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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
PROGRAM PREPARED
FOR UNION PICNIC
Committee Plans Number Of Events
For Outing OF Three Sunday
Schools Thursday At Bluff
Park
BIG ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Baseball Games viii BE Played Ia
Morning, and There viii Be
Track Events During At
ternoon

A varied program OF events has
been prepared by the committees
from the several Sunday schools. for
the union Sunday school picnic which
will be held Thursday at Bluff Park.
The committee met Friday night and
prepared program for the entire
day.
The forenoon program provides for
baseball game between picked
teams croquet and tennis and a push
ball contest. Picnic dinner will be
served at noon. Everyone is urged to
take we'll filed baskets.
The following program has been
provided for the rest of the day:
1870 p m.
Orchestra selections.
Reading.
Quartet.
Address-Rev. John c. Sage.
Solo.
Address-Rev. W. NJ. Baker.
Boys chorus.
Impersonation-Rev. F. B. McAllis-
ter.
200 D. M
For adult men: Fat mans race
GENTRY must weigh over 200 lbs.);
mems race free for alb.
For women: Necktie race; candle
race.
For young men: Wheel barrow
race three legged race; 20 yd. dash
(entry over IS and under 25).
For young women: Peanut race
with spoons Gentry over IS and under
25): ball throw.
Glass A fboys)-1oo yd. dash; sack
race; peanut race.
Glass B lboys)-Shoe race; so yd.
dash; leap frog race.
Glass (girlsl-25 yd. dash; for
ward and backward race.
Relay races between Sunday school
teams: Young men: class A (boys);
class B (boys): girls
Officers for the day:
Starter-T. C. Hudson.
Judges-Dr. j. w Marsh, DR.. j. E.
Forney, DR.. H. H. Stafford.
Announcer-D A. Uhler.
Field marsha1-Keith Crown.
Umpire-H. T. Orsborn.
Official score keeper-Johnson B.
Angle
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
PERSONALS.

Robert King of Holly, Colo. is visit
ing his cousin, VIM E. Rokey.
Mrs. Frank Parker Of Florida is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Bird Kellogg,
S22 Morgan.
Miss Helen Sheppard is visiting
her sister Mrs. Enison Mcclure in
Clinton, Ill.
Misses Elsie and Lou Handy of At
lantic. Iowa, are the guests Of DR..
and Mrs. H. l.. COPYRIGHT.
Miss Lillian Uylander OF Chicago is
visiting at the Smith home, S04 Nor.
gan. E
Mrs. Ellen and Lillian Beouson OF
Summitville leave for visit with
Mrs. Chas. Mckay of Stronghurst, H.
Mrs. J. W. McSpadden and children
of Montclair, y. j.. are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. A. Hamill. =
Mrs. William Flint Smith Of Boul
der, Colo. left for Fl. Wayne to visit
her brother.
Miss May Tumelty who has been
in Chicago for several weeks receiv.
ing treatment at the Augustana hos
pital, is expected home this morning
Her brother, John Tumelty, went to
Chicago Saturday to accompany her
home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
ADVERTISED LETTERS.


List Of letters remaining in the
Keokuk postoffice. uncalled for, for
week ending June 19. 1915:
Ladieo.
Miss Madge Abby.
Mrs. Martha cambridge.
Mrs. Myrtle Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. F. Kirkland.
Mrs. Mable Hutchison.
Miss Lollie Madam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Painter.
Miss Elsie Pool
Mrs. NJ. j. E. Robt.
Emma Schroeder.
Miss Emma Schowalter.
Miss Cora Trommell.
Miss Mary Weaver.
Gentlemen.
Mr. W. H. Banks.
Mr.. Harry Eaton.
Frank Erwin.
II. II. Halsey-
J A. Keller.
Mr. Louis Loase.
MI. Deck McLadshton.
Mr.. John Morgan.
E. E. Richardson.
hfr. Chas Schmitt.
Persons calling for letters IN above
list will please say they are adver'
Used. e. P. McMANUS,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
STATE EXAMINERS
CHECKING BOOKS
Accounts of Lee County Officials Will
be Looked Over by Experts From
State Auditors Office.

Examiners from the state auditor
office at Des Moines are here TO Ok.
anime the books of the Lee county Of
fictals. The examiners are c. G.
CoIcloy of Carroll. Iowa, and W. E.
JENSEN of Jefferson, Iowa.
The examiners came here from Fort
Madison where they have completed
checking the books of the officials
there. They found the books there Ia
good shape, according to one of the
examiners here. The clerk and audi
tor will be the first officials checked
here. The examiners were at WORK
Yesterday. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
Members Of Memphis and LaHarpe
Troops Send Letters Thanking
Scouts and Citizens For
Good Time
WERE ROYALTY TREATED
Boys Think keokuk Hospitality 's
Real Thing and Are Not Slow
In Expressing Their Appre-
citation OF 1t

Boy Scouts who were in Keokuk
last week at the big conference and
track meet are appreciative of the
efforts put forth by the members OF
troops No. I and No. 2 Of this city as
Well as the citizens of Keokuk in en-
pertaining them. Two letters have
been received by The Gate City. ask
ing that the people of Keokuk and
the members Of the two scout troops
be thanked for their courtesies.
From the local council Boy Scouts
of America from Memphis comes the
following letter:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
Memphis Appreciation.

WeWpf1IB NPPFSS&uSIVU'
Memphis, Mo-, June 10, 1915.
Troops No. / and No. 2, Boy Scouts
Of America, and Citizens of Keo-
kuk, Iowa.
The local council, Boy Scouts of
America. of Memphis Mo-, desires to
thank you for the many courtesies ex-
tended Memphis scouts during the re-
cent scout meet held in your city.
The event will long be remembered
by the scouts present as most en-
joyabIe occasion and we feel that your
kindness extended them during this
time was responsible for it.
Local council, B. S. of A., Mem
phis, Mo.
/. M. HORN, President.
P. r. ALLEN, Secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
LaHarpe Boys Delighted.

- y
Following Is the letter from the
scoutmaster at IaHarpe and address
ed to the editor Of The Gate City:
LaHarpe, Ill, June 10, 1915.
The Gate City,
Keokuk, Ia.
wish to publicly thank the citizens
OF Keokuk, through the columns OF
your paper. for the delightful time
afforded US at the Boy Scout meet. I
never had such a well pleased bunch
in all my life before: every boy de-
clared he stayed at "the best home
In Keokuk." trust that it will be
our privilege to show the Keokuk
scouts a time as happy and profitable
as we recently received in their city.
So, to the people of Keokuk In gen.
eral, and to those in particular who
received US into their homes and SO
royalty entertained US. to Mr.. c. l..
Alling and other scout oficials and
interested workers / send this note
Of thanks on behalf of the Boy Scouts
Of LaHarpe, troop No. 1.
REV. J. YEMM, Scoutmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
YATES HOME FROM
MEETING OF T. p. A.
Represented Post n. At National
Meeting Which Was Held Last
Week In Omaha

Harry NJ. Yates delegate from Post
H. T. P. A. has returned from the
national convention of the order
which was held in Omaha last week.
C. F. Tomlinson of High Point Neb.,
was elected president and Lafayette
Ind, Is the next meeting place. Mr..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
PERSONALS.

Theodore A. Newcomb returned this
morning from Lake Forest, H., where
he has been attending college.
Mrs. VIM. H. Heule and Mrs. V. X.
Mckay are visiting friends in Daven
port and Dubuque. They expect to re
turn In about ten days.
John Frier of St. Louis, student
of the University Of Illinois. at Cham
paign, spent Saturday with Frans
Ewers and wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20

List Of letters remaining in the
Keokuk postoffice. uncalled for, for
week ending June 19. 1915:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20

Yates Is enthusiastic over the recep-
ticn accorde ed the delegates at Omaha.
The Iowa T. P. AS had a EaDd in
the catfish bake at lake Manawa
which was presided over by Page Nor
rison of Council Bluffs. The Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben put on big enter
tainment at the den for the visitors,
which was appreciated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26

The Legislature of 1914 provided for
the submission of four Constitutional
Amendments to the voters of Maryland,
at the election this coming November
These Amendments comprise the i'm
portant and far reaching. reforms of The
Referendum; Home Rule fort Baltimore
city and thescounties;sthe classification of
property for taxation purposes; the sus.
pension of sentence, and the intermediate
sentence.
1t is not too much to say that the adop-
ton of these four Amendments by the
voters next fall will place Maryland in
the frontlrank ins progressive legislation
of all the States east of the Mississippi
river, and every voter should study the
merits of the various measures in order to
become thoroughly conversant with them,
that he may give intelligent expression of
his views and know exactly what he is
voting for or against when he casts his
ballot next November.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
THE HOME
MERCHANT.

The home merchant. Who is he9 chap who gives
you credit when financially broke and your
until you able pay.
He the chap wko gives your money
changes when not satisfied with what you bought
He is the chap who guaranty
restoration fall losses that sustain the
be the chap who meets the door with handshake
and lets out with message the "kids
again goodby He chap who gees
every day year. neghborly interest in
your family and your affairs
he the chap whose other EN-
poye live in your home spend money you
with other home people He the
help support schools and build and
police departments lighting service
He is the chap who helps support your churches hospitals
libraries charity organizations lodges and commercial clubs
talks for and boosts for the every year
He the chap who visits when you SICK
to family when die follows body among
trees and tomb far human
He is the home merchan-your neghboryonr friendyour
helper in times of need
Don't you think that you ought him. his
friend and his helper in the time of his need
Don't know that dollar your county
for merchandise strangers-o spend
dollar your county to who would you
Matches who would you police you
should enter their offices?
You don't much frequently nothing you
out of town. and take all the risk yourself
weight and of getting damaged inferior goods
And don't you know that the growth prosperity your
depends very largely upon prosperity
home merchansg
Outoftown people judge by appearance
stores and the degree enterprise
And home merchants folks
give them loyal support.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26

On the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's
second inaugural. Woodrow Wilson com.
pleted. half his presidential term. These
two years of the Wilson administration
have helped to- make more history than
any other two years since sLincoln. says
writer in reviewing the work of the Ad-
ministration.
The coming two years of the Wilson
administration must inevitably Ebe the
most momentous period that this country
has known since the civil war,
It is fact of enormous importance that
this crisis finds in the White House a
President who is completely master OF
himself. Being master of himself, be is
master of HE party and of his admins
tratiou. There is no kitchen cabinet
There are no Observation-Disclosures.
There are no secret influences that pull
and sway the policies of the executive.
No underground wires from the White
House into Wall Street or into the head
quarters of any political committee. III
Men may agree with Mr.. Wilson or
disagree with him; they may like him or
they may dislike him; but everybody
knows that be and be alone is President.
Everybody knows that during the re
naming two years of his term he and he
alone win be President.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
won a Title.

December. 1854. when Napoleon Ill
offered to send re-enforcements of 20.
GOO men to, the Crimea If the British
would convey them. the government
was on the point of declining on the
ground that no transports were avail
able for such work. 1t was eventually
decided TO ask some of the great steam
ship companies for assistance, and al
the next cabinet Sir James Graham
announced that this had been done
MIR. Cunard. he added. can provide
Immediate transport for 5000 men
leaving the question of payment to be
decided subsequently by arbitration
What is Mr. Cunard's Christian
Manner asked Palmerston Samuel
replied Graham. "Sir Samuel" said
Palmerston, with emphasis on the
"Sir." And at the close Of the war the
ship owner was created baronet.-
London Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
superstitious Cures.

At an inquest in an English town
on a Eve month-old child the mother
was said to have given 1t a decoction
Of snails and Demerara sugar as a cure
for whooping cough. She put the
snails. alive. into the sugar in a mus
lin bag. and the liquid citrate was the
medicine. 1t seems that the .'snail''
remedy is known in other parts Of the
country. Hot lemonade. hot treacle
and elderberry strip are also given by
the poor as a cure. and a sugared In.
fusion of snails may be just as efica-
cious as any of them.
Walks round the gas works with
the suffering children are still prac-
ticed Old women were great believ-
ers In this method of cure. and they
used to be laughed at for their faith
In it. There was method In their
strange apparent madness. and one OF
the best known cures today is the
vaporizing of fluids that give or com.
pounds similar to those emanating
from places where they make gas
London Taller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
MYSTERY or MATTER.
Endless Routine Of the Material That
Forms Our Bodies.

Endless Routine of the Material That
Forms Our Bodies.
Mr. Godfrey Martin has written q
treatise on chemistry from which is
taken this paragraph from the chapter
on Matter"
.sThe endless circulation Of matter
in the universe is perhaps one Of the
most wonderful facts with which
chemistry has to deal. It is this end.
less change that causes the history OF
the most common and insignificant OBJ.
jects about us to be more astonishing
than any fairy tale.
what a wonderful story, for exam.
pie, could be written Of the material
that forms our bodies! It came into
existence in the immense depth OF
space millions upon millions OF years
ago and wandered for ages through
darkness and void until 1t reached our
earth. Perhaps it fell upon the earth
In a fiery meteorite, or perhaps it mere
ly Joined the huge fire mist from which
our solid world condensed. Since then
it has run round age after age in an
endless circle of change.
First it formed part of that vast
primeval atmosphere that surrounded
the globe and blew in mighty winds
round our planet; then it was absorb
ed into the body Of some humble living
being, and when this being died and
its body decayed the matter passed
into the rich mother earth. Thence It
passed into some plant by means Of
its roots, and from the plant 1t passed
by the process Of being devoured into
the body Of some animal, and from the
animal again it passed to earth and
thence to plants and animals again,
and SO on through an endless cycle Of
Change, coursing through the bodies Of
innumerable multitudes OF living
forms, which stretch far back In a
dim, unending vista into the depths Of
time.
"Finally it reached man. Yes; the
very atoms that thrill and fash in our
brains and muscles once formed part
of living plant or animal millions Of
years ago and win again form part Of
a living plant or animal millions Of
years hence. In some form or other
the matter that now forms our bodies
will exist long after the whole present
order of creation has passed away. In
deed, it may well yet blow In the
winds Of worlds as yet unborn and
thrill in forms OF life not yet evolved"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
To Elcht For a Dry Legislature

The tremendous growth in sentiment
for State and National Prohibition which
has already swept so many States into
thedrY column has put new vim and
vigor into the temperance hosts of Mary
land. The Christian people of the State
aredetermined that Maryland shall not
be the last State to adopt Prohibition.
They are very much determined that the
State shall Danish the liquor traffic of its
own free will and accord; tits not going
to be dragged into prohibition by the
scrpf Of the neck through the nation s
going dry.
II is generally believed throughout the
State, by both proponents and opponents
of statewide prohibition. that if the peo-
pie of Maryland get the opportunity to
vote upon this question the State will go
dry by an overwhelming majority. II
is believed that the liquor interests are
more firmly convinced of this fact than
are the temperance people themselves;
consequently they will use every effort to
prevent the legislature of the State from
submitting this question to vote of the
people.
The temperance forces are not asleep,
but are alert and on the job. Organized
work Is going forward in every county
and no candidate for the legislature will
be able to fool the temperance people in
the coming campaign; his constituents
will have to be satisfied that he is right
on the question of the submission of pro-
hibition before he receives the support
of the Christian voters.
In order that the splendid temperance
sentiment now existing in the State may
be crystalized and cemented SO as to be
intelligently directed to the support OF I'll
Legislative candidates, the Anti-Saloon
League is planning strenuous campaign
which viii reach every county in the
State and most Of the sections Of each
county. -American Issue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26

Woman suffrage is up to the people Of
Pennsylvania. By vote of 81 to II the
state senate gave final approval to the re-
solution proposing the equal suffrage
amendment to the constitution, complet-
ing the legislative action necessary to put
the question before the people at the No
vember election.
The state campaign for the adoption OF
the '.votes- for women" amendment to the
constitution by the people will be iuaugu
rated without delay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
ART IN IT'S DAWNlNG.
Primitive Mans First Crude Efforts
Toward the Beautiful.

toward the 6oauGtTuls
In the beginning man went forth
each day-some to do battle, some to
the chase, others again to dig and
delve In the field-all that they might
gain and live or lose and die-until
there was found among them one, DIFF.
fering from the rest. who stayed by
the tents with the women and traced
strange devices with burnt stick over
gourd.
This man, who took no Joy in the
ways of his brothers, who cared not
for the conquest and fretted in the
field; this designer Of quaint patterns,
this deviser of the beautiful, who per-
ceived In nature about him curious
curvings. as faces are seen in the fire
this dreamer apart was the first artist.
And when from the field and from
afar there came back the people they
took. the guord and drank from out
Of it.
And presently there came to this
man another-and in time others-of
like nature chosen by the gods, and SO
they worked together, and soon they
fashioned from the moistened earth
forms resembling the gourd. And with
the power of creation, the heirloom OF
the artist, presently they went beyond
the slovenly suggestion of nature, and
the first vase was born in beautiful
proportion.
And the toilers toiled and were
a-thirst, and the heroes returned from
fresh victories to rejoice and feast,
and all drank alike from the artists
goblets. fashioned cunningly, taking nc
note the while of the craftsman's
pride and understanding not his glory
in his work: drinking at the cup. moi
from choice. not from consciousness
that it was beautiful. but because, for
sooth. there was none other.-James
Mcneil Whistler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
No Use To Try And Wear Out Your
old 1t Will Wear You Out


Thousands keep on suffering
Coughs and Colds through neglect
and delay. Why make yourseli
an easy prey to serious ailments
and epidimics as the result of a
neglected Colds Coughs and Colds
sap your strength and vitality un,
less checked in the early stages.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is what
you need-the first dose helps
Your head clears up, you breathe
freely and you feel so much better
Buy a bottle to day and start tax
ing at once.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
London. Ex.WaterIna Place.

Time was when London was a wa
tering place. whose wells. If not rival
ing Bath or Harrogate. were widely
famed and frequented by people from
all quarters. In South London there
were quite number of spas, Lambeth
wells. which sold water for penny a
quart and gave it to the poor for moth
ing. St Georges wells. Sydenham
wells and Dulwich wells being the best
known. London Graphic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
Home Town Merchants.
.either European or Asiatic.

What is it that has made Russia the
great enigma, the stranger both to Eu-
rope and Asia? Beyond doubt, the fact
that she is herself neither one. To the
Asiatic she is something of Euro
pean; to the European she is something
Of an Asiatic; yet to both she is not
wholly either the one or the other. She
is like great tree with her ancient
trunk rising up out Of the Caucasus.
the early home of the Slavic people
and towering up into the ices of the
north and with her branches extending
east and west into the sunrise and the
sunset. Century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
Health Promotes Happiness.

Without health, genuine joy is
impossible, without good digestion
and regular bowel movement you
cannot have health. Why neglect
keeping bowels open and risk be-
ing sick and ailingf You don't
have to. Take one small DR..
Kings New Life Pill at night, in
the morning you will have full,
free bowel movement and feel much
better. Helps your appetite and
digestion. Try one to night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
Are You Rheumatica sIOan's


If you want quick and real re.
lief from Rheumatism, do what so
many thousand other people are
doing-whenever an attack comes
on, battle the sore muscle or joint
with Sloan's Liniment. No need
to rub it in-just apply the Lini
ment to the surface. 1t is wonder.
fully penetrating. 1t goes right to
the seat of trouble and draws the
pain almost Immediately. Get a
bottle of Sloans Liniment for 25c.
of and duggist and have it in the
house against Colds, Sore and
Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica
and like ailments. Your money
back if not satisfied. but it does
give almost instant relief.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
Recommends ChamberIaIn's
Cough Remedy.

81 take pleasure in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my
customers because have confidence in
1t. / find that they are pleased with it
and call for it when again in need of such
a medicine" writes ]. W Sexson, Mont
evallo, Mo. For sale by Eli T. Reynolds,
Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
Mendine the Hot Water BAG.

A hole in not water bag can be re-
paired by the same means as pune
ture in bicycle tire. Drcp small
brass plug into the bag. work the
threaded end through the hole and
screw on a thin nut This viii hold
indefinitely.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26
When Dad Is All Right.

He may wear greasy hat and the
seat of his pants may be shiny. but
II mans children have their noses
aattened against the window pane a
half hour before he is due home to
supper you can trust him with any
thing you have. He is all right.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-03-26

Best Treatment for Constipation.
my daughter used Chamberlain's
Tablets for constipation with good results
and can recommend them highly"
writes P. B. Babin, Brushly, La. For
sale by Eli T. Reynolds. Druggist.