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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-25
CITY NEWS.

i Drink Puritas beer.
4 You can register tomorrow.
Get your harness supplies at Snei
woods. 7O3 Main.
i Order a case of Puritas oarh
lager for the home.
Phone 81 for a case Of Lelsy
beer when you're out.
The Iowa Ice Dealers Associa'
| ton IS in session in Des MONIES W
day. -
Ralph F. Schouten, 21, and MISS
Helen Leffingwell, Is, both OF keo-
kuk, have been issued license u
we'd
Ride a Harley-Davidson-
made its way by the way it's made.
! -Keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. o22
will hold its regular melting tonight
at Woodman han. All members are
requested to be present.
Lawns are being clsaned up,
garden spots for early flowers anu
vegetables are being prepared. and
hot house compartments are WORK
ing over-tims
Miss Mary e. Welsh. of CEDAR
Rapids. daughter of Jos. Welsh, and
niece of John B. Welsh of this city,
has accepted a position in the pusi-
ness Office of the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette. Miss Welsh has been critic
in the Palmer school OF writing, (
See our new line yef buggies and
harness at Sherwood's.
Several parties looking Tor rae
tory locations have been In the city
within the past few weeks and IN
spected the Industrial tract and In
vestigated general conditions here. 1t
is truthful to state that a numoe.
were favorably impressed and the
prospects for factory development has
Increased decidedly within che past
month.
Try a good tonic, drink Puritas
dark lager.
The following from the Fort
Madison Democrat is of interest 10
the Keokuk friends Of Miss culver:
Miss Helen Culver and moSner, Mrs.
Elizabeth Culver of Denver, are
visiting Fort Madison friends today,
enroute to Europe. Miss Culver IS
a contralto soloist of note and Will
be remembered by many people mere
who enjoyed a recital given by her
several years ago at the. Presbyterian
church. While in the city sne Is the
guest of Mrs. J. NJ. Casey, her mother
at the home of Mrs. Maria Brown.
Ask for Puritas beer.
Phone "a for a case OF Lelsy
beer when you're out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-25
BOY SCOUTS ON
VISIT TO BAKERY
Lincoln School Organization sees
How Bread is Made on Trip
Last Night.

The Lincoln school boy scouts were
shown through Schouten's bakery last
night by the courtesy OF Hubert
Schouten The boys accompanied by
Miss Mary Harrington and Miss
Louise Helwig went to the big bakery
about o'clock, and saw it In opera
ton. The trip proved an instructive
one for the scouts who are interested
in all SUCH things and they showed
their appreciation Of the courtesy OF
Mr.. Schouten in taking them through
the big plant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-25
PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Wunderly ard
son are leaving for Wauchula, Flor
ida. Wednesday.
FIT. Madison Gem City, March "a:
Miss Helen Culver. formerly Of keo
kuk, and well known to many RI
Madfsonians was in the city today
the guest Of Mrs. J. II. Casey Miss
Culver is enroute from Denver to
London. where she will sing in grand
opera.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-25
railroads Get Hearing.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Rail-
roads today filed with the interstate
commerce commission statements as
to the amount Of free time allowed
for loading and unloading carload
freight. These statements were
made in connection with the commits
SONS investigation of requests for
increases in rates on eastern lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-25
TAX PAYERS.

Please take notice that l will not
receive money for first half taxes
after March 31st as 1 am held strictly
to the letter of the law in this by the
state authorities.
WIN. REIMBODD, Deputy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
BICYCLE TIRES $1.75 to $4. 25

A bottle of sheliac free with each pair; or cemented to rims free of charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

difference of opinion that separates the Bridge port family, with respect to going into debt.
 One part of the family, which has plenty of wealth and which is used to luxury, wants the city Beautiful through the construction of cost ly,s ornamental and unproductive things.
 The other and more numerous part of the family wants to pay for what the city gets as the city goes, and would go into debt judiciously, and mainly for things that would pay for them selves, either by yielding direct profit to re- duce the tax rate, or by making things that the people use in commences ice, water, gas, or ty-eheaper and easier to get
 It seems to The Farmer that the second ideal is better adapted to Bridgeport's need. Bridgeport is not financial center. It is an in ldustraI capital.
 1t nourishes by virtue of the intellect, mus cIe skill and industry of it's plain people. These plain people are the REAL Bridgeport And those things which help them to live better and easier are the things which will make the real city beautiful
 E The other ideal is not an ideal of the North It is borrowed from the South. It is an ideal that is disappearing even in the South It would be better to say that the ideal was of the South before the great civil war, when the mag nificent dwellings of the planters reared them- selves among the tumble down novels of vil- Iages inhabited by slaves.
 1t is evidently the purpose Of Mayor Will son to tire the people aut He continues to hurl lat them proposals for bonds. Undiscoura ged by one rebuke, he invites another, sending the same proposals up toi the voters again and again.
 The present bond issue is the fourth thai has been presented. If 1t is successful there will be fifth, and sixth and seventh, until an enormous portion of the tax rate is demand ed to carry the burden of interest and principal.
 Then the citizens will endeavor to relieve their homes of some of the burden by acquiring ice plants, or other productive things and the same gentlemen who in the background are zealousIy promoting debt, will suddenly emerge from the obscurity that now envelopes them, to proclaim the imIninent ruin of the city if any more debt is contracted
 Then and not until then, it is to be feared. will all the citizens realize that tie debt pro- gram was devised for the very purpose of pre- venting the home owners from bettering their Iconditions by the establishment of municipal ice plants and other productive properties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

At 25c-Ledgers, dayboOl<s, order books, boxes envelopes, paper, pack age typewr1ter paper, letter files, pin and string tickets, box steel pens ll grossl, and many other articles need- cd by business houses
 At 25c-Baseballs, naitts, gloves, bats naasks, bicycle bells and sirens, wrenches, spark plugs, etc,
 At Sc-Splendid baseballs, red or white, good bats and mitts.
 At Sc-FYsh lines, box of 100 fish hooks, 1 dozen fish lines, very large sinkers.
 At 25c-Big Turkish towels, all linen danask and huck towels.
 At 58C-Our splendid seamless sheets.
 At 12 1-2c-Another big lot of the splendid Durham hosiery for ladies These hose come plain or ribbed top. also extra wide top
 At &SC-New lot of mems white silk socks.
 At 9sc-Ladies' percale wrappers.
 At Bc-HaIf dozen china nest eggs. Can you buy eggs at this price?
 At 25c & 5Oc-Large new lot gar- den tools, raIxes, hoes, forks, etc.
 At 8c-Special lot hoes for the boys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

gY-eHE. FREQ tGempts at assassination
 AI Of high officials bring an aftermath of. suggestions as to how they may be better pro-. teeted. The attack on Mayor Mitchell of New York e1icits as usual such ideas as that sale of firearms should be more restricted, that un-a sound people should be more closely restrain ed and that high officials should have the more constant company of armed guards
 All these ideas are good, but they will all ways be inadequate. A stricter firearms law would avert much of the gun play around sa- looms and dives, and in remote villages that constitute the fringe Of civilization. But the man with murder in his heart can always get a gun. The restriction of deranged persons is subject to this limitation that confinement in an insane hospital would often turn a slightly de- ranged mind into raging maniac.
 The most practical suggestion ever offered lis that high officials submit to the awkwardness and bother of being accompanied by detectives. The trained eye sees indications of crime not visible to the ordinary person. Behind the pale land grey shabbiness of some defeated and dis Ieouraged creature, the restless and furtive eye may be a red flag of danger
 But after all is done 1t must be taken as one of the hazards of the trade, as King HumBert coolly remarked after they had popped away at him for the first time. In private life if often happening that foreman or employer of labor lis attacked by some unbalanced workman who has been discharged. The risks of these at t8cks are greatly magnified by the free criticism of executives, particularly by the incorporate lengths to which many newspapers go.
 So it often happens that the public official who seems to be doing humdrum work, in the dusty detail Of administering streets and schools and police, really may be taking his life in his hand while he walks down a crowded street. < |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
boston News Letter.

The first number of the Boston News Letter, the first newspaper in America to be regularly published,
 was issued on this date. April A, in
 1704,. with John Campbell, the post
 master, as publisher. The first page sof this number was occupied with a
 scare story based on eletters from Scotland, in which it was set forth that "Papists swarm in that nation, that they traffick more avowed1y than formerly, and that of late many come thither from France. and gone to the North, to the Highlands and other places of the country. Where fore, From all this the author con- scludes it to be the interest of the nation, to provide for self defence; and says, that as many have already taken the alarm, and are furnishing themselves with arms and ammuni- ton, he hopes the government will not only allow it. but encourage it. since the nation ought to appear as one man In the defence. 2 The pio- neer American publisher solicited ad- vertising patronage from ..ali persons who have any houses. lands. tene- ments. farms. ships. vessels, goods, wares or merchandises. etc. to be sold, Eor let, or servants runaway, or goods stole or lost. z s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
THE AUTOMOBILE AND TIE HIGHWAYS

A GOOD. DEAL Of the money spent on high <A ways has been wasted, owing to the failure to consider the new strain of automobile traffic Many men now finding a motor cheaper than a horse. It Is folly to undertake any new construction that does not provide for automobile strain.
 lis pathetic to see the condition of some roads built at heavy cost 10 years ago. The builders may have laid their material accord ing to the best principles then known. They expected their work, if money was spent prop erIy on maintenance would be almost as endur- ing as the old stone roads of Rome. To-day many such roads have picked up,' until they are rough heaps of angular stones, more forbid ding to motors than the worst sand.
 Highways subject to heavy automobile strain must at least plan on some form Of oil or tar binder. A comparatively inexpensive sur face protection saves complete rebuilding later.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
President Wilson's Princeton Plan at Other Colleges.

t'The preceptorial method of in- struction inaugurated by President Wilson at Princeton University has so amply proved it's value that a number Of other institutions have been led to adopt it wholly or in part declares Dr. s. P. Capen. spe-
 cialist in higher education of the
 United States Bureau of Education. in statement just issued Bewdoin College is one of the latest converts to the idea. according to Dr. capen.
 In Bowdoin College the preceptor- ial method has been applied to his- tory. government. and English litera- ture- Group conferences of five or six students have replaced ssauiz'' sections in these subjects President Hyde finds that the new plan ..costs double in money, time, and labor, but bears fruit four-fold in vitality. re- sponsibility and scholarly ambition.
 One Of the deyelop4ents of the work Aeo " >A-S1AA AAc-o ks<s7-4 44Sc EfklE fish composition for the best six wri- ters in college. with six professors to teach them. President Hyde an
 swers one of the objections some times urged against the plan by de- claring: Giving the most vital and costly instruction to limited num-
 Der of those who prove most compe- tent to profit by it is not inconsistent with democratic equality Of opportun- ity freely offered to all.
 pr. capen points out that the on Iy reason many more colleges do not adopt the preceptorfa1 plan is the ex- pense involved. This plan requires a substantial increase in teaching
 force, and successful "preceptors'
 must be mep of high ability. sound training, and culture. To attract
 such men good salaries must be paid and Bowdoin proposes to devote be-
 quests amounting to seoo.ooe to the l single purpose of raising salaries.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
The Human Procession

-iole ws.s rnaue l.l 10 serve as d uoor and the interior used as a chapel. This bell has recently been ordered broken up by the czar. The biggest bell in use is in a Buddhist monastery near Canton, China. It is said to weigh about 15o tons. and there is also bell in a temple near Pekin which weighs almost as much. The largest bell in the Christian world which is in actual use as a bell is in Moscow, above the chapel of St. Nich- oIas in the Krem1in. and weighs no tons. Novgorod has bell weigh ing thirty-one tons. and Vienna one which weighs nearly eighteen tons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
uP-To-DATE CREDIT.

Honorable men, wise men and suo- cessfuI men use cheerful credit freely. for it enables them and their families to appear amongst their friends and neighbors dressed comfortably in the height of fashion. This kind of credit - cheerful credit'-is to be obtained at all times at Caesar Misch, Inc, the clothing department store. There is always complete stock here of wear ing apparel for ladies, misses. men, boys and children, second to none in dependable quality marked at prices that give great values. Cheerful credit is free to everyone who has an in- come. It divides the purchase price of whatever is bought up into small convenient weekly amounts, that i'm convenience none. and at the time oi purchase no deposit is required.-Ad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
Birthday Of 'sBig Ben,' The
 Most Famous Bell In England.

Most Famous Bell lIl England.
 .sBig Ben. England's most fam ous bell, will ring today in celebra ton of his own birthday. for it was on April A, 1858, that the world famous bell which peals out the hours in the tower of the Westminster Houses of Parliament was turned out of the mold Big Ben" was named after Sir Benjamin Hall. the then commis- sioner of works, who was a. man of enormous stature. The great sound ing instrument was formally chris tened s.St. stephen but from the first it was popularly called Big Ben The bell was designed by B.. B. Denison. who later became Lord Grimtnorpe. The first attempt to mold the bell was failure. and it was broken up and the same ma .teriaI. twenty-two parts copper and seven tin, was used in the second casting at White chapel. Big Ben'' weighs thirteen and a half tons. is nine feet and six incnee in diameter. and seven feet and ten inches in. height. The clapper weighs 500 pounds. Gig Ben cracked shortly after he was hung in place, but his tones, previously somewhat mourn ful and dirge-lilxe were improved by the accident.
 sess bells which can approach in size the famous old. bells of Russia and China. The .sGreat Paul" bell, hung in St. Paurs. London. in 1882. weigh ed seventeen and a half tons. Other famous English bells include the .sGreat Peter at York Minister, ten tons. Great Tom at Oxford, hung in 1880. seven and half tons, and the "old Lincoln dating from 1910. which weighs about four and a half tons.
 North Americas greatest bell is the
 sGroS BOuTdOn at IN0tF6 Lame Cathedral. in Montreal. which weighs 24,78o pounds. This bell was hung the cathedral. These towers are 227 feet high and top the largest church on the continent. capable of holding 5000 people. Another famous American bell was that which, be- fore it was fractured, hung in City Hall. New York. It weighed eleven tons, and it's peals could at times be heard thirteen miles up the river. Perhaps the best loved bell in the world is the Liberty, Bell of Philadel- phia The bell for the State House was ordered from England by tine IsPennsylvania Assembly in 1751. and
 reached Philadelphia the following year, but cracked when first rung
 The bell was recast by two ingeni- ous workmen' of Philadelphia, Stow
 and Pass. Their first attempt was
 not an entire success, but in 1753 the |
 bell was raised into place in the tow
 CT, and was found to be entirely sat
 isfactory as to tone. although some
 PhiIadelphians objected to it's cIa-
 nor The raising of the bell was
 marked by a banquet for those en-
 gagged in the work, which included
 .2 pecks of Potatoes, A lbs. beef. I
 gammons. mustard pepper, salt. but
 ter. a cheese. 300 Times. 3 gallons rum
 of John Jones, s6 1oaves of Bread ot
 Lacy ye Baker. and a Barrel of Beer
 of Anthony Morris
 The largest bell ever made was cast
 in Moscow, Russia, in 17ss. It.
 weight was .22o tons. It was toe ls pup aIeq s su pesn ga ol kAvst
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24

Superintendent of Police Reynolds, of New Orleans. has ordered the ar rest of any person making "dispar- aging remarks about army and navy and the American flag on the streets of the city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
Bicycles

Our Bicycles are better, our prices lower, and we guarantee every one for the season. Prices the same to everyone.
 Always the Lowest
 $22 50 to $50. co
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
Cbe Dm Read e.
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All Tailored Suits Bought for Early Spring Wear are now Marked
 Down for Closing Out

This applies to every suit that is hanging in our department for Wornen's Tailored Wear Of course there is much variety, but there are few eccentricities or ultra-modish styles For the most part the stock holds now the good and ser vlceabIe business suits for women of conserve tive tastes, made from mannish cloths with man n1sh tailoring, and good selection likewise Of the more dressy gowns of ratine, eponge, corded weaves, and light weight worsted novelties Reductions of S2OO, $500, S4OO and $500 on suits. On the more expensive models the
 reduction is very generous. Richelieu Underwear for Women
 Good Values Yeats or Union Suits at
 medium prices.
 yests, ow-necked, sleeveless with narrow or medium width strap edged with dainty lace. Low-neeked, with shield under with short Union Suits. low-necked, with or without sleeve Low-necked sleeveless, loose at knee with flat finish of crocheted scallops.
 Regular sizes 50 cts.
 Extra sizes 5s
 A Leading Strap for the Baby To keep track of restless little wanderers when one is shopping or going about town, is bit distracting sometimes, for the little folk have Investigating minds and are always straying curiously to whatever interests them.
 A handsome Leading Strap of Russet Ieath- Ter, of easy length, is SLIGO White Buckskin Safety Straps, 75 cts. Russet Leather Safety Straps, 50 and 75 cts
 Porch Furniture All lines now on exhibition Reed, Willow Prairie
 Grass, in Suites and Separately. Porch Settees, Rockers and Sewing Rockers.
 Bar Harbor Chairs $500
 Bar Harbor Rockers $500
  The D. ". Read Company |R ADF0RD B.S NTH - r.-rauvr1 eyuur.rn rl.s--.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-03
The Last Word
on Fur Collars,
Muffs, Fur Sets :


One marmot muff reduced
from S13.S5 to $3.50.
One black fox muff reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50.
One black fox muff reduced
from $1,000 to $1,000.
One black fox muff reduced
from $3.50 to S11.5O.
One marabou muff reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50.
Two marabou muffs reduced
from S8.75 to $3.50.
One black fox muf reduced
from $500 to $500.
Two brown oppossum muffs
muffs reduced from $1,000
to $3.50.
One river mink muff reduced
from $500 to $3.50.
Five brown oppossum muffs
reduced from S.. to $500
One brown oppossum muff
reduced from S7.75 to
$3.50.
One yellow mutton set re-
duced from S25 to $40.
Two Iceland fox sets re-
duced from $3.50 to $3.50.
One yellow mutton set and
near seal combination, re-
duced from $3.50 to
S14.50.
Ore Iceland fox set reduced
from $40 to $3.50.
One white fox collar reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50.
One natural oppossum set
reduced from S16.25 to
$50.
One raccoon set reduced
from $3.50 to $500.
One red fox set reduced
from S54 to $3.50.
Two gray fox sets reduced
from $40 to $3.50.
One near seal set reduced
from $50 to SO.
One marabou set reduced
from $3.50 to $40.
One marabou set reduced
from S12.85 to $3.50.
One marabOu throw, re-
duced from $3.50 to $3.50.
One otter muff reduced from
from $50 to $3.50.
One civet cat muff reduced
from $40 to $3.50.
One civet cat muff reduced
from S21.5O to $3.50.
One imitation mole muff re-
duced from $14.5O to $3.50.
One natural opp0ssum muff
reduced from $3.50 to 81.
One natural Opp0ssum muff
reduced from S7.75 to
$3.50.
One near seal muff reduced
from SIS to $40.
One black pony muff reduced
from $19 to $1O.5O.
One Persian lamb muff re-
duced from $40 to $3.50.
One Jap mink muff reduced
from SO to $40.
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