davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

getting more people into the country
don't realize what they are trying to
do. To increase rural population with
more land or more tools is one thing.
But to increase the supply of labor
without increasing these other factors
is to invite poverty. The law OF
variable proportions cant be lodged
Reformers are restless under econ
omic laws and say that they were in
vented to block progress, but no
real progress will come without obey
ing Them
Iowas wonderful prosperity, DR..
Carver attributes to the fact that
Iowa is saving itself from the dis
grace of an unbalanced situation.
Here in Iowa the different physical
factors are exceptionally we'll pro
portioned land, population, capital,
etc. when you get the false idea Z
he declared, that you must have ten
people where you have one now and
those merely working for you as hired
laborers, then you will invite the end
of your present fortunate situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
MAKING BREAD.

About fifty per cent of the bread
used in the United States is made in
the home It is rather important then
that the American housekeeper obtain
all the knowledge possible of various
kinds about this most important arti'
Gle of daily food.
A bulletin by Professor Isabel
Beyier, head of the Department OF
Household Science OF the University
of Illinois, deals with two of the in,
Vulnerable types Of bread to be found:
First, that made from the -four OBJ
tanned from spring wheat, and. SEQ
ond, that made from the -four obtain
ed from winter wheat. The bulletin
contains the results of a series of ex.
periments carried on by several mem
bers of the faculty and students at
different times. Among the subjects
discussed are: The characteristics OF
good bread. changes produced In
making bread, essential and non-es,
sential factors, material of pans, time
OF fermentation, bulk Of dough, pro
cesses, and score cards.
The summary is interesting, but to
be fully appreciated the entire bulle.
tin should be read and the illustra
! tons examined. The last point made
shows that definite information has
been brought out:
'sThe process for winter wheat flour
differs from the process for sprins
wheat flour in that winter wheat re
quires more liquid, Stacker dough
lis much better with three risings than
with two. and should be allowed to
finish proving in the oven"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
IoWA,s PROSPERITY.

Speaking to the rural life confer
ence at Iowa state college, DIR. T. N.
Carver of Harvard University put him
self on record as high power
booster" for Iowa and as a loyal son
of the state.
There is no other population Of
similar numbers anywhere occupying
similar area he said in one of his
lectures on rural economics, "where
economic and social conditions are
as good as they are in Iowa. That
was only one good thing he said of
the state and its people. At another
time he declared that the loss of non.
ulation In Iowa as shown by the last
census was not to be depIored at all
but that 1t meant larger prosperity
and happiness for the people of the
state.
DR.. Carver said these striking
things in an address in which he
emphasized that agricultural progress
and prosperity must come in accord
ance with economic laws, among them
the great law of variable proportions
which has to do with the proper bal.
ancing OF the physical factors. For
agricultural prosperity, he declared,
II is especially important that there
be proper balance or proportion of
land, labor and capital He express
ed little patience with those who are
crying for a back to the country
movement. They are misguided In
dividuals, he said, who are striving
to increase the supply OF labor on the
farms without taking account Of the
law of proportion which demands a
proper balancing of factors.
More labor on the FARMS he de.
clared, "and no more land and NO
more capital means poverty and
rnthing else. Those who talk about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
a TALE OF THRIFT.

The New York Evening Post tells
the story of a family servant who
came from Germany twenty-sevsn
years ago. has lived with one Balti-
more family ever since, and now re-
turns to Germany with the tidy sum
of 100000, accumulated by steady
saving. The Post observes that there
is nothing in the least marvellous
about the tale. There are thousands
Of servants who, without sacrificing
the requirements of comfort or self
respect, and without failing to live
up to very good standard of appear
ance as to clothing. could put by a
hundred dollars a year out of their
wages. There are many whose pay
would admit the saving of 5000 a
year, with the same condition salts
fed. And 5000 a year regularly in.
vested at 2 per cent, amounts in
twenty-seven years to just about S10,.
600 Furthermore $4,000 at the age
Of fifty means, for single person,
independence for the rest of her
SolilOl aDI0 anu SuIc III.
come for life without further labor;
for 1t means an annuity of about $3.50
a year in perfectly safe insurance
company.
There are many who might do
worse than ponder the lesson of tho
German servants achievement The
Post says by way OF comment on her
case:
mo universal rule can be laid
down to govern ones habits OF expen-
diture. To be misery throughout
ones younger years, In order to be
idle or luxurious as an old man,
would be poor management of the
opportunities of life. Good sense and
right feeling must be the final Judge.
and no arbitrary maxim can serve as
their guide. But certain 1t is that,
particularly in this country, there are
myriads of persons who waste in
ways that are unproductive of any
real enjoyment resources which, If
reasonably husbanded. would result
in the most solid satisfactions Of later
life. physical and spiritual. And in
part this Is due to mere want of reali-
zation of the simple arithmetical ele-
ments of the case Upon some it Is
difficult to impress the Importance
even Of Mr. Micawber's sage deliver
ance as to the sixpence deficit or the
sixpence surplus making the differ
ence between misery and happiness;
the great majority are above this line.
indeed, but do not get so far as to
realize. in youth. how great bless
ing they could Law up for their later
life by the exercise OF even a very
small amount OF thrift provided 1t
was systematic and persistent Con
spicuous and general posting of
table showing what dollar a week.
or five dollars week. at per cent
or per cent compound interest.
NJ r,--,ss- q, .tt-t.. o-,I en-+,,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
SOLVING THE "TIp. PROBLEM.

In the current issue of "The Sample
Case" monthly publication in the In
terests of commercial travellers, there
Is resumption of the plea for united
action against tipping The subject is
endowed with seeming difficulty far
beyond the facts. A local traveller has
recently returned from trip to the Pa
cific coast by way of St. Paul, Helena.
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Ell Paso, Houston, New Or
leans and st. Louis, covering with
side trips six thousand miles, without
a tip and without the slightest incon-
venience thereby.
His policy is to pay for any service
he requests and which is outside of
the regular duties of an employee, but
never for service volunteered for the
express purpose of tip. He consid.
ers that his hotel rate includes the
services of the hotel staff from the
bell boy and porter to the cashier and
tina this Pullman car ticket entities
him to the services of the man who
makes up the berths and supplies in
formation on request
He finds the dining car prices suffi-
GENTLY high to include the bringing to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

him of glass OF water and the meal
he orders without the necessity for !
voluntary gift to the man who serves
him..
A very loud Thank you" from the
waiter when he finds nothing for his
only ordinary service in the con
veniently arranged small change on
his salver. has no effect upon this
traveller. A word to conductor or 9th.
er manager quickly brings a recalci-
trant employee into line, but this need
seldom be resorted to.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
AID 70 AGRICULTURE.

Senator Fletcher, chairman Of the
American commission on agricultural
cooperation, would establish chambers
OF agriculture in every farming conn-
try in the United States, so far as
practicable. He would have them or
ganized along the lines followed by
urban chambers OF commerce and
boards of trade. Such rural cham
bers were authorized by law in Prus-
STA 90 years ago They have the care
of all matters pertaining to farming
and forestry, with particular regard
to cooperative effort among the farm
ers. 1t is believed that the idea
brought to the United States might
bring similar advantages. The plan
ming and direction of farming opera
tions would be a task demanding
the best effort of skilled men repre-
sentative of the most intelligent rural
opinion.
Through cooperation, the Florida
senator sees a promise of better
things for farmers and ali whose well
fare depends In any degree upon
farmers. He believes that coopera-
tion should not be monopolized by
man. but should be adapted to the
particular realms of woman. When
the farmer takes his milk to the Co
operative dairy why should he not at
the same time take the weeks wash
ing to cooperative laundry, thus
relieving his wife of the bugbear of
wash day? Such suggestions may
seem to some to be somewhat re-
novc5 fro-n t,,n ~aroraI srhiaot or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
LOVE, WORK AND. OLD AGE.

LOVE, WORK AND OLD AGE.
There is philosophy we'll worth
needing in what Amelia E. Barr says
in her autobiography, "All the Days
of My Life" Aside from this there is
happiness, strength and comfort in old
|age:
/ am now an old woman says she
in her recent memoir. "Many people
tell me so, and there Is the indisput-
able evidence Of my eighty-second
birthday. Bat truely / am uncon-
scious of being old. My days work is
as long as it was twenty years ago,
and have quite as much pleasure in
it now as had then. enjoy my food,
especially my breakfast sleep sew
en- hours every night. 7 have made
my living for forty-two years In a
STOPPING posture, but | am perfectly
erect, and ascend the stairs as rap
idly a. ! ever did | am more free
from pain than have been for many
years. A touch now and then of rheu-
matism reminds me that / am subject
to mortality. and gray hair here and
there foretells the hand that shall
finally prevail. But life is still sweet
and busy, and my children talk of
what am going to do in the future as
IL | was immortal. / have lived,
have loved ] have worked, and at
eighty-two I only ask that the love
and the work continue while | live"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

In arguments before the state exec
utive council for the lowering of
tax assessments attorneys represent
ing the Adams and United States ex-
press companies admitted that the
parcels post had cut down the bust
ness o. the express companies in Iowa
from 25 to 80 er cent since the first
of January. The consequent saving to
shippers runs into thousands OF dol
lars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

Frederick J. Haskin, the well-known
Washington correspondent has a little
boy who, in repeating the Lords pray
er, is said to have spoken it ''Halibut
be thy name" which recalls to writ
er in the st. Louis Globe Democrat a
Kansas where the A. T. and S.
F. Railroad is so generally revered--
In which the little girl at Topeka
Sunday school phrased it, Remember
the Santa F'e, to keep it holy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

Future students In the law depart
ment of the state university will be re-
quired to have a year college course
before they can enter the university
according to the resolution passed by
the state board the other day at Cedar
Rapids. The new rule becomes effac-
tive in the fall of 1914. After that a
two years course will be required
Students now are permitted to enter
the law department from high school
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

It is announced that the Rock
Island has purchased thirty new 10
comotives. each capable of hauling
one-thousand ton train The need
Of new additional motive power on the
Rock Island has been pressing for
some time. The company has suffer
ed much in revenue and reputation by
not being able to maintain speaking
acquaintance between its trains and
their schedules.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

Recent solar discoveries promise
that experts will be enabled to make
accurate forecasts. extremely valuable
to farmers. months in advance. But
conditions will not be perfect nor the
public satisfied until some way is dis
covered of controlling the weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
3 ssssLss1a,>
Ga1sIs ls ss2s taelEslD
SfdKUGI
keokuk, Iowa July 20, 1918

Speaking OF trombone players and
musicians, Davenport boat livery
advertises launches to rent for fishing
and pleasure parties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

1t has been suggested that the cleo
ton Of two congresses one to carry
on legislative business and the other
to conduct Investigations might be
in the interest of economy and eff
cheney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

Hot weather hint: To keep cool
don't think about the weather. To
avoid thinking about the weather be.
gin your Christmas shopping now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20
NOTES AND COMMENT.

II
Iowa corn got bad start, but
watch 1t come down the homestretch,'
says the Waterloo Reporter
What's the use OF getting Jack
Johnson back If he'll only stay away?"
asks the Davenport Democrat.
The Iowa City Republican says that
Mr.. Bryan's peace plans take every
thing into account except human ma
ture.
Nothing makes folks sit I'D and taws
notice as quickly as a chance to get a
high rate of interest, observes Alex
Miller.
IAN evidence of the power Of money
is that you can't Judge anything of the
characte rof the occupants by the fine
looks of an automobile" says the Pom
eroy Herald
"The flea-laden, absolutely useless
and worthless dog seems to furnish UNI
controvertible evidence against the
theory Of the survival OF the fittest,"
''s-'s'is' 49, 'es-sii-s -~l~., rI~-.-I- .rn-,o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

years would do more for the pro-
motion Of happiness, contentment, and
even morality, than a great deal 81
sermonizing."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-20

better rural credit facilities. Never
theless, they bear on the same prob
lem.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
SOUTH MARTELL

Miss Sarah Skrutvold is home
again from ST. Paul.
Jul Lund will soon be ready to
start up his saw mill.
A. Albertson and family spent
Sunday at Sam Anderson's.
Bonnie Helgeson of Gilman called
at his old home here Monday.
Carl Helgeson and Emil Mikkel-
son ale saving wood for A. T.
Winger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Juell from Ell Paso
helped during butchering at liver
sons last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Helgeson
from the southern part of the state
have been visiting in this vicinity.
Mrs, n. Garlic is making an ex-
tended visit with her daughter, Mrs.
{. Wenum, at Kent, Mimi. Her
daughter Esther is there attending
school.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
SCHOOL NOTES

Harold Garland received 100 in
arithmetic test.
The Primary pupils are learning
New Years song.
Harold Garland and Lloyd Nash
recited on current events Friday.
The Literature class are begin
ming the study of "Snow Bound"
Monroe Benson and Theodore
Kenny are the little helpers for this
week.
Names of pupils nei h absent
nor tardy during the month ending
January II: Lee Niles, Harold
Garland, Alice Benson, Jean Ma
deau, Esther Nadeau, Marian Niles,
Lawrence Parmeter, Laura Nash,
Marion Weiner, Monroe Benson,
Leo Nadeau, Lydia Hutchinson and
Elsie Nash.
LEE NILEs, rs
HAROLD GARTLAND, Au' 10
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
SCOTTY'S POEM

Harry Scott, who recently return
ed to this city after a sojourn in
Sunny Southern Alberta" relates
his experiences there POLITICALLY as
follows:
THE ALBERTA HOMESTEADER
My name is Joe Bowers; a bachelor am,
I run my '.Bach Hall on an elegant plan;
Youll find me out West, ON the Alberta plains,
Where I've nothing tolose-nothing to gain.
CHORUS
SO here's to Alberta, the land of the free,
The land of the grasshopper bot-fy and bee;
Wen join in it's praises and sing of it's fame,
For I'm starving to death on my g overnment
claim.
My house it is built of the natural soil,
The walls, they are thicker, according to toll,
The roof is not handsome, but lie vel and plain,
And always get wet when it happens to rain,
CHORUS
So here's to Alberta etc.
started in growing some No 1 wheat
Iplowed and 1 sowed, when I'd nothing to
eat,
The season rolled by-it was awfully dry,
And all the wheat that grew you could put
in your eye.
CHORUS
SO here's to Alberta, etc.
I'd run down a gopher for breakfast each
morn,
Ny ribs they are quaint, my clothes, they
are torn,
So good bye to the "sinkers'' and sour dough
bread,
II don't cut them out soon will be dead,
So good bye to Alberta. good bye to the West,
I'm going back home to the girl 1 love BEST
I'll hike to Missouri and get me wife,
And live on corn dodgers the rest of my
life.
CHORUS
So here's to Alberta, the land of the free,
The home of the Indian, the bed bug and fee
Wen join in it's praises and sing of it's fame,
For I'm starving to death on my Alberta
claim.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
KORNA

Born, Jan. II, 1913, to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Kukuck, a son.
Born, Jan. II, 1913, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Johnson, son.
Mrs. A. Klingensmith of Els
worth is visiting relatives here.
There seems to be considerable
sickness, la grippe prevailing, III
this neighborhood.
Miss Theresa Johnson has return
ed to her school at Esdaile, after a
three weeks vacation.
Mrs. Rudolph inertia spent the
first of the week at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Kordovs-
ky.
There was a surprise party at
Vino Johnson's Sunday evening,
and another at F. Cobian's Wednes-
day evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
ONO
I'LL Herbison is quite sick.

Will Herbison is quite sick.
Harry Brooks is laid up with a
sprainee knee.
Harry Brooks lost a valuable
horse last week.
Mrs. George Martin is very sick
with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Steele or
Alderly visited relatives here last
week.
Elmer Gilman and family of Els
worth visited at Solverson's last
week.
Nearly all of the farmers in this
vicinity are attending the institute at
Plum City this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Smith and
daughter Hazel of Waverly visited
at Harry Brooks last week.
The relatives of Alex. Martin
gathered at Will Martins home
Monday and spent very pleasant
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardness Camp
bell of Sawyer county came last
week for several weeks visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Martin and
Mr.. and Mas. Leon Martin of AL
berta, Canada, are visiting with rel
ativee here and at Maiden Rock.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
VIKING

Ella Hanson is sick with bad
cold.
Mrs. Mary Carr is sick with the
LaGrip.
Oscar Madison is quite sick at
this writing.
Ed. Hanson visited a t n s
Olson's Sunday.
Eddie Blegen is working at
Frank McGinley's.
Mrs. Gilbert Olson called on Mrs.
P. Halvorson Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Ofstie called at
Peter Hrlvorson's Sunday evening.
Little Inez Madison is staying
with her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Madison.
Rudie Halvorson and Harvey
Hanson finished saving wood for
Frank Carr Saturday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
TRIMBELLE

]. Klecker has a brother from
Lake Mills, Wis, visiting at his
home.
Jason Barton, an old resident of
this town, died at he Boes home
last Sunday at the age Of II years.
The remains were buried at River
Falls to day, (Thursday) the 10th
inst.
Miss Hattie Stephens of Pine
City, MINI, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Stephens, formerly of
this place, was recently married to a
young man of Pine county whose
name is unknown to this correspond
ent.
The town treasurer will be at ].
I. Beddall's store on Tuesdays,
January FL and 28, and at Sever
ance's store on January go to re-
ceive taxes. The following is a
statement of the taxes levied in the
tax roll Of 1912:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
FARGO

Chas. Ellis was caller at Geo.
Critics Sunday.
Mrs. w. E. Stewart is quite sick
with pneumonia.
Mrs. Riley Wilson is enjoying a
visit from her sister from Alexander,
Mimi.
Axel Carlson of Spring Valley
was a visitor at Albert Wilcox's
Sunday.
About twenty Of her friends gave
a very pleasant birthday surprise
party Sunday in honor of Mrs. M.
B Robey.
Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Becker of St Paul, formerly
of this place, was married to Mr..
Paul Stehr Tuesday, January II, at
St. Mathews Church. They will
be at home after March first at Ba-
Gus, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
DIAMOND BLUFF

Arthur Nelson will soon start up
his wood saw.
Edwin Niles resumed his duties
as mail carrier last Monday.
Several of our enterprising citi-
zens are entertaining la grippe.
John Boetzel and wife spent Sun
day at the ames Morrison home.
A dance is announced for the
evening of January II, at the Wood
men Hall.
The Ladies' Aid will serve a
chicken-pie dinner next Thursday
in their new dining hall in the
church basement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
Comforting Words
Many River Falls Household
Will Find Them So.


Will Find Them So.
To have the pains and aches of a
bad back removd-to be entirely
free from annoying, dangerous URN
airy disorders, is enough to make
any kidney sufferer grateful. The
following advice Of one who has
suffered will prove comforting
words to hundreds of River Falls
readers.
Charles Greedy, Ellsworth, Wis,
says: sLast winter | received an
injury to my back and was confined
to my bed for days. After that
suffered from pains in my loins and
could hardly stoop The kidney
secretions contained sediment and
were unnatural. | consulted a
physician who gave me some re-
lief, but ! still had pains in my
back every now and then. My
wife, reading of Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured a supply for me and
l began using them. They helped
me from the first and, after had
taken the contents of eight boxes,
the 5ackache had disappeared and
my kidneys had become normal.
In return for the benefit derived
from Doan's Kidney Pills, | gladly
recommend Them"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the nape-Doan's-
and take no other. --adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
WEST TRIMBELLE

Mat. Barnes is "buzzing" wood
for P. Frank and Vino Baar.
J. Killian has been laid up the
past two weeks with a sore hand.
The roads are in poor condition
after Tuesdays wind and sand
storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Wuseler visited
at ]. Rupert's Monday. Mr.. Ru-
pert is seriously i'll.
Miss Alice Murphy of River
Falls attended services in the Big
River church Sunday.
L. Fasbender has returned from
Northern Wisconsin, where he has
been spending the winter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-16
For Sale

Forty acre farm, in Section II,
town of River Falls; 10 acres broke;
balance in good timber. Will sell
cheap if taken at once. Inquire OF
Oscar Paulson, miles east of
Riysr FAILS, or phone Paulson
Bros store. -adY. go