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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-07

in the table linen. and the
place cards were sketches in the de-
sign. A vase Of blue hyacinths and
Florida moss formed the centerpiece of
the table. Guests besides the members
Of the club, were: Mrs. Albrecht Mar
burg, Mrs. T. E. Dewey, Mrs. E. G.
Foster and Mrs. Matt Weightman.
= . =
The Duplicate Whist club will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. l. H.
Mum.
Miss Grace Philips entertained the
girls Of the Alpha Mu sorority Friday
afternoon. The hostess was assisted oy
Miss Emile Hardy and Miss Grace
Rickenbacher.
Miss Dorothy Sims will entertain the
sorority next Tuesday at her home In
College avenue. After a musical pro-
gram, there will be an hour at thin
bles. Miss Sims will be assisted by
Miss Gladys Whiteker and Miss Ruth
Smith. The new girls Of the fine arts
department will be guests of the sor-
GRITTY.
The Junior class of the high school
had a party Friday night at the home
of Miss Theo Cobb. A program was
given and supper was served by the
social committee, who are: Miss
Miriam McLatchey, Miss Elsie Saville.
Miss Helen Whiteker, Mr.. Churchill
Sargent and Mr.. Willard Wear. Mem
bers of the class who attended: Miss
Lucille Bomgardner. Miss Lucille Rosen,
Miss Marjorie Roby, Miss Ruth Lari-
mer, Miss Edythe Shields. Miss Merle
Fowler Miss Frances Wingart. Miss
Dorothy Critchton, Miss Ruth Tom
linson, Miss Bessie Cuddy. Miss Elsie
Saville, Miss Katherine Austin, Miss
Genevieve Mcmillan, Miss Lillian Nc
Latchey, Miss Dorothy Coe, Miss
Frances Jones, Miss Ethel Joss, Miss
Esther Chance, Miss Margaret Ely
Miss Leah Mcintyre, Miss Esther Nc
Arthur, Miss Lillian Moser, Mr.,
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The young women Of the Social
Service club who will give the panto-
mime show, Sleeping Beauty" March
20 and 81, at the Grand theater. have
planned their cost mes. some OF
which are completed. The four
fairies who will have a flower dance.
and solo dances, are Mrs. James S.
Hayes. representing the fairy Love-"
Miss Nina Nicholas, wEo will be the
fairy, Beauty" Mrs. Carl Searle, the
fairy 'Wit;" and Miss Katherine
Dolman, the fairy, Music
Mrs. Hayes presents the first gift
to the infant princess. and she is fol-
lowed by each Of the fairies with a
gift. After presenting their gifts. they
give each a solo dance before the
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Some of the men Of the younger
crowd ara planning party for Thurs
Day night, March IL, at Kellam hall.
me party Is to be an elaborate at
1air. with music by a ten-piece or
chestra. The old-time dancing par
ties are giving place to the new fash
lon in party giving. and the event Of
next week combines the features of q
ball and cabaret. There are to be six
cabaret acts. some amateur and some
professional, and there will be two
professional tango dancers from Chi
cago. The floor will efopen to the
guests for dancing during the even
ing between the cabaret perform
ances. -.-lss -3i7- 7s
The party is to be much like
The-Dansant, except that it is given
In the evening and has the vaudeville
feature in addition to the dancing. 1t
Is to be quite the gayest and newest
OF the parties Of the opening spring
season.
Mrs. G. g. Colburn gave lunch
con today in honor of Miss Faith
Young. the daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
b. F. Young, who have recently come
to Topeka from Portland, Ore.
The decorations were suggestive of
st. Patrick's Day. and little Irish
nags were on the table. Covers were
laid for: Miss Young. Miss Pauline
McVey. Miss Sarella Herrick of Kan
sas City, Miss Joy Paxton. Miss Es-
Their Paxton. Miss Mildred Bowman,
Miss Dorothy Richardson, Miss Irene
Gaines. Miss Freda Shembeck, Miss
Grace James, Miss Mildred Settle,
Miss Myrtle Coffman and Mrs. Col
burn.
. =.
At the top of the group is a dainty
little bolero to be used for freshening
and celebrating dainty though plain
white dresses and blouses. 1t may be
made of French batiste or fine lawn
and is to be trimmed with French
wal" insertion and edging. The baby's
little knitted jacket below shows q
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pretty departure from the stereotyped
in it's border decoration of tiny colored
flowers done in cross stitch embroidery
of silk The corset cover was Of pale
pink crepe de chine banded with shad-
ow lace and having shoulder ties of
satin ribbon held by crepe roses
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Mrs. D. L. McEachron was hostess
at a st. Patrick's Day party this aft
ernoOn at the presidents house on
Washburn college campus in honor of
the junior girls of the college. The
party was an afternoon at thimbles.
The Topeka chapter of the D. A r.
will meet Saturday. March IA. with
Mrs. L. L. Kiene. The hostesses for
the afternoon will be: Mrs. Kiene, Mrs.
A. T. Lucas, Mrs. H. H. Welty. Miss
Gertrude Boughton, Mrs. J. G. Strick-
Ter, Mrs. E. 3. Stotts, Mrs. Charles Mil
Ter, Miss Florence kimball Mrs. j.
M. Brunt and Miss Anna Speck.
The Sigma Delta Psi girls of Wash
burn college will have an initiation to-
night. and the pledges to be admitted
to membership are: Miss Helen Craw-
ford. Miss Marian Walp and Miss Beu-
lah Searle.
Mrs. o. L. Moore entertained the
members of the Friday Bridge-Lunch-
con club Friday. Decorations suggest
ed by Maeterlinck's "Bluebird" were
used at the luncheon. Bluebirds were
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Nixon of Chanute, Miss Marguerite
Settler, Miss Roylyn Geer. Miss Kath-
ryn Aibaugh, Miss Florence Hoover.
Mr.. Clayton Kline. Mr.. Dwight Ream.
comb. Mr.. Hugh Nichols. Mr.. Wayne
Cook, Mr., Albert Ferguson. Mr. Rich
ard WhitcomD, Mr.. Ray Enfield. Mr..
Leland johnson, Mr.. Jake Mertz, Mr..
Erwin Keller. Mr.. George McNeish, Mr..
Winfred Grammar. Mr.. Stewart Drum.
Mr.. Schmidt of K o., Mr.. Marcus Of
X. O., Mr.. T. Cassius Forbes. Mr.. Major
Glueck, Mr.. Ralph Nicholson Of Ellis.
Mr.. Harold Porter, Mr.. Earl Trobert.
Mr.. John March. Mr.. Hugh Nichols. Mr..
MY Ray chamberiain' Mr. Ro6eyi
Drum. Mr.. Harold Norris. Mr.. Edwin
Tucker. Mr.. Ned Brown. Mr.. Harold
Cone. Mr.. Will Griffin. Mr.. Edmund
Moore. Mr.. Robert Ward, Mr.. Edwin
Olander. Mr.: John Kline. Mr.. Wayne
. = .
The Washburn Double quartet. the
members of which are Miss Helen
Shaver. Miss Grace Rickenbacher.
Miss Juanita Mcdowell, Miss Ethel
Miller. Mr.. Howard Searle, Mr.. Frank
Milton Gugler, will give an entertain
ment of Irish airs and ballads at the
Central Congregational church Mon
day evening, March Is. Miss Helen
GrlIIln, rea00Ts Will aSDlSt 1ue enter
tainment will be followed by q social
hour. with Irish refreshments A
booth Of Irish curios will be one OF the
features Of the entertainment. and
Irish costumes will be worn.
One need not sacrifice slimness to
style even when wearing a frock of the
pannier persuasion II 1t be made of the
soft supple taffeta or brocade silk now
| in vogue. The one-piece blouse 10 shir-
red on cords creating a frilly front eff
feet with its self-ruffle and supple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-07

Mrs Thomas Dixon was hostess a
a meeting of the NJ. c. G. club, at he
home in Western avenue. Mrs. T. C
Adams was a guest of the club, ant
the members present were: Mrs. J.
Marshall, Mrs. c. D. BrOuyette, Mrs
R. 8. Warwick, Mrs Charles Cherry
Mrs. M. Casey, Miss q. Miller, Mrs
Thomas McGfnnis, Miss H. Cherry an
Mrs. Dixon.
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throne. In the last act the four
fairies. with the good fairy, who will
be Miss Clyde Bonebrake. will give q
flower dance preceding the wedding
of the prince and princess. The wo-
men will be gowned in rainbow COL
ored costumes. Mrs. Hayes gown is
an accordion plated silk Of pale rose
color to be worn with q rose colored
veil, fastened in the hair with a gar
land of flowers. The music for the
gift dance is from the peer Gynt
Suite.'
Miss Nicholas will be gowned in
pale green, Miss Searle in white and
Miss Dolman in a light shade of blue
The music chosen for the flower
dance will be from he "Rose Maid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-07

for their home in Goshen, Ind. after
a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. L l. Kiene
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Connell attended
the opening of the Union station In
Wichita today.
Mrs. Helen ]. Moore has returned
from Kansas City, where she spent ten
weeks visiting her daughter and a num-
her Of friends.
NM. Mary 4. Andews ana Ma N. II.
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Poindexter will go to Kansas City 70
spend the weekend with Mrs.. Z W:
Poindexter.
T. g. -dorrison, dentist. 615 Mills Bld.-Adv.
Mrs. L. NJ. Powell II visiting her
daughter. Miss Grace Powell. who II .
student in the University In Evanotons
Ill
turn Sunday from . trip 70 o. Lou18
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, March 7-Mme.
da Fonseca, wife OF the president Of
tiful women In South America. She il
the daughter Of Senator de Teffe OF the
state OF Rio de Janeiro and sister
Of Oscar de Teffe, the Brazilian minister
to Germany.
Madam de Fonseca, who il the second
wife Of the president, il but twenty-seven
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years old while her husband II q. BRASIL
ian society was much shocked 1t the time
Of the marriage ~ the president ha1 only
friendship began before the death Of the
first Mime. da Fonseca.
Tho present first woman Of Brasil" IL
highly accomplished musician, .
linguist. . painter and sculptor, and n
charming hostess.
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of a deep pannier with ruffie below over
a plain underskirt. The frock is girdled
with black velvet. The material used
was lemon yellow brocaded silk. The
ornamented with yellow aigrettes.
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CLUB NOTES.
The Ceramic Art club will meet Fri
day. March 13, with Mrs. J. X. Jones,
1114 Harrison street. The hostesses
Will be: Mrs. Jones, Mrs. M. M. Blinn
and Mrs. J. b. Doncyson. The ans
wer to roll call will be art notes of
Russia" A finished cup and saucer
will be displayed by Miss Marie May
hew, and a finished pitcher by Mrs. J.
Howard Stuart. Mrs. Moore will have
a paper on American Pottery-Its
Marks" After the program there will
be an election Of officers.
Mrs. d. p. Paxton will be hostess at
meeting of the Nineteenth Century
club Monday, at her home in west
Tenth avenue. The club is studying
South America, and the papers for
Mondays meeting will be: early his
tory of the three Guianas." by Mrs.
Guianas," by Mrs. John r. Mulvane;
present Day Inhabitants, their
manners and customs" by Mrs. Edwin
Locke.
At the business session Of the club,
officers for the coming year will be
elected.
The Research club met today with
Mrs. ]. e. James. and the program,
the subject of which was the Modern
Drama. was as follows:
Ibsen. characteristics 49,. Mrs. James
Review. "A Dolls House. Mrs. Tyler
Talk, His Influence on Modern
DIaIHa 0QIS. OIU8Ol
Round Table. Discussion of the
Play-Leader ......... Mrs. Foy
The Day Nursery club will meet
Thursday afternoon Of next week with
Mrs. G. p. Whiteker. 1921 Clay street.
The Vespuccian club will meet with
Mrs. E. C. Neil, 1927 Western avenue.
instead Of with Mrs. Walker. Thurs
day. March IL. The club will elect Of
ficers for next year, and the program
will consist of a story by Mrs. E. v.
King Roll call will be answered by a
favorite recipe and sample.
The Current Literature club will
have a meeting March II. with Mrs.
J. s. West as hostess. The magazine
reviews will be of the Literary Digest,
by Mrs. E. w. Rankin, and the Amer
.ican, Mrs. H. c. Short. Mrs. S. c. Pet
tit will conduct q parliamentary drill.
At the annual business meeting OF
the Minerva club this week, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen for the
next year: Mrs. George Godfrey Moore
president; Mrs. C. J. Wilson, first vice
president: rms. George Mays, second
vice president: Mrs. Robert Stone
secretary; Miss Eleanor Bartel. assist.
ant secretary; Mrs Fred Jackson
treasurer; Miss May Clark, assistant
treasurer.
The officers now serving are: Mrs
H. L. Peppmeyer, Mrs. Moore. Mrs
r. H. Morehouse, Mrs. c. J. Wilson
Mrs. G. w. Payne. Miss Maud Kline
and Mrs G. C. Pritchard.
A banquet was given Friday night
| by the women Of the Pleasant Houl
club at the home of the president
Mrs. C. r. Thrapp. The guests were
! the husbands of the club member
and q number of friends The clu1
| colors green and white. were used t.
| decorate the dining room. Garlandl
Of green were festooned from TIL
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mentary one Of net. The skirt consists
of a deep pannier with ruffie below over
a plain underskirt. The frock is girdled
with black velvet. The material used
was lemon yellow brocaded silk. The
hat worn with this was of black taffeta
Ornamented with yellow aigrettes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
THE PARCEL POST SERVICE.

The senate committee on postoffices
and post roads, in reporting its re-
vision of the postal appropriation bill,
moved to take away from the post
master general his right to change
the rates or weights Of the service.
They say that in greatly raising the
weight limits and lowering the rates
on this service Postmaster Genera
Burleson is causing a deficit to ths
government, which will have to be
met from the general funds of the
treasury department This is stoutly
denied by the friends of Burl sson and
OF the service, who charge that the
proposed change is intended to bene-
fit the express companies. Represen.
tative Lewis of Maryland, regarded as
the father of the parcel post service
was quick to scent this attack and
to publicly charge it as depriving the
government OF its power to compete
with the express companies. Conser.
vatives, on the other hand, say tina,
such government competition is il
legal and immoral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
THE WORLDS DEBT.

A debt of s42.960,00o,00O is the
total shown in the accounts of all the
nations of the world by the Bureau
of Universal Statistics, which has
just announced its figures for the
year 1912
OF this total public Indebtedness
SS2, o0o, 100000 is charged against
Europe alone. A century ago the
public debt of all countries amounted
to only little more than $4,000, O00,-
900.
The population of the earth is now
slightly more than 1,900,000,0 900, an
increase of 14o,0o0,o0o in the last
four years, the bureau says Asia
now has 933,oo0,00o: Europe, 484. 900,
600; Africa. 1Ss,0o0,0o0; America
100000; Oceania, 100000.
The worlds commerce now amounts
/ to $4,000, 100000, and it is carried or
by 55,So2 sailing ships and 47,714
steamers. Other figures show tota
OF 625,0o0 miles of railroads, or enough
1 to girdle the globe twenty-five times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
COOPERATION OF CONSUMERS,

Cooperation of consumers to lower
the cost of living has made start in
Chicago, according to various reports
to the American Society for Thrift,
which. from its headquarters in that
city, is investigating the subject.
President Simon w. Straus, who is a
banker, president OF S. w. Straus &
Co, has gone TO Europe with the pur-
pose OF determining what is needed
beside greater thrift In this country
to rival the growth of the movement
abroad, where in the United Kingdom
the sales last Year totaled over $780,
100000. The first start made was in
HYDE Park and has proved successful
The newest project is In Oak Park. a
suburb, where prices have hit the ton
limit and the number of middl men
have been legion. Regarding the pros
poets of success OF the Producers
and Consumers League. John West
ern, its head and form s-lv a Datroj,
lawyer, is quoted as saying:
''1n the United States there ara nm.
wards of one hundred such societies
in operation in small towns. To men,
ton one instance, socisty in a small
town In Minnesota has assets az s5s
26S and is distributing a quarterly
dividend Of s per cent. to it's stock
holders Tin addition to the stock div,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26

Woman is coming into her own in
Iall lines Of human activity. The city
federation of Atlanta, Ga, consisting
of eighty-six organizations and ap-
proximately 1000 members, at It's
mid-winter meeting, recommended to
the general council of Atlanta the ex-
pediency of placing upon certain
municipal boards a minority of WON
en- members. They declared tina;
they would be especially useful az
members of the school. parks and play
grounds, libraries, health, sanitation
and hospital and charities boards. The
resolutions declare that the recon-
mendation is made not SO much for
the sake OF the women as the boards
The recommendation has much te
commend it and is likely to be adopted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
A Pure Cream Of Tartar Ponder

farmer Is the real backbone and sinew
OF the world. He knows that when
we have stripped life Of its superficial
tiles and artifiicialities and gotten
down to basic principles, that well-
directed manual labor is this basic
principle upon which to build.
Ames also sent out men to tell the
men who had orchards. that the San
Jose scale was the most dreaded
enemy the horticulturist had to con-
tend with. Several other parasites
were spoken OF and while the aver
age farmer did not know the name OF
, this foreigner who infested his orch,
ard and didn't know what the word
parasite meant, he well knew that
these pests meant death to his fruit
crop if not to his trees.
This expert" in some instances in.
CURED the everlasting hatred of the
farmer whose trees he condemnen
and cut down. And who can blame
this farmer for resenting tax which
does no good to him and seems to I'm.
pose on him? He feels this money is
wasted
Again, our legislators took 1t upon
themselves to fix the salaries OF teach
ers in the public schools. II teach,
er carried first class certificate he
or she should have fixed amount,
regardless of. their ability to impart
! what they knew. or ability to interest
or govern, and il a second class Ger,
tificate, no matter how able to teach
or govern, their salary must be less.
| A certain TEACHER In one of our
country schools held first class Ger
tificate and consequently demanded
all the law allowed her as salary. She
was a complete failure as a TEACHER
and as moral guide. Showing how
mere scholastic knowledge IL but q
VERY small part OF the requisites OF a
successful teacher.
We do not decry excessive taxes ii
we get the goods for which We are
paying. but Wa feel we have a jus,
complaint to make when this is no,
4 forthcoming.
Let every progressive taxpayer en-
s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26

her condition has been critical. Her
many Nauvoo friends hope that she
/ will pull through this trying ordeal
all right and be brought to her Nau-
VOC friends and relatives as well as
ever.
Mrs. Fred Salm, Sr. who underwent
an operation successfully in a Roc.i-
lester, Mimi. hospital recently, will
sooi. be able to come to her Nauvoo
home as completely cured, which will
be glad news to her legion OF friends
here.
Miss Clara Kuhn, who Is located at
State Center, Iowa, is In Nauvoo for
an extended visit with relatives and
| friends.
George Burk. the Keokuk soft
drink manufacturer, was a Nauvoo
business visitor last Friday.
Mrs. NJ. Baumert, Jr., is in Roches-
! ter, Mimi, where ~he went to consult
the Mayo Brothers. noted surgeons,
in regard to some ailment that shs
has been suffering with for several
years, to learn whether an operation
would be necessary. This popular
Nauvoo lady was informed that she
would not have to have an operation
performed which her many friends in
our city were glad to learn. She is
receiving treatment from the noted
doctors and may soon be restored to
her usual health
Mrs. Charles Faulkner who has been
visiting her father, Mr.. Herman Ber-
ger in Nauvoo for several weeks, has
returned to her Canadian home.
| Nauvoo's Lady Priscilla club met
with Mrs. Theodore Ochsner down in
the first ward. Thursday Of this
| week.
| Mr.. Harris who has been employed
in the Nauyoo clothing house for a
considerable length OF time, will soon
leave Nauvoo.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hummel and
family will soon leave Nauvoo and
move onto large farm near West
Point, Iowa. Their many Nauvoo and
vicinity friends are sorry to see them
leave our midst.
| Jacob Fisher, one of Nauvoo's mer-
chants, has announced a closing out
sale Of winter goods. This is a great
accommodation to our poor people
who take advantage of the cut prices
and supply their needy wants. 1t is
also an incentive to induce farmers
to come to Nauvoo. Merchants can
not do too much to draw trade to
a town without railroad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
PUBLIC OPINION
ee~e~eee ~eeA'
Taxes and Their Benefits.

Taxes and Their Benefits.
TO the Editor Of The Gate City:
There are two things in this world
which are Observation-Disclosures and
death.
AND as such, it would seam worse
than foolish to resist or decry. Yet
who among us, even the infirm and
aged, but deplore or resist death.
But with taxes, although inevitable,
we feel that being made by ths few,
and exacted of the many, without
their consent, that they often are I'M
just and impositions and for which
we too often receive no benefit.
AS example: The Ames Agricultural
college receive from taxes collected
from the levying of special tax, an
amount sufficient to support several
| men who are detailed to instruct the
| farmer.
| For instance, this expert visits
] farmers institutes and tells the farm
er how to raise paying crops of corn
rotation OF crops is exploited. The
! raising of clovers, legumes, ETC., as
fertilizers to the soil, etc He also
visits the scholars in towns and tells
the school boy that corn and hogs are
/ the very best combination the farmer
can have Now every farmer knows
! before this expert tells him, that he
can as easily exhaust his soil by con
tinuing the same crop year after veal
without any rest as he can the hum
an body by continued laborious effor
without any surcease. The most ig
norant town boy knows that the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
THE STOCK OF GOLD.

There was sl.S6e,s1e,157 in golo
coin and bullion in the United States
at the close of the last fiscal year,
says report by George E. Roberts,
director of the mint OF this amount
about 1880, 000, 900 was in the pos
session of the government and the
rest in banks.
The stock OF gold reported by the
banks and treasures of the world is
greater by s24O,0O0,ooo than in the
preceding year although the produc-
ton of gold in the last five years has
not been great.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26
How Is Your HoIler7

1t has been stated that man,
stomach Is his boiler. his body is HI,
engine and his mouth the fire boz i,
your boiler (stomach) in good workinr
order or is it SO weak that 1t viii nj
stand full load and not able to sun.
ply the needed energy to your enigma
(body)? II you have any trouble with
your stomach Chamberlain's Tablets
will do you good. They strengthen and
invigorate the stomach and enable Il
to do its work naturally. Many YER,
remarkable cures of stomach trouble
have been affected by them. For sail
by All Observation-Disclosures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26

Public sentiment in Oklahoma
clearly sustains the verdict in the suit
against Senator Gore. Declarations
are freely made that the attack upon
the senator's character instead Of
killing him politically will react in his
favor and elect him by the largest
majority he has ever received. Cores
most implacable political enemy has
announced his change OF party faith
and declared he will spend his own
money to re elect him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-26

The Los Angeles board of public
works. requested by the city to make
some minor repairs and save council
men from present and future tor
ment,' promptly agreed to provide for
present needs. but remarked rather
warmly that provision against future
torment was beyond human reach.
The board assumes to be well ac-
quainted with the councilmen.