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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
Presidential, Eno,I.h.

Topeka Capital: Gov. Hughes gains
an important adherent in the New
York Evening Post, a paper that has
been most friendly TO President Wis
son, though an admirer of Hughes as
well. What finally settled 1t for tho
Evening Post was the discovery that
Mr. Wilson habitually misuses
should" and would" whereas quo
tations from Gov Hughes recent
writings, both by mail and wire. show
that he has fully mastered the distinc-
ton between these tao innocent look.
ing but dangerous and slippery forms
of speech. The Evening Post leaves
nothing to be said in behalf of the
president. He is shown to have a
where his shoulds had ought to be
and his shoulds where he should ap.
ply his woulds. We can add to the
Evening Posts damning Indictment
When Mr.. Wilson was here in our all.
ditorium last spring we distinctly
heard him in the course Of his speech
use the solecism piled" IN place OF
pleaded" Such a slight to the Ian.
guage Is more pernicious in IT'S moral
effect and influence, from a presi-
dent who represents scholarship in
politics, than a mixing of the imper-
feet subjunctive form of verbs. the
fact being that nobody is expected af-
ter graduation from the eighth grade
to recall just what the fine distinc-
ton is between would and should and
shall and will, whereas, piled" for
pleaded is verbal vuIgarism of no
torious renown.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
MAKING WORTHY CITIZENS.

Two organizations devoting themselves to
aid of former conwicts in finding employment
and to the relief Of convicts' families have
issued reports of their first years work. The
showing is one that will crafty sincere friends
of social regeneration. The National Commit
tee on Prisons has found positions for $50 re-
leased convicts; less than ten per cent. Of fail
ures is reported after years experience. A
failure is reported when position is lost
through the fault of the man for whom it was
secured The Prisoners Relief society, with
headquarters in Huntington, Va, and with an
ex-prisoner for its president, has furnished en-
ployment to 167 former convicts and records
only two failures. It is by successful work of
this kind that wise reform moves in the pris-
ons may become the beginning of restoration
of lawbreakers to respectable and worthy citi-
zenship.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

Because much has not been said in flam-
boyantly Boosting way Of Keokuk' s fall cele-
bration. to be held during the week of October
to Z, it need not be a matter of suspicion that
the joint committee from the Retail Merchants
association and the Retailers League has
ceased energetic efforts to make the demonstra-
ton one Of the most interesting, instructive
and trade pulling events ever suggested In be-
half of this city. The members Of the joint
committee have labored hard and that success
will crown their efforts will be demonstrated
when all the features are assembled for public
inspection. High class attractions have been
engaged and clean entertainment will be pro-
vided for men, women, boys and girls.
1t is not necessary for residents of Keokuk
to have knowledge now of what attractions
will be offered, nor of the details of the pro
gram, in order to take on the responsibility OF
boosting the big event. Why wait for the Off
cial announcements before exhibiting enthusi-
asm in behalf of the fall celebration? There
is no up-to-date business man who does not
know the value of advertising, verbal and
printed, to his business. Therefore all should
apply it to a venture the carrying out of which
will reflect credit ON the city of Keokuk and
bring trade to its merchants
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
LATEST CRY IN FoorwEAR. .

Now it is the manufacturer of shoes for
women who is going to extremes in boosting a
style Hand painted shoes, dainty creations of
white or tinted leather with flowers and
gorgeous butterflies and iridescent humming
birds emblazoned on them, are said to be COM
ing on the market Hoop lal Have the
manufacturers acquired their ideas of style
from attendance at the circus and there watch
ing the nimble pedal extremities Of the female
bareback ridersf It is said that the price of
the new boot creation will be as high as the
boot and the boot as high as the dress hem and
the hem high enough to show the painted
bees and birds and blossoms, or what would be
the use of having themi We would not, how
ever, libel amy Keoknk woman by assuming
that such footwear will ever come into vogue
here Common sense has an abiding place
right here in this Iowa city, and the women
possess large share Of it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
The aootIeaoera.

Burlington Gazette: Twenty boot.
leggers were arrested In Ke0kuk yes
terday. Some will be convicted and
some will escape their just deserts,
because, after all, It Is one thing to
arrest a bootlegger and another thing
to secure conviction. Arresting them,
however. is a step in the right direc-
ton. Arresting them on the slightest
suspicion IL the proper procedure
The bootlegger is not q good citizen.
He is lazy. good-for-nothing whelp
who preys upon the weakness of 9TH
ers and charges exorbitant prices for
q brand of poison that temporarily
makes a maniac or fool out Of the
purchaser and partaker thereof. Boot
leggers know their business. They
spend their time connecting plans for
evading the officers Of the law. Their
ingenuity at times is almost uncanny.
But there is way to partly suppress
the gentry. ~
The police should be equally as
vigilant. In the first place, there is
little excuse these days for able-bodiei
men to be idle. And the police should
know that an able-bodied man who
continually is loafing and appears well
supplied with money has obtained the
same In some manner not according
to law. Perhaps he Is a bootlegger.
The next step is plain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
ENCOURAGE THE BIRDS.

Jasper Blines, lover of humanity and con-
servator of animal life in all its manifestations,
in an article in The Daily Gate City yesterday
prompted appreciation on the part of Keokuk
people Of the feathered tribes that inhablt and
help to make more glorious this baihwick. Il
is always possible to have birds of the better
class fitting about our shaded avenues and
carrying their courtships and their concerts,
to the exclusion of the pestiferous sparrow,
There are trees enough in any of the city
streets, to say nothing of the parks, to attract
the BIRDS; and there are many varieties that do
not require trees For these houses may be
oullt, and they will be quickly occupied by the
little tenants
Inere Is no reason why persons who prefer
wh WI some one has called country strife" to
CITY NE should monopolize the pleasures of
nelgnnoriy relationship with birds The birds
are VIKING to contribute to the harmony Of ur-
, pan existence their woodland songs They
f ,ae many city folks love park as well 9
park. 90 "e1 %
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
/ in spIte q the fact that come say they

i in spite Of the fact that some say the,
impede one In the water.
! The executive committee Of tho OLE
Settlers association will meet In Car
thage next Saturday, July 20. to fix :
time and place to hold the next meet
ing for 1916 and any town that wishe.
to entertain the old settlers OF Han
cock county should put In its claim
| Mr.. John Seigleimeier. one OF Uncls
Sans trusted river employees, was q
Sunday visitor vita his family IN
Nauvoo.
| Mrs. William LANCE and baby Of
Chicago have been visiting relatives
in Nauvoo.
Mrs. J. w. Singleton Of Quincy
and Miss Dorothy Regan Of Chicago
were guests Of Mrs. ]. NJ. Fisher last
Tuesday.
Miss Mary Bechtold OF Grand Forks.
N. D., is in Nauyoo for 4 visit with
her brother John and family. Miss
Mary was q former Nauvoo resident.
r. W. Lane Of Hamilton will be In
Nauvoo every Monday and Thursday
to buy cream. This ought to be
quite a convenience TO our rural
brethren's wives.
The Keokuk Water Power company
have 1t last begun work on the lake
front at Nauyoo's ferry landing where
there is big wash-out and which
will take considerable rip-rapping to
place the road in passable condi-
ton. There are number Of other
shoe bend at Nauvoo that need this
kind OF work.
We have no weddings or engage
M IN @,s1k tn
weather Is entirely too hot for the
young folks to engage In such foolish
ness.
The Domestic Science club has Mrs.
Under lecture and demonstrate every
morning now in the big chautauqua
pavilion and after this week some OF
the Nauvoo husbands and children
may get the opportunity Of sitting
down to much batter meal-As II that
could be In the average Nauvoo
household.
A NAuvo0 man said. you may sleep
better on q hot night II you will put
Q sheet Of heavy paper between the
bed sheet and the mattress. This phil
osopher won't vouch for the truth OF
this, however, ~ he has never tried
It. He doesn't get much time to
sleep, anyway, and whom he does see
an opening for . quick. quiet map. =
bed sheet and mattress IL al the
coaxing he needs. We have enough
hot nights now for anyone to try this
method.
In 1914 the women wore very little
clothes; in 1915 1t was some worse
and in 1915 It is still worse. How
many more seasons do you suppose
the style originAtors are going to keep
this up? They've got to cali q halt
within the next year or two They've
simply got to or there won't be any
thing left to predicate . stylo upon.
The blackberry crop IN Nauvoo.
both wild and tame, was . short one
on account Of dry. hot weather There
were no dewberries for two years
hCre.
One OF Nauvoo's ladies who II go
ing to be married, told her friend that
she knew she would blush when she
tells the license clerk she Is twenty
nine years old. Why should she
blush for admitting - much 40 that?
William Dachroth fell OF . scat
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

! There was no moving picture shov
IN the NauvOo opera house on accoun
OF this being the Civic ladies' chautau
qua week.
Another Jitney bus line has beef
started in Nauvoo. Hardly any bust
ness starts In Nauvoo but that 1t ha.
opposition.
Last year John Strom, an aged Ger
man who had lived in Nauvoo for {
good many years, sold his propert,
and departed for his fatheralnd Il
spend his declining years He in
formed many OF his friends In Nauvoc
that he would write to them when he
arrived In the old country If alive. Al
no one has heard from him up TO the
present time. and his departure has
consumed q years time. 1t is pre-
sumed that he never reached the
country Of his birth. He had consider
able money with him when he left
this old Mormon town.
the new wheat crop raised in the
vicinity Of Nauvoo Is SO dry on &C
| count Of no recent rains and the ex
treme hot weather, that It is in such
excellent condition It is virtually i'm.
possible to tell that flour is made
from new wheat should any of 1t be
! ground,
We cannot say that we can complain
at the way general prosperity condt
lions are going In Nauvoo. yet there
Is no getting around the fact that the
continued dry weather has cut the
hshworm crop pretty short.
Some OF Nauvoo's married ladies
and their husbands have been bathing
In Lake Cooper at Nauvoo. They
have found pretty fair bathing beach
up in Kfmball's creek. They have de-
lightful times in the big bath tub. We
heard one lady say they went in swim
ming at six O'Clock in the morning and
remained until eight o'clock.
We are just going to keep up the
discussion this kind Of weather. An
unmuzzled dog ran amuck few days
ago In town in this state and bit
seven persons. It might happen In
Nauvoo soon that dogs will be taking
sly nips at people and then there will
be more or less apathetic talk about
enforcement Of the muuzzle the dog
ordinance.
We are all waiting for Petsch and
Payne TO get through with securing the
right Of way for the Fort Madison and
Nauvoo interurban line. When this
is done, the promoters claim they will
put up the $4,000 forfeit money that
they will construct the road II Nau-
VOC and the territory through which
It runs will raise $4,000. But II the
work II not commenced soon, snow
will ny and then we will be put off
another year as has been the case for
many years.
Mrs Huston OF Alexandria, Mo-, is
visiting in Nauvoo, the guest at the
beautiful lakeview homo of Mr.. and
Mrs. Selwyn Wyles
The ice men surely have an inning
now they can't complain Of
Nauvoo citizens and farmers would
Hike to enjoy one OF those million dol
lar rains very soon, which would be
fine for tomatoes and corn. It would
be believed then that the drouth was
broken.
Home grown sweet corn, or roast
ing ears, as they are Familiarity
called, are in Nauvoo markets now
and selling at fifteen cents per dozen.
Some few Of Nauyoo's ladies' have
adopted the onelpiece swimming suit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
ToDAY's BIT OF VERSE
THE ThREsHlNo.

The 1HRESHING.
Puff. Puff! along the road
The thresher comes at dawn.
The engine Juggling at It's load
Is like thing OF Drawn
Treading the mud, with man the mind
Sitting sentinel behind
Shrek, scream! The whistle calls.
They gather far and near.
They lead the horses from their stalls
And buckle on their gear.
Across the stubble in the mould
The morning throws down its gold.
WIKI. whir! The wheels begin
Their dizzy. tumbling roll.
Swiftly the sheaves are pouring in
And dropping to its bowl
The wheat that shall be bread for man
Over the seas in far Durham.
Paff, Rcuf The straw rolls out
The dsst flies up like smoke.
The pitchers spread the stack about
With steady stroke on stroke,
Neighbors In spirit so they fill
The earth with new abundance still.
Western Trail.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Mason City Globe-G Gazette: IL Car
rama could see himself as others
see him. he would probably be glad
he has whiskers to hide behind.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Character
IS one of the greatest assets OF
human success and 1t is not to be
gained by sudden dash Of genius !;
1t is the product of toll and time
The sturdy oak has character Of its
own that Is symbolic, because OF
slow but steady growth. you can
not dream yourself into character
says Froude; you must hammer and
forge yourself into one" That is
what makes good character to be
coveted above mere material things.
Grand Junction Globe: There is a
notable shrinking these days in the
number OF newspapers published. An
nouncem ents Of consultations ana
suspensions are frequent. The soar
ing cost of paper, ink, ETC, is un-
doubleday responsible for this condi-
ton. The tendency for several years,
however, has been toward fewer and
better newspapers.
Burlington Gazette: 1t will be good
news to the home guard to learn
that General Bliss has inspected the
Chow" furnished the militia on duty
On the Texas border and finds il Of
good quality and plentiful. General
Bliss said that the only criticism he
could make was that the food lacked
variety and this would be remedied.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Pleasant
thought. We haven't heard anything
from Willie Orpet in several days.
Des Moines Register and Leader:
The Louisville Courier Journals dis
cOvery that Daniel Boone, Napoleon,
Caesar. Hannibal, Alexander the
Great and Lord Nelson would all
have been rejected as physically un-
fit by the United States army is hard
on the war eugenists.
Sioux City Journal: Considering
what is certain to happen to the
nominees Of the St Paul convention
1t would seem that they might have
been decided upon with less acri-
mony.
Ottumwa Courier: Nominated for
the vice presidency on the progress
stve ticket, deserted by the biz bull
moose, by the great majority q the
party leaders and the rank and file
- well, John N. Parker is very much
in the position Of lone sailor lef:
on Q raft 1t sea and not an island
In sight
Charles City Press: In the opinion
Of the Press Mr.. Harding will prove
to be one of the ablest men the re-
publicans Of the state have ever
placed in nomination for the COVER
norship. He may not possess the
brilliancy of Cummins nor the plat
form popularity Of Shaw, hut he rep.
resents more even balance of politi-
cal shrewdness, foresight and judg-
ment than is usually found In one
man to the extent that he commands
the absolute good will OF his party,
and he will rapidly grow and develop
into the full confidence and affections
Of the people. The present little
furry il of small concern and can
not sustain itself.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

Chicago boasts OF an auto speeder
with a real conscience. During a
spell Of notous gayety he drove his
gas wagon through most OF the traf-
fic regulations. and then, somewhat
sobered, hied to the police station,
'fessei up to the Judge and forked
over IS and.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

4 a ~s-Vl L -
fold while at work carpenterinY {.
Wednesday morning, and received =
4 severe shaking up. He was taken NJ
Lis home and medical attention ., =
/ en- him. e'ss3
Two fellows living about two mn.
east OF Nauvoo, got into an altaro.
ton over q business deal last Wa l
nesday morning and one OF them ~ y,
4 to come to Nauvoo to receive mast
cal aid for one Of his badly brn,sssl
| eyes. We could not learn their nan,ss
as an effort wis made to keen ~.
affair quiet. Why suppress namas
when the wheeze IL fresh?
| Wednesdays session, both afta,
noon and evening. OF the chautauous
was another interesting one and
delightful program. The Preacher:
quartette furnished the music in n.
afternoon and prelude to Tou,.
Williams, the electrical entertaina.
In the evening. The attendance /.
the afternoon diminished some from
the day before. but In the eyenin, l
the crowd was larger. The extrem. {
heat caused many TO stay away from
the afternoon session. Our rurai
brothers and sisters are coming h
great numbers and Tuesday eyen,nr
about seventy-flve cars were hitcbeS
to the curbs In our business section
It Is believed now that there viii not
be deficiency, but a surplus for tho
ladies. Rev. William Hertel, Tho
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

Job never had Mexican situation to handle,
else he might not have won the worlds cham
pionship for patience.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

If the secret history Of lives written it would be
the life OF the spirit has been exper
In those still hours Of seeming ideness People 90
night alone in ordinary room, and
to breakfast with the great crisis Of their
istence passed and nobody knows anything about IT. %
lonely 10 human life.-J. z. Buckrose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

The fact that this is presidential year is
not being obscured by the haze of several CUB
ernatorial campaigns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

The new woman never grows old
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

No great statesman ever began by thinking
of himself all the time as great statesman. He
just tried to get something real accomplished,
and the rest happened.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27
THE GIRL AND THE FILM.

One of the most dangerous decisions that
can come to a girl is the conviction that she
cam make fortune and fame as moving pic
ture actress. Where one makes big success
in photoplays, because Of peculiar fitness for
the work, thousands fail ANONYMOUSLY. Par
ticularly vicious is the impulse in some girls to
run away from home and clandestinely at
tempt to ''get on" in FINLAND. Many tragedy
has it's source in this course. No girl should
enter the photoplay life unless she is pos
sesed of unmistakable talent and fitness, and
then she should start on her career openly, with
consent of parents and upon the advice OF
welI-meaning experts who would pass upon
her merits with clean minds and motives.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-27

Mason City Globe-Gazette: IL Car
rama could see himself as others
see him. he would probably be glad
he has whtskers to hide behind
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-04-13
President Smith at Sunday
School Conference Speaks
Against Modern Dresses

girls and women may refrain from
adopting them also"
Sunday School Growth
President Smith spoke on tue
growth of the Sunday School move
ment, and the increase Of knowledge
in the world. He dwelt at length on
the subject Of prayer. He illustrated
by the references to the wireless the
methods by which he said he believ-
ed God hears the prayers of his chill
dren. He urged. the importance OF
teaching more carefully the children
Of the Church, declaring that they
should be much more familiar with
the Church organization, its general
officers, its standard works and its
principals and doctrines. Looking
over the vast audiences Of Sunday
School workers he pronounced 1t The
biggest that had yet assembled in a
conference, and commended the work
of the force Of officers and teachers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-04-13
THE REMARKABLE TRIP
OF TWO BARRELS OF FLOUR

In Farm and Fireside, the national
farm paper published in Springfield,
Ohio, is the following illustration Of
the cheapness Of steamship and rail-
road transportation before the pres
ent conflict. 1.-The story went that a
man in Minneapolis bought, at one
of the great mills in that Touring
capital Of the world, two barrels of
-four. One barrel he ordered put on
a dray and delivered to his home in
the outlying part of Minneapolis; the
other he put into a car that was
being loaded for seaboard, steamship
and Liverpool. He kept tabs on the
expense OF both deliveries, and when
they had been made found it had cost
him a trine more to deliver the bar
rel by dray in Minneapolis than the
barrel that went 1000 miles by rail
and. steamship to Liverpool" 1t Is
needless to : add that this was
before the war" rc