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The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

f. Randall Leonard. of Bath. Me.
is the owner of an old razor taken
from the pack of a French soldier by
an English soldier named Prescott on
the field of the battle of Waterloo
1t was presented to Thomas Leonard
by Mr.. Prescott in 1910. and was used
by him until his death. The razor is
much like modern cne, only heavier.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
WOMEN'S Voting
aids No LAWS
Mrs. Guilford Points Out How
Pennsylvania Leads Many
Suffrage States.
CAN CUT COST OF LIVING
Her Plea Is that Women Attend to
Their Home Duties and Let
Politics Alone.
by MRS. SIMEON H. GUILFoRD,

BY MRS. SIMEON II. GUILFORD,
Member Executive Board, Penngl'ania Association
OPPOSED to Woman Suffrage.
Much is made OF the ballot for women
as Il means to an end; the end announced
being the general betterment of condi
tons. Many persons believe women
votes would remedy all the evils In civic
life-without realizing that civic life Is a
compound product. in which womens in
f1uence is at least as great as mans S,
when exercised along the lines Of spe-
cialization that make for efficient achieve
ment of anything.
The recitation of laws that exist or do
not exist in suffrage and male-suffrage
States has become exhausted as an arsu-
ment. The suffragists themselves are
asked by their national president not to
answer the ants when they argue along
these lines-for the very obvious reason
that the male-suffrage States lead IN
remedial and protective legislation-and
the subject is rather tIresome to the aver
age reader.
SUFFRAGE states Behind.
With Pennsylvania leading in mothers
pensions, protection to married women.
and child labor laws, and Judge Lindsey
declaring that in spIe OF suffrage, Colo
RADIO is twenty years behind Massachu-
setts in many reforms: and wyoming
and Idaho. States with forty-hve and
nineteen years of suffrage, only recently
enactine legislation passed in Pennsyl-
vania siXty-five years ago to protect
women-the law comparison tables have
become altogether one-sided. But law is
only minor part of civilization. though
few seem able to realize this fact.
1t is the screaming insistence on votes
and politics as necessary for the ac-
Of things that women have
done for generations in a qnieter and
more effective way, that disgusts the
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

Brightwood Review. No. s. initiated
three members. Mrs. A. VI. WEIGH pre-
siding. last Monday. The mother of
Mrs. Phoebe Perry, commander of
Brightwood Review, is very i'll.
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Woman's Benefit Association
of the Maccabees.
REVIEWS.

July 5-Pythian Temple, Independence. No. I, reg
uar meeting.
July 6-Pythian Temple, Victory No. 70. regular
meeting
July s-Northcast Temple. Twelfth and Streets
Union. No. G. regular meeting.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

Mr.. Bryan gave up being Secretary
Of State to become Secretary of State
ments.-New York Morning telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

offering to Miss Hill said, simply, In
| that gallant Southern manner. with no
| touch of facetiousness, here. MAJ m, you
must feel very faint. This will cool you
off little The lady on the soap box
/ felt surprised and not little touched
| by the thoughtfulness. She took the
| lemonade and thanked the gentleman.
Heard No Objections.
4, During the many days Miss Hill adj
dressed Charleston audiences. not once
did she hear an objection raised to the
| method of obtaining the franchise
| through the Federal government. To
| these Southern men Of one of the oldest
and most important of the pioneer
States in the Union. the government
seemed the natural thing to go to. There
was there no question whatever of the
infringement of States rights we hear
so much about from anti-suffrage Con-
gressmen. and some of the more con-
sentative suffragists themselves. These
Southern men could differentiate between
infringement of a right, and the direct
application of that same inalienable and
sovereign right of the States to pass
upon all important questions, and to
have a voice in the amending of the
Constitution which is as much the prop
erty of men from South Carolina as it
is of those from Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts, or New York.
Monday night, when 7 was speaking
at Fifth and Broad streets. Richmond,
Va, a young man who had offered on
previous occasions to speak for us. came
forward and addressed the crowd from
our automobile. He made excellent
speech. and told of the moral superiority
of women over men. He stated ne had
recently attained his majority, and that
he and several of his associates in college
upon graduating had pledged themselves
to form a league to help the women at
tain the franchise. and one of the most
practical ways of helping seemed to them
to be to help save the women's voices
from the strain of street speaking. He
did his part calamity. and offered his
services royalty, to speak whenever and
wherever he was needed.
Well Received in Virginia.
NO word of opposition did we hear in |
Virginia. The men and women who |
came to the corners to hear US wer" in |
va ria bly, attentive and interested.
On the street in Washington, the other
evening. the women who were holding
street meeting had an interesting eXpe-
rience with some southern men who were
either living in. or visiting. Washng-
ton, who passed the corner where they
were speaking. Mrs. ellison Gardner was
speaking. Mrs. NJ. E. Brooke, another
well-known and popular Washington
was scouting the crowds pass
ing to get an audience. during the first
sentences of the speech. \ gentleman
was seen passing and Mrs. Brooke in
vited him to stop and listen. The gen.
tleman did not hear what she said and
stopped and asked in a courteous South
arn voice, What can l do for you. ma M
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

Victory Review, No. Il. gave a fun and
frolic party last Tuesday. Mrs. Mabel
T. La Rue gave an interesting and in
structive talk on the formation of the
society, its accomplishments. and its
hopes for the future. A program of
vocal and instrumental music was eff
fectively rendered. There were a num-
Der of knights of the Maccabees pres
emit: a very expert gypsy fortune teller
predicted coming events, and grab
bag" afforded much amusement. A hand
some hand-painted cake plate was won
by J. ]. Quigley. of New York. and a
bon bon dish by J. Holland, of this city.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

A meeting Of the Officers Club was
held Wednesday evening. with Mrs.
Mabel T. la Rue. deputy supreme COM
mander, in her apartment at Fontanet
Court. Considerable routine business
was disposed of. and Mrs. La Rue gave
detailed explanation of the changes that
have been made in the laws OF the Or
eaniZa ton. After the close of the meet
ing refreshments were served.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

NOTE: Folks in town and adjoining
counties are delighted with the results
they have obtained by using a NURIC,n
the newest discovery of DIR. Pierce, who
is head of the INvALIDs' HOTEL and
SURGICAL INSTITUTE, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Those who started the day with back
ache, stiff legs, arms and muscles, and
an aching head worn ont before the
day began because they were in and out
of bed half dozen times at night are
approaching the perfect rest, comfort
and new strength they obtained from
DR.. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. To prove
that this is certain uric acid solvent
and conquers headache, kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism, if
you've never used the wAnuric," cut
this out and send ten cents to Doctor
Pierce for a large sample package. This
will prove to you that wAnuric" is
thirty seven times more active than
lithia in eliminating uric acid-apd the
most perfect kidney and bladder cor
rector. If you are a sufferer, 60 to your
best druggist and ask for >5O-cent box
of rAnuric.n You run no risk for DR..
Pierce's good name stands behind this
wonderful new discovery as 1t has for
the past half century for his cGolden
Medical Discovery" which makes the
blood pure, his cFavorite Prescription
for weak women and his wPleasant
Pellets" for liver iila
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
eovERNMENT AND BUSINESS.

Samuel O.-Dunn, editor of the Rail-
way Age Gazette, addressing the
Transportation club OF Louisville, Ky,
on the subject of 1.-THE Government
and Business" closed his remarks as
follows:
We want government publicity for
business methods that are wrong;
but we dent want government prying
into and espionage Of all the details
of business. We want enough govern.
'ment control to hinder and punish
wrong doing; but we don't want
enough to restrict and burden busi-
ness men In everything they do.
whether right or wrong We want
government action that will correct
abuses: but we want II to be of a
kind which will at the same time slim
Iulate the development of commerce
and industry along all legitimate
lines. We want government action
that will protect every man in his
rights: but we don't want government
action which will deprive any man,
however rich, of the just fruits OF his
labors, to transfer them to any other
man, however poor We want govern
ment regulation that will promote
equity in the distribution of wealth;
but we don't want government regu-
lation that will interfere with the
production of wealth or with the mar
keting Of what is produced in competi-
! ton with the producers OF other coun-
tries In brief, we want government
regulation Of business, but not gov
eminent destruction of business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

chester, ILL.,, September 80, 1889. She
moved with her parents to this COM
munity in 1916. At the age Of four
teen years, she protested conversion
to Christ and joined the Baptist
church in 1854. On April l, 1857 she
was united in marriage to Mr.. Frank
MCGEE and was ever his faithful
and loving companion until his death
occurred June 80, 1914, since which
time she has been failing fast. She
often said she wished she could go
to him. She was stricken with par
alysis Wednesday and slowly grew
worse until death claimed her Friday
afternoon. December "a. at 5 p. m.
The funeral service Is to be held In
the Baptist church of which she has
SO long been q member and Which
was so dear to her heart, at p. m.
Sunday. Besides a large circle of
friends, she leaves two brothers, A.
]. Cole OF SCOTS Bluff, Nebr.. and
Charles Cole Of Spokane, Wash, and
one sister, Mrs. Matt Colwell OF this
place, to mourn her departure. Rev.
J. L. Henry Of the local church. Will
have charge Of the funeral, with Sam
MCGEE, Frank MCGEE, John MCGEE.
Eugene McGinnis, Lee Balloon, Of FL
vaston and Lee Colwell Of Quincy, as
pail bearers, music to be furnished
by the church choir. Interment will
be In the MCGEE cemetery.
The Christmas programs at ttle
churches Friday evening were we'll
rendered considering the Interrupt
tons in practicing. caused by the
weather. Space forbids a detailed re-
port, but both churches lived up to
their past regulations in giving
splendid program and after the pro-
gram, the Sunday school scholars
we're made happy with treat from
the Sunday school.
II Keokuk wants to make a fortune,
We suggest they get after the Wabash
and make them run the morning pas.
senger train within three hours cf
schedule The train was so late last
Thursday and Friday that many gave
up their shopping trip to Keokuk
and looked elsewhere for gifts. We
are satisfied that the two delays
those days caused Keokuk merchants
to lose $500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
"MIsQuLrEp.,

People whose utterances are report
ed in the newspapers complain daily
that they are misguided, misrepresent-
ed: that their words are distorted In
to sensationalism. The charge is 80
commonly heard that readers disbe-
ilieve whatever they think cannot be
true. says the Chicago Tribune.
OF course. newspapers make mis-
takes Exigencies Of time and space
make them unavoidable. Inexpert re-
porters occasionally get things hope
lessly snarled.
But the chief cause OF misrepresent-
alton in newspapers is the inability
of the person interviewed to say what
he means. One Of the most difficult
things a reporter has to deal with is
precisely this inarticulateness of al
most every person. People misrepre-
sent themselves. In the heat Of ex-
element perhaps, and say things they
do not mean. For most of the state
ments made to newspaper men are be-
got of some crisis or other. People
talk not only bad grammar but bad
| breakfast table they are not emotion
al. They do not remember saying
such things: they never said such
things: they have been misquoted.
Every newspaper office Is acquaint-
ed with persons who are misucoted
every time they open their mouths
or they say So If stenographer
took down the words in shorthand the
result would be the same. These per
sons simply fail to express themselves
I c1eariy.
AS a matter or fact most es~r
enced newspaper men do mfsquote al
most daily They turn ungrammatical
sentences into sentences which ap-
proximate the rules OF speech, and
they are inclined to modify rather
than sensationalize the words OF the
victim. For most of these interviewed
persons are entirely Impractical Ia
expressing their opinions for repro
duction. They exaggerate and they
omit. They make libelous statements,
Just as any one does in private con-
.versation And the reporter, because
his livelihood depends on his accur-
aey, is often compelled to write what
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
WAR is HELL"
Journey Journal.1

A father looked at the bullet
torn corpse of his first born.
From the whitened features had
gone the blood which made so
much for life. Gone were pride,
hope. fame, ambition. Gone was
the radiant prospects of the
riper years. Gone was all but
just the shattered resemblance
of what had been a man, the
mere representative, the miser-
able caricature of what had
been imbued with the FIRE Of
vital and vitalizing humanity.
And as he lifted the flag which
covered the wasted features
and the shell ridden body, the
aged man, himself soldier OF
two years, without tear, and
that grief is beyond expression
which settles fearless on the
soul, exclaimed in the transport
of that agony which comes but
once only in the transitory
Journey from the cardle. to the
grave: ITO think that this was
required of me by England"
And in a far distant land,
amid the SHOWS of the Canadian
northwest, a mother, with the
silver hairs among the gold,
read and re-read the brief army
bulletin which told how her
son had died at the front. had
died with his face to the enc
my; had died as he had lived.
Clearly and with his eyes to-
ward God; died for king and
a country and she would never
see his face again because he
was buried in an unknown
grave in a foreign land. She
thought of the long winter
nights when she had charmed
the tired eyes to sleep, when
she had crooned to the tired
mind the songs which only the
tongue OF mother knows,
when she had prayed that the
God of the father,ess and the
oppressed would spare her boy.
And it had all come to this.
Just a grave somewhere on
bleak hillside in land which
she had never seen.
Along the banks OF the Can
ges, in a country which has a
civilization older than that of
anys other country except per-
haps that of China. woman
weeps that the man Of her
choice has persisted in the
trenches around Ypres. That
he persisted gloriouslv for the
empire on whose nag the sun
never sets. the empire that the
sun follows its drumbeat in
his majestic march around the
world, does not lessen the
measure of her grief nor the
poignancy of her sense OF loss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

Senator Kenyon has sent to the
fourth assistant postmaster general a
strong letter Of protest regarding the
way in which Iowa rural route pat.
rons have been Disseminated against.
Among other things he said: From
the length of the routes you are es-
tablishing in parts of Iowa l would
Judge that you think we have asphalt
pavement through the state. beg to
inform you that we have common dirt
roads and there are certain times of
the year it win not be possible for
rural route carriers to operate daily
over the routes you have laid out"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
Gee, but It's Great to Meet Friend
from Your Own Home Town!

The child-labor law in Pennsyl-
vania will go into effect January l..
To meet the requirements. continue
ton classes will be formed in many
of the department stores in Philadel-
phia. The superintendent of schools
announces that nine concerns. en-
ploying 1900 children between the
ages of ID to 16, had notified him
that they have arranged to maintain
the schools in their own establish
ments. and would conform with the
course Of study laid down by the
board.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
A MESSAGE 70 AMERICANS.


Twice within few weeks has Rn-
dolph Blankenburg, born in Germany.
reborn In the American spirit, deliv-
cred a stirring message to his coun-
trymen.
In Philadelphia the president Of
the United States was among those
moved perhaps to tears by his earn
est plea for national unity. In New
York, Saturday, he told Rennsylvani-
ans, who OF all the children of the
states most proud OF their pedigrees,
that neither British nor German
Americans, nor Irish, Scotch. French.
Italian or observation-disclosures" should
as such, have weight in our affairs,
says the New York World.
The veteran mayor whom Phila-
delphia. to her cost, is losing. would
have us prepare against possible foes,
abroad, but more against "the domes-
tic foe who may, unrecognized for
love OF riches, our political ambitions
and our vanity to upbuild himself on
the ruins of popular government"
the partisan politician ito whom par
ty Is paramount to conscience"
Speaking of the day when selfish
ness will be supplanted by disinterest-
ed service, cowardice by manly cour-
age, Indifference by earnest longing
to lend a helping hand" Mayor
Blankenburg bids us abolish all dis
tinctions that may lead to ill-feelins.
and let us call ourselves, before the
whole world. Americans first, last,
and all the time"
Finer word has not been spoken
than this message to Americans of a
true American citizen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
.owe No Man Anything 2

Fremont Tribune: Someone has
conceived the idea of national pay
up week. This means that during a
certain week (February 21-26) every
body under the salary flag will under
take to discharge his financial obliga-
'tions. 1t is a great scheme and
should be entered into heartily by
every patriot who understands the
blight of debt. "Owe no man any.
thing is Bible Injunction. The wis.
dom of that solemn command is un.
derstood only when one fmagines the
happy condition that would prevail
when the world was on cash basis.
1T would certainly result In cutting out
a lot Of foolishness. II we all bought
just what we could pay for we woul1
be living within our means and we
wouldn't be victims of extravagances
that keep us poor and dishonest; for
it is downright dishonesty to plunge
into debt and let the other fellow
carry the burden. We favor a pay-up
week. and will instruct the cashier to
be on hand early to receive what's
coming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
Keokuk, Iowa December 90, 1915
THE HAPPY HOME OF CHILDHOOD

! THE HAPPY HOME OF CHILDHOOD
am dreaming all the day or that
land so far away.
Where ! spent the days Of childhood
long ago;
There's no spot SO dear to me as the
place / long to see,
'Tis the only home my heart can
ever know.
can see my mother dear. toiling on
from year to year.
As by faith she made the sweetest
blossoms grow:
Now / sing her this refrain while my
heart must still remain
In the happy home OF childhood
long ago.
Refrain:
Then Oh let me go to the dearest
spot I know,
To the place where sweetest fruits
and flowers grow;
BY the prairie far and wide. near the
woods and lakes beside,
Stands the happy home OF child
hood long ago.
oh. some lovely spots I've found,
searching this old world
around.
But no matter where my tired feet
may roam;
That one place OF all the rest, shall
always love the best,
For twas there I found my child
hoods happy home.
Over on the golden shore. loving
friends have gone before.
We shall join them when our final
day appears;
But while waiting here below It's a
pleasant thought to know
That we loved them in our child
hoods happy years.
Frank L. Kern.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
SUFFERED From Blcucaf llp
klpAEy Trouble FOB YElRs.

Dear Readers II wish to tell you
that 1 suffered from backache and
kidney trouble for years. heard of
Doctor Pierce's Anuric Tablets and l
tried them. They cured my backache;
they do all that is required of them.
l hope people that are troubled with
backache will give them good trial.
/ am sure they will not fail to benefit.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. GEO. DEMINa,
Avoca, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

The city circulation OF The Gate
City increased twenty-nine during the
period of a certain contest and the
total increase during the life Of the
contest was approximately $50. Just
making a newspaper is the most ef-
rective and the most satisfactory way
Of increasing a subscription list.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
subpoena tor capelIe.

limited Press leased Wire Service.1
wife, Robert Capelle, North German
Lloyd representative, in hiding since
his name was mentioned In connec-
ton with pro-German bomb plots on
the coast, was served with a subpoena
to appear before the federal grand
jury Monday. Capelle denied knowl-
edge of any plots and ridiculed the
charge that $350,O00 was placed at his
disposal by the imperial German gov.
eminent to further the alleged con-
spiracies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

1t is now announced that Champ
Clark will make the speech nominal
ing President Wilson for second
term. Will Colonel Bryan lead the
cheering?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

It remains to be seen whether Sec
rotary Daniels will be able to buy
any battleships with the money that
Secretary McAdoo has cleverly shift
ed from one side of the ledger to the
other in order to make a financial
showing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

J. Fred Helf, author of Everybody
Works but Father and half hun
dred popular songs. is dead. He
wrote the airs and ballads that ap-
peal to the public, those ephemeral
and simple ones. whistleable tunes
that brought joy into the lives of
great many people. Remember Helf's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

Secretary Lane is said to be booked
for the seat OF Justice Lamar on the
bench of the supreme court OF the
United States President Wilson does
not seem to be enamored of the Taft
idea that such places ought to go to
a political opponent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

There is manifestly lack Of faith
In the administration ability of the
party now in control. If full conf
dence was in evidence the prosperity
Of this country would be unpreced-
ented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

LIST OF IeIterS remaining III IN0
Keokuk postofice, uncalled for, for
week ending December %, 1915:
Iadieo.
Mrs. A. F. Brown.
Miss Laura Bailey.
Miss Hitter Bradford.
Mrs. H. W. Johnson.
Mrs. Gertrude Kelley.
May Morton Pattern Agency.
Miss Della Rumbough.
Gentlemen.
Geo. L. Burr, Esq.
Ed. Cochran.
Mr.. James Davidson.
Mr.. Walter Donahue.
Chas. Mitchell.
Mr.. Jesse Richardson (2)
D. H. Talbot, Land Broker.
Persons calling for letters In above
list will please say they are adver
tised. f. p. sMcMANUS,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-26

he thinks the speaker means rather
than precisely what he has said.
Men who are constantly in the news
papers usually learn how to be inter-
viewed. These men are almost never
"misquoted," because they watch each
word as IL Is uttered.