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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
HOMES FOR RURAL T=AcHE

A permanent home, provided by the
school community for rural school
teachers, is giving great satisfaction
where it is in vogue, according to
Harold w Fought in bulletin just
issued by the United States bureau
of education.
While out of 5000 teachers replying
to Mr. Fought's inquiries only 73 lived
in homes provided by the community,
the bulletin shows that teachers who
have such homes find it possible to
become permanent community lead
ers. in the few communities report
Ing permanent homes" declares the
bulletin, 1.-The teachers are usually
able to project the school into the
home and draw the home close to the
school. Where teachers cottages are
provided, these, aside from making
the teachers own lives more attrac-
tive. naturally become rallying cen
tiers for all community activities
The investigations of Mr.. Fought
reveal that in rural United States the
average time for each public school
teacher to remain in any one school
is less than two school years Of 14O
days each. This average" says the
bulletin, 'is very much less for a
majority of the teachers, the few per-
manent professional teachers alone
bringing it up close to the two year
level"
AS the average age when teaching
is begun is 10 years, and the average
number of years taught is only six
and one-half, the bulletin statistics
show that the rural public schools OF
the country are taught largely by peo
pie who have no idea of following
teaching as a profession.
The conclusions of Mr.. Fought are:
$50 long as teachers continue to be
peripatetics. the best results IN com
munity leadership can not be expec'
ted. A change from amateur to pro-
fessional teaching in the rural schools
would be fastened by giving the
teacher salary that would enable
him to provide a comfortable home
for his family and by compelling the
community, through legal enactment
to erect a teachers cottage in close
proximity to every school plant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
FREE ADVERTISING.

Fort Dodge Chronicles: Once in a
while moving picture comes along
which for some reason. Justly. perhaps.
or unjustly, as the case may be, is
surrounded by an unpleasant odor.
occasionally these pictures find their
way into all communities and are
criticised back and forth, with the re-
suit that they reap large amount of
free advertising and play to crowded
houses when under ordinary circum-
stances they would attract no more
than usual attention.
1t Is assuming no role Of censorship
to say that pictures OF dubious reputa-
tioi are good thing to avoid both by
those who are prompted by prurient
curiosity and those in search of en-
tertainment. To the prurient, the pas
sages most likely to appeal to their ap-
petites are elided and end in mere
suggestion. and there is little of en-
tertainment in such displays for the
healthy minded. The latter are like
ly to be disguised and the former dis
appointed.
Not long ago a certain questionable
picture came to this city. Some OF
those who witnessed an advance exhi.
bition, commended it and others de
nounced it. It played to full houses
attracted by the unusual advertising
But it interested the public to no small
a degree that the house manager re-
fused to book another which was
shortly after offered him for the rea-
son that his audience entered general
complaint that the show was too dull
to be worth the small price at the door.
The postofice department at one
time censored one Of Tolstoy's novels.
It led to a demand for the book that
taxed the resources OF the publishers
for months. To read the book now
would require an unusual degree OF
fortitrde. Tolstoy wrote it to impress
q moral lesson, but most people pre-
fer to get their moral lessons in a
more cheerful way.
The best things in art and literature
do not require the censor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
VERODUNUM-vERDUN.

People are reading good deal
about Verdun in the war reports pub
lished in the newspapers and most OF
them know where Verdun is. Some
probably do not know SO much about
the city against which the kaiser Is
hurting his soldiers by companies,
regiments and battalions and which
France and her allies are desperately
defending. For the Information OF
those less thoroughly Informed it
may be stated that in population
Verdun in peace is a city OF about
the size Of Hannibal or Keokuk
and not as large as Burlington,
says the Gazette Of Burlingl bn.
1t is very old city and away baeH in
the days of the Roman conquest was
town Of considerable Importance At
that time It bore the Latin name of
French department of the Mouse, on
name, and in a direct line is $50 miles
northeast of Paris. but the railroad is
distant from the capital TIA miles. 1t
was fortified by Vauban, and its de-
lenses aside from its present wire en-
tanglements, trenches, etc, consist of
a wall with bastions and citadel
which stands on the left bank OF the
river on the site OF the old Abbey Of
Saint Vannes. dating from the thir-
teenth or fourteenth century. The
city is the seat of bishop, has mag
nificent cathedral. and carries on var
icus manufactures. 1t was conquered
by Germany In the tenth century; TAX
en- possession OF by Henry III OF
France in 1858, and definite became
French by the treaty Of WestPhalia.
1913. During the F'ranco-Prussian war
it was taken and temporarily held by
the Germans CNovember. 1870. who
thus established better communication
between Germany and its troops be-
fore Paris
The Vauban referred to as having
first fortified Verdun was Sebastien
lie Presto de Vaubau, born at Saint
Leger de Fourgeret, department OF
N1evre, in 1888, and whose death oc'
Cured at Paris in 1907, marshal OF
France and renowned military engi
neer. Fontenel1e, the historian, esti
mated that in his time Vauban con
structed thirty-three new fortresses
repaired 900 old ones, conducted fifty
three sieges and was present at lac
factions Of vigor," as he called them
In his practice the capture of fort
ress was a mere question Of time and
rowder. In 1878 he was rewarded fol
his long and glorious services by ap
pointment to the office of director-gen
eral OF Notifications with supreme con
troll OF the departna ent OF military en-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

proved. Her many friends are inter
ested In her condition and hope for
her speedy recovery. Her daughter,
Edith was called from Galesburg
where she was attending college ana
is at her bedside, also nurse.
Robert Mahoney and family are now
residents of Denver. having moved in
to- the cottage at the extreme east
on south Main street.
Wednesday afternoon the primary
department of our school, taught by
Miss Ida Anderson, gave twenty
minute playlet entitled 1.-The Boston
Tea Party" Those taking part were
from the third and fourth grades and
were attired in colonial costumes. A
recitation was given by Hadley How
aid. Patriotic songs were sung. ana
at the conclusion Of the program. the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
ei1TH REGISTRATION.

Has the birth of your baby been
registered? If not, you should see to
It that this duty is performed with
out delay. 1t may some time be OF
the greatest Importance to your child
that there be in existence an accurate
legal record of his birth, date, place
and parentage. Such record serves
to establish his age beyond question,
and through this his right to the
legal period of schooling and free
dom from labor. 1t may also serve to
establish his right to a disputed in
heritance and to establish for him
various property or other legal rights
which may be in dispute. There are
mum erous instances where the lack
OF this sort of record has been the
cause of serious losses Of Inheritance
and of educational and other rights.
In New York City in 1913 the birth
records helped to enforce the per-
sonal or property rights of more than
! 1875, 900 persons.
II is. in most states, required by
| law that the doctor. midwife, or other
attendant at birth shall report the
| birth to the registrar OF births, but
as this duty is not infrequently ne
elected, parents should investigate to
see whether it has been done prop
erly in the case of their children.
! The complete registering Of all
births is indispensable, not only to
the individual, but to the state and
the nation.
The federal government can and
| does tell US exactly how great is the
accession to our population each year
| by immigration, or intake from for
| eign lands At each port of landing
! immigration inspectors record each
arrival and tell US his or her nation
ality, age. sex. destination. and how
much money each one brings. But
the federal government can not go
! into the states and cities and estab-
lish registra ton offices and tell us
! how many children enter each state
! by birth. his work must be done
| by each state separately. We have
no national bookkeeping to account
for the ebb and flow Of human life
as an asset and a liability OF our
civic organism. We have no national
records to give our sanitarians and
students basis for their preventive
studies. Congress by resolution has
urged the state to enact and enforce
suitable registration legislation. The
state governm ents must now act
| Most of the states now have ade-
quate laws; their enforcement, how
ever. depends to a large extent upon
popular support. This support is as
sured if individual parents will in
sist upon the registration OF each
birth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
The Standard Remedy
IN Countless Home,
Relieves Constipation Easily With
out Gripping or Dis


Indigestion and constipation are
two conditions that are closely re-
lated and the cause of much physical
suffering.
The tendency to indulge ones appc-
tite is more or less general and most
people suffer at one time or another
from rebellion of the overtaxed or
gans of digestion and elimination. a
pleasantly effective remedy, that Will
quickly relieve the congestion of pois-
onous stomach waste and restore
regularity. is the compound OF simple
laxative herbs sold in drug stores for
fifty cents a bottle under the name OF
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This Is
a mild, pleasant laxative tonic, free
from opiates or narcotic drugs, and
has been the standard household renl-
edy in thousands Of homes for many
years.
Mrs. Oliver Young, Merrill, Wis,
writing to DR.. Caldwell, says she
knows of nothing so effective for
regulating the stomach and bowels;
since taking DR.. Caldwelps Syrup
Pepsin she feels ten years younger;
her work seems easier and she has
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

The homing capacity OF the terms
has recently been made subject of
investigation. At Bird Key, Dry Tor
tugas, birds were caught in their
nesting places. tagged. marked with
paint on head and neck and carried
in large cages TO distance, where
upon they were liberated and watch
was kept for their return. 1t was
found that the "noddy and sooty' tern
can return from distances up 20 1000
miles In the absence of all land
marks. at least go far as the term
Landmark is understood at present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

colonial ladies served tea and it'll,
cakes to all present. the pupils from
the other two rooms being the guests
The decorations were flags and bunt
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stockwell now OCCUPY
the Willis Clark property on the
same street.
Miss Minnie Dunsworth Of Hamilton
visited over night with Miss Nina
Edwards recently. Miss Dunsworth
is a teacher in the Hamilton public
schools of that place and formerly
taught hero.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

Every township IN Iowa should have
its township road superintendents Sc
1ected by this time, say the highway
commissioners at Ames. The law re-
qutres that this be done at the first
meeting in February. Already infor-
nation has come to the commission
office of one township, where the three
township trustees elected themselves
the road superintendent. This IS a
distinct violation of the law, which
states that no trustee or member OF
his family can act as road superfn-
tendent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

hose who expect to live until
2100 have cause for worry. scientists
having found that by then the world s
capacity as regards population will
have been reached, a total of $780,
100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

German scientists have found that
glycerine in valuable sterilizing
agent. Various deadly germs, when
heated in it to temperature of "a,
degrees Fahrenheit, were killed in
one minute. This process is particu-
larly valuable for steriliZing surgical
instruments, for the reason that the
metal is not attacked nor is the tenn
per affected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

1t is explained in behalf Of Mime
apolis policeman accused Of flirting
while on duty at the railroad station
that the discriminating kiss was given
him by a mistake owing to the den
sity of the fog. That helps to vindi-
cate the young woman's taste, any.
how
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

Rev. DR.. r. II. Hagerty Of the
Methodist Episcopal church Of St
Louis told his birthday guests that
the secret Of his SO years of life is
the loose collar" In his youth doc
tor told him his throat was so at
fected he could never speak in pub
lie" With this prophecy in mind Mr..
Hagerty chose collars two sizes too
large and has been preaching for
seventy years. Even at SO he preacnes
three sermons on Sundays.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

regained her appetite.
Get bottle of DR.. Caldwell's Sym,
Pepsin from your druggist and hsy.
it in the house. A trial bottle, free Of
charge, can be obtained by writing IA
DR.. w. B. Caldwell, Asa Washingtop
ST., Monticello, Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
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GsA9L s y sses egkgD
SEoHIkI
keokuk, Iowa March z, 1916
POsERS.

PoSERS.
/ love him more than d! can say,
But, ON, the questions day by day
He pops at me,
While sitting wide-eyed on my knee.
OF things he seeks to know the why
Like, Pa. what did the Dead sea die
Off"
And T. other night,
With eyes all bright.
He heard it said, THE clocks run
down"
Then turned from out study brown,
And with truly puzzled air
Asked, Down where?"
Again once while we sat at tea
felt his eyes fixed on me.
And from their depths all wondering
i knew poser fierce would spring
why do they call it =, satu he.
'Instead of x or @ or Is
But the hardest question / recall
The very worst, l think, Of all
Was when he called me from my bed
At a. IN. one morn and said:
'1f you weren't you, and ma weren't
ma,
Who'd be, pa?"
John Kendrick Bangs in St. Mich
olas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
A MOTHERS STORY.

Centerville, Iowa. My daughter
when approaching womanhood, had q
good deal of trouble, so l decided to
give her DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. In about three weeks time she
was we'll. She had been 30 bad she
could not go up stairs. Her heart
bothered her and she was tired and
worn-out all the time. The medicine
cured her."-MRs. Cora TAYLOR Alb
N. 18th St., Centerville, Iowa.
When a girl becomes a woman, when
q woman becomes mother, when wo-
men passes thru the changes of mid
die life. are the three periods of life
when health and strength are most
needed to withstand the pain and
distress often caused by severe organic
disturbances.
At these critical times women are
best fortified by the use Of DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription.
Not a patent medicine because this
old prescription of DR.. Pierce's has its
ingredients published on wrapper, and
it contains no alcohol.
Mothers. if your daughters are weak.
lack ambition, are troubled with head
aches, lassitude and are pale and
sickly. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion is just what they need to surely
bring the bloom Of health to their
cheeks and make them strong and
healthy.
If you are a sufferer, if your daugh-
ter, mother, sister need help get Or.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in
liquid or tablet form at any medicine
dealers to-day. Then address Doctor
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. T.,
and receive confidential advice, that
will not cost you a penny. To-day IL
the day. A book on women,s dis
eases sent free. Also confidential med
ical advice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

cheering It was while in this office
that he surrounded France with
Gordon of fortresseS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

The report Of the United States
commissioner of internal revenue
SHOWS that 1,743 illicit distilleries
were seized In 1909 and 1882 in 1915.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

The Trusts Oversight.
st. Joseph Gazette: What seem,
strangest of all Is that the harveste,
trust could be in Mexico and the rebel
chieftains get so much money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02
THouGhT FOR 1UpAY.

THOUGHT FOR 1ODAY.
Had been present. at the creation.
! would have given some useful hints
for the better ordering of the uni
verse. --Alphonso, the Wise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-02

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills, first put up nearly
so years ago. They regulate and fnyigor-
ate stomach. liver and bowels. Much
initiated but never equaled. sugar
coated and easy to take as candy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-26
DESPERATE IS
STILL AT LARGE
Man Who Shot Girl Teacher Can
not Be Found by Sheriff
and Posse

Bemidji, Mimi, Sept. 25.-After hav
Ing covered miles upon miles of for
ests, fighting their way thru swamps
and combing every spot which might
hide the unidentified assailant of Olga
Dahl, Round Lake school teacher, who
is slowly recovering from gunshot
wounds received Wednesday night
Sheriff Charles Gunderson, Of Itasks
county, tonight said there is very lit.
tie hope that the fugitive will be cap.
tured. .je. : ~" ~" tag
Although Sheriff Gunderson has not
given up all' hope of locating the man,
he feels that only a lucky chance
will bring the fugitive, for whom he
and more than 200 woodsmen and dep.
uties have hunted since early Thurs.
day, into his hand. If the man is
still in the woods, he is, an exception.
ally skillful woodsman, and knows
how to cover every indication of his
whereabouts, according to Sheriff
Gunderson. However, the sheriff to.
night is inclined to believe that the
man for whom he is searching is dead
in some secluded part of the wood.
The search for the unidentified man,
claiming to be a minister, who was
driven out of Tenstrike, ten days ago.
because he tried to get several girls
to walk into the country with him, is
still being followed, but according to
the best information received here,
the man does not answer the descrip.
tion of Miss Dahrs assailant to any
marked degree.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-26
COLONEL AND n TAFT
W|Et|:: F: END: /: ! D::::fEU|D|! ]!
Estranged Presidents Il
Shake Hands in Union League
Club on October 8

New York, Sept. 25.-Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft, the only, two living ex-Presi
dents, are going to patch up their his.
torical quarrel and shake hands and
be friends once more. They are go.
ing to do it on the evening of Oct. 3
at the Union League Club in this city.
Both men have accepted invitations
to be present at reception to be
given them that night and have agreed
to call off their long-standing feud.
The Colonel accepted his invitation
a week ago. Mr.. Taft's acceptance
was received this week. Before eth.
er accepted the invitation assurances
were given each that the other would
be on hand. All these arrangements
for the meeting were made before the
general invitations we're sent out.
Elihu Root, President of the Union
League Club, is to bring the ex-Presi.
dents together. They will be formally
introduced to each other and the hand
shaking will follow. To give the af-
fair the right setting and to make it
q harmony feast all around, there will
be many distinguished Republicans on
hand and speeches will be made by
several. Among the speakers will be
Joseph II, Choate and Chauncey NJ.
Depew.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-26
BOYS Of FIRST
GROWING IMPATIENT
stickley Says North Dakotans
Want To Know What's
Coming

Members of the North Dakota regi.
ment at the border are anxious to
know what is going to be done with
them. says w. A. Stickley, who re.
signed as sergeant-major and return
ed from the border Sunday.
"The boys are getting restless" he
said. "They hear every kind of ru'
NOR each day. They want to know
something definite, whether they are
going to be sent home or whether
they are going to stay, and if they
are going to stay, whether they are
to remain in camp or cross the bor-
der and get chance to fight.
IF they do cross the Rio Grande
there will be some fighting. The
Mexicans are we'll equipped. 1t is a
bad country that we would have to
penetrate.
1.-THE First North Dakota is admit
ted on all sides to be top regiment.
The boys drill like professionals,
much better than they did at the
Fort.
"Some cases of malaria have devel-
oped, but in general the health of
the men is good.
"Of much value to the boys have
been the experienced officers, many
of whom were In the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-26

out the testing experts can tell when
ever it is too severe.
Other apparatus records the amount
of fatigue in the applicants fingers
hands, arms and feet. after perform
ing for long periods such muscular
feats as he would be obliged to per
form in operating an aeroplane.
A third test notes the quickness
with which an applicant responds to
sight or touch. He is told to press
button when he feels needle.prick
on his finger, or when he sees flag
flutter.
The quickness of his action denotes
his ability to act quickly in sudden
crises which arise in the dangerous
business of flying as target over
battlefields.
Adventurous persons prove the best
flyers; phlegmatic souls the poorest
Those with high strung nerves win
-pvor sothnrS with less nervous temper
anents( who do not respond SO read
" to the third test-that for quick
ness of perception and action.