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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

All Of Nauvoo's newspaper publish
ers attended the Hancock County
Press association meeting in LaHarpe
last Friday and an interesting session
is reported.
Nauvoo's Civic league ladies held a
injecting recently and elected new OIL
GERS. A cleanup day has been an
nounced to take place on Wednesday.
April Is.
George Dachroth, Jr., has Joined the
Nauvoo volunteer fire brigade and nc
doubt will perform heroic wonders
should the opportunity ever present.
Erwin Reimbold and family of Maui
voo's hardware firm, has moved into
the Daugherty residence on Knight
street.
Leland Welter. who has employment
in Chicago, visited his parents and
sisters in Nauvoo last Sunday.
Miss Jennie Burt of Chicago, visited
her mother in Nauvoo the past few
days.
Miss Leila Haggett of Nauvoo is
visiting her friend, Miss Helen Hodge
in Keokuk.
Mrs Karl Sauer of Keokuk, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Guilliam, in Nauvoo last week Her
husband came up last Sunday and re
turned to their home to the lam city
in the evening.
Last Friday evening one of Uncle
Sans national guard members got
too boistrous while in Nauvoo and was
captured by Marshal B~oedecker with
out a gattling gun or other instrument
of warfare and after Judge Hudson got
through with him he enriched the
city's treasury by depositing So and
costs. Even q soldier is compelled to
behave in Nauvoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr., attend
ed the wedding Of Mr.. Lloyd Owings
to Miss Madge Newton in Colusa, Ill,
on Wednesday of last week The
groom is a nephew of Mrs. Salm-
On Thursday morning Of last week
occurred the death of Sister 1mmacu-
'lata O fthe Benedictine order at the
Spalding institute in NauVoo. The
lady underwent an operation TOT ap-
pendicitis. which caused her death.
BEFORE entering the order her name
was Miss Della Kane of Chicago and
was nineteen years of age at the time
of her death. Three brothers survive
one sister. Miss May is in st. Mary's
academy in Nauvoo and brother Pat
rick a pupil in our Spalding institute.
The funera took place from the Maui
VOC Catholic church last Saturday af-
ternoon. with Rev. Father Thoian Of
ficiating and the remains inferred in
the Catholic cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Summers Of
Sonora township. a young married cou-
ple well known in Nauvoo, have a fine
baby boy, which arrived at their home
last Friday and folks say papa is as
proud as can be over the important
event.
James Horton Of the east country
was admitted into the Nauvoo Re
bekah lodge last Friday evening and
his wife by transfer card.
c. r. Montgomery, Nauvoo's coal
man. has a new auto transfer truck.
Times change The fly is no longer
an object of interest. He is more an
! object Of interest than ever, but an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
Day---Dance---Good Advice
BLUNDERS
They Are usually Un-
Intentional, But Might
Hurt Business League,
Members Suggest Call
ing Attention to
Them.

The suggestion was made last
night at the league meeting that
the retailers know each other we'll
enough to call attention to each
others blunders in a business
way, and not to let matters go.
which might in some way be con-
strued as hurting the business
reputation Of the store or the city.
J. P. Ingle made the suggestion. He
said lots of times things happened
in his business that he knew moth
ing of, until someone very apollo
getically told him, and which 1t
vas a pleasure then to rectify. He
said things happened to him in 9TH
er mems stores that he knew they
wouldn't want to go on, and yet he
had hesitated saying anything. But
he thought 1t was only right and
proper that something be said.
President Justice agreed and
said that the league was to cooper
ate for just such things, and he felt
that the merchants knew each other
sufficiently we'll to call attention to
these things, small in themselves,
and probably entirely unintentional,
but which might hurt business repu-
tations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
GRAIN GAMBLERS
MADE
Federal Investis alton to be Made OF
Recent Spectacular Advances
In Price of Wheat
and Corn.

limited Press Leased Wire servlcel
CHICAGO, April 11.-Federal in
v%estigation Of the spectacular ad-
yances in wheat and grains the past
ten days and alleged m~anipulatlons
on the board of trade, were started
here today by the federal grand jury.
The government will seek to deter
mine whether the concerted action Of
the largest grain operators was the
cause of the large fortunes they
amassed by the record leaps in prices.
Thirty-fve brokers were summoned
to turn over information regarding
trades of J. Ogden Armor, James A.
Patten, William Martin, A. j. Lich-
stern, Arthur w. Cutten and the Ar
mour Grain Co.
Patten, Cutten and Martin are
known to have had enormous grain
boldinges and are said to have reaped
profits amounting to, more than ST.
900, 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

be other social diversions PROVIDED.
Agnes orchestra will play for the
dance, and the party will
at 9 O'Clock. Tickets were otfered by
the committee last night n 1t Is eX:-
pected there will be a good sale.
Mr.. Winger reported that s72 was
the leagues share Of the recent oene-
fit at the Grand opera house when the
Wininger players were here.
Out of Town Meetings.
The coming month will see the IN
auguration of the out-of-town Trips OF
the league, it was voted last nlght.
The members hope to visit a number
of he nearby towns during the sum
mer, and these meetings are always
most popular ones for the Keokuk
crowd.
Advertising Saved.
A report was made by Secretary
Fulton on the amount Of advertising
that the league has been saved during
the last month as figured from u
propositions which were put UP to the
secret committee, and are bona fide
figures.
Five hundred dollars was saved on
one deal; $72 on another; $96 on a
third, and $1,000 was saved on a
fourth proposition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
Socialists Still Wrangltng.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 1.-The so
~cialists were still wrangling today
over wording of a wal resolution to
be adopted by the convention. The
committee on war and militarism,
which was to have reported yesterday
morning. was still undecided today,
while the convention fought on other
questions.
The adoption of a resolution today
fayoring a plank in the platform sup
norting the ideas Of the n~on-partlsan
league. came after a hot fight In
which delegates and the chair did not
mince words in defining each other
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

eph's hospital in Keokuk and operat-
ed upon for appendicitis. She is get
ting along slendidly at this time.
It is said almost every available
piece of ground in the city limits OF
Nauvoo will be cultivated this year.
This is caused by the high prices on
foodstuffs. There may also be a
movement of more importance and
that is to plant vegetables between
the grape rows as was the custom in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
Committee in Charge Announces the
Time for This Big Sale and
Urges Merchants to
Advertise.
TO DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
League Will Endeavor to Make up
Deficit Then-Rock Island
Schedule Not to be
Changed.

Keokuk Dbllar day will be held on
Saturday, April %. Chairman j. B.
Klein of the Dollar Day committee,
made this report at the meeting of the
keokuk Retailers league last night.
Mr.. Klein urged that all tie mer-
chants advertise for the Dollar Day.
He suggested that the ads all carry
the slogan "Keokuk Dollar Day"
The Rock Island and Keokuk and
Des Moines are satisfied with the pres
ent schedule of train service in and
out of Keokuk, contrary to reports
which have been circulated, President
Justice reported to the league mem
bers. There have been reports in cir
culation, he said, that the company
was thinking of putting back the old
schedules. The passenger traffic
manager was here a few days ago, and
said that the. company was more than
satisfied with the schedules as they
are now, and would not change them.
The Rock Island gets in here at II
o'clock and leaves al 4:30, giving
ample time for shopping.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

gested ways Of combating that, with
the schools for clerks.
In conclusion of his talk Mr.. KurtZ
spoke of the methods of his bureau
in making surveys and the like and
how in single lectures or short
courses, it is hoped to give the mer-
chants the benefit of their expert
ence.
Survey is Suggested.
At the close of the talk, E. F. Re-
maud asked why it wouldn't be a
good thing for the league to have a
survey, and r.. J.. McGrath made a
notion that there be a survey made.
]. P. Ingle asked about the expense
and it was explained by Mr.. kurtz
that a preliminary survey was made
free, and then the league could spend
as much as it saw fit, following the
recommendations of the preliminary
report. MI. Ingle's amendment, to
the motion that the president name
a committee to look over the matter
was passed.
Vote Of Thanks.
On motion of Jacob Schouten the
rendered MI. Kurtz a vote OF
thanks, which was extended in he
form of a cheer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

years zone by This would be a good
back to soil movement.
We are glad to learn of the improve
ed condition of Mrs. Geo. Boegnar,
wife of Nauvoo's king stock buyer,
who is i'll with typhoid fever. May her
recovery be rapid is the wish of her
many friends.
Some of Nauvoo's citizens are of a
statistical turn. They have figured
that our present generation OF about
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
Dance Friday Night.

Chairman ]. w. Winger Of the fall
celebration committed announced the
dance Friday evening at Woodman
ball when the league hopes to make a
big dent in the deficit which is now
hanging over from the fall celebra-
ton. He urged all of the members to
be present, and said that for those
who didn't care to- dance there would
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

brought on by lack of iron in the
blood.
On account of the peculiar nature
of woman and the great drain placed
upon her system at certain periods,
she requires iron much o thai
man to help make UP for the loss.
Iron is absolutely necessary to en-
able your blood to change food into
living tissue. Without it, no matter
how much or what you eat, your food
merely passes through you without
doing you any good. You don't get
the strength out Of 1t, and as a con.
quenc you become weak, pale and
sickly looking, Just like n plant trying
to grow in a soil deficient in iron.
II you are not strong or we'll you W
1t to yourself to make the following
test: See how long you can work or
how far you can walk without becom-
ing tired. Next take two flve-grain
tablets Of ordinary nuxased Iron three
times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength
again and see how much you have
gained. | have seen dozens OF nerV-
GUS, rundown people who were aillnS
all the while double their strength
and endurance and entirely rid them
selves of all symptoms of dyspepsia,
liver and other troubles, in from ten
TO fourteen days time simply by TAX
ing iron in the proper form. And
this, after they had In some cases
been doctoring for months without
obtaining any benefit. But don't axe
the old forms Of reduced iron. iron
acetate. or tincture Of iron simply to
save a few cents. The iron demand
ed by Mother Nature for the red col
oring matter in the blood Of her chill
dren is, alas. not that kind of iron
You must take iron in a form that
can be easily absorbed and assllh-
Hated to do you any good, otherwise
It may prove worse than useless.
have used Nuxated Iron widely In my
own practice in most severe aggra-
waited conditions with unfailing re-
suits. I have induced many other
physicians to give it a trial, all OF
whom have given me most surprising
reports in regard to it's great power
as a health and strength builder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

one thousand souls, can furnish about
fifty young unmarried men for Uncle
Sam to help subdue Germany if some
of them don't get married before COM
p~ulsory recruiting comes.
A Keokuk citizen remarked the
other day that he read with care u
article in these columns about a home
coming picnic. He said if u news
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
You can tell the women with
plenty of iron in their blood
healthy rosy checked
women full of Life, Vim and
Vitality

knew the secret OF great strength
and endurance and filled his blood
with iron before he went into the
affray: while many another has gone
down in inglorious defeat simply for
the lack OF iron"
DIT. Schuyler c. Jaques, Visiting
Surgeon of st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
New York City, said, Il have never
before given out any medical inform.
alton or advice for publication as ]
ordinarily 10 not believe in it. But
so many American women suffer
from iron deficiency with it's attend
ant ills-physical weakness, nervous
irritability, melancholy, indigestion,
flabby, sagging muscles, etc, etc, and
In consequence Of their weakened
rundown condition they are so liable
to contract serious and even fatal
diseases that l deem it my duty 20
advise such to AXE Nuxated Iron. |
have taken it myself and given it to
my patients with most surprising
and satisfactory results. And those
who wish quickly to Increase their
strength. power and endurance will
find it a most remarkable and Won
derfully effective remedy"
NOTE-Nuxated Iron, which is
prescribed and recommended
above by physicians in such a
great variety Of cases, IS not a
patent medicine or secret remedy,
but one which is well known 70
druggists II whose iron con
. stituents are widely prescribed
IA by eminent physicians both 1 n
"a Europe and America. Unlike the
TN older inorganic iron products 1t is
- easily assimilated, does not injure
the teeth, make them black, nor
y" upset the stomach; on the con-
nj trary, it is a most potent remedy
al in nearly all forms of Indigestion
-" as well as for nervous, run dow
nj conditions. The manufacturers
i have such great confidence in
nlIxated iron, that they offer to
nj forfeit 10000 to any charitable
oil institution if they cannot take any
. man or woman under so who
lacks iron, and increase their
9Th 100 per cent or over in fOur weeks
provided they have no serious organic
lie. They also offer to refund your
" if it not at least double your
9Th and endurance in ten days time.
dispensed in this city by Wilkinson &
and all good druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

use of metallic iron ,ohach|
may injure the teeth, corrodeI
THE stomach and do far more
harm than good; advises
use Of only nuroted iron.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

CONTINUED on page g.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

DR.. Ferdinand King, New York Physician
and Medical author, tells physicians that they
should prescribe more organic iron-Nurated
Iron-for their patients-Says anaem'a-iron
~defciency-is the greatest curse to the health,
strength, vitality and beauty Of the modern
american Woman.-Sounds Alarming against
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11
There can be no Beautiful.
HealthyRosyC Checked women
without Iron"
+, KING. M. d.

There can be nc healthy, beautiful,
rosy checked without iron,'
says DR.. Ferdinand King, a New YORK
Physician INT Medical Author. In
my recent talks to physicians on the
grave and serious consequences OF
iron deficiency in the blood of Ameri-
can women, | have strongly em2ha-
sized the fact that doctors should pre-
scribe more organic iron-nuXatcd
iron-for their nervous, rundown,
weak haggard looking pa
tients. Pallor means anaemia. The
skin Of the anaemic woman Is pale,
the flesh, flabby. The muscles lack
tone, the brain Tags and the memory
fails, and often they become weak,
nervous, irritable, Respondent and
melancholy. When the iron goes from
the blood of women, the roses go from
their cheeks"
TN the most common foods OF
America. the starches, sugars, table
syrups, candies, polished rice, white
bread, soda crackers. biscuits, mac
aroni, spaghetti, tapioca, sage, far
ina, degerminated cornmeal, no long
er is iron to be found. Refining pro-
cesses have removed the iron of
Mother Earth from these impovel-
ished foods, n silly methods Of
home cookery, by throwing down the
waste pipe the water in which our
vegetables are cooked arc respons-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

salt o'
enough salt"
"As / have said a hundred
times over. organic iron is the
greatest Of all strength build
ers. II people would only
take Nuxated Iron when they
feel weak or rundown, instead
of dosing themselves with hah
Informing drugs, stimulantS
and alcoholic beverages l am
convinced that in this way they
could ward off disease, prevent
ing it becoming organic in
thousands of cases and thereby
the lives of thousands might be
saved who now die every year
pneumonia, grippe, kidney, liver,
trouble and other dangerous ma
The real and true cause which
ed their disease waS nothing
nor less than a weakened col
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-11

ible for another
a iron loss.
Therefore, If
you wish to pre-
serve your youth
full vim and vigol
to a ripe old age,
you must supply
the iron defic-
iency in your food
by using some
form of organic
iron. lust as you
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-01
DOING CANAL GOOD

In 1916 for the first time in her history Canadas exports 70
manufactured articles exceeded her exports agricultural products
The exports manufactures reached 04 0 of agcu
products 1864 70O The money which has rolled into the
Dominion traffic has enabled that country
make eveneague strides in industrial development and is
den expected that the manufacturing plants which have
up response demands of warning Europe be readily
verified mills of peace products when the
Canada has practically free market for her agicu
tura products the United States and the low duties manuac
tred goods carried the Wilson Underwood law will stabilize the
industrial prosperity of Canada which has been created by the great
war; eve ought to do neghbor all the good can said
Ppay the Bahmn gymnosopist lf you do good good will he
done you how other maxim of the Brahmn sage
doesn't we'll with tariffs We have done Canada all the
good we through numena of the present tariff law but
still pay the high Canadian get the markets
Of the Dominion. Canada has done us good
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-01
BUSINESS TO PAY THE TAX

appears that Ways and Means Committee has determined
to additional Of which about half IS to be
NV issuing bonds be levied direct taxes and bust
ness is to pay practically all of it. The death duties to be III
creased very largely principal is tax of eight per
accrued.
This nothing less than extoraon 1t not based on any JUST
consideration special form Of energy and OF course
will bear hardest upon the Republican Commonweah There
some great industries the country which will be able to stand
The tax but others will be handicapped.
that the standard investments OF the country do not
average eight per dividend payments but most corporations
back into plants much paid to stockholders for the
reason only in this way they maintain efficiency This is
notably with the railways Not railways eight
per cent dividends does refer dividends but TO
every side pay than the time they
seeking for revenue
plain will have be careful in keeping his
books the be expected to be nqusOra its
get 1t will be burden hard for many to bear
peciy those who do small business and striving to increase
At time when hearing much about the New Freedom
of Business the only effort Washington to be in the dec
ton of placing it in chains Of slavery
The Ways Means Committee knows well that could
ey all $1,000 which would be equitable
all equablebut nothing further from
their minds Tax the dead who complain and tax the thrifty
whose complaints safely be ignored the present plan of action
This undemocratic it is American and unjust Onethrd
Of per of the people next special taxes
much the whole government not many years
Philadelphia Ledger.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-01
Correspondence
Muses. Mills

Everybody talking tobacco raising
here.
Mrs. Sarah Jordan is very low with
dropsy.
Mrs. Amanda Gardner is desperately
low with dropsy.
Richard Brammer, who has been
low with paralysis, is better.
Oney Shumate is selling out and
will move to Sabetha, Kansas.
Roger Cassidy, County Road Engi-
heer, was called here last Sunday on
)usinesg.
We would say to your Wallingford
scribe that we've had eight weddings
In this part since Xmas.
Charles II. Compton after a term of
seven months will close his school on
Pea Ridge near here in two weeks.
Robert Muse had a small fish pond
that broke loose here last week and
damaged bridge on the new pike
very badly.
At the public sales of Jones and
Brammer near here last week, corn
scld for $l.41 per bushel and fodder
al 20 cents per shock.
Harold Compton, French McRoberts
and some other young men of this
vicinity, have migrated to Olive Hill,
recently seeking employment.
Bruce Jones and Ernest Grammer
of this part have just sold out all
their belongings and with their famil-
les have moved to Northern Kansas to
reside.
Jasper Goodwin, a farmer of this
place, has had two weddings, case
OF pneumonia, two cases of whooping
cough and one case of typhoid fever
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-01

In hid family since New Years day. He
bas wife and ten children.
Ed Hinton and Robert Stacy who
sold out here and moved with their
families to Muncle, Ind, few days
since. have written relatives here, that
they have been unable to secure en-
ployment, or rent land or dwelling
houses to move into 80 far for the
coming season; hence their return IL
early expected.
Sheriff W. w. POINTER OF Flemings.
burg, was In this end of the county
last week buying stock and fat hogs
for the market He secured several
fat ones from merchant G. A. Muse
paying OK cents; also he secured sew.
en- head from Elem Brammer, paying
him on cents for same. He will feed
them all few days, before he will put
them on the market. Hogs are getting
scarce in this community.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-01
NO NEED TO STAY
creased taxes.

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Peters who had rendered
his resignation take March fourth assured the Presi
dent that he will the job long the present
Germany continues Mr. Peters charge and also a
supervision of the informed German ships harbo The frs
part of his job ought not to bother him greatly The
ties collected at the custom houses 1916 amentaby small
spite the flood of foreign goods which found way to our
kes Nor need the second part of Mr. Peters job give him
anxiety The German of nerned ships damaged
their machinery and boilers that moved On
the other hand Mr. Peters should carry intention and quit
the public would permit good job given to another
deserving Democrat
Senator Owen Federal judges removed from office
FOR holding act OF Congress unconstitutional might the m
aud have the Constitution declared uncongressonal
General Funston has paid the Carranzsas fifty dollars
body of American soldier who found with throat cut on
the Mexican side of the border The bounty American soldiers
higher, evidently, than that timber wolves.