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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

pose OF their Kahoka residence prop
erty.
Pearl Guy Sanders died at the home
OF his parents near Kahoka Saturday
evening. aged 81 years and months.
Funeral services were conducted from
the Christian church in Kahoka Mon
day afternoon at 2:3o, conducted by
Rev. Harris. Interment in Kahoka
cemetery. Death was caused from
pneumonia following an attack of the
measles. Other members of the fam.
lily are seriously iil
Ray SAMSON has accepted a posi-
ton in the hardware store OF ]. N.
Schnebly.
AT a meeting of the District Chris
/ tian Endeayor held in Hannibal last
week. Gene Dixon Of Kahoka was
elected president of the society tor
this district
s Mrs. j. r. Hume and Mrs. E. O.
Ferguson are in Chicago in the inter.
1 est of the ]. Trump & Son store.
Paul s. Thome. formerly OF near
Revere, died at Salt Lake City. Utah
Monday. The body will be brought
to Revere for interment.
i The body OF Peter Bender who died
Saturday evening in Keokuk hos
pital, was brought TO Kahoka Monda,
morning and funeral services were
4 conducted from the German church
By Rev. Bechtold. Interment In Hone,
i Creek church cemetery.
/ The Kahoka hand will give anothe
concert at the opera house the even
: ing Of March Ath Give the boys
; crowded house.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Cline have pur
1 chased the VIM. Casey farm north
i east Of Kahoka-
/ Bert Butler has traded his stock o
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26
HENRY cLEWs AND BUSINESS.

NEW YORK, Feb. %, 1913-We
have had another week of hesitation.
Nothing transpired OF an encouraging
nature. On the contrary, current
news generally was of an unsatisfac-
tory, though not necessarily disturb
ing character The Mexican difficult
les, although at no time seriously
threatening the United States, ineyi-
tably induced more or less hesitancy.
The threatened railroad strike also
had an unfavorable influence, and
while this has been happily averted,
tie fact that il Is at the expense CT
i,he railroads was not cheering news
/ in investment circles. IT is quite
probable that concessions will be
made from other branches OF labor in
THE railroad industry. The illness OF
Mr.. Morgan, II by no means as serious
as al first reported, naturally had ar
Iunsettling effect Mr.. Morgan's at
fairs are beyond doubt in excellent
shape. and should sudden death hap
pen TO him their control win be il
the hands OF exceptionally able men
SC no serious consequences SHOULD
follow.
4 These three factors, however
should be regarded as temporary O.
superficial influences. Back of then
stand considerations OF more per
manent and wide-reaching effect. Fa
beyond Wall street and Throughout
the business community of the whcl'
nited States there is much concern
. over the incoming administration
There is no little anxiety concerninl
beth the policy and the personnel .
| Mr.. Wilson's cabinet Mr.. Wilson
theories are generally understood
J They contain much that is admiral.
j and necessary to the restoration {
3 POLITICAL and industrial peace in tn
!. United States II is one thing, how
: loaer. to diagnose case prope'i
: and quite another TO apply effecttv
S and judicious remedies. Mr.. Wilso
! lntpst recognize that he is now TO DEF
y th conditions and facts-not theo
Il les. He has had no practical exper
8 encc in national affairs. though 1t
70 his credit that he has made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26
SUNRISE IN VENICE.

SUNRISE IN VENICE.
Night seems troubled and scarce
asleep,
Her brows are gathered in broken
rest;
Sullen old lion OF dark ST, Mark,
And star in the east starts up from
the deep:
White as my lilies that grow in the
west.
Hist. men are passing hurriedly.
see the yellow wide wing of bark
Sail silently over my morning star,
| see men move in the moving dark,
Tall and silent as columns are.
Great sinewy men that are good to
see,
With hair pushed back and with open
breasts;
Barefooted fishermen seeking their
Brown as walnuts and hairy as
goats
Brave old water-dogs, wed to the sea,
First to their iabors and last to their
rests.
Ships are moving! / hear horn;
A silver trumpet it sounds to me.
Deep-voiced and musical, for a-sea,
Answers back. and again 1t calls.
IT is the sentinel boats that watch
the town
All night. as mounting her watery
walls,
And watching for pirate or smuggler
Down
over the sea. and reaching away,
And against the east, soft iigh
Silvery soft as the mist of morn,
And / cater breath like the breat
of day.
The east is blossoming. Yea, a ross
Vast as the heavens, soft as kiss,
Sweet as the presence of woman Il
Rises and reaches and widens an
grows
Right out OF the sea, as blossomin
tree;
Richer and richer. so higher an
higher,
Deeper and deeper it takes its hue,
Brighter and brighter 1t reachs
through
The space of heaven and the place
stars.
Till all is as rich as a rose can be.
And my rose-leaves fall into billoS
of fire.
Then beams reach upward as arr
from sea;
Then lances and arrows are aimed
me-
Then lances and spangles and spa
and bars
Are broken and shivered and stro'
on the sea:
And around and about me tower a
splre
Start from the pillows like tongues
fire.
JOAQUIN MILLER
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

A petition for signatures circulated
at a meeting OF the New York City
Federations of Woman's Clubs. was
worded as follows "A woman high
school teacher has applied for leave
OF absence for one year, without pay.
for the purpose of bearing and nurs-
ing child. Her request is earnestly
supported by her principal, but has
been refused by the Board of Educa.
ton. and charges of neglect OF duty
viii be brought against her. Will you
please endorse protest against this
action ?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

j. H squires. one Of California's
pioneer prospectors and train robbers,
crossed the divide at the age of SO.
Back in 70. when prospecting was
dull. he took part with band OF ad-
venturers In the first train robbery
in the state. Enforced retirement for
eleven years at the states expense
cured the fever and sent him to the
hills
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26
kAHoKA, MO.
. . = . = = = = = = : . .

The revival meeting at the il. E.
church closed Sunday night
w c. Slaughter OF Kahoka has
traded his $50 acre farm in Pike coun-
ty, Mo, for $40 acres in Texas He
sold a half interest in the Texas land
tc his son-in-law. James Shackelford
who will move onto the Texas ranch
in April Mr.. Slaughter and wife will
join them 80 soon as tfev can dis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

Il am a woman first. suffragist
after was the explanation Miss Hat
tie Greenefelder of St. Louis gave in
answer to the charge of deserving the
cause and getting married.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26
bur LArremore had Helen AIDE wiz
raised to $40, 1000. ~

bur Larremore had Helen AIDE WA
raised to $4,000. ~
After Dinner.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-After AHA. !,
ing a dinner given in his hono, NV I
Martin Fay, whose life he had savs.
DR.. Arthur Calman returned HIM.
and was stricken with pneumos,.
from which he may die. y
Chinese Aerial Navy.
PARIS, Feb. 26.-The China rarn,
lie has ordered IL biplanes ~.
France as the nucleus for an aa,,,,
navy that eve itually will commits
$1,000 craft.
Good Advice.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.---T. Edv.,,
! vickers, swltchman, was adv,.ss
by Judge Lands to quit parting Il
name in the middle"
/ Ancient Concrete.
| CHICAGO, Feb. 26.--The anc,e,,
Romans who built the Pantheon ussd
reinforced concrete. according h r
!, s. Hall of the Chicago Architects
Association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

A California genius has patented a
hair restorative, consisting of extract
OF pork and beans. The extract is
for external and the residue for in.
terna1 use. Both work together
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

Forty-sax yords extracted from viii
liam Rockefeller by the Pujo commit
tee. cost Uncle Sam 1886 word in
doctors fees alone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26
TELEGRAPH TABLOIDS

"
limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK Feb. 26.-Asked II he
was married again. Oscar Hammer
stein replied: Il vas married In st.
Paul's synagogue by the Rev. DR..
Bigamy and a chorus OF 45, delicately
synonymous with my age
Merely Drunk.
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 26.-Pro-
nounced dead, Cecil Williams sudden
~ awoke when an undertaken started
to embalm. him, knocked the under
taker down and ran three miles.
Later he took the pledge.
The Wolf at the Door.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26. Claiming
that $4,000 a year was ~too small an
income for a girl OF Il" Referee vii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-26

The barking of bulldog in Des
Moines awakened sleeping family in
time to escape from burning house.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05

that have no end, continually buffeted
gotten. A brace of wild ducks, per-
chance, may be secured for the feast,
and the cook will surely provide lib
eral dish of the much appreciated
plum duff'-a preparation Of pastry
shaped like half a watermelon, which,
in order that all the raisins 1t contains
may not fall into one slice, requires,
under the rules, to be cut "fore and
aft"
In that far flung archipelago known
as the Aleutfan chain. which, reckoned
geographically as part of Alaska,
stretches across the northern Pacific,
Russian customs are still retained to a
great extent, though the islands belong
to the United States
But, speaking of Alaska, 1t is fact
curious enough that Santa Claus In
real life is seen there at Christmastide
as nowhere else in the world. with his
reindeer. The superintendents Of the
reindeer stations, established by the
government for the benefit of the
natives. harness the tamest of their
animals and hitching them to sleigh
filled with bags containing provisions,
tobacco and other desirable things,
drive through the Eskimo villages and
leave at each humble hut one of the
sacks as q reminder that the Christ
Child, about whom these poor people
have learned from the missionaries, Is
born.-Los Angeles Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Many articles of merchandise are
absolutely prohibited transmission in
the mails, therefore inquire before
mailing. Now that the holidays are
here the mails are flooded with Christ
mas presents, going to and coming
from all parts of the world.
The average person knows little
about the postal laws and regulations
of this country and consequently Is
apt to make a mistake. Do You know
that you cannot mail tobacco In any
form to a friend in France or that
you cannot mail patent medicine to a
friend in Hungary, IL you have one
there? The postal laws of this coun-
try prohibit the mailing to any foreign
country of matter liable to decomposi-
ton, such as confectionery or confec-
tons. Did you know that, with few
exceptions, you cannot mail to foreign
countries Canada excepteD any pack
ct or letter containing gold or silver
substances, jewelry or precious ard-
cles? 1t is true. Nor can you send
any packet or letter containing articles
liable to customs duty in the countries
addressed. That does not apply to
Canada or Mexico or to articles for
warded by parcel post. The postal
laws prohibit the putting of intoXcat-
ing liquors (ardent vinous, spirituous
or malt in the mails. If you try to
send to friend in some distant city a
small flask of fine whisky its destina-
ton will be Washington-the dead let
ter office.
One would be surprised at the ire
mehdous number of violations of the
postal laws and regulations because
of the ignorance of the average person
using the mails. Nearly every pack
age that goes through the Spails Mt
this time of the year is opened by the
postoffice department. Some persons
are accustomed to sending a package
purporting to contain nothing but pho.
tographs through the mails. When
those packages have been opened In
the postoffices some of them have been
found to contain writing. handker-
chiefs or jewelry, which is violation
of the postal laws and subject to fine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
Good Old Santa Goes
To Many Odd Places

" OOD old Santa Claus looks in
upon pretty nearly everybody
at Christmas time and the fes-
tival of which he Is patron Is
celebrated in some very odd ways and
out of the way places in our country.
At Ellis island in the harbor of New
York. on Christmas day several hun
drcd children. with their parents,
usually await debarkation on the
shores of America. There is null
titude of German "kinder," of Italian
"bamblnos" and of youngsters of
every nationality, as much interested,
all of them. in Christmas doings as
any Yankee young folks could possibly
be. 1t is indeed an occasion of great
excitement for them, inasmuch as the
missionary societies have provided for
these humble aliens a wealth of good
cheer. and, with the help of donations
made for the purpose, the day is rem
dered joyful for all, both young and
old. toys being plentifully distributed
among the little ones.
The loneliest places in the world are
some OF the lighthouses which our
government maintains along the coast
for the protection of mariners. Yet
Santa Claus finds his way to them,
Rnd in his honor feast, even though
1t be humble one, is held. 1t may
be that the barren rock which the
lighthouse marks affords room enough
for the keeping of dozen chickens,
the fattest of which are suitably sacri-
feed
But even this is not practicable in
such spot as Boon island. off the
coast of Maine. a dangerous bit of
terra firma which is continually swept
by the waves. Only few years ago.
so the story goes. little girl four
years of age. daughter of the keeper
of Boon light, was so distressed be-
cause her father had been prevented
by continual storm from going to the
mainland for the customary Christmas
goose that she stole out of the light
house at night and knelt in sheltered
spot to pray.
Dear God" she said, please send
us goose for our Christmas dinner"
Hcrdly had she spoken the words
when a great wild goose flew (as some
times happens in such places against
the big lantern above and fell dead at
her feet, to be promptly carried in and
presented to the family as bird lit
orally sent from heaven.
Uncle Sam maintains about fifty
lightships along the seacoasts and on
the lakes TO mark dangerous shoals
Lonely indeed are the shippers and
crews of these vessels, which. like the
tabled phantom ship. pursue voyages
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
PATH0S and JOY AT
CHRISTMAS time IN
SOLDIERS HOMES


- HRISTMAS is as pathetic as 1t
is joyous to many of the old
~ Confederate veterans who, by
fate and circumstances, are
forced to depend entirely upon the gen
erosity of their comrades and their
friends who have prospered since the
war. There are no pensions for these
old soldiers except the meager sums
they get from the various states. Some
of the veterans are dependent on these
insignificant funds to keep them out of
the poorhouse.
The fiftieth anniversary of the battle
of Gettysburg was celebrated last
July. The twenty-year-old boy of this
battle is now a gray haired veteran of
seventy. The old soldiers are crossing
the great divide by the score. and be-
fore many years have passed there will
be few left.
About twenty years ago 1t was dis
covered that many of the bravest SOL
diers of the war were drifting to the
poorhouses because there was nowhere
else for them to go and because their
wounds kept them from work. Many
had no relatives, and the relatives or
others were too poor to support the
old soldiers. In many cases the veter-
ans declined to accept aims. The
movement to take care OF these men
resulted in Confederate homes in all or
the southern states. and descendants OF
the men who wore the gray now spend
about S2.o0o.00o annually in pensions
81, nrt Of rinuc hnnnnC
Christmas is happy reality in these
institutions Although, owing to the
slender incomes. the homes have to
run on the most modest basis, there
is no skimping at Christmas time. From
the neighborhood around cope tur-
keys and chickens and pies and biscuits
and fruit and cakes and tobacco in
plenty-everything except wines and
liquors. for the rules against alcohol
in these institutions are particularly
strict. And on Christmas day the re!a-
tives and friends and acquaintances
crowd to the homes with all sorts of
presents and with good wishes for the
old fellows, who recall their fight for
the lost cause with pride in what they
did and with satisfaction for the pres
ervation of the Union.
You will hear some one say: "That
old fellow over there. with one eye
and one leg. was the most brilliant
young man in our town. He belonged
to the richest family in the county.
But the war took the wealth, and he
lost the eye and the leg in the VIII
derness, and bullet in his head ruin
ed his mind for life. All his bsople
are dead, and only the few of us who
were with him know what brave
man he was. l left my family today
to come out here and bring q box of
cigars and talk little over old times
to let him know that he is not entire
ly forgotten"
The best thing about 1t is that the
old fellows are always disposed to do
full justice to the offerings of the day.
and to look their best in their gray uni
forms, and to tell their choicest stories,
and to eat the most.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE.
Little Ones Over There Use Shoes In
stead of Stockings.

Little Ones Over There Use Shoes In
stead of Stockings.
French children instead Of hanging
up their stockings Christmas eve place
their shoes before the chimney. In
the morning small children will find
toys for their rejoicing but child
who has arrived at the use of reason
is more likely to receive a gift of a
sum of money and book. French
gift books for children, as much as any
other one thing know, mark the vast
difference between American and
French civilization.
These books, as to contents. resem-
BILE those terribly good books that ages
ago in the United States formed the
substance of Sunday school libraries.
They are. If not sermons for-the young,
then tales of children so impossibly
virtuous as to be more insufferable
than the longest, driest sermon. In
appearance these books exhibit uni.
formity as tiresome as their contents
They are almost invariably bound in
bright red cloth, decorated with ara
besque designs in vivid gold, and in
size they vary from that of a gospel
hymn book to something pretty nearly
as large as the family Bible. The size
of the book is regulated according to
the merit of the child receiving 1t and
also according to the heart of the do.
nor.-Harper's Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
LITTLE WAITS ENJOY
THE YULETIDE SEASON

To thousands of children in our great
cities are denied the joys attending the
Christmas festivities that those who
have pleasant homes and parents in
comfortable circumstances enjoy. But
because the home surroundings are
lacking one must not jump to the con-
clusion that the children OF the unfor-
tunates and the waits who are parent
less or have been driven from home by
drunken and inhuman parents do not
have their Santa Claus and the other
pleasures that make Christmas the Joy
and delight of childhood the world
over.
II one were inclined to believe that
Christmas outside the home circle is
devoid of all that brings pleasure and
happiness to the child he should visit
one of the great institutions where the
children of the poor and homeless are
provided with the comforts of life by
the city and the contributions of the
charitable.
In these homes are housed hundreds
and hundreds of children, few of them
over ten years of age. Here one Will
see during the Christmas gayeties a
scene of happiness that will make him
wish himself child once again and
enter into the spirit of the occasion
with the same joyousness and enthu-
siasm as do those he is watching. 1t
is possible that he might even realize
that the presence of so many children
enjoying Christmas together under one
roof is a thousand times to be pre-
ferred to the sight of one lonely child
of the rich playing alone with its toys
with no one but the nurse to look on.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
FORTUNES FOR TOYS.

The children of the United
States each year consume toys
that cost at retail $45,000,0OO.
or this sum the imported goods
represent $15. 100000 and the do
nestle product $30.000,0OO.
The little ones of New York
) city get more than their proper
donate share of this enormous
) expenditure, for there is spent
for them annually $3,O00,000.
One-third of this is for import
ed playthings and two-thirds for
; the home product
There is marked tendency to-
) ward mechanical toys, and more
that is new and interesting is
found In this direction than I'm
any other.
Within the ranks of these me-
chanical playthings is observa-
BILE great increase In iron toys.
all of which are made In this
country and fitted for hard use
in the hands of destructive chill
dren.
IAn>n.A.AAAAAAAAA,ta.AAA.A.Nne,Adas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
"a Merry Christmas"

"a merry Christmas" Is the wish I send
thee from my heart.
life all full of love. in which no sorrow
finds part,
Or. II some pain fall to thy lot. love
guarded though 1t be.
May he who came at this glad time then
make 1t bless'd to thee.
Sound over all waters reach out from all
lands,
The chorus of voices. the clasping Of
hands;
Sing hymns that were sung by the stars
OF the morn;
sing songs OF the angels when Jesus was
rwNslS,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
Statiatica.

Madge-Were you pleased with your
Christmas presents?
Marjorie-Perfectly. I received sev.
enteen and I'm going to have only fif.
teen exchanged,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
Tho Joys of Christmas.

Be merry all. be merry all;
With holly dress the festive hall;
Prepare the song. the feast. the ball.
To welcome merry Christmas.
w. r, Spencer,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-05
RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS.
Salmon saIad.-Garnish salm-

Salmon Salad.-Garnish salm-
on with cueumbers, tomatoes
and lettuce. Sprinkle with salt,
pepper and paprika. Add a few
drops of chilli vinegar and slices
of hard boiled egg. Cover with
this sauce: Yolks of three eggs,
Juice of a lemon, salt and red
pepper, a pinch Of grated nut
meg, three tablespoonfuls OF
butter and half cupful of wa.
ter. Stir over tho fire until
thick.
Montreaux Sandwiches.-Boil
four eggs for a quarter of an
hour, then pound them with
two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one tablespoonful of finely chop
ped parsley and sufficient an
chovy essence to make all good
pink color. When we'll pounded
add a little paprika and spread
the mixture on slices of butter
ed bread. Serve sarnished with
parsley.
Fig Mineemeat Pies.-Weish
half a pound of flour, sift il, rub
in three tabIespoonfuls of but
ter or lard, add one teasPoonful
of baking powder and pinch of
salt, then gradually add just
enough cold water to form a
stiff paste. Roll out once. Limo
small molds with the pastry and
fill with mincemeat, adding a
few chopped figs. Bake in hot
oven for fifteen minutes.