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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
PUBLIC OPINION
o g o o o o . o o o o 9 o o I
The Local Milk supply.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
Some days ago. Keokuk had a very
unusual advantage in having a visit
of party of experts who came to
make study of the conditions of
the milk supply Of this city.
These men are working earnestly
in a constructive and not a critical
way.
In their preliminary report they say
they find two outstanding conditions
here. One is a high per cent of but.
ter fat or cream, and the other is a
high presence of sediment in much of
the milk.
They then say that sediment in milk
consists mostly of dried COW manure.
Did the real significance of that
strike you-you mothers who are
every day giving milk as the sole
and only food of your beloved infant?
These experts say that manure car
ries large quantities Of bacteria or
germs which grow rapidly in milk.
Germs in milk are the cause of prac.
tically all the intestinal diseases
which develop in babies.
Most people think if the milk is
rich in cream it is all right. Yet the
manure is not considered detriment.
This don't sound nice but what
would you think II any Of your other
food was sent from the grocery or
butchers day after day with the same
substance on it! What would you
say to your grocer or butcher?
Now what will you say when every
drop of food your baby gets contains
manure-that is il you are finding
sediment in your milk?
Your own city milk inspector has
repeatedly said that sediment is
manure. These experts now come
and tell you that sediment is manure.
They say they are coming back sooa
to see il there is any improvement in
conditions in some sources Of milk
supply.
II every woman who is taking milk
that contains sediment, which is
would say the same things
that she would to her butcher or
grocer. who sent her polluted food,
the experts would surely find an i'm
rrovemmt-there would be greatly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
THE TERM OF LIFE.

| A rule which holds fairly true
among the higher mammals is that an
! animal lives five times as long as 1t
requires for his muscular system to
reach it's full strength. The dog is
| fully developed at between and 3
years of age, and lives Is years; the
horse reaches his prime not later than
5, and if he escapes overwork and Ill
usage, lives to be % and even 30. In
fact, the rule seems to be an under
statement of animal expectation of
life, rather than an overstatement.
The one conspicuous exception is
man, who seldom reaches his full
muscular strength before he is 20
and counts himself living on borrow
ed time if he passes the age of 70. If
man were as well circumstanced in
this matter as the horse, dog or cat.
his average term of life would vary
from 10 to 125 years, says the Chi
cago Journal.
To state the case thus badly makes
it sound fantastic, yet if there is any
reason why human beings should not
be as tenacious Of life as other higher
mammals, science has failed to dis
cover that reason. Only the other day,
the retiring president Of the Ameri-
can Medical association said that the
adoption of a few simple rules of COM
munity hygiene would raise the aver
age expectation of life from az years,
as at present, to 65 years, and his
trained and critical audience agreed
with him What, then, may we expect
when science turns it's attention to
building up individual vitality as well
as to checking the spread of CONTACT
Gus disease?
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keokuk, Iowa ........ July II, 1915
AN OLD GEEZER.

AN OID GGGZEH.
There was an old geezer and he haG
a lot of sense;
He started UP business on a DO
]ar-eighty-centS-
The dollar for stock and the eighty
for an ad
Bought him three lovely dollars in a
day, by dad!
Well he bought more goods and a
little more space
And he played that system with
smile on his face.
The customers focked to his two-by-
four
And soon he had to hustle for reg
ular store.
Upon the square where the people
pass,
He gobbled up corner that was all
plate glass.
He fixed up the window with the best
that he had
And then he told them all about it in
a half-page ad
He soon had EN- coming and he
never quit
And he wouldn't cut down on his
ads one bit.
Well, he's kept thing humping in the
town ever since
And everybody calls him the Mer-
chant Prince.
-Vevay Reveille.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
AIR EoR SUBMARINES.

An American chemist contends that
he has discovered way of making
life on submarines comparatively COM
Portable and perfectly safe, so far as
air to breathe is concerned. The re-
ported test of his discovery would in
dictate that he can do as he says. HIS
chemical, whatever it Is, purifies
carbonic acid as rapidly as thrown OF
by the lungs. according to his conten-
ton, and enables person to go on
breathing the same air indefinitely
and without Inconvenience or harm.
1t is reported that he made dem
onstration in the presence of several
scientists and officers of our navy.
he was placed inside of box which
was Theoretically sealed. A glass
pane in the top made it possible for
those outside to observe him and a
telephone connection with the inside
of the box enabled him to talk with
those outside. The size of the box
was such. it is said, that he could not
have survived in it more than half an
hour had he not had some way OF
purifying the air he was forced to
breathe.
The box with the chemist inside
was submerge in a tank of water ID
make perfectly certain that no air
was reaching him from the outside.
He remained thus incased five and
.one-half hours, it is reported, without
experiencing any i'll effects, and saws
he had enough of the chemical in
little bag to make 1t possible for him
to remain indefinitely. If his discov-
cry is all that is reported, the ef-
fectiveness of the submarine will be
tremendously increased.
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Tor and intermediate Christian En-
deavor meetings. $500 p. M, union
services at Trinity NJ. E. church. ser.
mon by E. B. Newcomb.
Swedish NJ. E. church, corner
Twelfth and Concert streets. Rev.
Clarence H. Lind, pastor.-Preachrng
services 10:45 a. M and 7:45 D. M
At the evening service report from
the convention in Sioux City will be
given. Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Epworth league at 700 o'clock D. m.
Prayer and Bible study Wednesday
evening at 7:45 o'clock. All are wei.
come to these services.
Second Presbyterian church, West
Keokuk. Pastor. j. c. Hughes, 171s
Park street.-School and Bible class,
GAS a. m. Rock Hall, 2::30 p. m.
Prayer circle, 10:40 a. m. Junior En-
deavor society p. m. Preaching SER
vices II a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning
subject, "Forsaking Christ" Evening
subject, "The Sun of Righteousness"
Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p. m.
The public cordially invited
First Baptist church, corner OF
iSAShIu anu DiOuuSdu SLTGelS. rev.
IF. B. McA1iister Sunday
school services at $50. Dr.. j. q.
Forney, superintendent. Classes for
all. Preaching services at 1o:45. Sub
ject for address: "The Church's Con-
tribution to World Peace" Young
Peoples service at 700 p. m. Lead
er, Mr. Earnest Best. Topic: MAX
ing Life Worth While" Union meet
inc in the evening
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church,
corner Tenth and Main street, Will
liam H. Neil, pastor.-Sunday school
at $3.50 a. m. H. F.. Kruger, superin-
tendent. No junior league. as it Is
dismissed for the summer. Epworth
league at 700 p. m. Preaching at
lO:45 by the pastor and at 500 p. NJ.
The union service will be held at
Trinity and the sermon will he preach
ed by DR.. Newcomb OF the Westmia.
ster Presbyterian church. All are TO-
vited. aa
"The Call of God and the Appeal of
Man. is the subject Of the sermon for
Sunday morning in the First Metho-
dist Protestant church, Twelfth and
Exchange streets Rev. E. Leroy
Steffey, pastor. 1103 Bank street. No
evening services as this congregation
will join with the other churches in
the union meeting in the Trinity M.
E. church at 500 p. M The Sunday
school session will be held as usual, I
at $3.50 a. M. and the Christian En-
deavor prayer meeting at 700 o. m.
Mr.. Joe Stutenburg will lead the
prayer meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
Spoiled Skin
Removed BY Absorption

AS undue summer exposure usually
leaves an undesirable surface of tan,
redness or roughness, often freckles.
too, the sensible thing to do is to r.
move such surface There's nothing
better for this than ordinary mercol-
ICED wax, which actually absorbs an
unwholesome complexion. The thin
layer of surface skin is itself absorb
ed. gently, gradually, SO there's no in
convenience, no detention indoors.
Spread the wax lightly over the entire
face at bedtime and take It off in the
morning with warm water. II you
will get one ounce of mercolized wax
at the drugstore, use 1t for a week or
so. you may expect marked improve
ment daily. When the underlying skin
is wholly in view your complexion will
be marvel of spotless purity and
beautiful Wilderness.
Don't let those summer wrinkles
worry you; worry breeds more wrinf-
les. Danish them by bathing the face
in solution of powdered saxoIite,
o., dissolved in " pit witch hazel.
Used daily for while this will be
found wonderfully effective.
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Miaht and Riqht.

Iowa City Republican: In his adj
dress at the social service meeting of
the Christian associations Harvey
Ingham gave a startling emphasis to
the fact that even modern civilization
does not get very far away from the
doctrine that might makes right Mr..
Ingham's point was that the Germans
sweeping over Belgium were not more
ruthless and indifferent to solemn
pledges than the war department of
the United States in dealing with the
Sioux Indians: nor were the Belgians
more heroic in defense of their guar
anteed rights than were the Indians
in opposing General Clusters troops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11

civil war;" he continued. THE rec
ords show that there were thirty
cavalry regiments whose effective
strength varied during the six months
from May to October between 10000
and $4,000 men. This body of cav
airy required the following remounts:
May, 5,763; June, 6,327; July. 4,71G;
August, 5,499; September, $500, and
October, 1886. indicating loss of
two and half horses to the man, or
a ratio of five horses a year. The
secretary of war in commenting on
this showing said:
If similar state of affairs eXis--
ed throughout all our cavalry it's 233
regiments would require 435,O0I
horses annually
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11

This is the season when the mer-
chant. as the farmer puts 1t, Is "tw1xt
hay and grass" Summer business In
heavier lines, is well towards an emo
and full business has not begun.
There is a large demand for warm
weather requisites. During odd mo-
ments the wise merchant cleans
house He gets out his odd lots and
small remainders and lessons prices.
He thus clears stock and stimulates
trade. Incidentally, this tate of affairs
being duly reflected in his newspaper
makes the advertising
more attractive than ever.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
a Great Book Every Woman Should Have.

Over a million copies of the vThe
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser" are now in the hands of the
people. It is q book that everyone
written that anyone can understand it.
Send three dimes Cor stamps for
mailing charges to DR.. Pierce's In
valids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, and en-
close this notice and you will received
by return mail, all charges prepaid,
This valuable book.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
You Deserve 1t

You deserve the Goodyear
quality when you buy a tire.
You deserve Fortified Tires,
with the No-Rim-Cut feature,
the OMAR" cure, our extra.
strong fabric. our number Of
plies. You deserved in anti-skids
our All-Weather tread, tough.
double-thick and resistless.
These things have brought
Goodyear the largest sale in
the world. They are saving our
users millions of dollars yearly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
New Bank Building at cantriI.
A

KEOSAUQUA. Iowa. July 10.-Ar-
rangements have been completed
whereby work will commence ON the
building Of the State bank of Cantrll
in Van Buren, county, lots having been
purchased from G. L. Norris.
The building will be solid, sub
stantial brick, one story In height i.
will be about 24x50 feet in size and
will be finished in oak throughout 1t
will have five foot vault and safe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
Railroad Decision.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The in
terstate commerce commission today
prohibited official classification rail-
roads from cancelling joint rates with
and allowances to Industrial lines AMI
ordered them to file statements Of
arrangements with the latter. The
roads had tried to apply the commits
sion's tap line ruling to all Industrial
ly owned lines.
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concerned, and upon that body W,
must rely for the check upon extrava-
gance. A budget system We certainly
need, but not one in the control o.
men who ask for s113,O0O,000 more
than a liberal congress will grant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11

This is to prove that you
can't Judge tires BY looks.
Here are two Goodyear
tires, seemingly identical. But
one is built like many Of its
rivals. Goodyear extras are
omitted. The other has those
hidden values. And those I'M
seen extras, on this years out
put, will cost us $1.635,OO0.
This years betterments
alone add to our cost $780,
600 yearly. Yet our 1915
price reduction saves our
users about FIVE million dollars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Woman is the fairest work of the
Great Author; the edition is large, and
no man should be without COPY
William Pittinger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
News of OeIwein.
1t Is The Same Story Everywhere.

Oelwein, Iowa,
II first took DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Pre- S cripti o n
about thirty years
ago a d b a We
often taken it
since that time
with wonderful
results. I have
often recornmen-
ded it to others
who have been
satisfied with it."
M r G f T.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
win Tires? No
Ones a Goodyear as It Might Be
The Other Costs Us 1855, 900 More

with the Goodyear, because
Of our matchless output None
does. Goodyear excels all
other tires in at least FIVE i'm
portant WAYS.
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No Price Excuse

This is not q price excuse.
Goodyear prices have been
fairly racing down. Our late
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11

lessened danger of severe or fatal Ill
ness in babies; and every dairyman
who Is now trying to supply pure
food would find much encouragement
to continue his efforts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11

Dl9re0ucuOn
m a d e the
third in two
years, total
ing As per
cent. No
equ al tire
can compete
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THE GATE CITY
DAILY BY. MAIL

G. F. skIrvln ..............Manassr
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First Christian church, Tenth and
BIondeau streets. w. M. Baker, pas
tor-9:30 a. m, Sunday school. J. o..
Boyd. superintendent Special music
by the orchestra. 10:45 a. m, wor-
ship. Sermon, THE Patience of
Jesus" Communion. 700 D. M, SEN
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They are at
your COM
mand. Any
dealer, if you
ask him, will
supply you
Goodyear
tires. t24s,,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
BRADSTREET'S VERMONT
WEEKLY TRADE REPORT

Rradstreet's Burlington, Vt, Office re-
ports thai the granite quarries are ship
ping large quantities of stone and that
the demand for that product in the rough
holds up better than was expected. Ne n
business is coming in fairly well for
monumental work aud trade conditions
in the granite section are materially re-
lievcd over what they We're three months
ago. At Barre one new granite manufac-
turing plant Will be ready for occupancy
In about six weeks. Another new plant
is in process of erection. Other building
work In that line has advanced well The
building work at Montpelier has prog
ressed well and one new contract for the
construction of a bridge was let during
the PAS week. Other building work is in
sight The slow movement in the de-
mand for lumber has had its effect On
certain kindred lines of manufacture.
Manufacturers of paper indicate but little
change in the general conditions. Fur
thor reports of an Increased production
and sale at the scale manufacturing plant ;
is noted. The sales of automobiles con-
tinue large. Food stuffs are moving rea
sOnably we'll
Among the retail merchants. some dry
goods firms report movement not as large
as desired while others indicate fairly
liberal demand. The period of sales
among the clothing merchants during the
past week has had the desired result, al
though the weather conditions have not
been favorable FOR a full volume of trade.
Tho excessive rains of the early part of
the past week did damage not only in
washouts but had some effect on the
Fi,,l l,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
GOES THROUGH WINDOW.
Frightened Horse Figures in Spectac
uInr Accident on Church street.

spectacular accident oCCurred Monday
evening when a horse, ridden by mem
Der of the state militia, became fright
ened at the fire truck. threw it's rider
and plunged through the south window
of J. j. Whites store near the head of
Church street. Practically every thing
in the store window was ruined
1t seems that Monday morning -four
young men, members of the hospital
corps of the Vermont National Guard,
one of whom gave his name as Paquette,
appeared at w. II. Jumpers livery
stable and hired four saddle horses. with
the understanding that they would pay
for them when they brought them back
Tuesday. Because of the rain. however,
they had decided to bring them back that
night and We're near the head of Church
street when the fire truck was coming
up. All four of the riders brought their
horses to Il stop When the truck uoared
one of the horses which was standing
in front of Brookcs cigar store. the
horse SHE'D a little and. owing no doubt
TO loosely clinched saddle-girth. became
frightened and threw its rider, who was
luckily. unhurt. The horse leapod back
against the brick wall and started
across the street in the direction of
Whites store. It cleared the curb and
Jumped straight at the window. break
ing through the heavy plate glass. 1t
then reeled back and fell on the side
walk, bleeding profusely. The horse was
then led, limping, TO the barn Of the
veterinary surgeon, DIR. Jesse A. Rust,
who treated the wounds
1t was found that the horse had re-
ceved a deep cash in the right shoulder,
another on the right thigh, and still an
other on the throat both forelegs We're
badly cut in several places and tendon
in the right leg was clipped
The damage to Mr. Whites store,
other than the broken window. includes
n broken vase worth So and the demoli-
tion of several cameras and kcdaks,
besides some pictures and photographs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
FARMING IN ALASKA
COnsidc1-nic Variety of Field Crops Can
he Grown There.

mat Alaska is capable of developing A
'"hSiderahIe agriculture has been fully
| demonstrated by the practical experience
oil FARMERS ana gardeners IN the territory,
"a well as by the government agricultural
experiment stations which have been
maintained for number of years at
! Stka' FalrbankS, Rampart and Kodiak.
Successful farming every where is largely
dependent upon favorahlc weather condi-
lions, mt, as recent report of the agri-
cultural experiment stations in Alaska
points ont, I'm these northerlY latitudos
the weather plays much more important
rol" IN the life of the farmer than it does
IN tn" states The season is short mt
best ana when 1t is still further shorten
ed by early IAN frusts or what is equally
disastrous by much cloudy and We
weather during the season when crops
should mature the results are naturally
unsatisfactory Nevertheless, the report
shows That in normal seasons, and ever.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

Boston, probaplN has as large n circle
or admirers as any minister in that city
lie always prea'hes To large congrega-
lions. VINO are attracted not only by his
personality put by his intellectual and
sometimes humorous sermons Last sun
day he made sanctimonious. psalm sing
ing, professed Christians who have no
real religion in their makeup a target for
his wit, a little boy who heard him re.
marked after he returned home, Moth
err ! shouldn't have thought DR.. Gordon
would have spoken that way about Chris
tians this morning. There might hay,
been some Of them in church. "-philadel-
phia Public Ledger
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
EXHIBITS AT MiDDLEBURY
Fair VIII begin on August 81 and
Continue -Four DAYS

The Addison county fair will be held
August 81. September i,,2 and at Middle
bury. As has been the custom i'm recent
seasons trotting will be strong feature
of the events. Racing will begin on the
second day and thereafter there will no
three races each day. Tho nurses aprro-
gate $9oo Entries arc large and spirited
contests are assured.
The poultry exhibit promises to he the
largest ever seen in this section. one OK
hibitor making a display of f.2oo birds
The fish exhibit, always interesting. will
he largely augmented. Tho inanaucmcn.
expect this to be the best fair held in Ad
olson county.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
BIRDS AND LIGHTHOUSES

(From Our Du1nl Anino


1t is pathetic fact that the beacon OF
lighthouse, which guides the storm
tossed sailor safely to the haven where
he would be. should he the cause of the
mercilcss death each year Of thousands;
of helpless birds, bound upon long mys-
torious journeys under darkcncd skies.
For years II has been thought that tho
birds, hypnotized by the light. dashed
themselves against it to their death Mr..
Thijsse, however Ca Dutch naturaliap
has learned from three years cxpcrimont-
ing that the birds are seeking = resting
place, as they fly around the baffling
llght. and those who fall to die within
the lighthouse gallery. or in the sea be-
low, have fallen from sheer eXhaustion
working under the supervision of Mr..
IhiJss"' and by permission of the authori-
ties of Trinity house, tho Royal society
Tor the protection of birds in England
less than two years ago. erected perchcs
Tor birds on the lighthouses of s.. Cath
crimes in the Isle cf Wight and the CAS-
quets off Alderncy Mr.. Thijssc's expert
ments at the Great Tcrschclmg light
showed that the loss of bird life there
had thus been reduced from thousands in
u night to something like n hundred dur
ing the entire migration season
Thousands of birds" say the reports
Of the English lighthouse Keepers, lin
stead of fluttcring on weary wing around
the battling light, discovered the long line
upon line Of perchcs and crowded upon
them. Thousands of little birds
huddled together thickly, birds Of many
species and varying sizes but all alike
I'm their strange passion to reach their
native place" at was" said one Wit
ness, the most wonderful sight have
ever seen in my life"