The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-12
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TO WOMEN

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Keokuk had the honor Of sending
out during the civil war one of the
most useful army nurses in the SER
vice. Mrs. Annie Turner Witten-
meyer. She was the first nurse to es-
tablish dietary kitchen and raised
the standard Of food hygienicaily TO
such degree that General Grant
said she rendered greater service
than any soldier at the front.
| Walt Whitman said "The mother OF
q large family is one OF the surest
sources Of wisdom"
Comparatively few people know
that the Keokuk Jewish church B'naf
Israel is the Oldest Jewish chul d N
Iowa.
DR.. Isaac Galland, Mrs. w. s. WINS
uncle, laid out the city Of Keokuk, plat
ted it and named it. He laid the city
out mile square using the plat OF
Philadelphia as a model. He had
many maps made which Mrs. WINS
colored with water colors when she
was very little girl. The old map
OF the half breed tract owned by Lee
county was colored by her many years
ago.
In the historical department in
Des Moines hangs an old silk flag
which was carried during the Civil
war by the company which went out
from Keokuk. 1t was made by hall
dozen Keokuk women who met day
after day and with fine stitches sew.
ed the stripes and put the stars on
the field of blue. Two of the women
who helped to make it were Mrs. w.
S. WINS and Mrs. Allen, the mother
Of Mrs. j. ]. Ayres.
Here is a cake recipe which Is
never known to fail and yet violates
many cake ideas of the careful cook.
Break an egg into measuring cup,
add enough butter to half fill the cup,
then fill the cup with milk. Put this
into the mixing bowl and add to 1t
cup of sugar and ~ cups or flour
into which has been s1fted rounding
tea spoon of baking powder Beat
all this together, for Ave minuets.
Bake in one layer or in small individ-
ual cakes.
| The G. A. RS. all over the United
States follow the custom of placing
above the heart Of every soldier who
dies, small American flag which is
buried with him. This custom came
from a suggestion made by the late
Mrs. Eleanor j. Hawk of Colfax who
was a very patriotic woman. She
felt that the flag should be in evi
dence at every soldiers funeral and
SO she bought flag which she per-
sonally took to the home of the sol
diers and asked the family that 1t be
placed some place near the casket.
The flag always appeared at such oc-
casions in Colfax and throughout the
county The custom was adopted by
the Iowa state encampment and later
by the national encampment.
| The late Senator James Harlan OF
Mt Pleasant who was secretary Of the
treasury under Abraham Lincoln
suggested the use of our coin the
nickle. Until that time the silver
half dime had been used. They were
small to handle and Secretary Harlan
suggested the larger coin which was
adopted. Senator Harlan's daughter
married President Lincoln's son.
Robert T. Lincoln. A few years ago
she gave the old Harlan mansion at
Mt. Pleasant to the Iowa Wesleyan
college to be used as the home Of
the college president.
| We read so much about Mrs. EN-
incline Pankhurst, the leader Of the
militant suffragists in England that it
will be interesting to know the impress
sion Keokuk young woman had OF
her, who saw Mrs. Pankhurst on her
recent visit to America. She is lit
tie woman, fair and very feminine in
her manner, dress and speech. She
! is a gentle-woman, woman OF refine
ment and culture. She knows the art
| of dressing we'll and is always i'm
/ maculately gowned. She does not
rant or talk unreasonably, or thrust
/ her attitude of mind on the question
of militency upon her auditors. She
only tells why they feel 1t right to
use the methods they do to get votes
for women in England. The electors
, Of the house Of commons received
their rights by blood shed. History
shows that the under dog" in Eng
land has always had to fight for his
rights. The women can not use the
same methods as the men in fighting.
They have devised their own meth
DDS, and their own implements of war
/ fare, and whatsoever Americans may
I think of them, they are justined in
/! the eyes of the English women, who
believe 1t is the only method to get
votes for women.