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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

i little packet which runs three times
a week from Quincy to Burlington IN
the early season every year, will
make its first trip down March % and
return up April l and she will have
large consignment Of freight for
Nauyoo business men. Her welcome
whistle will be heard with delight by
Nauyoo people.
Carl Boedecker received badly In
jured knee by trying to ride frac-
tious horse. The injury may keep
him from employment for some time.
Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr., and Mrs. Ed.
Hanansky entertained a large num-
Der Of Nauvoo ladies at small party
and an elaborate menu was served.
The party was held at the home OF
the former last Wednesday
They serve who only stand and
wait-the early worm, for instance.
Several days ago gentlemen who
was reared in Nauvoo met us and we
renewed old acauaintances. and about
the first question We asked him was,
how the old town looked. His reply
was that he was surprised at the Inn
provements and that it was far>ahead
of what it was about twenty years
ago, in streets and beautiful buildings
oAAo OWL q AAOAIS anu tAA0 laA SO eAAu
complete stocks. And yet there are
some who say we are dead town.
Wilburt Austin who for about
year worked for Jos. w. Welter In his
Nauvoo tonsorial parlor. has joined
the U. S. navy. He enlisted in Bur
lington.
Our farmers say that the roads n
the country are in splendid condition.
something unusual for this season of
the year.
A Nauvoo citizen said there is
nothing more pleasant than a fine
bunch of so1s-in-law or daughters-in-
law and a chance to grandpa around
from one house to another.
Mrs. j. Faulkner, q venerable Maui
VOC lady is reported very ILL.,
Mrs. Nina Rheinberger has returned
from several weeks visit in Carthage.
Mr.. C. J. Baxter returned recently
from a business visit to a number OF
northern cities.
Jas. Farren was in Kansas City and
Texas last week on a business visit.
Nauvoo may get that trolley line
after all but it may not be built this
year. When the mulct law repeal
goes into effect, promoters will see the
hCCu VI q lihS AiOlh L T. &luulooh oAio
Keokuk to allow people from these
cities to come here to get their booze.
Advertising pays; OF course it does,
or the thousands of business men in
this country who spend millions OF
dollars every year would change their
programs But the largest proof OF
the assertion comes from country
weekly where man advertised tn
the paper for stray cat "And the
cat came back the day the paper
came out presumably having noticed
her name in the paper. There isn't q
business man in Keokuk but who
should try the Keokuk Daily Gate City
as first class advertising medium
and a paper read by the masses.
Mrs. Anna Jackson entertained a
few lady friends in honor of Mrs.
Ellis Daugherty before departure for
her new home In Kirksyille. Mo. A
fine time was had with cards and re-
freshments-
Mrs. Ed A. Walther OF Nauvoo, dis
trict manager Of the Rebekahs will
go to Burnside, ILL.,, to attend lodge
meeting of the order there on March
q.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, March %, 1915

No potatoes planted on st. Pat
rick's day in Nauvoo.
Spring Is due in Nauvoo this com
ing Sunday. and it is the fifth Sun
day in Lent. According to the calen
dar, spring begins then.
The Nauvoo Rebekahs will give =
splendid play right after Lent.
One who thinks he knows and lives
in Nauvoo, says there will be several
business changes in this town soon.
A Nauvoo citizen puts it like this
You who haven't saved any money
this season, Europe against It, If you
get Hungary and find 1t impossible to
Russia self to a restaurant, ostensib-
ly to eat, 1t will Servia right.
Mrs. C. Murphy and son Ralph OF
Champaign, H. have rented Mr.. Leon
ard Hudson's truck farm and will util-
ize 1t for garden truck, vegetables for
neighboring towns the coming sum-
mer.
One Of Nauvoo's citizens says there
is no way of knowing when spring
has come except by shifting 1t in the
air. Is
The Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club
will meet again next Thursday AFTER
noon. Also the young iadies' Sew
Sew society next Thursday afternoon.
George Boegner, our stock buyer.
shipped several car loads Of live
stock from Sawyer, Iowa to the chi
cago markets last week.
There were two dances given In
Nauyoo on ST. Patrick's day, one In
the Moose hall and the other In the
opera house. The former was attend
ed by twelve and the latter by about
fifty couple All reported delightful
time.
There is considerable whooping
cough about Nauvoo as well as num-
erous cases of grippe and it has been
SO all winter.
Frank Moeller, one Of Keokuk's
most popular and pleasant cigar
manufacturers, was a recent business
visitor in Nauvoo.
Mr.. Charles Kelly Of the east coun.
try has been carrying one of his
hands in a sling. He had the misfor-
tune to run a thorn into the finger
joint while trimming the hedge, but
it is almost well now.
Mr.. Mahlin Boyer Of Bowen, ILL.,.
visited in Nauvoo last Monday and
Tuesday
lllOyu bOSSleT OF heOkuh was WIS.,
iting relatives and friends in Nauvoo
during the week just ended.
Messrs. Ed Peck and L. H. Riggs Of
La Harpe, ILL.,, were visitors in Nan
VOC last Wednesday and Thursday.
1t Is rumored that Nauvooite en-
ployed in Chicago and a Nauvoo
school teacher will be married in the
near future. Also a Nauvoo young
business man and lady from the
rural district will be married right at
ter Easter.
Mr.. H. ]. King, the gentleman en-
ploye of the Keokuk Daily Gate City
was in Nauvoo last Wednesday in
the interest Of that paper.
son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Schneider. last Monday. II
the young man can continue making
as much noise and being the recipi-
emit OF so much attention and express
sions OF good will for the balance Of
his existence as he has for this brief
period, his life will be- remarkable
and most pleasant.
The Nauvoo and Montrose ferry Is
now making regular trips at this
point, which is glad news to our citi-
zens and the travelling public. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22
GIVE BUSINESS a CHANCE.

Theodore N. Vail, president OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, there are 100000 people
unemployed in the United States,
whose yearly earnings should be about
250,000000 These people are now
living on their savings, or at the ex-
pense of their friends or the public.
Mr. Vail says, and what is needed to
bring about their Unemployment is n
restoration land the return of pros
perity is a restoration) of conditions,
which would inspire confidence in the
securities of public service and manu-
featuring enterprises to enable them
Ito obtain capital for extension AMI
improvement.
A billion dollars a year is needed,
he asserts, to put these enterprises in
a position to meet the demands of ths
country both as growing and go
ing" concerns, and ii they could begin
the expenditures of even a part of the
sum. lit would restore the normal
conditions Of employment, expendi.
ture, consumption and production
Most vital to the restoration of these
conditions Mr.. Vail declared, is the
question of public service enterprises,
which, he points out, are when pros
porous, large employers of labor and
large purchasers and consumers of all
varieties of products and manufac.
lures.
Mr.. Vail pleads for regulation that
will be thorough and effective and
at the same time equitable, just and
practicable" Remarking that in the
past the position of public service
companies had been made difficult by
the activities of irresponsible dema-
.gogues,' he expressed the belief that
the public would "see that justice is
done" as it had never remained COM
PLEASANT when brought face to face
with disturbance, uncertainty and UNI
employment caused by too drastic
action or too radical legislation upon
economic conditions or industrial en-
terprises.
Control and regulation can become
destructive instead of constructive"
he continues. "They can delay and
paralyze commerce. They can, through
DEGREES of inexperienced officials. i'm
pose unnecessary burdens and un-
necessary expenditure upon corpora
tons They can require too many
regulations and theories of operations
and too many undeveloped expert
ments in plant and equipment. De-
mands of labor for increased wages
and shorter hours and demands Of tho
public for increased service must be
met by increased revenue produced
by increased rates The irreducib'e
minimum in unit expenses has been
reached in some industries and soon
will be in all.
"A corporation, no more than an
individual. cannot be bound hand an !
foot and yet be active or give good
service. Bankrupt public service in
time means bankrupt communities
Mr.. Vail cites the falling of in the
telephone business the last to feel
depression and the first to recover
as Indicative of the business reaction
since the European war. The increase
Iof the number Of subscribers stations
last year was only rs per cent OF the
number added in 1913 and the small
lest In any of the four previous years.
according to the report.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

An Iowa town recently inaugurated
a settle up" week in which every eff
fort was made to get people OF all
stations of life. the poor and the pros
porous alike, to pay their old bills.
says the Ottumwa Courier. The mat
ter was gone into systematically and
It was found that some $500 bills were
owed by residents of the town. The
campaign worked out so well that at
end of settle up" week only 500 of
the old bills were still unpaid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

President Smith of the New York
Central is putting a new wrinkle in
the booster activities Of railroads. He
has invested in Holstein cattle for the
purpose of showing farmers along
the lines the advantage of high grade
milk and butter producers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

couched in strong terms, has been
abandoned. The promises made H.
formally to Ambassador Page at Lon
don, has solved one of the main
points. This government will be sat
listed with radius of 1000 miles
from coast lines and the allies dc
not want to assume, responsibility
even for that distance. according to
the best word obtainable here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22
For Knowing Too Much.

BRANDON, Man., March 22.-Henry
Kloth and Gustaf Kloth, Germans, an
held here today in a military prison,
and the only charge against them is
that they know too much. They are
alleged to have known too much
about the German consul at st. Paul
and to have known too much about
aircraft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

The legislature Of Utah at top
speed put through bill putting trad
ing stamps out of business in the state.
The act imposes a tax OF so cents
per 1000 on stamps and requires the
vender to give a $4,000 bond to qua
rantee redemption.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22
CHURCH STATISTICS.

The Washington Herald gathers
from DR.. H. X. Carro4Is annual bulle-
tin OF the statistics of the federal
council OF the Churches of Christ In
America some figures telling Of pro-
gress of the different denominations
during the year 1914. The total MEM
bership is 37,7es, 149, an increase OF
763, 07S. The larger denominations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

In one New Bedford, Mass, family
there is a George Washington, Thorn
as jefferson, Daniel Webster and
William Howard Taft. The father Is
Daniel r. Sullivan, and he thinks v
child is given good name he will
strive to live up to 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

Kansas was today considered hr d
public utilities commission. Tho 'as
ceivers Of the Kansas natural s,brr y
ted statistics to show that tha aal
pany had lost 100000 in tho e ,aa.
year with gas at rs cents a thors. ,a ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

Jitney business for January In the
Pacific coast cities size up in num-
her and income as follows: Los
Angeles, 1850 ..tneys, Ss,400 daily
receipts; San Francisco, 300 jitneys,
$2,4O0 daily receipts, Seattle. 500 jit-
neys, $4,000 daily receipts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-22

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
A generous heart repairs SANDER
Gus tongue.-Homer
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
What Are Swapping Turtles2

Nature and Science for Young
Folks, an immensely popular depart
ment in st. Nicholas, is just what its
title indicates. In it are gathered
many items of interest about the
earth and its inhabitants, as well as
the inhabitants of water and air. The
writer of a description Of swapping
turtles concludes. with the following
paragraph:
Considered from scientific stand
point, the turtle Is of some interest.
for, although classed with the rep
tiles, he has many of the attributes
of other groups; thus he has a shell
like the mollusks, legs Hike the mann
mails, lays eggs like the birds. can live
in the water or on the land like Ger
tain amphibians, and hibernates in the
mud during the cold season as do
many of the other cold-blooded crea-
lures. The fact that his flesh is edi-
BILE, however, and that turtle soup is
somewhat of a delicacy, marks his
chief claim to distinction with many
Of u.s."
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
REPORT OF DEATH MISTAKE
Church Filled With Mourners for the,
Funeral When Announcement Is
Made.

Rockville, Md.-Montgomery county
negroes are great on attending funer-
ais. When one of their number dies
there is always a large outpouring at
the funeral. Several days ago 1t was
announced that James Brown an aged
colored resident of the vicinity OF Ed
nor, had died and that his funeral was
to take place from Round Oak Baptist
church. near Spencerville.
At the hour set the church was
crowded and everything was In readi-
ness to give the old man a good send
off," when some one arrived and an
nounced that the report of Browns
death was all a mistake and that he
was we'll and hearty. Instead of a
funeral service an experience meeting
was held during which Myerly Jack.
son. one of the best known colored
residents of that section of the county,
while addressing the gathering, fell
dead.
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
He Says He Is Thirty-Two Years Old
and Handsome.

wife must be tolerable as to face and
form and must be, above all things,
'cityish." This demand is made after
Mr.. Cook has carefully observed the
Unbiased bellies of Good Ground, and
what they think of him and his ad'
vertisement is something to consider.
The last requirement mentioned by
Mr.. Cook is usually set up automati.
cally by printers familiar with matri'
monial advertisements-it is that the
ideal mate who is to be Mrs. Cook
shall have sufficient funds for her
modest needs and one or two of Mr..
Cooks.
The European war has blurred the
paint business considerably and Mr..
Cook, who hasn't wet a brush for
some time, is willing to make any sac
rifice to assure commercial advance
ment, he declares.
After explaining the sort of bride
that would not annoy him, Mr.. Cook
has added a note regarding his own
qualifications as a candidate for the
romp altarward- He is thirty-two
years old and as he says himself,
handsome. He has never tasted
whisky. He never swears and has
never chewed tobacco in his life, even
though the painters collie has driven
thousands Of good brush wielders into
the unspeakable cigar stores. He has
led good and upright life and de-
clares after carefully swapping his fin
gers that no one can say that (bang)
about him.
So far nothing definite has devel.
oped for James. One girl only from
the city has made the trip to Good
Ground. James rejected her. He
found she painted.
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15

and before I could close the door. the
horses plunged forward and we were
tearing at full gallop out of the town.
After five miles or so, the driver
pulled up and descended to readjust
his harness, whereupon | got out and
asked him in the best Russian ! could
command:
THE chief of police has given you
directions?" l asked.
His high excellency has told me ex-
actly what to do" was the mans an
swer, as he took out his huge wooden
pipe and filled It. You wish to see
the young Lady,"
YES" | answered, "to first see her,
and / do not know whether IL will be
necessary for me to make myself
known to her. Where is she?"
Beyond Nystad," was his vague an
swer with a wave of his big fat hand
in the direction of the dark pine for
est that stretched before us. I'VE
shall be there about an hour after
shutdown"
The short day quickly drew to
close, the sun sank yellow and watery
over the towering pines through which
we went mile after mile, a dense, in
terminable forest wherein the wolves
lurked in winter, often rendering the
road dangerous. When night drew on
we changed horses again at a small.
dirty posthouse in the forest, at the
edge of a lake, and then pushed for
ward again, although it was already
long past the hour at which he had
said we should arrive.
Time passed slowly in the darkness.
| suppose must have slept, for was
awakened by light shining into my
face and the driver shaking me by the
shoulder. When | reused myself he
placed his finger mysteriously upon
my lips, saying:
Hush, your high nobility, hush!
Come with me. But make no noise. II
we are discovered, it means death for
us-death. Come, give me your hand.
Slowly. Tread softly. See, here is
the boat. / will get in first. We shall
not be heard upon the water. &c."
And the fellow led me, half-dazed,
down to the bank of a broad, dark
river which | could not distinguish-he
led me to an unknown bourne.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
SYNOPSIS.


Gordon Gregg is called upon in Leg
horn by Hornby the yacht Lola's owner,
and dining aboard with him and his
friend, Hylton Chatter accidentally sees
torn Photograph Of "A young girl. That
night the cOnsuls safe is robbed. The
police find that Horribly is a fraud and
the Lola's name a false one. Gregg Vis-
aboard his vessel. Durnford knows, but
VIII not reveal the mystery of the Lola.
1t concerns a woman" In London
Gregg is trapped nearly to his death by
former servant. Olinto. Visiting in
Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt.
Horribly appears and Muriel introduces
him as Martin Woodroffe. her fathers
friend. Gregg finds that she is engaged
70 Woodroffe. Gregg sees a copy of the
torn Photograph on the Lola and finds
that the young girl is Muriels friend.
Woodrone disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of murdered woman in Ran
noch wood. The body disappears and in
Gregg talks to the police but conceals his
own knowledge of the woman. Muriel
calls secretly on Gregg and tells him that
she is certain that a woman as well as
man has been murdered. They search
kannoch wood together, and find the
body OF the woman. Gregg recognizes
her as Armida, Ointo's wife. Gregg tells
the body has disappeared. In London
Gregg meets Olinto, alive and well. Fall
ing To get any clue from Olinto, Gregg
traces the young girl of the torn photo
graph. and finds that she is Elma Heath
niece OF Baron Oberg, who has taken her
to Abo, Finland. and that she holds a
secret affecting Woodroffe. on his return
fled after drugging Hylton Chatter. who
had called there.
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15

Six o'clock came. heard the steam
siren of the departing boat bound for
Sweden, but l was determined TO re-
main there at whatever cost, therefore
| returned to the hotel, and at seven
dined comfortably in company with a
German who had been my fellowpas-
senger across from Stockholm.
At eight o'clock, however, just as
we we're idling over dessert, two gray
coated police officers entered and ar
rested me on the serious charge OF
landing without passport.
accompanied them to the police of
fee, where | was ushered into the
presence of the big, bristly Russian
who held the town of Abo in terror,
the chief of police. The officials which
Russia sends into Finland are selected
for their harsh discipline and hibe-
bound bureaucracy, and this human
machine in uniform was no exception.
Had he been the minister of the in
terror himself, he could not have been
more self-opinionated.
"Well?" he snapped, looking up at
me as l was placed before him. Your
name is Gordon Gregg. English, from
Stockholm. No passport, and decline
to leave even though warned eh?"
Il have a passport" / said urmly,
producing It,
He looked at 1t, and pointing with
his finger, said: ut has no date, aad
is therefore worthless"
THE fault is not mine. but that of a
Russian official. If you wish 1t to be
dated, you may send It to your con-
sulate general in London"
Il shall not" he cried, glazing at me
angrily. And for your insult to the
law, l shall commit you to prison for
one month. Perhaps you will then
learn Russian manners"
"Oh! so you will commit an English
man to prison for a month, without
trial-eh? That's very interesting!
Perhaps if you attempt such a thing
as that they may have something to
say about it In Petersburg"
You defy mel"
Perhaps you will kindly tell me
who you are?" l asked in as quiet a
voice as l could command.
with pleasure. | am Michael Boz
ranski, chief of police of the province
Of Abo-Biornebourg."
"Ah! Well, Michael Boranski,"
sai7, reopening my pocketbook and
taking out an open letter. perhaps
you VIII kindly glance at that. 1t is in
Russian so you can read it,"
He snStched II from me with III
grace, but not without curiosity. And
then, as he read the lines, his face
changed and he went paler. Raising
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
Lowe az an Educator.

Love is good for anyone, think. It's
the most educating thing in the world.
II l could, should insist on everyone
falling in love at least three times IN.
der thirty; we should have lot less
stupidity and mistakes in the world.
Why. you learn diplomacy, tact SYM
pathy. how to be really happy-for the
time, anyway; practical insanity.
which has done half the great things
of the world; poetry, music, human
nature-in fact, love.-"Time O. Day"
by Doris Egerton Jones.
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
THOUGHT HIM A PREACHER
American Diplomat Victim Of an
Amusing Mistake In the Yosem.
lite Valley.

Madame Observation-Disclosures,
author of the book. "The Sunny Side
of Diplomatic Life" tells of an Incl
dent that happened when she and her
husband-then Danish minister TO the
United States-were travelling in the
West. They were spending Sunday in
the Yosemite valley, when immedi-
ately after breakfast a man knocked
at their door and with huns and haws
said he had been sent to ask Mr.
Hegermann-Lindencro If he would
read the prayers and preach q sermon
in the drawing-room of the hotel, 1T
being Sunday and you being a minis
ter" j. was a little aghast, not ex-
actly understanding, while was shak-
ing with laughter at the other end of
the room, and would not have inter
fered for worlds for fear of losing a
word of the dialogue.
~ read the gospel cried J.
Yes, sir. You're a minister, amt
yerT
Wen. yes, am. but not the kind
you mean
The little man said, understanding
ly: We are not particular as TO sect
Whether you're a Baptist or Metho-
dist. it makes no difference as long as
you will preach
u. had difficulty in explaining In
his best English that preaching, was
not a speciality of his"
The Yale expositor., 1915-07-15
VILLAGE PAINTER
SEEKS CITY BRIDE
Bellies of Town He Ornaments
With Brush Do Not Appeal,
Hence the "Ad."

Good Ground, l.. flames c. Cook.
the leading painter of Good Ground,
who made most of the houses and
barns hereabout what they are today,
seeks a bride. So determinedly is he
seeking the woman who is TO share his
joys and sorrows, ladders and turpen-
tine that he has gone to the trouble
and expense Of advertising in the
weekly newspaper, stating in his best
handwriting the type of a girl that
causes him to fall off a scaffolding on
sight.
Mr.. Cook has made il clear that his