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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
BIG OCEAN FERRY BETWEEN
HALIFAX AND ALLY PORTS

within one great hull. But far more
impressive was the Information that
came to me casually from the wounded
man, and then was corrobOrated by
others.
There's 1,250 Yankee lads In that
outfit. too. They're part of the Amer
lean Legion that's been recruiting all
over Canada.
A Retired v. S. Army Officer.
More than that, there was an Amer
lean army officer (retired from the
service of the U. S. A. with high rank)
acting as second In command of this
battalion Of Yankee lads, was told by
several persons who had ample means
Of knowing.
lhey named his name and said that
SO enthusiastic was he about the cause
or the allies that he was content, even
eager, to accept lieutenant colonelcy
IN this battalion, although he had been
OF rar greater position than that In the
army OF his own country, and was
really one Of the best known of the
older fighting men" In Uncle Sans
service.
am not giving the name here, be-
cause 1t was whispered in confidence,
and 1t was said that he didn't want 1t
known just yet that he was fighting
IN the service Of foreign monarch.
But all this-the departure of 1000
boys In khaki-was but the incident
or single day In the port Of Halifax.
The men were assembled secretly,
pouring In at night over the lines of
the lntercoloniai railway. at one of
whose piers the big Twenty-eight Ten
was tied uD. And when the town was
dark and quiet they were marched
aboard her and, though you could get
within block or SO, you couldn't ap-
proach near enough to see the throngs
clustered on her decks, for you were
halted by bayonet politely pointed at
your breast.
Great Britain keeps such movements
pretty secret.
A few words more about the Olym-
pic. There are several reasons why
sne Is In the British transport service
and Is making trips across the Attain
tic almost on a regular schedule which
runs approximately like this: Five
days crossing, three days loading, off
again.
One reason Is that she Is cOmmo-
dious and speedy. She can turn off her
% knots with ease and she can out
run (and several times has done so)
the fleetest U-boats Germany can send
after her.
Practically Unsuitable.
But the most important reason Is
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08


friends telephoned to practically ev-
erybody in the state who had a tele-
phone, according to reports received
here, and greeted whoever answered
the telephone with a CHEEKY:
Good morning! Have you voted
for jeanette Rankin
Makes Famous Lemon Pie.
Miss Rankin is a very feminine
woman" one Young woman who had
known her here and who is now a re-
porter on New York evening paper
said. "She dances well and makes her
own hats, and sews, and has won genu-
Inc fame among her friends with the
wonderful lemon meringue pie that she
makes when she hasn't enough other
things to do to keep her busy.
"She is the sort of girl who won't
stop until she has got the results she
is after, and 1t will be lots of fun to
see her in her first fight In congress.
Among the things which Miss Ran
kin has announced that she will fight
for In congress is extension of the
child labor laws-she intends to rep
resent children as well as women in
congress-national woman suffrage.
mothers pensions, universal compul-
sorry education and similar PROPOSE
tons. y Is expected that she will in
troduce a new national suffrage bill
as sooh as she has the opportunity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
FIRST WOMAN TO SIT IN CONGRESS
Miss Jeanette Rankin Runs Away
Ahead of Her Party in
Montana.
CAMPAIGNS ON HORSEBACK
Makes Her Own Hats and Is an Ex'
pert at Making Lemon Pies
Intends to Push Extension OF
ChiId-Labor Laws.

Missoula, Mont.-Jeanette Rankin,
the first congresswOman, is thirty-hve
years Of age and makes her own hats.
She is more interested In children
than in anything else in the world,
with the possible exception OF votes
for women.
She is about five feet four inches
in height, slender, with light brown
hair-not red, her friends insist-and
has an unusual store of energy. she
is the daughter of one OF the best
known of the Montana pioneers, who
went west when the state was so
sparsely settled that ii resembled
wilderness, and she and her three SIS
ters have learned TO trough it, in the
big western state. She was graduated
at the University of Montana, became
An ardent suffragist while a girl, and
went to Seattle TO study voice culture.
and then came to New York city to
take n course at the School of Philan-
thropy in that city.
Ardent Suffrage Worker.
Miss Rankin was among the early
and most ardent workers for suffrage
in the West before any states had
granted women the vote, ii was said,
and fought actively for amendments
i'm Washington and California. In
these campaigns, it is said, she went
into mines and to farms TO argue per-
sonally with men and women TO in
duce them TO fight for suffrage. She
obtained q place as a field secretary
of the National American Woman Suf-
fringe association after leaving New
York city and went to Florida to es-
tablish suffrage organizations there.
She is credited with having done
more. perhaps, than any other woman
IN the state to obtain suffrage for the
women of Montana. Then after a
hard fight she was nominated for con-
gress by an overwhelming vote in the
nrimaries. and election day, II is re-
ported. she had TO fight some of the
Old Guard Republican leaders in her
own state as well as the Democrats.
She did a large part of her campaign
ing on horseback.
Her friends Joined her in creating
electioneering innovations. She didn't
finish her campaign until election
night. it is said. On election day her
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Ask for and Get 80
SKINNERS
THE HIGHEST QUALITY
spaghetti
Is Ass Recipe 6ooA Hre
SKINNER MFG. co. OMAHA. uS.k
UA6tE tA6AAoM AcrueS u As<EliCA
Some Bill for Jam. This.

When we think or read of the vast
expenses Of the present war our minds
naturally turn to munitions, airplanes.
submarines, equipments and items of
a similar wariike nature, but the Eng
Hsh army account for the last finan-
cial year opens another vista. During
the II months we are told Sl0,OO0,OOO
was spent on jam!
Does not this suggest a possibility
that this item might advantageously
appear on our domestic menu with
greater frequency?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Not = Breath Of SUSPICION.

Many men, although they may ut
care to confess 1t, need to gu8d
against lapsus linguae. A case in pGnt
is that of a prisoner who was address
ing a court over which Lord Russell
was presiding. A very nice storythe
prisoner was telling Of an offens al
legged against him Of which he was
wholly guiltless-he, a man aainst
whom there had never before ben a
breath of suspicion.
prisoner, pardon me one mment,"
interrupted Russell. You mus speak
a little louder! I cannot cath what
you say. What was your last SEN
tence?"
And "Six months, m lord" cane the
amazing reply from that fatally facile
tongue.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

under my personal guarantee that 10
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; 1t won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver. clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chill.
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because 1t fl pleasant tasting and
doesn't grippe or cramp or make them
sick.
lam selling millions Of bottles of bod.
sons Liver Tone to people who have
found that this pleasant, vegetable, Iiv.
er medicine takes the place Of danger
Gus calomel. Buy one bottle on my
sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your
druggist or storekeeper about me. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Buck Attacks Cattle,

Altoona, PA four-pronged buck
has been annoying cattle on farms in
Frankstown township. 1t was first
seen at the Bagshaw farm. where 1t
mingled with the herd in the barnyard.
When the kline objected to this intru-
sion the antlered monarch gored sew
eral Of them silently and disappeared
in the mountains A day later the
buck Joined the cattle y a field Of the
Ell Moore farm and, aff6. an encoun-
ter with them, was driven OF: with DIFF
dculty. He did not seem to - In the
least ttmid.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

that she Is the nearest approach to an
unsuitable boat that is floating. After
the Titanic went down. 1t will be re-
membered, the Olympic was fitted with
an Inner skim" q complete second
hull. six feet inside of the outer shell
Of her.
Another big vessel slipped quietly
out of Halifax harbor that day. She
was not so large as Transport TWEEN
ty-eight Ten. nor did she carry such
heavy armament. The guns that
frowned from her sides were Of no
more than six-inch diameter, apparent
ly. She. too, had q number. But be-
fore the letters were chiseled Off her
bows and stern she was the Laurentic.
lust In, few days ago. from New
Zealand and Australia with q load of
gold bullion-millions," learned.
she's of again, now. riding light. Sc
cret orders"
A low-lying, slim-bowed. war-gray
yacht with two rakish pipes and a
mess Of small guns slid speedily
through the harbor. She was once
the Winchester, well known on the
Hudson and about New York harbor
and the Florida resorts as the speed
craft Of the son Of broadway"
Rouss. She was sold early In the war
and has since been a scout, steaming
swiftly to sea to watch for possible
enemies while the trOopships and sup
ply vessels prepare to make their reg
ular runs owe. the Great Ferry.
OF these latter craft there are
plenty.
WarshIps on the Watch.
The Leviathan. a high, heavy bat
fleship of the class rapidly becoming
extinct. goes In and out on unknown
errands. She was going to be scrapped
just as the war broke, but she's done
splendid service since.
FOur-funneled cruisers, three and
four-funneled destroyers ply seward,
then harborward.
From the heights Of the city, where
stands the Citadel, now armed with
modern and powerful rifles, hello
graph mirrors wink to other hello
graph mirrors across the mouth of
the harbor a mile or SO away. At
night time huge searchlights scruti-
nize every ship which approaches any
where near the entrance to the port,
From Halifax the little Red Cross
liner Florizel carried the vacation
vOyagers, of whom l was one, to st.
Johns, N. F., which occupies two days.
Then we had four days ashore, and
then two days at sea on the return
trip to Halifax.
During the time we were away no
less than $1,000 more Canadian fight
ers, in addition to those on the Olym-
pic, had departed. Since the begin
ming of the war, was told, more than
$4,000 men have steamed from the
port, and not one has been lost at sea
through any action of the enemy.
It's mighty interesting and mighty
warlike place, this close to New York
ferry terminus.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Efficient Employers.

We hear a great deal these days
about the efficiency Of employees. and
1t is well worth while to turn our at
tention to the efficiency of the engi-
neer and the employer Of labor as well.
It was said Of 81. w. Thornton, the
well-known railroad engineer. who was
called to assume charge Of the Great
Eastern railroad In England: ANY
one can handle engines and cars and
tunnels, but Thornton Is a wonder at
handling men. Nor does he ever block
the door of his office to q man who
has something to say."-Industria
Management.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

ew was playing about the car when
Mr.. Peopmeller was attracted by his
two dogs barking In the underbrush
about 100 feet distant.
He observed the bear coming out Of
the canyon and also saw the child go
ing TO meet 1t. The child had not seen
the animal. but was going over to
where the dogs were. Mr.. Peopmeller
reached the child and. with II under
his arm. ran a short distance to the
house and got his rife. He got few
shots at the animal before 1t again en-
tered the brush, but failed to hit u.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

The Two GsShAs.
1T. Scheidt. German consul 70 Gal.
weston, was discussing the German
losses on the Somme.
Losses on the Somme," he said
gain in the Dobrudja. There are
two lights. q good and bad one. to
look at every situation by.
1T is like the philanthropist who
said:
Zach, God bless womanl She ID
the same as the ivy on the ruined wall
The more dilapidated you become. the
more she clings to you
But a misogynist grunted In reply:
ayes, and the more she clings 70
you, the more dilapidated you be-
GOMEZ"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
SAVES CHILD FROM A BEAR
Seizes Three-Year-OId Boy Tod
ing Toward the Wild
Animal.

L. --nvorth, Wash.-A little three
year-O. 10Y running toward a big
brI a Scar caused quick action on the
part Z. William Peopmeller. q Chum-
stick rsncher, he other day.
Mr.. Peopm eller was loading car OF
wood ct the siding, and bis little neph-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
DON'T PUTT OFF.

II you are suffering from Dizziness.
Headaches, Biliousness, Constipation
or Sour Stomach, take one BONDS
LIVER PILL at bedtime tonight. You
will wake up well, without any un-
pleasant "after effects" BONDS
PILLS are sold on their genuine merit,
and never fail to please those who
use them for Malarial troubles. They
are Small. Mild. Safe. inexpensive. 2oc
All Druggists.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

STOP THOSE SHARP SEOOT.~c AIMS
"Femenina" is the wonder ~. >e, Icr al
female disorders. Price g. 90 a., &c. adv
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take tho Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. a. the formula ID
printed on every label showing il Is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system 50 centA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

Some folks consider theJa. ye, char
liable because they give heir old
clothes away.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Sentence Sermon.

II q good face is a letter Of recon-
mendation, a good heart Is letter of
credit-Bulwer-Lytton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
The l.eavinos.

"You know, that tramp we just saw
comes from a fine family"
"Is that so? Why did he leave itr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

DEATH Turks IN A WEAK HEART,
30 on first symptoms use "Renovine"
Ind be cured. Delay and pay the awful
Ienalty. "RenOvine'' is the hearts
uedy. Price 81 90 and 50c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Very Much So.

els this really cut glass?"
II should say so! Cut from $1.20
to 90 cents"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

For genuine comfort and lastins pleas
ufe use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day
All good grocers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Cost Of Army Rations.

In 1913 the cost of q days rations
for army men in this country was Is
cents per capita. Now the cost Is 30
cents.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

The greatest satisfaction In life
comes from the knowledge Of good
work done.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

Happy is the home where Red Cros
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. Al
grocers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

Let the other fellow have 1t his way
as long as IL is only talk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

No Foreign Element In the Case.
"Why don't you have your son ex-
amined by an alienistT
I'D rather have a good American
doctor than any Of them foreigners"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

and hurry off Now we have
Arbuckles' and you'd think it
was Sunday the way he fingers
over his breakfast"
Serve it in your home
how the little early morning
troubles disappear.
Until you try Arbuckles' you
will never know what a differ
ence good coffee can make in
your home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
- Another Good Place.

"We cant all dwell OF Easy street"
mo, but we can al We on the
square."-Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

Cupid has enslaved thousands, but
refuses to be ensIayed himself.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

We all squander money on schemes
that won't work.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.

Mansfield (formerly Hngarian)
Cough Balsam heals the infl(med and
lacerated membranes and eaiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for b.
bies. Price CSC and 50c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
What would he give for
the coffee you Serve ?

Like a million other women,
you can serve coffee that he
would give most anything to
have-coffee which starts the
day right" TO, all.
Everyone loves the rich flavor
of Arbuckles' Coffee. Of all the
cofees in America, today, it is
by far the most popularl
One woman says: MY hus.
band used to swallow his coffee
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
The most popular coffee in America

Today there whole towns where Arbucdes' b pract.
cay the only coee used In one State alone year. four
pounds If Abuckes' Coffee used for every man woman
md child IN the State-our times as many pounds of coffee
@ the population Of the STATED Arbucie Bros New York
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

work done.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
TO Preserve Her Hair

If women would use an Anti-Septic
Dill Shampoo instead of the soaps and
shampoos now so commonly used, they
would improve rather than injure the
delicate hair plants.
The hair plant is an oil plant and to
wash it with soaps or shampoos con.
tanning free alkaIi works great injury
1t not only cuts the natural oil of the
hair but it destroys the fatty roots Of
the hair plant causing the hair to come
out.
EVERY WEEK ANTI-SEPT1C OIL
SHAMPOO cleanses and purifes the
scalp dissolves and removes dandruh,
opens the elogged hair-cells and leaves the
scalp soft and healthy.
1t leaves the hair soft, lustrous, huffy
and easy to handle.
Excellent for men and children also
A large bottle holding "a teaspoon
fuls soc az
Wilkinson & Co., Hotel Iowa Phar-
macy, Crescent Pharmacy, McGrath
Bros, Scott y O'Reilly, City Drug
Store, Englehardt G. Co., J. F. Kied.
aisch & Son. w. III. Siegfried and all
other dealers in drugs and toilet
articles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
NOT A PARTICLE
Of OANDRUFF OR
A FALLING HAIR
SAVE YOUR HAIRI DOUBLE ITS
BEAUTY IN JUST A
FEW MOMENTS.
25-cENT "DANDERINE" MAKES
HAIR THICK, GLOSSY, WAvY
AND BEAUTIFUL,

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you can not find
"a single trace of dandruff or falling
hair and your scalp will not itch. but
what will please you most will be
after few weeks use, when you see
new hair, fine and downy at first-yes
but really new hair-growing all
over the scalp.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. It goes right to the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. It's
exhilarating. stimulating and life-pro-
ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful
little Danderine Immediately
doubles the beauty OF your hair. No
difference how dull, faded brittle and
scraggy, just moisten cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light. fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance: an Incompatible 1ustre,
softness and luxuriance.
Get a 25-cent bottle OF Knowlton's
Danderfne from any drug store or
toilet counter, and prove that your
hair is as pretty and soft as any-that
1t has been neglected or injured by
careless observation-disclosures aIl-you
surely can have beautiful hair and
lots of It II you will just try a little
Danderine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
TRINITY Missionary Society.

The Home MISSIONARY society o.
the Trinity M. E. church will be en-
tertained on Thursday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. Harriet Hardesty,
315 High street. The assisting hos
tesses will be Mrs. Herman Fliesbach
and Mrs. E. C. Rich. Mrs. e. S. Pat
terson will be the leader. The devo-
tionals will be conducted by Mrs. c.
e. Alling. Miss Mary G. Jackson will
give the Home Missionary enigmas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13

at the local Southern Pacific depot
last night. This pouch, partly looted,
was found in car near the station
today. The am cunt stolen probably
amounts to thousands.
Registered pouches have been
stolen recently, too. at Los Angeles
and other points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
The Church Societies
Westminster READING Club,

The Westminster Reading circle
will be entertained on Monday after
noon at the home of Mrs. William Al
drich, 52S Morgan street. The assist
ing hostesses will be Mrs. J. P. Hor-
nish, Mrs. G. NJ. Covell, Mrs. A. j.
Leake, Mrs. J. NJ Reimers, Mrs. Fl.
J. Bonham, Mrs. II. A Wyllfe and
Miss Lamb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
SEWING Society Meets.

The Sewing society of the First
Westminster Presbyterian church will
be entertained on Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. G. M. Laubersheim-
er, 813 Concert street. She will be
assisted by Mrs. A. ]. Leake, Mrs
w. G. Bowman, Mrs. J. r. Lutz, Mrs.
Geo. Sweeney, Mrs. A. B. Hughes,
Mrs. B. c. Kellogg and Mrs. J. w.
Hood.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
Lincoln Club Meetino.

The Lincoln school mothers and
teachers club met in regular monthly
session Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock with sixty-two members in at
tendance. By request of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Geo. Bunner, Miss Louise
Helwig, principal of the building, pre-
sided. The secretary's report was
read and accepted and the treasurer,
Miss Maude Larson, reported 1885 in
the treasury. Following the business
meeting, a splendid program was
furnished by the new Edison machine
which was recently purchased for
the school through the assistance Of
the mothers and teachers club. Re-
freshments were served during the
afternoon by Mrs. Geo. Bunner, Mrs.
Joseph LETTERS and Mrs. w. H. Musser.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
Reqistered Mail Stolen.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Feb. r.
That an organized gong Of registered
mail pouch thieves are working along
the Pacific coast, WAS the belief of
authorities here tousy. following dis
covery that pouch had been stolen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
Ruthean Class Meeting.

The Ruthean Bible class will enter
tain the Mems club of the Trinity NJ
E. church at supper in the main
dining room of the church on Mon
day evening at Z o'clock. Following
the supper program and social hour
will be enjoyed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
ceoroe Washinuton Tea.

The Ladies of Charity will give a
George Washington tea in st. Vim
cents hall in connection with their
annual sewing materials to be used
in their charity work, on Saturday.
The friends Of the organization are
very cordially invited to attend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-13
Miss Lewis Visits Here.

Miss Genevieve Lewis of Cincin-
natti arrived in the city on Saturday
and is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Chapman of the Pond apartments.