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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
BRIDGE WORK
NEAR FINISH.
steel on Span Three, Last to be Set,
Going Up Rapidly-Work Is
Nearing Completion
There.
APPROACH rs PAVED
Gap in Upper Deck Caused by Unfin-
Ished Span, All That Must be
Closed Before Traffic
May Begin.

Work on the new bridge will soon
be finished, and the structure be
thrown open to- the traffic between
Hancock county, Illinois, and this
city. There is but one span remain
ing to be finished, and by the time
it is complete, the approach from this
side will be completed.
The bridge would have been ready
for traffic a month or so ago, had it
not been for the high water which
stopped work on span three and
greatly hindered the construction OF
the adjacent spans. Two weeks ago,
the falsework was put in, despite the
high water, and the old span wreck
ed. Work was Immediately begun
on the new span, and now the steel
Orders which have been set in place
the last week, resemble the form of
the span. The side Orders are all
in place. The crossbars, and the
Orders to hold up the floor of the
upper deck are all that remain to
be put in.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
Ir,Hla Element.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: Mr..
Roosevelt is the only civilian and
private citizen in the world who en-
ploys a military secretary. In pre-
pairing to raise an army he must be
the happiest Of men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
Ordinary Nuxated Iron VIII Mako
Delicate, Nervous Rundown
People 200 Per Cent. Stronger
In Two Weeks limo In
Many Cases.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Most people
foolishly seem to think they are going
to get renewed health and strength
from some stimulating medicine.
secret nostrum or narcotic drug, said
DR.. Sauer, well known specialist
who has studied widely both in this
country and Europe. when las mat
ter OF fact, real and true strength
can only come from the food you
eat. But people often fail to get the
strength out of their food because
they haven't enough iron In their
blood to enable it to change food into
living matter. From their weakened,
nervous condition they know some
thing is wrong but they can't tell
what, SO they generally commence
doctoring for stomach, liver or kidney
trouble or symptoms of some other
ailment caused by the lack Of iron
in the blood. This thing may go on
for years, while the patient suffers
untold agony. If you are not strong
or WELL you owe it to yourself to
make the following test: See how
long you can work or how far you
can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five-grain tablets of
ordinary nuxated iron three times per
day after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see for
yourself how much you have gained.
have seen dozens of nervous, run
down people who were ailing all the
while, double their strength and en-
durance and entirely get rid OF all
symptoms of dyspepsia, liver and
other troubles In from ten to four
teen days time simply by taking iron
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

Desperate Measures Justified.
Omaha W0rld-Hera1d: Maybe Wig
lance committees could help stop
the automobile stealing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

Only Available Substitute.
Washington Post: The strike in
Spain doubtless Is being engineered
on the theory that It's the next best
thing to war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
ILLINOIS,,

JOLIET, ILL.,, July 19.-Leo Palace,
two years old, was attacked by
rooster which he was trying to chase
Tuesday and as result is in a seri-
GUS condition The rooster turned on
him and the baby, In endeavoring to
escape. fell. The rooster pecked him
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
Motorists Alive to Opportunities.

Motorists Alive to Opportunities.
The motorists In this neighborhood
are not backward In taking advant-
age Of the opportunities offered by the
present good condition of these coun-
try roads. Every evening hundreds
of autos are carrying loads of peo-
pie over the roads radiating out from
keokuk in all directions.
There are many fine drives that can
be covered in an afternoon or evening.
The drive to Nauvoo and then across
the river and back down to Keokuk
by way of Montrose and Sandusky is
popular. There are rock roads tho
entire distance. The Carthage drive
il a popular one. This road is dirt
but is in excellent shape. The drive
to Kahoka takes longer. This is a
popular trip for Sunday afternoon,
however. The middle road and the
st. Francisville road are much used
for driving In the evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
Finish Approach Soon.


The approach at the Keokuk end OF
the bridge will be finished in few
days. The curbing for this work was
put in several weeks ago. Last
week the concrete foundation was
poured, and now the bricks have all
been laid. The bricks have been
laid all the way from the end to the
opening of Bridge street on Main
street, just below Second street The
approach Is wide and slopes easily to
the entrance to the bridge, and is a
great improvement over the old hill
on Main street, which it was neces-
sary to climb when leaving the
bridge.
The approach at Hamilton was fin
ished some weeks ago. The incline
there is sleeper than on this side Of
the river, but is much less steep
than the old Main street hill. This
approach is paved with brick from the
old toll house, to the beginning OF the
bridge. The floor of the bridge is
paved with Belgian blocks. made of
pine and stepped in creosote, making
the most durable and smooth type
of paving ever invented. This type
of paving is used in many OF the
larger cities.
The date for the formal opening of
the bridge has not been announced.
However, the way construction is
proceeding these days, it appears
residents of Keokuk and Hancock
county have not long to wait.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
JEFFERSON CITY Mo ru1,

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, July 10
Governor Major has offered reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of the person who killed Mrs. Oscar
d. McDaniels, wife of the Prosecuting
attorney Of Buchanan county, In st.
Joseph, Saturday night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

There are $500 women working as
guards on the railroads Of Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
GOOD ROADS ARE
USED BY AUT0|STS
Radiatino Out From keo-
kuk Have Been Baked Into Good
Condition by Hot Sun Of Past
Few Weeks;
MUCH NIGHT DRIVING
Hundreds Of Cars on Road Every Eve
nIna-Dust 10 Only Drawback to
Motoring on Most Of the
Drives.

The hot sun Of the last few weeks
while unpleasant to bear, has served
to put in good shape the various dirt
roads in the surrounding territory. The
roads, where very dusty, are baked
to high degree of hardness, giving
good riding surface for automobiles.
In places there are bad stretches OF
road, but on the whole the roads in
Lee. Clark and Hancock counties are
in good shape.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

Are You for ssPre.
paredness 2" The
best preparedness for man
or woman comes from living
in harmony with law. In
Summer cut out the heavy
foods that tax strength. Eat
Shredded Wheat Biscuit,
the food that contains all the
body building material in
the whole wheat grain in a
digestible form. For break
fast with milk or cream; for
luncheon with berries or
other fruits. ~
EE = -
V. 80.
Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
Illinois Iowa-Missouri

I, in the head, striking a suture in the
child's skull with the beak, rendering
it unconscious. Late Tuesday the
child had not recovered conscious
ness.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,, July 10
MAKE hay while the moon shines"
is the motto of many central Illinois
farmers, as result Of the intense
heat and thousands of acres OF hay
are being harvested by the light Of
the moon.
QUINCY, ILL.,, July 19.---Charles H.
Williamson, former state exalted ruler
Of Elks, former vice president of the
National Apple Growers Congress and
former president Of the International
Apple Shippers association, died here
yesterday.
CENTRALIA, ILL.,, July 19.-Della
Yost, formerly Della Farrelee Of Odin,
attempted suicide yesterdav and prob
ably will die from burns Of a solu-
ton Of bichloride OF mercury which
she drank. Dependency is said to
be the cause. She had been sepa-
rated from her husband for a year.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, July 1s.-
Thomas Troy, assistant roadmaster of
the Chicago and Alton railroad was
instantly killed here Tuesday, when
hit by limited train, while trying to
remove his speeder from the rails.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, July 19-The body
of Joseph Derix, 20 years old, a chauf-
feur, was found yesterday in q lonely
roadway near Ladd, Bureau county.
There were several bullet holes in the
head and the body was badly slashed.
1t Is believed he was murdered and
his machine stolen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
MISSOURI.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. July 1s-St
Louis and San Francisco passenger
train No. LOG, northbound, col1ided
with passenger train No. 10, south
bound, near South Greenfield, Mo-,
yesterday. The conductor of the
northbound train was slightly injured.
No passengers were hurt. One Of the
engines left the track.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

COLUMBIA, Mo-, July 1.-two
records were broken at the University
of Missouri yesterday when the sum-
mer school enrolment reached 1913,
and the number of students in the
extension division reached 651.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

IOWA.
DES MONIES, Ia, July 1s.--John
Kurtzweil, for many years connected
with the Iowa Seed company, is dead
at his home in Altoona.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
Newspaps Writers and Drink (Bv Staff Corraenondnnfl

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 13.--August A. Busch. head of great brewing cor poratlon, tried to round up all the vis- lung newspaper writers here yester- day afternoon for mint julep party at his home in St. Louis county. The party fell considerably short of expec- tations, in spite of the urgent personal
 invitations pressed upon the scribes by suave and persistent bunch of glad handlers sent to the Hotel Jefferson by Busch to drum up a crowd. Fewer than 100 of the 400 or more visiting writers accepted the proffered hospi- tality. and more than a score of auto mobiles engaged for the occasion went away empty. One correspondent a long, time acquaintance of MT Busch, acknowledged the receipt of the invi- tation and gave reasons for his decln- ation as follows:
 My Dear Mir. Busch. 1 trust that you will not think me lacking in appre- ciation of your invitation to a mint Julep party, which 1 am sure was sent in the spirit of generous hospitality While l have pursued my calling in many cities, l have come to have an
 intimate knowledge of the ways of mint Juleps and other delectable distillations brews and compounds. 1 have found
 them altogether harmful to my con- rades Of the newspaper craft whether taken in large or small quantities, tend Ing always to establish habits which | lessen a writer's value to himself, to his calling, and to society in general There is not a newspaper man of | standing in the entire number now | in St. Louis who has not lost at least | one treasured friend through drink. You will understand from this why l, for one, feel constrained to remain away from luncheons of the kind which | tend to establish and cultivate a dan- gerous habit.
 Besides, ME Busch, the time has passed when newspaper men can keeI | the pace of the fastest men in tho
 world and meddle with even the mild.
 est of intoxicants. This fact is rec. ognized in the most practical way by .
 large majority of the craft. During
 last week at Chicago, when the pres sure of work was tremendous and the l weather abominable l was in constant contact with the same body of core. | spondents who are here today, and 1T l all that time l did not see even on, | under the influence of drink. l hop,
 10 see the time come when men of my | calling will no longer be exposed to tho | dangers which beset the now recog-
 niZed standards of hospitality, but tha ! the open handed friendliness which | know you feel toward your friends anC
 mine will find some other form of ex- 1 pression,"
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE NOTES

By the time that Mark Twain had finally sue ceeded in paying off the burden of debt that had fallen upon him with the failure of his publishing venture he found himself of the best paid authors in the world. He refused many offers of money that did agree with his literary conscience He declined ten thousand dollars for tobacco endorsement, though he liked the tobacco well enough. He de- clned ten thousand dollars year for five year to lend his name editor to a humorous periodical He declined another ten thousand for ten lectures and for fifty lectures at the rate that Is. thousand dollars a night. And he offered a dollar word for his writing, which he also de- clined making final arrangement with his regular publishers that they should print whatever he wrote. the payment being twenty (ater thirty) cents word These are said be of the facts brought out in the September number by Albert Bgelow Paine's Boys Life of Mark Twain" running serially in St Nicholas which is to deal also with the great humor- triumphant return America after his long stay abroad and the farewell visit he paid to the scenes and friends of his Missouri childhood.
 There is great deal of difference in the mental attitude of dev-fishes octopi" according to Char
 les r. Holden, who contributes article on "The Tameness of Wild Animals" to the September St. Nicholas. "In tank in the Avalon Aquarium which contained three four octopi all but were timid One attacked my hand and seemed to enjoy being touched large California Sheepshead in this aquarium became tame that it liked to be scratched about the head with wire or stick and followed people about the tank especially the man who fed it. It interesting to see 1t change color the stroked it with the wire"
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
The Thrift of Mir. Ashurst

The debate in the the Owen Corrupt Practices Act" proper occasion for attracting attention to Senator Ashursts extensive of the use of the privilege, it is true is not violation of any existing law. And for that matter. none of the practices aimed by the Owen bill contrary to law. But the bill proposes to make them crimes and we think that a very large majority of the American people believe that they should be classified as crimes.
 MT Ashurst's use of the franking privilege an abuse of the privilege contemplated when the privilege extended It used to be abused still more violently when congressman employed it in the transportation of pianos blooded stock and pretty much everything that portable.
 But the scandal became so great that some limi- tation was placed by custom rather than by law, upon the use the privilege that have of late heard little of the abuse of the privilege until Mir Ashurst's exploit of sending 10000 letters to his constituents in this state at saving to himself of s4OO in the matter of postage alone, say nothing ment stationery.
 The use of the frank for campaign purposes is about as unfair a be made of it. It gives to the distinct and material advantage opponent and relieves the of the limitation of expenditures which is supposed to restrict candidates is feature of all corrupt practices acts Mr. Ashurst exhibited a species of thrift of which the public will hardly approve
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
PAUL BENNETT :
 WEDS 0N COAST

A smart church wedding followed by a reception at the home of the brides parents in Pomona was the culmina tion of the college courtship of Le Royce Downing, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. E. L. Downing and Paul Morphy Bennett, son of MT and Mrs. Walter Bennett of this city.
 The marriage took place last evening and many of the young people were attendants at the event. There were a number of out of town guests includ- ing the Phoenix relatives of MT. Ben nett. his parents, MT. and Mrs Harold Bennett, MT. and Mrs. Ernest Bennett and Miss Ruth Jessop.
 The honeymoon will be passed at Catalina and will precede a motor tour of southern California and the north ern part of this state. MT. and Mrs Bennett will arrive here September 25 and will be at home at the Welsh apartments on 316 West Roosevelt street.
 Mrs. Bennett is delightful girl who made many friends when she visited here last season. She is pretty and talented and has much charm of man. ner
 MT. Bennett is the manager of the Paul Bennett Auto Supply Company. He belongs to the Arizona club and Country club and is popular in both the business and social sets
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
A SEASONS LONGING (By Marie Mayfield)

Oh! I'd like to be rancher
 When the summertime, so gay, Comes around with fragrant odors Of the pumpkins and the hay. In the field I'd like to follow
 In the furrow, long and stra;gnt, As picked the holding cabbage, AS I dug the toothsome date. I would cut the watermelon
 From the watermelon tree, And the corn from off the bushes I would gather gleefully. Oh! the joy of reaching deftly
 For the apples on the vine,
 And of roofing sweet potatoes
 From the sweet potato mine Where the squash grows in the hedges would like to go and stay And just live in sweet contentment All the blessed. livelong day. And I'd fish and hunt and frolic, And I'd run and shout and climb, If only were a rancher
 With a ranchers easy time.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
Child Labor leqislation

All right thinking people will approve of the spirit of the child labor legislation recently enacted by congress. but all right thinking people will not approve of the is being made of it by demo- cratic politicians. Nor is the legislation itself free from the suspicious tant of having been enacted for political purposes. That suspicion is based on several circumstances among which is the following letter written last July by pr. Charles w Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University United States Senator John w Kern of Indiana and caused by Mir Kern be read, to the consternaton of some of his democratic colleagues on the floor of the senate:
 Astcou, Me. July 21, 1sls Hon. John w. Kern.
 My Dear Sir: I venture to express the opinion that in view of the coming presidential election it would be unwise to postpone the passage of the child labor bill until December The democratic party needs the support November of the num- erous republicans and progressves who interested in the child-labor legislation The party has nothing to lose by passing the b and possibly much to gan
 Sincerely yours.
 CHARLES w ELIOT
 Another circumstance is that it about that time after years during nearly all which time congress has in session. and within month of the then apparent end of the present session. that President Wilson suddenly became nsstent upon the enactment of the legislation which up to that time had been given only perfunctory attention. The democratic leaders had regarded the bill as part of the administrators immediate program.
 The most strenuous objection Dill from within the presidents party, from members from the southern states who ostensbly objected to the bill of it's alleged unconstitutionalty, but really believe because of its interference with the cotton producing industry and the cotton mills of the south. Northern senators. democratic and republi- can were not sure that the law would be constitu- tonal They doubted whether the power to regulate commerce between the states could be stretched to include the regulation of labor in mills and factories. Some expressed belief that the law would not stand a test the supreme court Yet they resolved their doubt in favor of the bill.
 Child labor legislation, though it had never before been seriously attempted in congress. is by no means new legislation Within the last sixteen years has been enacted in many states until we believe there are only three which have not legislation that subject This legislation is not uniform some of being drastic than the federal legislation which has just been enacted.
 In 1907 Charles E. Hughes republican candidate for the presidency and then governor of New York included in his message congress urging great variety of labor legislation several recom- mendations for child labor legislation. asked for to t children elementary education, to regulate ages children for employment, the hours of their employment and the prohibition or the employment of children in certain dangerous occupa tions Legislation meeting all of these recommenda- tions enacted.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08
Unexpected Outside Aid

MT Whpple, former superintendent of the indus trial school very properly objected to what he sidered an attack upon his official management of that institution. made in the course of political meeting Wednesday night. Though the attack directed especially against MT. Whippe and though he may have been in the mind of the gentleman who made the charges of waste and extravaganza in that institution doubt many of those who heard the charges, well Mir. Whipple himself, believed that he aimed at. And equally doubt proved the satisfaction of the audience that he not responsible for the conditions which described in the charges.
 Therefore, if the purpose of Mir Whipple merely self exculpaton he did good work. But if he had any purpose to defend the state administration he made miserable failure, and had far better kept stil his proof of his Responsibility for the condition described amounted to admission that they actually existed and thus he strengthened and even furnished incontroverble proof of the truth of the charges against the administration. Mir Whipples presence and expressions of resentment were there fore a timely godsend to the gentlemen who arranged the meeting without expectation of extraneous aid.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-08

Registering and classifying for the first semester's work at the Normal opened yesterday morning, and a large number of the home and valley stu dents arrived early and avoided the rush that will come on Monday and Tuesday. Registering will continue to- day between the hours of s and in the presidents office, and pr. Mat thews requests that all who can, make it point to get in today. By so do- ing, students will be excused from fur ther attendance until next Wednesday morning, it being planned to give Mon- day and Tuesday over to the registra- ton of the new arrivals.