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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, ILL.,, April IL

markable horn chairs you can find
anywhere. Mr.. Edwards also manu-
features stools, canes, paper knives,
tooth-picks, ETC., all from the same
sort Of tough material. This work is
all done during the leisure hours
between trains.
Hosford Bros are building a barn
24x40, 2O-foot posts, with a II foot
shed the full length Of the barn, for
John Miller, in Wythe township.
Ground was broken last week for
nine or ten room house on the farm
of Joseph Gray near the White
church, in Wythe township Mr.
Gray and family will soon be enjoy
ing all the modern conveniences in
the new home The construction is
in the hands OF Hosford Bros
The Current Event club had fine
meeting at the home Of Mrs Ben
Mathis, East Broadway, last Friday
afternoon. The club has been study
ing Russia for several weeks, and in
vited DR.. Hoover, president of Car
thage college, to address them He
came down and gave them very In
teresting address on Siberia Forty
five members felt abundantIy repaid
for coming out.
During the meeting of Rushville
presbytery here next Tuesday and
Wednesday, April IS and 10, the pro-
gram will be made specially interest
ing by the fact that on Tuesday even
ing is expected the ordination of Mr.
Warren Hall, son of Brother and Sis
ter Robert e. Hall Warren, whom
we all have known and esteemed from
boyhood, took a full collegiate cours e
at Illinois college, Jacksonville, and
is just closing his two years at Nc
Cormick, Chicago. A few days ago
he was notified he had secured the
Greek scholarship prize which means
year in some American and also a
year in some European university,
with all expenses paid. Do not get
the idea that Warren has not earned
what he will get. His examination
thesis is paper Of thirty-five thous-
and words, all written in Greek.
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Boycottina the MiIkman.

New York Herald: The action Of
10000 dairy farmers in the country
tributary to Chicago in refusing to
sell milk to certain firms of dis
tributors unless they receive higher
price is not a strike. 1t is the appli-
cation of the boycott The farmers
are feeding their swine on milk and
cream and presumably not diluting it
at the spring. A similar movement is
under way in some of the lake cities
east of Chicago, and it is only a
question of time, should the farmers
win the struggle. when the eastern
cities will have the same experience.
1t is the movement now general to
send up the price of everything.
wages and commodities.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April r.
A deal contaminated yesterday, by
which j. M. Hays of st. Louis, presi-
dent of the j. s. Sullivan Saddle Tree
company Of Jefferson City, bought
block of ground and houses fronting
eighty-seven feet on West High
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
Is Your Toilet Soap
Iniuring Your Skin =?

Many toilet soaps contain harsh, in
furious alkali- Resinol soap contains
absolutely no free alkah, and to it is
added the resinol medication. This
gives it soothing, healing properties
tender skins and keep the hair healthy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

CfIILICOTHE, April 1.-THE first
step toward the ultimate drainage and
reclamation Of over-flowed lands in
the Grand river valley will be taken
April II, upon the arrival here of S.
II. McCrory, in charge Of the drain
age Investigations of the department
of agriculture at Washington, u. c.
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street, is said to be the forerunner OF
large modern hotel building.

KANSAS CITY. April 12.-F1y swat
ters-15,O00 of them-will be dis.
tributed among the families of Kansas
City, according to an announcement
OF Dr. Paul Paquin, health director.
The weapons will be given school
children by their teachers.
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Throw Off Colds and Prevent Grip.
When you feel a cold coming on, take
LAXATIVE BROMO QUTNTNE. 1t re-
moves cause Of Colds and Grip. Only
One "BROMO QUININE." Z. w.
GROVES signature on box 25c.
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VOTES BOND
ISSUE FOR WATER MAINS
EIGHT Thousand Dollars to be Ex-
pended In Giving City Better
Fire Protection.
rspecial to The Gate Cityl

Especial to The Gate City1
WARSAW, ILL.,, April by a ma
jority of 2O1, Warsaw voted an $4,000
bond issue for the extension of the
city water mains so as to give better
fire protection to outlying sections.
Warsaw already has water system
and several lines Of mains in use.
use.
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Jealousy and prejudice are said to
be born in every man. The success
full man forgets these when he maps
out his business course.
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quickly and at little cost. Physicians
have prescribed resinol ointment regu-
not hesitate to use it freely. Sold by
all druggists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
The keokuk Trust Company
Has for sale and recommends to
conservative, prudent investors
the following.


MORTGAGE SECURED BONDS-These are in de-
nominations Of $4,000 and $4,000, and bear FIVE per
cent interest semi annually and from five to ten
wears They are bonds of the Keokuk Trust Company
secured by deposit Of real estate mortgages Abso
lutely SAFE
FIRST LIEN REAL ESTATE NOTES-We have these
in denominations of $4,000 and 81 100000 bearing 5s
per interest, secured by first mortgage trust
deed on improved real estate worth than double
the total amount of the notes described in the mort
gage or trust deed splendid investment maturing in
five years
FARM MORTGAGES have these in various
amounts We exercise great in making farm
mortgages. Only improved real estate is accepted
The rate varies with the security from 5h to per
cent Any of our mortgages make choice investment
SAVINGS CERTIFICATES contract encourages
the saving of fixed sum each month week until
$4,000 is accumulated, when the holder may convert
it into Mortgage Secured bond take the cash One
dollar starts the contract and it pays per cent IN
terest on all deposited. helpful savings plan
TRUST co. BUILDING Gil BLONDEAU ST.
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JEFFERSON CITY, April IA
stipulation filed today with the Pub
lie Service commission, the Long Dis
lance Telephone company Of Kansas
City takes over the exchange and
other property Of the Clay County
Telephone company at Excelsior
Springs. The merger Of the two
plants at Excelsior has been under
consideration for several weeks.
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instant relief. With
the help of resinol
soap, this soothing,
healing ointment usu-
ally clears away all
trace of eczema, ring
worm, rash or similar
tormenting, sleep-pre-
venting skin-diseases
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
Let Resinol Make
Your Sick Skin Well

That itching, burning skin can al
most certainly be healed! The first use
of resinol ointment seldom fails to give
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

LEBANON, April 12.-Harry Clym-
er and l.. J. Eds today were elected
delegates to the republican national
convention Of the sixteenth Missouri
congressional district. George L. Cole
and Francis Jones were elected alter
mates. The delegates are uninstructed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

WEBSTER CITY, April 12.-Chris
Ottosen OF Ottosen, at present state
pure food inspector, will be a candl-
date for the republican nomination for
congress from the tenth district
against Frank P. Woods:
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FULTON, April 12.-It was an
nounced that an effort would be made
to prevent o. II. Rogers, recently
elected city marshal to qualify, under
the law that makes persons delinquent
on taxes ineligible to be elected to
any office. Rogers city taxes amount
ing to less than So were still unpaid
yesterday.
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ILLINOIS.

ROCK ISLAND, April 12-Police
swooped down upon a cooking main
staged at Warmers crossing, near
here. OF the sixty men gathered
around the pit, twenty-one were ar
rested. Birds from Clinton and Mus
catine. Iowa, were entered against
Rock Island, Moline and Davenport
birds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

DUBUQUE, April 12.-Peter Ersch-
en- must return $1,000 to the estate Of
his mother, Susanna Erschen, accord
ing to a decision Of Judge John w.
Kintzinger. Suit was filed by Philip
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12
Illinois Iowa Missouri

Erschen, administrator of the estate,
against his brother, based on the
claim that Peter Erschen had Dor
rowed money from his mother during
her lifetime.
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but a complimentary resolution for
Justice Hughes was adopted.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

DAVENPORT, April 12-President
l. C. Norwood Of the Mississippi Riv-
err Valley league, has received final
report of group of engineers who
volunteered their services free at a
meeting at st. Louis last winter to
draw plans for the improvement of
levees at any city or town on the
Mississippi river. These plans can be
adopted to the improvement of any
levee, and will be furnished free to
any community wishing to improve it's
terminal facilities. The plans are an
adaptation of the best features Of the
New Orleans and Davenport terminal
plans.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

A failure is usually a man who in
sists on regarding life as one long
Saturday afternoon.
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CAIRO, H., April 11.-When a
mother commences to have trouble in
keeping her sixteen year old daughter
dressed with becoming modesty. her
own record has been fourteen years
faulty. She should have started her
campaign Of dress reform when the
daughter attained the age of two
years. This was the opening note Of
the state convention of the Illinois
Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teachers association.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-12

DSTIIBRvIILD, April 12.-Because
commitment papers had been made out
for his confinement in sanitarium,
Edward Anderson, 40, farmer at Wal
lingford, near here, swallowed a guam
tity of poison and died.
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SEDALIA, April 12.-Because his
wife, a city girl. tired of farm life,
and had no interest in his Affairs Roy
V. Looney was granted divorce from
Esther Olive Looney here. The cou-
pie were married December s.
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CHICAGO, April A2.-Edward K.
Valentine, former federal judge and
an ex-congressman Of Nebraska, is
dead after a lingering illness, result
ing from a stroke of paralysis.
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MISSOURI.

TROY, April 12.-As result of tire
death at the Missouri Baptist hospital
in ST. Louis, of Marion Hickman, the
Slick farmer who was shot by Roy
Mann, son of Constable Thomas Mann,
March %, the charge Of assault lodged
at the time was changed to one of first
degree murder by prosecutor D. e.
Killum. Mann gave $4,000 bond and
his preliminary hearing was set for
April 20, before Justice ELISE at Troy.
NEW FLORENCE, April 12-Cor-
oner Menefee concluded the inquest
in the case of George Lorton, who
was killed Saturday while resisting
officers, who were trying to dispossess
him from Mrs. s. E. Loe's farm. The
jury held that Lorton met his death at
the hands of the officers, but exon
Grated them Walter and James Lor-
ton, sons, who were shot during the
fight, have been taken to Jail under
the charge Of assault with intent to
kill Walter was shot in the breast,
and the ball has not yet been located.
James was shot in the forehead, the
JEFFERSON CITY, April Estate
Treasurer Deal collected in interest
upon the states moneys during March
total of s17,227, according to figures
announced today.
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DES MONIES, April 12.-Informa-
ton has reached the local authorities
to the effect that Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Dude, arrested in Minneapolis, would
waive extradition and would return to
Des Moines voluntarily. Information
filed here by the coroner charges Mr..
and Mrs. Dude with the alleged muir
der of their six weeks old daughter
Rosa.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, April 12.-"Wil-
liam the Silent" Leonard, confessed
robber of the Durant, Iowa, postoffice,
and a convict with a record Of four
terms in Ohio state penitentiary be-
hind him, was sentenced by Judge
Reed, of the United States court, to
period of eighteen months in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
WHEN THE GREAT
ARMY OF THE West
PASSED IN REVIEW

- PEAklNG of his troops, who
~ passed in grand review at
Washington at the close of the
great war, General Sherman
says;
1t was, in my judgment, the most
magnificent army in eXistence-65,0 900
men, in splendid physique, who had
Just completed Il march of nearly
1000 miles in hostile country, In
good drill, and who realized that they
were being closely scrutinized by
thousands Of their follow countrymen
and by foreigners. LNision after divi.
sion passed, each commander of an
army corps or division coming on
the stand during the passage of his
command to be presented to the presi-
dent, cabinet and spectators. The
steadiness and hrmness of tread, the
careful dress on the guides, the uni.
form intervals between the companies,
ali eyes directly to the front, and the
tattered and bulletrivcn flags, fes.
tooned with flowers, all attracted no.
tice. Many good people up to that
time had looked upon our Western
army as sort of mob; but the world
then saw and recognized as fact that
1t was an army in the proper sense
well organized well commanded and
disciplined. and it was no wonder that
1t had swept through the South like a
tornado. For six hours and a half
that strong tread of the army of the
West resounded along Pennsylvania
avenue. Not soul of that vast crowd
of spectators left his place, and wher
The state herald., 1916-05-26
THE OLD SOLDIERS!

Our ranks are growing thinner. ever
year,
And death is sull winner. every year,
Yet wo still must stick together
Like tine toughest sort OF leather
And In any kind OF weather. every yea
Our comrades have departed. every ysI.
And leave us broken hearted, every yea.
But their spirits fondly greet us
And constantly ontrcat Us
To come that they may meet ur.
year.
our steps are growing slower. every year
Pale death II still n mower. every year,
Yet We faced him In the battle
Amid the muskets' rattle,
Dofylng showers OF metal. every year.
We are growing old and lonely. every
year,
We have recollection only. every year,
And we bled for this grand nation
On many field and station
And with any kind OF ration. every year
anuy people may FORGET us. every ycaI
And our enemies may fret ms. every ycaf
But while onward we are drifting
our souls with hopes are iifting
To heavenly scenes still shifting. every
year
The stara and Stripes grow brighter. ey-
cry year.
With labor burdens lighter. every year.
By blood OF soldier snEes
Along the rolling ages
on frcomcn's holy paps, every year.
IN the May time OF the flowers. ey.ry
year,
We have lived In golden hours. every
year,
And our deeds be sung In story
Through tho future growing hoary
with a blaze OF living glory. every year.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
Main Entrance to Pension Office.

sioner personally sees and answers all
correspondence. Since almost 1000,
600 pieces OF mail a year go out of the
bureau, this is hardly possible. In
fact, 1t takes q force of about 1900
employees properly to handle the
business, these including doctors, law
yers, expert accountants and other
specialists.
Every pension check now issues
from this central office. and is received
when due, instead of many days there-
after. as formerly when pension agen-
cies were distributed over the coun-
Try. This and other economies which
have been introduced, has greatly re-
duced the clerical help required, and
the force OF the office is gradually be.
ing cut down.
Still. to handle some 7s5.000 indl.
vidual pension accounts and to provide
for regular payments thereon is no
small task, even though the total now
is being decreased from year TO year
by death. The appropriation for the
ensuing fiscal year is siGi, 100000, and
Commissioner Saltzgaber is OF the
opinion that II will be 100000 less
during the following year.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
orea, oeeaalon Recalled.

The men who paradod through the
streets OF the country's cities and
towns on Memorial day do not ask 10 be
thought heroes They are elderly clti.
zens who In their day answered the
call Just as their sons and their sons
sons would answer Il II II came today.
The country gave the command. they
obeyed.
What makes the parade OF these
men great occasion Is the great
ness OF the occasion which II com
momoratos Every one OF the vet
Grams is unit IN the mass which
made up nifty years ngo the utmost
strength OF the greatest republic on
earth. cScrted TO gave itself from do
struction and 10 wipe out from II the
curse OF human slavery.
II IN impossible TO eSaggorate tho
Importance OF the work which tho
Union achieved for humanity or the
beauty OF tho Holfsacrlncc which the
soldiers OF 1861 made for the ideal Of
liberty. II could not bo easy for the
spectators In Pcnnnylynnla avenue to
keep the tears from their eyes nn the
bluc.clad ranks passed. by.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
WELL MAY NATION
HONOR THE LIVING
AND DEAD HEROES
M oTIvES Of patriotism. Mo
M tives Of real Americanism.
V Motives of divine justice and

N M NAANGo VI PatiiOtiSh. uo
nu tives Of real Americanism.
IVY Motives of divine justice and
truth actuated the soldier
boys of this great Civil war.
Greater motives for the conduct of
life no man hath ever known. Because
Of these things 1t is we'll that we cello
brate Memorial day. Well that we
strew flowers on graves Of our heroic,
departed dead. Well that we cast
blossoms of springtime upon rivers
wave and oceans turbulent tide. Well
that while honoring the departed we
also cherish the living. letting them
know that we appreciate the work
they did and the united country they
have given us as our heritage.
Silently and slowly. slowly and 81
lently, the years are passing. Soon
all of the boys in blue" will be rest
Ing on flames eternal camping
ground" Twenty years from now, SO
rapidly are the old soldiers going. that
there will be only few, very few,
of them left While they still linger
with US, let us not be ashamed to tell
them that we appreciate their devotion
to country and to its ideals. Let us
counsel with them, knowing that from
them we may learn valuable lessons
lessons that II learned will do US all
good and make us OF worth to oncom
ing generations.
To us has the Eternal given q mar
.velously fertile and wonderful coun-
try. A country that can supply the
nations of the world with all manner
of products. country that is wonder
ful in domain, progress and person
ality. 1t is our country. Ours in which
to live. Ours to make clean and spot
less. Ours to die fer II need be. From
the fathers we received 1t. To our
children we shall give it. As It came
to us from the fathers better because
OF their heroisms, God grant that be-
cause OF our determination II shall be
even better as we pass II on to our
children. 1t will be a better country
II, learning anew the meaning OF the
flag and this Memorial day. we live
nobly and more truly each and every
day seeking to emulate the spirit OF
those who gave of their all that there
might be land of Freedom perpetual
and Liberty forevermore.
We honor the men who made Me
mortal day possible when We walk in
their footsteps and through a worthful
life evermore Join in telling the
story of Old Glory.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
NATION QUICK TO
ADOPT IDEA Of
H0N0R|NG DEAD

A BOUT two years after the war
~ between the sections Of the
~ country had ended 1t was OBJ
served that few women Of
Columbus, Miss. had decorated the
graves in that vicinity with tho
choicest OF springs early blooms This
little act Of thoughtfulness included
Union as we'll as Confederate soldiers.
A New York newspaper published
notice of this occurrence and made u
few remarks commencing ii.
From that humble beginning has
sprung our great holiday of the deco.
ration, which was formally established
in 1868. At that time Adjutant General
Chapman suggested to Gen. John A.
Logan, commander In chief of the g.
A. r., that the organization set reg
ular day on which to decorate the
graves of the Union soldiers. May 30
was decided upon by General Logan.
who urged the people of the nation to
keep the day in every city. village and
hamlet cEurchyard throughout the
to be followed. but suggested to his
comrades that they carry out such
testimonials and services OF respect
as they deemed fitting and proper In
concluding he set forth the earnest
hope that the observance which ho in
augurated would he kept up from year
to year as long as u survivor of the
war remains,
On the first memorial day twenty
seven states Joined in the celebration
and the heroes graves were strewn
with flowers in 1888 burying places.
In the following year. 1863. however
more elaborate preparations had been
made and the program carried out at
the national cemetery was one of the
best in all the history Of Decoration
day. The bodies Of thousands and thou
sands which were gathered from the
battlefields of Virginia and Maryland.
The state herald., 1916-05-26
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nv 70 ARE coming, Father
\N Abraham" Yes they
v " are coming, the veter-
ans of the Union army,
responding to the call from the Great
Beyond; coming faster now than ever
before.
When Memorial day was new in the
United States there were dozens and
scores, yes, even hundreds of the vet
Grams for each soldier grave to be dec
Grated. Today, half century after
the peace, the graves are legion, and
those who would decorate them but a
handful.
How fast the boys in blue" are pass
ing! In this year 1916 they are going
at a rate never before reached since
the war closed. The death roll OF
February averaged 116 day; 1l5 q
day was the average for March, and in
April it grew to lis.
Official records show that 2,272, ,i0S
men fought under the Stars and
Stripes in the Civil war, and that 349,-
944 lost their lives before Lee surren-
dered. How many OF these remain
alive today?
The records of the census office.
while perhaps not absolutely accurate
may be taken as approximately au-
thentic. 1t is believed that since the
act of May IL, 1912, granting a service
pension to every man who served at
least 80 days in the armed forces OF
the United States during the Civil war.
no old soldier remains of the pension
roll.
II. however, there are any not pen
stoned. they certainly are few in num-
ber The pension office rolls show