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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
DIARIES TO ADOPT
NEW GRADE SYSTEM
Barney Wants Iowa Legislature to
Provide Means for This State
Going In With Balance.

Dairy commissioners of Iowa. Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dn-
kota and Illinois and representatives
Of about thirty creameries in the mid
die west adopted a plan here yester-
day for the purchase Of cream on the
grade basis. Legislatures of these
states will be asked to enact laws in
conformity with the views OF the
men at the conference. Wisconsin
and Minnesota commissioners will be
urged to work for such a system in
their states so that the whole middle
west will be on the same basis.
The plan is to make four grades Of
cream. Three of these are to be sal
able The quality for each grade was
fixed as follows:
SpeciaI-Sweet cream suitable for
table >and such as will not curdle in
hot tea or coffee.
First grade-Cream that is clean
to the taste and smell. slightly sour,
containing not to exceed A of 1 per
cent of acid and not less than 80 per
cent Of butter fat and free from
Jumps, dirt, curd and all other for
eign matters.
Second grade-Cream too sour to
grade as first grade, or that may
have weedy or unfavorable flavor or
odor.
All cream that does not come into
one Of these classes Is to be known
as illegal cream To be illegal, cream
must be very old, rancid, moldy, dirty,
or that is produced from unclean sep
arators, or that is stored, handled or
transported in violation of the state
dairy and pure food sanitary laws. It's
sale or purchase or manufacture for
human food products was condemned
at the meeting.
Creamery men indicated willing
ness to follow the grade system close
ly If they are protected by law The
purpose Is to give the farmer a prem
ium on cleanliness. The difference
in prices for the grades was discussed,
but the conference did not think best
to attempt any regulations Of this
kind until the grades have been es-
tablished.
w. B. Barney, state dairy and food
commissioner, said he will urge the
enactment Of laws in Iowa conform
ing to the rules adopted at the con.
ference. He called the meeting Of the
commissioners and creamery men
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
TELLS OF EFFORTS
TO CHECK CHOLERA
n. w. Leindecker Of Alberta, Mimi,
Here and Describes What
was Done There.

H. w. Leindecker Of Alberta, MINI,
who has been in the city for several
days, visiting his father John Lem
decker, justice of the peace, returned
home today. Mr.. Leindecker told Of
the experience of the Minnesotans in
hog cholera epidemics, and how the
herds there were vaccinated. In the
majority Of cases where the single
treatment was given, there was no
necessity for further injection Of
serum, except where the farmer was
careless about sanitation. Hogs weigh
ing between $50 and 200 pounds were
seldom vaccinated, he said, as the
treatment always caused them to lose
weight. It was advised that such hogs
be sold
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17

janin for $4,000, charges that the
rollers particularly treasure one pic
ture showing their leader in COM
promising positions. Federal authori-
ties are reported to be on the trail
of this family group"
The colony was founded here In
1902 by Purnell who declared he
had received commission from the
Holy Spirit to begin the "ingathering
of the Israelites Of the House of Da-
vid" Each summer squads of work
ers visited middle western states in
search Of recruits.
The women who made the affi-
davits allege that Purnell recently
suspended the rule against marriage.
The cult leader himself could not be
found by reporters today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
preacher 10 Cleared.
United Press Leased Wire Ser

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service-1
TUSCALOOSA, Iowa, Dec. 17.-Un-
able to decide whether labor unions
are oath bound organizations" an
tagonistic to the laws of the Church
of the Nazarene, the judges who have
been trying Rev. A. J. Behner for ad-
hitting union men to the church.
were forced to refer the question to
the general assembly which will meet
next fall. In the meantime union
members OF the church will be re-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
End Of tho Robber.

I United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 17.-Pa-
trolman Edward Knaul was shot and
probably fatally wounded this after
non in a pistol duel with the auto
bandit who earlier secure $4,000 in
two daylight bank robberies here.
The robber was also shot. He died
shortly after. The stolen money was
not recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17

tanned. but no more union men ad-
mitted until the case is settled. The
charges Of mal-administration pre-
ferred against Rev. Mr.. Behner were
not proven and he was cleared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
western Gunner. to Shoot.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Western
clubs of the National Rifle association
OF America were slated to open their
1914-1915 contests today The eastern
clubs will start their contests next
week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
AWARD CONTRACT
. FOR LOCAL Al. BRIDGE
stroebei Steel Construction Company
Of Chicago Turns in Best Esti-
mate and is Successful
Bidder.
GETS CONFIRMATION
Letter Was Received This Afternoon
in Which It 10 Officially Stated
Who Will Get the
Job.

At three o'clock this afternoon Sup
erintendent J. II. Cole notified this Of
flee by telephone that no had received
confirmation Of the report that the
contract for the Reconstruction OF the
bridge had been awarded. Mr.. Cole
stated that he had received letter
from the New York Office Of tho bridge
company, informing him that the con-
tract had been let to the Stroebei
stoci Construction company, Of Chi
cago.
The contract for the reconstruction
Of the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge
has been awarded to the Stroebel
Steel Construction company, of Chi
cago. according to unofficial advices
received at this ONCE today. J. H.
Cole, local superintendent Of the
bridge company, stated today that he
had not yet been advised of the
awarding OF the contract by his COM
pany.
It is believed the information re-
ceived here regarding the contract is
reliable. despite the fact that Mr.. Cole
has not been informed by his COM
pany that the contract has been
awarded. The contract is said to
have been let in New York City in
the ofhces of tho bridge company at
that place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17

How It Feels to Undergo Twilight
Sleep.
In the January Woman's Home
Companion appears an authoritative
article about the new twilight sleep
about which SO much has been writ
ten by physicians and others. Follow
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President Pierce's message on Kan
sas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
Company Located at Chicago.

company IOCdIco dt SnlCd9O.
The Stroebel Steel Construction
company, said to be the successful
bidders on the contract, is one of the
largest construction companies in the
country. Their Offices are located in
Chicago, the address being 1744 Mon
adnock building.
Awarding the contract has been de-
layed several times during the past
month and was expected to be an
.nounced at any tine.- It was essen
.tial that 1t be let within short time
since 1t will be necessary to finish
the reconstruction of the, draw span
OF the bridge before the opening Of
navigation on the river in the spring.
This was stipulated by the govern
ment in authorizing the reconstruc-
ton Of the bridge in order TO prevent
the work on the draw span from in
terfering with navigation. It will
leave the successful bidders but three
and half months to complete this
part of the work as navigation usual
ly opens about the middle Of April.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17

Expect Representatives Here Soon.
It IL not known whether or not the
Stroebel company bid on the recon
struction of the draw span alone or
upon the whole bridge.
Representatives of the company are
expected to arrive here within few
days to make preparations for start
ing the actual work of reconstructing
the bridge. The work, which will
have to be carried on during the win.
ter, is expected to supply employment
to many local men.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Little Bobbie S Pa

ting better every day, Nobody ever
herd Shakespeer or Charles Dickens or
Mister Walter Scott say that thay was
ritten out, sed Pa. Thay rote all thare
lives & sum of the things that thay rote
toward the last OF thare lives was the
best things that thay ever did Fergit
that ritten out nonsense, Pa sed, & stop
Laying around,
Ny deer husband shud not talk that
way to YOU Mister Wins gate, sed Ma
He himself is a rltten out author, & ne
only rote two or three peeces in his life
Then he stopped riteng. so | suppoas
he reeli2ed that he cuddent rite any
moar l have always kept one of the
poems that he rote. sed Ma | want TO
reed il to YOU So Ma got the poem &
red 1t to Mister Win gate. 1t sed;
our glorious sun Is but tiny star
Like millions glistening in the hevings
afar
Each OF them stars has planets OF It's
own,
sum Of them than the earth much
larger grown
So let us then more kind to others be
& not ask anyone TO bow thare knee,
Because no man can think that he is
CRATE
When the universe Is so big for to con-
tenn plate.
My deer husband rote that, sed Va.
& a cuppel moar IKE it, & after at
he got ritten out. & I think it was
about time.
feel a lot happier since you read me
that poem. sed Mister Win gate,
guess thare Is lot Of riters moar TO
be pitied than / am.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
THE WOMAN THOU
GAVEST ME By R HALL GAME
The Greatest Story of the Twentieth Century


, for the boy just when every
! bodys talking about him and speak
/ ing SO well, too
il was out al last. Her poor broken
hearted story was told Being a mar
ried woman, unhappily married, too,
/ was a danger to her beloved son,
and she had come to me in her
sweet unmindful, motherly se6shness
10 ask me 10 protect him against
myself
Whites and whites I've been think
Ing Of it, she said What viii
dor I've been asking myself, and
sometimes I've been thinking | would
speak to Martin | didn't dare do it,
though. But when heard last night
that you had come home to see your
father, ] said Doctor. III go over
and speak TO herself You'll never
do that Christian Ann said the doc
tor Yes ] will | said III speak
10 the young mistress herself. She
may be great lady now but haven't
/ nursed her on my knee? She'll
never do anything to harm my boy,
If ] ask her not 10. No, indeed, she
won't Not Mary O'NeiI III never
believe II of her. Never in this
world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

TTHARE was ydng man at our
house last mite. HIS name was
Harold Win-gate & and he was a
story ritter Tie toald Ma that he had
been riteing stories for the magazeens
for two whole yeers & that he had rote
! about 20 stories
Have YOU rots any laitly? Ma asked
him
No. sed Harold Win-gate. l haven't
rote at an laitly 10 you know he sed
TO Ma & IA, l have a horribel, haunting
feer that | am ritten out. that ! can no
longer rite anything witch is tit to pub
fish * get the mummy for. Il is a terri
bel haunting feer, he sed. DO you see
the gray hair on my tempel? he asked
Ma
No, sed Ma, doant see any hair hut
black hair on yure tempei Wei, sed
Mister Win gate. there was gray hair
thare this morning Maybe IL has fell
out, but " was thare this morning
Il Wen l seen # in the looking glass,
he scd, reelizcd that il had cum thars
on account Of my worrying so about my
ritetug. ON, it is a horrible. haunting
feer.
You are talking foolish, Harold, sed
Pa. Why you are only 80 yeers old &
YOU have been riteing jest two yeers.
How In the wurld Cud you GIT ritten out
In so short a time? IL You want to
know the truth about this haunting feer
stuff sed Pa, ] have a haunting feer that
YOU are lazy,
You must not tell me that l am lazy.
sed Harold
repeet that you are lazy & that thare
isent anything else the matter with you,
sed Pa " you were to get up sum
morning 4 take long walk & then Get
sum breakfast 4 set down 10 yure tipe-
ritter & keep sitting thare till you got a
start YOU wud ind that YOU are NOT
ritteu out but on the contrary are git
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19

Five young men trooped into shop
each to buy new hat. Seeming fun,
the man behind the counter waxed
jocuar.
Are you all married. he inquired.
"Yes!" they chorused.
Then I'll give hat to the man
who can truthfully say he has not
kissed any woman but his own wife
since he was welded"
Hand over the hat" said one of
the party. Il was married yester-
day"
One of the others was spinning the
yarn to his wife when his laughter
suddenly gave way to fear.
Il say, John" she asked, how was
it you didn't bring one?"
The Lord Mayor of Manchester has
a merry wit, and this Is one of the
stories he told in his racy speech at
the Manchester Motor Show dinner:
A motorist drew up at the Midland
Hotel. Manchester, Just as one of the
city fathers was leaving that estab-
lishment.
Hey, my man." quoth the motor
list, do you mind looking after my
car while I go inside for few min
utes?"
Sir" said the irate dignitary. do
you know I am a member of the City
Council?"
oh" rejoined the motorist. THAT
doesn't matter; ! can trust you."
The superintendent OF Sunday
school was illustrating for the chill
dren the text, arise and take the
young child and his mother and flee
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Face Beaming.

The sweet old face was heaming.
| but 1t was wet with tears, too, and
while trying to get out her pocket
| handkerchief she was fumbling with
! the flowers which she was still hold
| Ing and passing from hand to hand.
Let me take the roses | said as
! well as ! could for ! could scarcely
| say anything.
u brought them for you" she said,
F! and then she laughed, a little con-
| fusedly, at her own forgetfulness.
ITO be sure. they're nothing to the
greenhouse ones you'll have at the
Castle, but / thought you'd like them
for all that They're from the tree
outside the window Of your own little
room We call il your room still
the one you slept in when you came
IN your little velvet froCk and pinnie,
singing carols to my door Mary
O'Netl's room. Martin called 1t then,
and as been the same to us ever
since"
This touched me so deeply that,
before knew what | was doing, |
was putting my arm about her waist
and asking her to tell me what she
wished me TO do and ] would do it.
VIII you. thought" she said, and
then one by one she propounded the
artless little schemes she had con
cocted TO cure Martin of what she
conceived to be his love for me.
Her first thought was that | might
make excuse OF my fathers illness to
remain where | was until the time
came for Martin to leave the island
but she repeuted OF this almost i'm
mediately remembering that Martin
was set on seeing me CI must see
her he had said, and 10 he did not
see me he would be so downhearted.
Then she thought ! might praise
up my husband 10 Martin saying
what fine man he was. to be sure,
and how good he had been to me.
and what a proud woman ! was to
he married 10 HIM but she was
ashamed of that almost as soon as
she had said It, for 1t might not be
true and Martin might see | was
pretending
Finally, she suggested that i'm or
der 70 create q GOODNESS between Mar
tin and myself | might try not 10 5e
SO nice to him. speaking short to him
sometimes and even harsh ana
angry but no, that would be 100
cruel especially from me. after an
these years just when he was going
far away too, and only the Lord and
the blessed saints knew what was ID
become Of him
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
By MAUDE MILLER.

TNHERE is little dancer IN New
York vino stoutly asserts that the
American girl is not pretty at
least. not pretty in the right way. and
whatever looks she has are nor last
ing And this little maiden who has
such very decided views on the Amerl-
can type is Miss Nora White. :
Here IN America she said with
her pretty foreign accent, "the old la
dies are really more attractive than the
young girls For. at least, we must
admit that the artfces they resort to
to make up to them in some small re
spect for the youth they have lost and
can never have again, But the young
girls are horrible in their distorted
ideas of beauty. They appear on Broad
way as young az IS with makeup
| enough on their little girl faces to start
drug store, have never seen any
| thing more revolving Don't they know
what they are doing? Cant they realize
| that nature is the one beautiful thing
in the universe. and they cover up their
natural looks as though they were some
! thing to he ashamed Of
| "Thc great trouble with American
women lies in the fact that they are
one and all living beyond their in
comes, This brings worry lust like
| their beauty every thing is external all
kinds Of sham with It's glitter and tinsel
I In tals
ache underneath is hidden. And with
all this sorddness underneath mawing
/ continually at the foundation of things.
| how can a woman keep her YOUTH And
| without her youth, ne wonder she is
compelled TO cover Up the wrinkles with
| these awful cosmetics
! And then with these women all striv-
! ing 10 Guido each other in showiness.
| how can America hope for the right
! kind of men' ] have heard young girls
| OF to-day remark that il they wore
loud gowns and put ON plenty Of paint
SO that they could attract sufficient
attention they would never need to look
| out for an escort What IS youth 0 the
! American girl Absolutely nothing but
a snare Il amounts TO nothing, be-
| cause IL is too farcical to last any ap-
/ preCiable amount OF time
In Europe the girls are always fresh
and young They never have any wor-
/ ries, because they never live beyond
| their incomes. They don't use make
/ up because they don't need IT, and they
are therefore natural They have hap
py healthy, nominal good times good
! times that are really deserving ofsthe
1 name, Not few hours Of agony to be
! lived through before the sham can he
/ put aside and the natural resumed uutN
/ the next engagement
| II really don't know what can be
! done TO better conditions over here
should think n the American grl knew
/ OF the impression she was creating She
| might decide TO take bold stand Tor
! the protection Of healthy, normal girl
/ hood once IN while YOU may see
a normal girl here IN New York--it IS
! like passing an oasis IN the desert
never appreciated the beauty OF ms
/ countrlwomen half SO much till l came
! ,o this country and saw the American
| type. Then ] thanked my lucky stars
! that ! mad not been born in America,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
o. Up-to-the-Minute Jokes o

into Egypt" Showing them largo
picture, he asked:
Now, isn't that splendid? Here IS
the mother. Here is the young child.
There's Egypt in the distance"
The children, however looked dis
appointed, and finally a little boy
piped out:
Teacher where's the flea %
Where's my umbrella ?" demanded
the wife of a member of Parliament.
I'm afraid I've forgotten it, my
dear" meekly answered her husband.
ut must be in the train
I'm the train!" snorted the lady.
And to think that the affairs of the
nation are intrusted to man who
doesn't know enough to take care of
womans umbrella"
A lady whose husband was this
champion snorer of the community
in which they resided confided to a
female friend tie following painful
intelligence:
MY life has not been one of un-
alloyed delight. l have had the
measles chickenpox, typhoid fever,
rheumatism and influenza; hut
never knew what real misfortune was
until / married a burglar alarm
Mr.. James Baker, In his 'Reminis-
cent Gossip" tells this story:
A Yankee, who wanted reflected
glory once accosted the hero of the
American Squadron, Admiral Dewey
With:
Admiral, I bet you don't remember
me"
You win" said the admiral, and
walked on.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
BUY HER A BOX.
Deal MISS FairfaX:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am twenty two, and have
been engaged to a girl of eighteen
for the past three months. Re-
Gently / won box of chocolates
where my sister and her lady
friend spent twice as much for
chances. AS l won the chocolates
in their presence I divided the top
tier between them. and offered my
tiancee the lower tier (she was
not present when the rattle took
place., explaining the conditions,
She was insulted, and absolutely
refused to accept them. Since then
we have been arguing who was
right. When she refused the
chocolates | was highly insulted,
and left her for peace sake.
A CONSTANT READER.
You were wrong not to give tn,
box outright to the two ladies present
No girl likes to be put in the posi-
ton in which you put your fiancee
Give her whole box, or give hel
none. By giving her what the other.
left, you prove yourself very penu
rious.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
Always Martin.

II was Martin, Martin. always Mar
tin, Stlll in her sweet motherlv
selfishness she could think of nobody
else Fondy as she loved me. il
never occurred to her for a moment
| that il | did what she wished and
sent Martin away from me, too
I would suffer Pat a harder hea ri
1 than mine would have melted at thu
sight Of her pcrpleNity and distress.
and when with a helpless look she
( said
: II don't know what YOU are to do
! ~ really, really don't" l Comforted
< her needing comfort so much my
( SeltD, and told her ] would fnd a way
I Of my own to dc what she desired.
win YOU. though she said
/ Indeed | Will"
And YOU won't send him away
I sore hearted, either
Indeed won T."
u knew YOU would say that. May
the Lord and His holy mother bless
YOU"
( She was weeping tender, copious.
/ blessed teams bN 'his time. but there
| were smiles behind them.
Not that there's another woman
/ no the world would rather give
7 him to 10 things were as they used
/ 90 be. Bun they're different now.
are they uotD" she asked.
I Yes. they're different now" | an
swercd
Bu are Won sure you're not cross
( Ntjh me for coming
on no, no" ] said, and 10 was all
could SAY for my voice was failing
me
she gave "a sigh Of juexpressiale
relief and then rose to go.
~ must be going now The doctor
is digging IN the garden and he
/ hasn't had his breakfast. But / put
. The pot ON the slouree 90 boil and it
/ VIII be ready for the porridce"
7 She got as far as the door and then
turned and said.
Il wish ] had a photo OF You - a
right one just as YOU are at this
very minute, I'd hang II IN your own
+ room. and times and times in the
/ day Ia be running upstairs To- look
az a. But it's all as one. I've got a
photo OF YOU here" COUGHING her
Areasl, and sometimes ] can see b.
AS plain as plain
/ ! could not speak after that but
4 kissed her as she was going out,
and She said.
/ That's nice, now, Good bye, ny
chree' You'll not be going home an
tN tomorrow It's like, so perhaps III
/ be putting another sight on your.
/ Good bye"
went to the window TO watch her
as she walked down the drive, She
/ was Wring her eyes, but her head
( was mp and ! thought her step was
light and 7 was sure her face was
shining,
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