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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-16
Habits of Growth.
No. 1-White Pearl.
No. 2-lmproved Peachblow.
No. 3-Rural New York.

No. 2-lmproved PeachbIow.
No. 3-Rural New York.
inches of the surface soil Just before
the potatoes are planted, considerably
reduced the amount of scab. In no
cases, however. was scab entirely
eliminated. When lime was applied at
the rate of from $50 to 400 pounds per
acre. in conjunction with $50 pounds
of sulphur, the fungicidal power of the
sulphur was reduced to practically
nothing. When the same quality Of
lime. with 900 pounds of sulphur, was
used, the fungicidal value of sulphur
was not reduced. and at the same time
it's injurious after effect on the crop
was considerably diminished.
Sulphur added to commercial fer
tilizer reduced the value of the fer
tilizer more or less noticeably. al
though small quantity of sulphur.
about 100 pounds per acre on certain
soils, was found to have some ferti-
lizing value for potatoes. Where il
was used in quantities of over 300
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-16
Potato Diseases.
No. Apparent scab, Work Of the

pounds per acre 1t seemed to be more
or less injurious to the crop AS a
rule the effect of sulphur treatment
on the potato crop in the succeeding
season is that of reducing yield and
scab. the scab being reduced more
than the yield
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
Household Economy
-Erg 49, ~ -
.stssg.-r.r-7---7-
: How to Have the Best Cough
Remedy and Save s. by
Making 1t at Homo

Cough medicines, as a rule contain q
large quantity of plain syrup. A pint of
formulated sugar with II pint of warm
water, stirred for 2 minutes, gives you
as good syrup as money can buy.
Then get from your druggist u ounces
Pinex 80 cents WORTH pour into pint
bottle and fill the bottle with sugar
syrup. This gives YOU, at cost of only
"a cents, full pint of really better cough
syrup than you could buy ready made for
50 .50-a clear saving of nearly 50. Full
directions with Pinex- 1t keeps perfectly
and tastes good.
It takes hold of the usual cough or
chest cold at once and conquers it in "a
hours. Splendid for whooping cough,
bronchitis and winter coughs.
It's truly astonishing how quickly it
loosens the dry, hoarse or tight cough
and heals and soothes the infamed mem
brancs in the case of a painful cough.
1t also stops the formation of phlegu in
the throat and bronchial tubes, thus end
ing the persistent loose cough.
Pincx is highly concentrated COM
pound OF genuine Norway pine extract,
combined with guaiacol, and has been
racd for generations to heal intlamed
y,-ibranes of the throat and chest.
70 avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "21$ ounces of Pinex," and
don't accept ANYTHING else. A guarantee
Of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
II refunded, goes with this preparation
The Pinex Co., Fit. Wayne, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
AMERICA. FIRST,

The United States government has
caught the contagion of America
first" and Is going to some pains to
urge immigrants to be real Ameri-
cans. A recent investigation by the
bureau Of education disclosed the
fact that there were 100000 foreign
born persons in this country twelve
years ago and more who were unable
to speak or read English and that
half of this number were unable to
read or write in any language. Now
It is perfectly plain that one of the
first steps toward becoming a real
American is to speak the language of
the country So the bureau Of educa-
ton has gone into the business Of adj
vertising education, and circulars are
to be spread everywhere, reading this
way:
Learn English: attend night
school, become citizen. 1t means a
better opportunity and better home
in America It means better job. 1t
means a better chance for your chill.
dren. 1t means a better America.
ASK the nearest public school about
classes. If there ~ is none In your
town. write the United States bureau
of education"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
LIFE OF BLACK HAWK.

Among the many valuable books in
the library of the State Historical So
ciety Of Iowa at Iowa City is life
of Black Hawk. dictated by that fam
GUS chief himself, and translated into
English by Antoine lie Claire. The
book is dedicated to General Henry
Atkinson, who was the leader of the
United States forces which defeated
the Indians in the Black Hawk war.
1.-THE changes Of many summers have
brought old age upon me-" wrote
Black Hawk in his dedicatory preface,
land cannot expect to survive many
moons. Before I set out on my jour
ney to the land OF my fathers, have
determined to give my motives and
reasons for my former hostilities to
the whites, and vindicate my charac-
ter from Misrepresentation am
now an obscure member Of nation
that formerly honored and respected
my opinions The path to glory is
rough, and many gloomy hours OBJ
scure it. That YOU may never expert
ence the humility that the power of
the American government has reduced
me to. is the wish Of him. who in his
native forests, was once as proud and
bold as yourself"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
MASONS OF QUINCY
ARE AFTER SPECIAL
Delegation Coming Hero Friday Would
Like to be Able to Leave at
1880 That Evening.

The Masons Of Quincy are planning
to make the pilgrim age to keokuk
Friday of this week the biggest ex-
cursion Of the kind which has ever
left Quincy. An earnest effort Is be-
ing made to get every Mason In the
city who can possibly arrange to go.
to take this trip. There will be work
at Keokuk in the afternoon at s2:3J
O'Clock under the direction of the
Quincy Masons. Supper will then be
served at the temple and in the even
ing Prof. John Pickard of the Univers-
ity of Missouri, will give a lecture.
The committee having in charge the
Quincy end of the event is disappoint-
ed in the fact that not enough Masons
have yet registered to go on the trip
to insure a special train. says the
Quincy Herald. AS in all cases. in
order to get special train, the check
covering the expense must be deposit
ed before the train is sent out. Nat
urally the committee will not deposit
a check personally unless It is pos.
itively assured of a sufficient number
pledging themselves to take the trip
to insure against any loss. Tomorrow
is the last day to register. Masons
who are to take the trip are urged
either to register their names them.
selves tomorrow or send a card to
George Thompson at the Masonic
temple so that he gets it tomorrow
and can register the names. The
committee wants 200 names On the
register by Tuesday evening.
If a special train is not run, the
Quincy men will be compelled to wait
for the train that leaves Keokuk ut
12:45 in the morning. Naturally d
train leaving Keokuk at 1890 would
be much moro convenient.
Above all, however, the committee
urges every Mason to register for the
trip before Tuesday evening
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
Are Your Kidneys
(loqqed With Waste?

It is no longer necessary for any
one to suffer with that headachy, all
rundown feeling that Is often the re-
suit of kidney trouble.
1t Is no longer necessary for you to
contend with disasreeable bladder and
urinary disorders or be tortured with
stiff or swollen joints or
the heart-wrenching miseries that fol-
low as a result of neglected or poorly
working kidneys. Solvax quickly and
surely relieves all such troubles.
Solvax is wonderful discovery that
has always been so uniformly success
full that every package is sold under
a positive guarantee to refund the
money if 1t does not relieve the worst
cast OF kidney disorder.
Your money back If you want IT,"
is the way Wilkinson & Co., the popu-
lar druggists. are selling this great
kidney remedy. A guarantee like that
speaks eloquently for the merit of
Solvax.
Do not suffer another minute Sol
wax will relieve you. If it doesn't, tell
Wilkinson G. Co. that you want your
money back and they will cheerfully
refund it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
STop kNOCKING

There are a number Of people In
every community who believe that
things are going wrong, and who are
forever criticising and finding fault
with everything and everybody. They
forget that if everybody were to take
that position, then they would be crit
icised, justly or unjustly. just as they
are now criticising their neighbors.
And in very little while no com.
munity would be fit to live in. This
knocking" is a habit. which grows
upon people, and which is easily &C
uuired. 1t ought to be just as easy to
shake it off, but as with other bad
habits, that is not the case. says the
Burlington Hawh.Eye. But whoever
will can surely overcome it. and in
the end will find it easy to see some
thing commendable in the netghbor
whom he has been criticising: to dis
cover the silver lining in the darkest
cloud. and to boost" instead OF
knocking" The new habit will soon
grow upon the former 'knocker,' and
he will feel better, look better, gain
a good appetite and sleep better. win
new friends and get into closer touch
with the old friends. He will be max
ing a new man of himself. Remember
that everybody has troubles of his
own. and instead of listening to COM
plants, wants to be cheered mp, en-
couraged and entertained. Remember
what Bobby Burns said about seeing
ourselves as others see us, and then
make others see us as sensible,
sunny natured, whoselome being.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
OLD SONGS.

Kansas City Star: There is a mag
icfan abroad in the land today who IS
doing his little best to turn the love
Of the people away from syncopated
music and back to the songs of yes
terday. He goes under various names
and the monograph is his ancestor
Youth and ignorance OF the yester-
day fight against him. Youth wants
those recorded songs which 1t knows
and which are had by its fellows.
Ignorance does not know that yester-
day had songs. These two combine
to purchase records. But by one
means or another-gifts Of friends,
occasional bursts of curiosity when
the names of old songs are come upon
In the catalogue-o1d songs are now
and then purchased and played.
Then does fragrant sentiment come
into the room. Annie Laurie Lit
tie Sally Walker" Tn the Cleaning
There is a Tavern in a Town.
Jingle Bells" the old plantation
songs and others-how, when sung
thus at nfghtfall these days, they do
move and soften. They are not filed
with the feverish barbarities Of syn
copation, and, indeed. have nothing of
such sort at all. They are heartaciey
They are words of wholesome senti-
ment. not crude slang. They are drip
ping sweet. They are just old songs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09


from the institution and it took some
time to locate her. causing consider
able anxiety to her relatives here.
She was finally found in Collinsville,
ILL.,, none the worse for her escape.
Nauvoo ought to have numerous
during 1916. 1t is a
pretty live town without a railroad,
by a beautiful farming
country accessible from all points by
good wagon roads. We ought to keep
pace with the progress Of other towns
around US. The dying howl of moss
backs in Nauvoo is reverberating
among her rock-ribbed and vine-clad
hills Dying not because they have
got plenty, but that senile of decay.
So let us wake up and be doing. We
have enterprise enough here to pro-
cure almost any kind of public i'm.
provement Then why not?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
keokuk, Iowa =. November 9, 1915
PREPAREDNESS.

70 PHEPAHEDNESS.
We're mighty glad we're Twin down
to Pochfck on the Crick,
\ We're ready fur Thanksgivin' an 1t
cant come round too quick.
OF course, we have our SORROWS. same
as other people get,
But they don't outweigh the blessin' $
re we kin mention-not as yet.
We haven't had our share of all the
H funds the nation pays
Erectin' public buildin's an improvin'
waterways
But we find the sun a-shinin' an the
sky a-beamin' blue,
Even though we pay more taxes than
we really think is due.
We know the cost of food is high, an
goin' higher still,
But jes' the same we go ahead an Ia
Dor with a will.
II we can't join the banquetin' a-sayin'
Happy days!"
Well drink the water from the spring
an eat the stuff we raise.
We have our own opinions, though we
mix up the debate
Till we have to git some lecturer to
come an set US straight.
The wheels of time move softly.
There is music in their click,
An we're ready fur Thanksgivin' down
to Pochick on the Crick.
Washington Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
Do You Know The Real
Food Value of
Spaghetti?

When you ask about buying ten
cents or one dollars worth OF any
foodstuff, what do you mean by
WORTH" The only measure OF genu-
Inc worth in the purchase of eatables
must be nutrition. But do you keep
nutrition in mind when you buy the
family provisions? Let us see.
Meat Is probably your biggest item.
Yet no less an authority than Dr.
Hutchinson, the dietitian, says that
meat is a dear food. Why? because
we pay far too much for the amount
Of nutrition that we secure. Meat con-
tains rs per cent water-think of that
when sirloin is chalked up at 95c a
b.-three-quarters water,
Now, take Faust Spaghetti, made
from Durum wheat, rich, glutinous
cereal OF spaghetti and it's allied
products, the same authority says
that they contain only 10 per cent wa
ter, and these foods are absorbed al
most in their entirety-go to make
blood, muscle and tissue. Faust Spa
ghetti costs 10c a large package
nearly all worth.
MAULL BROS.
St. Louis, y. s. A.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
MILLIONS USE / !.
TO STOP A COLI
"PAPE,s COLD coMPoUND' END
SEVERE COLDS OR GRIPPE
IN FEW HOURS.
Relief comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly. :,
A dose taken every two hours =
til three doses are taken Will 81
grippe misery and break up ss.e;
cold either in the head, cnes'' WV
or limbs. -,
1t promptly opens clogged'up ~
trils and air passages IN tne Nv. e.,
stops nasty discLa.ge or nose y.
ming relieves sick headache, duiln l,s
feverishness, sore throat, snee"n
soreness and stiffness. To
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit oi1S s,-
and snuffling! Ease your throp ,Ir.
head! Nothing else in the world gu nj
such prompt relief as "Papes ~,
Compound" which costs only 70 . csu'
at any drug store. 1t acts WIN
assistance, tastes nice. causes no h
convenience. Be sure you se'
genuine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

The intention of the U. G. T. of
Keokuk to boost Keokuk made goods
Is a movement in the right direction.
Conversing with one Of the members
OF the local organization, he said that
altogether too often for him he calls
for Keokuk made goods and the reply
is made we do not carry articles re-
auested This same travelling man
would note the merchant carried
goods from neighboring cities. The
situation was not agreeable to him
and he returned home with the pur-
pose of getting team work from the
Keokuk statesmen and they are going
to keep insisting that at least in Keo-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
To Discuss Defense

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.-The ad.
the states in the union and many OH.
GERS of the National Guard attended
the National Guard association meet.
ing here today. The principal ques-
ton for consideration is the Wilson
Garrison army reorganization scheme,
particularly the plan to organize a
"citizen army" of 100000 men to form
the second line, replacing the National
Guard, which Is to be the third Line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
WEDDING GUESTS
MISSED TRAIN
Slow Schedule at Carthage Cause Sew
craI keokuk Men to Miss
Quincy festivities.

CARTHAGE, ILL.,, Nov. Saturday
evening the Wabash train was little
late and, as result party of young
men from Keokuk who were on their
way to Quincy to attend the Irwin
Mckee wedding, failed to make con-
nections with the Quincy train. Most
of the party hired automobiles and
returned to Keokuk, but four OF them
were not to be thwarted in their pur-
pose, and so hired a car and COM
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

pleted their journey. The weou !,
party were just emerging froI \
church, as the young men reacnea
city but they were in ample llla asi.
partake Of. the sumptuous Weu''I
supper. oo vi
This unfortunate occurrence -.oud
not due to the fact that the : .GSis
men had failed to don the VIZ M
garme nts nor was It because i,
were without oil in their lamsv, d
solely on account of the meas,
commodations of the @, in relus'n nf,t
wait for the Wabash which is 50 o'''
late.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

In the annual statement on the pro-
duction of platinum and allied metals
in 1914. now available for distribution
by the United States Geological sur
vey, $40 ounces of crude sand, with a
value of $18,24O, Is reported to have
been produced. This expensive metal
Is not used so freely in the dental
and electrical industries as formerly,
being partly replaced by cheaper
metals,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

kuk territory, merchants carry Keo-
kuk made goods. Why not? The Keo-
kuk product is the equal If not the
superior Of goods of the same class
offered by any other concern or con-
Germs. Let's be loyal to all Keokuk
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the newspa-
pers-and the result will be highly
beneficial
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
Here,s a Tin for Henry.

Perry Chief: If someone close to
Henry T. Ford would convince him
that the proper place to spend the
millions he has made in automobiles.
was on the roads, he would confer
something of favor Cd the thousands
VINO contributed toward the fortune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
Attorney General IL Dead.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. AT
torney General Richard Milburn, aged
50, died today of leakage of the
heart. Though he had been Ill for
some time, his death was unexpected.
The attorney general was elected on
the democratic ticket and had year
and two months to serve
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

why worry about the discovery Of
new lands Of the northern coast Of our
own Alaska? They are too cold even
for walrus and bear. Give EN- to some
of our continental brethren, says the
Los Angeles Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

It may be only coincidence, but it
is the invariable rule that woman
who has freckles is also blessed with
good sense. They appear to go hand
finland.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

Disinherited heirs are quite sure of
the insanity of wealthy relatives who
leave all of their money to charity.
NO other evidence is needed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

The people of this country are COM
ing to the belief that former President
Taft is statesman in spite Of the
fact that he does not wear big
SLOUGH hat or sport black string
necktie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

The death Of a woman at the age
OF 1O6 is reported. It is said that she
would often get up in the night and
drink a glass of beer. But for that
pernfcious habit she might have lived
to green old age.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
We do that in our zeal our calmer
moment would be afraid to answer
Scott.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

No One Wants His JOB as '" Sac,TN
RAYMOND. Wash, Nov. =, be-
city primaries were pe.ns ,rcumte1
today. A. C. Little, the mavnr,
is the only candidate FOR iu"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09
PisifuI Indecisior

Kansas City Star: winch - wbil
Greece regard as the devil ana
as the deep blue sea!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-09

Enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner by
getting your Christmas shopping out
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
PASTOR LAUGHS AT FUNERAL
So Do the PalIbearers, but Not Mourn
ers, for There Weren't Any
at the Ceremony.

There was a funeral at the Mesa
Congregational church. Sixth avenue
and Fifty-fourth street, at which every
body. even to the officiating clergyman.
laughed and sang and had an exceed
ingly good time. None of the mourn
ers was scandalized. because there
were no mourners. Instead. there was
a banquet and speeches Of felicita-
ton by five visiting ministers. In the
middle Of 1t two deacons and two Ia
dies of the church, acting as psllbear-
ers. entered with the bier, which was
set squarely in the middle Of the BAN
quet table. There the torch was APP
piled, and while the corpse burned and
cracked, everybody present stood and
sang Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow"
The corpse" was the church mort
gage of $1,000. To give 1t a regular
funeral was the happy idea of the pas
tor, Rev. Nathan L. Dowell, D. D., who
personally raised $3.50 in two days to
lift the debt.-Los Angeles Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
COTTON THAT REsIsTs FIRE
Matter Should interest Every Mother.
Considering Danger to Lit
tie Ones.

A cheap method OF making cotton
permanently as resistant TO fire as is
wool is being sought by inventors
and makers Of cotton garments. Cot
ton clothing can be made ~fireproof by
being dipped in a solution of am
monium phosphate. and dried. The
treatment has to be repeated after
every washing. but it is estimated
that this would add only Is cents a
week to the laundry expenses of the
average family.
But apart from the fact that there
are thousands of families which can
not AFFORD to spend even an additional
Is cents a week, the bother is too
great and the risk from fire too re-
mote to make the system practicable.
Efforts are being made in some quar-
ters to induce mothers to apply the
treatment to the clothing Of young
children, but even the most ardent
"~safety-irst" advocates see the i'm
possibility of making the system uni
versal In the interests of fire and burn
prevention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
Suspicious Parent

C. ]. Faulkner, counsel for the Chi.
cago meat packers in their conf1scation
suit against the British government,
said at a recent dinner:
Traders could get on better if the
British we're not SC suspicious. They
doubt everybody. They are like the
father-only more 80.
"a father, in a deathlike silence,
called downstairs to his daughter, sol.
EMMY:
Hannah, what time is it?
"a pause and Hannah answered:
"'It's just quarter after ten, ia
ther.'"
"'All right the father said. And,
Hannah, don't forget to start the clock
again after the young man goes out
to get his breakfast"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
On StrateaY.

A well known army officer said at a
dinner in Washington, apropos of
strategy:
The strategist must be very quick
Of decision and very prompt to exc
cute what he decides. There must be
nothing Of Jiggers about the success
full strategist.
"A friend, you know, called on Jig
gers and found the man bending over
a shirt with a rapt, dreamy, perplexed
look.
What's up?' the friend asked.
well said Jiggers, I'm in a
Quandary. This shirt here is too dirty
to wear and not dirty enough to go to
the laundry, and l can't make up my
mind what to do about it."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
War Hath No Eears.

eff you don't stop this business Of
getting arrested" remarked his honor
to a trampish southern n~e'erdo-well
who vas in the habit Of appearing be-
fore the court at least once a week,
well have to see II we can't send you
over to Europe. They make men hus-
tie in that section Just now"
ledge" replied the trampish per
son. yawning and rubbing his hand
over a stubby chin, "ef you had ct
SOM of tn pies that has been handed
out t. me since my bein' on tn road
you wouldn't let a leetle thing like a
Dustin shell worry ya."-Case and
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