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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
OUR YOUNG WOMEN

are SO often subject to headache-are
languid, pale and nervous-because
their blood is thin or insufficient. They
are not really sick and hesitate to com
plain, but they lack that ambition and
vivacity which istheir birthright. They
donotneed drugs-but doneedthetonic
and nourishment in SCOTS Emulsion
that makes richer blood, fills hollow
cheeks, suppressesnervousness and es-
tablishesstrength. Nourishmentalone
makes blood and Scott Emulsion is the
essence of concentrated nourishment,
free from wines, alcohols or opiates.
If mother or daughter is frail, pale
or nervous, give her SCOTS for one
month and see the betterment. 1t has
wholesome, ''nutty' favor. Avoid
substitutes. At any drug store.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ. 1924
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
LID WILL GO ON
500 SALOONS SOON
Seventeen BrewerIes and 493 Thirst
ParIors to Go Out Of Business
in Ten Days.

DIES MONIES, Dec. 23.-With the
lid going on Iowa saloons and brew
cries in ten days, Attorney General
Cosson announced plans are ready to
make a winning fight to keep Iowa
dry under the prohibition law. effec-
tive with the mulct law repeal, and
the temperance forces will go ahead
with their campaign for a constitu-
tional amendment.
In just nine days 4s3 saloons will
close their doors and seventeen brew
cries will close down as makers Of
beer Nine of them will engage in
other enterprises. These breweries
are capitalized at s4,236.962 and EN-
ploy 521 people, with payrolls of over
s4OO, 200 annually. Two breweries at
Iowa City will engage in manufacture
ing: one at Des Moines will make
telephone meters.
A monster celebration of the drys
Is planned for Des Moines New Years
eve. Reports from wet centers indi-
cate there will be no general hilarity
by the vets upon their last night.
Sioux City saloon men have closed
out nearly all their stocks and an
nounce they will close their doors at
6 p. m. .
From the river towns comes stories
that the saloon men have raised funds
to fight the mulct law repeal in courts.
No steps have been taken, however.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23

Of French cavalry dismounted back
of the line of fire. A gust Of wind
caught the sorrowful fumes and
waited them gently to where the
horses and cavalrymen were at their
ease. Suddenly, without apparent rea-
son, every cavalryman beheld his
horse burst into tears as though the
price Of oats had suddenly risen to II
figure beyond equine financial posi-
bilities. Then, as If in sudden sym
patty the cavalrymen also burst into
tears. The situation is declared by
the officers to have been incredibly
ludicrous. The cavalrymen were i'm
PEELED to such gales Of laughter at
sight of the crying horses that if the
Germans had attacked at that mo-
ment the entire regiment would cas-
lily have been wiped out. So far as
could be ascertained, horses and men
suffered no serious consequence from
having awaited themselves Of u wom
ans privilege. The distance the
fumes had been carried by the wind
reduced their strength.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23

since on or about the 18th day Of
May, 1914. and that during said time
he has been operating under per-
nit issued by your honorable body,
and has complied with the mulct law
of the state of Iowa in every re-
spect, and that he does not believe
that the legislation of the last gen
eral assembly in regard to the re-
peal of the mulct law is valid, and
that he believes that legally the
mulct law is still in force and effect
in the state Of Iowa.
Your petitioner further states, that
he desires to test the validity Of the
repeal of the mulct law and for that
reason asks your honorable body to
issue to him permit to sell intoxi-
eating liquors at retail in the city
of Keokuk for the year A. D. 1916,
for the purpose that he may thereby
be enabled to test said law by pro-
ceedings in court.
Your petitioner further states. that
in operating under said permit, if
issued by your honorable body that
the. state of Iowa, the county attor-
ney Of Lee county, Iowa, the city
attorney of the city of Keokuk, Iowa,
the sheriff of Lee county, Iowa. and
the chief Of police of the city of
Keokuk, Iowa, of the time and place
Of making one sale, the person who
will make the sale, and the person to
whom it will be made, and that he
will make no other sales of intoxi-
eating liquors until a determination
of said question shall have been
made by the courts Of the state of
Iowa.
Your petitioner further states that
he has no desire to violate the laws
of the state of Iowa, and that the
said sale will be made for the pur-
pose only, Of giving him founda-
ton to test the validity of the 80
called repeal of the mulct law.
Wherefore your petitioner respect
fully prays that there be issued to
him a consent or permit as herein
before set out.
F. wi. BALLINGER,
Attorney for Philip Nickel
State of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
I, Philip Nickel, being first duly
sworn on my oath, depose and say
that l have read the foregoing petit
ton or application, and that the
statements made therein are true as
l verify believe.
PHIL NICKEL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day of December, 1915.
F. M. BALLINGER,
Notary Public.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
KIDNEY TROUBLE MEANS
TERRIBLE TORTURES

Hundreds of sufferers from pains in
the back and sides, bladder and urin-
airy disorders, lumbago, rheumatism,
dizziness, puffy swellings under the
eyes or in the feet and ankles, ner-
vousness. tired or WORKOUT or head
achy feeling, don't seem to realize
that the greater part of all sickness
today can be avoided by keeping the
kidneys working properly. II you suf-
fer from any OF the many agonies that
accompany weak. clogged-up or dis
eased kidneys you should not neglect
yourself another day and run the risk
Of serious complications. Secure a
package Of Solvax the wonderful new
kidney remedy which is very mex
pensive yet acts quickly and surely on
the seat of the trouble. You'll be sur
prised how entirely different you'll
feel in a very short time.
1t doesn't matter how long you have
suffered, how old you are or what you
have used. The very principle of Sol
wax is such that it is practically i'm
possible to take it into the human
system without beneficial results
Solvax Is pleasant to take, gives
quick relief and has been so uniform
ly successful that Wilkinson & Co.
will in future sell 1t under positive
guarantee OF relief or refund the
money. No other kidney remedy ever
had large enough percentage Of
cures so that it could be sold in this
manner. guarantee like this speaks
volumes for the merit of So1vax.
There is no time like the present
to do thing that ought to be done
If anyone has kidney tronb1e TODAY il
the best time to begin curing it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
Our Experience the Same.

Knoxville Express: without any
I"schemes" or contests or gratis,
the circulation of the Express in
creases. Singular as it may seem to
newspapers whose idea of merit and
enterprise is to give a grab at d
piano, a Ford or some other limerick
great many people are willing to
give up real money for a good news
paper that is edited with view to be
ing read A dollar year is the price
of the Express, without any Ifs" or
lands" or contests or bubbles. And
when you think of sending Christ
mas present to some friend who has
gone to a distant home, you cant
| find a better one at any price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
TRINITY CHURCH
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Three Part Entertainment VIII be
Given on Friday Evening
at Church.

The following Christmas program
at Trinity M. e. Sunday school is to
be given Friday evening at 7:45
o'clock:
PART /.
The appearing Of the angel TO the
shepherds.
PART II.
Primary Department Program.
Welcome Song-Ella Josephine
Haggerty.
Greeting Miriam Edwards.
Glass A--Prayer. Father We
Thank Thee"
Glass B--song, Away in Man
ger"
Glass C-song. christmas Stars
are Shining"
Recitation-Dow Puder.
Holly Berries--William Brown. AL
berta Azinger.
Star Exercise-Mary Walden, Ken
meth Odell. Agnes Brown. Harold
Haga. Edna Stevenson, Melvin Nor
Georgia Ferguson, Ralph Bell, Mil
dred Peterson, Annie Stanton.
Speech, God Bless Us All'-Roy
Dickinson.
Solo, Christ was Once a Little
Baby "--Alice Haggerty.
Little Beginners Kruger.
Marjorie Hanson, Ella Haggerty,
Thelma Smith, Dorothy Kries. Doro-
thy Holbrook, Helen Grace Carr.
"A Christmas Fairy"-Dorothy He'd
rick.
christmas Greeting" Charles Hol-
brook.
Song, sHushabye"-Ella Haggerty,
Marjorie Hanson, Kathryn HOFFMAN,
Edna May Casey, Alice Haggerty,
Miriam Edwards, Alberta Azinger.
Dorothy Kries, Marie Curtis.
"Our Gifts"-Elsie Swanson, Louise
Hogan. Lucille Curtis. Dorothy Dick
inson. Gertrude Miller, Celice Mills,
Margaret Bates, Dorothy Tuttle,
Mabel Kiser, Dorothy Pullins, lola
Smith. Helen Swanson. Edith Ebert.
Solo-Esther Eckland.
Chorus by Departmental Birth
day Song"
Recitation, That's Just Me"-Mar-
jorie Hanson.
Banner Exercise -Christmas-Betty
Dumenil, Mike Alltop, Naomi Rosa,
Weston Tuttie, Agnes O'Blennis. Vic
tor Brown, Agatha Harmon, Charles
Dick, Alice Schapper.
Song, Little Bells of Joy"-Paul
Smith, Elsie Swanson. Lucille Curtis.
Helen Swanson, Harold Richards,
Dorothy Dickinson, Mabel Kiser,
Charles Holbrook. Dorothy Pulltns,
Carl Taylor. Dow Puder.
Signal Lights-Joe Ashley, Antoine
Schapper. Melvin Morris, Carl Taylor.
Harley Kay, Harold Richards.
Offering. @
PART III.
The Visit Of the Wise Men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
Ends Dry, Hoarsc or
Painful Coughs
Quickly
Simple, Home-Madc R.uedx
inexpcnsive hut UneuunIed

me prompt and positive results give,
auoS Shls pleasant tasting, home-mad
ror gn syrup has caused it to be used i
ives almost instant relief and will usun
kurs. average cough III
i,o wet "a ounces Pinex $50 cents worth
I I,.ai any drug store, pour it into a pin,
Et.e and fill the bottle with plain granu
ma my sugar syrup. This makes q full
||se.;, family supply-of The most eff
|rn.. cough remedy at cost Of only 81
nads or less. You couldn't buy as muci
fEssS;it. mace cough medicine for $3.50
|draaly prepared and never epoils. Full
|-1fsSstions with Pinex.
[sith promptness, certainty and cas-,
\ had winch this Pinex Syrup overcome,
NM, aa cough, chest or throat cod Is truly
~ rS ~ 1t quickly loosens a dry
1rsite or tight cough and heals and
II nors painful cough in hurry. With
nss;aslstent loose cough it stops the for.
|rh;s slon OF phlegm in the throat and bron.
|kacI;,s upes, thus ending the annoying
ponn mex ,is highly concentrated com
|,ith OF genuine Norway pine extract
IN. y stlaiacol and is famous the world
|sSc..Io r Its splendid effect in bronchitis
|Sjnsap,l cough, bronchial asthma and
si io . avoid disappointment in making
II b;ask your druggist for "21b ounces
and don't accept ANYTHING
~ guarantees of absolute sa1isfac.
~ q u money promptly refunded, goes
presAration. The pinex Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
CREAM FOR CA1ARRH
OPENS UP N0STRILS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head Colds. It's Splendid!

In one minute your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking, snuffling,
blowing. headache, dryness. No strug-
Cling for breath at night; your cold or
catarrh will be gone.
Get a small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t PEN
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the infiamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh-Relief
comes so quickly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23

probably be the first to reach the SUI
preme court, although similar action
IS being taken in other Iowa cities.
he said that some Of the best legal
talent In the state would be employ
ed IN the fight, but refused to make
any mention of the grounds on which
the plaintiffs case would be based,
should 1t enter the court. This card
will be played later.
II this case is the first to reach
the supreme court the decision will
erect the whole of Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
CHRISTMAS TREE AT
HANCOCK co. HOME
Supt. and Mrs. S. D. Weiser Planning
Big Time for Inmates at the
institution.

CARTHAGE, ILL.,, Dec. 23.-Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Weiser are planning a
grand Christmas tree for the inmates
of the county farm.
The halls have been laid with
ships linoleum and will add their
comfortable appearance to the occa-
sions cheer.
On inquiry we learned that those
desiring to remember the women of
the farm with lace collars, handker-
chiefs, fancy aprons or any other
novelty which will make their hearts
glad, or something to entertain and
please the men inmates, may send
them at once.
In our own comfort and security,
let us not forget the lonely and
troubled heart, and those for whom
there is no joyous Homecoming of de-
voted children.
Read The Daily Gate CITY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
Resolution No. 1896.

| oC ~ ACoOAVCu Ny lie City GULL
Gil Of the city of Keokuk:
That the petition or application
Of Philip Nickel for q permit to
sell intoxicating liquor at retail,
notsin violation Of the law Of the
state of Iowa, In the city OF Keo-
kuk. Iowa. for the year 1916, be
and the same il hereby granted.
Roll call:
Moorhead Aye.
Collins-No.
Schmidt--Aye.
w. MooRHEAD, Mayor.
|. ~. A. M. Collins, vote no. be-
cause do not think it is proper
Tor me as an officer sworn to en-
force the law. to question the
legality of an act Of the state
legislature.
Attorney Ballinger will send on,
|iotices Of the action of the city coun
~ and also of what Mrs. Nickel in
|fnds to do to George Cosson, attor
sy general of Iowa; E.. w. McManus
@unty attorney; T. A. Craig, city
fOilcitor; j. c. Scott. sheriff of Lee
county; John M. Kenney, chief OF
police. and to several newspapers to-
morrow, probably. The .notice will
y served on Attorney General Cos.
,ol at Des Moines by THE sheriff OF
Polk county.
Will Be Up 70 State.
It will be up to them to take the
necessary legal steps after the first
|ale has been made by Mr.. Nickel
|Oy Injunction suits or by other legal
|snachinery and then the matter will
" taken to the courts, first to the
|uslrict court here and probably later
10 the supreme court.
Mr.. Ballinger stated today, follow.
Egg the permit received from the
|euuncil, that the Keokuk case would
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
Wept Bitter Tears.
United
TBy William Philip Sinms, Unite
d.. c4eef Gn.-arnnx,dort

Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Nov 20.-(By mail.)-
Weeping shells used by the Germans
to blind the enemy with his own
tears, precipitated in at least one in
stance what comes near being the
most ludicrous incident of the war.
During a recent weeping shell bonn
bardment by the Germans, regim emit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23

The PeLItIUU 10 e'Ie VIZ
Following is copy of the petition,
that Attorney Frank Ballinger fled
with the city council yesterday after
noon for his client, Philip Nickel:
To tho Honorable Mayor and Com
missioners of the City of heokuk,
Iowa.
Gentlem en-
The undersigned respectfully re-
Guests that you issue to him per-
nit to sell intoxicating liquors at re
fail i'm the city Of Keokuk, Iowa, Tor
the year A. D. 1916.
In support Of this request your
petitioner respectfully shows ,hat ne
has been engaged in the re.ail Iquoi
business in the city OF keokuk' 10" d.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
KNIGHTS TEMPLAk
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Usual Observance Of Day viii be
Made by Damascus Comman
derry Saturday Morning..

The annual Christmas observance
Of Damascus ecommandery No. 5,
knights Templar. will be held Christ
mas morning at IL o'clock at the
temple Sir knight William M. Baker
will deliver the Christmas address
and there will be the usual charity
offering.
The program will include the read
ing of the toast and response from
the right worshipful grand master, by
Sir knight H. Y. Crawford. Sir
knight II. C. Brown will speak on
"Chivalry" The closing song and de-
votions will be given by all Of the
sir knights present.
The officers of Damascus comman-
derry are the following:
Eminent Sir E. J. Eckland. COM
mander.
Sir O. W. Sandberg, generalissfmo.
Sir E. O. Eckland, captain general.
Sir j. M. Marsh, prelate.
Sir F. j. Venning, senior warden.
Sir T. F. Talbot, junior warden.
Sir S. C. Westcott, treasurer.
Sir H. Y. Crawford, recorder.
Sir III. E. Bisshopp, standard bearer.
Sir v. O. Stafford, sword bearer.
Sir T. F. Riley, warder.
Sir VIM. Sinton, first guard
Sir +. M. Bateman, second guard.
Sir I. S. Ackley. third guard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
bhilip Nickel Given PERMITS
[don Of City Council to Make
one Sale of Liquor After
January l.
mi GO TO THE COURTS
! the State or County Officers
Take Action, Matter Will
Probably be Carried to
Supreme Court.

There will be at least one legal
ala Of intoxicating liquor made in
Teokuk after January /, despite the
.ct that the state will have become
ary.
nassed today has given a permit to
PHILIP Nickel, a local saloonkeeper, to
sell intoxicating liquor at retail, once
cnly, In 1916. as a result Of his petit
tIon to the council yesterday that he
he allowed to do this in order to en-
sble him to have grounds on which
10 test the validity OF the repeal of
HE Iowa mulct law.
Briefly, Mr.. Nickel. through his at
,orney, Frank M. Ballinger, presented
petition to the council yesterday
,fernoon in which he stated that he
hid not believe that the legislation of
he last general assembly of Iowa in
regard to the appeal OF the mulct law
ns valid and that he believed that
kgally the muIct law was still in
brce in Iowa.
He stated that he was not attempt
hg to break any law of the state.
but only wanted the permission Of
The city council, necessary under the
Did mulct law. to make one sale of
liquor in 1915 as q grounds on which
no test the validity of the repeal Of
The mulct law through argument in
court. The matter will be fought up
to the supreme court.
The city council was divided on the
vote, Mayor Moorhead and Commits
sioner Schmidt voting aye and Com
m @ nr1n nc Ia
passed today by. the council is as fol-
Iovrc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
ToMMY'S AMBITION IN LIFE
Not very High One, but Extremely
Complimentary to His School
Teacher.

Many of the teachers attending a
recent teachers convention at Port
land, Me-, had good stories TO tell.
one young and rather pretty teacher
from Lincoln county told the follow
ing:
1T has been my custom to encour-
age discussion of subjects outside the
lesson papers, and along this line
one day spoke of ambition. After
had set before the class the desir-
ability of having high aims | asked
mJ pupils what each planned to be-
One wanted to be a doctor, another
president, another an aviator, another
an electric car motorman, another an
engineer on a railroad, and so on
around the class, until l reached
Tommy.
Tommy is bright handsome
youngster of seven years, and l was
expecting him to want to be someone
OF great Importance In the world.
was puzzled to find him plainly much
embarrassed. He didn't want to tell
me his ambition, but finally asked If
he might whisper it to me. Much In
terested, / gave him permission, and
he trudged up to my desk. Even
there he hesitated
Come, come, TOMMY said,
somewhat impatiently. Tell me what
1t is you want to be in life
He raised himself on tiptoes and
slipped one arm about my neck as he
whispered, 'Your-your husband!' -
The Sunday Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
EXCELLENT WAY OF READING
ing Without Getting at Intention
of His Words.

when you come to a good book.
you must ask yourself: Am | in
clined to work as an Australian miner
would? Are my pickaxes and shovels
in good order, and am | in good
trim myself, my sleeves well up to the
elbow, and my breath good. and my
temper? And, keeping the figure d
little longer, even at cost of tiresome-
ness, for it is thoroughly useful one,
the metal you are in search of being
the authors mind and meaning, his
words are as the rock Which you have
to crush and sMelt in order to get at it.
And your pickaxes are your own care.
wit and learning; your smelling fur
mace is your own thoughtful soul. Do
not hope to get at any good authors
meaning without those tools and that
fire; often you win need sharpest,
finest chiseling, and patientest fusing.
before you can gather one grain of
the metal John Ruskin. in Sesame
and Lilies"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30
INDICATIONS OF
AN EARLY SPRING
Great Prosperity Ahead for
Western Canada.

The most recent advices from ali
points in Western Canada report that
conditions are apparent for an early
spring. Farmers are going over the
implements, getting their seeders
ready for operation, the plows in shape
for extended breaking, and there is a
general optimism. A great many new
settlers have already arrived, and the
reports from Canadian Government
agents in the United States point to
the fact that in a few days there will
begin the usual emigration from va
rious of the Central and Western
states From the Eastern states the
number of farmers going to Canada
will be greater than in any past year.
There has been a fairly large snow
fall during the winter, which will
greatly add to the precipitation of
last fall, which in the opinion of old
timers vas in itself sufficient to in
sure good crop during the present
year.
There will be very little titled land
that will be without a crop this year.
The authorities, though, are pleading
with the farmers to seed only such
land as has had careful preparation, for
rich as is the soil of Western Canada,
N is no more fitted to produce good
crops uncultivated than is that of any
other land anywhere else. There
have been accounts of failures in some
portions of the agricultural districts Of
Western Canada, and also reports of
small yields in some districts. A good
deal of this is accounted for from the
fact that notwithstanding the advice
of men of experience, there are farm
ers who will persist in seeding land not
properly prepared This may be done
this year, but those who cultivate On
reasonable and logical methods will
be certain of paying crop. There is
every reason to believe that the high
prices of all kinds of grain will con-
tinue.
With thousands and thousands of
acres of land waiting for the husband
man to bring it forth with crop, it
Is uO WOnOCI IAdl WSoLSIA OdAduG ID
continuing to prove such an inviting
field for the agriculturist.
Seventy million dollars is con-
seryative estimate of orders which
came to Canada as the direct result
of the war. Governments of the al
lies have been placing large orders in
Canada and buying huge quantities Of
supplies for cash.
The total value of exports to Eu-
rope from Canada has jumped about
Is per cent since the war started,
while in certain lines the increases
have been enormous.
Therefore the results of the demand
OF the allies for war and other material
is beginning to be felt in the financial
life of the Dominion. There is a marked
activity in many commercial lines, and
conditions are fast becoming normal
Western Canada is receiving rela-
tive benefit to the East-Advertise.
mept