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Woodson said that a city the size of
Keokuk should have more colored
graduates from the high school. He
encouraged the race to go on and
fight for the educational ideals and
said that there was always field for
q trained man and woman.
The speaker said that FIVE lines Of
United States history could not be
written without including the name Of
q colored man.
He told of some of his races heroes
back to the negro who was one Of the
first to shed blood in the war of the
He had two criticisms to
make. One was that the negro race
was not included in the great cam
paign started some years ago to evan
gelize the whole earth. The other,
that colored citizens, who had proven
their patriotism on the battle fields
of the nation, should not be invited
to participate in the preparedness
parades and movements.
He said that Keokuk and Musca-
tine held unique distinction in the
eyes of all colored citizens of the
land as 1T was in these two cities
that the negro's right 10 send his
children to the nearest school house
was upheld.
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To Preserve Her Hair

If women would use an Anti-Septic
Dill Shampoo instead of the soaps and
shampoos now SO commonly used, they
would improve rather than injure the
delicate hair plants.
The hair plant is an Oil plant and to
wash it with soaps or shampoos con.
tanning free alkai works great injury.
1t not only cuts the natural Oil of the
hair but it destroys the fatty roots of
the hair plant causing the hair to come
out.
EVERY WEEK ANTI.SEPTIC OLE
SHAMPOO cleanses and purifes the
scalp dissoives and removes dandruff,
opens the clogged hair-cells and leaves the
scalp soft and healthy.
1t leaves the hair soft, 1ustrous, fluffy
and easy to handle.
Excellent for men and children also
A large bottle holding Ga teaspoon
fuls Soc at
Wilkinson q CO., Hotter IOWA Pnar.
macy. Crescent Pharmacy, McGrath
Bros, Scott = O,Reilly, City Drug
Store. Englehardt & Co.. j. F. Kied-
aisch & Son, w. II. Siegfried and all
other dealers In drugs and toilet
articles. ,
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NOTICE OF INTENTION.

Notice of intention to grade be-
tween sub-grade and established
grade, pave with concrete and curb
with cement
South Eighth street, from south
line of Johnson to north line of Pal
can.
South Tenth street, from south line
OF Johnson to north line of Palean.
South Sixteenth street. from south
line of Main to north line Of Ex-
change.
North Sixteenth street, from north
line of Main to south line of High.
North Sixteenth street, from north
line of Franklin to south line of Or
leans.
Eighteenth street, from south line
of Main to north line OF Carroll.
Also notice of intention to grade
between sub-grade and established
grade and pave with brick blocks on
concrete base and curb with cement:
Franklin street. from east line OF
Fourth lowest line of Thirteenth.
Also to construct combination curb
and gutter in front of
West 81 feet OF Lot 3, Block 20 :.
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NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF MOOR
PORATlON OF THE !. K. l.
STARCH COMPANY, FORMER
LY THE MOSELEY-HORNE
COMPANY

1.-Notice Is hereby given that the
I. x. L. Starch Company, corpora
ton organized and existing under
the laws Of the State of Iowa, unde-
the name of The Moseley-Horne Co.,
has been renewed for a period Of
twenty years from the 18th day OF
January, A. d. 1916.
1.-The name of the corporation Is
changed from Moseley-Horne Co. to
The l. X. L. Starch Company, and its
principal place of business shall be
Keokuk, Iowa.
3.-The general nature Of the bust
ness to be transacted in the manufac-
turing, buying and selling of general
merchandise and transacting any
mercantile or other business con-
nected Herewith, and such other
business as the corporation may from
time to time, determine.
4.-The amount of capital stock au-
thorized shall be Ten Thousand (s10,
100000 Dollars, divided into shares Of
One hundred (s1O0O0) Dollars each.
5.-The renewal Of the corporation
shall commence January 18th A. D.,
1916, and shall continue for period
of twenty years from that date I'M
less sooner dissolved.
1.-THE affairs of the corporation
shall be conducted by a board of di-
rectors, who shall be elected by bal
lot at. the annual meeting of the
stockholders on the first Monday in
January in each year. The directors
shall hold their office until their sue
cessors are elected
THE highest amount of indebted
ness to which the company may sub
iect itself shall not exceed tWO-thirdS
of the paid up capital stock.
S.--The private property OF the
stockholders shall be exempt from
the debts of the corporation.
THE l. X. l.. STARCH co,
BY G. w. MOSELEY. Pres
Attest: e. II, LEAKE. Secretary.
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HONOR ROLL OF
TORRENCE PUPILS
Twenty Were Neither Absent Nor
Tardy During School
Year.

Pupils OF the Terrence school who
have been neither absent nor tardy
for the school year ending June 8,
1916, are:
Mabel Spicer, Effle Johnson, Clara
Cook, Carroll Nelson, Carl Hoffman,
Herman Boehm, Edna Pearson. Helen
Olson, Vera Malone, Elizabeth Hoff.
man. Violet Huffman, Ivan Larson,
Arthur Burton, Zana Fogeland, Lucille
McGruder, Emily Patterson, Hilma
Pearson, Edward Reichman, Ralph
Nelson, Frank Green.
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made in accordance With .he Ian GOV.

made in accordance with .he law gov.
erning the same.
Be 1t Further Resolved, that the
M, on the 9Th day OF July, 1916, in the
kuk, for the purpose OF considering
proposed resolution, and to the con-
which hearing the above resolution
may be amended and passed. or pass
ed as proposed.
Be 1t Further Resolved. the tina
City Clerk be and he Is hereby in
structed to cause notice OF the pend
ency of the above resolution and the
time at which the said proposed reso-
luton will be considered by this coun-
Gil. and objections to the passags
thereof heard, to be published as pro-
vided by law In The Daily Gate City.
g. newspaper of general circulation.
published in the City of Keokuk.
Adopted June II. 1916, by the foI,
lowing vote:
Lofton-Aye.
Hilpert-Aye.
Hickey-Aye.
Ayes, 3; Noes. 0. fe
Approved and signed:
ED 8. LOTION,
Mayor of the City Of Keokuk.
Attest: o. w. SANDBERG, City
Clerk.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand.
o. w. sANDBERG.
City Clerk of the City of Keokuk.
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,rist." June Is. .rn Knowledge,

Christ" June 49, I'm knowledge. a
Disciple;" July 2, ''In Character. a
Saint" July 8, I'm Influence, a
Light" July 16, "In Conflict, a Sol
der" July %, "In Communion, a
Friend:" July 80, "In Relationship, a
Child" August 6, I'm Expectation, an
Heir" These sermons will not be
longer than thirty minutes, and the
whole evening service will be but one
hour, 500 to 900 o'clock. The gen.
eral public is cordially invited, and
will be given a most hearty welcome.
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This week costs parents r,any a Ave,
But to them the cost is small.
When festivals are over and we come
down
From the life we have lived in the
sky,
We ind that we are just ordinary
beings,
The Alumni OF Keokuk High.
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STEFFEY PLANNING
SERIES OF SERMONS
Thirty Minute Talks viii Be Made
BY Pastor Of M. P. Church
for Remainder of Summer.

Rev. E. Leroy Steffey, pastor Of the
First Methodist Protestant church has
planned for series of eight special
sermons for the following Sunday
evening services. The subject of the
series is, What is Christian
June Is, "In Faith, a Believer in
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East 25 feet of Lot 4. Block so.

LOU D, DUCK Slly VI heOhuh.
Notice is hereby given that at a
City of Keokuk, held on the 18th day
of June, 1916, there was introduced
the resolution hereinafter set forth.
and that by resolution Of the City
Council duly passed on the said date.
the said resolution hereinafter set
forth will be considered by the City
Council for passage, at meeting 70
be held in the council chamber in said
city at o'clock a. m, on the 9Th
day Of July. 1916, at which time the
owners OF property subject to assess
ment for the cost of the Improvement
contemplated by the said resolution.
may appear before the said council
and make objection to the contemplat-
ed improvement and the passage OF
the said proposed resolution, If any
they have, said resolution being as
follows:
Resolution No. as.
Be It Resolved by tho City Council
OF the City of Keokuk, that it is deem
ed advisable and necessary to make
improvements by grading between
the sub-grade and established grade,
paving with concrete and curbing
with cement, the grading to be done
foundation to be prepared and paving
and curbing to be constructed in &C
cordance with specifications to be
prepared by the City Engineer, and
approved by the City Council, the fol-
lowing named streets and parts Of
streets, towit:
South Eighth street. from south
line of Johnson to north line OF Pal.
can.
South Tenth street. from south line
Of johnson to north line Of Palean.
South Sixteenth street. from south
line Of Main to north line of Ex-
change.
North Sixteenth street, from north
line of Main to south line Of High.
North Sixteenth street, from north
line OF Franklin to south line of Or
leans.
Eighteenth street. from south line
Of Main to north line Of Carroll.
Also, grading between the sub
grade and established grade and paw
ing with brick blocks on concrete
base and curb with cement, the grad
ing to be done foundation to be pre-
Pared and paving and curbing to be
constructed in accordance with the
plans and specifications to be prepar
ed by the City Engineer, and approx
ed by the City Council, the following
named street. to-wit:
Franklin street, from east line of
Fourth to west line Of Thirteenth,
Also, construction of combination
curb and gutter in front of the fol-
lowing lots, to-wit:
West q feet of Lot 8, Block so,
City of Keokuk, q feet.
East rs feet of Lot 4, Block so, City
of Keokuk, % feet
Lot 6, Block so, City of Keokuk, so
feet.
The expense of making said i'm
provements to be assessed against all
privately owned lots and parcels of
land abutting thereon and adjacent
thereto. according to area. so as to
include one-half of the privately own
ed property between the streets i'm
proved and the next streets, whether
such privately owned property abut
upon said streets or not, but in no
case shall privately owned property
situated more than three hundred
(300) feet from the streets SO improv-
ed be so assessed, land against the
railway and street railway companies
whose tracks are located thereon,.
to the extent that the same Is assess
able by law, said assessments to bs
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Far From 1t.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Their grab
for pork isn't going to help lot OF
congressman to bring home the
bacon.
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About Seventy Enjoy Banquet and Re
ception Il Twelfth Street Ma
sonic Hail Last
Evening
ADDRESS BY wooDsoN
Well Known Iowa coIored Lawyer
praises Ideals and Accom-
piishments Of His
Race.

The Keokuk Colored Alumni asso-
citation held its annual banquet and
reception in the colored Masonic hall
at Twelfth and Johnson streets last
night. About seventy-flve members Of
the association and guests were pres
at The hall was tastefuliy deco
tied for the occasion.
q he banquet was served at $3.50
lock, the guests all being seated at
long table in the banquet hall.
~ menu consisted of the following:
Chicken Salad
So toga Chips Pimento Sandwiches
bread and Butter Sandwiches
" Pickles Coffee
~ Brick Cream
Cake
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List Of letters remaining in the
keokuk postoffice, uncalled for, for
week ending June II, 1916:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-17

The Alumni orchestra composed of
Ruth Bland. piano; Arthur Robbins,
violin; F. d. Fields, cornet, and r.
S. Johnson, traps, provided the music
numbers for the evening.
No officers were elected last night.
The present list is as follows:
President-Mrs. Ella Drain Taylor.
Vice president-F.+ S. Johnson.
Secretary-Ione Hawkins.
Treasurer-Mrs. Olive Gross.
The committee that arranged for
the annual meeting was composed Of
Ruth Bland, F. S. Johnson, Roy Handy
and Miss Artitia Fields.
Following the banquet the program
of the evening was presented. Mrs.
Olive Gross presided as POSTMASTER.
She first introduced F.. s. Johnson,
who delivered the, welcoming ad-
dress. Odes to Keokuk high school
were read by Mrs. Elizabeth Gross
and Mckinley Brooks.
Ode by Miss Hawkins.
The following ode to the Keokuk
colored alumni was read by Miss lone
Hawkins:
All hail, Keokuk colored Alumni.
Comes the cry,
From yonder sky,
AS you pass by;
Z. And the silvery moon,
This night in June,
Picks up the tune.
victors, Keokuk colored Alumni,
The twinkling stars,
Celestial cars,
Join in the bars
OF music too,
And says, BE true
In all you do"
Go on, Keokuk colored Alumni,
Mankind says Go
And ope the door,
Your brother show
The way of life,
Lead in the strife,
The call is rife,
Go on!"
The keokuk High School.
Arthur Robbins chose as the sub
1ect of his ode, 1.-The Keokuk High
school," and delivered the following:
Keokuk high school. some two stories
high,
With all its stately grace,
Is passed in youth, with wistful eye
Until we enter the place.
When our work here is once begun
To improve our common life,
It seems the task will ne'er be done,
So confused is a freshman's life.
But late in the year, when things
settle down,
No more exists the din and uproar
OF seat numbers change and strange
rooms unbound
And no more new things to explore.
We leave for three months.
With brain so heavy laden and sore
That we think it unsafe te learn any
more,
So forget our tasks for while.
Back we come for our second year,
We feel this time more at home,
For teachers questions we have no
fear
If the answer is yearn or roam.
We now laugh at the freshy's plight,
Because we are sophomores bold,
So passes this year smoothly
WIN nope OF diploma W hoio'
AS juniors we are more concerned
In social things than before,
The credits we get are not so hard
earned,
And we have class meetings galore.
We plan for the seniors, banquet
gay,
A picnic in the woods for all,
Next year wen be the guests, you
know,
So our plans are far from small.
AS seniors, nothing exists which is
new.
And Keokuk high seems so tame,
For seniors haven't much work to do,
They can go SO far on their name.
Now come the time of formal things
And work fades away In night.
We proudly show our new class rings
And a diploma hovers In sight
At last comes the week, the week OF
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Gentlemen

Sutton Agnew
Mr.. Clarence Daniel
Mr. j. E. Harrington (2).
Mr.. S. E. Huff
Register Life Ins. Co.
Mr.. Albert H. Warren.
Mr.. Russell Young
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are advel
tised. E. p. McMANUS.
Postmaster,
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right arm and the uplifted rod ap-
piled with vigor until the victim cried
or the masters arm gave out, either
OF these results being fun for the
school. What has always seemed the
hardest part to me, is that many
times the culprit was forced to fur
nish the implements for his own tor
tura
The Tuition.
There was no public school fund
and each pupil was required to bring
his weeks dues Monday morning.
Minus the money. stay at home. Be-
ginners ten cents, adults twenty-five
cents. In rainy weather teachers and
scholars were often forced to take
refuge on the desk to keep their feet
dry. All classes were housed in this
one large room, from A. B. c.. to the
highest, and those who had COM
pleted the rule Of three were ac-
counted as almost to the top Of the
ladder of learning. The small pupils
had first call to class and those who
parrot-like could say their A. B. C's
from A to and vice versa were very
smart indeed. Sometimes we would
forget what came next and then It
was No! and go back to the beginning.
Your little friend was one of the smar
ty smart set, made so by q cherry tree
switch in the hands of loving but
none too patient grandmother, who
would apply said switch with will
when the youngster persisted in say
ing "p" when grandmother said ~"
After our A. B.. C.'s were droned or
yelled out as the case may be, we
were allowed to mount our high seats
Called forms) and there dangle until
recess time. Oh, that blessed recess,
when we could get our feet on solid
ground once more and get breath
Of fresh air and join in ring around a
rosy, blind mans buff, London bridge
and / spy! Those were golden mo-
ments indeed. There were no higher
schools, no colleges, no prizes to COM
pete for. I often marvel at the spirit
of our people, who in spite OF all OBJ
stacles, studied on and gained a good
ly measure of attainment. Many,
alas, were like the kings and prophets
who died without the sight, illustrat-
ing in their lives the Bible definition
of faith. the substance OF things
hoped for.
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Ladies.

Miss Bernice Hoffman
Miss May Reisnicr
Mrs. Edith Stahl
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The School House.


We are now in school, the basement
NJ an old dilapidated church, guilt
less of paint without and within;
whose walls are blackened with the
smoke of many loads of coal burned
in a cannon stove, windows so close
to the ground and so dirty that the
pure sunlight could scarce pierce the
gloom. AS to seating, there was no
allowance made for immature 1orins
and so we will sit all day long WIN
little feet dangling like the penuui"n
of grandfather's clock.
Should we by any chance grow
tired (perish the thought of getting
tired at schooD and the little head 90
nodding. we are brought back 10
earth by a sharp rap on the head from
the masters ruler. None are 700
small to escape this reminder: none
too large to dodge the masters sooa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-15

sLEGlSLATIoN WILL NOT
CONTROL PRODUCTION
Pgehibitins Slaughter Of Calves and
Other Similar Messures Held Silly
by curtiss-War and Shortage Of
Crops Chief Causes Of Abnormal
Prices--Ways to Meet Situation.

Special to Times Republican,.
Ames. Dec. 15.--"All talk of putting
an embargo ON. foodstuffs in times of
prosperity and peace to reduce prices
is useless, and all talk of regulating
production by prohibiting the slaught-
er Of calves and other similar meas
ures is Silly maintains Dean C. II
'Curtiss. of iowa State College Amer
lean farms will produce sufficient
foodstuffs if national policies and eco
nomic conditions are rignt. If they are
not right. compulsory legislation will
be worse than useless
The war and shortage Of crops, ac-
cording to Dean Curtiss,- are the chief
causes of present abnormal prices. IF
no war had occurred we would have
seen abnormally low prices for provi-
ssioas during the past few years" he
says.
Z In place of ehbargoes. Dean Curtiss
offers a number of pain. every. day
ways to meet the present situation.
4 "The farmers have it in their power
to reduce greatly the cost ofNiving on
the farm" he says. THE farm meat
bin could be cut nearly one-halfeby a
return to the old system OF farm
Strengthening and curing of meats. Dur
ing the summer months the beef ring
or association will provide meat cheap
'ly. This plan consists Of an organiza,
ton of dozen or fifteen farmers each
of whom in turn furnishes suitable
animal for killing, The product is
equitably divided. The winter meat
supply and the summer bacon, hams
and pork can be supplied in similar
manner. if desired. marked saving
may be made in many provisions by
buying in larger quantities and in bulk
rather thans in the specially prepared
small packages.
This is q good time to acquires the
habit of eating corhbread .andAother
corn products, /adds Dean CnrtisS.
I'VE have in times past manifested
much concern about inducing the peo-
pie of other Countries to become large
consumers of corn, but we Have never
acquired the habit ourselves. Corn
products are wholesome and ought to
constitute a larger proportion OF our
daily diet than they do. Our preach
ing Of the economy Of corn diet to
other countries will be in vain il wesdo
not practice our own doctrine for the
sake of economy and wholesome diet
in times of distress and complaint.
Beans and ffee are ecopomical. and nu-
tritious foods. In some countries the
working population is practically sus-
ftained on these foods supplemented
with pork, milk aud bread
IT is, the opinion of Dean Cnrtiss that
present conditions emphasize the inn
aportance Of sthe family garden, If the
waste land son city lots and in the
country were properly utilized lin grow
ing good family gardens, he points sost.
a large part Of the talk about the higli
cost of food stuffs woula II disappear
within a year. II. (.
"Finally,'&s Dean curtiss. keep a
COW. Keep a good COW and take good
care of her. A good COW is anseconom-
ical producer of food..5 .S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-15
eos.TAILEp elDnv IN COURT.
Hen Stealing Accusation May Be De
termined by Pet Chicken.


Manchester. Dec ia bob -tailel
jpullet has occupied the attention nj the
Delaware district court two days, pc
| ing produced in court to be identtheu
| by the complaining witness in the case
of state VS.. H. f. Williams. The evil
dence shows that one Jacoh Lopez
owned chickens last December. To the
amount as he says 81 more thar one
hundred among which WAS po"-
tailed" pullet that had met with ms
fortune early in life and had peen 50
disfisured that its tail feathers were
gone never to grow again. ON th' eve
ming of Dec. %. 1918, Mr.. Lopcr Shut
his chickens in his hen house ana 'he
| next morning Mrs. Lopez dlscoVereu
that only twenty EIGHT remained. ihes
| instituted search for their mlss'iIs
property and on the premises OF H. ~
Williams found yellow chickens Which
Loper said We're his and among theii
the bob tailed" pullet which was
pet, understanding its mistress "nen
hsfc talked to It. This particAa'
chicken was delivered to Sheriff ZEN
tony and has remained ever since SUD
1ect to call as evidence and yesterday
when produced in court. Mr. Lopez
positively identified it as the chicken
found on the Williams place and also
as the one raised on his place ana re-
moved in the night Of Dec %.
A number OF the neighbors OF MT.
| Loper all residing near Dundee in the
| northwest portion of the county ha'e
suffered poultry losses and there Is "
| strong desire to punish the Suh'A
party. but Mr.. Williams maintains that
he ,s not the man. 1t is understood
that his defense will be an alibi as
we'll as the alleged yellow eh'cheiis
claimed by Mr.. Lopez as MS "ei'
raised on the Williams place.