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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

naturally into pupil participation in
the larger civic life of the commrn-
ity of which the school itself is a
part. Maintaining order on the play
ground naturally tends to maintaining
order On the streets in the vicinity OF
the school. 1t is common for commit
tees Of older boys to look after the safe
ty of younger children in crossing
streets near the school, Solicitude for
the cleanliness and beauty of school
grounds develops equal solicitude for
the cleanliness and beauty of adj
joining streets, alleys, and vacant lots.
School gardening quickly stimulates
home gardening. and whole neighbor-
hoods have been transformed through
the influence of the schools.
Whether the children who are now
undergoing this training for citizen
ship will in reality be efficient cit1-
zens ten or twenty years hence can
not be foretold, according to Mr..
Dunn. But he adds: There is ap-
parently ample evidence that they are
better citizens now; and. moreover,
that the present civic life of the city
lis appreciably affected by it. Where
immediate results are SO apparent
and so far-reaching the effect upon
future citizenship should certainly pc
appreciable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
TAKES TWO FOR A BARGAIN.

An attractive young woman In chi
cago recently published the result OF
| her personal Investigations into the
flirting question in that city. She con-
Quoted safety first campaign with
the aid of a girl comparison and in
weighed scores of men into an &C
quaintance with the aid OF an inviting
glance. She said she did not have to
use the smile more than once to get
results. Married men and single men
dined and wined her, and dropped her
when they discovered she had placed
a limit on her adventurous career. In
summing up the result Of her CAM
paign the fair enchantress reaches
the conclusion that Chicago men are
utterly committed to flirting and that
the way of the young woman who de-
sires to avoid unwelcome attentions is
hard one. She cites no record of
being lily dealt with. This is NOT =
defense Of the male f1irt, says the Bur.
lington Gazette. The ogling. vacuous
minded individual who haunts the
streets and hotels seeking to make
new acquaintances among the women
is not deserving of consideration. But
any young woman who deliberately in
vites the attentions of the opposite
sex can expect to find game. The
girl investigator, had she proceeded
about her business, giving no encour
agement to male flirts, would not have
been molested. There are thousands
Of good looking and respectable young
women in Chicago and other large
cities who attend to their own bust
ness and have not been insulted. So
that flirting is largely a matter of
choice If girl will use her good
common sense she is perfectly safe.
II she takes chance she must take
the consequences. If she has no COM
mon sense she is unfortunate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
Allen and Athletes.

Iowa City Citizen: Iowa athletes
will have good friend in the gov
ernor's office if Senator Joe Allen at
tains that position through the pri-
maries and election next year. While
in Iowa City during commencement,
Mr. Allen, who was football play
er and lover of other sports during
his college days here, expressed the
opinion that nothing in athletics
properly followed is bar to scholar
ship. "The trainingt on the football
team" he said, was a great advan-
tage to me in clearing my mind and
keeping me in prime condition for
mental effort. found it no handi-
cap in class work to play on the team
and l enjoyed it. In my opinion
athletes should be the honor men in
college. If they are not it is not be-
cause of any handicap through ath-
letics, but for other reasons"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

tie. 1 took it and got stronger and
gained 6 lbs. The use OF the second
bottle enabled me to gain IS lbs, so l
used the contents of four and I was
q well woman. This was four years
ago and have had no return OF tne
trouble. Mrs. DoRorHEA SCHOONER,
1894 Front ST., Fort Madison, Iowa.
Every woman who has reason to
believe that backache, headache, UNI
natural pains, low spirits, sieepiesS
nights, irregularities or catarrhal
condition is caused by arrangement
of the wornauly functions, owes 1t TO
herself and dear ones to speedily over
come the trouble before a general
breakdown causes permanent Prostfa-
ton. :.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite prescription IS
a non-alcoholic remedy that any an.
ing woman can safely take because !.
is prepared from roots and herbs with
pure glycerine, containing tonic prop
critics of the most pronounced cha''
acter.
1t is not a secret remedy because
its ingredients are printed on wrapper.
Get DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
to-day, either in liquid or tablet form.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
EVERY CHILD A CITIZEN.

| Low one community trains its chill.
! dren for the responsibilities of citi-
izenship is described in a bulletin just
! issued by the United States bureau OF
education on Civic Education in Ele-
Imentary Schools as Illustrated in In
Idianapolis."
The practice in the indianapolis
schools" says Arthur w. Dunn. author
! of the bulletin, SIS to help the pupil
to understand the nature of his owl
community life, his dependence upon
/ IL, and his responsibility for it; to
develop a right attitude toward gov
eminent as the means by which all
members of the community may CO.
operate for the common interest; and
ITO cultivate habits Of right action as
member Of the community
| The bulletin emphasizes the fact
that "civics is not taught as a separate
subject until the eighth grade, but
that civic education is a phase Of all
the work OF the school. The aim
seems to be to make of education, not
a process of instruction in a variety
of subjects, but a process of growth,
during which various relations Of life
are unfolded."
Incidentally it is pointed out that
There is no subject of ethics or
moral education in the Indianapolis
schools, but the direct moral training
afforded by the course here outlined
IS peculiarly virile. So. also, while
there is no attempt to give direct vo-
cation training in the strict sense Ct
this term, nor even any organized
form of vocational guidance never
theless the fact is always taken into
: account that the citizen must be a
, worker and the worker a citizen
: Instruction through the course OF
= study is. however, only a part Of the
; training for citizenship given in these
t schools AN understanding OF COM
munity life and of government" de-
r clares Mr.. Dunn, is fruitless witho!I
$ the cultivation OF qualities and habits
: OF good citizenship. Instruction and
f training must go hand in hand. The
e latter is largely a matter of prac-
/ tice.' Pupil participation in school
d management is a very real thing il
o indianapolis. and in some schools it Is
carried TO high degree of effective
g ness. 1t mantfests itself in the meth
a cd of preparing and conducting recita-
3, tons: in the care of school property.
g in protecting the rights Of Younger
= children; in maintaining the sanitary
d conditions of the building and
e grounds; in identifying school
grounds: in the making of repairs an 4
e equipment for our school," in fact.
e in every aspect of the school life
g, In Indianapolis pupil participation
T in the government Of the school leads
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
COAL,

The output of bituminous coal in
the United States for the first six
months of 1915 Is estimated by c. F.
Lesher Of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey to be between 1S0,000,000
and 190.OOO.000 short tons. the rate of
production having been from IS to 80
percent Of the average for the previ-
GUS year. Thus the bituminous coal
production during this six months
period has been considerably less than
for the corresponding period in 1914,
and is little, If any, greater than the
output during the last half Of that
year. The rate of production this year
decreased after January. reached low
ebb in March and April, and is now
on the increase. The states west of
the Mississippi river. which in 1914
produced less than 13 percent of the
total, do not appear to have suffered
from this decrease as much as the
eastern states-reports from certain
districts in the west showing an IN.
crease over 1914. This is attributed
to the increase in metal mining and
smelling, and to greater railroad ac-
tivity. In the east the loss of bunker
trade on the Atlantic seaboard and
the slowness OF the lake season have
been only partly Offset by the In
creasing coal exports. The recent ac-
tivity in the iron business has been
slow to affect the coal trade although
coke has gained considerably during
the last two months and for the rest
of 1915 the increased output should
continue.
The anthracite producers have Jared
better than the soft coal operators,
since it is estimated that the output
of anthracite has fallen off only from
3 to percent below the average for
1914.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
MeaninQlesa.

Aberdeen News: Why do the news
papers always say convention OF
Elks or Masons or editors Or travel
ing men or republicans or democrats,
or what not, take the city in which
they happen to meet .by Storm"
Every paper says 1.-THE News does
and it is a particularly favorite
word of the headline writer. But it
really doesn't mean anything in par
ticular, except that lot OF strangers
have come to town, for a good time,
or. in the case of political conven-
tions, for a glorious scrap.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
MOTION PICTURE {.

Although it has taken several years
of hard work and ceaseless effort on
the part of the men who have had
faith in the ultimate success of mo-
ton picture shows, the motion pic
ture industry is establishing itself on
a firm financial basis, and now is, ac-
cording of the census bureau, the
fifth largest manufacturing industry
in the United States. From January
to December 81. 1914, 100000 900 was
spent in the making of motion pic
ture negatives. 1t is estimated that
at least 1O.00O,000 persons daily go
to photopIay theatres in this country.
Producers OF plays at regular
theatres and theatre owners and
managers were loath, at first, to en-.
bark in the moving picture business
but times are changing and among
the most successful picture produc
ers. actors and directors may be
seen those who formerly we're con
nected with the theatre. They have
come to realize that moving pictures
have opened an entirely different
field.
One of the principal reasons FOL
the success of moving picture drama!
is that it is cheap form of amuse
ment which appeals to all classes o
people. Also the moving picture
theatres give a continuous perform
ance, afternoon and evening, an
persons who have an hour or two t.
spare naturally turn to them.
The standard is constantly bein:
raised The public is demanding
better and higher class of films
and the producers are spendin:
more money and more time in thet
production. In raising the standar,
OIL the films the producers hav
been offering attractive salaries AM
obtaining leading stars of the stag
to appear in the principal roles, On
OF the pioneer companies is makin
plans to take over more than fou
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
FACE COVERED
WITH SMALL P|MP[ES
Itched Badly. Disfgured for Time
Being. Used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Made Complexion
Clearer. Face Entirely Healed.

New Cambria. Mo-" Tho first thing
began to notice some eruptions on my face.
They were small pimples forming They
would itch SO badly that could hardly
keep from picking at them. When did 1t
seemed as If they kept spreading. was
dkfgured for the tipe being; my face was
totally covered with the pimples. They
were so bad hated to have a person SEQ
my face. 1t was In this condition year OK
over.
II read in the paper of how good Cuticura
Soap and Ointment were and resolved to
try them. After used them several times
they seemed to heal the places and make my
complexion clearer. spread the Ointment
ON my face and let it remain for about five
minutes and then washed it of with very
hot water and Cuticura Soap. My face was
entirely healed (Signed) Miss Flossie
Hepworth. June 80, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much
for poor complexions. red. rough hands, and
dry. thin and falling hair. and cost SO little.
that it is almost criminal not to use them.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p Skin Book on request. ADJ
dress postcard 'Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos-
TOM Sold throughout the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

The Humble Singer.
The man who sings
OF hum bic things
May not have audience OF kings,
But he may reach
In simple speech
The hearts that answer each to each.
The rose that drips
With honey-sips
May lure lyric from his hips;
The meadows green
And sweet and celan
( Outspread for him their jewel-Sheen.
The winding brook
Laughs of a nook
Wherein are songs for all who look;
The birds and bees
And wind-tossed trees
Fling him a thousand melodies.
The dusty road
Read by his code
Discloses epic, lay and ode;
The garden ways
Bring to his gaze
The marvel of the dreaming days
And, simply sung,
His songs give tongue
To fancies that are ever young
Nay, lacking art
In every part
They leap the sursst to the heart!
w. d. Nesbit.
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hundred 50 theatres in the United
States and Europe to run photoplays,
and is engaging more than twenty
five of the leading stars to appear
in photoplays which are planned TO
surpass anything yet attempted, ana
to cost from $4,000 to $4,000 Tor
each film.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

A New York widow, suing for dam
ages for the death of her husband IN
railway accident. told of the ex-
pensive parties, he gave for her and
her friends The fact that no affinity
decorated e social scenery convinc-
ed the jury that he was a good one
md fixed his value at $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

n &c w A>A
in Davenport, I
used DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton. I W as so
poorly and just
a BILE to drag
around that it was
thought necessary
for me to go to a
hospital for oper-
alton. The med.
icines I took did
no good /; then my
druggist recon-
mend 'Fav orite
Prescription aud
I bought one bot,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

Burned but few years ago as use
less rubbish, there now is a wide de-
mand for the waste from SPANS cork
factories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

Artificial sponges are made by treat
ing paper pulp with chloride of lime,
adding common salt, drying and press
Ing into desired forms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

st. Louis boasts of tobacco factory
employing 5000 persons and turning
out s5.000,000 of chewable guilds a
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

Tulsa's only woman pauper at her
death was found to have $500 worth
of good Oklahoma land and $500 con-
cealed in her hair. ..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

A debating photograph has been in
vented to enable military aviator to
record his observations and still have
mis- hands free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

A century ago a workman with too's
of that time could make 5000 pins a
day Now, with modern machinery, q
workman can turn out 100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
KEOkUk PROPERTY
VALUE IS SHOWN
Total Of Town Lots is over Nine
Millions, Tax Lists Which
Have Been Completed,
VIII Show.
DECREASED VALUATION
General Real Estate Values Comes
Under That Of Last Year After
Boost by State
Board.
DECREASED VALUATION

The total value of. town lots in
Keokuk is $9,453.62s, according to the
Lee county tax lists. Farm land IN
Keokuk is valued at $260.11 per acre
The 1915 tax lists for Lee county
have just been completed at the coun-
ty auditors office, showing general
real estate valuation of about thirty
per cent less than the valuation of
last year after the state board had
given Lee county almost fifty per
cent boost. Following are the salient
figures of the report for this year:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

told in an old, old book is the
greatest and best gift ever given to
mankind. Gladstone
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15
got it fixed and weer able to come
Unprepared.

Waterloo Courier: Diaz ruled with
an iron hand. But that is the only sort
Of rule for which Mexico Is fitted It
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-15

advertise your business in tn
Gate City.
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Average Value Per Acre.

Average Value Per Acre.
Cedar township, $71.43.
Charleston, $3.50.
Denmark, $50.57.
Des Moines, 1852.
Donnellson town $200.3C.
Franklin, 1854.
Green Bay, s3776.
Harrison, $3.50.
Jefferson, S42.54.
Jackson, $55.09.
Marion. $1,000.
Montrose, $47.46.
Montrose town, s63.15.
Pleasant Ridge, $500.
ST. Paul town, $9S.53.
Van Buren,, $2S.54.
Washington, $500.
West Point, $41.52.
West Point town, $317.40.
Fort Madison city s124.S5.
Keokuk city. s260.11.
General, average. $50.67.
Total acreage, 316,130.
Town Lots.
Cedar township, $15,T24.
Charleston, s16.S00.
Denmark, $69,192.
Des Moines, S16,3SS.
Donnellson town, s163,716.
Franklin town, s21,776.
Franklin, $2,s64.
Green Bay, S2754s.
Harrison, $14,740.
Jackson, s11,052.
Marion, 1920.
Montrose, S5,104.
Montrose town, s155,512.
ST. Paul town. $500.
Van Buren,, $9,0SS.
Washington, s716.
West Point town, S120,796.
Fort Madison city, s3,690,904.
Keokuk city, s9.453,62S.
Total, $13,sS6.5SS.
Real Estate Valuation Raises.
Cedar township 70 per cent.
Charleston, per cent.
Des Moines, 25 per cent.
Donnellson town, 80 per cent.
Franklin, % per cent.
Green Bay, IL per cent.
Harrison, Is per cent.
Jefferson, 30 per cent
Jackson, 80 per cent.
Marion, 26 per cent.
Montrose, 10 per cent
Montrose town, 90 per cent.
Pleasant Ridge, II per cent.
Washington, % per cent.
Fort Madison city, % per cent,
Personal Property.
Colts, year old, s64,546.
Colts, years old. s9S,243.
Horses, 3 years old, $3.50, O62.
Stations, s19,02S.
Mules and asses, S61,754.
Cattle, $3.50, 4S4.
Swine, $131.552.
Sheep, S6S,379.
Goats, S1,096.
Total live stock, $1,634,154.
Vehicles, SAT ,64S.
Household furniture. s47,032.
Merchandise, s1,SS6,122.
Bank stock, etc., $996,56S.
Corporation stock, $4,000.
Capital in manufacture, $150,5So.
Other personal property, S5Se,152.
Buildings on leased land, s13O.24S.
Total, other tlan live stock, S3,S4S.
go
Grand total, s5.4S2,4O4.
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will be another century, perhaps. 70
fore she Is ready for self government


Fremont Tribune: Harry Thaw, y.
US admit, II not insane. He Is ons
easy money.
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The Gate City want column.
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Well Known Woman.
Il Is The Same Story Everywhere

Fort Madison, Iowa.-rwhen living
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Gszs szsE M sSis.D
~REoKuKIh

keokuk, Iowa ...... July IS, 1878
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-05

the organization is the Alliance. OF
this Frank A. Carter Of st. Louis was
elected editor.
The alliance issues insurance at cost
to its members, indemnifying them
against loss Of time by accident and
paying for accidental death. Aside
from the insurance feature, the organ
ization has the approval Of the post
office department and Is now placing
before the department plan by which
the colored clerks may have the priv
flege Of taking up directly with the
higher officials Of the postoff1ce de-
partment through the alliances off,
GERS the grievances Of the members.
With reference to the segregation
movement being forwarded by the
white clerks Of the south, President
Minis and officers Of the alliance re-
fuse to "try their case In the papers,"
but It is known that the alliance is go
ing to make a strong fight before the
postoffice officials to see that none Of
the rights Of the Negro clerks, guaran-
tsed by the constitution Of the United
States, shall be denied them. The Or
ganization, will contend that all promo
lions fairly earned in competition with
white clerks be given to the men
whose records are the best regardless
Of color.
Nothing less than a square deal will
be satisfactory to the officials Of the
alliance. and this they believe they
will obtain when the colored clerks
side Of the segregation question Is fair
iy presented to the higher department
officials. The motto of the organiza-
ton Is going to be, so It Is learned.
"Legislate no worthless man forward
nor arbitrarily relegate any worthy
man backward"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-05
HELPING THE UNEMPLOYED.

Work Of National League on Urban
Conditions In New York.
New York.-The National League on
Urban Conditions Among ColOred
People has since Feb. 10 been con-
Quoting for the mayors unemployment
committee a shop for unemployed col
ored men at st. Philips Protestant
Episcopal church, 21O West One Hun
dred and Thirty-fOurth street. The
shop started with forty-four men, and
by Feb. 10 the number had increased
to 3O5.
The unemployed among the colored
people in this city can be judged by
the fact that, although this shop has
not been advertised through the local
press, more than sixty men were turn
ed away after the shop had been in
operation nine days on account of lack
Of room.
The men roll bandages and make
surgical dressings. The product is do
mated to the Lincoln hospital and 9th
er hospitals in the city handling the
largest number of patients. The
league is thinking of donating some of
the product also to the hospitals in
some Of the southern cities and at
Tuskegee and Hampton institutes.
The men receive 80 cents for the
time between 10 and 8 o'clock and are
given their luncheon free. This lunch
con consists Of sandwiches and cof-
fee. Before the hour Of 10 and after
8 o'clock the men are expected to look
for employment. Married men with
families are given the preference.
Judge Elbert Fl. Gary, chairman Of
the mayors unemployment commit
tee; Mr.. Henry Bruere, city chamber
lain; Mr.. George w. Perkins and Miss
Charlotte M. Boyd, chairman Of the
committee on shops for unemployed
men, visited the workshop and ex-
pressed themselves as being highly
pleased with its management and the
spirit Of the men.
The reports from this workshop are
declared to be the clearest and most
complete, and the work turned out by
the men has been declared by one of
New York's largest hospitals to be the
most nearly perfect among the band
ages and dressings received from the
various shops in the city. The shop is
under the supervision Of Miss Louise
R. Latimer, and Mrs. Cora L. Win
ston, a graduate Of Lincoln hospital,
is in charge Of the bandage rolling.
st. Philips Protestant Episcopal
church is donating the use Of its Sun
day school rooms for the workshop.