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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26
II TNFORMACION GENERAL
Ell General Federico Funs-
ton voIvera a Ia ciudad
de Brownsville, Tex
Ell VIAJE DEL GENERAL DEL
EJERCiTO AMERICANA Ten
ORA POR OBJEO REVISTAR
LAS TR0PAS.
~CasIcgrama especial para La PRENsA.


BROWNSVILLE. Tex, Abril 81
Informcs que he recogido en- fuen-
ties que de el asuntO estan bien en-
teradaS. me pOncn en- cOnOcImlen-
to de que 81 general Federico Funs-
ton. que haCe POGO eStuvO en- csta
ciudad con motive de la lucha Que
tuvo lugar frente al puerto de Ma
tamoros, vendra prGXimamente a
Brownsville y pcrmaneccra aquf
variOs dias.
Imrsligando en- motive del pr6xi-
mo viair del general del ejGrcito
americana, he pOdidO sabcr Que dl-
emo .irfc. al venir nuevamcntc a
Brownsville. es con 81 objetO de e
yislar las trOpoS y cOnvcnvcrse de
que 81 pcligro Que habia en- la FROM
terra Ina dcs~aparecidO, par aslmlsmO
Ordpnar rl retro de aIgunas dc las
lropas americans que Sc cncuen-
tran en- cl Fuertc Brown, y II
yiarIas a otros Iugarcs dc la from
terra con Mexico.
Ell CORRESPONSAL
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IA ANTIGEEDAD UE IL CERyE-
II.

Ell or~ientalista Federico KroZny la
ieido ante Ia Academia de Cicn1ias
de Viena, una Memoria en- a que IL
tire otras cosas dice:
En- las eXpioracjones que he diri-
gido JIt!mamente en- los lugaGcs don
de cstuyo cmpIazada Ia antigua Babi-
Ionia. pudc comproJar que los sub
ditos de Mammusabi nj eran soiameu-
tc, como Va sc saba, juris,as y cons
~tructores. DeScuJri que + q unos
cerveceros de primer orden. Entire
las ruiuas habia un cilindro de arci-
la en- pcrfccto estado de ~conserva-
cior. En- e. haDia sido grabada una
recoj2 co~mpIetisima para Il fabrica-
cioa dc Ia cerveza.
l. ne ~descifrado, Y despuGs de CON
pararla con las rccctas modernas, ten
go que conveair en- que los ceryece-
-os de BabiioElu faDricaD4n una Ger,
YEA tan buena como Ia mejor ale,
mana. En- Ia receta sc indica O los
mas ~minuciosos dctaIIes Ia proportion
exacta de las diversas susuaucias que
dyberaa ser mezcIadus, 81 Sc Qulerl
o3tcucr una cerveza ideal.
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nos el cilindro de arciila dOEde fut
grabada, datan del anc de 2000 an
tcs de J~esucristo.
Hay que suponer que los procedi-
micntos babil0nicos de fabrication de
cervcza eran conocidos en- otras ciu-
dadoe. Casl en- la misma epoca be-
biau cerveza en- el Asia Menor. Di-
,ersOs gerogiLiIcOs atestjguan que los
egjpcios de las primeras dinastias gus
,auan dc Il lerveza Uanto como los
,aroDeos actuales.
Todo el Oriente debio apgenGer .
fabricar corveza de los C~ervccercs ba-
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Ell INGLES SIN MAESTRO
Ell 20 LECCIONES.

Est& obra, cuya mayor ven
taja e5triba en- tener Ia pro-
nunciaci6n figurada en- caste
llano, cs una de las que mas
facilitan Ell aprendizaje del
idioma ingl&S. Tiene varias
formulas de conversation pa
"a Ia vida diaria, = alguEos
noodles de cartas usua-es.
Hay dos ediciones.
4 l. rGstica SG.95
Empa5tado en- teia. .SI.25
Pidase d~irectamente a.
IGEACIO E. LOZANO.
6O7 Dolorosa St.
Sa- A>.c-:o Tcz=2
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OBRAS NUEVAS
2EclRInas EN- La LIBERIA De LGNAcIO Z lozkHQ

Nupcial. Novela mexicana, por
la Sra. Isassi ............. so
Rosas de la Infancia. Libro de
IeCLuId .OU
La Ciudad de los Locos. Aventu-
ras de Tartarin Mareira.. 80
Cuentos Y Cronicas, de Carras-
quilla Mallarino .......... so
Las Tardes de la Granja 800. rs
Las Veladas de la Quinta 80. rs
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Ia INVASION
AMERICANA
EN- MEXICO
DETALLES GRAFICOS De IA
IONA De YERACRUZ.

FrescOs estan aIn los aeon
tecimicntos del p de A1riI dc
1914. fecha en- cue los marines
amecicanos. por orjan del Pre-
sidente Wilson, hol,aroD el he
r6ico sueIo varacruzanO. Com
pre- listed eI librO tituladJ Ia
Invasion Americana en- MeEl-
co. -DetaLles graicos de "a to
ma dc Teracruz, en- cl Gu.
l80 fotograE.as le cGse0a-@o
graficamoa-e is deta-.e s d. e.
Cuelia acc.ol g-y .ana5 o.,--a-
remos los meEicanos.
VALE SO CENTAVOS.
F.C&Sz =
l6NAC.C z. LOZANO
6 DOLCROsAsT.
san ANTONIO. TEXAS.
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Diccionario Manual.
~EnciciopsdIco.

Este diccionario de "a lengua
eastellana IS e. mas complete :
moderEo. Esta ilustradO con ms
de- seis mil gra5ad0s en- negro J
en- dolores, mas de 30 m&pa5,
cientOs de rctrat0s de hom5res &C
lebre8, ediEcios : m0npmenC3s
h~istoricos de todas parties Del mum
do, etc. rs 81 mejor de los enci-
clop6dicos m~auuGleg : solo vale
$500 ell ejempiar.
Hagause los psdid0s acompaha-
dos de 81 imoorte q
IGNACIO E. LOZANO.
6G7 Do.orosa St. -San Antonio.
Texas.
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La TRIBUNAL POPULAR
COLLECTION DE ~DISCURSOS,
IIINsEOS y DOCUNItsSTOS
P~ATRIOTICOS.

Este es un libro indispeDsa-
bic para las personas que
tolnan parte en- las hestas pa
tri6ticas Y mutualistas. Con-
tiene discusses para ell S de
Febrero, q de Mario, 5 de
Mayo, IS de Julio, 50 de Julio.
y para les dias Is y Is de Sep
tiembre, asi como ell Himno
Nacional MeXicano, ell Parte
Official de Ia Batalla del 5 de
Mayo, ell Acta de Independent
cia, Romance de Hidalgoy una
alocuci6n para ell aniversario de
una sociedad mutualista. Esa
adornado con los retrates de
Hidalgo, JuareZ y Zaragoza.
YALE VElNTICINC0 CEAIaY8S..-.
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Una nueva campana va a en-
pre1der Maytorena en- Ell
Estado de Sonora
FL iefe Jes1s T'ruiillo operara en- los districts del
centric con una c~olunlna


se !"
Sc lie Ia con1lado, para INES de Ia
semana proxima, pues va ha logrado
~rerrir II MAYOR parte de los hombres
fo,.r,or5, 9, column,
Du'""'e i'' "'''"'o' U'"S Han s9''
10 pasahoo por est" cl0aao' para el
ado m~eXicano, varios cargamentos de
.rmas Y municiones, que scran desti-
,odos o ,a~.rechar los homb~es Que
..i l. rn,,;uo
''
Fl goDlerho ue oono'a Il" memo
ucrtes pedldoS de afnaihenIo mu-
'icioncs, para dotar commencement
e q tuerzas de los eIemehtos o@
.uerra ~necesarloS para Ia camPana'
Il viaJe mis'erioSo ae' eah''eH'
Guerrero
ne aIsuI'oS "S '0S
.e22"o del puerto dc DuaEi""S' III ~
.ogIdo nue'os ~aVoS III q e".o-
err GUERRERO que HAT ~ 40
G preSeNto lTeaIe :" "'"''O1"'
puerto en- "S'''Uu So'Hv'''O9"
ormantes' ei m~ehtlo""" 'UF"e w
as ProtesI"S ue Il" CoLnp"..-" ''plo
ARA oe ID. minis "' ""'''' -''
}. N1 Sc MO Sc&IlI uCi D"H"'
ante "horrig'h III De%pUeS ""p"
g suro en- "u"yn'a' Mast" que ~"
.aron noIcias . Uo@I.l"s nc Gu' g
Guerrero haoIa ILeS""o d puerto "e
lazatIan, en- lorna tan H'S'e' i0'"
ONO Ia que puao en- practlca para
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GRAN COLLECTION DE NoVELAS.

Las novelas anotadas a continual
ci0n estan seleccionadas entire las
mejores, siendo SUI precio-
la rustIca .SO.S5
Empastadas en- tela ........ l.25
He AQUI LA LISTA-
La Herencia de Bellecroix.
Los Hijos del Aire.
Ell Bale de las Victimas.
FL Secreto de la S~olterona.
Ell Hombre sin Cara.
Uarda.
Sc ha Cometido I'm Crimen.
Ell Sill6n Tragico.
La Reina Misterio.
Sin Nombre.
Ell Rey de la Pradera.
FL S%ecretario Millionaire.
En- las Fronteras del Far West.
La Montana de Luz.
FL Captain del DIumpa.
FL Misterio del Corazon Verde.
Los Bandidos del Sahara.
I'm Viaje al Polo.
FL Punal de Orc.
La Campana de Huesca.
La Costa de Marfil.
Ii Doncel de D.. Enrique ell
DoEente.
La Aldea Perdida.
La Nina Robada.
La Ciudad del Rey Leproso.
III Heroe Y Ell Cesar.
FL Testamento de I'm Conspirador.
Amaya O los Vascos en- Ell
Siglo VIII.
Aventuras de Mr.. Pickwick.
Cowa la Misteriosa.
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europa Sc Va, por Zamacois. ..Sl.Zo
as Palmeras del Oasis ..... 40
ONO In Fstrella del Norte.... so
i DomaGor de Demonios... 90
"a Bailarina del TeatrO Real,
: tomos 81
Napa de Ia Guerra Europea... 80
De Porfirio Diaz a Madero,
obra polltica por el DR.. Lara
ParCO 4.uO
PaSionarias, PoesiaS de Manuel
NJ. Flores, empastadas. 10
q Alma en- IN Beso ........ 40
hlgo sobre hoteles Y restaurants 40
Ia Guerra Turco-ltaliana.... ESQ
"a Guerra de los Balkanes... l.5O
i Perfecto SecretH~'o G2lante 10
~Tniciacion q Ia Fisica ........ LOO
II Nino y la Vida ..,...... 80
in Libro para las J"oveneS.... LOU
Atlas de Geografia Universal,
con mas de $50 mapas q CO.
IOreS Loo
Da3a .................... .55
Curse Compendio dc GeoSratia so
Collection de Cuentecitos en- Es-
tuche de metal .......... 90
Historic de Pelusa ......... 80
Aventuras de Pinocho. go
Los Mineros de Alaska, 3 to-
mes ...'..'. Law
Los Abordajes, 2 tomos ..... 80
I'll Hijo del Leon de Damasco,
2 tomos 80
Los Naufragos del Spitzberg.. 40
Pedro el Temerario, 2 toEos a
la rustica ITO
Empastada en- tela ........ $50
Ia Inquisici6n, el Rey y cl Nue.
vo Mundo, 2 tomos-
A Ia rustica ITO
Empastada en- tela ........ $50
Los Invencibles, el Monarch y
la Hoguera, 2 tomos-
A la rustica ITO
ElpaStada en- teIa ........ $50
Haganse los pedidos enviando su
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~ ua cu.ahlado upa cstrlcta cen
sUIt.

L.r.- e .n--r"4sa. & .
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-05

were week end visitors at the Conrad
Koehler home last week.
Bert Richardson and family took
Thanksgiving dinner with friends In
Keokuk.
Mr.. Lanny Of Warsaw was in our
vicinity on business Friday.
Several Of the neighbors and
friends of Mrs. West Peters dropped
lin to help her spend the evening on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 4. 1t being
her birthday. Muuic on the nice
photograph was greatly enjoyed:
Light refreshments Of sandwiches and
! cake were served.
Mr.. Fred Stanbach Of Bowen and
Miss Ethel Christner Of Elderville.
stole march on their friends and
went to Quincy last Friday morning
and were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony. They were accom-
panied by the brother and sister of
the groom, brother Of the bride and
FRANCES Stull of Bowen and Miss Eva
Thompson Of Basco. The bridal party
returned in the evening 70 the brides
home, H. G. Christner Of Eldervtlle,
where the mother and sister had a
wedding supper prepared. We extend
our best wishes to this couple for q
long and happy married life.
Miss Vert Bradley is bedfast with
infiammatory rheumatism.
The farmers are busy gathering
J corn.
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wYAcoNDA. MO.
>>>>>>>>>> 80

Mrs. Julia Barber Of this city is WIS.,
ting her daughter Mrs. Clifford
Hauptman.
Mr.. L. Ruth and family spent Sun
day visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. g.
Searcy and family. They also attend
ed morning and evening services.
Miss Floy James who is teaching
school at Revere, is attending teach
ers' meeting at Kirksville.
Miss Inez Graves Of near New
Woodville, visited her friend Miss
Sylvia Doss last week.
Mr.. Byron Busey, formerly Of this
city, has been transferred from CORN
to Medill as telegraph operator for
the A. T. & S. F.
Mrs. G. w. Adams who has been
very sick, is able to be up again.
Several families entertained at
Thanksgiving dinners. Quite a few
were caught away with their cars and
had to remain until the good old fam
lily horse could be sent after them.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Major were
called to Kansas City the first of this
week by the serious Illness of Mrs
Majors mother. Ars. w. w. Taylor.
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ROAD TO HEALTH Is
THROUGH THE, KIDNEYS

No person alive Is stronger than
b;e kidneys. The minute the kidneys
hacome disarranged or clogged with
waste the warning Is flashed through
ont the entire system. The greater
mart of ell sickness today can be
avoided by keeping the kidneys work
ing properly.
Wilkinson & Co., the popular drug
gists, can tell you of many well-known
neople in this city, whom Soivax, the
standard kidney remedy, has restored
n health, often after they have tried
many other methods OF treatment
with little or no benefit.
| , There are hundreds Of people in
xaokuk who were not the least bit
surprised when they read in The Gate
Cit,- that Wilkinson & Co. are sell.
inc Solvex on a guarantee to refund
Tho money in case it did not relieve.
rTb;s remarkable kidney remedy Is
Guaranteed to help the worst case OF
law sluggish, o. clogged-up kidneys.
or the general headachy, kinky backed
nlaved-out condition that afflicts PEG.
lie suffering with kidney trouble Sol
; Way does not simply relieve. 1t aims
to cure.
n-sise of a pleased customer, and
; there are hundreds II keokuk today
praising Solvax because 1t does what
+ is advertised to do. Not very long
} ago they were afflicted with all man
: ner Of sickish, uncomfortable pains
, and each day seemed to bring with il
. new ache in come other part Of
: tn cir body. Since using Solvax they
are once more bright and chip,el
: and able to enjoy life at its fullest
with no more lear OF suffering.
=, No other kidney remedy has N. dc
: such a large percentage Of cures as
| Solvax. It is so rye that Wilkinson
, & Co. are perfectly safe in standing
| ready to refund the price to any Gus
t toner whom it does not help This
is a good time to get well and yor
fought to take adva1 tage OF Wilkinson
, ! & Co.'S offer.
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Mr.. Major returned home yesterday,
but Mrs. Major remained at the bed
side Of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Pulliam have
been at he bedside Of his sick mother
during the past week.
Rev. Ernest Babb and family left
for LaPlatta Thursday.
The Wyaconda school children gave
an entertainment Wednesday evening
which proved to be the best OF the
season. There were $50 that took
part in it. The proceeds amounted to
STOPS and will be used for the school.
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Would End all War, He says.
UNITED Press Correspondence. |

UNITED Press Correspondence.1
LONDON, Nov. 2. (By MALTA
United States OF the World" Is the
idea of Professor Sidney Webb. well
known British political economist, to
end wars. The diminution Of war In
the world is due to the diminution Of
the number Of states in the world.
He argues, pointing out that time has
steadily cut down the number OF these
and consequently there has been less
fighting.
were hundreds of separate states in
Europe and always war among pome Of
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them. He adds:

them. He adds: -ern.
To-day the total number Of soSs ats
ments Of the world that can in onn.
war Is 4s, q Of which are on tne Inc eH
tinent of America II you can lmas sr,d
such a condition as the whole ,1 wH
under one government, the un
States OF the World, with any aino war
OF local autonomy, you Will nnu be
brought to an end. There m, slanc e
riots necessitating police 1nter. nr"
but there would be no more wa, ,r ,s
Professor Webb figures tnat ssrs-
controlled by the eight great po ,"etria.
Britain, Germany, France; States
Hungary, Russia, Italy, .Unlteo oomnose
and Japan. These powers nnp,Ila.
three-ouarters of the worla s.a IT its
ton and dispose Of seven-eisn''
armed force, he says
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answer to. suit fled in federal court
against him today denied he fraudu-
llently represented bonds in which
Miss Bertha NJ. Leland, Montreal, in
vested $4,000 Miss Leland filed
three suits against Rockefeller, alleg-
ing she obtained but 1915 for the
bonds.
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Christmas Present From the Queen.
Iunitad Press Corresnondence.

Christmas present FROM INC SoSS''
limited Press CorresDondence.l
LONDON, Oct 22-By MaiD.-
The armies in northern France are
preparing for another winter cam
naign.a Relief societies in England
are taking extraordinary precautions
to see that the trench dwellers do
not endure hardships such as they
suffered last year.
Within two months, every mile OF
British and Belgian trench will have
been equipped with square, boXlike
charcoal and coke trench heaters,
specially made and costing S5oo per
trench mile. It is estimated that each
$500 contributed will warm 5000 men
About 1000 Of these heaters already
have been shipped to the Belgian
trenches.
Trench pumps will dry out flooded
trenches. Trench kitchens and trench
cooking supplies also will be in evil
dance The frozen feet, rheumatism
egue and fevers that sent thousands
of men from the trenches to hospital:
a wear ago will thus be avoided.
Every fourth woman in Britain be
longs to some relief society, most o
whose members are knitting stock
tngs. muffIers and heavy garments 70
the Tommies and their Belgian ant
French allies.
Several societies and newspaper
have started Christmas puddin'
campaign for the soldiers. One news
paper got $4,000 the first two weeks
No Tommy shall miss his Christina
pudding, the campaigners declare. q
ficers' wives whose husbands ar
serving in the DaTdanelles have
society for sending Christmas chez
to the men there.
Queen Mary will provide every so
der with Christmas gift. This hor
or last year fell to Princess Mary
who distributed over a million HAND
somely decorated metal boxes file
with food and useful articles. TIL
increased land and sea forces wi
make Queen Mary's a more Difficult
and expensive task ....-.
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; $500 80 80 .


Mr.. John Barnaby was very sick
the first Of the week, but is better at
present.
Mrs. VIM. vogel has been visiting
her sister Mrs. Henry Habil. south OF
Tioga, for the past two weeks.
Mrs James Bride and son Arthur
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Committee Appointed Last Year at
Dubuque to Determine Amount
Of Shipments, Turns in
Its Reports.
$4,000
KlEOKUK HAS
This Is Estimate for This City
Others Range From
1864, 900 to
175, 1000.

QUINCY, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-The work
ing committee" appointed at confer
/. ence Of shippers held in Dubuque,
June 8, last, submitted its report to
the convention of the Upper Missis.
sippi River Improvement association
today. The committee said 1t had at
tempted ''to ascertain available ton
mage for waterways and to what ex-
tent terminal facilities would be SNIP
piled"
| The report said that conditions
along the Mississippi were changing
so rapidly that it is deemed inadvls-
able to attempt to cover these activ-
titles in detail. but 1t Is most impera-
(! tive to be able to report greatly In
creased interest along the whole river
as well as the Ohio, Missouri and Illi-
nois rivers, and efforts to rehabilitate
rivers formerly nayigated but now
disused, such as the Des Moines."
Table Of Tonnage.
The report then listed the transpor.
tation lines already in operation on
! the rivers and gave also table of az
proximate tonnage available for wat
erways with modern facilities, q:
towns between Minneapolis and St.
Louis. This tonnage table was based
on rail- and water figures for 1913
and ranged from 90,40O tons for Lake
City. Mimi, to 54.609,560 tons at st.
Louis Other cities were listed as fol
lows:
/ Minneapolis 12,6o4,0oo: St. Paul
s,245,O00; Redwing, $4,000; Winona
i6sS, 434; La Crosse. 500 1000; Dubuque
714.943; Clinton 626,2s4: Moline. l.,
/ $50 300; Bettendorf, 100000; Roct
island, 1000; Davenport, 1,5SS,300;
Muscatine, 3s3,600; Burlington. 7es.
i75O: Fort Madison. $4,000; Keokuk
$4,000; Quincy, 773,50o: Hannibal
iS25 800: Ilasco, $4,000; Alton, 1888.
600.
"It is evident" said the report
that there is enough tonnage II
sight and prospective to encourage
Capitalists who are to finance r1vel
navigation companies"
| Work on Docks.
The report then detailed projected
and actually started municipal docl
and 11arbor plans at Minneapolis, St
lFaul. Dubuque. Clinton and Daven
mort. Iowa: Moline and Alton, ILL.,; ST
Louis and New Orleans. The commit
tee also said it had been indicated
that a new navigation company con
templates building thirty-six quad
Iruple screw propelled. all-steel barses
(which would be put into service a
fast as required" tt was added tina
the first of these barges will star
service within month between 81
n .ouis and New Orleans and will go t
st. Louis next spring.
In closing, the report said that tn
committee firmly believes that nav
cation of the Mississippi "is an in
mediate possibility and an ultimat
certainty"
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Unauthorized Interview.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Sc. vice.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. Car
dtnal Gibbons was vexed today when
shown an alleged interview quoting
him as definitely taking his stand
against preparedness"
This is absolutely unauthorized,
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~ NJ. covered All Right

He WIZ CUve ~ craw!eu
Detroit Free-Press: AS solicit
out OF the wreck OF his auto
GUS friend asked:
Are you covered!" nn,,tb mud.
.Yes,' he said sadly, Is that
'blsod chagrin and insurance
enough? 2"
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sues John DIS Brother.
limited Press Leased Wire service.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 4.-franN
Rockefeller, brother of John D., IN an
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SOCIETY WOULD
ABOLISH AIN |.
Organization q Kansas Could Well
Be Copied In Iowa and
In keokuk,
Also.
MANY COMMIT ERROR
Word Is One Of chIidhood's Relics but
1t Still Stays In Vocabulary
Of Nearly Every
one.

An organization that IL to wage war
upon such verbal monstrosities as
amt" has been born in Kansas, and
mo doubt win spread over the land.
Iowa needs 1t, Keokuk should havo
one. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald
has the following on this subject:
Kansas. which produced Sockless
Simpson, Carrie Nation and William
Allen White to lead the nation into
truer channels Of life, has now evolved
a society which will fight for the
purity of the English language, as its
long whiskered citizens once fought
for the purity OF the home on the pro-
hibition ticket. Kansas has given
birth to the Anti-Ain't association,
society whose object is admirably set
forth in its alliterative title, and prom
Uses to dazzle the world with Kansen
culture as manifested by opposition
to Americas greatest grammatical
error, an error which custom and long
usage have almost justified into cor
rectness.
Hundred Are Exempt.
There are perhaps not a hundred
men and women in Iowa who have not
at some time been guilty of using
!.
isn't or aren't The number of
Americans who daily use "ain't" with
reckless disregard to the shattering OF
conventions and good English, would
probably fall not much short of a hun
dred million, while those whose re-
spect for language leads them to for
bear such an abhorent practice will
be found chiefly in those seats Of
learning which have become famous
for their rectitude of conversation
through good fortune in being the
birthplace of master poets and essay
lists.
1t is no easier to say "ain't'' than
to say 'isnt" or aren't" or the other
correct forms for which "ain't" is SO
frequently substituted. Good diction,
like good manners, is matter OF Gus
tom and of practice and one who let's
himself comfortably relax from either
soon finds himself slackly committing
errors at the most embarrassing mo.
ments.
Comes From Children.
"Ain't" is a solecism of childhood,
easily acquired, but like all childish
lmannerisms and tricks of speech, ex-
fceedingly difficult to be rid OF when
~
maternity bids correctness. To permit
the child to say amt is to do irrem-
edible harm, for, in direct proportion,
the adult will find difficulty in eradi'
eating the error If indeed it Is ever
possible to do so.
For the Anti-Ain't association to
confne it's endeavors to eliminating
'ain't'' from the vocabulary Of the
groyn-ups will be useless discharge
of energy The pernicious seed o.
childhood has grown to the pestilen'
dandelion of maturity which it is i'm
possible to uproot. The only hope o.
success for the association lies II
curbing the use OF "afn't' in the child
hood of the present generation. cult
waiting the mind against the impres
nation of the seed. But the Ant-Aln
association is a worthy order. |
should make for pure English and pur
English is the most effective English
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-05

he said. IT have given no one the
right to speak for me to this effect.
The paragraph is entirely without
authority"