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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
RULING INTERESTS
TRAVELLING MEN
Government Bulletin says Mall Can.
not DO Held UnIess II 10 In
Lock Box.

In the governments daily bulletin
was one order which is Of interest to
travelling men, who have no permanent
address. 1t Is as follows:
Mail matter of the first class.
bearing the senders return request,
shall be returned at the expiration Of
the time specified in the request, re-
CARELESS Of instructions from the ad-
dressee for the retention OF his mail
THE return request on such matter
becomes imperative when the mail is
placed in patrons rented box. but
the return request will be observed
with respect to mail which IS in box
when 1t is declared vacant"
That means that II letter fs re-
ceived here for man who has in
formed the local authorities that he
will be back in two weeks, and that
letter bears a return in 10 days"
stamp, at the end of that time it will
be sent back to the sender, regard
less Of the addressee's request.
But II the addressed Of such letter
has a lock box in the postoffce, the
letter may be placed in that box. and
it is considered delivered, just as If
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WINS have requested the address

towns have requested the address
also.
ut may be that DR.. Scoville will
preach in Hamilton and Warsaw some
Monday night" said Mr.. Williams to-
day in talking with Gate City rep
resentative. He never has agreed to
deliver it outside the tabernacle, but
we understand that they are going
to vote over in Hamilton on putting
back the saloons. If that Is the case
1t is possible that DR.. Scoville will
comply with the request from that
city to deliver his address on John
Barleycorn."
A band will play on the streets be-
fore the service, according to plans
being made now. and the biggest
mems service that has been held so
far is expected. Large delegations
from adjoining Illinois towns Will be
present, it was said today.
Free booze for everybody" IS the
way the service Is announced, and
DR.. Scovile advises the crowd to wear
it's asbestos suit"
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Mrs. Powell AlmosJ Dead.

Dry Ridge. KY could hardly walk
across the ROOM" says Mrs. Lydia
Powell, of Dry Ridge. before tried
Cardui. I was so poorly. was almost
dead. Now, l can walk four miles and
do my work with much more ease. I
praise Cardui for my wonderful cure"
Cardui is successful in benefting sick
women. because 1t is composed Of In
gradients that act specifically on the
womanly constitution. relieving head
ache, backache, irregularity. misery
and distress. Only a good medicins
could show such continual increase In
popularity as Cardui has, for the past
so years. Try Cardui. the woman'a
80 years. You ought to try n.-Adv.
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The Bulletin Board

The Masonic and Eastern Star
lodges will attend tonight's service in
a body, according to aCnounce1n e1t
made last night. The Odd Fellows
and Rebeccas are expected tomorrow
night.
The first business girls luncheon
was held today. Another luncheon
will be given tomorrow. They are
held at Odd Fellows hall, Seventh
and Main streets, and are conducted
by Mrs. Scoville.
Shop meetings were held today at
the Huiskamp shoe factory. the KEEL
logg-Birge company. Keokuk-Hamil-
ton Bridge company's works and at
! the Irwin-Phillips company.
Many persons have gone to the tab
ernacle each Monday night expecting
service, according to John Jenkins,
tabernacle manager. No meetings Of
any kind are held in tho tabernacle
Monday nights. '"r r. .'-','> 's- ""r
Rev. w. T. McCandlees will have
his regular Bible class at the taber-
nacle tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The high school girls meeting. con.
Quoted by Mrs. Scoville. will be held
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Shop meetings will be conducted In
the following places tomorrow noon
by the following named persons:
American Cement Machine COM any,
DR.. Wa1draven and Rev. Mr.. Edwards;
c., B. & Q. freight house, Messrs. Mo
N
company, DR.. Ullom and Rev. Mr..
Steffey.
DR.. NJ. J. Williams, faxher Of Guy
8. Williams, the Scovi1le publicity
agent, spent Sunday and Monday with
his son here. He left for his home in
northern Missouri yesterday.
Arrangements are being made for
the procurement Of brass band to
play for the booze sermon Sunday
afternoon. The biggest mems meet.
ing Of the campaign Is expected.
Mr.. Sabin, Scoville boys worker Is
holding his boys meetings regularly
at the Y. M. G. A, on Tuesday and
Thursday of each week The meet
ings begin at o'clock in the after
noon.
The mems league will meet at the
Y. NJ. c. A again Friday noon. Mem
bers of the league made 709 calls in
three days of last week and Monday
of this week.
Mrs. Stewart will meet with the
women's league at o'clock this aft
ernoon in the tabernacle.
Scores of letters are being sent out
each week by men in the Bible
classes of the various Sunday schools
working in the campaign. The letters
are mailed to men outside the church.
They invited them to attend the tab
ernacle services and to "hit the trail"
for right.
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Salvation Army" shot back Scoville.
Then Stewart proclaimed in his tenor
voice that ut was good for the ushers.''
At that moment both doors of the
Twelfth and Main street entrance
were thrown open and the Warsaw
delegati poured from the special
interurban cars into the worship-shed
1t was good enough for Warsaw
ch1rped Stewart and the crowd joined.
Warsaw liked it and smiled.
Apology to Hamilton.
In a little while Scoville recognized
the delegation from across the river.
I'm glad you came over folks" he
said. II owe an apology to Hamilton.
Somebody told me you had saloons
over there. I learn he was wrong. !
can only bow and beg your pardon.
But hope this old meeting will get
so hot" he added quickly, that they'll
run the saloons out Of Warsaw" Keo.
kuk and Hamilton applauded enthus-
iastically.
II don't blame you, Warsaw, for
coming over and helping clean up Keo-
kuk," continued the evangelist point.
eddy. with all that rubbish they
dump In on you every Saturday
night" Warsaw did the applauding
this time.
Among the societies represented in
the church women's delegation was
the w. c. T. U. The ladies Of the
organization had placed statue of
Atlas on either corner Of the platform
The globe on the "original Sandow''
had been encircled with a white rib
bon. Tho white ribbon around the
world" was the motto the ladies had
for Scoville when he called upon them.
Tribute to Salvation Army.
scoville paid glowing tribute to
the Salvation Army before closing his
sermon. Whenever the church gets
SO beastly stiff and formal that 1t
can't go out and pick up anybody,
anywhere, Mrs. Scoville and will don
the cap and bonnet Of the Salvation
Army and go down and pick sinners
up by the highways and byways. God
bless the Salvation Army. There
isn't a woman to whom would rather
tip my hat than would to the Saliva
ton Army lassie."
sScovilIe sprang a surprise when he
called upon his chorister, Charles
Stewart, DR.. r. q. Waidraven, extern
sion secretary. and Guy 8. Williams.
publicity agent, to assist him in a
male quartette' number It was q
male Quartette all right. That Is, all
four Of the singers were males. Their
voices probably we're not intended to
be used in the capacity in which they
were employed last evening. But the
crowd liked the spirit and came dan
gerous1y near encoring the songsters.
Now while your hands are hot and
you are in a good humor-without a
bit of ann ouncement-we are going to
take the Offering" said the evangelist,
and forthwith, the 'ushers went
through the crowd.
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ENTHUSIASM GALORE last
NIGHT IN THE TABERNACLE
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BALED SHAVlNGs,

STN--A
The $50 persons who attended 4
the service last night from 4
, Warsaw and Hamilton filed the .
lnterurban car to capacity Ush- =
ers had q difficult time in hold =
Ing the delegations reservation. .
Shortly before the car arrived Z
several ushers notified all en- q
croachers that they would have q
, to move out and tho rows of Z
seats that had been taken were Z
emptied promptly. Z
According to the ushers at the 4
tabernacle. they now experience Z
practically no difficulty in get Z
ting ladies to remove their hats. 4
The wearers Of the offensive mil Z
1nery seem to have learned Z
} their lesson" say the tabernacle 4
guides, and 1t Is a rare thing for 4
anyone to wait long enough to 4
need to be asked to remove her 4
headgear. 1
No man likes a good joke bet I
ter than Charles Reign Scoville, 4
according to members of his 4
; party. Especially at the dining I
, table Is he "a fellow of infinite Z
tect," and "of excellent fancy" 4
; And, it is probable, if an evange- 4
, list did not force himself to re-
lax at times, he would break 4
, under the strain. AS evange- 4
, lists have been known to do in 4
times past. -a.c 4
, The luncheon served to the I
business girls today at the Odd 4
Fellow hall was served by the 4
ladies of the Trinity Methodist 4
church instead of those of the I
, Westminster Presbyterian, as I
, stated yesterday. .. 4
Hundreds Of handkerchiefs, 4
caps, gloves. hat pins, scarfs and 4
, other articles are lost in the 4
, tabernacle every night. A lost I
, and found" box is kept filled I
with the articles. John Jenkins, 4
tabernacle manager, has charge q
Of the goods. I
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NEWSPAPERS Are Thanked.

papers last night for the hearty sup
port they are giving him here. "I'n
tell you they have been fine" he said,
and you people ought to subscribe
for one or the other of them tomorrow
and send it away. II you have faith
err or mother or son or daughter; if
YOU have a good friend OR relative,
send it to them and let them see not
only what kind of campaign we are
having in this old city. but also what
kind of newspapers you have here.
Lets tell the papers we are proud
OF Them he added, and started the
applause which followed. -.-.
Mrs. Scoville's solo last night was
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well woman. Y our
Sanative w as h is
ju st the thing to
overcome female
weakness. / have
told young mothers
as we'll as older ones
about your rene
dies, and what they
have done for me.
l think Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
h1eCOrpno,1y,d oayed
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my life, as my health was very bad
when wrote you, but now can do my
own work and have not had a sick day
since I began taking your remedies.
1 keep the Compound and Liver Pills on
hand all the time. Mrs. GEO. THoMP-
SON, "a Sherwood Court, Newark, Ohio.
Why don t you write for free advice7
Address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co. CONFIDENTIAL. Lynn, Mass.
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OF
SICK WOMEN
Helped Every Year by Common
Sense Suggestions Given Free
by The Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co.

For forty years women suffering from
all kinds of female ills have been writ
ing the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
of Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Thus they receive common sense sug-
Restiors drawn from q vast volume Of
experience, and thousands of sick wo-
men have been saved from untold suffer-
ing, as letters like the following clearly
show -
Newark, Ohio.-'Iydia E. Pinkhem's
Vegetable Compound has made me a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08
Evangelist ScoHIIe Announces That
His Famous Dry Talk VIII be
Given to Men
.- Only.
WEAR ASBESTOS SUITS
This is Advice Of Evangelist-Has
Been Invited to Deliver Talk
at Warsaw and
Hamilton.

Evangelist Charles Reign Scoville
announced late yesterday that he will
preach his famous sermon on "pooze"
next Sunday afternoon to men only.
The announcement came as a sur
prise even to Guy S. Williams, the
revivalist's publicity manager, who
told newspaper men about the de-
ciston, and who said that lie "pooze''
sermon generally comes at least a
week later in the campaign.
OF all the sermons DR.. Scovffle
breaches, the one relative to liquor,
as is the case in nearly every evan.
gelisuc campaign, is the most attrac'
tive. On several occasions Scoville
has been asked to repeat the sermon
to women. In Pueblo. Colo, he preach
ed to 5000 men in the afternoon and
repeated the address that night to
5000 women.
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THANKS, DIR. scoviLLE.

The newspapers OF Keokuk
. have treated us fine. We never
. have had any better treatment
. accorded US. II Is the best we've
D had this year. Every person In
. terested in the success of this
. meeting ought to cheer those pa
, pers. Why don't you subscribe
. for one of them. and send It
, home to that old mother or faith 4
; er; or to some friend who would
. be glad to see, not only what
. kind Of a revival Is going on
B here. but the kind of newspapers 4
, you have"
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Trail hitters last night ......... So
total number trail hItters 80. 1,41o
Approximate attendance last
night ................... 5000
Total appropriated attendance 50, 900
F1fty-three persons found seats in
GLORY row" at Evangelist Charles
Reign Scoville's tabernacle last night.
The crowd-whfch was large and
unusually enthusiastic, despite the un-
pleasant weather-made the big shed
ring with its applause as the first man
hlazed the way down the trail. He
was well known business man of
Keokuk. He had hardly taken the
evangelist's hand when little girl,
accompanied by companion who
induced her, evidently, to make the
pilgrimage, slipped timidly around to
the evangelist and held up tiny white
hand, Scov1lle stopped down and
smiled kindly at the two maids, neith-
er CT whom was more than ten years
old, and said, God bless you, girlies!"
The evangelist leaped from the plat
form on three different occasions land
advanced several feet up the aisle to
greet convert. AS the last few per-
sons were coming forward, he stood.
his kerchief In his hand, on a seat
near the front of the left center Sec
ton of the tabernacle and exhorted
the "lost" to give themselves to God
AS rapidly as the trail hitters found
their way forward, seats in the front
sections were vacated, impatient ush-
ers hurrying the spectators out into
the aisle on either side Of the section
and hurrying converts into the empty
rows Of seats.
ALMOST Persuaded" Jesus Paid it
ALL and Where He Leads Me"
were a few of the songs sung as Sco-
Vile pleaded with the sinners to hit
his halleuhah trail.
Service Is Enthusiastic.
The fifty-three persons to answer
the call for penitentss makes total
OF 1,41O persons who have travelled
the sadwust eisles in eight invitation
services, an average of LIT at each
service. Nearly every trail hitter last
night was a new convert or someone
who had drifted, according to his or
her admission. far from the church
Last nights service was the most
enthusiastic one of the local campaign
thus far. Charles Stewart, chorus
ulTcCtOT, udO6 d uSClucO LII Will q
new song, 'tHe Surely Means Me-"
which he introduced to Keokuk for
the first time. The crowd caught the
spirit that the catchy revival tune
seemed to inject into the chorus and
within few moments everyone was
singing:
He surely means me, He surely
means me,
Although He means many millions
more,
He surely means mel"
Several hundred church women, all
members Of some local church organ
ization or society, the Salvation Army
and about $50 persons from Warsaw
and Hamilton attended last nights
meeting in delegations. The Saliva
ton Army marched up Main street to
the tune of the big bass drum" and
was cheered as the Soldiers" marched
into the building.
Later, when asked by Scoville to
stand and sing verse. the army
broke forth-accompanied by the ever
present drum-on the strains Of 1.-THE
Old Time Religion" Then Scoville
had the crowd sing the time honored
hymn. ut was good for Paul and
Silas." sang the crowd, ut was good
for DR.. Scoville," shouted the Saliva
ton Army, and 1t was good for the
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scovillegrams

scovillegrams
The last man hired and the first
man fired is the man who drinks.
A mans a fool if he doesn't work to
please the man who pays his, salary.
Instead OF trying to get stand IN
with Mrs. Eddy or Dad Russell or ole
man Dowie, want stand-in with
Jesus Christ.
There aren't devils enough in hell
to get to the man who is right with
Almighty God.
Why do lot Of you young sissies
like to stand in with your girls daddy
or mother so we'll? Why, If your best
girls mother should give you rose
you'd bow and scrape and fuss about
it something awful. But if your own
mother gave it to you you'd say
that's alright" and skip out. Isn't
she as good as the other one?
I don't blame Warsaw for coming
over to help clean up Keokuk. with all
that rubbish Keokuk dumps over ON
Warsaw every Saturday night.
Some people are great and others
are grate-they crate on your nerves.
If you're not on the square in the
job, you're at, you wouldn't be any
where else. .<
The Keokuk newspapers have
treated us fine We ought to thank
them. Let's give EN- cheer.
A lot OF people want to be the bell
sheep or nothing. If they can't be
they just go off and join the old billy
goats. If they can't beat the brass
drum, or play the trombone or the
cello, they won't be in the band
If you don't pay your debts to man.
whom you have seen, you will never
pay your debt to Almighty God.
We've got to get to. the place where
we'll say, "Oh, God, I'll be anything or
nothing, If 1t will just help save old
Keokuk."
L
the audacity to put my puny opinion
up against the Word Of God.
It takes personal work to win souls.
Christ said, Zach, get down out OF
there And Zach got"
The man who believes In the Bible
has got to believe in individual work
for individuals. And when We get
back to the good old fashioned style
of religion, we'll take the world for
Jesus Christ.
Some men have big jobs, but they're
little men just the same.
You show me a man who says I'm
just as good as any christian in town.
and I'll show you a man who is rotten
as hell.
Show me a woman that says that
and I'll show you one who needs God
and all his angels to help her out OF
the life she's living.
You can't sit back there like q
bump on a log and say you'll do right
when you feel like it-that you'll come
forward when you feel like coming for
ward. God will let you stick right
there like wart on a mans neck. You
do right and you'll feel right.
If every moral leper in this town
had to shout "unclean," as he went
down the streets each day, there'd be
some vacant streets In this town to-
morrow.
But, praise God, you've got some OF
the finest men here, too, that rye ever
met. You have some giants among
your business men.
Keokuk has no man1ier men nor
more faithful. devoted citizens than
the Cody pastors of her churches.
When the churches get 50 beastly
stiff that they can't take any person
rich or poor, however low in sin he
may have fallen. Mrs. Scovf1le and
will don the bonnet and cap OF the
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II you can't take this town for
Jesus Christ now that the saolons are
gone, you will never, in all the years
to come, be able to do it.
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Salvation Army and go out on the
highways and byways of life and res
cue the perishing.
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Put Colorado Dry.


Scoville's Pueblo sermon and Billy
Sundays Denver sermon, both on
booze, are given credit by Colorado
papers for backing the Rocky noun
tain state in on the dry track"
In Pueblo many Of the drug stores
and hotels are serving "Scoville high
balls" in comm emoration Of the evan
gelistic campaign, which was held
about a year and half ago, during
the famous political fight between the
"wets" and "drys."
During those days" said Williams
last night, armed policemen accom-
panied DR.. Scoville to and from the
services every night; policeman
was on guard at our home every night
and when we had the big parade a
policeman rode on elmer fender of
the evangelist's car The rest OF the
party were placed in autos behind DR..
Scoville. Not moro than two mem
bers Of the company were allowed to
ride in one car"
Invited to Other Towns.
DR.. Scoville has been asked to
preach the booze sermon to Warsaw
and Hamilton. Two other Illinois
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The last man hired and the first
man fired is the man who drinks.
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Instead OF trying to get a stand In
with Mrs. Eddy or Dad Russell or ole
man Dowie, I want stand-in with
Jesus Christ.
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You Can't Be
ssNellfra1" -, Tho e,,1


question. You have to de-
eide between mere palate
foods that contain no nuhi-
ment and foods that repair
the bodily waste. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is both a
palate-food and a muscle
builder. You can keep in
good health and at the top
notch of physical fitness by
eating this delicious, ready
cooked, whole wheat cereal
for breakfast, luncheon or
any meal. ~
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OF course, tflree-fourths Of the girls
who dance do not go to the devil. But
threefourths Of the girls who go to
the devil go the first time in the dance
hall And a door that opens into hell
for that many girls ought, in the name
of God, to be closed forever!
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A mans a fool il he doesn't work to
please the man who pays his, salary.
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Keokuk Is full Of moral lepers. Let's
pray the Lord to take away the lep-
ers and bring back Christ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08

There aren't devils enough in hell
to get to the man who is right with
Almighty God
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-08

Some people are great and others
ire grate-they crate on your nerves.
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Why do a lot Of you young sissies
like to stand in with your girls daddy
or mother so we'll? Why If your best
girls mother should give you rose
you'd bow and scrape and fuss about
1t something awful. But if your own
mother gave it to you you'd say
that's alright" and skip out. Isn't
she as good as the other one?
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Charles Reign scoville, Speak
ing on Ancient and Modern
Leprosy, Swaps
Audience.
PLENTY OF ACTION TOO
Evangelist Leaps Down Aisle
to Welcome Trail Hitters-
Gives an Apology to
Hamilton. s

CAMPAIGN STATISTICS, "
Trail hitters last night ......... IS
Total number trail hItters 80. 1910
Approximate attendance last
Total appropriated attendance SO 900
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If you're not on the square in tn
job you're at, you wouldn't be any
where else <
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I don't blame Warsaw for coming
over to help clean up Keokuk. with all
that rubbish Keokuk dumps over ON
Warsaw every Saturday night.
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There's no woman I feel more like
tipping my hat to than the Salvation
Army lass.
No, wouldn't have the children
stay in the house from morning till
night. I'd have them stay in from
night until morning!
Some people say to me, "Scoville,
you've talked pretty plain since you
hit town" Yes, and I'm going to
keep right on, too.
Some old women land men, too)
have tongues as sharp as knittin'
needles. The trouble with them Is,
they have leprosy on the end Of the
tongue.
Let a man put on a uniform, suit
with brass buttons, and every old fool
gal in town will CAD off after him.
Jesus Christ has got to be coronated
AGAIN, the Bible has got to be exalted
The prophets have got to come back
Now, II you've got any sense, cheer
| that.
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The Keokuk newspapers have
treated us fine. We ought to thank
them. Let's give EN- cheer. g..