOY
Certainly Some Drawbacks to the
Profession, If This Incident is
Correctly Reported.

This story is told by the wife OF a
physician living in small town in
central Kansas to illustrate some OF
the drawbacks to the medical profess
sion: I'VE were attending church,
something rather unusual for us, to-
gether with visiting cousin and the
baby, when a messenger from the tel
ephone office came in search of the
doctor. The minister paused. in his
sermon until they were safely out OF
the church Then the baby, who was
partial to his father, became so un-
ruly on being left in my charge, that
/, too, was compelled to leave the
service, causing a second pause in the
minister's discourse. Then it occurred
to the cousin that he had the key to
the Office and that the doctor could
not get his surgical case, so he, also,
left the church, requiring third in
terruption in the morning worship.
when we reached home the doctor
was swinging leisurely in the ham
mock
Didn't you have hurry call to an
accident case or something of that
sort? demanded the unsophisticated
cousin.
"Oh, no. replied the medical man.
Just my old Swedish friend in New
Cortland phoned to inquire If he could
have a '1eetle' sugar in his coffee. y"
Kansas City Star.