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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

What the ninety thousand camp
Fire girls in this country Will 90 III
case of war, and even more partlcu-
Iarly what they will not do is DIS
cussed by Cecilia Farwell in the cur
rent number of Wohelo, the camp
Fire magazine.
ut is interesting and exciting IoI
girls and young women to drlli III
uniforms, Join in parades, wave pan
ners and do all sorts of spectacular
things" she writes, but IN time Oh
actual warfare all these would De LOT
gotten. 1t is not probable that, unaer
present conditions this country VIII
be invaded, even If war with the cen
trail powers were declared. Such
time may come to us and VIII, IN
less we, as nation. are prepared
but we believe that the terrible les
sons the world is learning are not to
be in vain.
1T has been said that if all women
who have volunteered for Red Gross
and other special service since the
present war agitation began were
called to action, there would be no
one left TO carry on the things Of
community and civil life, the home
llitVi SStS. At-o~ 49, 49, Q
if we are to remain quite normal and
sane under the conditions of war.
This has always been the woman's
province, and in its fulhllment she
has not suffered less than those who
have gone to the front.
THE crossed logs with the blazing
fire, the emblem of Camp Fire girls,
symbolizes the home. 1t is the nome
for which men fight and die. There
are two things which make a coun-
try worth fighting for-the memories
Of the past-its graves-and It's
promises of the future in the little
children In time of war or great
calamity. it is the children who SUI
| fer most and it is the children about
| whom the hope of rising above war
| and calamity centers. 1t is for them
| that we hold our faith. This, then,
will be the work of the Camp Fire
girls-to care for the children.
"To know what to do for a little
child, who, in time of emergency, may
be separated from his natural pro-
tector; to know how and what to
| feed a baby; TO know what to do In
case Of sudden illness, without con-
veniences and facilities such as are
at hand under normal conditions: TO
| cheer and to comfort little children
| in times Of suffering; this is already
| part of the training of every Camp
Fire girl, and this would be their
special form of national service.
But it would go farther than this.
as the woman's work of keeping the
home fire burning has always gone
farther than tkis-feeding the well
that they may be strong and courage
GUS for the struggle. cheering and
comforting the sick that their cour-
age may not fail, nursing the wound
ed. making bandages, preparing foods
all of these are a part of the les
sons which Camp Fire girls are learn.
ing and the duties which they will
| fulfill"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

about forty.five years of age and he
acts the part.
Exercise and relaxation in the open
, air and sunshine, consistently en-
ployed, particularly in times of great
est stress. are largely responsible.
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, the presi'
dents friend and private physician,
has played a prominent part in keep
ing the president strong and we'll
Whenever a danger signal is flashed
along the presidents system, Grayson
catches it."
On those occasions the president is
sent to bed to rest and kept there un'
der orders.
He and Grayson may always be
seen together when some information
al difficulty has been encountered
They may either play golf together or
ride about the Washington drives
swapping stories.
In this the president revels as re
; Taxation and a favorite diversion on
such drives is vieing in the gentle art
of rhyme and jingles.
As for every day habits, the presi
dents are extremely regular. He
keeps appointments with himself with
/! the same ''strict accountability" as
he does with callers.
, He has breakfast in his room, lunch
con is always at one o'clock on the dot
and seven o'clock dinner is the rule.
By holding to these few simple rules
! of living, the president finds himself
war president-physica and men
tally fit to cope with the big problems
ahead.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Intense itching
OF Large Bitches
On chiid's Head
Face and Limbs. Red and Fiery.
Could not Sleep. In Two Months
Cuticura Healed Sound andWeI'.

"My little daughter began breaking
out on her head in small pimpies or
blisters which discharged watery fluid:
In day or two these dried and formed
rough, scaly surface. This continued
TO break out about every two weeks,
spreading out larger until her scalp,
face, and limbs were covered with large
blotches, red and fiery. The itching was
so intense we had to keep her hands tied
and she could not sleep or let any one
else. Ii was life of torture.
eve heard of Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment, and began to use them. A Won
derful change took place at once and IN
two months time she was healed sound
and we'll" (Signed) Mrs. Arch Lagle,
Depauw, Ind, Oct. a, 1916.
Why not rreventthese distressing SKIN
troubles by making Cuticura your every
day toilet and nursery soap aided by
touches of Ointment now and then to
remove the first signs of pimples, rashes
and dandruff Do not confound these
delicate emollients with coarsely medi-
Gated soaps and ointments.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard HCutiSura,
Dept. r, Boston," Sold everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

and it has made me well woman and
we have a lovely baby girl. We cannot
praise Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Vegetable 70,
Compound enough, and hope tnis let
Ter will lead other suffering women to
.-y 81 Mrs, BENJAMIN F. BLAKE,
RFD. No. 5, Box %, Madison. Wis. :,
There must be more than hundred
thousand women in this country who,
like Mrs. Blake, have proven what won
ders Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound can do for weak and aiiing
women. Try it and see for yourself.
All women are invited to write f o
free and helpful advice to Lydia =.
P;nkham Medicine Co. (contidennsD'
Lynn, Mass
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Voted Against War.

United Press Leased Wire Service
MONROE, Wis, April 4.--Pacifsm
scored heavily in yesterdays war ref
erendum election here when 954
votes were cast against declaration
of war by congress, with nfnety-five
voting in favor of war.
County Judge ]. NJ. Becker, who
fathered the war referendum, has
wired the result Of the vote on the
war referendum to United States
Senator La Toilette and Congress
man Nelson who represent this dis.
trict. Voters here are mostly of Ger.
man and Swiss nationality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04


The following is some of the work
and things that the Automobile club
has been instrumental in having
done:
Removal of dangerous bump at the
foot of Anschutz hill.
Very bad place at COnnable's on
the Main street road repaired anA
nut in frst-class condition.
Parking of cars at the union depot
in order to make more room.
Doing away with the parking Of
vehicles on Fifth street where the
street car stops. Also the same on
Sixth street at the opera house.
Attended a meeting at Wayland
with representatives from Canton
md arranged for repair of the road
from the bridge to Clark county line
The Canton people taking care of
The balance of the road.
Solicited the commissioner to dc
away with the iron gate at RanC
park. Also. fixing the boulevard anC
the middle road and the paving o
Main street from Fourteenth t.
Nineteenth.
Had the approaches to the De!
Moines river bridge repaired
Arranged for the entertainment O
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Burke were Charleston callers +

Burke were Charleston callers Fri
day.
Mrs. Davis and son Elmer visited
last week with the formers daughter.
Mrs, Robert Dempster and family
The union school began Monday
with Miss Mary Brothers of near OF
tumwa as teacher.
Miss Nellie Felt called on Mrs. AL
bert Haffner Friday afternoon.
Miss Loretta Morrisey, who is
teaching school in Vincennes, visited
over Sunday with home folks.
Miss Clara Bergthold returned home
visit with her sister, Mrs. Milton
Saturday evening after four week s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Those Who were Present

Those present last night were
George Hassall, NJ. E Justice, George
s Merriam, Charles Altes, James Nc.
earthly. Edward Woolley, Leonard
Matless, C. w. Durrett, c. J. Kirch,
+ n. D. Dickinson, Carl Weber, Dr.
frank NJ. Fuller, Dr. Bruce L. Gil
fillan, DR.. J. r. Wedel, c. A. Sears,
sam M. Younker, Isaac l.. Younker,
lanes M. Fulton, C. F. Mcfarland,
/ A. Kiedaisch, NJ. F. Baker, Edward
x tombstone. Glenn Maxwell, ]. ID.
Ecker. w. J. Richards, DR.. w. =
Harter, 3. B. Hobbs. e. c. Taber anc
Harold kiser.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

Lindner and family of near keokun and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred feiI anu Kaokul,
Mrs. Lewis Felt motored "
Friday. .oo.
Misses Lucille and Krean Hayes So,aeI
dinner Sunday at the MorrlSes =.
Jake Bergthold. Thos. Hayes. ,,,na.
iel Bergthold and daughter ,ia Guv
Misses MARY and Margaret Burke, stea
Moody Lewis Felt and I'd l7iarsl
HassI were recent Donnellson cane =
vess Surena has purchased
Ford car.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

with terrible pans
in my back and was
about to have an OPP
>eration when q
friend said to me,
Before having that
operation just try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We g e t a b e Com
pound So / let
the operation wait,
a n d my husband
bought me the Veg,
ofabla Command
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

girl, is back in her home today. She
disappeared November "a.
Friends recognized her in the attire
of a nurse girl, while she was play
ing with two children in Washington
park. She told them that she had
been working as a servant for four
months because she wanted independ-
SncS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
STRING PRAIRIE.
>>1&a : = @e4e & & =

Mrs. V. ]. Burke and daughter Mar
garet, Paul Doyle, Misses Hazel and
Nellie Felt. Miss Lucille Hayes, Mrs.
Robert Dempster, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Hayes and son Raymond, Mrs Crist
hiarkle were recent Argyle callers
Miss Margaret ,Morrisey is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Joe Miller and fam
lily near st. Paul
Misses Hazel Felt and Margaret
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
IN FINE SHAPE
FOR SERVICE
President Wilson in Good Physica
Condition for Responsible
Work Laid Before
L Him

by Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 4.-On the
verge of war at sixty years of age,
President Wilson is in perfect physi-
cal trim.
To the casual observer he looks
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Organization is Strongly in
Favor of Oiled Streets and
Roads and Purchase Of
Pressure Oiler.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Last Years Work Reviewed
by Secretary and Future
Plans Made-Club to
Incorporate.

At the first annual meeting of the
Keokuk Automobile club. held last
evening in the dining room of the
Hotel Iowa, officers were elected, the
work of the past year reviewed and
plans made for future work.
The election resulted as foiiows.s
President-George Hassall.
Vice Observation-Disclosures A, Craig
SecTetary-M.. Z. Justice.
Executive committee-M. h. Baker,
C. #. Mcfarland and B. B. Hobbs
It was decided to incorporate the
club.
Here are some of the things that
the club advocates:
The repairing and oiling Of the
river road to Montrose.
Repairing and oiling of the Main
street road.
Repairing aud oiling of the road
from below TofeTs NIL &c The Les
aEoines river bridge with the install
lation of lights at certain dark turns.
sThe purchase of a pressure oiler
bv the city or county for use on
city streets and county roads
The creation OF an oiling district
In the city by the city council, the
pfIing OF all streets in this district by
The city, with assessments made
against the AUDITING property holders
TO pay for the work or the cost paid
out of the general fund.
better crossing signal at Fifth
and Cedar streets.
VIII Assist County.
The club has already made ar
engagements to assist in some of the
work outlined above, especially the
oiling of the river road. Committees
will visit the city council to ask for
some of the other improvements
which the club believes is necessary.
The club was very much in favor
OF obtaining pressure oiler and Is
willing to stand part of the cost of
this apparatus. According to Super
visor Maxwell these machines cost
between $500 and $500 and are the
only things for the work. One man
can work the oiler and through the
use of pressure one gallon Of oil is
made to go three times as far as a
gallon put on by the present method.
MIR. Maxwell estimated that a mile
can be oiled with a pressure oner
for $3.50 This cost would be less
than $3.50 per front lot in the city.
Members Enjoy Banquet.
Preceding the business meeting
banquet was served 20 the thirty
members present in the main dining
room of the Hotel Iowa. The menu
vas as follows:
Pickles Olives
Entree of Fish
Chicken
New Potatoes Green Peas
Coffee with meaU
Rolls
Apple Pie la Mode
Cigars
Following the banquet, President
George HassaIl called the meeting TO
order. Secretary NJ. f Justice read
the financial report and the report
on the work done by the club last
year. These follow:
Financial Pc port.
RECEIPTS.
Tmblems NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80. 50
EXPENDITURES.
Printing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. % 30
Placing road emblems....... 10 46
Desk Observation-Disclosures 100
Postage 10. rs
Emblems ................ 293 Il
s422 %
On hand ..................s2 $3.50. %
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
She is Back at Home.

She is Back at Home.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.J
CHICAGO, April 4.-After having
been sought all over the United States.
Helen Sims, Is, Lakeview high school
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

patrolmen at once of the COM
plant and in this way get more
satisfactory and quicker results
than we did last season.
Very truly yours, x
NJ. F. MCFARLAND,
County Engineer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
TERRIBLY
SICK WOMAN
Surgical Operation Thought
Necessary, but Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound Saved Her.

Madison, Visit was terribly sick
WON an for over three wears. | suffered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
RED CROSS GIRLS

This Organization Will do its Bit
il War is Declared, Says WRITER
in Recent Number of Camp FIRE
Magazine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
NEW YORK WANTS A CHANGE
Desires UnsightIy Post Office Building
Erected Soon After the War Re-
moved From City Park.

If the cracking of the walls of the
unsightly downtown post Office build
ing which for whole generation has
been permitted to occupy the souther-
ly end of City Hall park turns out to
be serious enough to necessitate the
removal Of the building, 1t is to be
hoped that enough public spirit will be
manifested in New York to compel the
return of the park land to the city and
the erection of new federal building
elsewhere, says the New York Times.
The building designed by Mullet has
always been regarded as an ill-favored
specimen of architecture. The lower
end of City Hall park had been seized
by the United States government dur
ing the war between the states as an
encampment for volunteers and the
shabby barracks did not disappear un-
til some time after the war. The
ground was never repaired and it was
transferred to the federal government
for a post Office and courthouse when
the minds, of public-spirited citizens
were wholly occupied with other mat
ters. The courtrooms have always
been ill-ventilated. The building has
been uncomfortable within and un-
slightly as to its exterior. Its removal
has long been hoped for.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
FOREST FIRES ARE COSTLY
Cause Average Loss of s25,ooo,ooo and
Seventy Lives Every Year in the
United States.

The direct annual fire loss in the
United States from forest fires is said
to be about $25,000,000, to which must
be added an equal amount from the
destruction of sawmills, farm build
ings, crops, and stock that are burned
by fires originating in the forests.
Apart from the property loss there
is an average death list of 20 human
lives each year. The indirect losses
through the destruction of raw mate
rial, the shutting down of sawmills and
woodworking Industries, the losses in
wages through unemployment, all tend
to increase the price of wood products,
and these losses cannot be estimated.
If a city burns 1t can be rebuilt from
the insurance; when forest burns
everyone in any way dependent on it is
left empty handed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
The "Grand Passion"

Ten definitions of love, culled from
the literature and history of the ages,
are presented in the Pelican, Univer-
city of California comic periodical,
just issued.
The Pelican says this is what the
ten chosen each to represent an era,
thought of the tender passion:
Shakespeare-Sweet folly.
De Maupassant-Hunting feas to
gether.
Milton-Paradlse regained.
BalZac.Passion.
Harry Thaw-Madness.
Mrs. Grundy-Marriage.
Calpurnia-The curse of the gods.
Dumas-Merely am incident of the
evening.
Buddha-One of the ten gates which
keep man out of heaven.
Everybody Else-Love.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
OHIO NEWS

Akron. Ohio-"I have taken DR..
Pierce's FavOrite Prescription, also
Golden Medical Discovery. took
the Prescription for wOman's trouble
and 1t did wonders for me. had been
alllng for five months and only took
one bottle Of Favorite Prescription
and II did me so much good that l
don't think l will need any more.
advise all similar sufferers 10 take
the FavOrlte Prescription. | used the
Golden Medical Discovery for asthma
and II has been almost one year since
lt has bothered me at all."-ELIZA
HODGE, 1865 Sweitzer Ave.
The Favorite Prescription and the
Golden Medical Discovery are herbal
medicines which have had a fine repu-
tatlon for so years. They are put
up in both liquid and tablets. If not
procurable at your dealers, send $1.00
TO DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
N. Y, for tablets.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06

her brother had appealed 10 all that
was noble and manly In his nature.
He sat down again, to act promptly
upon the impulse that seized him. He
removed the hateful badge of author
ity, the star. He took out the war
rant and tore II In two. Then he In
dlted brief, but telling note, to Miss
Glare.
In II he bitterly accused himself of
unworthiness. He made no pretense
of concealing his love. But he depre-
Gated the underhanded part he had
taken. He could never hope to ap-
proach her again, but he could benefit
her brother thus far-to take warning
that the law was ON his track and that
he had still time to flee.
He made up n package of the star,
the warrant and the note. He turned
to retrace his way to the village. His
plan was to leave all at the home of
Rachel and stralghtway leave for the
city, not caring what fate might awnlt
him there. He was tearing through
the timber, needless of marks that to
woodsman would have warned of
peril, when a hnlf-eut tree. blown by
the wind, struck him PROSTATE.
II whs In the hut where he had last
Sc n Rachel and her brother that VIII.
lis returned to consciousness. His
nurse was that self-same brother, who
moved TO his side, gentle and atten-
tive, at a moan from the patient.
He had been there two days, dis
covered under the tree by Sidney Glare
and his sister, and removed to the hut
the letter he had written discovered,
too, Willis learned later.
A soothing draught was administered
and when Willis awOke again Rachel
was there.
1--WE are going to remove you to our
home" Sidney Glare told him, and Will
lis hid his face in his pillow, feeling
his unworthiness as he recalled the
spying mission that had brought him
to Durham.
1.-THE truth has come out about my
brother" spoke Rachel brightly.
"There was motive in his disappear
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
PupIeY,s Fowls.

When Pupley invested in six worse
for-wear hens, he made stralghtway
for the local grocer, and inquired
whether that gentleman would give
him market price for the produce Of
his feathered stock.
The grocer smiled at his hopeful
ness and told him he would be only
too pleased to buy at current rates. To
his surprise, Pupley called round with
40 eggs as the result of his hens first
weeks exertions. An hour or two af-
ter the tradesman had retailed the
first of the eggs, he called round on
Pupley.
I'D like to see your hens" he said I;
there's something / can't understand
about them"
Pupley piloted him down the garden.
"There they are" he remarked ;
splendid strain. I've given them a
good run, you see but this wet wealth
er they get into a frightful pickle"
"Oh that accounts for it," answered
his visitor.
"For what?"
."Accounts for their laying picked
eggs" said the grocer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
Victor Huoo,e Grandson.

George Victor Hugo, the grandson Of
the great Victor Hugo, is now show
ing in Paris about 100 sketches which.
are attracting great attention. At the
beginning of the war he was censor,
an occupation in which he appreciated
too keenly the humor of exercising
such a function by the grandson Of
his grandfather. So, in spite of his
white hair, he gave up the censorship
and set out for the army. He did not
become a general, but he is lieuten-
ant. After a year and a half at the
front he has returned from Champagne
with hundred choice acquarelles,
which al Paris is running to see. He
has added somewhat to the splendor
of the name of Hugo, as he has been
twice in the course of the war cited
in the orders of the day for meritori-
GUS conduct.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06
Healthy Skin Depends
On Kidneys

The skin and the intentlnes. which
work together with the kidneys TO
throw out the poisons OF the body, do
a part of the work. but n clean body
and healthy one depends on the kid
neys. If the kidneys are clogged with
toxic poisOns you suffer from stiffness
in the knees In the morning on arising
your joints seem rusty" you may have
rheumatic pains, pain In the back, stin
neck headaches, sometimes swollen
feet, or neuralglc pains-all due TO the
uric acid or toxic polsons in the blood.
This is the time TO go 10 the nearest
drug store and simply obtain SOC.
package OF Anurlc double or triple
strength). the discovery of DIR. Pierce
of Buffalo. N. Y. Then drink n cup OF
hot water before meals, with an Anuric
Tablet, and notice the gratifying re-
suits. You will find Anuric more active
than lithia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-06

ance-to assume the guilt of the EN-
bezzlement until the real culprit, his
dearest friend, could get to distant rel
atives and secure the money to make
up the shortage"
'It would have been fatal to our
plans had you acted as you had right
to do, as you were circumstanced,"
said Sidney.
IF l had never agreed to accept
that hideous commission! began Will
lis, and shamefacedly, and then he
paused, for Rachel had held up to his
view the letter he had written, and in
her glowing eyes Willis read not only
forgiveness, but gratitude and inter-
est. 1t was with the ripening, mutual
friendship that followed that he knew
that his love was returned.