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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
PERSONALS.

Miss Mabel ANDERSEN has gone
for few days to Burlington to visit
friends
Mrs. Felix T. Hughes arrived home
yesterday morning from Cleveland,
o., accompanied by her son, Felix
Hughes, with whom she has been Wis.
iting in that city Mr.. Hughes will
visit with his parents here for several
days.
Miss Waleska Ward, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Ward, 614 Con.
cert street, arrived home this morn
ing from a four months visit with
relatives and friends in Portland, San
Francisco and Oakland.
J. T. Alderton and wife OF Newton,
Kans.. who have been spending few
days with j. H. Alderton, have return
ed to their home.
Mrs. Louise B. kilbourne Of Saint
Joseph, Mich, left for her home this
morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01

feared the cars would strike the curb.
1t was necessary either to elevate the
track or move it to one side. The
former was decided upon.
The railroad companies are placing
excellent crossings over their tracks
at e street which the city recently
decided to open from Bluff street to the
river. At present the street has been
opened as far as Commercial alley
from Bluff street. A good hard road
way will be built by the city east
from Commercial alley on the east
side Of the tracks. It is necessary to
make quite an extensive fill at one
place. The street, when opened up,
will afford passageway to the river
of much shorter distance to the peo-
pie OF this section of the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
.ROvANE GOES
TO OES MONIES
Louis A. Rovane, Manager Peterson
o'6risn Company, viii Manage
Branch 1t Des
Moines.
WITH FIRM EIGHT YEARS
keokuk Friends Of Mr.. Rovane De-
lighted to Know He 10 to
Receive = Better
Position.


Louis A. Rovane, manager of the
local branch of the Patterson-O 'Brien
company, has been appointed man
ager Of the branch of the same COM
pany at Des MONIES and will leave
the middle of November to take up
his position there.
Mr.. Rovane, . Keokuk young man,
has been connected with this COM
pany for eight years. He has made
in this time great many friends
here who are sorry to see him leave
Keokuk, but who are delighted to
know that he is to be placed in a
better position.
Mr. Rovane will be succeed here
by H. j. Russell, Of Des Moines, who
has been connected with the Des
Moines branch Of the company. He
is expected to arrive here the first
Of the week. At Des Moines Mr..
Rovane will have charge OF the Of
fee and OF the purchasing end Of the
business. The sales department
there is under the charge Of another
manager
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
HELD CONVENTION
Hancock County Delegates Closed
Three Day Meeting ut Garth
age Wednesday.

CARTHAGE, H., Oct. 31.-The Han
cock county Christian churches held
a very successful convention here be-
ginning Wednesday and closing that
evening. The officers of the associa-
ton as elected for the ensuing year
are: Judge c. A. James, Carthage,
president; Mrs. Mary Soule. La
Harpe, vice president: L. H. Hooe Of
Augusta, secretary: D. c. Barber Of
Denver, treasurer; Mrs. Lulu Horneck-
er of Bowen, superintendent of th.. C.
W. B. NJ.
Clarence L. DePew state Sunday
school worker of Jacksonville: M sss
Jennie Call of Springfield, state sec
retarv c. W. B. NJ, and Miss Fife
GlaGdis, state superintendent Of young
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01

peoples work C. w. B. NJ, were pres
ent and made the program very help
full. These officers went from here to
Quincy Friday, accompanied by Mrs.
]. w. Porter, state president. and
Miss Alba Horney, district secretary,
to effect county organization in
Adams county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
RAILROAD COMPANY TO
ELEVATE TRACKS
Opening Up Of e street from Blur to
River Being Carried on Rapidly
to Completion.

The conference Friday between the
city council and onicials Of the c.. B.
& @. railroad resulted In the railroad
company Offering to elevate their
tracks which are situated next to
Commercial alley. as was originally
suggested by the city. The track is
SO near to the curb OF the pavement
to be placed on this street that it was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
ONLY TWO CHANGES
IN TRAIN SCHEDULE
No. 20 10 AnnuIled Today and No. II
viii Arrive and Leave at
9:o5 O'Clock.

Effective today, November l, there
will be changes in the schedule OF two
trains on the Burlington at Keokuk.
Train No. 40 is annulled. and No. IL
will arrive and depart at 9:05 a. m.
The Keokuk and Western train will
leave at $50 instead OF at 8:45.
The schedule commencing tomor-
row will be as follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
Rare Lapses.

Toledo Blade: Sometimes whole
week goes by without Vice President
Marshall saying anything unexpected
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
School Report.

Pleasant Hill school commenced
September !, 1913 and ended April
IT, 1914.
Number Of pupils enrolled, "a.
Average daily attendance, %.
Average cost of tuition, S2.07.
Teachers salary per month,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
Notice Of Probating will.
To whom it may concern:

To whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court, of Iowa,
in and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of G.. w.
Rudibaugh, late of said county, de-
ceased, and that 10 o'clock a. M, of
the 25th day of August, 1914, has,
been fixed for the probate Of said
will, at which time you can appear
at the court house in said county, and
show cause, if any there be. why
said will should not be admitted to,
probate.
In Witness Whereof, have here
unto set my hand and afixed the seal
OF said court ct Leon. Iowa. this 9th
day Of April. 1914.
tseal) =. =; =. BEECH.
3s-3t Clark IS District Coart.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

to the requirements of the course OF
study entered upon. Pupils should
however, be able to proceed in the
larger high school without loss of
time or duplication of work.
Modification to Meet Growing Needs.
During recent years no depart
ment of public education has receiv-
ed more earnest consideration on the
part of administrative officers, stu
dents or educational progress, or the
public generally than the public high
school. The value of high school
education, both as necessary prepa-
ation for admission to college or
university, ana as an effective prac-
teal training for the successful pur-
suit of the various life vocations, is
generally recognized; and many in
telligent proposals have been made
and adopted to secure modification
of the course of study so that the
two objects, preparations for advanc-
ed scholarship and preparation for
vocation, may be secured with the
same degree of efficiency. A.; the
number of students increase, and dis
the desirability Of providing for each
student the sort of instruction which
lis best adapted to his individual
needs is recognized more clearly, the
demands made by the community on
the high schools become more varied
and more exacting Fortunately the
resources of the schools are increas-
ing both in respect to financial sup
port and in the available supply Of
teachers in versatile talents, so that
the high school has in a remarkable
way kept pace with the growing
needs of the various communities. 1t
it exceedingly desirable that this de-
velopment should continue in pro-
gressive ways, so that the people
may receive full measure Of bene
fit in return for the expenditure of
money and effort which the high
school costs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
Notice of Appointment of Admins
tratrix.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In the matter of the estate of Hen
ry G.. Axes, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrative OF
the estate of Henry G. Axes, late of
Decatur county, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present them
in manner and form as by law re-
CURED, for allowance and payment.
Dated this 10th day Of April. ~.
D., 1914.
;sls VI HESTER D. AXES, 81
336-st Administratrix Of rid estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

The boys who wish to enter the
Prize Essay Contest, for the priv
leges of the Boys Encampment a
the State Fair, must send in theil
enrolment before May LIST.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
EASTWOOD FIELD MARSHAL
1891 (242I7)

The pure bred Shire Stallion, East
wood Field Marshal, owned by the
Eden Shire Horse Co., will make the
season of 1914 at my barn IL miles
southeast of Leon, on the Leon ano
Lineville road.
State Certificate No. 321.
The pedigree of the stallion East.
wood Field Marshal, owned by the
Eden Shire Horse Co., Leon, Decatur
county, Iowa, described as follows:
Registered in the American and the
English Shire Horse Stud Book;
breed, Shire; stud book No. 1891
(24217); color, brown; marks, white
on face, white hind legs; foaled in
the year 1904, has been examined in
of Agriculture and it is hereby certi-
registered in the proper Stud Book
duly recognized by the Iowa Depart
ment of Agriculture, Des Moines,
Iowa, and has been certified to by
DIR. F, g. Hume, veterinarian, as be-
ing free from hereditary, infectious
contagious or transmissible disease
or unsoundness specified in the Stall
lion Law.
Dated at DeS MONIES, lnls I1lu
day Of April, 1914.
A. r. COREY,
Secretary Iowa State Department of
Agriculture.
TermS:-$15.00 to insure colt to
stand and suck. Parties parting with
mare or removing from the county
forfeit insurance. Mare and colt
will be held for service fee. Care
will be taken to prevent accidents,
but will not be responsible should
any occur 36-6t
w. F. FLETCHER. Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
SCHOOL NOTES
Harry Snyder-James Hoffman
Editors.

Editors.
. ss -. - .
Rowing, not drifting Motto of
Glass of 1914.
Leon met defeat at the hands Of
Lamont last Friday in hard fought
game, score IA to IL. This was
Icons first base ball game, while
Lamont had the advantage of several
weeks practice.
A return game will be played at
the Warner ball park Friday, April
Gath. Game called at $3.50.
The declamatory contest which
was to have taken place at Osceola
April Gath has been postponed until
May LIST. We have three contestants
Nina Olsen, Leland Allbaugh and
Ralph Stewart.
The Seniors have started to learn
their parts for the class plays which
will be given May 9Th and Sth. Mrs.
WATSON will arrive to train them
next Monday.
A moving picture man from Des
Moines took a moving picture of the
Leon school and teachers in fire
drill last Friday afternoon. The pic
LURES Will NC oAONA oShAS
time in the near future.
Report has it that Maurice Grogan
set up the fixtures at the Price Cloth
ing store last Saturday.
The Simpson Male Glee Club fav-
ored the high school with few
choice numbers last Monday after
noon between trains.
Some new railing has been in
stalled around the foot scrapers of
the north school building.
Mabel Still visited High School
one day last week.
Prof Cooking has decided to take
his proteges down to Mexico for a
few days practice. stopping cannon
balls before attempting to play La
moni this Friday.
The Seniors are having some very
interesting experiments in wireless
telegraphy.
The Seniors challenge all other
classes for field meet to be held
Tuesday, May 18th
Report cards for the second six
weeks were handed out last week
and from the looks on some of the
faces their department marks must
have been quite low.
Only two high school pupils have
left school this semester. Lee Horn
ey moved to the farm, and Tom dorm
left to accept position in Horner's
cafe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

the grammar school should be given
as good educational advantages as
possible in their own districts. That
high school training is of great value
to the pupil cannot be denied The
rural boys and girls are as worthy
of high school training as are town
and city boys and girls.
The primary purpose of the high
school is not to fit the student to
enter higher educational institu-
ton, any more than the primary pur-
pose of the elementary school is to
prepare him for entrance to the high
school. The work of the schools
should, nevertheless, be so arranged
and developed that every year will
give to the student something in ad
dition to what he had at the begin
ming of the term, that will better
fit him for life and for continued
work in school. High school worl
should not be thorough in order tina
it may be accepted for entrance t.
and classification in the highes
educational institutions of the state
but it should be accepted by such in
situations because it is thorough ant
because the pupil graduating from !;
high school doing such work has hat
two or more years of training tina
will be valuable to him under al
circumstances.
Conditions of Approval.
Those schools shall be classed al
high schools which require for ad
mission the successful completion Of
eight years Of graded work, or it,
equivalent The conditions under
which approval will be made. and 4
school classified are 90 follows:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser.

Flush out the accumulated waste
and poisons of the winter months;
cleans your stomach, liver and kid
neys of all impurities. Take DR..
Kings New Life Pills; nothing bet
ter for purifying the blood. Mild,
non-griping laxative. Cures consti-
patton; makes you feel fine. Take no
other. Csc at your druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all
hurts
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23
How's This

no" b i us
We Offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J.
him perfectly honorable In all business
Transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his frm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Ssnt FEE. Price Is cents per bottle. 0oi1
~ IN DfugH1oto. NJ sssssss q NJ sss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

A man can give himself more
good advice than he'll take.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

uculS Ue given 10 IlS pursuit VI IL.
Especially is this true in the earlier
years of the high school. Later there
may be differentiation, but there
should be the requirements that
classes be of economical size.
The law provides that tuition be
paid by the home district of non
resident pupils for high school at
tendance in approved high schools.
In justice to the district paying the
tuition no school should expect to be
approved where such instruction is
not of the right quality. The debtor
school district compelled to pay the
high school tuition should be assur-
| ed that the high school receiving
such tuition is giving value received
The quality of work determines
the character of the school. The De-
partment of Public Instruction will
insist that the actual teaching be sat.
isfactory before high school shall
be classified, or approved in it's class
Advantages from Approval.
The advantages to high school,
which complies with the require.
ments for approval are important
among which are these:
l.. In order to be approved the
high school must maintain a high
standard. This benefits resident pu.
pills as well as nonresident pupils.
2. The tuition received is helI
financially to the district in main.
tanning good school.
8. Those who complete the work
in an approved high school doing
less than four years of work should
be able to enter advanced grades foi
Ian0ther high school and receive full
credit for Ill work done. subject only
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

So few men when they have a kind
word to say take time to say it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-23

Number neither absent nor tardy
for the eight months were Lillian,
'Addie and Margaret Clarke. Little
Margaret is only five years old and
lives almost a mile from the school.
Hettie E. Eliritt Teacher
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24
QUAKER ADVISES women
NOT To APE STYLE PLATES

At the morning session of Indiana
Yearly Meeting interest centered in
the discussion of the state of the
church and in the exposition of
Friends principles, both in the gen.
eral session and that of the meeting
for ministry and oversight which pre-
ceded it.
Alfred Garrett, of Philadelphia, a
leader in the Young Friends move
ment, and Robert Douglas, veteran
minister of Indiana Yearly Meeting,
talked with effect Of those individual
and collective states which were the
ideal of the founders of the Society of
Friends.
Mr.. Garrett in arguing for the pecu-
liar guilty of Christians as under
stood by Friends said, in effect:
"The Twentieth century prophet
must be profoundly informed by read.
ing the best books of religious schol.
arship as his inspired interest leads
him, and better so than by training in
theological schools, as better preserv.
ing his liberty of inspiration.
Emphasis Changes.
This inspiration is still for the
Christian prophet and the testimony
of Jesus but the emphasis is changed
There is less certainty of outward
facts and more certainty of the inward
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24

facts of the nature and consciousness
of Jesus.
Robert Douglas said in part:
II have heard a great deal said
about the work of the church but very
little about the Society of Friends it.
self. Hear q great deal about the mes
sage but very little about the message
itself. A great deal about our mis-
sion, but very little of the nature of
that mission"
Mr.. Douglas, incidentally, comment
ed upon the non-essential character of
the former Quaker garb, which he
called "ritualistic," which degenerated
into form as indicative of no SUBJ
stance
But there is happy medium" said
Mr.. Douglas, "and women can dress
becomingly and modestly without be-
ing walking advertisement for q mil
linery or dress making esta ablishment" "
Need Of Women.
That there is large field for the ac-
tivities of women pastors was the as
sertion Of Anna Hobson, of Wichita,
herself pastor, Mrs. Hobson taking a
crack at some men pastors who criti-
cized women for entering the minis
try as frequently "fat and lazy" point
| ing out that a woman pastor often ran
her own home successfully as well as
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24
always in every encounter which call
ed for mental equipment and prowess
Ax,h IL

always In every encounter which call
ed for mental equipment and prowess
formidable
Always Did Best.
"He did the best he could for his
client, and then accepted philosophic-
ally the victory or defeat which came
at the end of a hard legal fight. He
was a positive character, decided in
his convictions. and frank in the ex-
preston of his views. 1t was there
fore always easy to ascertain his opin-
ion upon social, moral or political
questions or upon public men. His
moral sense was keen. He had high
appreciation of the duties of citizen.
He was partisan in politics, but a
fair one, and was on the right side
of current moral questions. His in
tegrity and his loyalty to his friends
were matters of common knowledge.
His private life was without reproach.
He had an inbred hatred of shams and
deceit. and was free, plain, and prompt
in his denunciations of them.
Tried to Be Fair.
"He had in common with US all,
prejudices; they were strong At
times they may have biased his opin-
ions, but he was never consciously un-
fair. l am not here to speak of his
faults. If he had them, they were
of form and not of substance; they
were on the surface, as open as the
day. They did not dull the kindness of
his heart, nor reflect upon his worth
as a citizen or a man. He dispensed
charities, relieved distress in many in
stances and without ceremony or dis
play. A brusqueness of manner often
belied the kindly purpose, but he was
clear of head and kind of heart, and
these are the essentials He was self
respecting, jealous of his honor, but a
stranger to the petty vanities of life
"He was wonderfully industrious
along his chosen lines. To him work
was a recreation; in fact, the only
recreation that he knew. He went his
separate way; he trod the path of duty
as he saw it. Toll which would have
been painful drudgery to many, was
to him delight; he fought early and
late for place in his profession. and
reaped his just reward-Success.
Works to Last.
THE appointed time came in the
midst of work. In the afternoon OF
the closing day of the week, he made
his last appeal ably and earnestly as
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24

was his wont to an earthly court. He
left the court room enfeebled from his
effort and sought medical aid. A brief
period Of clouds and darkness and
physical pain, and he was at rest. He
concluded life's race still wearing un-
withered laurels (the decision of his
last case was in his favor), still crown
ed with the honors of his chosen pro-
fession. In this he was fortunate.
Il doubt not had he been permitted
to make his choice between living in
broken health, the victim of hopeless
pain, or to be given the release that
came to him, he would have asked
release-at times still blessed, though
it sewers every earthly tie"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24
Masked Battery on German Adpa1ce Line
EPISTLES SHOW
CHURCH GROWTH
AMONG FRIENDS
Committee Condenses Re-
ports and Prepares General
Review for Indiana Yearly
Meeting.

The synopsis OF the epistles from
the various yearly meetings in the
United States and Canada was read in.
stead OF each individually. at the In
diana yearly meeting today. 1t said:
An the epistles contain expressions
of friendly greeting with a desire that
Friends in all our territory may con-
time to be united in the bonds of
Christian love and fellowship. and also
that these bonds may be strengthened
a. time advances. The necessity for
more intimate union and fuller COOP
Grafton is made apparent by. the great
social movements in the world which
seem to be approaching q crisis. We
ought to do our part by presenting an
unbroken front in behalf of those So
cial and civic reforms for which we
have always contended.
Condense Features.
"One purpose of these epistles is to
keen lis informed upon local. issues
and problems and to bring the whole
body of Friends which we represent
into closer touch with each other and
with these great world movements in
which we are SO vitality interested. In
order that members OF our yearly
meeting may appreciate this means of
union, we have tried to condense into
this synopsis the most salient features
Of all OF them.
"All the epistles agree In mentioning
certain branches of church work and
express encouraging words in regard
to their progress. There is increased
interest everywhere in the case of
missions. temperance and peace. Our
educational institutions. both college
and secondary schools, are described
as enjoying increasing prosperity. 1t
has been a year of exceptional activity
and success in evangelistic efforts in
nearly all, if not quite all, the yearly
meetings. Two yearly meetings. Iowa
and Western, met this year In new and
commodious structures, we'll adapted
to their needs.
Many of the epistles speak in most
appreciative terms of the helpful pres
ence of several returned missionaries,
the secretary of the American Friends
board of foreign missions, and also
that of J. J. Mills. general secretary of
the five years meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-09-24
FALL HATS

Autumn colorings are reflected in
our displays of hats for fall-they're
undeniably handsome and you're
bound to like them. 81 and So.