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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-07

N0WIOu OH IHC lOhS NAoCAhSN'
came the cry from the next room,
and Blake hurried there.
Its a girl and she wants you"
said the city editor.
:WeIlingten girl" exclaimed
Hello, said the girl; is it com
ing?" ,
Blake. &,
That's me said the girl, proudly
but ungramn1atiealfy.
What ?9'
81 got the wires myself, and went
for the extra operators with car
rage"
Good old WeHington,s girl" COM
mended Blake, that being his favorite
'orm of COMMUNICATION.
"And 1 had the typewriters ready"
Bully old Wellington's girl" said
Blake.
Don't talk like that" said the girl
sharply, cor l won't give you the fast
nail story"
What's that"
"Mr. Wellington said you'd want
some things for the fast mail edition
that wouldn't get through in time.
He made notes of them coming in on
the engine, a mile a minute. You
ought to see him! He's black and
dirty and torn and muddy and wet
and-and-splendid."
Never mind that now"
"He couldn't call you up, because
he's dictating," the girl persisted.
1.-The pictures go by mail"
eyes, yes, l know" He turned
rom the telephone a moment. 1.-TWO
men here, quick! Takes notes on this
by relays and write it out on a split
second schedule" Then to the girl:
LET her slide!"
What"
"Give me the fast mail story"
"Oh, yes"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-07

"Tell Wellington to call me up
when his story's finished" said Blake
when her work was done.
"AIl right" she replied. "But-oh'
Mr.. Blake~
Yes
81 don't want you to think this is
SO; dreadfully improper. My broth
ser's here, you know"
Blake laughed. To think of chap
,eroning, at such a moment seemed
to- him amusing and delightfully."-
feminine. He liked the girl; she had
feminine inconsistencies and vagar-
les; but she could do things. He told
Wellington so when the latter called
him up.
Bring her back with vol" he said.
"She won't come" replied Yelling
ton, whereat the girl, who could hear
this end of the conversation, gave a
quick little gasp of comprehension.
won't come" repeated Blake.
"You stay there at Office expense un-
til you get her. She's a mascot!
Won't come! Huh! Don't you be-
lieve it! Why, she told me over the
telephone that she was your girl
yours, mind you! Just remember
that if she tries to bluff you"
did she really say that?" asked
Wellington joyfully, whereat the girl
tried to think what she had said and
remembered.
She backed into a corner when he
hung I'D the receiver and turned to-
ward her. He followed.
"Yes, yes, I'll CO." she said, weak
ly surrendering. -
(The .End.)
1890
pANING THE PENALTY
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-07

PAYING THE PENALTY
Whatever became of that friend
of yours who used to have money
to burn?"
Hes sitting the ashes"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
LINCOLN BEACHY GETS
BAD SPILL IN WRECK
Aviator Badly Injured in Aeroplane
Accident in Attempting 20 Avert
Collision With Auto.

[ United Press Leased Wire Service.
OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 1o.-Lincoln
Beachy, the aviator, narrowly escaped
death during an exhibition flight in
Emeryvflle this afternoon, while at
tempting to avert a collision between
his aeroplane and the racing autono-
bile of Barney Oldfeld. Beachy was
stunned by fall Of Is feet and ii was
several minutes before he regained
consciousness. His machine BaA
wrecked.
Beachy had gone into the air a few
minutes before the crash, bat his mech
anicians saw there was something
wrong with the engine and signaled to
him to alight. While he was mane,,.
yering for landing the big racing car
OF Barney oldfeld, speeding over the
race track, got directly in the way. AS
ne swooped to earth he attempted 10
dodge oldfeld, with the result that his
aeroplane completely overturned
Beachy was strapped TO his seat and
unable to jump.
He was struck by the engine az il
dashed to the ground from above his
head and rendered unconscious 4
was found later that no bones were
broken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
DARkEN GRAY HAIR,
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens so
Naturally that Nobody
can tell.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings lack the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, s.reak-
ed or gray, also ends dandruff, itch.
ing scalp and stops falling hair.
Years ago the only way to get this
mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and TROUBLESOME
Nowadays, by asking at any drug
store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair REMEDY" you will get a large
hottle of this famous old recipe for
about so cents.
Don't stay gray, Try it, No one
can possibly tell thst you darkenei
your hair, as it does it so natu ally
and evenly You dampen sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning tn
cry hair disappears, and aftsr an.
other application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, thick AMI
glossy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
AM EASEMENTS


strongest appeal lies in it's great emo
tional power, Dealing as it does
With that period of history which must
ever have solemn fascination for all
Christendom whether the individual
beholder be professor of the faith,
or mott strikes to the heart and
leaves an inderadicable impression
there. It's scenes are laid in the
dawn of the fourth century. Marco
lValerius. a young Roman SCHOLAR. is
triumphant at the games and receives
decoration from the emperor Diocle-
tan. incidentally he wins favor with
the Princess Artemia, at whose behest
ne is made a captain OF the guard and
stationed at her villa in the Roman
compagnia. Corvinus Tharagus, his
chief rival ct the games as well as at
i the heart Of the princess, becomes pos
sessed of knowledge that Marco is
secretly an adherent to the hated faith
of Christianity and Loses not minute
| i'll imparting this fact to Artemia.
/, Blinded with fury at being won by a
loatHsoIne I0lOWer OF the NaZafene,
I the princess places her lover in the
grasp of the Roman law. Then comes
repentance of her rashness, a fruitless
appeal to Diocletian for his pardon,
and lastly conversion to the faith for
which he died. This conversion car
ries with it the same condemnation
fer daughter of the Caesars as for
the lowly captain of the guard, and
the final tableaux of the play shows
the lovers clasped in fond embrace
awaiting death in the bloody arena.
They have passed through many trials
much physical and mental torture,
have survived the slurs of tic insolent
Roman populace, and arrived triumph
ant at the glorious death of the mar
tyrs-the beginning of a new life AID.
vertisement
"The Heart-Breakers."
The Heartbreakers," that merry,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
WOMAN LOST LIFE IN
BATTLE WITH HUSBAND

whom they heard groan!ng, threw
their lights into the darkened cellar
There on the floor, lying on her back.
without a stitch of clothes to cover
her, was the bloody form of woman.
A physician was called. but the wom-
an was dead when he got there.
The marks of terrific struggle
were revealed by the fash lights in
the hands of the police officers. The
lamps were all overturned, ana
smashed, one by the bed had been
completely shattered and the oil was
running all over the floor. The fItni-
ture was all knocked out OF its
usual position and was tipped over in
some cases. The fight between tie
husband and wife evidently had been
waged in every room in the house
O'Donnell was intoxicated. j. was
said, and this is thought 10 have BEEN
the cause for his terrible deed. Tho
neighbors said that When he WAS
drinking, there frequently had been
trt pble. O'Donnell evidently realized
tat he had committed some awful
crime, for he staggered out onto the
porch and down the steps. Encounter
Ing a neighbor he made the remark
about the woman who was beat up"
in the house. He then went on down
the street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
URIC ACID IN MEAT
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
Take Glass Of Salts if Your BACK
Hurts or Bladder Botners.

u YOU must have YOUR meat every
day, eat it. but flush your kidneys
With salts occasionally, says noted
authority who tells US that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzes the
kidneys in their efforts to expeI il
from the blood They become slug
gish and weaken, then you suffer with
dull misery in the kidney region,
sharp pains in the back or sick head.
ache, dizziness, your stomach saars.
tongue is coated and when the wealth.
er is bad you have rheumatic twinges
The urine gets cloudy, full of sedi-
ment, the channels often get sore and
irritated, obliging you to seek relief
two or three times during the night
To neutralize these irritating acids
to cleanse the kidneys and flush of
tile body's urinous waste get foul
ounces of Jad Salts from any pharm
acy here; take tablespoonful in
glass of water before breakfast TO
a few days and your kidneys will thel
act fine. This famous salts is mad
from the acid of grapes and lemol
juice, combined with lithla, and ha
been used for generations to flush an,
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also t
neutralize the acids in urine, so i
no longer irritates, thus ending blad
der weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive: cannot in
'ure' and makes a delightful efferves
cent Whitewater drink
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11

poured upon the local market from
Winnipeg and other Canadian points,
The big cold storage houses in Win
nireg have great quantities OF butter
.and eggs In store and attribute this
TO the fact that mild weather in west
.ern Canada has greatly increased thu
output. Big daily shipments are be-
Ing made from Winnipeg to ST. Paul,
one firm having shipped $1,000 worth
since January i.
That the prices Of beth butter and
eggs will be lowered is the firm he
lief Of merchants in st. Paul. 4
committee of Winnipeg merchants
win arrive here Sunday night and eS.
,pect to arrange further development
Iof trade. This will result in greater
shipments within the next few weeks
and 1t is this increase that merchants
believe will affect the price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
o'DonnelI Denies Deed.

When arrested, O'Donnell looked as
though he had been struck in the eye,
but DR.. C. A. Jenkins, who attended
him at the police station, found that
the wound was full Of dirt and gravel
and said that he believed the man had
fallen down on the sidewalk The
police We're told later. that man had
seen O'Donnell fall down in the street.
and this doubtless, accounted for
the blood
While O'Donnell's wounds were be-
ing dressed, the officers and doctors
were endeavoring to find out what he
would say about the affair. He
roundly cursed the doctors, and declar-
ed that he did not knock his wife
down stairs. He told the chief that
her clothes had been hidden in
trunk. but this was evidently not true.
as officers had searched the house and
did not find them.
What became of the clothes, and
why o'Donnell stripped them of the
body, as evidently ne had done, was
not fathomed last night Early this
morning officers were sent out to
search the park and vicinity of the
louse in the effort to find the gar
,nents
The coroner was called last night
and viewed the body The police viii.
liold o'Donnell, pending the charge of
murder which will be filed by the
county attorney
o'Donnell was man fifty years
told- His wife was close to mis- age.
He was cement worker, by trade
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
Coming at the Grand.

Some of the recent bookings for the
Grand opera house for this season
ara James K Hackett, who plays "A
Grain of Dust" Eva Tanguay will
appear with vaudeville company The
great Ben Hur' production, AL G..
Fields minstrels, The Fire fly
Fine Feathers, Within the Law"
The Red Rose" and The Pink
Lady ADV artisement.
At the Grand.
On Monday, Jan. II, it will have
been just two years since the old
Dodge theater burned Gown. at Fourth
and Main street, and in remembrance
of this avent, Manager Dodge of the
Grand theater, has prepared special
program for next Monday afternoon
and night This program will be
made UP of some of the funniest com,
edies ever produced and patrons are
assured of pleasant hour.
There will be two matinees in the
afternoon. one at 2:30 O'Clock ard the
ether at 4.15, this last for the benefit
of the school children of the city. A.
night there viii be given three per
formances starting at the regular
tima, T:30. To all the patrons OF
these five shows Manager Dodge will
give souvenir as a remembrance OF
the fire that changed his location to
the Grand opera house.
In the afternoon the program will
include two rsel yitagraph comedy
called Wild Animals at Large" and
another two reel Vitagraph comedy
"Jerry's Uncle's Nlmesake.' Thil
| first picture is a special feature an
has been called the greatest comedy
| ever produced, At the evening per
| formances, Wild Animals at Large
viii be repeated and two roaringly
funny Biograph comedies, "The JAM
tors Revenge" and The Mystery OF
4 the Milk will be substituted for the
other picture.
I Everybody in town remembers the
! big Dodge theatsr fire that destroyed
the Masonic temple en- Fourth an
Main streets two years ago. The
( weather at that time was % degrees
below zero and when the fire was oul
tn building was sheet of ice from
i the frozen water on It. The old build
ing was torn down and the gigantic
Hotel Iowa was reared in it's place
The Masons are building great new
building at seventh and Blsndeau
i Dodge's theater has moved into tn:
Grand, and the other tenants in the
building are all in new locations now
And so on the second anniversary o
the FIRE, Monday. the 18th, Mr. Dodge
/ has prepared his special program.
Advertisement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
The Light Eternal.

Just how close is the tie between
the pulpit and the stage or, at least,
how close it IS possible for that tie
TO be made is vividly shown by such
q play as THE Light Eternal TO be
offered at tae Grand Opera House
Wednesday, Jan. u, matinee and
right
AS the theatre was originally a
means of religious instruction. so the
Iiay which combines genuine dramatic
merit with ethical and moral teach
iings. approaches nearest to the ideal
drama and becomes power for good
THE Light EterneP' is this kind of a
Eplay Though gorgeously staged and
! spectacular in the extreme, this plays
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
PLAN NEW FEATURE
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Christian Church Sunday School Or
chestra will Give Fifteen
Minute Concert.

A new feature of the Christian
church Sunday school service is the
program which the school orchestra
has agreed to render from the hour
OF $50 to 9:45. It II intended to de
vote this short session before the
school is formally opened to meeting
strangers and welcoming Wis to s
In the inter class contest, Mrs.
LOVES class maintains the lead with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11

enc thousand per cent, having won
fonr contests and lost none. This con.
test hascreated much friendly rivalry
between the ella sses and added inter-
est in endeavoring to increasa the "a
tendlnce. The public is cordially in
vited to join this school in endeayor-
ing to uphold the higher Ideals of
christian living throughout the csm
ing Year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
Mrs. Inez O'Donnell Found in
Cellar of Home, Covered
With Wounds Last
Night.
O'DONNELL IS ARRESTED
Tells Neighbors Woman is
Beaten UP in House But
Denies Deed at the
Station.

Telling his next door neighbors that
there was woman pretty badly
beat up in there" Mathew O'Donnel!
walked out of his house. 413 South
Eighteenth street, last night about
$50 o'clock A few minutes later
;.olice officers found Inez ODonneli,
wife of Mathew O'Donneu. lying on
The floor in the basement of the little
four room cottage, gasping her last
hreaths. Her body was mass of
wounds, evidently inflicted by the pok-
er which was found at the head of the
walls of the little basement room were
spattered with blood There we're
{ blood stains in the bedroom and all
OF the lamps had been overturned and
The furniture was awry in the rooms.
eli giving evidence of fearful strug-
gle.
Just which wounds were the causc
of the woman's death, DR.. F. B.
Dorsey, who was called by the police.
was unable to say. He found hole
in the woman's head. and several SER
ious wounds about the head Wounds
were found all over the body, ever
down on the legs. They had evidently
been made by some heavy blunt in
strument. The physician stated that
the woman's death was due to some
Of the wounds which had been infict-
cd. He did not believe that she had
fallen down cellar and had broken her
neck.
O'Donnen was arrested at Eigh-
teenth and Timea streets BY Officers
Freeman and Sheppard The police
found him wandering about in that
vicinity. He was bleeding from a
wound over the left eve, and his
clothes were covered with blood SPOTS.
O'Donneli had been drinking, the pc
lice say, and at the station last
night vigorously denied having killed
his wife He seemed unable to tell
what he did with her clothing. He
said he had hidden them in a trunk,
and then later denied this statement.
Ofncers we're sent out early this morn
ing TO search Kil5ourne park to try
e find the missing garments.
Police Find woman.
o'Donneli's neighbors told the pc
lice that they Knew nothing OF thu
fight until O'DonneI made the remark
that woman was beaten up in the
house. Then they looked into the
rouse but seeing 1t all dark, vert
afraid TO make an attempt to enter
the house, and called for the police.
Officers Freeman and SHEPPARD were
DESPATCHED by their superiors to the
scene. Arriving at the house. the
policemen searched every room ur-
stairs, and falling to find the Woman,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
EGGS COMING IN
FROM CANADA
Border Cities VIII Likely Get Benefit
of Lower Prices ON
Produce.

| United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 10.-As the
result Of the new trade relations be-
tween the United States and Canada,
brought about by the recent chances
in the tariff, thousands of eggs and
large quantities of butter are beln
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11

musical comedy which has thrilled
thousands of theatre patrons over tn&
country, has been playing during the
last half of the week at the Hippo
orome theatre to crowded houses. The
show carries special scenery, elaborate
costumes, while the cast is made up
of number of clever actors and the
chorus has been selected for its sing
ing ability as we'll as its beauty. The
show closes its engagement here to-
night.
Beginning tomorrow an exceptional
ly good bill of vaudeville will be pre-
scented during the first Lalf of the
week. Featuring the bill is the act
The Trayiolas, expert hoop jugglers,
rollers and novelty jugglers. Dorante,
the Chinese musical comedian, is very
clever. Moss and Fry in Sense and
Nonsense, are high class singing and
dancing comedians. Closing the bill is
Ned Warburn's English pony ballet,
the sextette Of quality direct from the
London Hippodrome.- Advertisement
julia CIaussen
Nine. Julia Claussen, who appears
at the Grand next Tuesday evening in
"a song program, is Swedish by birth,
having sung all the important CON
ltralto roles for four years with the
Royal Opera company, Stockholm.
Sweden. of which she is life mem
| Der.
| The consent of the king of Swed-
en- had to be obtained before it was
Inossible for the management of tht,
1 Chicago Opera company to make n
contract with the great artist to sing
lin America. She is considered not
lonly one of the greatest singers ever
produced by Sweden, but has been
acknowledged by all the world to be
one of the greatest living interpreters
of song.
J Several box parties have already
been formed fo- the Claussen concert
next Tuesday evening, and the event
promises to be not only the most i'm.
portant musical happening of recent
years, but a brilliant social affair as
well, in which full dress win FREEDOM.
mate.
Although large audience is assured
by the advance sale, there are still
plenty Of good seats left in all parts
cf the house.
Gallery seats have been placed at
800 and many music lovers will avail
themselves of these seats, which are
considered by many to be the best In
| the house fer a musical program.
Nine. Claussen's program has been
received and will be printed in full in
Mondays Gate City.
Some of the best examples of the
/ German Lieder school are represented
as well as arias and interesting songs
by American composers.
Among the latter are hogers. "At
Parting" and the familiar Good Bye
by Tosti which, sung by Nine. Claus.
sen. is said to be revelation.
Those who wish good seats are
urged to secure them at once.
i Box office open Monday and Tues
day .-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
Daughter of Old Resident.

The murdered woman was the
daughter of an old resident of this
city Her name before she was mar
ried was Inez Hinkley, and she was
the daughter of Captain Hinkley.
There was enc son. a boy of about
fifteen or sixteen.
A closer examination of the house
revealed the fact that the most of
the blood stains We're in the cellar.
The blood spots which were found in
the bedroom were, later. thought to
have been caused when the officers
and neighbors carried the woman up
stairs 10 the bed and PUT her ON it,
Just before she died.
Every effort Of officer Sheppard to
make her talk was unayailing. She
was able only to groan. Her death oc-
CURED just as the doctor was enter
ing the house.
On his way to telephone to the sta
Jon to send out the coroner, Officer
Sheppard spied o'Donnell and the ar
irest vas made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11

Alps Toll of Human Life.
About 100000 tourists visit tho
Alps each year, of whom about ~
meet with fatal accidents.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-17
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days.
PUBLIC SALE
PUBLIC SALE
Very Valuable and Desir-
able Improved Real Estate
Immediately at Stop 46,
on K. & P. Car Line, Con
tanning Is Acres,
On Wednesday, October FL,
1914, at 4 O'clock P. M.

! :. At tt, the request Of the owner, who is
above time and place, sell by public
auction the following real estate. viz:
r: & P. car line, about fye miles from
E a.d splendid youns orchard; ASPARAGUS
wood The improvements consist Of a
splendid dwelling, with eight rooms.
wire fencing. woodhouse, etc.
The property will BIO offered, first
twelve and one-half acres, with all
tho improvements; second, FIVE and ONE
half acres. which is a beautiful build
, we viii offer TIE entire property. con-
ments, and accept the best offer. This
Is the best located aid most desirable
property between Petersburg and Rich
mond. in a splendid nefghborhood,
where improvements are manifest and
close to sehoel and church, This prop
erty is steadily increasing in value, and
Is most desirable property for home
or Investment, and must be sold.
TERMS: Announced at sale
MRS. A. e. TRAYLOR.
JAMES r. HARRISON.
Auctioneer.