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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
TYPHOID CARRIERS.

| Now that the quality of public water
supplies has been greatly improved
and the practice of milk pastueriza-
ton has been widely introduced, out
breaks of typhoid attributed to ty-
phoid carriers are becoming more con-
spicuous than formerly. although prob
ably they are not really more ire
quent. A remarkable epidemic due to
food infected by carrier was recent
! ly reported by Sawyer in recent Is
sue of the Journal of the American
| Medical association, and while this
was perhaps exceptional in the num-
Der of persons infected at one time,
| it emphasizes the grave danger of al
| lowing carriers to have to do with
the preparation or handling of food
intended for general consumption.
The still more recent typhoid out
break at Lehigh university with more
than fifty cases and several deaths
has been traced likewise by the Penn
sylvania state department. of health to
kitchen employee who proved to be
a healthy carrier. Such instances
and they are multiplying fast-suggest
that wherever feasible, employees
handling foods liable to spread infec-
ton should be examined for pos
sible typhoid reaction in the blood.
In case the reaction is positive, and
even when 1t Is negative. but there is
definite history OF typhoid fever,
bacterial examination for typhofu
germs should be made. Application
OF the test could pf badly be made
with little Inconvenience in connec-
ton with the student dining halls oil
many educational institutions where
proper bacteriologic facilities and ex.
/! pert service exist. We know of at
| least one American university whers
| such a routine examination of the enl.
ployees concerned in the handling oil
food has been practiced for several
years past. The disaste" at Lehigll
shows that such precautions are JUS
tilted, and that with our present know
ledge of typhoid causation some re-
sponsibility in this regard may be
Justly expected from college author,
ties There are also many hospitals
sanatoriums and public institutions In
which the necessary facilities ant
skill for such examinations exist OIL
could be readily provided, and here
too. it is true that to be forcwarned Is
to be forearmed In the future un
comfortable questions may be asked
when carrier outbreaks occur in large
institutions that are provided with
ibacteriologic facilities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08

One of the cleverest little boosting
stunts that has ever come to the no.
tice of Keokuk people has been sent
here, as well as elsewhere, by the In
formation Typographical Union-the
printers. It is in the form OF a little
white box two and a half by one and
q half by three-quarters of an inch in
size, made of imitation leather, and to
all appearances an apothecary's pack
age with a prescription printed on
the cover The ''tprescription" blank
is headad: international Topographic
cal Union Dispensary, indianapolis,
Ind. Hours per day, not to exceed
eight Worlrooms, sanitary and n.y.
gienic.'' The prescription is: Sixty
years incapacitated, So per week
twenty years membership, disease in
durable, So per week; tuberculosis I'M
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
CHARLESTON.
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Mrs. Lurla Findeiss and daughter
Alene Of st. Louis. are visiting at the
Dr. Davis home.
Everett and Harry Philips were
Montrose callers Tuesday.
Charles Schiller was Montrose
caller Tuesday.
Frank Iatta and family have re-
turned from Wyoming and win make
their home here.
Henry IAuth OF v.sile shipped q car
load OF hogs from here Friday.
Hubert Hopp and family OF Keokuk
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Earl Hamilton and family were over
Sunday visitors in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
Great Days for America.

Omaha Bee: This is a great time
to be an American citizen. Our ma
ton stands In the limelight of an
enviable opportunity-an opportunity
of service to mankind. Millions OF
men, women and children are crying
| for help. They must have it or they
perish. War has close not only the
channels of production and supply, but
those of mercy as well in all too many
cases. We of all the great powers
stand in the position of helping. First,
we have the resources, next We have
the heart to give and last we are re-
strained by no entangling alliances
that prevents our giving to all alike.
! Natural. at peace, prosperous and
| benevolent, the United States oc-
cupies such distinction as has in
the history of the world come to few,
| If any, nations. No Macedonian cry
was ever more shrill or insistent, no
Macedonian need more urgent, for
these are trials that wiring the souls
of men. There is no question of our
meeting the test; we are meeting 1t.
individually and as whole people
And the food, clothing, money, med
tical skill we are sending abroad do not
measure the most of what we are do
| ing. That may be viewed now as
something intangible, but 1t will not
be when the bud of this glorious ex-
ample and influence for peace has
burst into full bloom and sent its frag-
rance throughout the world. Ours is
/ q work of the destiny of mankind. Not
one of the nations receiving our sue
cor catches the full force of it that
does not appreciate what it means to
be able to do what the people of the
| United States are doing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
The Dows Advocate recently r

The Bows Advocate recently re-
ports the sale by I. L. Walls, presi-
dent of the Wright county fair. OF
2T4 acres west of Clarion to Alfred
Benson for $4,000, a trife more than
s135 per acre. Mr.. Walls makes a
nice profit on the place, having paid
SIS an acre for it about three years
ago, when he came here from Illinois.
He is looking for another Wright
county investment of the same kind.
Mr.. benson also feels he gets his
moneys worth. A short time ago he
sold his place east of Clarion for $50
per acre.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08

The Scientific American OF Deem
Der 5th contains supplement show
ing the exact size of the famous Ger
man 42-centimeter shell. The interest
in the war numbers Of the Scientific
American has been phenomenal and
the press Of the country seems to
think that the publication has done
an extraordinary good job on getting
war facts. A copy of the supplement
showing the exact size Of the big AZ.
centimeter can be seen in the edi
torial rooms of The Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08

raised for the relief OF families and
dependents of French and Belgian
artists, by the sale of art works, all
donated by American painters and
sculptors, which began here today
The auction-sale will continue for
eight days.
Seulptors, pictures and other deco
rative objects, all done by persons OF
recognized merit, comprise the offer
ings. Those who put in bids today
took little risk, as no objects will De
permitted to leave the Art club until
the last day, in expectation of higher
offer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
keokuk, Iowa December 9, 1914
OUR OWN.

OUR OWN.
From both our affluence and perjury,
From our hard labor and our hours
of ease,
We have torn gifts, whate'er the
hand could seize,
And sent them lovingly across the sea
4 To that wrecked land where wars sad
victims be.
Thus have we made national reply
To every voice that questioned our
good will;
Thus have we drained the source 81
doubling dry
And set the heart of gratitude a-thrill.
Now let us pause in our brave work
If we have erred-if wars outrageous
blow
where it should flow,
Dividing thus our too scant charity
Our help, that never yet has quite
sufficed
For home demands; if only pride en-
ticed,
Or some love prompted save the
love of man.
Our kith and kin, our countrys own,
we scan;
How grim the carnage of their pow.
erty-
The strain of life where fate has
set its heel
In grim defiance OF souls sue
cess
Where weakling brains and Inform
ed bodies reel
Beneath the rage of battle-mad dis
tress!
These are our own, yet year on
year they strive,
With hungry blood. for victory OF life.
How have we helped to Keep their
hopes alive?
How strengthened hands too weak for
such a strife?
Sad is the want today in other
lands;
Dire the great need beneath our own
blue done;
The spring of doubt, dry to its bot
tom, stands;
Now let us turn to these, our own, at
home,
-Iurana Sheldon in New York Times
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
,ROCKEFELLER'S
CORRESPONDENCE
Letters From Eastern Financiers Re
garding Colorado Coal Strike,
Will be Considered.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DENVER, Colo, Dec. Scores
pondence between John D. Rockefel-
Ter. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Starr j.
\ urphy, OF the Rockefeller stan, Geo.
j. Gould and other eastern financiers.
and Jesse F. Welborn, president OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.. were
expected to be read when today's SEES
sion of the federal industrial commits
sion of Colorado strike hearing began
Before resuming the stand, Welborn
and his attorneys conferred with
Chairman Frank Walsh and submitted
a mass of documentary evidence. let.
tiers and messages. These, it is said
refer, not only to the Colorado coal
strike, but many other matters relat
ing to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Icompany's business. The commission
was also expected to demand that
Welborn name the press agent Of the
Colorado operators who prepared the
bulletins" purporting to contain the
fact presenting the operators side
of the controversy. Welborn yester
day declined to tell the mans name
The real work of the special con
vention OF union miners OF district No
Is, called to discuss the strike in this
state, will begin today. The opening
session of the convention Monday
was devoted to routine of organiza
ton. The statement was made yester
day that the convention would call OF
1.-THE strike and place the interests o.
| the strikers in the hands Of the med
iation commission recently named b,
President Wilson
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
poNNELLsoN.

Miss Elsie Mattern is visiting rela.
tives in Nebraska.
The different Sunday schools Of our
city are practicing for the Christmas
programs.
Mrs. G. Holdefer was business
visitor in Keoknk Wednesday.
The Jugendverein of the G. e.
church were entertained by Miss Sa.
lone Klingler Friday evening.
Mrs. James McKeehan OF IsaCrew
visited with Mrs. E. c. Lynn wednes-
day.
Mrs. Florence Green OF near War
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08

1t is hard for the people of this
great, rich Mississippi valley to real
ize how fortunate they are even when
the countries of Europe are ravaged
by war. This is indeed the region OF
greatest opportunity favored not only
by its wealth-producing soil, but by
its privileges of independent citizen.
ship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08
Fish on Trial.

Fish on Trial.
limited Press Leased Wire Scrvice.1
CHICAGO. Dec. s.-Joseph Fish.
millionaire fire insurance adjuster.
was placed on trial today on the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-08

For Belgian Relief.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. s. Thou
sands of dollars is expected to be
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
To Put An End to All
Superfluous Hair
Advice to Ladies Who Have Been
Deceived and Disappointed
By a Specialist

Thousands Of ladies and even young girls
have learned TO their sorrow that II does
not pay 10 tribe with hairy growths the
race and arms BY trying TO remove them
Win worthless phatcs. powders AMI liquid
deptlatories that smell awtully and burn like
mad. \ weii-known woman VINO succeeded
in entirely and painlessly destroying all trace
OF her hairy growth has arranged TO PIT
on public sale the scientific discovery that
cured her after all else failed. 1t IL n sim
pie. harmless and amazingly effective treat
ment which she has called Mrs. Osgoods
Wonder. IL never falls 10 remove nj! trace
OF superiluous hair absolutely without pain
or Injury TO the skin or com pie xion. and in
surprisingly large number OF cases has
killed the hair roots so II has never returned
You can get II from Tragic Drug Co. or any
Cp-to-date druggist or department store, on
tho guarantee OF money back II 1t falls Ask
for IL by name. Mrs Osgoods Wonder"
signed guarantee with every package. II
you have tried all the advertised depiiatories
In vain and want cure. quick results. this
new method deserves your immediate atten-
ton. Let me caution you however, not to
apply Mrs. Osgood's Wonder TO hair growtha
you do not wish totally dcstroyed-Advor-
tisement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

got to my hotel. and az I have a great
lot Of baggage told him he had better
hire n carriage.
He replied that there wcre no car
Tiages in Cuzco, but that he might tako
tho street cur. and that my typewriter
and trunks could be carried on the
backs of Indian cargadorcs. found
the street car TO be long box resting
on wheels. with n team OF four shaggy
mules as tho motor. There were half
dozen such cars. each with Its separate
team. and they were 80 crowded that
] was barely able to get standing room.
The cars run only TO tho trains. and
these arrive and depart three times n
week: so that If you can get Il car rido
n day you are lucky. IT was about n
mile and half from the railroad depot
to the main plaza, and our mules went
on the gallop.
Copyright. 1914. by Frank @. Car
ma tf,rN
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which they have brought In from far
away In the country. The whole scene
is one Of bright colors. but IT is quiet,
and the people arc gentle and sombre.
They talk in low tones, and they seem
very timid. When point my camera
at them the women hide their faces
and the children howl and go off on the
run.
One OF the odd sights Of the market,
ana also of the streets throughout
Cuzco. is the traffic and the way freight
ls carried. Everything comes in from
the country on donkeys or mules. or
on llamas. or upon the backs of men
and women. There is not a carriage in
the whole city, and when ono goes
out TO ride he must go horseback or
mulcback. In coming in on the train
had the station master with me- He
had been instructed by the supcrin-
tendent OF The railroad to sec that l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

did those. OF our girls in the days OF
wire petticoats.
There arc Indinn men by tho hun
dreds walking about through the mar
ket They are buying and selling. and
thcre are Indian women going about
with bundles on their backs and ba b!es
have fiat round hats with briIns turned
up all around and under the hats are
knit caps of bright colors with ear
Some of the indians are driving in
llamns loaded with goods and some
carry great packs on their shoulders
containing vegetables and other wares
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Indian women selling potatoes in mark ct.

nude and out OF tho breasts pour two
continuous streams OF pure water.
little farther on i stopped to look
at the market. This IS held In Il place
about half of which Is covered with
long galvanized iron sheds upheld by
posts. Under the sheds are zinc coun-
tiers upon which the meat is laid out for
sale, and farther over are sheds for
vegetables, where tho Indian and Cholo
women sit oil the stones with their
wares piled around them. Still farther
over arc sheds for fruits, and in the
"ldo' open spaces out In tho sun, they
arc selling fuel consisting of wood,
llama droppings and charcoal There
are other peddlers here and there, and
scattered about are cook shops. where
tho Quicha Indians ARC eating SCUM
and fried stuffs cooked over clay or
sheet iron stoves while you walt.
In the shed part of the market the
square. ] asked as TO the prices, and
found that eggs are now selling mt "A
cents dozen. Beef costs az cents a
IT be lamb or old ram The part OF
nc animal from which the cut comes
t ma no d!nerence. You pay the same
Tor II steak cut from the loin or the
neck. Inc butcher women have no
scales. and they guess at the weight
hp tPE +, ni,as arc not sold by measure.
pile Is cents. or 2I3 cents American.
ficre Is n woman selling red peppers
ten each. They sell for : cents per
pile. In the next stall arc green beans.
e .ih containing a handful. and beside
biscuit. that you can buy for IA nickel.
little farther over they are selling
pulnua. This is grain as big as tho
mead of a pin that the Indians use to
make mush: The piles are half "A pint
each and they cost or cents The
same a,l,f woman has corn in piles of ten
lOnI
also hominy in a cloth looking like n
DIRTY an E, dishrag; The hominy grains. arc
half rs thick as my thumb.
am interested in the potatoes. This
is their naturn! home. The great great
our potatoes were born on this high
plateau of the Andes. The tubers are
Of all colors and sizes; some as big az
my fist. others the size of n thilnbie.
Somc are bright red. others yellow,
others black. and some little ones are
n ne, pink ,,c as he toes Of your baby, md
ones are used to make soup.
The corn also is OF many colors and
as black as your boots. 4 little further her
over Is one of bright yellow, and the
next pile is dark red. The same woman
has white chumo for sale BY this 1
mean frozen potatoes which have been
put overnight in tho wator and then
yniTIil" iben i nnd frozen and dried They
| Ing, and are n favorite dish of the In
diana.
1t is interesting to watch the market
women. Some OF them are Cholos, as
you can tell by their straw hats and
| their compleNions. which are not so
dark as those OF the Indians They
wear hats and shawls, and have skirts
which come almost to the ankles The
Indian women have hats like pieDan
with upturned brims and low crowns
They also wear shawls of red. blue.
yellow or black. They have on EN-,
broidered waists and voluninous skirts.
y single woman may wear n haif-dozen
skirts. so that her dress stands out as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

ing. and In one of the walls is vault
filled with treasures, including gold
silver and precious stones. Tho total
value Is said TO be more than 81, 900, 900,
and n large part of this is made up by
what Is known as the custodia, Il box
that contains the sacrament at the
times of professions. This box is of
solid gold 1t weighs thirty-six
pounds, and II was made OF gold plates
that were taken from tho Inca Tenn
pie OF the sun. The diamonds and
cincralds upon it arc worth more than
the gold itself. These treasures are
stored away In a closet with door
OF wrought iron, so rude that II could
be opened by any safebreallcr or com
mon United States burglar. II Is per
haps rho reverence OF the people and
the fear OF damnation that preserve
1t from theft.
AS 1 stood in the cathedral,
mass was being celebrated. Two
hundred women, dressed all in black
with black shnwls over their
heads. knelt on the stone floor
There were perhaps twenty men scat
tered over tho church. and through
them all were patches OF color made
by tho Indians, who wore pcnchos of
red. blue or yellow, and whose bare
feet were turned up 10 the roof az
they muttercd their prayers. There
were also Indian women In short
skirts and red shawls, some of whom
had packs on their backs, and not Z.
few OF whom had babies.
Leaving tho cathedral. took a stroll
through the city. first visited tho
portals or stores selling Indian goods
These run along the opposite side of
the plaza facing the cathedral. They
take ny tho around floors OF block
OF two-story houses, the upper stories
of which extend ont over the street
and are upheld by stone columns,
clad customers walk or stand rs they
shop. The stores arc like caves or
holes In the wall. The doorwhys look
as though they were cut out with q
cross-cut saw They are OF rcctangu-
lar shape. and are flush with the street
The night ! arrived IN Cuzco was one
OF the saints days. and the stores
were shut by thick slabs OF wood that
come together like the fodinS doors
of IA barn. Indeed they look more
like stable doors than those OF a store.
Some or them are four inches thick
All are closed. and kept so with great
padlocks OF wrought iron, centuries
old. single locks weigh ten or twenty
pounds. and they are so constructc
that one must use IL half dozen keys
( TO open thcm
through these arcades | saw that all or
the storckecpcrs are women. They nre
int Cholos who wear very full skirts
and who keep their shRwls and hats on
while attending to business. Many of
them have some manufacturing. In nd
dition TO their selling. They have little
hand sewing machines which they rest
upon boxes or chairs. and. knecling or
sitting on the floor, make the garments
that tho Indians use
From these cavc-iilc shops walked
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Going onward. ] passed the ancient
fountain built by the Incas and watched
the pongo or Indian man house servant
filing his Jars. This fountain repre-
sents young girl with II figure like
chrysanthemum over her head, on the
top Of which is cross. The figure is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

From these cavc-liltc shops I walk cd
around tho corner and up n narrow
street walled with merchandising es-
adjustments of better class Hero
the stores aro larger. but they have
the same cavc-likc entrances and are
of much tho same character. Ono block
Is called Cocoa Street. because every
shot OH each side OF II has bales OF
cocoa leaves among its wares I
watched the Indians shopping and no
ticcd that each OF them bought cocoa,
although tho most Of them had at tho
time guilds OF these leaves in their
checks.
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more advanced than the Aztecs They
constructed wonderful buildings with
temples ana palaces and great fortiti-
cations. tho ruins of which ! shall de-
scribe later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-14
JUNIOR GOLF
TOURNEY WILL
BE CONSIDERED

Chicago, January 1S-Holding of n
junior tournament next season for
golfers under 21 years old. will be con-
sidered by the delegates to the national
meeting of the Western Golf associa :
ton here next Saturday to award the
1914 championship tournaments
1t Is expected the Homewood Coun-
try club will present a report concern
ing the alleged unfairness of the United
States Golf association in not allowing
the club to be voted upon for the na-
tional amateur championship.
resolution that the powers of the
executive committee of the national
governing body be limited in awarding
tournaments will be presented at the
meeting, it is said.
Frank l.. Woodward of Denver will
be presented as the nominee for presi-
dent of the organization by the nomi-
mating committee.