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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

STRINGENT PENALTIES
Names Of the Infected Persons Not 10
be ReveaIed-lnjured Party
May Recover
Damages.

Under law pa sed by the thirty
fifth general assembly OF Iowl. re.
port OF which has just been received
by DR.. Dimond. physician OF the Keo
kuk board of health, all cases of v an
ereal diseases must be reported with
III twenty-four hours after the case
shall have come to their professional
attention All Ksckuk physicians
have been notified by tie state board
OF health OF the law which went into
effect on January ]. Two diseases
ere classed as contagious and infec-
tious by the law which requires that
tn physician not only report the
cases within twenty-four hours but
that he must make and preserve a
record Of elch case and number each
consecutively. The person seeking
medical advice must state whsther b.
or she. has been previously reporter
to local board OF health, ana the
doctors record must state the age,
sex, character of the disease, the
probable source of inyection and
NHSlIST lne case has Decu previously
reported; and If SO, wlen, where, by
whom and under what number. but
the physician shall not disclose the
name of the person infected. for the
physician who violates this provision
a penalty of $500 fine and imorison
ment in the county jal FOR thirty
days IS provided.
ANY person affl cted with either
of these diseas IS who knowingly
transmits or assumes the Iisx OF
Transmitting the same-to another
rerson,' upoa conviction shall be
fined $500 or sent to the county jail
for one year. or may be pun shed By
the inficting OF botn penalties. says
tn ! new statute. The law further
says that in addition the guilty per-
son shall be liable to the injured
party for damages, to be recovered
iii any court of competent juristic-
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
PUBLIC OPINION
80 @e.@ee @A~~ . .
Who is Responsible7

To the Editor of The Gate City:
| note IN your PAPER OF yesterday
another account of an awful tragedy
In our city. 1t is enough to make
cne's blood run cold to; think of such
crime being committed in civil
lied community. Others have been
committed in cur city almost as bad.
1t leads me to ask who is responsible?
] want to ask the citizens Of Keokuk
who is responsible?
You answer that drunken crazy
husband if he did ito Is he the only
responsible PARTY? No, the man who
sold him the liquor that set him
crazy Is that all2 No, you business
men whose names are on the saloon
Petition. you had something to do
with that murder.
OF course you do not endorse muir
der. You would not take a poker and
beat the life cut of a woman, but you
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
.PlmpLl? We'll, D0H'T BE!
People Notice It. Drive Them
Off With DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets.

A pimply face will not embarrass
you much longer If you will get pack
age of DR.. Edwards Olive TOILETS. The
skin should begin to clear after you
have taken the tablets few nights
Cleanse the blood, the bowels and
the liver with Olive Tablets
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are the
successful substitute for calonel
there's never any sickness or pain at
ter taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effec
lively, but their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste,
a bad breath, dull, listless, no
good" feeling, constipation, torpid liv
er, bad disposition. or pimply face
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil, you will know them by their
olive color
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
tients afflicted with liver and bowe
complaints and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result
Take one or two nightly for a week
See how much better you feel and
look. 10c and CSC per box. The Olive
Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio. =
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

WILL many of you, for fear of losing
6 few dollars, license business that
turns out that kind of goods. Then
You pratt about building city and
have men come here to lay out a
city beautiful; raise thousands of
collars to boost our city, it's all a
huge Joke till you clean up the dirty
city we already have. The majority
of you business men will not take an
open stand against the sins of open
and persistent violation OF the laws
Of our town, you have not got the
moral backbone of jelly fish.
Is that all who are responsible? No.
we have church members who wink
at these open violations Of the law
and saw your names on the saloon
petition that granted that saloon
keeper the authority to sell the liquor
that caused the man to kill the won
an and this is not the sonly killing you
lave helped in. There are others.
How can you sleep at night; won't
you hear the cries OF that helpless
woman as you lay in, your comfortable
bed tonight? How can you count
yourself follower OF Jesus of Naz-
ereth? What do your pious talks
amount to and the money you give
when your life contradicts your pray
ers. Everydollar that comes into the
city's treasury from the saloon bust
hess is blood money, soaked in the
blood of innocent victims and we can
hear in the rattle OF the money the
sobs of abused wives and mothers
and ORPHAN children.
! have more respect for the saloon
keeper than I do for the church mem
Der that Will sign saloon petition.
Because one processes to be chris
Iian; the other does not
Both are in the home-wrecking, soul
destroying, numbering business.
Men of Keokuk hear me. If you
want a city to which you can invite
men to come here to live. first clean
it up. Clean out your gambling bells
and liquor dives and bawdy houses,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
JOINT INSTALLATION
OF POST AND CIRCLE
Interesting Service Held Sunday At.
ternoon at the Trade and
Labor Hall.

Joint installation of Be1knap Post
No. 515 department of Iowa G. A. R.
and Parrot Circle, ladies of the G. A.
R.. was held at Trades and Labor
hall Sunday, January II, 1914, at 2
Up. m. The following officers of Bel
KNAPP Post were installed by Acting
Installing Officer ]. R. Dimond:
Post commander Tiara s. Robin
son.
Senior vice Communications w.
Roker.
Junior vice ommander-Randolph
Schevers.
Adjutant-J r. Dimond.
Quarter master-Jerry H. Jacobs.
Surgeon Chandler.
Chaplain-Wm Holt.
Officer of the day-Arthur S. Sisley.
Patriotic Observation-Disclosures Lock.
Officer Of the guard-John HELEN
thai.
Sergeant major-sa E. Smith.
Quartermaster Sergeant - John
Chandler.
After the installation OF Belknap
Post, adjournment was taken. ]. r.
Dimond was pressed into service by
the ladies OF Parrot Circle by dispen-
satton to install their officers and the
following sisters were installed:
Fresident-Mrs. Jennie NJ. Reed.
Senior vice president-Mrs. Rebecka
Roker.
Junior vice president Mrs Lovina
Stoddard.
Treasurer-Mrs Adelta Miller.
Secretary-Mrs. OLIVIA Hickey
Conductor-Mrs Jennie Zimmerman
Assistant conductor-Mrs Harry
Callahan
Guard-Mrs. Maria Alberts.
Assistant guard Mrs. Mary Carss.
Patriotic instructor Mrs. Nora
Peterson
Chaplain Miss Annie Holden.
After few timely remarks by C.
Lock and j. r. Dimond, an agreeable
surprise was sprung upon the old com
rades by the introduction of a fine
lunch in an adjoining room and q
wind-up with fine enjoyable time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
Vaudeville at the HInnodrone


Four exceptional acts featuring
twelve stars Will be presented in the
Hippodrome vaudeville bill the first
half of the week beginning today.
The Traviolas, expert hoop rollers
and novelty jugglers come here with
record of great popularity wher-
ever they have shown. Dorante, the
Chinese musical comedian, presents
a high cll musical act that is very
interesting. Moss and Fry in Sense
and Nonsense" present number OF
unusually funny songs. Featuring the
bill is Ned Warburn's English pony
ballet, sextette of quality dir ect
from the London Hippodrome. Spark
ling new jokes, and the latest Broad
way hits in songs and dances mark
this as an exceptionally good bill
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

Columbus, Ohio, that a prison be
maintained for fallen men met with an
enthusiastic reception from women
delegates
Il would imprison ignorant young
boys for nine months said Mrs.
Lawrence. But let hardened old rakes
go to jail for ninety-nine years
Jacob Riis arrived from New York
to address the closing conference to-
night. Physicians, socoliosists and
clergymen of international promin-
ence. here for the convention. filed
local pulpits Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
CONFERENCE ON
RACE RETIREMENT
One Doctor Had the Audacity to Dis
agree With Colonel
Roosevelt.
by a staff correspondent OF the
United Press.1

by staff correspondent OF the
United Pressl
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. 12.-
DR.. Victor A. Vaughn, president-elecs
OF the American Medical Association,
and president of the Michigan state
board of health, came out in unquali-
fed opposition to the Roosevelt doc
trine that large families are neces-
sary for rerpetuation of the human
race. In an address before the Ma
t;onal Conference on Race Betterment
here DR.. Vaughan admitted that as
the race advances in intelligence. the
birth rate will fall. But he refused
to side with other speakers at the
conference. notably Dr. D. A. Sargent.
Physical director at Harvard, who saw
in the decreasing birth rate, an alarm.
in@ condition.
Naturally tho birth rate will fall
with growth in intelligence" decIar-
ed DR.. Vaughan, put this is quite
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
Throw Away Your
Eyeglasses!
A Free Prescription
You Can Have Filled and Use at
Home.

Home.
Do you wear glasses? Are you a
victim of eye-strain or other eye
weaknesses? If so, you will be glad
to know that tn ere is real hope for
you Many whose eyes were failing,
say they have had their eyes restored
through the principle Of this wonder
full free prescription. One man says,
after trying it: Il was almost blind;
could not see to read at all. Now |
can read everything without any
classes md my eyes do no. water
any more. AT night they would pain
dreadfully; now they feel fine all thu
time. It was like miracle to me-"
A lady who used it says: THE atmos-
phere seemed hazy with OR without
glasses, but after using this prescrip-
ton for fifteen days everything seem )
clear. | can even read fine print W tn
out gl2sses" It is believed that thou
sands who wear glasses can now dis
card them in reasonable time AMI
multitudes more will be able to
strengthen their eyes so as to BE-
spared the trouble and expense OF
ever getting glasses. Eye troubles o.
many descriptions may be n6erful-
ly benefited by following the simple
rules. Here is the prescription: Go
to any active drug store and get a
bottle Of Optona. Fill two ounce
bottle with warm water, drop in one
DIPLOMA tablet and allow to dissolve.
With this liquid. battle the eyes two
to four times daily. You should no.
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right from the start and inflammation
will quickly disapp ear If your eyes
are bothering you, even a little, take
steps to save them now before 1T IS
too late. Many horelessly blind might
have been saved If they had cared
for their eyes In time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
FACE COVERED
WITH PIINPLES
Suffered Three Years. Used Resinol.
Now Not A Pimple To Be Seen.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. q. 1912. al had
been troubled for the past three years with
pimples which completely covered my face
and neck. The pimplcs would come out.
tester up and cause me to pick at them,
feeling very uncomfortable. / tried most
all kinds of facial creams, but with no eff
feet / tried sample of Resinol Soap and
Ointment and noticed instant relief.
bought Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment,
and began the treatment. After using two
Jars Of Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap,
there was not q pimple to be seen, and now
my face is as smooth as if there was never
apimple on it" (Signed) Albert Greenburg,
4l67 Frankfort Ave.
For eighteen years Resinol has been
favorite doctors prescription and house
hold remedy for itching troubles. skin erup-
tons, dandruff, red, rough faces and hands,
sores, piles, etc. Stops itching instantly.
Sold by all druggists. Resinol Soap, 25c.,
Ointment, Soc. and $1.0O, but you can try
them without cost-just write for liberal
samples to Dept. Ism, Resinol Chemical
Co.. Baltimore, Md.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Keokuk Aerie. No. 6S3. meets first
and third Wednesday of each month
at eagles hall, 523 Main street. Visit
Ing brothers cordially invited. James
Tickle. w. President; @. A. Noakes.
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sECUR.
ITY KEOKUK COUNCIL NO. 1o4e
meets the first and third Monday OF
each month at A. o. U. w. hall. at s
o'clock. DR.. G. A. Jenkins. president:
Erness Best, financier: Mrs. Ralph
Muse, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
ROYAL ARCANuM

Keokuk Council No. 5ss meets third
Friday each month. Hawkes. hall,
Eighth and Main. Visiting brethren
fraternally invited to attend. ]. NJ.
Fulton, regent; j. l. Annable, secre.
tar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
The Weeks sche duic.


Monday, the intermediate students
will meet at Ais p. m.
The business mems class will meet
at Sis p. m.
The employed boys intermediate
will hold it's meeting at Z o'clock ,.
m,
The seniors will meet at 8 p. m.
TUESDAY, the junior class will meet
at 4:15 p. m.
Business mems indoor base bal
will occur at 5:16 p. m.
Junior employed will meet at Z
o'clock.
Senior basket ball league at 8
O'Clock p. M.
sday-Intermediate students
at Ais.
Business mems indoor base ball
league at SIS.
intermediate employed boys at Z
o'clock p. m.
Leader corps at s o'clock.
Thursday Junior students at 4:15.
Business mems calesthenics, SIS.
Junior employed, p. nj.
Senior gym class, 8 p. m.
Friday intermediate students,
Ais.
Business mems indoor base ball,
5:15 D. m.
intermediate employed class, I p.
m.
/ hon IN hn ~, &l,o
local newspaper nan by the Y. M. g.
A. will commence at $50 p. M, and
while a part of the association mem
bers are romping in attendance at
the two meetings noted above, the
boys Of the press will be enjoying the
bountiful spread before them provid.
ed by the liberal and thoughtful man
agement of the association. Eloquence
and wit will flow, bright and spark
ling as the waters Of the proud Mis-
sissippi flow through the spillways Of
the big dam. The banquet Is antici-
rated with much pleasure by those
invited as guests, feeling that 1t will
be a feast prepared with lavish and
hospitable hands and rendered to the
press with sine Gritty Of heart and the
true spirit OF manly respect and fell
lowship. The press gang, always ap-
preciative, feel the spirit OF the event
far in advance, and for this reason
are nursing the vary fondest antici-
pat'ons. TOP Of the mornin' to yea"
Saturday-The junior students gym
class will meet 10 to II o'clock a. m.
Junior play hour II to 11:45 a. M.
Senior hand ball at 8 o'clock p. M
Commercial basket ball, 4:15 D. m.
Bible Classes.
The bible classes will mset during
the week according to the regular
schedule for such meetings
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
X. OF p.

Morning Star lodge. No. S. meets al
Fifth and Blondeau. X. Of p. building,
Tuesday at 1880. John p. Hornish.
chancellor commander; J. A. BURGESS.
<. Of r. and s. visitin;, knights fra.
ternally invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD.

Gate City Camp No. 81, Woodmen
OF the World, meets second and
fourth Mondays Of each month at
Hawkes. hall, corner Eighth and Main.
Visiting sovereigns cordially invited.
Albert Kiefer, consul commander;
Jos. M. Skinner. clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
INTERESTING
\. N. c. A. NOTES
The Schedule for the Week at the Y.
M. c. A. Presents Some
Very Attractive
Events.
THE SUNDAY MEETING
Warden Sanders VIII Give an Interest
ing Address at the
Sunday Meet
ing.
THE SUNDAY MEETING

The SUNDAY afternoon meeting OF
the Young Mems Christian Associa,
ton will be held at $3.50 o'clock Sun
day afternoon at the auditorium and
will be an attractive meeting. War
den Sanders of the Iowa state prison
will be the speaker. Mr.. Sanders Is
a very entertaining speaker and has
gained an enviable reputation as an
advocate of reformation, and coup
ling with 1t much ability in planning
for the refosms he advocates and thu
presentation of those methods in elo-
quent and logical words. He will no
doubt have a large attendance. The
subject of his address is not yet an
nouncsd, but whatever it may be, it
will be entertainingly handled by
Warden Sanders
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
chambcrlain,s Cough Remesv.

This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. 1t is pleasant to
take. 1t contains no opium or other
narcotic. 1t always cures, For sale
by all dealers. Advertisement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
LOYAL ORDER on MOOSE

------
Keokuk Lodge, No. 7o4. meets ev.
cry Tuesday night at 8 p. m. in Moose
hall, corner of Sixth and Main. Visit.
ing brothers cordially invited. l.. L.
dictator. Ed. S. Lotion,
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
A. o. q. W.

Keokuk lodge. No. 25e. meets every
Thursday night at 500 o'clock at
Hawkes. hall, Eighth and Main street.
Visiting brethren cordially invited. G.
H. Grifith, M. W.: ]. A. Branson. re-
corder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA.
GIBBONS HALL
keokuk Camp No. 622, meets every
Wednesday evening at 1850 D. M Our
latch string is out to neighbors. John
=. Wustrow. v. c.: ]. A. Pollard.
clerk. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

Puckechetuck Encampment, No. 4,
meets hrst and third Thursday even.
lng5 OF each month. VIM. C. Kun
me-, scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

and dirty alleys, and then begin your
building.
| stand ready to do all in my power
r. w. LILLEY.
Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. IL, 1914.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

Puckechetuck Lodge No. 80, meets
every FRIDAY evening at O'Clock.
a. B. Hughes. N. G.; George W.
lmmegart permanent secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
FRATERNAL CARDS

Hardin Lodge No 20. holds its regu.
lar monthly meeting the second Mon.
DAY evening of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

Long Distance In Short Jaunt.
Taking cognizance of the various
movements of the earth, person TAX
ing a three-mile stroll has travelled
1926 miles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12
B. P. o. pLKs.

B. P. o. ELKs.
l.eokuk lode No. 1O6. meets frst
and third Thursday nights at Elks.
man, Sixth and Blondeau streets. Club
rooms open daily. Visiting brethren
cordially invited. w. B. Woolley. e. =:
Leroy j. Wolf. secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-12

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.
Hall Seventh and Main streets
heokuk Lode No. Is. meets regu.
larry Monday evening at 7:so o'clock.
a. J Engler. N. G.; e. L. Boud. record.
ing secretary.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-09

AU A cool and shady piazza furnished with
WJ the delightful wicker furniture shown in
u our illustration is one feature of summer
life that gives much pleasure to those who are
fortunate enough to be so situated
We are especially well equipped to supply the
furniture and rug details of such Punishment.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-09
The Beeches.

Mrs. C. E. Pettengill. proprietor of
the comfortable and homelike
Beeches, reports that prospects new
er looked better for good and
prosperous season than they do at
the present time. This claim is we'll
borne out by the number of letters
she has received asking for reserva-
lions of rooms. The number of
names on the register already indi-
Gates, as we'll as anything else, the
state of business here.
The guest who comes to the
Beeches finds cordial welcome &C
corded him, congenial companions, a
good and bountiful table with varied
bill Of fare. and excellent accommo-
dations in every way. All kinds of
entertainment are provided for
games, walks, boating parties, clam
bakes.-in short, every facility for
enjoying oneself is available.
Among the guests who have sign
ed the register are: Miss Belle E.
Shepard of Salem, Mass: Miss Car
RE E. Baker, of Lancaster. ~ H.:
Miss Rose Alden of Newark. y. j.;
Mrs. L. Stejenger of Washington, D.
c.; Mrs. Frederick Mann OF Provi-
dence, R. l.; Mr.. Paul Bantsch of
Washington, D. c.; Miss Helene Beng
ston of the Metropolitan Hospital at
Blackwell's Island. New York City:
G. E. McIlwain, Helen H. Ramp OF
Toledo, Ohio: Miss Sara c. Wolf and
Mr.. Harry Wolf Jr., OF Chambers
burg, Pennsylvania.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-09
Cliff Island
Aucocisco House.

AS usual the Aucocisco House is
receiving its full share of Casco Bays
pleasure seekers. They register from
many different places, and from north
and south alike. Attracted by tales
told by former sojourners at the ho-,
tel, many new people are arriving
for stay at the house. And, too.
the regular patrons are there in un-
diminished number with prospects
extremely bright for a fine season.
The rainy weather of last week
has made it impossible for boating
parties to go out very much, but with
the appearance of the sun and the
arrival OF warmer weather, trips will
be frequently planned
Among the guests who have ar
rived since last week are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Dorsey and their five
children from Baltimore, Md; Mrs.
William H. Danielson of New York:
Miss Elsie c. Lockhead of New York;
Miss F. w. Slater, Williams Haynes,
Miss Faith Leavens of Norwich,
Conn.,; Miss Sarah Manly of Balti-
more, Miss Constance Morse of
Brookline, Mass; Miss Nora Caroe,
Madame NJ. A. Caroe, Edward H.
Morrill, and Miss Morrill, and Mrs.
Osborne of 5 Cambridge Terrace,
Allston, Mass, the latter three hav-
ing arrived last Friday, while the
others came during the week pre-
ceding. Many others are expected
soon and the house is assured of
large number OF guests, even as ear
ly in the season as the first part of
July.