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adopted the editors would be in hot
water all the time. Not tenth OF
such articles ever get into print. they
often contain attacks upon respect
able men and women thu have no
foundation whatever except in the
ina gination of those who wrote them.
Some are inspired by Jealousy. hate,
envy, desire for revenge because OF
some real or fancied grievance.
II the editors were always able to
distinguish between what is false and
what is true it would be possible to
publish a perfect newspaper. Unfor-
tunately that gift Of the gods was not
bestowed upon them. They are, per-
haps. keener in detecting errors in
the news than other people, but they
possess no power OF divination, and
second sight, nc infallible test that
they can apply to detect error.
If the reading public woulc' only re
member that newspaper men are hui
man, like 9th II people. and therefore
liable to make mistakes. perfiSps they
might be less severely critical than
they are when they discuss mis-
statement OF feet In their favorite
paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
TELLING THE TRUTH IN THE
NEWS

Readers of even the oest newspa-
pers know that misstatements ire
quently creep into their columns and
they wonder why. Perhaps they see
in their favo-ite daily reports OF
events with which they themselves are
thoroughly familiar that are some
times grossly inaccurate. How can
the reporters make such mistakes.
they ask, and why do the editors al
low them to be printed? To them it
seems the easiest thing in the world
to always tell the truth, says the Edi-
ter and Published.
To those of us who have been en-
gagged in newspaper work all our lives,
and who are, therefore, thoroughly
familiar with the practices OF the pro-
fession the wonder Is that So few err
rors are made especially in the daily
press. We know how strict most edi-
tors are in enforcing the rule OF ac-
curacy of statement that obtains in
nearly every newspaper Office. Re-
porters are instructed to write the
facts about an event as they find
them; to use every endeavor to verify
statements made by Interested per-
sons: and to be unjust or unfair to
no one.
And yet in spite Of every precaution
and in spite OF all rules that have
been adopted to secure accuracy, mis-.
statements are printed that often
lead to libel suits, loss of readers and
loss of advertising.
In the hurrs and hustle attendant
upon newspaper publishing it is not
always possible to verify all items of
news that drop upon the editors desk.
Those sent in by correspondents
whose reliability has been established
by long service are accepted without
question. The same thing may Re
said of the articles contributed by
members of the staff This does not
mean, however, that due caution is
not used to prevent palpable mis-
takes or exaggerated statements in
their copy from appearing in the
paper.
All matter sent in by outsiders. no
matter what fits sourcc may be, IS
usually verified. II this rule were not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

not been officially confirmed At the
state department it is admitted tnat
reports OF sporadic executions are
probably true.
Preliminary skirmishing In the
neighborhood OF Torreon Is believed
here to indicate the commencement
of the looked-for battle for posss-
sion of that city. This may prove
the real decisive conflict between the
Carranzista and the convention forces
rather than that which impenos near
Vera Cruz.
All of the reports reaching the
state department from Mexico CITY
indicate that Gutierrez will be de-
posed when the convention meets
there New Years Gay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
CHEER FOR CARRANZA
OR BE EXECUTED
Vera Cruz Citizens Are Said to be
Punished If They Do Not Show
Enthusiasm.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-With the
Naco situation relieved, official
Washington was today watching de-
velopments in interior Mexico that
threatened complications
The reported wholesale executions
by Carranza's order of those Vera
Cruz residents not enthusiastic in
their support of his cause, as we'll as
killings at several other points, have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
Keokus, iowa December 81, 1914

THE ToY-sTREwN HOUSE.
Give me the house where the toys
arr strewn
Wherz the dolls are asleep in the
ck1frs,
Where the building blocks and the
toy balloon,
And the soldiers guard the stairs;
Lei nc steep IL a house where the
tiny cart
With it's horses rules the floor.
And rest comes into my weary
heart
Eor am at home once more
Give me the house with the toys
about,
I'd with the battered old train of
The box OF paints and the book left
And the ship with her broken spars;
Let me step in house at the close
of the day
That is Uttered 18th children's
toys,
And dwell once more in the haunts
of plaJ
With the echoes of bygone noise.
Give me the house where the toys
are seen,
The house where the children
romp,
And I'll happier be than man has
been
Meath the gilded dome Of pomp.
Let me see the litter of bright-eyed
play
Strewn over the parlor floor.
And the joys l Lnew in far Off
day
Will gladden. my heart once more.
Whoever has Tired IN toy-strewn
home,
Though feeble he be and gray,
VIII yearn, no matter how far he
roam,
Fer the glorious disarTay
OF the little home with its Uttered
floor
That was his in the bygone days
And his heart will throb as it
throbbed before
When he rests where a baby plays
Edgar a. Guest in Detroit Free
Press.
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,,onal soldiers home here, succeeding

tional Soldiers home here, succeeding
Governor Martin Barger, republican.
This Ia the final step In the wrestling
OF control of the home from the re-
publican party. The four thousand
votes in the home are credited with
having controlled nearly every con-
gressional and many local elections in
this district for the past sixteen years.
Its failure to give Uncle Joe" Can
non majority two years ago, is cred
iteG with his defeat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
Frozen to Death.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
DENVER. Colo, Dec. 21.-Warm
spell predicted by the weather man
to arrive today was apparently frozen
to death enroute and instead Of It.
the coolest weather Of the winter
visited Denver. At 500 a. m, street
thermometers registered as low as
eight below zero. Snow fell all day
Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

DR.. A. J. Carlson OF Chicago says
that death by starvation is painless.
Good many people have begun to
think that we are approaching the
danger line during the present adj
ministration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

The preliminary estimates made by
the various departments at Washing
ton for the coming appropriations are
about sSs.005.o0o more than the re
cent unparalleled figures. that were
higher than ever before in the his
tory of the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
Every Woman
Can Use

and ought to use occasionally,
a proper remedy for the
headache, backache, languor,
nervousness and depress-
ion to which she may be
subject. These troubles and
others are symptoms of debil-
ity and poor circulation caused
by Indigestion or constipation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

row. Governor Dunno today SCI. ST..
checks for s. each to twenty W." IN
families, thereby disposing OF ~ ~
surplus in the fund raised In 1919 -.
flood sufferers and adding an eq'"'
amount from his own pocket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
chance at soldier. Home.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.J
DANvILLE, H., Dec. 21.-It was
announced today that Major Matthew
T. Peters OF Watseka, democrat, had
been made superintendent OF the Ma
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

Exhaustive search Of fashion author
files failed to supply satisfactory
answer to the question: What color
is suitable to wear by the wife OF No.
on the death of her divorced No
3?' The suggestion of "glad rags is
as unseemly as testing as funeral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

Missouri continues its bombardment
of corporations, particularly those
which neglect to come across with a
registration fee of SIS. Charters Of
1000 negligent corporations were re-
voked on the first of the month. Now
1t will cost them SIS each to come
back and be good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

Champ Clark is boosting James r.
Mann Of Illinois, the republican lead
err. as the nominee for president in
1916. Champ says that Mann is the
ablest republican he ever saw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

What has become of the old-fash-
ioneG boy who used to make set OF
rattle-hones out of the rib beef -oast
after the family had done with it?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

The Maharaiah of Sikkim is dead.
Toll the bells for the Maharajah: he
was good man and weighed nearly
300 pounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

The fighting armies are enveloped
In the bitter rigors of winter in Eu-
rope, and the spectacle of TIE famous
retreat Of Napoleon from Moscow may
be repeated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21
Checks for chri.tmaa.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Dec. 21.--A
score OF families at Witt, Ill. where
miners have been suffering great hard
ships because of lack of work, will re-
ceive useful Christmas gift tomor-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

An eastern inventor has perfected
a substitute for gasoline in furnishing
a motive power for automobiles.
Everybody is picking on Uncle John
Dee
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

Wilson will be recommending another
tax On account of the baseball war
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

The Of Keokuk is brisk this season the
office number
selling them through
Of the the Inc
the rnone wIlbe Keokuh.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

SO were the Belgians, and see where
they are.
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The children are beginning to ask
If these IS such person as Santa
Claus.
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CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AT CAREY SCHOOL
With Appropriate Songs and
Recitaticns.

An Attractive Christmas program
has been prepared by the fifth room
of the Carey school. Following is the
program:
December-SOng.
Christmas Play-Fred Spuehler.
Louise Luft, Harvey Beach, Dorothy
Pullins, Valentine Kiefer, Zola Boltz,
Edward Wright, MINI Buck, Virginia
Cooper, Ralph Loewenstein.
jolly Old Santa Claus Song.
Xmas Stocking--Mixine King. Ella
hcgan, Mae Wright, Gladys Dimond,
Edw. Wright, Fred Spuehler, Richard
Sullivan, Murien Stutenburg.
Christmas Song.
Letter to Santa Claus Amelia
Agne, Fred Spuehler
Santa Claus Land-Song.
Waiting for Santa Claus-F
Wright, Louise Lang, Naomi Brunat,
elizabeth Wolf, Mildred Plug, Amelia
Agne, Leota Lall, Ruth Geddes, Rclla
Cannon, Margaret Wiesemann, Edith
Hall, Margaret Wildman.
Santa's Coming-Song.
TIL osf p aipdeor--p1 vIof--
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TIE GATE CITY COMPAIN l..
M II North sixth St. Keokuk' low
THE GATE CITY is on sale at ths
Following news stands:
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e n Rollins e. Co. 62s Main suefs.
Ward Bros, SIS Main street
Depot News stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-21

Stocking DriIl-Louise Luft, Willie
Dewitt. Nina Buck, Valentine Kiefer,
Harvey Beach. Ella Hogan, Arthur
Randall, Gladys Dimond, Leo FoTquer
Recitations Benjamin Forquer,
Beatrice Nicholson, Margaret Wiese.
mann, Arthur Randall, Leo Forquer,
Dorothy Pullins.
| Jumping Jacks-yalentine Kiefer,
Leo Forquer, Benjamin Forquer, Will
| lie Dewitt
! Christmas-Song.
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are at once safe, certain and
convenient. They clear the system
and purify the blood. They ex-
ert a general tonic effect and
insure good health and strength,
SO that all the bodily organs do
their natural work without causing
suffering. Every woman of the
thousands who have tried them,
knows that Beecham's Pills act
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TO Certain
Advantage

Directions with Every Boz Of Special Value TO Wonen.
ssid sverywhers. In beres. Toe. &c
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TIL q q ATE CIT y
PUBLISHED BY
THE GATE CITY COMPANY

G. r. sklrvin .............M Manager
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
EOR SOLID RESULTS.

Anent the subject Of too much social
activity and too little school work The
Springfield Republican says:
In spite Of occasional comparative ex
hibits to show the superiority Of today g
educational methods over those of yes
terday, there are still some people who
believe that solder results were secured
in the simpler days. In any case it is
the business of the school committee to
see that the children do have to work
and that results are accomplished, re
gardless of outside social matters, else
II heavy Investment by the city is being
partly wasted and it is obviously diff
cult for student to get book matters
firmly fixed in head that is whirling
with social eXcitemcnts. The boys and
girls can hardly be blamed for wanting
to have all the fun they can get, and
in the hands Of the parents. The stud
ents, allowed to engage in whatever
comes along, will suffer in scholarship
even to the point of being "flunked, "
and the fear Of that eventuality and the
exercise Of parental authority are the
only limitations. Unlimited dancing,
unlimited use of papa's automobile and
unlimited patronage Of the moving
picture shows are ruinous not only to
scholarship but to the formation Of
character. Perhaps some of the trouble
now encountered is due to the fact that
parents themselves are too much con
cerned in their own dances, their auto
mobiles and the movies" to give
proper attention to their children.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
"25 EARLY ENOUGH TO WE'D
Grandmother, Thirty two, Says IT'S a
Sin to Let Children Marry.

Boston.-Mrs. John T. Russell of
Maiden, Mass, who has just passed
her thirty-secOnd birthday and is prob
ably the youngest grandmother in this
state, criticises the early marriage law
which allows persons under twenty
five years of age to wed.
at is a sim" says Mrs. Russell, ito
allow children to enter into the bonds
of marriage when they are distinctly
incompetent to raise children. About
twenty-five years is the right age for
young people to think of marriage.
Then the young man has secured TIE
foothold in his profession or business
and is able to support a Wife
Mrs. Russell became grandmother
fourteen months ago, when her son.
John Clifford Russell, seventeen years
old, became Il father The son was
married when fifteen years old and
Mrs. Russell was married at sixteen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08

ing prayer has been received, and we
are very glad of the opportunity to
print it, 1t is Il prayer especially for
those advanced in years.
The prayer occaSioned considerable
comment and many parishioners ex-
pressed a resolve to repeat it daily.
The prayer is as follows:
o God, our Heavenly Father, whose gift
is length of days. help us to make the
noblest use of mind and body in our adj
vancing years According to our strength
apportion thou our work. AS thou hast
pardoned our tranSgressions, sift the in
gatherings of our memory, that evil may
grow dim and good may shine forth clear
ly. We bless thee for thy gifts and espe-
cially for thy presence and the love of
friends in heaven and on earth.
Grant us new ties Of friendship, new op-
portunities of service. joy in the growth
and happiness of children sympathy with
those who bear the burdens of the world,
clear thought and quiet faith. Teach Us
to bear infrmities with cheerful patience.
Keep us from narrow pride in outgrown
ways, blind eyes that will not see the
good of change impatient judgments of
the methods and experiments of others.
Let thy peace rule our spirits through all
the trial of our waning powers. Take
from us all fear of death and all despair
Of undue love of life that with glad hearts
at rest in thee we may await thy will
concerning us. through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
]. Z. Morgan accompanies his moth
er to the services and sits in the seat
his father occupied for half a century.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
HER0ISM AS A BOY
FREES LIFE CONVICT
Friend Whose Life Was Twice
Saved Pays Debt.

Bloomington, Ill-After serving ten
hugh of Chenoa, this county, is free
man.
Gallchugh is the only son of DR.. and
Mrs. Gallehugh. He left that place
sixteen years ago and in Minnesota
worked on Il railroad.
One day, while ON the road, his wife
was insulted by n negro. Upon his re
turn, aroused by the snecring manner
of the negro, he shot him dead.
Gallehugh was arrested and charged
with murder. He made Il strong plea
of self defense, but was sentenced to
the prison at saltwater. Mimi. for
life.
Tho sentence was n shock to his
family and friends. His parents, wife
and friends have always accepted the
plea of self defense and believed that
he did what any other self respecting
man would have done,
Among those active in his behalf
was w. Il. Clooncy, passenger agent
for the Chicago and Alton in Blooming
ton The two had been playmates to
gcther Gallchugh twice saved the
life of Clooney.
When the case reached the board,
comprising the governor attorney gen
cral and chief Justice of Minnesota,
they unanimously voted to release
Gallehugh. He was granted an I'M
conditional pardon,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
WITH THE EDITORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Marinette Eagle Star: The spread of
the clean up movement is rapidly TAX
ing in the Women's clubs in all parts
of the country and the work being &C
complished by those organizations is
satisfactory beyond expectation
New York World: Is there not a
mistake in the report that eighteen
British cotton mills in a single district
have shut down? They must be start
ing up to flood the American market
under the low tariff.
Milwaukee News: Vice President
Marshall is conservative. He wants
u halt to be made in new legislation,
advising trying out the tariff and cur
rency laws. That, however, is not the
president g view nor is it the temper of
the public mind, The slogan is: Con
tinue in well doing"
Chippewa Falls Independent: Mu
ncipal government is coming to be re-
garded very largely as business
rather than a political proposition.
Advanced communities everywhere are
trying to get rid of the antiquated
system which entrusted the business of
the city to n horde of politicians who
are seeking their own advancement
instead of the public welfare
The Burlington Standard Democrat
Andrew j. Frame of Waukesha, presi
dent of the Waukesha National bank
one of the best known bankers of the
country and man who through his
writings and talks to bankers has be-
come recognized as II safe and sound
financier, approves the currency bill
just passed by congress. In an inter
view he said he believed the underlying
principle Of the law was good and that
it was step in the right direction.
Springfield Republicans: Inasmuch
as the Richard Borden cotton manu-
featuring company of Fall River has
just increased its quarterly dividend
rate to / per cent, it does not look like
IA very severe winter in prospect in that
great center of New England textile
mills. One notices, too, that the
Bourne mills of the same city are still
sharing profits and having profits to
share with the employees. This does
not spell ruin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
PRAYER FOR AGED
BY MRS. MORGAN
Asks That Fear Of Death B:
Taken Away.
PEACE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

New York Church Adopts Prayer, and
II Is Published In Annual Calendar.
Notable Woman Is Much Impressed
With Beauties of Old Aee-Asks That
Undue Love of Life Be Taken Away.
New Iork.-Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan.
widow of the financier is so impressed
with the beauty of old age and the
need of showing special favor to those
of advanced years that she has sent
to the Rev. Karl IRELAND, rector of st.
Georges Episcopal chu ch, a special
prayer for those who have passed,
reached or nearly reached the allotted
span of life. 1t is a prayer of the Epis-
cOpal communion, although not in the
Book of Common Prayer.
Mr. ReiIand was 50 impressed with
Mrs. Morgan's letter and the prayer
itself that he printed it in st. Georges
Calendar, with this note:
Through the kindness of Mrs J.
Pierpont Morgan a copy of the follow
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
NOW AN ELECTRIC CHICKEN.
Birds Lose Nervousness and Thrive In
Marvellous Manner.

London.--An electric chicken is the
latest idea in poultry farming, accord
ing to Thornc Baker. When the chick
ems are electrically treated they lose
their NERVOUSNESS and seem to thrive
in Il marvellous manner.
Mr. Baker came to the conclusion
that the most profitable application of
electricity to the farm was in poultry
rearing. Mortality was practically
noneXistent where suitable electriiica-
ton was used.
The vitality of the chickens treated
was remarkable. Instead of running
away when Il finger was put to the
netting they would rush up and peek
it vigorously. They were so highly
charged with electricity that quite a
distinct shock was felt in the fingers
ON touching them, although the birds
were supremacy unconscious of any
thing and the sparks which flew from
their beaks on pecking ones finger did
not appear TO be felt in the least by
them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-01-08
POLlCEWOMAN HAS
STRONG RIGHT ARM
DragS Prisoner From Gar and
Holds Him For Patrol.

Chicago of Chicagos newly
appointed poIcewomen believe that
duty has been fully performed when
they have detected a laWbreaker and
summoned one of the male members of
the force to make the actual arrest.
But not so with Mrs. Mary Boyd.
That militant official demonstrated
that a policewoman can do other work
than counsel mothers of hayward girls
and trap Washers
She backed up her police star with a
muscular right arm, yanked man
who tried 10 resist arrest off a street
car and backed him up against Il post
while she summoned patrol wagon.
Mrs. Boyd was on car ut North
Clark street and West North avenue
Tossel Wendt, a janitor at 1915 Wells
street. was arguing with the conductor
about transfer and using more or less
vigorous language Finally the two be
gan to fight. Wendt was getting the
better of the conductor when Mrs
Boyd, presenting her star told him he
was under arrest
He replied with an oath and tried to
slap her face she told the sergeant
afterwards Mrs. Boyd hadn't pulled
gasping bathers out of the lake at the
Fourteenth street beach all summer
without developing muscle, She rode
to the station with her prisoner and
preferred charge of diSorderly con