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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

country town supported a library,
high school, ball team, and we had big
celebrations every year.
"A farm near a live town soon
doubles in value sold my forty
acres at big advance and bought an
eighty, gradually adding to 1t until I
had 200 acres OF the best land in
Iowa, I then felt no need Of asking
favors, and found it easy to patronize
the mail order agents that came al
most weekly to our door, regret to
say that I was the first in the country
to make up a neighborhood bill and
send 1t to a mail order house. Though
we got bit every once in while, we
got In the habit Of sending away for
stun.
Gradually our merchants lessened
their stock Of goods-for lack Of pat
ronage Finally We began to realize
that when we needed bolt quickly
for machinery, Or clothing for sick
ness or death, We had to wait and
send away for it, which wasn't SO
pleasant. One by one our merchants
moved to places where they were ap-
preciated, and men OF less energy
moved In. Gradually our town has
gone down, our business houses are
tacky' In appearance, number are
empty; our schools, churches and
walks are going down; We have no
band, no library, nor ball team. There
is no business done in the town, and
therefore no taxes to keep things up.
Go down to the depot when the
freight pulls in and you will see the
sequel in mail order packages
Nine years ago my farm was
worth 1895 an acre; today I'd have
hard matter to sell it at $167 an acre
1t Is too far from live town'-so
every farmer has said that wants to
buy. He wants place near schools
and churches, where his children can
have advantages. / have awakened
to the fact that in helping to pull the
town down, 1t has cost me $500 in
nine years. Journal Of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin.
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t.aEAIkEs tn BEST COUGH
nEMEDY AT HUE
Cheaper Than You Can Buy

When you have a severe, stubborn
cough or cold. you want tn best poss;hIe
medicine you can get, therefore. whv
not buy one which is guaranteed vii!
be found the most satisfactory re-,e5r,
ever used by you, and get your n1o1ey
refunded by the druggist of this city
named below, whom you know to he ~,
sponsible. IN case it should not prove 60
instead of buying one purely on the A.
apre-atcd claims of its manufactr-e- -
on the strength OF testimonials 49, ~.
others and run the chance Of patti.a
something worthless and wasting yoTS
noneya In buying Schifmann's Cor.
eeutraied ExpectoTant, besides secur 2n :,
an absolute guarantee of its efhciencSv
from, these druggists, you also get abou,
eight times as much excellent cou.F
MEDICINE as you would il buying mos e
any of the oid-fashioned, ready-mad
kinds, because so cents worth makes
THE CITY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

whole pint when mixed at nome h haW
SIMPLY one pint Of sugar and on ;.;l,ais
pint Of water. This remedy po sni,,m
does no, contain chlorolorm;; o and IS
agTPhine Or a, any cough o.nsi medicine. i IS
pi L TO take and children are fo y, 2
p 81 t. This druggist win refund II. the
remedy docs not give perfect satisfac-
ton, or II It Is not touno Tug $50
best ever lscd for coughs. COLDS. pIo ~
chItls. Group. whooPing co s cole
iudye "a -,,s-r this positive guar
antse absolutely no risk is run IN
buying this remedy.
Druggists everywhere are auInor r.ss
to Sell I; under the same guafan's r.
II your druggist win not KEEP n.oi
you, order direct of r. j. Schinnau.n -. -,
ss. Paul, MINI, Guaranteed mere ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
HEROES IN TIE TRENCHES.

PARIS. Feb. 4.-These men IN the
trenches must keep incessant vigil
ance against sudden attacks by the
enemy The men who serve the ar
tillery fire day and night oftentimes
at an enemy that is never seen.
Medical science will save more
lives this wear than war will take, no
matter how terrifically murderous
that war may be. Then, too, the food
supply is very carefully looked after
by the commisariat. The food sup
My of the soldier must be wholesome.
Living in the open air, the men are
able to digest bareback with great
relish. Napoleon said, AN army fights
on its stomach" A man with
weak stomach is pretty sure to be
poor fighter 1t is difficult almost
impossible-for anyone. man or wom-
an, il digestion fs poor, to succeed
in business or socially-or to enjoy
life. In tablet or liquid form Ut.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
helps weak stomachs TO strong,
healthy action-helps them to digest
the food that makes the good, rich,
red blood which nourishes the entire
body.
This vegetable remedy, to great
extent. puts the liver into activity
oils the machinery Of the human sys-
TEN so that those who spend their
working hours at the desk, behind
the counter, or in the home are re-
juvenated into vigorous health.
It has brought relief to many thou
sands every year for nearly fifty
wears. It can relieve you and doubt
less restore your former health and
strength. At least you owl it to your
self to give 1t a trial. Sold by medi-
cine dealers or send so cents for box
of tabIets-Dr Pierce's Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo
N Y.
You can have DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser of 110S pages
in cloth binding, fully illustrated with
colored plates, for dimes or 30
cents.
Read all about yourself, your sys-
TEN, the physiology of life. sex prob
lens, marriage relations, anatomy.
hygiene. exercise. disease and its pre-
vention, simple home cures, etc.-Ad-
vertisement.
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best method is what the Legislature is
trying to determine.

A congressional committee wants
PeaTy and Cook to meet and discuss
the discovery Of the North Pole.
Please may We not also have Bacon
and Shakespeare present for a discus
sion of the authorship Of certain OBJ
scure plays; Jonah and the whale to
each tell his theory Of what did &C
tually happen before the visit to
Nfneveh; and William and George to
clear up the origin of an unpleasant
occurrence in Europe? says the Los
Angeles Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
BONAPARTE
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Bonaparte schools began Monday
after a week of vacation, because OF
the loss of the school building by fire.
The school is very pleasantly located
in the building formerly used for a
clothing factory. 1t is well lighted.
steam heated, and makes very
good temporary school building.
j. B. Moore Is in st. Louis this week
with two loads of fat cattle.
Mrs. George Seigel who has been
in Graham hospital in Keokuk for
several weeks. is at home, much inn
proved in health.
Mrs. Jay Wilson left Tuesday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
The STARVING BIRDS.

/ A cores pendent of the ST. Louis
GIobe-Democrat from Alton, ILL.,, sends
a stirring appeal to the farmers Of
Illinois and Missouri which could very
properly include Iowa and neighboring
states, to feed the starving birds. We
quote in part from his communication,
which certainly will appeal to all the
farmers, who are especially benefited
by the birds, and will touch the hearts
of all who love these God-given crea-
lures and without whom we could not
live:
May ask the sympathy and efforts
of the Globe-Democrat on behalf of
the thousands of Gods beautiful
creatures slowly starving to death in
Illinois and Missouri? The present
deep snow is freezing and starving
the quail and prairie chickens, par
ticularly in central Illinois. The poor
crops of last year left nothing for
them in the harvest fields. / have
seen them so weak and hungry that
they did not have strength to escape
from man on foot. Can any one
with any heart at all think of these
defenseless things. budding together
under the snow--their poor little
bodies found cold and stiff in death,
Witch Tile SHOW IISilS .s7 all Oil OlN
soldier, but it almost makes me cry
to think of It,
NY friend says, "God made the
prairie chickens, and He made the
snow" But when God made these, He
also made the countless thickets.
brush and wild seed producing plants,
afrording food and shelter to these
poor birds. Now man. the devastator,
has cleared the land, leaving only
iarren wastes in winter The count
Tess focks of prairie chickens were
once the pride of Illinois. Their boom
in early spring has
been written in song and story. Now
a few fugitives, living furtive life,
are all that is left. The same with
all wild fe-disappearing from the
earth. while man, like the San Jose
scale. is crowding out the animal and
plant world.
The Globe-Democrat speaks of aid
from the state legislature! This aid
may come next year or year after.
from the slow-moving, utterly indfffer-
ent and talking state legislators. Help
must come now-right off-right away.
NV nroposition is that every farmer
and other persons living in the game
country feed these starving birds right
now-to the best Of his ability. Corn
for the chickens and wheat for the
ruaiI Oats are Injurious to fowls not
IN gravelly country. Let each
snrinkle one. or five, or twenty bush
eIs IF corn and wheat, and then make
, t,idavi+ or certificate, reinforced by
INC certificate of a neighbor of repute,
ar the postmaster or other suitable
such grain to be paid for
subsequently, either by appropriation
or private subscription
r. is not conceivable that any one
would he mean enough to make few
dolIars fraudulently by this means, or
moan enough not to contribute to the
navment. Poor as I am. will CON
tribute.
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s.
morning for Oklahoma to spend sew
eral weeks with her mother and
brother.
Arlie Kerr Of Chicago is visiting
the John Kerr, family.
Revival meetings are In progress
at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Nell Smith, Agnes Meek and
Gertrude Whitley entertained the
P. e. o. chapter at an auction sale
at the home of Mrs. Smith, Monday
afternoon Lunch was served after
the sale and the proceeds will go to
the P. e. o. educational fund. When
the bargain packages were opened,
all enjoyed a hearty laugh. Mrs. Meek
was auctioneer.
Mrs. Laura Dulin is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Roof, at Fremont,
Iowa.
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WORK.
LET me but do my work from day tc
day,
In the field and forest, at the desk OF
loom,
In the roaring market place Or tran
quil room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say
When vagrant wishes beckon me
astray-
"This is my work, my blessing, not
my doom;
OF all who live, l am the one by
whom
This work can best be done, in the
right way"
Then shall I see it not too great nor
small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my
powers,
Then shall I cheerfully meet the
laboring hours,
And cheerful turn when the long
shadows fall
At eventide to play and love and
rest,
Because l know for me, my work is
best.
Henry Van Dyke.
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cabinet Members Talk.

WASHINGTON, Feb N4.-The atti-
.uda of the administration toward
American investors in foreign coun-
trjes was outlined today before the
chamber of commerce of the United
Statos at today's session of its an
nual convention.
: Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
,.sc,,ssed the development of the
.ar;can merchant marine, reporting
~ AM the growth of American flag ship
on since restrictions of registration
pig pig removed. Senator Theodore Bur.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

was not covered. Weeks at a time would
be In such misery that did not get .
nights rest My body was covered with
shiny white scales and under them was as
red and infamed as blood. They would
crack open some half an inch In length.
MY husband was telling q friend Of tho
condition was in. and he too had been q
sufferer Of the same trouble and had been
healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. T
at once commenced the treatment In
eighteen weeks was entirely WELL" (signedl
Mrs. Edwin Mitchell. June 20. 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Adj
dress postcard .Cuticura, Dept. T. Bos-
tom" Sold throughout the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
HAIR COMING oUT9

Dandruff causes feverish irritation
OF the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp OF every particle Of dan
druff. get a 25-cent bottle Of Dander-
inc at any drug store, pour little In
your hand and rub 1t into the scalp.
After few applications the hair
stops coming out and you can't md
any Jdandruff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

A bill by Farr OF Woodbury. has
been introduced In the senate to pro-
vide that the railroad commission
shall provide rules for the construc-
ton of all electrical wires of tele-
phone, telegraph and railroad COM
panies. The commission also will be
required to inspect the wires The
measure is designed to lessen the
number of accidents resulting from
improper insulation of electric wires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

ton of Ohio, Joseph 81 Davies, com
missioner Of corporation, Paul 4.
Cherrington and Harry A. Wheeler.
the latter members Of the organiza-
ton, were among the speakers today.
Secretary of Commerce Redfield and
Hon. Charles H. Hamlin, governor Of
the federal reserve board, will speaA
at the banquet tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
Old Enough to Vote.

NEWTON, N. j.. Feb. Mrs. Wa.
lace Douglas, wife of an Instructor ar
Columbia university, bought dozen
eggs the other day. They were strict
ly fresh. the grocer said. The firss
one she opened was sick; the second
was hardly convaIescent.
A third was stamped May 6, 1892.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They will like Rexall
Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes
like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
McGrath Bros. Drug Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

years. For the first nine or
ten years it would come and
go but each appearance would
be longer and more severe
until it refused to leave at
all until I got so bad that I
could not do any work. At
times there was not q place
on my entire body. except
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The Stanford California football
game netted about $4,000. Education
can properly be classed among the
high cost of living
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The deficit in the national treasury
at this time is s69, 540,409 as against
S19,445,094 at the same period last
year which causes the Los Angeles
Times to "hurrah for the new free
DOM"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
Sample Each Free by Mai
IOWA PREss coMMENT,

It seems to the Boone News-Re-
publican as though the state of Iowa
ought to be able to worry along a
while yet without a Temple Of JUS
tice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

If the country has the right kind of
an administration it will be able to
give every man a job, or at least see
that there is plenty of work for ev-
cry man. Let's make a change and
try it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

II telegraph reports give out the
correct news, President Wilson has
kicked his hat out of the ring. The
signs of the times portend III for the
president.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

That Judge Wade is fitted for the
federal bench by erudition, expert
ence and temperament Is the opinion
of the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

William Travers Jerome is out of
the Thaw case. Wonder if the money
run out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
SUFFERED IS YEARS
WITH PSORIASIS
Weeks at a Time in Such Misery Did
Not Geta Nights Rest. UsedCuti-
cura. In IS Weeks Entirely Well.

1O7 N. Mesaba Ave-. Virginia. Mimi
"Since was fourteen years Of age suffered
with psoriasis. I was suffering for fifteen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

Saint Valentine day is not far away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

Read TheeGate cltp.~ant column.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

'It always has seemed strange that
men refuse to conduct public business
as they would their private enter
prises, but 1t seems that that condi-
ton will come along with the millen-
num-" remarks the Storm Lake Pr
lot-Trfbune, in discussing Governor
Clarke's graft" charges against the
state senate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

"A little more genuine progressive
ness and little less fake progressive
ness is what Iowa needs declares
the Eagle Grove Eagle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

as this a measure to rescue the
perishing or is it one of those Great
err Iowa schemes to induce all the
people in the world to come to our
state and get rich inquiries the Wa
terloo Courier regarding the Ccakley
bill to compel every county to furS
nish work for its unemployed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The Clinton Herald says Judge
Wade undoubtedly will succeed the
late Judge Mcpherson on the federal
bench and that he is "eminently fit
ted for the place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

"If any class Of public servants is
entitled to feel that their last years
are protected from poverty, the
teachers of Iowa may Justly claim
precedence over ALL" states the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican in advo-
eating pensions for teachers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The Onawa Democrat suspects that
the fact that few democratic judges
have been elected in republican dis
tricts is what prejudices some Of the
republicans against the non-partisan
judiciary law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

SIS this the open season Tor Jokes p
demands the Iowa City Press, by way
of comment on the suggestion OF
Henry VoIlmer for federal Judge.
and also for governor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The Cedar Rapids Republican, op-
posing the short ballot plan, declares
the people of Iowa are not yet pre-
pared to make the governor the car
and allow him to fill all minor Off
ces by appointment. NJ
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

Every legal voter should be given
the opportunity to vote" insists the
Sheldon Mail in urging the passage
of an absent voters law in the inter,
est Of travelling men and others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

IAN the booze fighters in Iowa are
ready to convict the legislature of
cruelty to saloon keepers" says the
Des Moines Register and Leader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

The Webster City Journal is op.
ncsed to allowing the railroads to
raise the passenger rate from cents
70 21h cents a mile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

"If we understand Governor
Clarke's economy plan" remarks the
Sibley Tribune, che would save the
money paid for door keepers to buy
Des Moines real estate"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

keokuk, Iowa -. February q, 1915
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

IF the present general assembly
is made up Of forward looking men
and it's initial work gives warrant
for the belief that it fs-this bill win
become a law" declares the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil, referring to bill
providing for a Temple Of Justice at
Des Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04

To members OF the legislature, the
)debolt Chronicle offers this advice:
Swat the man with a. bill in his
land."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-18
DARKEN GRAY
HAIR, EASY, SAFE
NEW TREATMENT-NoT A DYE.
manifestations GRAY HAIR
DARK AND LUsTROUs.

II your hair is gray. strcakcd with
gray. prematurely or just turning
uay. n your hair ~ falling. DO you
lave dandrud and your head itchcs.
simply shampoo your scalp and hair
a few times with Q Ban Hair Color Re
etorer. Nothing else required fn "a
day or - an your gray hair win turn
10 its natural youthful dark shade. I'm
IRE head 81 hair win become clean.
fresh. lustrous. wavy. thick. soft. FUN
~ life. dark and handsome. Q-Ban BE-
harmless. is not dye. but acts on
the roots. making hair and scalp
healthy. 90 the gray hair naturally
turns beautifully dark. 20 evenly
that mo- one can tell BE- has been
used Get a big 7.oz bottle for
60 cents Apply AL directed on
bottle 10 @ Ban don't darken your
gray hair 50c refunded can CO., write
GriCst DRUG Co. 1888 Market street.
Wheeling vs.. Va Outoftowu folks
supplied by parcel post ASK Tor q
Ian Hair Color Bostorcr.
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Side TALKS
NV Ruth csmeron.)
Someday.

'Mastq are always dreamy 20 look at.
they speak e. romance OF the sea. ~ I'M
known lands. OF distant forests agiow
with tropical colors and Astounding with
strange forms of life. In the hearts Of
most Of there ig always n desire FOR
something beyond experience. Hardly
any OF us but have thought some day
Z shall go on long voyage. but the
years go by and eth We have not
sailed"
what De- that station" asked the
mot1rist o. we swung past D. rather
pretty little railroad station. on our way
from rIe summer home Co che city.
90 think It Del Black Rock" BIOL answer
On Nna then. WITH p touch ar ai-9,sey
stop and md out"
Tho words were feu and oolYrIrse.
NHf tho tone Ir WNl.N fUn" were SPOKEN
,lsf -Ig t,1 l- trt.. t.--.. s..s
which means that biol passes that sta.
iau e.tn'I -FOUR .A mes wee.
read lf from Che ruuf. and eo boo IliE
u HuI.rH about o. successes what DO may
b. eHa grrom,-gss 9.wg-s.f h4t s'm .Ii.i
In au ultra simple Trims f1 dH. and rrt
fHH das. ard the weeks rnl t1e summers
rbs Little promises We Mato Ourselves
wei aI make ourerIrrT'
some. . VIII t7 that int'r
Goo sraf besides us oH tHe train ro many
s.m.1s, vs arc roI1r ra F.t QUO .r
.u. H.rEr...I vacation nH..t. anI spend
urr vacation IH .Hm" really novel WAY.
-"u.il. r. F.IuF 'n write lr'.
rhinra We Dou'd nave rime for IN To-
days h0utine
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How's Your Kick?

n the feet have tendency 90 30
ON strike and growl with pain. feel
inE hot and uncomfortable. you can
take them before o. board OF arbrra.
ton that viii restore them 90 sure
and cheerful working power at once
Here's fhr way First "a hot foot bath
Iu which has been dissolved af least
4 tahiesp onfuls of gD Mule Team Pow.
dored BorIc You cannot use too much
Of tha bor.r Tho more tho merrIar
When drcssInE. shake a little lu
Mule Team Powdered Eoric into tra
foot Of tho stocking and also epunkis
a little in iha shoe. especially on tHo
ole and bob tho too THrn you arr
ready to walk. work. dance. of just
merely kick
All lead.nn druggists sell 2D Mule
Team Powdered Gouc.
HOw's Your Kick.