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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
CHILD'S
PAINFUL INJURY
Little Myra Reed Puns Needle Into
Leg-Brought Here for
Treatment.

MONTROSF, Iowa, Nov. 17.--Myra
Reed. the four year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Reed Of this city. ran
a large needle into her foot Yesterday
morning The child was playing about
the house and thought she wanted to
sew like her mother did. She found a
needle in her mothers work basket
and started to work with it. While
doing So the needle in some unexplain-
cd manner fell from her hand and the
little girl fell on It, the needle penetrat-
ing her leg between the two bones OF
the knee, leaving Just the end Of the
thread sticking out. The child scream
ed and her mother came at once to her
rescue. Mrs. Reed telephoned for her
husband who was out at his farm
shocking corn. Mr.. Reed came in at
once and secured the services Of a doc
tor, but he was unable to locate the
needle. On this account, Mr.. Reed
took the child to the Keokuk hospital,
the trip being made In an automobile.
At the hospital an X-ray was used but
the needle could not be located. The
child was then aiken to an office and
was pat under the influence Of chloro
form. The physician then extracted
the needle which was found to be
broken. The piece which was broken
off could not be found, but after the
little girl was brought home, her moth
err found the missing piece of the
needle on the floor. The child is get
ting along nicely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
4 CHILD DOESN'T
LAUGH AND PLAY
If CONSTIPATEO
" PEEVIsH, FEVERlsH AND SICK,
GIVE "CALIFORNlA SYRUP
OF FIGS"

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See II tongue is
coated; this is a sure sign it's little
stomach, liver and bowels need a
Cleansing at once.
When listless. pale. feverish, full Of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
acn-ache, diarrhoea. remem Der, a gen.
Tie liver and bowel clean sing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup
OIL rigs for children's ills; give tea
spoonful, and in a few hours all the
loui waste, sour bile and fermenting
iood which is clogged in the bowels,
passes out of the system, and you
nave well child again. All children
,ove this harmless, delicious fruit
la1ative, and it never fails to effect
. good inside" cleansing Directions
iof babies, children of all ages and
esoWh-ups are plainly on the bottle.
;, heep it handy in your home. A lit
ne given today saves sick child to-
n oiroW, but get the genuine. Ask
s sour druggist for a 5O-cent bottle OF
~, saiilornia Syrup of Fig )" then look
anu see that it is made py the Cali
lorna Fig Syrup Company"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
CITY NEWS.

The dragon will get you If you do
not come to the Purity Oats EN-.
ployees' ball and card party at Wood
man hall tomorrow evening, Nov. IS.
Agnes orchestra. Admission 15c.
Next Saturday is the date set for
the Keokuk merchants Thanksgiving
appreciation sale. Copy for adver-
tisements should be in the hands Of
the printer as early as possible. The
merchants who advertise two Or three
days ahead Of the sale. will get the
best results as the full circulation Of
The Gate City will have reached all
it's readers within a trading radius
and thus give opportunity to come to
the city and take advantage Of the
bargains offered.
War has been declared on whoop-
ing cough by the Illinois state board
of health. Hereafter this disease is
to be treated like smallpox and other
serious contagious disease, All cases
Of whooping cough in the state must
be reported to the local health author
tiles. who are compelled to put up
placards on the premises and estab-
lish quarantine. For a period of eight
weeks from the date of the first
"whoop" or until one week after the
characteristic whoop has disappeared,
the patient must be kept in the house
or yard. and excluded from coming
in contact with other children. And
other children in the same family
cannot go to school, or other places
where they will come in contact with
children. But parents and other adults
in the family may go about their usual
business. When the quarantine Is
raised the premises must be disin-
fected The state board proposes to
see that the rules are enforced, and
there is heavy penalty under the
law for failure to enforce them. The
state board now compels quarantine
for measles, chickenpock, infantiie
paralysis, typhoid fever and typhoid
carriers" diphtheria, scarlet fever.
etc. Whooping cough causes hundreds
of deaths Of children and leaves
scores OF other children in lad physl-
cal condition. Many contract pneu-
monia as a result Of whooping cough.
It is a dangerous disease and 1t can
be prevented. The people should use
care.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Combing Won't Rid
Hair OF Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid of dand-
ruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it
entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply
it at night when retiring; use enough to
rnoisten the scalp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
Do this tonight and by morning, most
if not all, of your dandruff will be gone
and three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely DESTROY
every single sign and trace of it, no
matter how much dandruf you may
have
You win find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp will stop at once,
and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous,
glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel
a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store 1t is inexpensive and never fails
to do the work
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Hov You Car, Haze
'Naturally Curly" Hair

II you will forswear the curling
iron and follow the simple plan here
suggested. you will be surprised be-
yond words to see not only the beau
tiful curl but the soft flufiness and
lively lustre, your hair will acquire.
The plan-merely to apply to the
hair before retiring. little pure sill
mer:ne lin liquid form), using a clean
tooth brush for the purpose. The most
effective way is to divide the hair
into strands. moistening each of them
separately from root to tip.
The delightful wavy effect in ev'-
dence in the morning Will suggest to
anv stranger that your hair is 'natur-
ally curly" The effect will last con-
siderable time and If you'll get few
ounces OF liquid silmerfne from your
druggist you will have supply for
months. This, by the way, will leave
no stick or greasy trace and cannot
harm hair or scalp in any way. The
hair will be quite manageable at all
times, no matter how you do 1t up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
LUTHERAN CHURCH
CONFERENCE HERE
Special Meeting Of Quincy District Is
Being Held in keokuk, With
Ten Ministers
'.. Present.
MEETING AT PARSONAGE
Tonight There Will be Special Service
In the Church With Canton
and Hannibal Pastors .
Presiding.

A special conference Of the Quincy
district Of the Lutheran church Is
being h ED in Keokuk today. The con-
ference sessions are being held at the
parsonage of the church. Rev. Mar
tin Engle is pastor of the Redeemer
English Lutheran church. 5~
A number of papers dealing with
theological subjects are to be read
during the conference sessions. Dis
cussions Of these papers will follow.
Special services will be held in the
Redeemer Lutheran church this even
ing. The preparatory service at 1880
o'clock will be addressed by Rev Will
liam Schierbaum Of Canton, Mo-, and
the Rev. Theodore Walz Of Hannibal
will preach the sermon at o'clock.
The Quincy district includes Quincy,
Canton, LAGRANGE, Keokuk, Golden.
Clayton Hannibal and several other
towns in this immediate vicinity.
The visiting pastors will be taken
through the government property and
over the plant Of the Mississippi
River Power company before they go
to their homes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Kansas Woman Helpless

Lawrence, Kas.-Mr. J. F. Stone, OF
this city, says, MY wife suffered for
ten years from womanly troubles, dur.
ing two years of which she was total
ly helpless. She was examined by
many physicians, some of whom gave
her I'D to die. Finally she began 20
take Cardui, and since then has great.
" improved in health. The tonic,
strengthening. and restorative effects
of Cardui, the woman's tonic, on thu
womaulv constitution, are the most
valuable qualities Of this popular med
fcine. Cardui acts specifically on the
womanly constitution. Half cen-
tury OF success proves that Cardni
will do all that is claimed for it Try
it for your trouble.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
WARSAW IS TO
HAVE WHITE WAY
Contract Signed by City Council Of
That Place, With keo-
kuk Electric &c.,.
.. Company.
COMPLETED BY XMAS
Poles and Wires Already Ordered
Original Installation to
Cost About
.a $4,000.
COMPLETED BY XMAS
Especial to The Gate City.1

Especial TO Inc Gal0 C1Ly.1
WARSAW, ILL.,, Nov. 17.-Warsaw,
after many months of indectsion, has
finally decided to install white way.
At meeting Of the city council
Monday evening, which was attended
by ]. P. Ingle. manager OF the Keo-
kuk Electric company, the contracts
were signed and construction will
start as soon as the material, which
has already been ordered, arrives.
Main street Of Warsaw will be
lighted between Second and Seventh
streets. There will be thirty lights
installed, six to block and three on
each side Of the street. as in Keokuk.
There will be three sixty candle
power cluster lights on iron posts.
The globes will be fourteen inches in
diameter. The original installation
will be $4,000 and the cost will be
jointly borne by the Keokuk Electric
company, the Warsaw merchants and
the city Of Warsaw. The expense Of
running the white way per month will
be slightly over 500
Underground wiring will be used
and all other poles and distractions
on Main street in the five blocks
where the white way will be installed,
will be taken down. Warsaw mer-
chants will also take down the old
wooden porches and awnings and
when the improvement is in. the
neighboring city will present a
changed appearance.
The posts and wires have been or.
dered and will be in Warsaw in about
month. The Keokuk Electric COM
pany hopes to have lights burning by
Christmas day. The contract was
signed by William L. Hal. the present
mayor Of Warsaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF THE
HOTEL kEOkUk COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given that Hotel
Keokuk company, corporation here
tofore organized under the laws Of
the state Of Iowa, with its principal
place Of business at Keokuk, Iowa, by
unanimous consent Of all of its stock
holders. and by resolution Of all OF
it's stockholders unanimously adopted
at meeting Of the stockholders Of
said company held on the 18th day Of
November. 1915. was dissolved and its
corporate existence terminated on the
18th day of November. 1915, time
prior to the time fixed in It's articles
of incorporation. and the undersigned
officers OF said corporation were
authorized to give notice Of such dis
solution.
GEORGE NJ. CHRISTIAN, President
HOWARD L. HEDRICK. Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
NEW ORLEANS IS
FIGHTING THE RATS
Four Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars Spent In War Against
the Rat.

More than s4,50o.O0O has been ex-
pended in the last year in an effort
to make New Orleans rat proof and
prevent the temperance Of bubonic
plague, according to an announcement
by Dr. R. H. Creel of the United
States public health service. IN charge
Of the work. Seventy-four thousand
five hundred and twenty-six buildings
have been made rat proof, about 1000
not considered worth repairing by the
owners have been demolished and
work is progressing on 39,S01 others.
Approximately $1,000 buildings still
are to be made rat-proof.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Style Wins Audience.

Mrs. fuckers vivacious and I'M
conventional style too completely won
the hearts OF her listeners to permit
them to become critical about the
matter and manner Of her serious dis
course on folksong in general, with
which she began her conversation
with her audience. That is what her
entertainment was-a conversation
enlivened with anecdote and song
which, toward the close, when it's ar
tistic and scientific purport seemed
wholly lost sight Of, was, We fancy.
like a Sunday afternoon a couple Of
decades ago in Captain Dicktnson's
home in Chattanooga. But that Mrs.
Tucker wanted to be serious in pur-
pose with all her light-heartedness Of
style was evident every little while
all through the Afternoon. She argued
along lines familiar to many Tribune
readers in setting forth the nature,
significance and beauty of folk-songs
in general and Afro-American folk
songs in particular: but her plea in
their behalf was much more eloquent
in the infectious humor Of her sing
ing of Hey! Mistah Rabbit and her
deeply emotional Interpretation of I
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray than in
her arguments It was something new
to those OF her listeners who had no
experience Of the romance OF south
ern plantation life to hear land see.
also) how the old mammys Of blessed
memory used to put their little
charges to sleep. not with the sooth-
ing songs prescribed by the methods
Of the modern scientific nursery. but
by singing songs of fearful import
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Former Senator. Dead.

iIp,tea Press Leased Wire Service.1
M i.f = MAZOO, Mich, Nov. FLOR
Me-, senator Julius Caesar Burrows of
toSa died at his home here early
NAY, Burrows had been in mis- hest
NV 'n al oay and was actively plan
n.a trip to California where he
was 10 spend the winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Enforce the I awI

Huron HuroniLe: No one has yet
heard of a community in which the
laws regulating the operation of auto
mobiles are observed. In this dis
obedience of plain statutes the pedes
trian is exposed to the greatest danger
and yet it not infrequently happens
that persons in over-speeded machines
become the victims Of their own rash
ness. They need to be protected
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17

and list w'aring EN- out Mrs. Tuck
er's demonstration opened the door to
speculation in the psychology of cradle
songs. The writer of this notice was
reminded Of how he came into posses
sion of beautiful variant of the
grewsome ballad of Hugh Of Lincoln,
as it is called in the history Of Eng
fish balladry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
CARD OF THANKS.

To the dear people Of the city: We
extend to them our sincere thanks for
the beautiful flowers and all other
kindnesses.
LOUISA ROLLINS AND FAMILY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Pleas a Neither

tbir,. isas City Times: The English
ava a MT. lansing's note is too harst,
W. W. me GeTmans think il is too Md
tb ba'eh is pretty good evidence. from
ire. american point of view, that it is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
MRS. TUCKER HAS
|. NEW YORK TRIUMPH
Her Folk Songs and Spirituas of the
Negroes Received in Splendid
Manner by Gotham
People.
KREHBEIL APPROVES
Highest Authority on Negro Folk
Songs Gives ApprovaI-Maurice
Klein is proud of
Singer.

The friends Of Mrs. Collingwood
Tucker, and that means all Keokuk,
will be pleased to know that her song
recital given at the Bandbox theater
at New York Sunday afternoon was
a personal triumph. This little New
York theatre is the last word in
Gotham in an artistic way, and a
musician who appears there has ar
rived.
The New York Tribune contains a
criticism of Mrs. fuckers recital
written by H. E. Krehbeil He is the
highest authority in America on negro
folk-songS and his commentator car
ried with 1t greater weight than that
of any other American.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17

AGAINST themselves while the innocent
pedestrian needs to be protected
AGAINST those who endanGer not only
themselves, but others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Terrifying Theme.


After a lecture some years ago on
folksong in America in a New Eng
land city, lady of gentle birth and
breeding put in his hands version
of the old song which has ritual muir
der for it's theme, and said she and
her family had been sung to sleep by
It for generations, and had never once
suspected the awfulness Of it's story.
But she could recall visibly one of its
melodic effects, because It always
made the sleepy feeling come.
THE first part Of Mrs. fuckers en-
tertainment was devoted to secular
and religious folksongs; the second,
to song of anteb ellum days and two
illustrating the humor and pathos of
southern plantation life during and
after the war of the rebellion. Then
came specimens OF the artistic after
math called forth by the real folk
songs and the limitations of them
which enlivened negro minstrelsy in
it's palmy days. She sang Kingdom
COMM and 'Camptown Races roll
licklngly and unctuously and DE Ole
Home with simple pathos which had
special appeal for many Of her
heahers." ..s..
Praise from Maurice Klein,
From Maurice Klein, who sends the
program and criticism to The Gate
City, comes also the following letter
in which he expresses himself as
being proud of friend and Of his old
home town:
II ever I was proud Of a friend
and my home town I was this
afternoon.
I always knew that Mrs. Tuck
er was talented, but her lecture
recital today was perfect reve-
lation to me. My! how she has
improved in every way. Her won.
derful personality stage presence,
perfect control Of voice and con.
vincing manner won for her the
hearty applause and econ:ums =
that followed each number on her
varied programme
Her work was unique and fas.
cinating to those Of her audience
who did not know her, was
doubly appreciated by her Keo-
kuk friends who heard and mar
yelled at the naturallness and
even poise with which she render
ed each song. Indeed I closed my
eyes and fancied I was in the
parlor of her home on Fulton
street, to which it was always
delight and pleasure to go, so en-
tirely at home was she on the
stage of New York theatre.
I sat behind a gentleman who
is recognized as the foremost
critic not only of New York but
Of the world and watched his fare
while Mrs. Tucker war swaying
her audience from laughter to
tears and back to laughter and I
tell you was proud-and this
man was crying and laughing with
the rest of us-that in itself be-
speaks the success that crowned
Mrs fuckers efforts. AS one re-
viewer of her work has said. "she
takes her listeners into her con-
fidence and leads them to laugh
ter and tears at will"
You folks at home should well
come her back with open arms
because she has done herself and
you all proud. and no one in the
world is happier to send this
word to you than l.
MAURICE KLEIN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
Gives Full Prcdram.

Gives UT TTCg! ATT.
Mrs fuckers program included
most Of the songs that Keokuk has
heard her sing. She gave the folk
songs of the negro, the spirituals
plantation melodies and little studies
in color.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-17
The New York View.

The following is from the New York
Tribune of November Is:
There was nothing, perhaps, more
Indicative of the utterly unconvention-
al, even unprofessional, character of
the entertainment given in the Band
box theatre yesterday afternoon than
the fact that there was nothing in the
announcement on the house bill which
one received after entering the tiny
playhouse to tell who it was that was
to give the entertainment. Not even
what its character was to be, unless
1t could be guessed from the list of
titles which followed the general
heading 'Songs Of the Old South" AS
matter OF fact, there is scarcely a
definition in our ordinary concert-room
Technology which would have fitted
the case, for 1t was neither lecture
nor concert, nor even that hybrid
thing called lecture-rec!tal.
cit might have been we'll had the
programme mentioned the name OF
the entertainer, but even that was for
gotten, or neglected, and one had to
guess that it was Mrs. Collingwood
Tucker from some excerpts from
newspaper notices printed on the back
of the programme.
1.-THE audience, however, not mum.
erous but extremely appreciative anil
cordial In its expression of approval
seemed well able to dispense with all
Introductory words. Like Mrs. Tuck
er, they were from the south (the ma
jority of them, at any rate). and If
they did not know her personally they
knew by inheritance, Or experience,
or intuition the songs she had come
to sing and talk about, and showed by
many a neighborly nudge and smile
and hearty laugh how much they en-
joyed the reminders Of her childhood
which had also been theirs, the bits
OF amiable local color in the pronun-
citation Of some words, the humor and
also the pathos of her tales and her
songs.
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The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-24
HELPFUL HINTS
FOR HOUSEWIVES
Cradle Made of Gas Pipe and
a Clothes Basket.

The cradle illustrated has all the ad-
vantages of any rocker cradle. and, be-
sides. IT is much easier for the mother
to take the baby from IT while lying
In bed. as the supports run under and
cause the basket to tip toward the
bed.
IL is constructed OF a clothes basket.
several pieces OF three-fourths inch
pipe and two twO-way side outlet tees.
says Popular Mechanics. The standards
are thirty-eight inches long, ornament
ed on their upper ends with brass bed
post balls The spreader is forty-four
inches long. Each extension for the
SUPPORTS is thirteen inches long, bent
as shown, and fitted with a caster on
the lower end. About six and one-half
inches from the upper ends OF the
standards holes are drilled and hooks
fastened by riveting the ends OF the
hook material. These hooks hold the
ends Of the ropes attached TO the sides
OF the basket. The inside of the basket
is given a coat OF white enamel paint
The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-24
Cream Of Asparaqus Sour.

Wash, trim and scrape the stalks Of
one bunch, cut the heads" one inch
long and bon separately till done, then
drain and set aside. Cut the rest into
inch pieces, cover with one and one
half pints OF boiling water and cook
until very tender. adding a pinch OF
salt and the juice of one small onion.
Strain and mash through a sieve, add
a pint OF hot milk and half a pint OF
cream. thicken with butter and -four
rubbed to a paste, add the asparagus
heads, season TO taste and serve with
toasted croutons.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-24

Here is a plan that is very useful
for removing the disagreeable odors
OF cooking from a room: Take a few
pieces OF brown paper and soak them
In saltpeter water. Remove them and
allow them to dry. When necessary
take a piece OF the paper SO treated.
place 1T on a fat tin and put hand
full OF dried lavender upon it and ap-
ply a light The aroma is very re
freshing and agreeable and viii quick
ly do away with Objectionable remind
ers from the kitchen regions.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-24
Smothered Steak.

Buy piece OF round steak, cut about
two inches thick; place in a pan, lay
three or four thin slices Of bacon and
a small onion. sliced, over the top and
dredge with salt, pepper and -four.
Add no water. Keep in a hot oven
until the bacon is well Drowned. then
cover the meat with boiling water, put
on a lid and simmer on the back OF
the stove for two or three hours. When
ready TO serve remove the steak to a
platter. thicken the gravy and pour
over the meat. Every bit of an other
wise tough steak is good.