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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
lMcGrath Bros Drug
!. Company
Norner 9Th and Main Streets
DISSOLUTION OF coRpo RATION,

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting OF the stockholders OF the
heokuk Mercantile Association, held
"a december 13, 1912, at which meet
ing all OF the stockholders of said
corporation were present, the said
heokuk Mercantile Association was
dissolved by unanimous consent.
a. C. DUNCAN,
President Of said corporation.
Jan. 2. 1913.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

with the Dominion Iron and Steel cor
poration and the Steel Company of
Canada.
schwab said he had been approach
ed in regard to such consolidation,
but had not seriously considered the
proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Was to1 Years Old.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo, Jan. To- Miss
Mary Sherman, the worlds Oldest
Bachelor mald,' is dead today OF
pneumonia. She celebrated her 1o1st
birthday last Christmas day. She hau
worked every day in the past forty
years except the last two before her
death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

The regular s1.oo size of Kellogg's
Sanitone Waters are for sale In Keo-
kuk at Wilkinson & Co., 1872 Main ST.,
and McGrath Bros, 500 Main St.
No free boxes from druggists.-Ad.
vertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Early Next snrIna

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
BERLIN, Jan. 16.-St. Petersburg
dispatches connrmed the report cir
culated in Paris that the Russian I'M
perial family is awaiting an interest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FACTS
is Ice Bound at This Point But In
Rather shaky Condition ow-
ing to the
ThaW.
ROTTEN AND sPoNGY
Records Of the Closing and Opening
Of the River at keokuk the
Past Twenty-Two
Years.
ROTTEN AND sPoNGY

The Mississippi river recently clos
ed here, is in a shaky condition to-
DAY, owing to this continuous spell,
OF mild weather. There is regular
January thaw in this locality and the
ice Is becoming rotten and spongy
with the chances in favor of a break
ing up and another open river. If the
present temperature continues much
longer such an event Is inevitable and
that very soon.
Not much Ice has been harvested
here SO far. The c., B. & @. railroad
has taken big tonnage from the
canal above the second lock which
has been placed in its large new Ice
mouse recently built, near the river in
the lower part of tho city.
Aside from this the Ice harvest has
made no progress. One reason given
for this delay is that cars could not
be obtained to transport it.
Below is given table showing the
times of the opening and closing OF the
Mississippi river at Keokuk for the
y
When Opened and Closed.
1S9o-1891-River open all winter.
1S91-1892-Closed November 30 to
December 1, January 9, 1892, to Feb.
ruary 8, 1892.
1S92-1S93-Closed December "a,
opened March 8, 1893.
Observation-Disclosures 4 to is, 1893.
January % to March 2, 1894.
1Ss4-1s95-Closed December 30,
1894. opened February 81, 1895.
1S95-1S96-C Closed December 6. 1896
opened January Is, 1896.
1S96-1s97- Closed January 2S, 1897
opened February 8, 1897.
1S97-1S9S-Clo December 90, 1887
opened February 12, 1898.
1S9S-1S99-Closed December s, 1898
opened March 10, 1899.
1S99-1900-F closed January III,
1900, permanently open March II,
1900.
19oO-19o1- Closed February /, 1901.
opened March 2, 1901.
1901-1so2 Closed December II,
1901, opened March A, 1902.
1so2-19o3 River open all winter.
19o3-19o4 December IA,
1903, opened March 8, 1904.
1904-1905- Closed January IA, 1905,
opened March 2, 1905.
19o5-1906 River open all winter.
1eo6-19o7-Closed February 8, to
February II, 1907
1907-19Os River open all winter.
190S-1909--River closed January II,
1863, to January %, 1909
1909-1910- River closed December
26, 1909, opened March 3. 1910.
1910-1911-River closed December
"a, 1910, opened February /. 1911.
1911-1912-River closed January 6,
1912, opened March II, 1912.
1912 to 1s13-River closed January
8, 1913.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Directors Will Take up op-
tions on Property at Sew
enth and Blondeau
Streets.
FOUR STORY BUILDING
Tentative Plans Include Office
and Commercial Rooms and
a Large Audi
forum.

The Masonic directors have notified
the trustees of the old medical col
lege building at Seventh and Blon.
deau streets and the heirs of the Am
anda T.. Hughes estate, ownins the
rear OF the building that they will en-.
ercise their options and purchase the
property.
Work on the new Masonic temple
which will rise on this site will be
begun in the spring and will be dedi-
Gated in the fall. The building will
be four stories in height and the es-
timated cost is about 100000.
It has been known for some time
that the directors favored the site at
Seventh and Blondeau and the deci-
sion to take up the options comes az
ter great deliberation. Since the old
building at Fourth and Main burned
down a year ago the Masons have
been looking for a site on which to
erect more handsome and costlier
building.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Saws keokuk Is Homo.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 15.-AI-
fred v. Ruthven. OF Keokuk, Iowa.
said to be the inventor Of safety ap-
pliance for the prevention OF railway
accidents. was today convicted in the
United States district court of using
the mails to defraud. Judge Rufus
Foster sentenced Ruthven to three
years in the Atlanta penitentiary and
to pay 9 fine Of $1,000. Evidence
showed that Ruthven used the mails
for the promotion Of stock selling
scheme, his operations covering con-
siderable territory In the middle west
and south
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
An office Building.

The tentative plan and the one mcst
favored at present by the members Of
the Masonic lodges is that which pro-
yides for a four story building of
pressed brick and a basement under
the entire building. The floors will
be Of cement and the partitions will
be of hollow tile making the building
fire-proof.
The first story will be rented to
commercial firms, the second and
third floors for offices and the fourth
floor for the lodge rooms. 1t is pro,
posed to make a great auditorium out
of the basement which would seat
fully thousand persons.
The main entrance would be on
Blondeau street, on which the build
ing will have a one hundred foot
frontage The frontage on Seventh
street, including the eighteen foot
frontage of the Amanda T. Hughes es.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
'Berri Olive OIL
as a MEDIC N E.

Two tablespoonfuls Of BcrrI Oiivo
on contains as much nourishment as
a pound of meat or cup of butter,
because It Is wholly assilnilated with
out taxing the digestive organs. Berri
Olive Oil is highly beneficial In the fol.
lowing diseases:
Consumption, Rheumatism, consti-
patton, Gall Stones, Neuralgia, Dys.
pepsia, Stomach Trouble, Chronic
catarrh and all wasting diseases.
Berri Olive OIL increases the blood
cells in number, thereby directly en-.
rching the blood and increasing its
fermicidal power, yielding the most
gratifying results.
4 FULL PINT, SIC.
4 FULL QUART SIPS.
HALF GALLON CANS $500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

tate, is eighty-three and one third
feet.
Will Build for Tenants.

Will EuHo TOT endnt0.
Already the directors have received
inquiries concerning the rental of
Offices in the new building and several
commercial firms have inquired about
the rooms on the ground floor. 1t is
thought that there will be no trouble
in renting all of the Offices.
The leases on the offices will be
practically all closed by the time the
work on the building is started If the
present plans are carried out. Long
time leases will be given and the
Offices will be built practically ac-
cording to the wishes of the tenants.
The hollow tile partitions can be
easily removed after the building is
erected, however.
The lodge rooms for all five Of the
Masonic bodies will be on the fourth
floor and will be finished for beauty
and convenience, making one of the
most handsome Masonic halls in tho
state.
The Auditorium.
The proposed plan of large audi
torium in the basement of the build
ing will appeal strongly to all people
of the city and it would fill a long
felt want.
|. For. conventions and public meet
ings there is needed badly a large
auditorium in the city and it is the
opinion of many that it should be
made a good financial proposition in
such building as the Masons pro-
pose to erect. 1t is unfortunate that
If the auditorium is built. 1t will not
be completed in the middle of the
summer when a number of conyen-
tions will be here
Site Costs About $4,000.
The exact price of the two pieces
of property which compose the site
for the new building has not been
exactly determined, it is said, but it
will be in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
and there is estimated to be $4,000
salvage in the buildings.
The Masons received about $4,000
for their site where the new Iowa ho-
tel is rising and. it is understood,
have about $4,000 in the treasury.
All of the different lodges are in ex-
cellent condition and are enthusiastic
over the new temple.
The site is regarded as especially
| favorable, being away from the retail
district yet close to all the centers OF
the city and on a street which is
rapidly growing in favor.
| With the beautiful Elks building on
one corner of Blondeau and Sixth
streets and the new Masonic Temple
on the corner Of Seventh. Blondeau
street will take on new life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

The A. L. Ruthven mentioned
in the above dispatches. is not known
in Keckul1 by old residents. although
there was Ruthven family who re-
moved to the north part OF the state
after a short residence In this city
about six years ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
.CATARRH OF
THE PHARYNX'
Causes Splitting and Coughing.

Catarrh OF the pharynx is very
common among men or women who
are good livers. People who drink
some. Smoke much. Late suppers.
In the morning they hawk and spit
and gag. Bad taste in the mouth.
Sometimes it is noon before the phar-
ynx is In decent condition. Tongue
somewhat coated, voice husky, feeling
cross and grabbed and generally out
Of sorts. This is condition of the
pharynx closely resembling catarrn
and is generally the result OF habits,
although not always.
Hawking and Splitting Cured
Get a bottle of Peruna. The first
thing in the morning, before you get
your clothes on, take dose Of Pc
runa, tablespoonful, not more, not
any less. BY the time you are ready
for breakfast your stomach will be
ready also. The first dose may not
clear things up exactly. You may gag
and spit little, but keep right on ev-
cry morning, tablespoonful the first
thing. Also take tablespoonful be-
fore dinner and before supper.
Let me repeat You had better
cut out all those late suppers and
drinks. Cut out the smoking also. Bet
ter live as do, in which none OF
these things are used. Go to bed
early. Get up like do, early In the
morning, and take cold bath. Then
you will realize the Joy of living. But
T If you won't do this, take Peruna as
I have described, and you will count
yourself lucky man or woman that
you happened to read this article.
Pe-ru-na, Man-alin and La-cu-pia
manufactured by the Pe-ru-na Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio. Sold at all
drug stores. No. SO.
Ask your druggist for free Peruns
almanac for 1918.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Greatest Nerve
vitaliizer known.
a 5O-GENT COX FREE
A Recent Discovery Kellogg sanitons
Waters, the Most Effective Nerve
Strengthened for Men and Wo-
men Ever Found by Science,

This is the worlds newest. safest, most
reliable and effective nerve inyigorator,
reyitalizer, brain awakener, body strength
ener, without equal in the worlds history
of medicine. It brings about o change from
that awful dull. weak, lazy, don't-giye-a-
hang feeling to brightness, strength.
clear : headedness and courage which IL
remnrlSabIe.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03

~ ~ --kS.f0
l6. Insist that be DS.lzr blanks shall
all be filed, namely, kplain loss Of
time by any teacher, improvements
added during month";, Have floors Of
school rooms been kept clean2'', "oiled?'
Scrubbed?'', etc. The report should be
signed by the principal of the school and
by the local trustees, if there are any.
IL. In the space at the top of the re-
port headed "No. Days Taught" should
be placed the number of days that the
school has been kept open that month.
All of these facts should be brought
torcefulIy and pointedIy to the attention
of each teacher in the parish. II this is
done, it does seem to me that the teach
crs will be able to make out the reports
correctly.
Is. Your Annual Report to this De-
partment at the end of the year will be
based upon the teachers annual reports
to you. 1t is my purpose to call for no
information outside of these reports, I'M
less it is such that the records IN your
Office will enable you easily to give it.
Yours very truly,
t. H. HARRIS, State Sup't.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03

The bureau report on condition
of cotton, issued on Thursday, gives
the figures on cotton as 64.1 against
69.6 last year and ten years aver
age of 6S.6.
The census report on cotton ginned
issued the same day shows that
3, 237 1851 bales ginned to Sept. %,
which is the largest on record ex.
cept year before last when 1856, 594
bales were ginned to the same date
The census report for that part o.
Tensas parish north of the PLANK
road at St. Joseph, up to Septem
Der 25th, showed 157 bales ginned
We have not yet received repor
from the lower part of the parish
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
nEwrlITos N15Es

Mr.. Julius Morris was q welcome
visitor this week.
Mr.. J. r. NARROW was visitor
TO Natchez this week.
Mr.. Louis Sheyer, of New Orleans
is visiting Mr.. Solomon.
Messrs. L. G. Kell and H. C.
Lang went to st. Joseph this week.
Mr.. Gus Elgutter has gone to New
Orleans to attend Tulane University.
slMr. G. L. Clark was on the sick
list this week but has now recovered
Representatives of four rice mills,
one from Memphis and three from
New Orleans, were in town this week
Messrs. VIM. Young and Reeve Lewis
were visitors to town this week and
their many friends were delighted
to meet them after so long time.
Mr.. L. d. Jarvis has returned
from New Orleans. On his way from
there he went through Harriston.
Miss. and was an eye witness to the
shooting up of that town. Mr.. Jar
Wis met with some thrilling exper-
fences on that occasion and is TO be
congratulated on safely escaping
from the ordeal he went through.
A marriage of interest to our peo-
pie was that of Mr.. J M. Phillips
to Miss Jenette Hundley, which was
celebrated at tho brides home on
Sunday morning last, at 8 o'clock,
the Rev. w. S. Henry officiating.
The groom has for some time served
as station agent for the M, H. &
L. at Quimby, and is well known
to wide circle of friends. The bride
has served the same road in like
capacity at Newellton for some time
with utmost satisfaction to both
company and patrons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips will make their home at
Newellton, where they will continue
to serve the rail road as agent at
this place. They have the hearty
good wishes Of all our people for a
long and happy welded life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way TO cure deafness,
and that is only by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condi-
ton OF the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling sound Of imperfect
hearing, and when il is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the in
fiamation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases ont
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for particulars.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75cts.
Take Halls Family PilPs for constipa-
ton
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
MRS. lille ELDER HUGHES.

The following beautiful tribute 10
Mrs. Lille Elder Hughes, daughter
of Mr.. Henry G. Elder, is repro
duced from the New Orleans Morn
ing Star.
She stands before her Maker now,
while the mourners stand about her bier
with smothered sobs and anguished weep
ing.
Statuesque features and classic form
all lifeless now beneath the coffin lid.
But few months ago she was the en-
bodiment of beauty, life and radiant
happiness. Who could connect the
thought of death with her?
And why does she rest in her coffin
bed to-day? Three wee tots and one
new born baby are left motherless by her
going 81 expected this" she said when
death stood near; yet without one muir
muir of complaint, willingly she laid
her young life in its fullness on the altar
of motherhood.
Renouncing all the endearing joys of a
promising earthly future she brayely met
and lovingly bore all the burdens of wo-
manhood. In these days of limited fam
lilies, and no families, what lesson are
her courage and immolation to this I'M
Christian selfishnessl Her LIES offering
was not in vain; the little new born life
endures, with promise of developing into
sturdy manhood.
This young mother could easily have
been a society idol. On the contrary
social functions saw her but seldom By
no means a recluse, however, she in
dulged in wholesome diversion a plenty.
To keep busy all day at motherly and
wifely tasks for the comfort of her hus-
band and children-this was pleasure
enough for her. She was content, wisely
so indeed, to love and be devotedly loved
by all dear ones.
Her husband cherisKes her memory
not with love alone, but with reverence.
Her father, with acing heart, bends over
her shrowded loneliness as over a crushed
and broken flower. All her bereaved ones,
stricken but not rebellious, will as the
years go by, learn to dwell less upon
the pain and pathos of her sacrafice and
more upon its consoling eloquence and
its power of inspiration. I.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
uTusDly ths lin Dan Of OeTuBtR A. o. 1918.

offer for sale at the Court House door of the
Town of st. Joseph, in this parish, between
the hours of IL O'Clock a. m. and O'CLOCK
D. m. the following described property, sit-
uated ia the Parish of Tensas, State OF LOUIS
lana, and seized in the above styled AMI
numbered suit. to-wit;
ten acre lot OF land. portion OF the wood
land of Pamela plantation South OF The plahf
road, and lying between the tot sold by >.
M, Gillespie to the Tensas Compress Com
pany, and now occupied by them, ana the
right Of way of the Memphis, Helena Louis
lana Railroad Company beginning at point
IA said point being at the Intersection OF
the right Of way of the Memphis, Helena e
Louisiana Railroad Company with the south
ern margin OF the ditch on the South side OF
the plank road. then from said point AZ 81
degrees East six hundred and elghty-tw"
feet TO a point 3D. being the Northwesi
corner OF the Tensas Cotton Compress Co.
lot, thence South ~ 80 degrees West six hun
dred and fifty EIGHT and Cloth feet 70 point
SC, thence south 20 rs degrees, eight hun
dred and thirty feet to ''B, - said point = b
being at the Eastern boundary ilhe OF saIu
a Louisiana Rail Road Company, thence
on East boundary line OF SAID right OF
way North forty-two degrees East nVe
hua ri and twenty-nine and 6-loth Ieet 20
"a - toe point of beginning, said lot con-
laIp o ten t1O) acres of land according TO
mao of said lot made by John Johnson. Par
a. ,.urveyor, on December 5rd, iSOzl at
r.. cd 10 a deed from John NJ. Gillespie "a
3 4 Tensas Cotton Oil Mfg Co, recorded
IN Notarial Record co. page 4Os ct seq, u
which reference Is here made; together VIII
all the buildings and Improvements tner S nii
and all immovables by destination, ana all
machinery appliances, presses. engines
boilers, gins aud all other machinery ano
Appliances on or about the real estate hereln
above described.
Terms of Sale: Cash, with benefit OF APP
prs'see' JOHN HUGHES, sheriff.
81. Joseph, La, September 5th, 1913.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
Thirty Years Ago.

We reproduce from the Shreveport
Times, under the heading of Thirty
Years Ago in Shreveport" the following:
Married at Niles, Mich, Saturday Sep
TENDER Is, 1888, Mr.. Chss. w. Van Hoose
of this city to Miss Jane S. Bacon OF Niles,
Mich. This is stolen march, but we con-
graduate our friend Charles all the same
and wish him all the happiness that mar
ried life can bring.
The extract refers to Mr.. and Mrs. C.
W. Van Hoose, now among the mos
popular residents Of st. Joseph, to whom
the Gazette renews the congratulation
extended by the Times, thirty year
ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03

Mr.. ]. L. Pargaurd, U. s. Corps
Engineers, is in town this week
Mrs. NJ. F. Gibson, of Dickard,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. w,
R. Baker.
Mrs. w. @. Ratcliff, of Clinton,
La, spent the past week with rela.
tives at st. Joseph.
Mr.. ]. Luther Ellis, of Memphis,
was the weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. Steen.
Mrs. A. P. Stewart and children,
of Natchez, have. been guests the
past two weeks of Mr.. and Mrs. G
w. Lindsay, at "Sunnyside"
Miss Nell LaCour is the weekend
guest of her sister, Mrs. Thos. M
Wade, Jr. Her friends are glad tc
know that she has fully recovered
from her recent indisposition.
Among the out-of-town people
who came to attend the Walker.
O'Kelley wedding were: Mr.. B. p
Ford, of Mammoth Springs, Ark
and Miss Lura Heath, of Chatta'
nooga, Miss Irma Bower, of Nat
chez, and Mr.. Whitehurst, OF LIE
land, Miss.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-03
OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS.
Very important Read Carefully.
CIRCULAR No. IA.

CIRCULAR No. ii.
STATE OF LOUISIANA Baton Rouge,
Dept. of Education ! Sept. p, 1913.
Dear superintendent am sending
you by prepaid express a supply OF the
monthly report blanks which will be
used this session.
The object of this letter is to suggest
that you explain very carefully and fully
to your teachers how these blanks shall
be filed. Unless this is done, many err
rors will be made.
As you will observe, each report pad
covers session of nine months, with
sheets at the back of the pad for the ses-
sion's report.
The following points should be brought
to the attention of each of your teachers,
and other suggestions will probably oc-
cur to you.
i Only one pad goes to each school.
The principal of the school makes out
the report covering all of the grades of
the school. The assistants will give the
necessary data to the principal, who will
combine this with the information cover
ing his own classes and then make out
the report for the entire school.
3 There il a carbon sheet i'm the hack