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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

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MY wife" said the tall. lantern
jawed man, lis as womanly woman
as you can find; but she can hammer
nails like lightning"
Wonderful" sang the chorus.
Lightning" the tall, lantern jawed
man continued, seldom strikes. twice
In the same place"
my husband is one of the mos,
stubborn men in the world"
He can't be any more stubborn
than mine." .,
"oh. yes. I'm sure he must be. Yes.
terday had an engagement to meet
him at o'clock
... Wen. it vas nearly 4:so when
the rest he got while he was waiting
did him good.''
One afternoon a party named Bow
ers had business at q state peniten.
tiary in the west, and on returnine
he spoke Of the visit to number OF
friends.
"The prisoners down there" said
Saturday afternoon holiday, with a a
brass band and speeches to match.
And say, maybe the leader of that
band wasn't some wonder in the
choice Of appropriate music! What
dc you suppose he was playing?"
Search me-" responded one OF thu
friends. Some sad hymn. 1 suppose" "
He was not!" declared Bowers,
emphaticaliy: He was playing This
Old Mr.. and Mrs. Muldoon were in
close, converse around the peat fire,
discussing the natural laws Of COM
pensation, thought that wasn't exactly
what they called the subject.
Just fancy" exvlaimed Bridget
according to this paper, when a man
loses wan of his senses another gets
touch.''
Pat thought the matter over long
and anxiously.
"s,,re, an it's quite true" he re-
marked learnedly. after a while.
"a se notlced it messlf. When q man
has got one leg shorter than tother,
A. New York clubman tails Of a
quaint character he met while on Q
hunting trip in Canada last summer
This man was of French extraction
and proud Of q friend OF his in New
York. one Gastonn Lespinasss. OF
whom he talked constantly.
you ]ivs IN New York ?" he Al
once asked whom tho Gothauaite ap.
peared. Hl.s
Il do"
You know CASTOR Lespinasse?"
him.
The Canadian seemed disappointed
| as well as nonplussed. Then he be-
san again: gt>
You .. live in New York;"
"You DO not know CASTOR Les.
1 pinasse7''
Newer heard Of him."
4 The Cannuck grinned incrsduloualy
Then With the air Of one eonvictinl
said:
Castor il the cook at the hotel.'
A \ woman % left her baby in its car.
store. 4 policeman found it there
apparently abandoned. and wheeled
It to the station. Az he passed dowr
the street z gamin yelled: Whats tn,
It was in q railway car and tn,
II occupan4s Wefo ssyarAl travellers and
z staid, pompous old gentleman. Yari.
Gus sn4a uhsuccsdsfuI efforts Wer,
made to draw him into Conversation
AZ length one Of them said, come
sir, ! know you are one OF us Tel
W what you Are trayelkpk In"
Young mAa. answered the tor,
A mentad one. eiaf4nx at asjs interIocu.
tor. IT ain travelling III Ob3ecfionabi,
IaAA 1AAu1G1ftve COMPANY. and the cai
- fun Of samples
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

country have been nearly. distracted.
So long as we send men to congress
who do not understand business.
! suppose we shall be constantly haras-
sed and annoyed. The men we send
to congress should be men who un.
derstand business, who are not theor-
lists, but who know what practical
Hasiness is; and if we had in congress
the proportion of business men that
we have of professional men and the
orists, 1t would be a grand thing for
the country.
or course there are many successful
business men who refuse to become
candidates for office. The business
man in politics need not necessarily
and always be an office holder. If
business men concern themselves In
politics as private citizens to the ex-
tent Of participating in the selection
of candidates, the making Of nomina-
tions and the. carrying of elections.
they should be able to WELD an influ-
ence in the shaping of government
policies that would prevent many SER
ious blunders and be conducive of ma
tional prosperity.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

Are you going to the wal,.rh,, :.
ception ton:ght?' 'toy re-
+, asss;. No; the Twobbles will be there. 10
o, tha ny , 90 you object to the presence
- don't object to their presanc.
th..cu.arly; thas. .,y; but I have already heard
mem mem teii the story Of their esesna a
s1 : 1a..t eethn ten or twelve times. ana
: oon y 1eei equal to another rectal"
g! suppose you had the ,,.,,., .,.,..
Do links. ssad Mrs.
.., Yes said Mrs. Won slamm.rt.n
chiey IN the matter Of rsttins ,,,n,.S..
nn2Weysr. n Why. would you heiiavs =
IL " Jtnks, q lettar OF credit 'ovNr ~
= s"e t.s Masnt OF any more value ffrn
. treaty OF neutrality"-Judre. 'Hssl -.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18
Art Department Linens
Bet on Gen to cum along with a pome

Bet on Gen to cum along with a pome
aoowt things just when everybody is
enjoying themselves. say we! :
Fatty Bellowes thot UP a funny one
abowt himself this moarnins. It was:
,Wny woant us fellers be feilers when
Thanksgiving day comes?" Eyyerev.
body sed thay dident know, & Fatty
sed: "Becawse we will all be turky
9obblers. Maude Muldinkey dident
get the joak and Fatty had to explane
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18
(By Paul West.)
illustrated by Moser.)
WEDNESDAY.

Eight days moar = then Thanks.
giving!
FIX Brigham sed wouldent it be bull
ly II we could all 60 TO slepe now &.
not walk up till thay called us & sed
"Tt is Thanksgiving & dinner is red
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

The New York World puts poser
when it observes:
IF we feed and clothe the Belgians
as patriots, we prolong their defense
and strengthen the allies. If we feed
and clothe the Belgians az German
captives. we relieve their conquerers
Of mighty task properly chargeable
to them by all the laws Of war; What
is neutrality?"
The people of the United States are
feeding the Belgians because the Bel
gians are starving, not in any spirit
inconsistent with perfect fairness to
all the world besides.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

The Topeka. Kansas, State Journal
suggests a horrible suspicion when it
says:
There is also the possibility that
the foot and mouth disease epidemic
is not nearly as aggravated nor as
serious as the reports concerning it
and the activities for its suppression
would indicate. 1t is not unusual for
government experts to become tre-
mendously busy occasionally for the
purpose of calling attention to their
importance and to present tangible
evidence that they earn their salaries
once in a while"
The best course to pursue will be
to first stamp out the disease and
then talk this thing over.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

72-Inch heavy Bleached Da-
mask; reg. $500 yd., for 81 SO
Napkins size 22x22 to match,
regular $4.75 per doz. for .$4.10
7O-Inch Bleached and Half
P Bleached; reg. per yd. for 75c
Half-Bleached Napkins to
match; regular $2.75 per
dozen, for .$2.23
70-Inch Bleached and Half
Bleached Damask; regular
$l.25 per yard, for ....... CSC
Napkins size 22x22 to match,
regular $3.50 per doz. for .$2.9
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

To Start Thursday Morning
At $3.50, sharp, Thursday morning, we
place on sale our famous Liddels Gold
Medal Brand, and Lamb and Finley's
world-renowned high quality linens-all
imported. Our prices have not advanced,
although the European war is affecting
the linen market. This sale offers an ex-
ceptionally fine opportunity to lay in your
supply, at splendid reductions.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18
BILL HAS CAIN

1t to her. Eaven now Maude aint awite
sure she gees 1t. Pritty' thick, say
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18

72-Inch heavy Bleached Da- -
mask; reg. $1.50 yd. for $1.19 oN
Napkins size 22x22 to match,
$3.75 per doz., for .$3.15 b.
72-Inch Bleached Satin Dam Xa
ask, regular So so doz. for $500 1R;
72-1nch Satin double Dam
ask; regular $2.75 yd. for .$2.1S ~
72-Inch Satin double Dam u
ask; $500 per yard for. .$2.38
Napkins size 25x25 to MATCH
regular $3.50 per doz. for .$5.25
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18
Damasks and NAPKINS

72-Inch Mercerized Damask,
regular 60c per yd., for. 48c
\ 59-Inch Half-Bleached DAM
ask, regular 85c per yd., for 60c
68-Inch Bleached Damask;
regular 85c per yard, for. 63c
q 54-1nch Unbleached Linen
Damask; regular 75c, for. Sc
4 72-Inch fine quality Bleached
Damask; regular SITS per
yard for .$1.38
. Napkins size 23x22 to match,
( regular $500, per doz. for 1888
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-18
Fancy Huck
Tow cling

l5-Inch SOC grade for. .39c
l8-Inch SOC grade for. ..30c
18-1nch 60c grade for. .4sc
18-lnch 75c grade for. .80c
20-Inch 60c grade for. .4sc
20-1nch s5c grade for .69c
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
RED CROSS SEEKS
AID FROM CITIES
Appeals Addressed to City Councils
and Commercial orsanlzations
to Alleviate Suffering
in War.
mo APPEAL TO REoKUK
Mayor Doubts Authority Of City to
Appropriate Funds for This
Purpose Quincy Takes
Action.

The American Red Cross society is
sending out appeals for funds to many
cities in this country for the purpose
of. alternating suffering among the
wounded soldiers In Europe. City
councils of Quincy and Burlington
. and business organizations of those
cities have already been appealed to.
Mayor Moorhead said today that no
request of this kind had yet been re-
ceived by the local council.
Had we received an appeal We
would be glad to do what we could"
said the mayor, "but- i doubt II we have
the authority to appropriate any OF
the city's funds for this purpose
Commissioners Collins expressed the
opinion that If the war in Europe
continues any length Of time that
American cities will be called upoh
for funds much as they we're at the
time Of the San Francisco disaster
when $4,000 was contributed by this
city.
In response to requests for money
from the American Red Cross a.
Washington, the Quincy city council
yesterday passed the following resoln-
ton:
Resolved: That We as sympathia-
ers with our distressed brothers in
foreign lands, meet the appeal from
Washington by expressing ourselves
heartily in favor of any suitable
measure of relief, and suggest COOP
Grafton on the part OF our citizens as
showing the humanitarian side of the
American sentiment in this crisis"
Other organizations at Quincy, such
as the retail merchants association,
the chamber of commerce, and other
business organizations as well as
churches and religious societies have
depressed a willingness to do whas
they can toward raising funds for the
Red Cross society 1t is safe to say
that II an appeal is received from the
Red Cross by local organizations they
will not be slow to respond.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
DEED TRANSFERRING
SCHOOL LOT FILED
Vented Property Is Now Officially
Recorded as Belonging to
School District.

The warranty deed conveying the
property known as lot In Chatham
Square from George and Julia Went
eel to the Independent school district
Of keokuk was filed for record today.
The consideration in the deed is the
same as was exclusively announced In
The Gate City last week when the
deal was made, s4.250.
The deed transferring the property
from the former owners to the Went
cells was fled July 20, 1904. There
was mistake in recording this and
it was necessary to record 1t again,
correctly The amount paid for the
property ten years ago was $4,000,
according to this old warranty deed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
CHARGES HUSBAND
WAS CRUEL TO HER
Ethel Adams Files Suit for Divorce
from Allen Adams In District
Court Here,

Alleging that she has suffered cruel
treatment and abuse at the hands OF
her husband, Ethel Adams has brought
suit for divorce against Allen Adams.
The petition was fled in the Office Of
the clerk Of the district court here.
Adams is carpenter working at Fort
Madison.
Mrs. Adams claims that her nus
band abused and mistreated her. She
asks that she be given the custody of
their fourteen months old child and
that her husband pay $75 alimony,
temporarily, and that the court order
him to pay So per week to the sup
port of the child. She alleges he
makes $24 per week. The couple
were married in Mount Sterling, H..
August 20, 1911.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
California Primaries.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Aug. &c.
John D. Fredericks Of Los Angeles,
has been nominated for governor OF
California by the republicans. Fred
H. Hall by the democrats and Hiram
w. Johnson by the progressives, &C.
cording to incomplete returns today
from the state wide primaries held
yesterday. Other probable nomina-
lions are U. 8. senator. Francis ].
Henry, progressive; Sam1. NJ. Short
ridge. republican; James D. Phelan.
democrat; Lieutenant Governor John
NJ. Eshelman, republican and progress
siye: Joe v. Snyder, democrat The
count Of the ballots is proceeding very
slowly and will not be completed un-
til late today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Harry Stricken Of Chicago Is
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Lingo have re-
turned to their home at Tiogue,
Texas, after several months stay In
this city.
Fort Madison Democrat: A. McBain
Of Keokuk spent Sunday at the home
Of Miss Eva Armstrong. - Mrs.
Lena Price and Roland Wolf, who is
visiting here from Kansas City, spent
the day in Keokuk.
Fort Madison Gem City: Miss Doro-
thy Lohmeyer and Miss Josephine
Brockhagen of Chicago, are visiting
Mrs. William Ewers at Keokuk.
L. e. Williams has returned from
auto trips to Lee, Van Buren, an0
Henry counties, Iowa, and Clark,
Lewis, Knox, Adair and Marion coun-
ties, Missouri. He travelled beyond
LaPlata and back yesterday.
The Misses Margaret Gambler and
Hazel Hope who have been the guests
of Miss Lillian Allen, returned this
afternoon to their hemes In Des
Moines
Mrs. AL Wall Of Burlington who has
been visiting Miss Margaret Baur,
has returned to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. C. Hayden arrived
home at midnight from their trip to
Washington New York, Long Island,
Niagara Falls and Chicago. They
we're gone nearly six weeks, spend.
ing twenty-six days OF the time on
Great Peconic Bay, on the south side
Of eastern Long Island. Here Mr..
and Mrs. F. j. Hayden met her eight
children, Ave sons and three daugh-
tiers, and their families complete, COM
posing In all thirty-nine persons. Thfr-
ty.seven OF them were present at one
time. The families kept house in
four roomy cottages and two tents
and spent the time in salt water
swimming, fishing, grabbing. digging
CLANS. spearing cells. rowing, sailing,
dancing and singing and in good old
fashioned visiting.
B. F. Smith, g. w. Smith. William
DooIey and niece. Miss Vivian Clark.
left this morning for Gaiesburg in
Mr.. Smiths auto, to attend the races
and visit relatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
M. R. Angel
CITY NEWS.

See our new buggies. Sherwood,
Ginghams and percaIes for school
dresses at the Central.
Phone "a for case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
Steamer Dubuque for Burlington
every Sunday at $3.50 q. m. Returns
8 p. m. Adults SOC, children Csc
round trip.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. w. A. No. g:
will hold its regular melting tonight
ut Woodman he'll. All members are
requested to be present.
DIR. George F. jenkins who was
taken i'll Monday, was operated on
for gall stones last night. His con.
dition is reported today as being sat
isfactory.
Phone "a for a case of Leisy
beer when you're out
New dress goods 25c to $50 per
yard at the Central store.
Always drink Puritas beer, the
beer made in Keokuk. To get a case
phone 139.
Get new set OF harness for your
horse at Sherwood's.
Have case Of Puritas beer in
your home and take bottle with
your meals. Phone 1879.
steamer Dubuque for Burlington
every Sunday at $50 a. m. Returns
I 9 p. m. Adults soc. children 25c
round trip.
New dress goods for children's
school dresses at the Central.
| Quincy Herald: Minnie Brown
the girl who got into trouble for being
an inmate Of sporting resort on
Hampshire street between Third and
Fourth streets, was taken to Keokuk
this morning by her mother. who
came here, paid her fine and took her
to the Iowa city, where she has Sc
cured employment.
| Dance at Powder Works hall
Wednesday evening. Agnes orchestra
For school hosiery for boy OF
girl see the Centrars big line.
For that picnic basket. don't for
get few bottles Of Puritas beer
either dark lager or pale. It's just
the thing. Phone 139 for some to
day.
Steamer Dubuque for Burlington
every Sunday at $50 a. m. Returns
9 p. m. Adults SOC, children CSC
round trip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
The Worm Turned.

PARIS, Aug. 13.-(By mail to New
York.)-Haying been arrested by the
Germans, Sansi, the Alsatican carica'
turist escaped and fed to France to
avoid Imprisonment and joined b
French regiment as an Interpreter.
The German officer who had caused
his arrest was the first prisoner
brought before him. The officer com.
planned Of the treatment he had re-
ce;vef and Sanci replied: ut was
certainly better than you gave me at
Colmar"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26

Read The Daily Gate City. 10
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-26
General CLAYTON Died.

WASHINGTON, August 26.-Gener.
al Powell Clayton, who for nifty years
has been a figure in national politics
as a republican, died at 8 O'Clock last
night in his apartments at Washing
ton, after a long Illness. He was II
years old, on August Z, and native
Of Pennsylvania. He served in the
civil war as an officer, first as cap
tain OF the First Kansas Infantry. and
later Of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13

Magazine editors complain that the
average story writer Is more con.
cerned with the plot OF a tale than
with the workmanship Of 1t. He will
spend much time and thought to get
a good, logical framework for his
story, and then slight all other parts
OF the writer's art so badly that the
entire product Ia useless. The case
Is quite otherwise with the operate
stage. There Is the plot which sui.
fers, which is sighted, distorted,
smothered under a crazy-quiit Of In.
constituencies. There are many good
operas. but TO get the full enjoyment
OF them the spectator must be able to
ignore the impossible plot OF the
stage story. Considered merely as a
story, the average opera ia what Mrs.
Malaprop would call a nice derange.
ment' Of murders. miracles, poison,
conspiracy, intrigue, adultery, cruel.
ty; of impossible crimes committed
for u%nthinkable motives. There are
exceptions, La Tosca has all the
swift action and perfect conference of
a story Of Maupassant. Pagliacci Is
less perfect, but still admirable, and
while T~annhauser fills the stage with
miracles, 1t has a sort OF legendary
logic Of its own
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 1t

If you are engaged In farming, or
II you plant only vegetables or flow
ers, you cannot afford to be without
the big catalogue published fresh and
new every year by the great South
ern seed house, Fl. G. Hastings & tom
pany of Atlanta, Ga, and sent apso-
lutely free, postage paid, to all who
write for it, mentioning the name of
this newspaper.
In this catalogue we tell you OF a
splendid offer of free flower seed to
all our customers, five magnificent
varieties that mean beauty about your
home and a pleasure to wives and
daughters that nothing else can give.
This catalogue tells you, too, about
u big cash prize offer to the Corn
Club boys OF your state. 1t tells all
about our fine yielding varieties of
corn and cotton-the kind we grow
on OIL own $500 acre farm. 1t tells
about the best seeds OF all kinds for
planting in the South. 1t should be
In every Southern home. Write to-
day and let US send it to you.
n. G. HASTINGS & CO.,
Atlanta, Gs.--Advt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13
FROM Ala,

Representative FaIEon OF North
Carolina. in a statement filed with the
house committee on agriculture, has
asked for an Investigation and tests
OF electrical process Of getting nitro
gen from the air at d high tempera-
tarc. He cited scientific predictions
that the Chilean supply of sodium nj
trate, now yielding $4,000, 900 annual.
ly TO the Chilean government, would
be exhausted In 50 years. He con
tended that such u dearth would tax
America to feed It's own people In
the future rs well as 10 provide for
exports, and that the question OF
foodstuffs would continue TO be the
most serious IN connection with the
high cost OF living. A process Of ex-
tracing nitrogen, beautifully provid'
ed by nature. he asserted, would be
an important problem for the govern
meHt TO solve with a view to consery-
ing the welfare and life Of the people.
Representative Faison submitted that
nitrate could be made at from so
cents to st.25 a ton, and that NAM
.facturers of s~altpeter were charging
$50 a ton. Congress-" he added.
ought to interpose between the needs
Of the people and any patent rights
which would monopolize the atmos-
phere and control the 20, 000, 900 tons
nitrogen above every square mile
earth, necessary for Improvement
Of land and crops"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13

A remarkable story Is told OF the
adventures OF some church plate OF
the sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries, says the London Globe. II
belongs to the parish of Seavlngton
st. Michael, but about seventy years
ago the parishioners decided they must
have t plate and without the knowl.
edge Of their rector. the Rev. r. A.
Cox, dispatched the valuable commun.
ion service to London to be melted
down. Fortunately, the rector learn.
ed Of the affair In time and personally
acquired the articles. Subsequently
they passed from his widow Into
the hands Of her nephew, the Rev.
Henry Burnley. and a short time age
were purchased and presented to the
parish by an anonymous donor.
They have now been solemnly reded.
icated in the presence Of a large con
gregation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13
PETITION FOR PARDON.


To Gov. Earl Brewer. Jackson, Miss:
Your petitioner, Wade Nelson, would
respectfully show that he was indicted
for murder on account of his killing
M w. A. Dabbs, at Itta Bena, Mis-
sissippi, IN the End day of June, 1913,
and that your petitioner was convicted
or the trial of said charge of man
slaughter, at the january Term, 1914,
of the Circuit Court of Lefore County,
Mississippi, and sentenced to three
wears imprisonment in the state pen
i~tentiary.
Your petitioner would show that he
was perfectly justifable at the time,
in killing the said Dabbs.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
he may be pardoned.
WADE NELSON.
We. the undersigned citizens of
Lelore County, Mississippi, confirm
the facts and allegations set forth in
the above and foregoing petition, and
join in the prayer of the same.
VIM. COOK,
2. T. HINES,
H. l.. STODDARD
J. T. MCCAIN,
H. 6. FLANAGAN,
And Others.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13

American poultry farmers will be
interested in the report from London
that T. Thorne Baker has found great
profit In the experiment OF raising
fowls with the aid Of electricity. His
experience has demonstrated, he de,
~clares, that chickens can be grown
at twice the usual rate with half the
usual food. On the farm where the
experiments were conducted an inten,
siye poultry house was electrified.
The current was applied for ten min.
utes every hour during the day. SIX
chickens only out Of four hundred
died, showing a mortality Of one and
t~ive-tenths per cent, when the usual
mortality II fifty per cent. during the
summer season, The chickens were
ready for market In five weeks, as
against the usual three months. The
vitality Of the treated chickens va,
remarkable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13
SOUTHERN RY. co. IN MISSIS-
SIPPI PASSENGERS MUST SHOW
TICKETS ON PLATFORM.


Effective March LIST the Southern
Railway Co. w%iII.not allow any pas
sengers to board the trains until a
trainman shall have inspected the
ticket.
The new order was issued by Mr.. r.
V. Taylor, Vice President and General
Manager, and is another step in the
Safety Always" policy of the Com
pany.
While it is expected that some de-
lays may result at first in a~cquainting
the travelling public with the new rule
the officials believe that it will result
in the elimination OF Incidents where
passengers get on the wrong trains.