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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

is no direct way In which the import
duty charged by another country can
be paid here, but If the package Is
placed in charge Of an express COM
pany. provision can be made for pay
mont OF duty by the express agent
abroad.
Although there is no exemption
from custom house charges for Christ
mas gifts, there are some conditions
under which certain gifts going from
country to country may escape pay
ment. Some governments rule that
wedding presents brought in by sub
jects shall not be taxed. Some also
exempt possessions that are part OF an
But the season OF uni
versal giving Is not on the tariff cal
endar as one when the pathways be-
tween the nations shall be cleared Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
Our Unemployed.


Springfield, Mass, Republican: Sec
|retary Wilson's plans for the devel-
Iopment Of the unemployment bureaus
under federal auspices the coming
winter are based on the normal UNI
employment" problem, which is always
with US in good times as well as In
hard times. There are so many casual
and seasonal workers in the country,
in the west as well as in the east, on
the farms as well as In the cities, that
they have como to be a serious factor
OF the labor situation In the winter
months. Mere prosperity" does not
dispose Of them. They need aid or
direction In going from region to reg
ion, or from state to state, according
to the season and the demand for Ia
Dor. United States y census reports
show that the normal Unemployed"
in the country have averaged PITT, 900
persons idle for twelve months In the
year. This number. Of course, In
cludes the frreclaimable vagrant GLASS
The officers Of the department Of la
Dor are now working through the aid
OF postmasters and rural mail car
riers in $4,000 postoflces. According
to T. v. Powderiy, chief Of the divis-
ion Of information and employment OF
the department, these efforts gave
work to 5000 persons last month. The
work deserves encouragement by
congress. Among the casual and
seasonal laborers of the country the
Industrial Workers of the World or
anization finds most fruitful field
for agitation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
pENTAL STERILIZATION.

The possibility of the transmission
OF disease through the medium OF
dental instruments mas PROBABLY been
considered by every occupant OF the
dentists chair. It constitutes one OF
the fears with which patient is pos
sessed the moment he adjusts himself
for his period of treatment. Authori-
tatiye instances of the conveyance OF
contagion in this manner are extreme
ly rare, it's frequency not being deter
minable. although few will deny the
possibilities of occurrences OF this
character.
The list of organisms which may
contarnfnate dental instruments is for
midable, but this does not mean that
the diseases of which they are the
caucative factors necessarily ensue IL
they are accidentally carried into the
mouth. Their presence upon dental
instruments is, however, an indication
of what the surgeons call poor tech
nique. In surgery poor technique IS
usually attended with disastrous re-
suits, but in dentistry errors of this
character may produce no i'll effects.
In spite of this relative freedom from
danger, dentists are determined that
their methods shall equal the highest
standards.
Cleanliness should be the primary
consideration in all dental operations.
The white coat of the operator rep
resents more than comfort: it is the
sym boil of neatness. The dentist who
works with unclean instruments, who
provides soiled linen, or who places
comm on drinking glass before his
patient, should be judged accordingly.
Fortunately the members of the pro-
fession who do these things are criti-
cized and suffer from loss of patron
age, so that there is strong ten
dency on the part of dentists to main
tain their surroundings above re-
proach. With the sterilization Of In
struments some cerelessness may
manifest itself, partly owing to the
fact that many instruments are In
jured by such processes, are too com
plicated to be treated in this manner,
or that the public is not competent
to detect errors Of technique. How
ever, the public is rapidly learning
the value of aseptic methods and the
proper equipment IS now found in
nearly all dental Offices.
Thorough studies OF the steriliza.
ton process have recently been made
for dentists by the United States pub
lie health service, at the request Of
various dental associations through
out the country. and in a recent pub
LEGATION of that service detailed infor-
nation will be found as to the accept
ed methods for the sterilization of all
dental instruments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
DENMARK.
AAAAAAAA

The red bird is the only one OF our
leathered friends who seems to be en-
Toying this weather, and we have had
some weather since the thunder storm
day afternoon. The
lightning was close and sharp on that
day.
Our teachers who went home for
Thanksgiving are back and at work
again this morning. Prof. l.. C. Bur
ton and MI Sainer spent their Thanks
giving at their homes at Bloomfield
Iowa, and the Misses Ghala and Tai
Dott at their respective homes at Ft
Madison and Keo!zuk
Mrs. Van lyle and daurhter are
home from visit with relatives in
Keokuk.
The Misses Helen and Alice Judy
spent THANKSGIVING at hcrc.
Miss Jean Florher who teaches at
New Boston, Iowa, spent Thanksgiving
with her parents
The Misses Marjorie Florher. Cor
nelia Mckee and Lois Carpenter. who
are students at Iowa City, spent the
Thanksgiving vacation with home
folks.
Henry Hitchcock who is student
at Knox college, spent Thanksgiving
with his brother. Richard, here at the
IA. T. Houston home.
Geo. Barnes went to Green Bay
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hart OF Burlington
called at the parental Geo. Barnes
home Thursday afternoon. They had
to run when they saw the train com.
ing.
While visiting relatives near Bur
iinston. Mrs. Robt. Florher got fall
that IL still making her trouble.
Miss Myrtle Trowbridge visited
friends in Fort Madison, while on her
way home from Knox college, whore
she is student
Ruth sGoss and Edith Wilson who
are students at Knox, spent Thanks
giving at home.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Bebee Of Viewer,
Iowa. were Sunday guests at the H. Z.
Hazen home.
Mrs. Olivia P Houston has been
having tonsilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ ShowaIter spent
with relatives near
'Donnellson, coming home in the rain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
Annual Meeting Of Upper Mississippi
River Improvement Association
opens Tomor-
row.
KEoKUK REPRESENTED
c. r. Mcfarland and I. A. Hamili TO
90 and Probably Mayor and
commlssIoner-Prosram
Opening Today.

The annual convention OF the Upper
Mississippi River Improvement asso-
citation will be held In Quincy Wednes-
day and Thursday Of this week, and
It is expected that there will be a
record attendance present C. F. Nc
Farland and L. A. Harnill will attend
the session. Mr.. Mcfarland has a
place on the program. Mayor Moor
head and Commissioner Collins may
attend some OF the sessions
One OF the features Of the conven-
ton. according to dispatch from
Quincy, will be the concert by the
Chamber Of Commerce Glee club
which will be given in the Newcom5
hotel Wednesday evening.
The convention will Be called to
order by the tenn porary chairman OF
the convention, Mayor Abbott, at 10
O'clock Wednesday morning which
will be In the chamber OF commerce
building.
Rev. A. LeGrand will offer the in
vocation, and the president Of the
chamber OF commerce, George Levi,
will deliver the address Of welcome.
In the afternoon, Frank M. Will
Hams state engineer and surveyor OF
the commonwealth Of New York, will
deliver ono Of the most interesting ad-
dresses, on the New. York State can
al, using stereopticon pictures for IL
Illustrating. This will be held in the
chamber OF commerce building.
The general manager Of the New
Orleans association Of commerce, Wal
ter Parker. will give an address some
time while the convention is in session.
telling about the progress made by the
city of. New Orleans, towards rehabil-
Iiating the Mississippi.
H. W. Metzger, secretary Of the
IMuscatine, Iowa, levee improvement
commission and an enthusiastic sup
porter OF the river improvement pro-
'ject, will also address the assembled
delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

Did you ever see a waterfall cast
a shadow" asked Stephen T. Mather
of the group around the club table.
Mr.. Mather, who is assistant TO Sec.
rotary Lane, in charge of the new de-
yelopment work which the depart.
ment of the Interior is doing in the
national parks. had just returned
from a strenuous summer among the
mountain tops. We'll, Yosemite Falls
cast my shadow very distinctly one
night last August. I was half a mile
or more away, gazing beauty bound.
at the effect OF the full moon upon the
giant falls, which are, by the way, as
high as sixteen Niagaras piled one on
top of the other. The moon was be
hind me, of course. The double falls
shining. like silver, lit brilliantly by
reflected light, the dense shadows Of
the trees which hid me from the
moon. Turning, l saw my shadow
outlined WILDLY upon the grass"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
keokuk. Iowa -. November 80, 1915
A BUSY STREET.

y
love a busy, hustling town!
One day they put the paving down.
ALI nice and smooth and sweet: and
then
Next day they tear it up again,
From one end of the street back to
Its other end, that's what they do;
And then they get 1t smooth and fiat,
And give it its last loving pat.
And then there is a shrek of fear
Comes from the city engineer
ne has mislaid his monkey wrench,
And instantly they start trench
And toss the pavement all around
Until the monkey wrench is found,
And then they lamp the dirt in tight,
And get it leveled off all right,
And surface 1t with hard concrete,
And make a street as is a street
BY putting sand and brick on that.
And the steam roller makes it fiat
Then they pierce that pavement
through and through
To lay line Of pipe or two,
Then they repair that, and it lies
Smoothly beneath the summer skies
For, 1t may be, day or two;
Then there's sewer to run through,
Now. when some one you chance to
meet
Talks Of the "busy city street."
That's what he means in this mans
town.
The street that's getting up and down
And rolling over that way, till
It just seems like it can't lie still
Judd II. Lewis in the Houston Post,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
Poison Letters to Brides.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-A woman
paranoiac is sought by federal au-
thorities today as writer OF twenty
three poison pen letters to young
brides In several states. Assistant
United States District Attorney
Claude A. Thompson, whose bride re-
ceived one Of the letters. said today
he believed they were written by an
inmate of Pennsylvania asylum.
Thompson last month married Miss
Nellie G. Hoffman. OF Towanda, Pa.
The letters, all couched In the
same terms and apparently in the
same handwriting, have been written
to women whose marriages were de
tailed at some length in the newspa-
pers. Each begins with the remark:
Il write You at random. am an ut.
ter stranger to you," and then makes
charges against the receivers hus-
band.
VIM. Kinsley, handwriting expert
who is aiding the authorities, said
today, hve Of the letters bore the
postmark Of city in which an in.
sane asylum is located.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
IOWA WOrENTESTIFY.

Fort Dodge, Iowa. -uAbout two
years ago my daughter was very nerv-
GUS and run down in health. The doc
tor said she would not live q year.
Before she had taken bottle Of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription she was
cured.
eMy mother took it about twenty
Eve years ago for general weakness
and she was cured. I can recommend
t. ''-MRs. MoHLER, I727 First Ave,
So Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Dubuque, Iowa.-cHave used Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for 36 years
They have cured me Of chronic consti-
patton and thus assisted in preventing
serious results. NIX R. o. cAMr1xIL,
Io4 w. Locust ST., Dubuque, lows.
At the FIRST symptoms Of any de-
1angement Of the feminine organism
at any period Of life the one safe,
really helpful remedy II Dr.. Pierce'a
Favorite Prescription.
Thousands of women In Iowa have
taken 1t with unfailing success for
diseases OF womanly nature.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
q true friend to women In times of
trial and at times of pain when the
organs are not performing their func-
tons. For headache, baclache, hot
flashes, catarrhal condition, bearing
down sensation, mental depression,
dizziness, faiuting spells, lassitude and
exhaustion women should never fail
to take this tried and true woman's
medicine.
Prepared from natures roots and
he-bs, 1t contains no alcohol or mar
cotic, nor any harmful ingredient.
In either tablet or liquid form. Write
DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, NY,
to-day. 1856 page book on women's
diseases sent free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
CHRISTMAS clErs

Many weeks in advance, the prepare
lions are made for the International
tours OF Santa Claus Americans who
are planning to send Christmas pres
ents to persons in foreign countries
want to be sure that those who re-
ceive the gifts will not be compelled
80 pay any charges. Many letters
come annually to Washington, asking
what to do to avoid any difficulties.
The communications have already be-
gun to arrive, and are being answered
by the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce, department of commerce.
The writer's OF these letters which,
before the end of the year, will have
come from every part of the country,
are particularly interested In tariff
rates which must be paid on gifts in
the lands to which they are sent.
Many express regret that there should
be such a thing as foreign tariff in
the season of generous giving. Some
Indicate that they think the charges
are really omitted They believe that
during the holidays the barriers are
torn down.
The truth, however, must be told In
replying to these inquiries. and the
bureau is compelled to inform its cor
respondents that whatever the Gus
toms tax is in any foreign land on any
class Of presents, that tax Is collect
ed in every season.
Many persons who write to Wash
fngton. asking for tariff rates in par
iticular countries. fail to specify the
kinds of articles that are to be sent
abroad as Christmas gifts. It Is quite
necessary that such details should be
given In order to learn the amount OF
the tax. The bureau cannot send out
an entire tariff schedule In answer to
each letter, and even IL 1t did. very
few persons would know what to do
with it after receiving the document
The first of the 1915 letters arrived
on November II, and was addressed to
the treasury department. The writer
asked for the rate on Christmas
gifts" to Canada, and the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, to
which the matter was forwarded, was
unable to reply until 1t was known
whether 1t was some mechanical toy
for child, a diamond stick pin for an
absent friend, or a warm garment for
some deserving person, that was to be
sent as gift across the national
: boundary. A large proportion of the
: letters usually received have this same
eifect They are sent to various de.
: pertments in Washington, every
y christmas season. But all come event.
Il ualIy to the bureau which has the de-
e sired information
3 Many persons in the past have ask
ed what method should be adopted in
S order that the tariff charge might be
e paid at the point Of shipment In this
r country by the giver of the gift. All
!. such queries have been answered uni.
d iformly with the statement that there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
EDUCATING THE ALIENS.

Throughout the country the plan Of
the bureau of naturalization OF the
u. S. depar tment of labor 10 eIlis. the
cooperation of public schools in the
education and Americanization of can
didates for citizenship is receiving the
most gratifying support. Approximate
" 400 cities and towns have already
Joined in this nationwide educational
movement for the elimination Of the
fyphen and this number is Increasing
daily.
The magnitude of this work and its
development since its inception are
shown, in part, by the JerriGorv cover
ed. the number of candidates for citi
.xenship reached, and the night and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

In order to still further add to the
efficiency Of this plant The Gate City
has installed and now has IN opera
zion new linotype machine which is
modernized with Intertype parts. This
new machine gives to the mechanical
department a larger range of type
than was available on the other ma
chimes in this Office. a large and ex-
pensive amount of equipment has
been added to The Gate City plant
within the past several years, the re-
suit being that a better and more IN
,terosting paper can be made. Very
few people IN Keokuk are familiar
with the metropolitan equipment
which is used in this Office and in
order to get better acquainted. The
Gate City is always willing to explain
the workings of the various machines
used, to those who wish to call while
the paper is being made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
and Miss Cor. Trump autoed to Keo.

and Miss Cora Trump autoed to Keo-
kuk Thanksgiving.
News was received here Of the
death Of Dock BAN. brother Of Mrs.
John Latta Of st. Louis, Mo. He died
at the home of his daughter In New
buried at Moulton. Iowa.
Louis Bassett Of Mt. Pleasant was
an over sunday visitor with home
folks. :,
Anglia Dorr and Truman Wahrer
left for Fl. Madison Saturday
AS Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Kerns were
going to John L.owrey's Wednesday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

evening. the horse they were dr.yin,
in some way threw them both ont II
the buggy. hurting them both, but not
seriously.
Everett Philips IL the possessor Of
q new auto.
James yermasen and family spent
Thanksgiving at the James Griswold
home
John Palmer and daughter, Raw
Palmer and family, John Hopp, Wal
ter Slater. Miss Iva Ball, Mrs. Emma
Allen. Miss Mary Philips and Miss
Emma Barnes were Keokuk shoppers
Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

An item In Photoplay Magazine
gives an idea Of the rapid adoption OF
motion pictures for school use. The
Hamilton Institute for Girls in New
York City, the Oregon State Normal
school at Monmouth, and the cities
OF Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Phfla-
delphia, Minneapolis and Grand Rap
ids have recently adopted films as a
means of learning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
some Expert Te.tImonv.

Some Expert Testimony.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: II Mrs.
Gait were 20-year-old bride. We might
all be ravishingly interested In her
gowns: but the world does not take
the same interest in the clothes Of q
10 or 30 year dame
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

Christmas-supposed to be the hap
piest time Of all the year-wi1 be
here shortly Only four weeks re-
main until the happy time will be
celebrated what kind of preparation
have you made to get the most enjoy
ment out of the day?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

There is considerable speculation
over the governorship in Iowa and
the probability of deadlock in the
primary makes the chances OF Gov
erncr Clarke's selection look better.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

DR. Picrces Pleasant Pellets not only the
original hut the best Lattls Iirer ESIs Art mt
up orcr 70 Years ago, by DR.. r. " Pierce. have
been much initiated but 7seucr equuied as thou
sands attesS They're purely vegetable. being
made up OF concentrated and refined medicinal
principles extracted from the roots of Aneri-
can plants. Do not grippe. One or two for
stomach corrective, TIRES or four for co&hsrtic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
He's gone, and who knows how may
he report
Thy words by adding fuel to the flame!
Milton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30

UnhoIy Prosperity.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
artificial leg industry is booming as
never before in the worlds history.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
Why the Czarina's Mind Has Been Restored

knowledge that the Gear and the Russian
nation were disappointed at her long fall
ure to produce a male heir to the throne
did not lessen this strain.
The court could do nothing to protect
her against these troubles except to sur
round her with every possible luxury and
keep her In perfect idleness. Against
secret and imaginary terrors it gave her
less than no protection. Under these con.
ditions she must have developed habit Of
morbid self-introspection, which greatly
increased the tendency to melancholia.
Then came the great war, in which the
life OF almost everyone around her was at
stake. The habit of doing serious work
which she then acquired and the contact
with wounded soldiers excited in her the
normal reactions which all human beings
should experience in their relations with
one another. We must suppose that there
was no gross or serious lesion in her brain
The sudden resumption of normal contact
with her fellow beings. Of which she had
long been deprived, but under circum-
stances very exciting and stimulating re.
stored to her deranged mental apparatus
the tone" without which it could not
function properly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08
The Grand Duchesses Olga and Taana the
Daughters OF the Czarna, Who Are Assisting Her Her Nrs-
ing Duties.

take the soldiers hand and chat with him
If he Is we'll enough to listen. BY the time
he has learned that she is the Czarina he
has become too accustomed TO her minis
trations to feel embarrassed
The two pretty young daughters OF the
Czarina behave in the same professional
yet friendly way. Many a poor fellow,
with his spirit nearly crushed out OF him
by months Of priyation and dreadful perils,
followed by terrible wounds. has been
cheered up and brought to life again by
the sympathetic smiles and gentle hands
of these two charming young women.
The Czarina had no sooner begun to do
this practical work among the wounded
than great change was noted in her man
ner and appearance. She lost the worried,
harassed. melancholy air she had worn
for many years. She even lost the intense
nervousness she had exhibited at the
slightest noise, such as the creaking of a
board or the turning Of a door handle She
acquired a cheerful though grave manner,
thoroughly self-controled and self.confl-
dent.
During an interval between her duties
at the hospital the CZarina confessed to
the director that she had experienced q
complete mental and physical change since
she had been there. Her Majesty's re-
marks on this subject have been conveyed
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