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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
CELEBRATED HIS
18TH BIRTHDAY
rounded by HE Children on
That Happy Event.

Jacob Wickham, father Of Charles
Wickham of this city, celebrated at
his home in Kahoka on Tuesday, his
seventy-f1fth birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wickham were
present at the gathering along with
the other children and grandchildren.
Jacob Wickham was born in 1871
near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, in a double log
house. In 1S4S, he came on the Will
liam Penn boat via the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers to Keokuk, Iowa. He
has resided in Clark county for fifty
five years. Last Saturday marked
the fiftieth anniversary Of his first
marriage. Mr.. Wickham is an old
soldier, hale, hearty and one OF
Kahoka's best citizens. A sumptuous
dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour.
The children and their children
present, were Mrs. Flora Whitehead.
and two children, Misses Catherine
and Myrtle; Thomas Wickham and
wife and two children; Mrs. Harry
Mackey and baby. and Miss frankie,
Mrs. Daisy Stevens, Claude and Al
fred wickham. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert But
Ter and children, Ray, Barton, Flora,
Aline and William, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wickham.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
Society Event Of Commencement
Week With Seniors a Guests Of
Honor, VIII be Held in
Elks Club Rooms.
EXTENSIVE PLANS MADE
Class Of 1917, Under Leadership Of
Joshua Elder, viii Prove Able
Hosts for Annual
Prom.

The society event of !, graduation
week. the juniors reception for the
seniors, will Occult tomorrow evening
at the Eks club rooms. This is al.
ways the most interesting event OF
the week for both classes. and
promises this year to be especially
so. The junior class OF which Joshua
G. Elder is president, has been max.
Ing extensive preparation to entertain
the outgoing class. Besides the SEN
Tors. the faculty Of the high school
and the members OF the board OF
education and their wives will be
guests.
The committees named by Presi-
dent Elder to look after the arrange-
ments for the banquet are the fol-
lowing:
Program: Thoma. Pond, Louesa
Harrison. Emma WdnAeman, and
Harold Hubinger.
Hall and music: Joshua Elder.
John Tanning and Carol Joy.
Refreshments: Florence Littel,
Mary Hollingsworth, Justine verburg.
Margaret Stadler. Mary Beardsley,
Irene Hinson, Margaret and Dorothy
Aldrich.
Decorations. John MdManus, Ly-
man Beach, Ross Blake. Harry Hell
wig. Thornton Hodge. John Breheny.
Edna Gustafson, Marguerite Pattee.
Ito VanAnsdall, Howard Malone.
Ralph Shade, Donald Stricken, Byron
Shafer and Hubert Marks.
Entertainment: Donald Strdckler.
Bonner Mayhem. Ruth AlfinE. VIII
lard Roberts. Harry Helwig, Helen
and Hazel Vermazen.
The class officers are Joshua Elder.
president, Thomas Pond. vice presi-
dent; Mary Beardsiey, secretary, and
Harold Hubinger, treasurer.
A reception will be held from 500
until 900 O'Clock when the dance
program will start. Supper viii be
served during tho evening in the
dining room downstairs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
PREPAREDNESS
BY Thomas p. Gray,

| In the history of the world and ite
development, every age has been
marked by some characteristic prob
lem, or problems, whose solution has
meant forward step in the march of
lcivilization. Such questions are in
the end settled by public opinion. The
| decision of the great mass OF humani-
| ty is always the determining factor,
especially so in democracy such as
the United States. No one man alone.
brilliant as he may be, can solve q
nations problems. But with the
power of public opinion behind him
he can accomplish that which other r
wise would seem impossible. For
this reason 1t is the duty of every
citizen to consider those questions
which are of national Importance and
to help form the great force of public
opinion that will eventually Lead to a
solution.
Any great public problem is direct
| ly related to education. We, the class
of 1915, have been receiving at the
hands Of a government founded, es-
tablished and supported institutions,
that knowledge which enables us to,
in some measure, help to solve these
problems which confront the nation.
our nation for settlement presents
to this graduating class an opportunt.
| ty for study and thought such as few
classes before it have known.
Almost the whole world Is being
upset by the terrific effects of mol
/ ern warfare With all Of Europe a
raging battlefield, there falls to the
United States, the greatest nation
still blessed with peace, the task of
keeping herself free from the en-.
/ tanglements that lead to war and pre-
pairing to meet such struggle
! should it come.
! Preparedness is the biggest issue
of the hour, not only in its military
aspect but also in it's relation to ir.
dustrial moral and civil problems.
One Hundred Years Ago.
! approximately one hundred years
ago, we awoke to the fact that II wa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

to two doctors, then my mother got d
bottle Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and I took it. I never had
any moro trouble and got strong fast
Then / took it again before my little
girl was born and It helped me q good
deal and give the Compound the credit
for it. Then this spring I felt very
badly again, but ! took the Compound
and have been well all summer. cam
not be grateful enough for your medt-
cine" Mrs. HAROLD M. SMITH, 40
Water Street, Clarksburg, w. Va.
For forty years it has been making
women strong and well, and curing back
ache, nervousness, uterine and ovarian
Inflammation, weakness, displacements,
irregularity and periodic pains.
nyou want special advice write
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentdal), Lynn, Mass
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

while, double their strength and en.
durance and entirely get rid Of all
symptoms OF dyspepsia, liver and
other troubles in from ten to fourteen
days time simply by taking iron in
the proper form. And this after they
had In some cases been doctoring for
months without obtaining any bene-
fit. But don't take the old forms Of
reduced iron. iron acetate or tincture
Of iron simply to save . few cents.
You must take iron In . form that
can be easily absorbed and assim-
Hated Hike nuxated aron II you want
It to do you any good, otherwise Il
may prove woFse than useless. Many
an athlete or prizefiehter has won
the day simply because he knew the
secret of great strength and endar-
ancs and 1Aled his blood with iron
before he went into the ARRAY. while
mAny another has gone down to In
glorious defeat simply for the lack Of
iron.-E. Sauer, ~. ..
NOTE-NuxAted Iron. reoonamend-
ed shove by DR.. Sauer II not Q patent
medicine nor secret remedy. but one
which h we'll known to druggists
and whose from congtieuents are wide
Iy prescribed by eminent physicians
everywhere. Unlike the older In
organic iron products. It 10 easily as
simulated, does not tnjure ths tseth.
make them black, nor upset the etOm.
ach; on the contrary. it 10 q most
potent remedy. in nearly al forms
Of indigestion, as we'll az for nervous,
rundown conditions. The manufac-
turers have such great confidence In
NuxaAed Iron that they offer to for
felt $4,000 to any charitable instdtu-
ton IL they cannot take any man q
woman under so who lacks iron and
increase their strength 200 Per cent
or over IN four weehs' time. provided
they have no serious organic trouble.
They also offer to refund your
money II 1t does not at least double
your strength and endurance in ten
days time. II IL dispensed IN this
city BY Wilkinson Z Co. and eli oth6
druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
CLASS SONG
BY Marshall Fulton.

Today we bring our garland fair,
AS we approach the parting ways
To crown this day the best of all
Our happy, care-free. high school
days.
For four long years we've hoped to
greet
The dawning of these joyous hours.
When high school days should be
complete
Az buds develop into 1owers.
CHORUS
Too much Of JOY. it will not last.
Till all the round OF life has
passed,
But we can call through mem'ry dear
These times of joy and mirth and
cheer,
And thought will ever and for aye
Recall our first Commencement day.
Today we loose with sober thought
The tie that binds us all as one,
And we, with childhood's battles
fought,
Must finish labors just begun.
The love of teachers and Of friends,
The sweets of fellowship most CAV
Must yield to laws of diverse trends
On reaching our Commencement
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
ALL CROWD RECORDS
HAVE BEEN BROKEN
Four Conversions IN Chicago This
Week. Attract Thousands OF
Visitors.

CHICAGO, June 7-Chicago blew
all its records straight up through
e gloomy atmosphere to tho last spot
on the far side of the sky today, as
the greatest crowd that ever packed,
jammed and smashed its way down
old Boul Mich, showed along to four
big conventions. Whiskers and silk.
en- gowns swished alternately in the
lake breeze as the throngs moved to
republicans, progressives or either Of
the two suffrage meetings that
brought more than 100000 visitors TO
town.
From $50 in the morning. when
the doors to the Coliseum opened, I'M
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

preparedness" that it does not
ing we can help to insure a solution
which will prepare us to hold our
place among the nations and to Sc
cure for our own country the bless
ings OF, peace and prosperity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
What the Right Soap
Does for Your Skin

cleansing aoay SaPaGs Saa Kgsnd so sts
And the healing Resinol medication in
it helps to keep the complexion clear,
fresh, and beautiful.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

For use in places where acids in
water would quickly corrode metals,
pump has been invented that is
composed almost entirely of wood.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

mol medication arrests the action OF
the disease, and almost always restores
the tortured, iniamed skin to perfect
health-quickly, easily, and at little
cost. Prescribed by doctors for over 20
years, and sold by every druggist
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
W. J. ROBERTS
ATrORNDY AT Law
- North Fourth o.
Special Attention TO Setting Essatsa.

his wife, the beautiful Nine d Cana,
were . few OF the arrivals from the
east. :
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

Cartons for lights and electro
chemical purpQpss are being made
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
Why Not Get
Rid of Eczema?

II your skin itches and burns with
eczema or any such tormenting, I'M
slightly skin disease, simply wash the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
Like A Boy at so Bubblin$ Over
With VitaLity-- Taking Iron Did Il

Of all strength sumdss-oNsn
Il cont n
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

expected to hold our place as ma
ton. we must be an educated nation.
The success OF our democratic form
OF government depends on the intel
! ligence OF the great mass OF people.
To keep our place at the present time,
according to the opinion Of great
number of people, We must be q pre-
pared nation. The situation Is parat
lei to that Of q hundred years ago.
We realized then that the United
States in order to become nation,
prosperous and efficient, must devel-
op a public school system; a syste,a
capable OF meeting one OF the most
difficult educational situations. We
were called upon to teach not only
cur own people, but also races whose
former education. had been little or
nothing. Many could not even read
or write their own mother tongues.
They came to us ignorant or our
language, our ideas and ideals. Our
public schools have made Of these
people not immigrant foreigners, but
Americans. We armed ourselves
then with "a system of schools that
has been entirely adequate and has
accomplished that for which 1t was
designed. The solution Of that prob
lem has made us an educated and
prosperous nation, and under its In
fluence we have developed our great
natural resources and made this ma
ton world power.
New we face the problem Of keep
ing that place. We have made for
ourselves place in the circle of
in that circle to be respected. Since
40 q $ho ha
OF whether other nations will heed
our request, if we are utterly unpre-
pared to support them. We make
certain demands OF the world AMI
should be prepared to enforce these
demands If necessary. OF just what
this preparedness consists is the
great problem.
preparedness" In Air
The word preparedness" is in
the air. People are all very enthus
for and some against It.
else the president and join in great
that true preparedness means the set
ting on a definite plan OF co-opers
ton. True preparedness does not
mean a giant standing army depend
ing on the nation for its support, or
q huge navy capable of encircling the
globe. On the contrary, it means q
citizen body adequately prepared to
support and defend all
those ideals for which this great dem
ocracy of our stands.
individually we cannot settle how
we are to arm this citizen body, but
it is necessary that we consider all
those plans that are put forth by the
men of the nation for our
or disapproval. It is not for
us to form a plan so much as to be
prepared to carry one out.
Some great men have proposed dig
armament. Disarmament rests upon
the assumption that nations as we'll
as men can settle their disputes with
out coming to blows. We, at least
hope that at some time the world
will have reached such a state OF per-
lection; when nations and men in
their dealings with each other will
adhere strictly to the laws Of honesty.
But can We say that such an ideal
condition is probable when all Europe
is at war and our nation Is COMPEL
ed to support thousands of peniten-
tiaries and other institutions for those
who cannot obey man made laws?
Many Plans Proposed.
Others advocate large standing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
Many Plans Proposed.


Others advocate a large standing
army, an invincible navy depending
for their support upon the tax payers
But could we. and would we willing
" support standing army large en-
ough to protect this country with its
great citizen body unprepared
A third plan and one which Is urg-
ed by many Of our leading citizens,
and supported by great mass OF
voters is that Of military training for
the youths OF the nation. Many Of
our schools have already adopted It.
The purpose is this: to prepare the
youth of the nation to meet war
should 1t come. While any thought of
compulsory service, is, as yet and for
many years to come, out Of all ques-
ton as appealing to the democratic
American mind, one thing is certain:
| in case Of war our young men would
be drafted for military service. The
question, therefore, is not, do we be.
Iieve in war" but "are we willing that
our youths should be drafted for ser
vice in case of war absolutely unfit
ted and unframed" We cannot solvs
this problem by turning our faces
away from It. To argue that we in
vite war by having our young men
trained is hardly logical. We do not
invite punctures by having extra
tires aboard our automobiles; nor fire
by having five extigufshers; nor the
end OF life by being insured. But
these precautions do prepare rs.
Here is the real essence of military
preparedness. How are We going to
face the possibility OF being drafted
for military service? AS inefficient
% Aok 80 NJ
or at least, as trained IN the rudi-
mentarv knowledge Of modern war.
fare2
Tho Lesson Of 81.
At the opening Of the civil war we
sent an army into the field ignorant
Of all military discipline. and the re-
suit was the rush from Bull Run to
washington-a parade OF unprepared-
ness. After four years OF hard fight
ing, We possessed a body OF soldiery
unequalled by any other nation. But
do we wish to endure again such a
means OF preparing our army?
Through all these years Of educa-
tional training, We this. graduating
class have been preparing ourselves
to meet lffe's battles. The world not
only asks but demands that its young
peopIe he trained in that work which
thew wish TO follow. No young man
would be allowed to enter into pro-
fession without first securing thor
ouph knowledge of its fundamental
principles. Educational training has
! fitted us to fill place in the army
OF everyday service In case of war
there will be place in the ranks OF
the fighting army for everyone OF us.
Shall we fill it prepared or unprepar-
ed? Here lies our great problem, the
| solution of which Is yet to be reached.
and will be reached as efficiently as
was the educational system inaug-
| urated 100 years ago. Let us re-
meuasr when we hear the word
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07

sore places WIN hesil
Soap and hot water, d
and apply q little Resi-
Ointment. Usually
itching stops INsTAh
LIZ, you no longer h;
to dig and scratch, eli
becomes possible, and
healing begins. That
is because the sooth-
ing, antiseptic Resi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

.. n. AYREs, cHiRoPRAcToR
Once 323 Blondeau ct.
Phone l411.
Once hourp to u q. m, 4 70 3 =
M, TO p. N.
Other hours and Sunday ~ spDofnt
ment.
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Now we in our Will. have come to
place
OF a climax, which we Will meet
with best grace.
We have three wonderful girls, with
unusual traits,
Whose careers, We are destined to
link with the fates.
Wen appoint Miss Lang, the goddess
of birth,
And demand that she sees that
while we're on earth,
There are no more born with such
meager knowledge,
As Felix Anschutz, who has hopes
for college.
Wen appoint Miss Hornung, the god
dess of life,
And demand that she stop this war
and this strife.
And we ask that Pearl Frazier in
this, our last will,
Be the goddess Of death, whose job
is to kill.
We wish that she with all her black
crepes,
Would visit the freshmen whom
everyone hates.
In closing this will we go with ct sat
care,
For a bunch of live whiskers, we
intend to tear
From Dillon's rough cheek. transfer
ring elsewhere,
To Don Strickler's chin, so smooth
and so fair.
In witness whereof. we, the class
of 1916. the testators, have TO this.
DIR last will and testament, set our
hand and seal, the seventh day OF
June, A. D., one thousand nine hum
bred and sixteen.
FOSTER G. M'GAW.
Signed and witnessed this seventh
day of June. one thousand nine hun
dred and sixteen.
Witnesses:
r. L. REID. Principal.
NM-.ALDRICH, Superintendent.
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The wright" Bequest.

AS we have three people who are
all Wright, viz, Ralph, Lloyd anc
Mildred, we will and bequeath thei,
rights in Keokuk high school to Lii
liam Wright, who is also all right.
We will Verna Beaman's commend
able course in high school to some
whose motto seems to be, II Should
Worry"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
THE DESIGNS:

jacquard figures; jacquard
figures and stripes; Hair
line S tripes; c an d.
Stripes; Roman Stripes;
and detached figure effects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
YALE MAN ELOPES,
KIDNAPPED IN TAXI
AFTER WEDDING
Kept Prisoner for Five Days,
but He Returns TO Start
on Honeymoon

Under the vigilant eye OF his bride
Arthur Brooks McCiavo will arrive
from Milwaukee some time to-day TO
spend his honeymoon at the home Of
his new sister-in-law. Mrs. T. Warren.
Of Long Island City. The vigilance Of
his helpmeet's gaze is justified in Mr..
McClave's case, for the day after he
was married in Milwaukee last week he
disappeared For five days his anxious
bride could get no trace of him.
Young McClave, a graduate OF Yale
ard the son Of a wealthy Scranton,
Penn. family eloped ten days ago with
Miss Halle Mae IRE. whose father is a
power in the numbering industry. But
before the marriage he sent word 10
his father of its imminence. and the
latter replied by wiring him enough
money for his wedding trip.
Later the newly made Mrs. McClaye
returned home and told her family
that she had been married. They were
surprised and demanded that her hus-
band be summoned at once for inspec-
ton. Mrs. McClave added TO the mem
tai unrest of her relatives by an
nouncing that she didn't know where
he was. She tried to find out for five
days.
There was no sign of the missing
bridegroom, and his family-in-law at
last went to the Prosecuting Attorney
and reported his disappearance. The
next day McClave returned and ex-
planned that he had been kidnapped
and taken away on taxi ride.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
SOMME OFFENSIVE
"STIFLED IN BLOOD
Berlin Says Fighting There Has
Cost Allies 100000 Men

Berlin, Dec. (via wireless to
Tuckerton, y. JD.-"After five months
of the heaviest and the bloodest of
combats," says the Overseas News
Agency. "the Somme offensive at no
place has advanced beyond ten kilo-
metres about seven miles,. This sue
cess was attained in July south of the
SOmme. Then the French conquered
La Maisonnette, in sight of the ancient
walls of Peronne. Since this time
that is to say, since l45 days-the Of
fensive has ceased at this place. No
further advance could be made be-
You'd it.
ITO the north of the Somme the ad-
vance was slower but steader. On
July 10 in this sector fighting was still
going on about Contalmaison, which
had been taken by the British July l.,
but receptured later by the Germans.
After most sanuipary battles in
July. August and September. the Brit
ish. assisted by the French. finally
succeeded in September in advancing
as far as the French during the first
days in July.
From this time onward the Ger
mans have halted all further advances
The recent insignificant gains often
cannot be measured by kilometres, but
by metres. Of course, through big
concentration an attack can push back
the defenders at isolated and narrowly
limited places. such as the British did
on the Ancre in November. Not one of
their objects, however, was attained
not even a modest one. Nobody. not
even on the Entente side, believes any
longer that the German front can be
broken.
"The great offensive which has cost
the western powers 100000 to 100000
men. has been sthed in blood and
mud. The battle of the Somme, which
was started with gigantic fresh
armies. with war machines and the
ammunition Of two parts of the world,
will continue in history as the heavl-
est Entente defeat. T. means a Gal
lipoi on the continent"