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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
Life lies behind us the quarry from whence
we get tiles and copestones for the masonry
Of today-Emerson.
JAIL THE sPEEDERS.

Growing disrespect for law and for the rights
of individuals is being shown by certain owners
of automobiles. This disrespect is encouraged
III large part by the failure of authorities to
enforce city traffic rules and statutes enacted
by the general assembly. The recent narrow
escapes from serious happenings as a result OF
careless driving and speeding in the streets Of
Keokuk are loud calls for tightening the lid
on speed and time burners, and none, aside
from those whose infractions Of the law make
them liable to punishment, would raise voice
against infction of Jail sentences on the ones
found guilty. The day of the fine for auto
speeders should be regarded as back number;
let the punishment fit the crime and place the
law breakers behind the bars.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

Paper company, which makes about
one-fourth of the print paper used by
newspapers, has announced the con-
tract price for the year 1917 to be
$40 per hundred at the mill. This
is an increase of $4,000 per ton. To
this the freight. drayage, storage
and insurance must be added. The
increase is generally called fifty
per cent The publisher must enter
into contract for a certain amount
representing the amount he is now
using or less and if he has an in
crease of business during the year
he must buy his surplus on the open
market: This brings broker into
the game.
This increase in price it is pre-
dicted by trade journals will cause
the discontinuance of many newspa-
pers.
The increased price will cost such
papers as the Kansas City Star from
100000 to 100000 per year above
what the Star now pays. The in
creased profits of the International
Paper company are estimated at
from $1O.00O,O00 to $15000,0OO per
year.
The publishers are practically help
less. The repeal Of the tariff on
white paper and wood pulp has pre-
vented the building of any paper
mills. Hence there is shortage in
the supply. Publishers, as a rule,
are cutting down the number OF
pages: also withdrawing all return
privileges and doing everything else
to reduce their white paper expenses.
But these reforms are small COM
pared with the increased cost OF pa
per.
On yesterday all the newspapers
in Pittsburgh which have been sold
at one cent per copy were increased
to two cents per copy. The Buffalo
papers did the same thing few
days ago. The newspapers of the
south have been prompt in increasing
their prices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
A KEoKUK DEMONSTRATION.

Not long before he died Sir Hiram Maxim
said that all problems of motor propulsion were
waiting for the final solution for the inevitable
coming of wireless power What ST. Hiram
meant was the same thing which Charles Stein
metz last year declared to be the greatest
problem Of the future although Mr.. Steinmetz
chose to call it the ''perfectly mobile transfer
of electric power from wherever it is gener-
ated TO wherever it is needed
Not many years ago we were being slowly
converted from skepticism over the reality of
wireless telegraphy. Only few months ago
wireless telephone communication became a
proved accomplishment. This government has
recently bought from John Hays Hammond,
Jr, the rights to his Invention of a boat which
is manipulated by radio control, which is
started and stopped, steered and perfectly
managed by an operator on shore. It is but
one of the problems toward the solution of
which scientists are working with calm conf
dence of success, the result Of which solution
will mean that all over this world where there
is water power capable of producing electric
energy, motor power can be cheaply generated
end transferred to the place where there is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
PUT SEALS ON
REVERSE SIDE
Foreign Countries Not az Accom-.
modating rs Uncle sammie In
This Matter.

While Uncle Samuel is very gener-
GUS to his postal patrons, especially
at this time Of the year, when he has
lifted the ban on Christmas stamps
and greetings on the address side of
packages from December l to Janu-
airy 1, foreign countries. less liberal,
have refused to make this concession
and their rules and regulations on
this point remain unchanged.
Postoffice officials here were re-
minded of this fact in a recent daily
bulletin and were instructed to re.
turn all mail matter destined to for
eign countries, which refuse to admit
to their mails articles bearing non
hostage stamps christmas seals) un-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
The Cost Of White p.oer.

ers of daily newspapers in a majority
of the cities are raising their sub
scfiption price and their advertising
rates on account of the increased
cost Of white paper. There are daily
newspapers now paying $500 hun
dred for white paper which a year
ago were paying 1925. The open
market has been almost any price
from $500 to $500. One or two
Iowa daily papers have been buying
on the open market for several
months. Their profits have all gone
into white paper The international
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
STOMACH FINE! INDIGESTION, GAS,
S0URNESS G0NE---PAPE'S D|APE|PEsl

waste, remember the moment fape.
Diapepsin comes in contact Win ~, ~,
stomach all distress. vanishes' ~
truly astonishing-alno marVe'oS1
and the joy is it's harmlessness.
A large f1fty-cent case OF rap
Diapepsin will give you a hunu.s1
dollars worth of satisfaction, or !os1
druggist hands -ou your money "a
It's worth its weight in gold 10 ~
and women who can't get their s.o a
achs regulated. 1t belongs ID Nh
HON e-should always be kept naas1
in case of sick, sour, upset st .,l ~
during the day or at night. n
quickest, surest and most harni''
stomach doctor in the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

work to be done This fact has been demon
strated as a result Of the operation OF the great
dam and power house here at keokuk.
The waste water power IN this country -
capable of producing motor energy many tiil',s
greater than all that now IN use to carry on az
our activities. The cost OF production VIII De
but a fraction of what it is now human RAZOR
will be relieved of an immense amount OF pres,
ent necessary employment and particularly @i IL
this be true of labor upon the land After all
onr achievements we still stand only on the
Threshold Of material possibilities which arc
consequent simply upon our ability to put to
service what is now going to waste
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
Poisoned by Thousands!
(By L. H. Smith, NJ. d.


The victims Of auto-intoxication are
many thousand every day. BY reason
of the toxins, or poisons, bred in the
intestines, these poisonous bacteria
are sent all thru the blood channels
and the victim feels tired, sleepy and
headachy, or the brain doesn't work
as usual. The best treatment for
this is to drink hot water before
breakfast-plenty~ Of water all day
and procure 4 supply of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, made Of May-apple,
leaves Of aloes, ETC., with no calomel,
entirely vegetable, which can be OBJ
tanned at drug stores for rs cents
Equally important is it to cleanse
kidneys and bladder, and drinking
pIentifully of pure water will cleanse
them to certain extent. Then OBJ
tain at the drug store a little An
uric, which was first discovered by
DR.. Pierce Of Surgical Institute in
Buffalo. Anuric should be taken be-
fore meals. 1t is many times more
potent than lithfa in throwing of the
poisonous accumulations of uric acid.
Dr. Weir Mitchell once said:
What we call diseases are only
sym ptoms of conditions. Allow the
mans vitality tc be reduced to a GER
tain point, and he is ripe for any Of
these weaknesses, or certain condi-
lions which we call disease"
Through failure of kidneys to act,
through congestion, Inflammation, anv
persons condition is ripe for disease
to fasten it's hold upon the system.
Anuric has been tested for the past
few years for kidney, bladder, uric
acid troubles, rheumatism, govt, and
such ailments as follow. and SO many
cases both acute and stubborn have
yielded to this wonderful remedy tia:
i do not hesitate to recommend it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
IN FIVE MINUTESl NO STOMACH
MISERY, ,HEARrBURN,
GASES oR-DYsPEPSIA.

Really does" put bad stomachs in
orderS-"real1y does" overcome indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, gas. heartburn and
sourness in Eve misunderstanding
that--makes Pape's Diapepsin the
largest selling stomach regulator in
the world. If what you eat ferments
into stubborn Jumps, you belch gas
and eructate sour, undigested food
and acid; head Is dizzy and aches;
breath sour; tongue coated; your in
sides filled with bile and indigestible
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
ToDAY,s BIT OF VERSE
GOING TO BE GOOD.

when Christmas comes, then I'll be gay
And laugh and smile along my way,
and I'll wish everybody health
And happiness, success and wealth;
q smile upon my face there'll be
For everyone meet to see,
Just now l hurry round the town
And often wear dismal frown
And stop the kind words could say,
But I'll be good on Christmas day.
I'm much too busy now to try
To cheer the gloomy passers by;
I've really too much my mind
To be TO strangers very kind;
/ have SO much to do each day
I never get the time to say
The little words Of praise should,
But | am going to be good;
With smiles I'll march along my way,
And love for all on Christmas day.
We laugh each year at little John.
When Christmas day is coming on,
He promptly does he is told.
He goes to bed without a word
And mother never has to scold;
AS though good conduct he preferred,
We laugh and call him "artful cuss,'..
Yet little John might laugh at US,
II he could understand the way
We, too, play good on Christmas day.
IL little John could only know
That we, too, make Christmas show
OF being good and gay and kind,
But then the little one is blind
To what are the whole year through;
1.ne needless, thoughtiess things we do,
The sordd selfshness we've shown
In fighting for ourselves alone;
And waiting always to display
The best OF us till Christmas day.
Detroit Free Press.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Democrat: Can the num-
bering OF snakes being seen in punches
OF bananas this fall have any relation
TO the fact that Iowans have been
drinking more whiskey than beer since
Jan. 1?
Sioux City Journal: Many a yaude-
vile artist or other stage performer
may be getting by with his stuff just
now. not because1of the merit of his
performance, but owing to the price OF
eggs.
prediction by several papers that
Hughes will be the republican nomi-
nee for president in the next campaign
and will be elected. That is precisely
our feeling in the matter For long
range prognostication, that is a good
bet. We doubt very much if Roose-
welt ever Games back"-though
stranger things have happened.
MarshalItown Times republican:
A man at Lake City took $4,000 worth
of crops from twenty-five acres of
land this season, not counting his milk.
butter, live stock, eggs Or field grains.
He averaged $166,70 per acre. The
crops were melons, potatoes and other
vegetables, some kaffir corn and few
squash. Will some one with taste
and talent for figure please figure up.
what the market price OF that land
ought to be?
Burlington Hawk-Eye: There seems
to be quite a number OF commissions
and other bodies investigating the abb
normal cost of wing. And there is no
doubt that if they continue investigat-
ing long enough, by, and by the cost
will drop again. Congressional inyes-
legations usually last as long as the APP
preparations last.
Mt Vernon Hawkeye: Already Gov
|ernor-elect Harding is enjoying some,
of the perquisities of the office of chief
executive of the state. The newspa-
Ipers and others are busily suggesting
regarding his appointments to other Of
fees. But Mr.. Harding will pass safe
ly through any such ordeal and test as
that for two reasons; one Of which Is
that there are not lot of desirable ap-
pointments to hand out and the other
is that his good sense will point the
way of efficiency and economy in the
merit system. However, there are
I lot of US who are not on any such anx
ious seat, but thoroughly enjoying the
perspective Of recent session of poll
tics.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

less the non-postage stamps are af-
fixed to the back Of the covers, If the
sender is known; otherwise such mat
ter will be sent to the division Of dead
letters.
The fact that the ban has been
known when a recent postal bulletin
stated that Gin order to facilitate the
handling of mail during the Christ
mas holidays. requirements that do
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
kAHokA, MO.
.>>>>~>>>>>>>>><

Mr. and Mrs. W. Fl. Dowell have
gone to Quincy, where they will spend
the winter at the soldiers home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Greenlee took
their little son, Dillon, to Keokuk
Friday for an operation for the re-
moval OF adnoids.
The time for the annual election
Of officers of the various secret So
cieties has arrived The Eagles will
elect on next Monday night, Wood
men Tuesday night, and Homestead
ers Thursday night.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs; Lee e Dorsey Wednesday. No
Mrs. VIM. Pollock expects to de-
part in few days for Los Angeles,
California. to spend the winter with
her daughter. Mrs. Clark Gilhousen.
Frank Whitehead has purchased a
lot near the depot and will erect an
ice house, 16x24 feet.
Lew Gwynne has arrived from Kan
sas City, erected a cottage on lots
recently purchased of J. C. Hardness
at the east part of the city and will
engage in the poultry and truck BUSH
ness 80 -
Charles M. Hassank and Emma
Jerel were united in marriage NoA
vember 25. Squire S. NJ. Perry of.
ficiated.
Chas. Wilsey and family have NOV
ed to Keokuk.
The new German church is nearing
completion and will be dedicated in
a short time. This is the finest and
most imposing church ed!sice in the
city and one OF which the ST. Paul
Evangelical congregation may feel
proud
The remains of Wave Shafer, who
died October 81, were taken from the
receiving vault at Kahoka cemetery
Tuesday and inferred in Kahoka
cemetery.
Silas Glen, of Nebraska, son Of
Thomas Glen, of this city, has pur-
chased a lot of Walter White in
southeast Kahoka and will erect a
cottage.
The new residences Of James
Beard, James Woodruff, Henry Zim-
norman and Dr. Pauly are nearing
completion. The superstructure on
the Arthur Blum residence will be
begun in a few days. Kahoka has
made fine record in the building
line the past year, many handsome
and modern homes being constructed.
week for California to spend the
winter.
The household goods Of Mrs Emma
SAMSON were sold at auction Satur-
day Mrs. SAMSON is quite old and,
feeble and for the past few months
has made her home with her son,
William. Of Keokuk
Mrs. D. NJ. Wilkinson left Wednes.
day on a business trip to Boise, Idaho.
The Wilkinsons own a fine ranch in
Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. o. Ferguson spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
B. Cobb of Keokuk.
Assessor George johnson spent
Thanksgiving with Judge and Mrs.
James Murphy. former Clark coun-
tians, at Kirksville. The Murphys
conduct a boarding house in that city
and send their children to the nor
NAL school
Grover Calvert, of Cheyenne Wells,
Colorado, is the guest of his mother.
Mrs. Martha Calvert, and other rela-
tives and friends of this city. Grover
went west and is growing up with
the country. He is prosperous and
contented in his new home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

nestle matter bearing, on the auu u,se1
side, adhesive seals or stlckels, shaJa
than the lawful postage stamps s,ondel
be treated as unavailable, suspeN'
from December 1 to January l.. n,
1t is suggested, however, .l1 no.i,l
irons would accommodate tne Fl
employees by placing the stlckei'
the reverse side of mail matter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

Although jewelers. are supposed to deal in
precious stones, so far they have neglected to
offer Goals for sale
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

While some Of the excuses for advancing
prices show considerable ingenuity, others are
based on the presumption Of low mentality of
the consumer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

II you prepare eareIessy, do not ex
pect providence make paiatane; neither through
years Of folly you misgude your ihe need you ex-
bring round everything at last
u you had done risht.-john Ruskin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

No holiday gift is complete without the Red
Cross seal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

If it had been better known that the primitive
meaning of chauffeur is scorcher the word
would not have obtained the vogue in this
country that it has,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
AGAIN THE CHRISTMAS SEAL.

The Red Cross Christmas seal is once more
in evidence and constitutes an appeal that all
assist in fight against the dread white plague.
The one who does not help in the warfare
against the spread of consumption in all its
various and insidious forms is out Of the cur
rent Of the age.
On the stamp is the cheerful face and rotund
form of Saint Nicholas, and one could not I'M
agine that tuberculosis ever lurked In his sys-
tenn. He invites people to become what he IS
and to make any sacrifice necessary for that.
Help to provide safeguards against the
spread of consumption. Help to educate the
people everywhere how to avoid it and how to
preventits propagation. Contribute little to
the campaign to make those who are nowsill well.
Largest looms up the work of prevention, and 1t
is for this that the Tuberculosis societies
over the country are organized.
Let Keokuk this year see to it that she sur
passes her proud record in the matter of the
purchase and use of Red Cross Christmas seals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

A Christmas present which cost the health
of factory child isn't a fitting gift for chill
dren. And one bought of girl who reels from
exhaustion is hardly the thing to give another
girl. There is more in the Christmas spiri.
than some people realize.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

for The Gate ciu
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

The railroad case selected for a test of the
Adamson ".eight-hour" law is on the supreme
court docket and both the government and
roads hope that it will be heard and determined
before the end of this month. An early deci-
sion on the question of constituionality is much
to be desired not only because the roads do not
know what is expected of them but because
the courts ruling may have an important bear
ing upon the Legislative program in congress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

Because of the crowded condition of the col
umns of The Gate City, this newspaper is
compelled to ask that the clergymen Of Keokuk
condense their announcements of Sunday serv-
ices into the smallest space possible, emitting
all matter except that pertaining to subjects of
the discourses and the time of delivery. It also
would be we'll to hand these announcements in
at the business office Of The Gate City not
later than 10 O'Clock a on Saturday to in
sure publication The Gate City has given
freely of much valuable space in the further
ance of church work, but it is now necessary,
owing to the large amount of other valuable
news matter, to curtail this, in measure.
Should any clergyman fail to observe the spirit
of this request, this paper will reserve the right
in that case of condensing his notice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

Sioux City Journal: Many a yaude-
vile artist or other stage performer
may be getting by with his stuff just
now. not becausegof the merit of his
performance. but owing to the price OF
eggs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04

Davenport Democrat: Can the num-
bering OF snakes being seen in punches
of bananas this fall have any relation
to the fact that Iowans have been
drinking more whiskey than beer since
Jan. /?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Clean-Up Week

force by ordinance-the careful
screening of refuse from livery
and other stables, which left un-
covered releases its myriads OF
manure-bred flies, the carriers OF
several highly fatal diseases.
Many, perhaps most, of the un-
sanitary neighborhood nuisances
are maintained ON their own prem
ises by individual home-keepers.lf f
the evil results could be confined
to these householders, the punish
ment would be kept and inflicted
where it belongs, but unfortunate
ly these results are carried to the
unoffending neighbors.
If the women of Florida can
discover a method for abating
such nuisances, for compelling Of
tenders to cease their shining, if
they will arouse and make effec-
tive a public sentiment for the
better municipal sanitation in
Florida they will accomplish more
for the lasting good of the state
than the votes of their fathers and
brothers have been able to bring
about up to this time. And it has
been generally observed that the
womens' clubs in Florida usually
finish what they start.-State
Board of Health.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Advertising Fakers

Swat the "Advertourist !" This
is a new name for a perennial nui-
sance-the man or woman who
blows into Florida with the first
cool blasts of winter, tours the
State and makes the business men
of the communities he or she visits
put for the expenses of the trip by
contributing to some worthless
advertising scheme. Every win
ter we have them with us, in one
gulse or another, sometimes get
ting up a booklet, sometimes di-
rectory, sometimes a book of reci-
pes-the variations of the game
are mnumerable, but the object is
the same in every instance, to
make the merchant and business
man cough up for the benefit of
some one who has no interest in
the community whatever, and who
stays just long enough to collect
from his victims, and then hies a.
way to new fields. Our mer-
chants should stand firmly and
solldly against these impositions,
and confine their advertising
wholly to home enterprises, which
deserve their support and will
give them something for their
money.-Lakeland Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Children Must Be Taught the True Mean
ing Of Love Of Country
By EDWIN DE MERrrrE. Educator

nUR children should be taught needs opportunities and to
" remedy our needs and to develop opportunities Now is the
opportunity The education of the child today difficult
son The child has false idea of his Importance due to home train
ing and false rather idea of his duty his fellow beings be it
home town, city, state nation
just there is rush for preparedness 1t fad Few know
what therefore deep rooted conviction and of little
value Patriotism and preparedness must go hand in hand
TO THE SCHOOLS BELONG THE TRAINING,
LOVE COUNTRY BRAVERY FOR
NECESSITY
To the teachers belongs this upendous task They not shk
their duty They must become walking encyclopedias the subject
They must put in the their pupils all literature the subject
They must train the child that the prevention of readiness
ward off attack that must not sit idle while others reap the
wards of commerce AND THAT IT is NOT MERELY THEIR
TION