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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-09-27

A Red Cross Needles No. l; lib

A Red Cross Needles No. l; lib
e hanks) of yarn.
Set up 60 stitches, 20 on each
of three needles. Knit 2 plain
and 2purl for IS rows (4a inches)
Knit so rows plain until leg
measures II inches. (6a inches
of plain kitting.) Take half the
number Of stitches (25) on first
needle for the heel (leaving) IL
and IL stitches on the second and
third needles for the instep), add
on the Is stitches knit l row,
purl l row alternately for 26
times Tor 3 inches), always slip
ping, the first stitch. Begin to
turn heel on the wrong side, slip
1. purl 10, purl2 together, purl l
Turn work over, slip l, knit a
slip l, knit l, and pass it over
slipped stitch, knit l. Turn, slip
l, purl 5, purl 2 together, purl l.
Turn, slip l and knit 6 slip !
and knit l, and pass it over slip
ped stitch, knit /. Continue
working toword the sides of the
heel in this manner, leaving ]
more stitch between decreases on
every row until all the stitches
are work in. There should then
be Is stitches on the needle.
Pick up 13 stitches on side of
heel; now knit the Is stitches on
I'd and Sd, needle on to one nee
die. which becomes your I'd nee
die; with your Sd needle pick up
the 13 stitches on the other side
of heel, and knit 7 stitches off
your first needle so that you will
now have II stitches on the LIST
rs stitches on the I'd nee
die, and 20 stitches on Sd needle.
LIST needle (a) knit to within 8
stitches of end. knit 2 together,
knit /. I'd needle (b) knit plain
Sd needle(c) knit l, slip l, knit
l, pass slipped stitch over, knit
plain to end of needle. Knit
plain (d).
Repeat a, b, c and d until you
have Ii stitches on LIST needle
Is stitches on I'd, IL stitches on
Sd. Knit plain for Al inches.
LIST needle (e) knit 10 stitches
knit 2 together. knit 1. I'd nee
die (f) knit /, slip l knit |. pass
slipped stitch over, knit 10.
stitches. Knit 2 together, knit
|. Sd needle (g) knit |, slip |,
knit /, pass slipped stitch over,
knit 8 stitches, knit 2 rows plain,
hi.
Repeat e. f. 6. and h. 5 times,
then narrow every other row I'M
til you have 5 stitches on your
LIST needle, 8 stitches en- your I'd
needle and a stitches on your
Sd needle. Knit the 5 stitches
on your 1st needle On to your Sd.
You work is now all on 2 needles
opposite each other Break off
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-09-27
NOTICE TO
SICK WOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.
/, Bridgeton, NIL cannot speak too
highly eof Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-

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inflammation and
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could hardly take a
step. Sometimes I
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-09-27
What is LAX-FOS

LAN-F0S Is An IMPROVED CASCAM
A Digestive Liquid Laxative, cathartic
and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, SIENNA Leaves and
Pepsin. Combines strength with pala-
table aromatic taste. Does not grippe. Soc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27

JOY the excellent program and 4,
M m lhe bentiey lodge OF this CITY /
oie ne olvlc league has pledged n,
20 LIS season to the organization
~ rarent teachers association fo1
saiiZihs such a civic force this fail
~. nappily one OF the chautauuua
peaAeis, WIN. A. McKeever, took AL
caslon TO start the ball rolling durjn,l
MS lecture Friday afternoon. Afted
ascertalnlng that public Sentiment
was IN FAVOR Of such an Organization
ne requested citizens interested I'll
seln,..n after the lecture. A repre-
sentative number remained, from
winch were chosen the following COM
nittee 1or each church to start tina
Superintendent oren A. Barr, Dr.!
n. u. Hoover, Mrs. Ellen ScofieId'
Mrs. l.. w. Berry, Mrs. Henry Rams
MRS: .. j. WEIGH and Miss Mary
Davidson. A meeting of this com.
mlttee to complete organization will
be held September IA.
During the Lincoln chautamon.
the prizes awarded to the children
VINO entered the garden contest ar.
ranged by the Civic league, were
awarded by w. e. Lyon, president ~
the Commercial club: =
Third grade-First prize, 81. Alice
and Ralph Dennison.
honorable mention, Dorothy Lovitt
and Kirk Smith. Prize money given
by Harold Hendricks.
Fourth grade-First prize 81
FRANKLIN Shultz. Honorable mention
WILDER Belknap. Prize money given
by R. N. Smith.
Fifth grade-First prize, 81, Opal
! Howell. Honorable mention. Clifford
HARRISON and Ralph Edison. prize
money given by the Carthage Auto
and Carriage Co.
Sixth grade-First prize, 81, Will
liam Milbourn. Honorable mention
Dorothy Garard and Lloyd Gibson.
Prize money given by Mrs. s. H. Fer.
ris.
| Seventh grade First prize, 81.
Harold Porter Honorable mention
Vera Merk. Prize money given by
Emrick, Oswley Clothing Co.
Eighth grade-First prize, 81 Har.
old Booz. Honorable mention. Rob
ert Saer. Prize money given by Ed
Hoch.
General prizes-M. P. Berry gave
$40 for the three best gardens raised
by school children, divided as fol-
lows: First, VIM. Milborn, sixth
grade; second, Harold Booz. eighth
grade; third, Franklyn Shultz, fourth
grade; John Culkin gave cap td
the school child having the best gardl
en-. VIM. Milborn wins the prize.
The men who judged the gardens
were: J. w. Everhart, D. NJ. Johnl
son, J. H. Helms, ]. E. Dean, S. i'll
Salisbury. M, w. Pennock, NJ. I'll
Smith. H. B. Bloyd.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
MENTIONING THE UNMENT1oNABLEs

IF the Chicago garment show settles any
thing-which is somewhat to be doubted-lt IS
that the woman who has yearned for blfur-
Gated garb may wear combination costume
this winter composed of trouserets and an out
er garment reminiscent Of the basque that made
her grandmother so wasp-waisted and trim.
It is also said that not since the soreness ere
ated by Joseph's variegated coat changed his
tory has such riot of color been seen as IN the
recreation costumes that were on display at the
Chicago show. Trouserets have their mani
fest advantages for field or factory work; and
the white house picketers may possibly adopt
them eagerly as the most suitable sort OF gar
ment for scrimmages and riotings and occa-
sional sojourns in the wor11house at Occoquan
But it seems as though there would be less
general furore for them now than there might
have been before the present airy and economl-
cal fashions in skirts came into vogue. Ger
tainly, if the trouserets are anything like the
pantalets of bygone days. not even suffraget
with any style about her would want to wear
them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
MOyING THE TROOPS.

The magnitude of the task confronting the
railroads as they respond to the demands OF
the government is shown in the plans OF the
American Railway association for the largest
movement of troops ever seen in the United
States. Between September five and Septem
Der nine, the roads will entrain two hundred
thousand men, about thirty per cent. OF the
total number to be sent to the army training
camps The movement OF another two nun
bred thousand will begin September Nineteen
and will be followed, early in October by q
third movement of approximately the same
size. Over six thousand, two hundred cars,
made up into three hundred and slxty-slN
trains, are required in moving one field army
of eighty thousand men. The railroads re-
ceived too little consideration from the govern
ment when the country was at peace. Trans
portation facilities would be greater today II
there had been more cordial cooperation be-
tween the government and the carrying com
panies. But the roads will do the work re-
CURED of them. They have overcome many
difficulties in bringing their service to re-
markable point of efficiency.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
LET US HAVE ENGLISH.

Early in September is the season for the
opening Of schools and colleges, and for that
reason a humble plea for the English language
may not be out Of place. We make it shrink
ingly and with deferential regard for the pro-
founder comment of a graduate OF our local
high school who proclaims that " everything
goes'' or 'sgets by in the matter Of express
sion after one has been graduated. According
to one other distinguished authority language
is made Of the people, by the people and for
the people, and hence what the people say Is
good and should therefore be admitted to AGA
demic society.
At this time the people call man a 'guy, .
a woman skirt and dog "mut y Other
samples of the speech of the people are not es-
sential. The truth is that few can say any
thing in the old-fashioned direct way. All
have become so accustomed to the use Of slang
that the common speech is no longer common;
it is become a curiosity, relegated to the OBJ
scure haunts of the ''highbrows'' and treated
with scorn by the workers Of the world.
While this undoubtedly gives much JOY. to
guys and ''slirts,'' it saddens some old
fogies who mourn the departure Of earlier and
more elegent ways of speaking, as they mourn
the decadence of earlier and better manners.
PERHAPS the two were unrelated, but they were
at least companions.
Is it not probable that if the young ceased
to call their elders "old guys" or 'tgeezers, to
refer to other peoples mothers or sisters as
I'' skirts or "rags," and generally began to
lift their Technology toward levels Of a de
corum less figurative, if more prosaic, they
might also improve their manners2 At any
rate, is there any overwhelming reason why
the youth of this time should be almost wholly
Iunacouainted with the plain English tongue
and unable to say the simplest thing except in
slang? It is a matter worthy Of the considera-
ton of those teachers who perhaps may not
agree with the view expressed that "every-
thing goes"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
AFFAIR IN THE DESERT.

Written in 1927 by Thomas Pringle, described
as the poet of South Africa. Coleridge said: "a
star of the first magnitude in the armament o.
letters and added, Il do not hesitate to declare
it among the two or three most perfect lyric
poems in language."l
Afar in the desert love to ride
With the silent Bushboy alone by my side;
Away, away, in the Wilderness vast,
Where the white mans foot hath never pass'd,
And the uuivered Coranna, Or Bechuan,
Hath rarely crossed with his rowing clan.
A region of emptiness, bowling and drear,
Which the snake and the wizard inhabit alone.
With the twilight bat from the old hollow stone:
And here-while the night winds round me sigh,
And the stars burn bright in the midnight sky
AS I sit apart by the cavern'd stone,
Like Elijah at Horeb's cave alone,
A "still small voice comes through the wild,
: (Like a father consoling his fretful child,)
1t banishes bitterness, wrath and fear,
Saying-"Man is distant but God is near.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
sUMMiTVILLE.
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The farmers in this vicinity are(
busy threshing.
Miss Jennie Couchman of KeokukI
has been visiting Mrs. Florence Im1
megart the past week.
Mrs. James Mackie, who has been onl
the sick list is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Mckee havel
moved to Galesburg, ILL.,, where they
will reside. We are sorry to see these
estimable people leave our midst.
Quite number from here attended
the Lee county fair at Donnellson
Thursday.
Miss Ruth Curtis and brcth ers'
Dwight and Howard Of Revere, Mis-
souri, spent the past week with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. R Robert
son.
Mr.. H. S. Brown of Wayland, Mo-.
was business caller in our village
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Keethler nave
purchased a Ford touring car.
Our school will begin Sept. 4, WIFI
Miss Hazel Messenger as teacher.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
R,EDFIELD WILL STICK.

The difference Of opinion which has arisen
between Secretary Redfeld and Secretary Nc
Adoo will be likely to awaken the latter official
to the fact that there is no royal road to the
presidency Mr.. Redfield is aggrieved because
his colleague in the cabinet has purloned the
proposed bureau for insuring the lives Of sol
diers in the conscripted army. It was too good
a thing, too potential in political strength for
Mr.. McAdoo to let it escape him; and he has
ever been believer in the doctrine ''let him
take who has the power and let him keep who
can" So he calmly appropriated the scheme
which Mr.. Redfelds assistant had developed
and concerning which Mr.. Redfield is try
Ing to assert a claim. Some echoes from the
national capital go far as to foster the belief
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
eermany,s Moral Bankruptcy.

New York Evening Post: After
three years of war we hear great
deal about German man power being
exhausted There is renewed talk
about German finances being at the
point of collapse. That Germany's
food supply is falling, everybody
knows; that many of her industries
are ruined, is not denied; that her
shipping and commerce have suffered
blows from which it will take a gen.
Grafton to recover, is admitted by
German business men. Is it not
strange that they are reported to be
urging peace as an imperative neces-
sity if anything is to be saved out
of the wreck? But Germany has to
mourn today greater loss than any
of those mentioned. She has lost
her reputation. She has souandered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
AT a Pacific Port"

U. S. Senator Hiram w. Johnson:
Today l think that / echo what Is
In every senator's heart when l say
that that has not been put forth to
the American people which should be
put forth in clarion tones unto them.
The mode in which they are given
their publicity now is here stated
Iconcretely, in very simple illustra-
ton Recently a Japanese mission
came to San Francisco. They ar
rived there on certain day last
week Four weeks ago l had the in
yitation to attend the ceremonies and
the various entertainments in behalf
of that. mission. For three weeks all
the newspapers of the city of San
Francisco have been exploiting the
arrival of that mission and that mis-
sion's views; and here in Washing
ton and in the east, although all Cali
fornia has published every detail, we
read each day "at a Pacific port"
Can you tell me upon what prin-
, ciple that sort Of dealing should be
INDUCED in with people intelligent
and critical, people patriotic, and
people self-sacriicing? We learn
here the Japanese mission landed "at
a Pacific port" and then, with the
names carefully omitted, the various
functions had In their behalf are told
us. In my Office are the San Fran
cisco papers describing in detail all
the dignitaries who were present and
all the individuals who participated,
and everything In respect to the
matter.
1t may be that in the peculiar and
! singular sort of mentality we now
and then observe some gentlemen in
| Washington with peculiar mental
strabismus have thought that thus by
saying "at Pacific port" in Wash.
| ington or in Brooklyn or in New York
or in Boston by that very token we
prevented any enemies there from
knowing whence this particular dele
cation came or what was done in its
behalf when it reached this nation.
I mention this very slight example
because it is typical. and for those
who are striving with all their might,
who are going forward with all the
force they are capable OF, who are,
| indeed, overlooking with patriotism
and desire to serve their land, l ask
publicity and truth in this war, moth.
| ing more than that, in return for
their burden and in return for their
sacrifices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
Lowest Average Freight
Rate Matter Of Record

"The average freight rate per ton
per mile received by the railways OF
the United States in 1916, i.16 mills,
was the lowest on record says the
Railway Age Gazette. This fact, indi-
Gated by the preliminary summary OF
returns for roads earning over $1,000
coo a year issued by the bureau of rail
way economics in February and COM
mented upon in the Railway Age Ca
zette at the time, is now officially con-
tirmed by the abstract of statistics Tor
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1916,
just issued by the interstate commerce
commission.
For the million dollar roads the av-
erage receipts per ton mile were 7.O7
mills, as compared with 1872 for the
previous year." the Railway Age Ga
zette says. THE commissions figures
cover all roads in the country having
total operating revenues of over $780,
600 year The average of TIC mills
in 1916 compares whit 1882 in 1915,
1888 in 1914, and 1923 in 1913. Never
before, since the interstante commerce
commission began publishing railway
statistics, has the average revenue
per ton mile been below 7.24, which
was the figure for 1899. In 1891, the
earliest year for which the commits
sion has the record, the average was
S.95 mills. Until 1899 there was a gen.
eral decline and from that year until
1904 there was an increase to 7.SO
mills. Since that year the average has
pretty steadily declined. The average
revenue per ton per mile for freight
for each year from 1891 to 1916 as re-
ported by the commission has been as
follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
The greatest of all human benefits, that,
at least, without which no other benefit can
be truly enjoyed is independence.-Par
Goodwin.
THIS Is THE ANSWER.

The belief prevails in Washington, in circles
usually well informed, that the answer of our
government to the pope's peace suggestions
will be substantially the same as those OF our
allies: and this is held to indicate that the
pontiff's proposal is not to be accepted by the
entente powers The fact is pointed out that
after it was received the Italians launched
their mightiest drive, and the French began
their tremendous offensive at Verdun. The
British also are just now throwing all their
weight against the enemy, and these military
moves are regarded by some observers as the
real reply of the entente to the proposals Of the
see at Rome. It is even suggested, In des-
patches from Washington, that the PRESIDENT
answer to the pope may be coincident with the
first actual participation of our forces in
France in the drive against the German lines
The fight for democracy and world freedom
must proceed, despite the wel-meant inten-
lions Of the vatican and the reasonable activity
of pacifsts in this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
Denounces Pro-German Press.

Former Ambassador Gerard:
Imagine an Am erican paper, publish
ed in Germany, printing attacks on
the German government. There
would be but one result-the firing
squad. But there will be an awaken
ing here after the first American
blood has been spilled on the firing
line. The mothers and sweethearts
of the victims will tear those pro-
German publishers from their offices
and demand that they pay the pen.
atty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27

THE COMMISSIONS report ALSO
shows that the average operating ex-
penses per train mile Increased from
SLIT in 1915 to S1.S3 in 1916. The
fact that the railways were able to
show the largest gross and net earn
ings in their history in the face OF such
an increase in operating costs while
receiving a lower average rate than
ever before is therefore attributable
to a remarkable increase in efficiency
OF operation. How this was accom-
plished is illustrated in the commits
sions report by the fact that the aver
age number of tons Of freight carried
in each train was increased from
474.45 in 1915 to 534,95 in 1916"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27

her moral assets. At time when
she needs to call up all her reserves
of good faith and confidence, she
finds that they have been wasted.
Nobody believes her. Nobody trusts
her Upon the German government
the disagreeable evidence that 1T Is
morally bankrupt is being pressed
from every quarter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
"AmerIcans" Good ENOUGH.

Lincoln Journal: General Perish.
ings appeal to "cut it out" ends
Sammy. The boys don't like it. The
West Pointer remembers that Sammy
is West Point for molasses. Please
pass the Sammy! 1t would never
do. Now we have to call the bows
at the front simply Americans.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
IOWA PREss COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: In 1913 the
bankers of Iowa were warning the
farmers of Iowa against heavy in
vestments in automobiles. At that
time there were 10000 machines in
the state Today there are 100000
and the bankers as a rule, also own
and drive machines, and the farmers
are more prosperous than ever. And
there will be more machines in Iowa
next year and the next.
Sioux City Journal: When Senator
Lodge is occasionally wrong, the
people take it as merely an instance
of normal human frailty. When Sen
ator La Toilette is occasionally right,
they regard it as cosmic phenome-
non.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The draft
and marriage have been found near
each other in another respect, too.
The announcement of each brings out
the middle names of a great many
young men heretofore unsupported.
Davenport Democrat: Germany
workingmen," one often hears from
those who look no deeper than upon
outward appearances. But form er
Ambassador Gerard has looked deep,
er, and he says: ut is true that the
German workman is clothed, fed and
cared for, but it is the same sort OF
care that the Prussian bestows upon
his horse. 1t is valuable piece OF
property and he gives it the care that
will produce more work. The Ger
man 1aborer works twelve hours a
day and is grateful that he receives
81"
Sioux City Tribune: There's real
future in wheat now-for the farmer
Coin Gazette: If you can't smile
20 Jump in the creek. This Is nc
place for a crouch now days.
Emmetsburg Tribune: Hoover was
born in Iowa, you know. Naturally a
| great deal is expected of him.
Des Moines Tribune: The Ameri
can soldiers are supposed to follow
the flag, but the aviators can follow
| the American eagle.
Perry Chief: Thank heaven we OF
Iowa have not yet reached the stage
where we have to say, pass me
| piece Of old Dobbin."
Mason City Globe-Gazette: The
career of La Toilette should be quite
warning to young and budding
statesmen not to become common
scold.
Malvern Leader: Vice President
Marshall wants to send the wind
squad In congress to France with the
ayiators.'' Wouldn't do. Aviators
can't fly in gale.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
And at that conscientious OBJ
iector" doubtless has even more
seruples against being killed thar
killing.
Anita News: War; war! war! Wal
| everywhere, and war in everything
Yet God reigns and the earth will
| be purged of militaristic despotism
| There is no other way.
Stuart Herald: Uncle Sam will
| have to use a sieve with smaller
mesh If he makes much Roadway in
getting soldiers. The present mesh
is too large and too many are get
! ting away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
Our Expatriates

Burlington Hawk-Eye: It sounds
almost ludfcrous, and at times bit
pathetic, to hear the Iowans in Cali
fornia and elsewhere explain WHY
they are not in Iowa and lauding the
,Hawkeye state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27

Chicago admits it's dubious emf
nence as resort of auto thieves.
According to the Tribune, four times
as many autos are stolen in Chicago
than in New York
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
Dic1IiaIifeH

Kansas City Star: General Perish
ing says the war will not be won by
talk, which ought to squelch any
rumor that he has an ambition to
go to congress