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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Isn't II the Truth7

Strickland Gillian in Judge: II the
rooms are dirty and the slop jar is
cracked and the heaters sunering
from chronic chill lasting from Oc-
tober to April, If the writing stand
has only three legs and is propped
against the wall, If the extra COM
forter on the foot Of the two-inch-
thick hammockesque bed looks as If
it had been used as q road-drag after
a recent rain, If there is only one
towel (about the size Of a handker-
chief and made Of cheesecloth), II
the wallpaper is hanging loose from
the ceiling and peeling OF from the
walls. 1t is The Palace hotel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Secured Sufficient Sum Of Money to
Carry on All Work That
Was Needfuf This
Season.
600 BASKETS WERE GIVEN
Board Of Visiting Nurse Association
Decides on Annual Meeting
Date and Elects TWO
New Members.

Reports OF the community Christ.
mas gifts were made at the meeting
of the Visiting Nurse association this
morning in the Y. w. G. A. building.
The reports showed an increase in the
amount received and given out. over
the former years in this work. For a
few days before Christmas those In
charge of the work felt discouraged
and were afraid that the needs of the
situation would not be met. Inspired
by C. M. Rich, president of the Purity
Oats Co.. who pledged 500 II an
equal amount would be raised by the
citizens. with the usual Keokuk spirit
the funds came in to the committees
and all that was needful was able to
be done. Miss Elsie Buck, treasurer
of the fund. reported that all bills
were not in and therefore the report
of disbursement is only partial one.
Should there be balance remaining.
it win be used as in former years. to
give material aid to those needing it
throughout the year.
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Stock Market Notes.

Stock Market Notes.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Heavy at
tendance today revealed tho tense
interest with which traders are
watching tho international situation.
Tho market moved slowly upward at
the start.
Rubber stocks were strong. United
States Rubber gaining y and Good
rich y. Mexican petroleum ad-
vanoed point to 11S. Mercantile
marine preferred, made new high
record at 80, Q gain Of ~. New
York air brake was up TX and Call.
fornia petroleum was up IL at 411S.
Shortly after the Presidents state
ment characterizing the international
situation AZ grave" reached tho
street there was raid on the mar
ket. The heavy buying with which
the market opened continued how
ever, and although the reaction Was
sharp, the break was not serious.
Coal Products and. American Sn6Slt-
ing were strong, on optimistic reports
of business conditions.
Sales for the flrst hour were 110.O00
shares
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Letter to
DR.. kilmer S& Co,
BiDgharnton. NJ 7.

Prove What Swanp-Root VIII do for
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer &
Co, Binghamton, n Y, for a sample
size bottle. 1t will convince anyone.
You will also receive booklet of
valuable information, telling about the
kidneys and bladder. When writing,
be sure and mention the Keokuk Gate
City Regular fifty-cent and one-dol-
lar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Correcting an Error.

From the Kansas City Journal: It
is wrong to say that the democrats
are the only ones interested in the
proposal to nominate Roosevelt on
the republican ticket-yery, very
wrong. The colonel himself is in
tense1y interested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
rippIno Problem Remalna.

New York World: Wage increases
foc Pullman porters evidence an act
of social justice on the part of the
company toward It's employees. But it
requires large amount Of optimism
to see in them any material remedy
of the tipping system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Winnlno WAYS.

From the Buffalo Times: Ever no
tice how those honeyed folks who.
refusing to wrangle. keep plodding on
doing exactly as they had intended
always contrive to get their own
way?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04

Report on Baskets.
Miss Agnes Trimble reported that
the following number of baskets were
sent:
Food baskets sent by churches. .1O4
Food baskets sent by individuals. .
Food baskets from headquarters. 200
Baskets Of toys and clothing sent
from headquarters ............. POT
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Not Unique.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Villa adherents are very bitter to-
ward the United States" says the
news Of the day. Ha, ha! Why, some
regular nations feel worse than that
toward US.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
No joke.

lean habit Of jesting at about every
thing under the sun leads to many
Quips about the grip. But the grip
is no joke--to those who have 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
A PossibIe Mlsconstructlon.

Chicago Evening Post: Governor
Capper declares: livery time I go to
a hotel / register from Kansas, thank
Cod" Do all Kansans feel like that
when they leave the state?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Misouided.

From the St Paul Pioneer Press:
w. J. Bryan said: "If / had lived
two centuries ago and advocated
what l do now, I would have been
hanged" And yet there are people
who insist the world is steadily I'm
proving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04

TotaI 80. b5
Nursing calls on factory cases 80. 81
Nursing calls on metropolitan
cases ...g 81
Two Patients died during the
month, one pneumonia case and the
other typhoid-pneumonia case. The
work during December was particular
ly heavy and the nurses both worked
over time and on Sundays to meet the
needs OF their patients.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04

Read The Daily Gate City, Zoe a
week by carrier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
The country's Need.

The Country's Need.
Fremont Tribune: What the world
needs today, declares Mr.. Bryan, is
Pentecost, not an Armageddon.
Maybe! Maybe! But what this coun-
try needs is a robust republican ad-
ministration.
Read The Daily Gate City. 100
week by carrier.
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Total baskets sent out -. .e1e
Christmas Party Report.

Mrs. John n. Hueston, chairman Of
the committee in charge of the Christ
mas party reported the net receipts
from the party to have been $77.50.
Mrs. Hueston has been chairman or
the Christmas party committee for
the past three years and in apprecta-
ton OF the work she has done, the
board, by unanimous vote, made her
an honorary member OF the assocta-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04

The Gate City Want Column
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Miss Younker's Report.

Miss Nettie Younker reported for
the. committee in charge Of the sale
of Red Cross seals. The committee
includes Mrs. Rich, Miss Trimble,
Miss Buck and Mrs. Coyle Miss Youn-
ker gratefully acknowledged aid in ad-
dressing envelopes ETC., from Miss
Nellie Reddie and Mrs. Foster.
The report follows:
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Report Of Miss Buck.
iss Bucks report follows:
Report on Baskets.

Total disbursements to date 1894. 6;
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There are still some sixty letters
unreturned which the committee
sent out. 1t is hoped that these will
be returned at an early date to the
committee This money will De used
locally for tuberculosis prevention
and cure Last year the association
spent SIG in this work. There was a
balance ON hand of s171.57 which
makes the total amount on hand for
tuberculosis work, S414.17.
Annual Meeting Date.
The date Of the annual meeting Of
the Visiting Nurse association was
set this morning for Tuesday, Janu-
airy IS, at half past nine o'clock in the
Y. W. G. A. building. Annual reports
will be made at that time and officers
elected.
At the meeting this morning, Mrs
Beverly B. Hobbs and sIrs. w. n.
Sage were elected to membership on
the board of directors.
Report From Nurses.
Miss Brown made the nurses re-
port for December, as follows:
District nursing
Number of nursing calls ....... .154
Instructive calls ............... As
Friendly calls %
Extra visits on holidays and Sun
Gays ........l-... .--......... "A
Total visits in district .251
Infant welfare Department
Prenatal visits ........ 49,. !
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Horse and Mule Market.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-Horses-The
horse market was on the usual quiet
Saturday order, the run was light
and there was practically no demand
whatever for the commercial grade
of stock.
There was a strong demand for
southern grades all week and three
times as many of that grade could
have been sold with good profit to
all concerned. Italian buyers were
on the market each day and the big
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04
Chicago Live stock.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Hog receipts
$1,000; market slow, steady. Mixed
and butchers, s6.5J@6.95; good heavy.
$6.65G6.90; rough heavy, $c.o066.55;
light, s6.45@6.s5; pigs. $5.50@6.50.
Cattle receipts 5000: market
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st. Louis Cash Grain.

[Furnished by Long Commission Co.,
4021s Main. Telephone No. 1901
No. 3 red, new, $1.20.
Corn-No. 2. 70@7o11c; No. 8.
6o7ac; No. 3 yellow. 73c; No. white.
70@7o1sc; No. white, 68968hc:
No. white, 65@651ac.
Oats-No. q. 42h @43c; No. 3. 42c;
No. 3 white, 44c; No. 4 white. 400
42kc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-04

PEORIA, ILL.,. Jan. 4.-Corn-Mar.
ket unchanged. &c higher. No. 4
white, No 4 mixed, &c; No. white
64Ac; No. 3 yellow. 6s1a 06SAc: No
yellow. 7A@68c; No. s yellow
641a 065c; No. 6 yellow, 62h 063c;
No. mixed, 641s 065c.
Oats-Unchanged. II higher. No
3 white. 41h 043c; No. white. A
@41A.
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Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 4.-Cattle re-
ceipts 10000; market steady. Steers.
$5.5009.2b; coyy and hcifers. $4,000
800; stockers and feeders, $500
500; calves. $6.00@9.50.
Hog receipts $4,000; market steady.
Sc lower. Bulk. 36.4006.70; heavy.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady. Lambs, $875@9.4o; ewes,
$5.5O@6.25; wethers, 3A.25 @S.25.
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Kansas City Cash Grain.
Chicago Live Stock.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-lhe hog mar
ket closed slow at opening prices.
The hog run continues very heavy,
preventing any price rally. With re-
ceipts Of 131, 900 in two days, $1,000
were promised Wednesday.
The cattle market closed steady
but slow, with the top at $3.50.
The sheep market closed with
choice lambs steady and others ten
cents lower than yesterdays average
Top for sheep, Sis; for lambs. $1,000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27

become pretentious. Narrow 1t is
still, but of green gold, and set with
stones. One seen recently was merely
wide enough to hold the tiny brilliants
with which it was encircled. 1t was
OF platinum and resembled the
guard" rings which our grandmoth-
ers wore. Also it bore no moro re-
semblance to the onc-time wedding
ring than golden pheasant bears to
Leghorn rooster. A woman could
wear 1t until the cows come home and
never be suspected of matrimony.
There are those who dislike the new
style, however. there are those in ia
vor Of letting the wedding ring alone.
Marriage is already sufficiently COM
plicated. say these DIRECTORS. without
changing its outward and visible sign,
the only thing left intact in many
unions.
However the discontinued are every
where and their objections here will
hardly be of avail. The wedding ring
will probably go on becoming gor-
geouser and gorgeousor until it loses
all semblance of its former self, and
then there'll be no earthly way of
picking out matrons from maids in
a crowd.
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greeted their rescuers with squcals
Of delight. Mr.. Townbred himself
poured their hot milk and middlings
into tho trough; he, too, piled fresh
straw into their sleeping pen and. as
additional luxury. tramped up to the
house and returned with a big bas-
ketful of chestnuts, gathered in the
fall from their own trees. Of course.
Then-then Mr.. Townbred came to
an Inflated decision. He should have
returned to his fire and his cigar and
his magazine. But, feeling good. he
decided to help John with tho rest of
the chores. So he assumed an active
part in watering and feeding Old
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27
JSEKEEpER
SAYS q

ject.
More than that, when they are
forced to cook for themselves they ac-
complish with great striving and much
pain and trouble tasks which a little
instruction would have rendered easy
to them.
THAT in very many American
households the great mass of food is
fried and SO rendered greasy and in
digestible. and that the waste is enor-
nous in the homes of the well-to- do
and even of the poor.
THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER
thinks every girl. no matter how
wealthy her family, should have some
practical training in domestic science.
She realizes that she is not giving vent
to n very original idea when she says
that. since most of the public schools
of our cities now have such classes.
but the fact remains that the great
mass of girls who go to private schools
and colleges have no such advantage.
AS a matter of fact housekeeping is
a lost art. How few good housekeep-
ers there are today compared with the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27
Litt1e Fables Of The
Business World

Consideration each insists the other
must show. He figured that because
he was employed during certain hours
the Boss therefore had a First Mort
gage on his Soul. his Manhood and
his Hope of Eternal Salvation, as 1t
were.
AT least Figuratively. each day. he
shined the Boss Boots-and did IL
Willingly. And 1t was with Fear and
Trembling that he even breathed the
same Air as the Boss Did.
Well he had Something coming to
him-and he Got It!
Things became Tight. A Cut in
the Payroll was Necessary. The Boss
looked 1t over to choose the Guy on
whom to hang a Tin Can. Who got it ?
Answer-answer-? You bet!
Why? Simply because the Boss fig-
ured that o. II. wasn't even a good
Lap Dog. A fellow like that made
any Self-respecting man sick on his
stomach.
And where there was SO much
Fawning there couldn't be much else.
He was one piece OF Office Furniture
that could be sent to the Junk Man
without Missing 1t.
So, our Hero got II!
Moral: Lord Chesterfield was
right-but he never meant anything
like this!
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cloth. Troublesome2 Well yes
rather, but her sun room is so at.
tractive that 1t pays.
When the leaves Of plants begin to
turn yellow and drop off then 1t Is
time to look for the red spider. ths
great enemy of house plants. The red
spider resembles a grain Of cayenne
pepper and SO Is difficult to see, but
webs on the backs Of the leaves Is
an indication of his presence. He is
easily routed. the only insecticide
needed for him being copious
draughts of cold water. Spray the
infected plants with water every day
in every part until they take on q
healthy look. The spider cannot live
long in moist atmosphere.
For aphis, with which many house
plants become infested, use one Of the
nicotine preparations the florists sell.
Spray with this also until the bugs
disappear.
For scale use n soap emulsion with
a little of the nicotine mixture added.
Use square inch of laundry soap
to half gallon Of water, for the
soap mixture.
1t Is true that It does require time
to care for house plants. but they
are so lovely that they quite pay for
the trouble.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27

number in ante-bellum times, ladies'
who carried a Jingling bunch Of keys
in little basket, and who gave out
every particle Of food used in the
household, then locked the pantry de-
family and unlocked it no more until
the next morning though the skies
fell.
No one locks up sugar and -four and
such things now; 1t is too much
trouble. More than that. half Of the
so-called housekeepers of the day do
not know what Is In their refrigera-
tors. and so really valuable left
mould and waste, or ara thrown out
without anyone being the wiser.
The Young Housekeeper attributes
the decrease Of interest in housekeep-
ing things in part to the agitation for
a vote. She argues. however, that
long after the women are in proud
possession of the ballot they will have
to cater for their families and SO
housekeeping has a moro enduring
claim on girls even than the struggle
for that magic piece OF paper.
Women, she says. have come to
look down on housekeeping as rather
a mental profession, whereas 1t Ia
really the most important one in tho
world: so important that it takci
training in order to do 1t we'll. More
over, at least three hours a day should
be given to it. and II she gives 1t thae
much the housekeeper is still earning
her living cheaply.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27

Il really healthy respect for the
amount of work necessary to the care
of chickens.
Besides, his muscles began to ache;
and he was feeling tho cold. Yet he
wouldn't give in. though Mrs Town
bred called to him repeatedly and
urged him to do so.
Not until lunch-time did he "knock
off," as John expressed il. And what
an appetite! He boosted all through
tho meal, too, of the great amount
of work he had done that morning,
and even vcntured the assertion that,
supposing John should suddenly be-
come ill., he had no doubt but what
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5y Edward Riddle Pad$ett -

would be cleared before afternoon.
So Mr.. Townbred waded back home
again joyfully, and spread tho glad
tidings.
III call up the Office" he said,
and explain. Fortunately there
isn't much work for me today. SO it
won't make any real difference. Al
day off. with nothing to do but loll
around. won't go SO bad after all
will it. Frieda?" And he smiled
broadly.
1t took him nearly half-hour to
get the office, since he had to take
his turn on the one wire which was
not down" as the result of tho storm.
And, with Mrs. Townbred standing by
listening, he explained the situation to
"Old Dobbins," the head of the firm,
winking comically at his wife now and
then as he bemoaned his fate.
The voice at the other end of the
wire was cheerfully censorious. and
seemed to relish rubbing in" the fact
that any city man who was fool
enough to live In the country In the
winter deserved Just such a calamity
as this-and many more of them.
Indeed, "Old Dobbins" seemed to
consider 1t a Joke" and inquired anx-
iously whether or not he could send
out relief expedition from town
bearing food and physician. So. 1t
was all settled pleasantly-and Mr..
Townbred turned from the phone to
revel in an unexpected holiday.
He missed his morning paper, for
not even Ralph the energetic lad who
served 1t to the countryside for miles
around each morning and even
ing. could get through the snow. And
Mr.. Townbred. comfortably ensconced
in an easy chair before the fire, was
just in the midst of an after-breakfast
cigar and magazine when Mrs.
Townbred came hurrying into the
room.
"Ruthvin." she asked, would you
mind helping John a little? He is lit
orally digging the pig-sty out of the
snow and-and he has so many things
to do in a hurry that-that-if you
don't mind"
Certainly! Cer-tain-ly!" agreed
Mr.. Townbred instantly "A little ex-
ercise will be fine. ! guess ] can be
farm hand on my own place when
necessary, even If I don't do 1t every
day. I'll put on my boots. Frieda, and
an old suit and--is my sweater hang
ing In the closet? You tell John I'll
be with him in jiffy!"
For the first half-hour Mr.. Town
bred enjoyed 1t. The rescued pigs
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- HERE was the sound of a loud
crash and the visiting little boy
rctrcated from the tea table
where he had lust broken one


n crash and the visiting little boy
rctrcated from the tea table
~ where he had just broken one
of the Coalport cups which were the
chief pride and joy of the hostess
"Oh, naughty, naughty" said his
mother playfully. but the hostess said
nothing though her face flushed bit
Directly the small boy took a little
antique ivory box with silver corners
from its place on n nearby shelf and
tried to open IT. The hostess watched
him apprehensively, but If his mother
saw him she affected not to but talked
gaily on about nothing in particular.
The clasp of the small box held and
the small boy was about to try heroic
methods with his heel when the host
css swooped down upon him and took
the box from him. This time 1t was
tho face of the mother which flushed.
willie is a very careful child" said
she resentfully, "he would not hurt
that box, he merely wishes something
to play with while we talk"
Then he can have this" answered
the hostess, and she gave Willie a
soft rubber ball. But that did not
suit the urchin, who Immediately
floor and proceeded to kick and
scream like the little fury that he
was.
stop crying. darling. and you shall
have the box" cried the mother re-
assuringly, and Willie cautiously
opened one eye.
II am sorry, but he shall not" said
the hostess quietly, and then the two
ladies looked each other in the eyes
steadily for an instant as women will,
and each saw in the optics of the
other that their ephemeral friendship
was at an end.
When Willie had gone, accompanied
by his solicitous and resentful, but
freczingly polite parent, the hostess
spoke to the only other guest who was
present. Her subject was The Amer
lean Child.
II like them-boiled," said the host
ess. grimly. Theoretically 1 love
children, it is only when 1 come into
contact with one like Willie that !
realize what abominable little crea-
lures they are after all"
But none of that was Willie's
fault" objected the guest.
THAT is true" assented the hostess.
INSTEAD of criticising the American