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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

TWICE this week automobiles have
failed in contests for "right-of-way'
with locomotives at grade crossings,
with four dead in each case. And
still chauffeurs continue to try the
game.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
HAVE BEAUTIFUL HAIR
USE PARISIAN SnCE

hyour hair is tho dry. brittle, dull, thin.
or II the scalp burns and itches, immedi.
ateiy begin the use of Partisan Sage. The
frst application removes the dsndruff.
coos and ~invigorates the scalp, and IN.
ereases the beauty of the hair BY making
II soft-wavy-abundant.
Partisan Sage supplies hair needs. IT'S
Sellcately perfumed-not sticky or greasy.
Surely try a Soc. bottle.
Gus l'urdv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

WE are going to protest against
the United States getting mixed up
in the European War, even II France
should 20 so far as to send Jack John
son back to this country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

W. ". FRY has subscribed $500 to-
ward the extension Of the Electric
Railroad. That's the way TO get the
extension and that's the way to make
Mexico a greater city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

THE Moberly Democrat believes
the effort 10 get women TO wear cot
ton would be greatly assisted if it
were demonstrated that the cotton fab
ric could be made as diaphanous as
some Of the silks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

FRANK MCCoRD who has charge
of the Shoe Repairing Department in
wilkins g. Browns establishment is
going TO help make Mexico a greater
city by going on q cash basis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
NoTlcE REGARDING CLAIMS
AGAINST WARASu


The referee in the case of State a,
the relation of John T. Barker. Att
ney-General, VS.. The Wabash p.;,
ROAD Company will receive proof If
claims for excess passenger ond
irelght charges paid to the defendar,
railroad company while the Fedor.I
in]iunetions were enforced. 4'
1t is important to have 40 ,,...
CLAIMS presented by November or
l9l4, as possible.
Forms for presenting claims .,a
suggestions as to their nronar.nae
ana presentation, prepared by tbe A.
.orhey-General, may be had no n,,,,
ing the Attorney General or tho -.
dersigned referee. u"-
NJ D. CAMPBELL,
Referee.
Kirksville, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
D0UBLY PROVEN
Mexico Readers Can No Longer Doubt
the Evidence.

This Mexico citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit.
The facts r now confirmed.
Such testimony is complete - the
evidence conclusive.
Mrs. w. B. Marshall, $3.50 w. Lib
erty St., Mexico, Mo, says: 81 was
bothered for over a year by backache
and pains across my loins. None of the
remedies | used did me any good, and
finally | became so bad that ! could
hardly do my Homework. | then learn
ed about Doan's Kidney Pills and be-
gan using them. improved from the
first, and was o without a sign of
the old complaint. The pains and
aches in my back left, | could sleep
well and my kidneys became normal
A Permanent Cure.
AT a later date Mrs. Marshall said
THE cure Doan's Kidney Pills gave
me has been permanent. | still hold a
very high opinion of this remedy"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Marshall had. Foster-M iIburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

A wELL-ARRANGED exhibit Of
Mexico made goods would be a fine
attraction at the big Round Up. The
Bowling Green Times suggests that
the maids Of Mexico would certainly
make a lovely show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
Par0led Train Hoppers.

The three youths arrested last
week by the City officers for hopping
trains, were paroled by Mayor Dry
with the understanding they would
start to school and remain there the
rest Of the year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
Weather Forecast for o.,oho. ~,

Between Bird and 18th, fair with
local showers between IL and 10, cold
and showery and stormy; between 10
and %, fair and frosty, unless winds
southwest on 10 or 20; between 25
and 2 of November, fair, mild and
changeable with cold wave toward the
last of month. Rains will be below
normal in some parts.
d. J. KANALY,
East Lake Observatory
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
NOTICEOF FINAL sErTtyvv,

Notice is hereby given that n
settlement Of the estate
Frances +. Crawford, deceas
will be made at the November la
Of the Probate Court Of Auiu
County, Missouri, TO be held al n,
leo, Missouri, on the second Nona
in November, 1914,
Jas. G.. Crawford, W. L. Cayfor
Executors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
Kirksvine, Mo

WIS James Gregg of st. Louis and
i fanny were in Mexico this week Wis.,
,'anE relatives on their way to coIi.
fornia where they will reside ~ O., ian
nently, '' peFma-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

WE are still in hopes that the
Mexico shoe factory win not be closed
down by the middle of November as
announced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

GENERAL humidity held his
ground almost as stubbornly as. the
Belgians have been holding theirs
against the Germans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There Is only one way TO cure deafness
ana that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condi.
ton of the mucous lining Of the F.nsta.
ch1sn Tube. When this tube is iniamed
you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect
nearing, and When u Ia entirely closed.
Deafness is the result. and unless the in.
hammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condi-
lion Of the mucous surfaces.
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any case oi
nfafness Caused hy cais rrh) that can not be cured b.
balls OataTrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F.J.CBEEEY, a Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75e.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
REED URGES REcoMMlrMENT

Washington, Sept. 2S-Enactment
Of the war evenue bill and compile
ton of antitrust legislation will be
undertaken by Congress this week.
Administration leaders believe that
both of these important measures can
be disposed of within ten days. That
both are to be assailed, however, is u
certainty.
Notwithstanding President Wilson's
Endorsement of the Clayton Bill, SEN
ator Reed of Missouri will make an
effort to have it recommitted, on the
ground that it has been materially
weakened through the elimination of
specific penalties and modification of
many of its features. Senator gilbert
son, in charge of the bill in the SEN
ate, and other Democratic leaders, be-
lieye that Senator Reeds effort will
fail. He will receive strong Republi-
can support-however.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

SURELY the old world needs a
thorough course Of Uncle Sans peace
restorative for it's shattered nerves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

THE New London, Rails County, Fair
people claim they had the best fair
they have had for four years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

FRANZ PEARL has moved back
from Thompson Station and will help
make Mexico a greater city. "They all
come back"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

IT'S no wonder Uncle Sam doesn't
~recognize any Mexican Government,
they whiz by too fast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

NOW is the time TO plant your sd.
vertisinS II you want TO keep the fall
trade in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

OTHER countries were able 10
make war without Americas advice
or assistance, but making peace is
likely to be something different
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
A Mintia Company.

There has been considerable talk Of
a military company being organized
in Mexico and we are in receipt Of
the following letter from the Adult
ant General ]. B. o'Meara regarding
this organizations
jefferson City, Sept. 80, 1914.
Hon. r. M. White,
Mexico, Missouri.
Dear sir
Regarding our conversation at the
Mansion the other evening regarding
the organization Of a company Of in
fantry at Mexico, will say that the
Government furnishes the arms and
equipment and in addition pay trans
p~ortation and subsistence of the men
while at their summer camps and as
long as they are spending this money
they are naturally requiring certain
things. When a company is organized
it requires a suitable armory, etc.
The appropriation made by the Leg
islature is not large enough to fur
nish all the money necessary in the
way of heat, light, %janitor service,
and rent that they really need and
where we organize a new company
it has been a rule of this office that
we find out what the citizens are will
ing to do to help the organization out.
We also require that the citizens
themselves boost the movement and
show that the organization has at
least reasonable chances of being a
permanent one.
The War Department also requires
that a company have at least sixty
five enlisted men at all times; there
fore it is necessary before a new or
ganization be mustered in that at the
time of muster sixty-five men who
have passed the physical examination
required r present. | would be
glad to have you advise me if you
think the citizens of Mexico and the
Commercial Club will get behind this
movement and furnish a company
that will meet the above requirements.
II so, | would be glad to send an off
Ger from this office to Mexico to look
the situation over.
Mexico has had a company Of the
National Guard in previous years and
it was necessary to muster the organ
%ization out for lack Of interest and
lack Of support by the city, as a whole,
and before mastering in a new organ
i%zation, this office must feel certain
that the citizens are going TO get be-
hind the movement and give you a
good organization there. / am sure
you will do all you can to assist us.
Yours very truly,
JN0. B. 0'MEARA,
The Adjutant General.
We feel confident that a military
company could be organized in Mex
leo that would be a credit to the
city. The new gymnasium to be erect
ed at the Military Academy might be
used as a drill hall. The young men
of Mexico should take this matter up
and organize and confer with the Ad-
lutant General, John B. OMeara, who
is very much interested in making the
military department of the State rov-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

iourncd to October 10. The V"5
Mexico VS.. DR.. J. A. Wren was ~
tinued to the next term OF cour'
consent of the attorneys on W.
sides.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

"r' and Mrs. B. +. Haskell and
.""'''y drove over to Columbia in their
automobile Sunday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

WE suppose Il would be useless 10
hope that the csnsors win learn more
sense some day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

CONE 10 think of it, quite a rev.
enue could be raised by a tax on cam
pRign speeches this year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
MEXICO should have = company Of
national guards.

RUsTUM BEY has been Kindly re-
quested 70 stop rocking the boat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Neate and two
sons, Anderson and Sidney, Of CO.
lumbia, drove over TO Mexico in their
automobile Sunday and spent the
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
The Weekly Ledger

Entered At the P. o. MEXICO. No,
and admitted as 2nd class matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08
Two Points of View.

Echoes from the "praise meetings
held last October are very audible
just now,-Mexico Intelligencer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

East Lake Observatory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

ultimate control of tuberculosis In
Iowa. Let the pace not slacken even
in the heated period of the summer
months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

at personal risk to himself. e~xtricated
many British subjects from dificult
situations.
1T is a pleasure to inform you that
l have received Sir Edward Grey's In
struction to request that warm thanks
OF his majesty's government may be
conveyed to Mr.. Gerard for his great
personal devotion and energy under
these trying circumstances and I beg
you to be so good as to aus this ap-
probation Of his kindly actions to be
conveyed to Mr.. Gerard, to whom as
we'll as to his staff, his majesty's gov
eminent feels that they are. under
deep obligations"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
OPEN AIR LIFE
DOES THE WORK
Keeps Body Resistance High and Pro
tects Il from All
Diseases.

DES MONIES, Aug. 29.-Evidence
is constantly accommodating that the
great state campaign against tuber-
culosis is bearing a rich harvest. The
people OF Iowa in adopting open air
methods Of living and especially sleep
ing, have done more to decrease the
incidence of tuberculosis than at first
may appear. Rest In the open air
has come to be regarded as essential
to health. To sleep in open porches
or in open bed rooms is deemed nov
a necessity, winter as we'll as sum-
mer.
To keep the resistance OF the body
at its normal power Is now known
to be the best method of prevention
not only Of tuberculosis but other
diseases as we'll. Thousands Of our
people are now living open-air lives
and enjoying freedom from coughs,
colds and respiratory difaculties
which formerly bothered them and
made life miserable.
Then. too, the great tuberculosis
! education has sen hundreds to the
state sanatorium where they have
received most splendid training in
the treatment of their disease. Oak-
| dale has demonstrated two facts:
One. that tuberculosis Is a curable
! disease in its earlier stages. and,
two. that persons recovering must
earn the cure.
There have been relapses Of per-
sons who have been patients at the
sanatorium, but barring a few ex-
ceptions, such relapses were due to
! the fact hat the patient did not stay
long enough, or failed to carry out
the knowledge acquired at the insti.
tuition. There is no royal highway
open to a person suffering with lung
tuberculosis. His disease, generally.
has been a long time developing. II
will take 1t a long time to ecove
DR.. Scarborough. superintendent at
Oakdale, after extended investiga-
ton, makes the observation that
many patients admitted to the sana-
torium do not remain long enough.
Patients entering Oakdale should be
earnestly urged by the attending
physician to stay as long as in the
judgment Of the s%antorium staff 1t
is deemed necessary.
The many cooperating influences
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Like a Vote of Thanks.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Grea'
Britain tonight requested Secretary
Bryan to convey to Ambassador Ger
ard in Berlin the thanks of England
for his great devotion and energy al
the British embassy in the German
capital. The message was conveyed
in q letter from Sir Cecil Spring Rice
British ambassador in Washington
with the request OF Sir Edward Gray
The letter follows: Report of Sill
Edwin Gossin, lately his ma1esty's
amba ssador at Berlin on events al
Berlin which took place both before
and after the outbreak Of the war be-
tween Great Britain and Germany
has been laid before parliament and
as YOU doubtless notice has appeared
recently in the American press. 1t
contains a cordial recognition OF
great personal service rendered the
British embassy by the United States
embassy and stan. Mr.. Gerard re.
peatedly visited the embassy Of his
own accord, undeterred by the very
hostile attitude Of the crowd and often
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
HOTEL GOMPANY'S
CHARTER EXPIRES
Property Of keokuk House viii hs
Sold to Highest Bidder on oeto-
Der 8 to Wind Up
Affairs.
A IS UP ON DEC. 10
It is Said Present Lessees May Not
Ask to Renew the Agreements
When Time
Comes.

Announcement was made yesterday
that the two and one-half lots on
which the Hotel Keokuk is situated
would be sold to the highest bidder at
the front door of the hotel on Octob'
er 8. The charter of the Hotel Keo.
kuk company has expired by 1imita'
ton and the sale will be made IN
order to properly wind up the bust
ness affairs of the concern.
The lease of the present owners
of the hotel building and property ex
pires on December 10. 1t is quite
generally believed that a new lease
will not be sought by these owners at
the expiration of the present agree
ment. George M. Christian and How
ard Hedrick of Des Moines are the
present lessees Of the hotel.
The property which will be sold or
October s, is situated at Third and
Johnson streets, and according to the
legal notices which have been pre-
pared, includes two full lots and 2
portion of lot 3 in block 80. 1t is this
property which will be put under tbs
hammer in q little oyer a month.
Just what any purchaser of tbs
property would decide to do with II
is of course problematical at this
time. It has been pretty generally
felt that the present lessees would
not ask to have their agreement re-
newed. and whether a new company
will take over the lease and operate
a hotel as soon as the present lease
expires al only be guessed at.
The Hotel Keokuk Is one of the
several hostelries in the state owned
by the Christian and Hedrick people
of Des Moines. The house was tax
en- over by them several years ago
Frank NJ. Bateman is the present local
manager for the company. #
All bidders who wish to appear a
the sale and to furnish estimates or
the property will be required to de
post a bond Of considerable size.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
MUST
BE IN WAITING
Japan's Entrance Into the War May
Cause Some Rapid Fire
Legislation.

limited Press Leased Wire Service:]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-That hur'
ried emergency legislation may be
needed from congress affecting the
Philippines, because of Japan's wal
upon Germany was frankly declared
tonight in a formal statement by the
democratic whip Of the senate, Sena'
or Lewis of Illinois. Lewis declared
President Wilson has sent a letter to
administration senators to hold the
senate together n to impress upon
senators the necessity Of their pres
ence in that emergency bills may be
passed at any hour on receipt OF any
cable touching matters in the orient
whereby war between Japan and Ger
many may ~revolve around the Philip
pines. AS a result Of the presidents
request tonight Lewis telegraphed all
absentees to return at c. He also
said because Of war legislation, the
proposed adjournment of congress by
October / is now impossible. A call fol
a caucus of senate democrats to NEE,
Wednesday. to map out a Legislative
program also was uSC IoillSuI. IL
may be necessary to provide a new
system of neutrality law for this gov
eminent and prescribe the same sc
that citizens may know just what can
be done to avoid conflict with the for
eign countries" was another signif
cant statement by Lewis-the first in
timation that new neutrality laws
were under consideration by the pres
ident.
Congress will also decide whether the
rivers and harbors bill will be passed
and whether the Rayburn railway Sc
curities measure of the administration
antitrust program shall be postponed
until next winter as favored by Presi
dent Wilson. 1t is practically certain
the latter bill will be shelved tenn
porarily. Because of emergency legis
lation Senator Lewis said senators
who had planned to campaign in
Maine would not leave Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Davis, Narrow Eseape.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Serv

limited Press Leased Wire Service. J
LONDON, Aug. 29.-That Richard
Harding Davis, novelist n war cor.
respondent barely escaped execution
as a spy by Germans outside Brussels
was the word brought here today by
a refugee from Berlin. He said he
had talked to Davis and hat the lat
ter had told him of four days deten-
ton by German military authorities
while they debated whether or not he
should be shot. Davis was said, to be
under the ~strictest surveillance, v
after the Germans released him from
imnrieonment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
GILLIAN WRITES
OF kE0kUk DAM.
N-Less Kind Are Made Subject OF In
diana Humorist's Pen, Fol-
lowing a Recent Visit
to Hamilton.
SOME CLEvER REMARKS
Humorist Sees Fat Ladies' In D;M-g
Suits Picking G~ooseberries for
Pie and Other Famous
Sights.

4ou SdAA ASSo
VIII S. Neal, former city editor of
The Gate City. now with the In
| d%ianapolis Times. and he encloses a
| clipping from Strickland Gillilan's
column In the Indianapolis Star AZ
proof Of the statement. The GlN-
Ian story is about Mess dams, and
I deals particularly with the keokuk
dam. Gillian stopped at Hamilton
recently and probably thai inspired
his eulogy which is printed here:
They are meant to check a torrent
of moisture that is going to waste.
And to make said water earn Its
keep instead Of loafing around among
the banks.
Water hates to be put to work as
badly as anybody else does.
So it does all in its power to keep
folks from getting the bit in its mouth
and the collar on.
The dam at Keokuk is n OF the
| biggest dams in the world.
| Even George Washington at his
peeyedest never produced a larger
one.
1t makes . large body Of still wa
ter from Keokuk to Burlington.
1t is a regular damned lake since
the Cooper work was done.
In fact they call it Cooper lake be-
I~cause Cooper vas the name OF the
dam builder.
One nice thing about an article
like this is that one can write 1t In
e. rotten hotel and get all the bad
- It, ovckAnn w UifhnJlt
swearing once.
or course Gabriel will look up at
the sound OF the word. but When he
hears "Keokuk" he won't blame you.
The Mississippi dam (that makes
the dam lake known as Cooper, be-
tcause named after the dam engineer)
lis as large in some ways and ~ moist
lin every way as any OF the Panama
J dams.
1t has locks that the most expert
/; burglar could hardly pick.
Aliasjimmyvalentnie would wear
his fingers still deeper into the e
before he could sense the turn OF the
itumbrels in that thing.
The bottom lands along the river
iabove are a funny sight now.
The fishes play around and jump
from bough to bough of the sapiings
and orchards that were once beside
1.-The river but are now inside OF it.
The catfish dart from perch to
perch. and the sunfish gorge them
selves with sunflower seed.
People who once had farms there
row ait into the river to get a mess
of peaches for supper.
II is nothing unusual to see a fat
lady dressed in a diving suit going
down after enough gooseberries for a
pie.
If the dam at Keokuk were to break
everything in that part OF the Gate
iCtty (so-called because it used to
have go many bars) would be washed
out.
Even the union station, which GER
tainly needs it.
When steamboats, get into the lock
at the Keokuk dam they sometimes,
on lowering the water, catch some
large fish.
Then again they get no fish. but a
lot OF German carp.
II you want to make a German
carp, say something against Emperor
Wilhelm just now, and any German
in hearing will begin carping at you.
The best way to cook a German
carp is to plank it.
You lay it on a w~el-seasoned
board, cook 1t three hours in a DOL
fire, throw away the fish and eat the
plank.
This is every dam thing We know.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
No Grand Opera.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO. Aug. 29.-The Chicago
Grand Opera company will not be
modified this year. Bernard Ulrich.
business manager, announced tonight
that all principals are abroad and AN
not get back in time for rehearsals
and that the men engaged for the
chorus shouldered rifles when the
italian army was modified.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
PROFESSIONAL X
PHYSICIAN.

PHYSICIAN.
Or. W.. P. SHERLOCK.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office. Is North Fifth stree: IN tho
Howell building.
ONCE Hours-10 to IL a. m, 2 to
3 p. m: evenings. 2 to 8: sundayA
IL to ! o. m. United States civil scr
vice examiner.