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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
Kills 267 Groundhogs.

Valparaiso, Ind, Aug. s.
Albert Baker living just over
the line in Lake county, is the
champion grounding extermina.
tor Of this Fart Of the State.
Baker recently delivered 142
scalps to the county treasurer al
Crown Point, and for them h,
received bounty amounting t
s7l. Earlier in the season h,
brought in l25 in one lot.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
Pana, ILL.,, Boy Crushed
To Death Under Machine

Pana, ILL.,, Aug, s, Carl Simp.
son, l6 year old son of Charles
Simpson, was caught under a
two ton galvanized cornice brake
machine when q wagon on which
it was loaded overturned and
was crushed to death. His par.
ents, a brother and a sister sur
vive. He was temporarily EN-.
ployed by Gustav Paul, a plum.
Der, who owned the machine.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09

Theodore Roosevelt, has sailed
for France as a member of a.
contingent of American sailors,
it became known yesterday.
Quentin, who is 20 years DID,.
has been in training as an ayia-
tor since April, and was recently
made a first lieutenant. His
three brothers are already i'm
active service abroad.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
McChesney Here.

Hon. II. V McChesnsy, Of
Frankfort. erroute to Marion 10
at'epi a family reunion. spent
last Friday night in tie city.
While here he met many Of cur
citizens, who were delighted =
see him. He said politics were
warming up il old Ken nc
esp cialIy az to the lie 'isia' 80
races. Princeton Leader
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
MAYR'S
Wonderful Remedy
20 Rl&is -
STOMACH TROUBLE
One Dose COnvinces
Haynes 6 Taylor
and Othre reliable druggists
A Boy on Ship,

Here's Il boys composition on ships:
"Shlps are useful for going to for
eign countries to teach savages how
to dress. If there were no ships peo-
pie would not go to the mewseum to
Ase models. Sailors are very busy
men and are always chewing tobacco
to prevent seasickness. Poets get q
living with writing about ships"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09

Length, seven inches. The onl,
similar sparrow, the white-throat, has
q yellow spot in front OF eye.
Range Breeds in Canada, the
mountains of New Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming, and Montana, and thence to
the Pacific coast; winters in the south
ern half Of the United States and In
porthern Mexico.
Habits and economic status: This
beautiful sparrow is much more
numerous In the western than in the
eastern states, where, indeed. II IL
rather rare. In the East 1t is shy and
retiring. but II is much holder and
more conspicuous in the far West and
there often frequents gardens and
parks. Like most of its family 1t lie
seed eater by preference. and in.
sects comprise very little more than
z per cent of its diet. Caterpillars
are the largest item. with some
beetles, few ants and wasps. : and
some bugs, among which are black
olive scales. The great bulk of food,
however, consists Of weed seeds,
which amount to "A per cent of the
whole. In California this bird is &C.
cused of eating the buds and blossoms
OF fruit trees, but buds or blossoms
were found in only 30 out of SIG stom
achs, and probably II is only under ex.
ceptional circumstances that it does
any damage in this way. Evidently
neither the farmer nor the fruit grow.
er has much to fear from the white.
crownedtsparrow. The little fruit It
eats is mostly wild, and the grain
eaten Is waste or volunteer.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
For Sale.

A four room house on O'Bryan
street, and also blacksmith tools
now in Bellville street shop. The
shop can be purchased or rented.
S21mp JOE HoPSoN.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
For Sale

Stldebaker touring car, 1912
Model. Price.S1sO. One nearly
new Delker Bros. bugey and fine
set of harness. Price $500.
Call and see same.
Reginald I. Rice,
Fredonia. Ky.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-09
Unfortunate.

Nurse-"Oh, dear, ma'am, the baby
has just swallowed that whole paper
OF tacks." Mrs. Suffrage-"How I'M
fortunate' Now ! will be Obliged to
put up all those suffrage posters with
glue."-Puck.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
mitchell IS CANDIDACY.

John Purroy Mitchell. acclaimed as the best
mayor New York City has ever had. will still
be the fusion candidate notwithstanding the
fact that he lost the republican nomination in
the primaries. He will run on an issue of
straight Americanism. The party vote at the
primaries was small, the mass of republicans
seeming to have assumed that Mr.. Bennett 5
candidacy would be the fizzle that it should
have been Out of three hundred and twenty
five thousand republican votes in the city, thir-
ty-six thousand were cast for Bennett and
some fewer than that number for Mayor
Mitchell. Sure, the primary is a great institu-
ton!
Mr.. Mitchell is supported in his deter1nina-
ton to run by Theodore Roosevelt Charles
Evans Hughes, William Howard Taft and
Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Tur-
key; George B. Mcclure, vice president of the
New York state Federation Of Labor, and
Charles Edward RUSSELL a member of the Root
commission to Russia. Opposed to him are
the forces Of Tammany, the socialists and that
always large and hungry horde of individuals
who want an opportunity to fatten at the pub
lie crib. This opposition is represented by John
F. Hylan, Morris Hillquit and William NJ. Ben
nett, candidates for the mayoralty.
Citizens who stand for clean government as
the better elements in both the principal par
ties do, will not be baked in their determine
ton to give their eminently satisfactory MAYOR
another term.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
NOTHING IN IT EITHER WAY.

Cedar Rapids Republican: There
is nothing in the dry amendment
election that's coming for any one to
get excited over. If the proposition
carries it will make no difference and
If 1t is defeated it will make no diff
ference, that is so far as the laws
are concerned. We now are under
statutory prohibition and it seems to
keep us dry enough. Four ourselves
we have never been able to see why
It should be dragged into the consti-
tuition, but we understand that some
favor to have it there because it
makes it a trifle harder to repeal It.
That is the only reason that we can
see for favoring this election. But it
is better not to lumber up constitu-
lions with police matters-it is
enough that the constitution confers
authority on the legislature to enact
laws for police regulations. And If
it should be defeated. which is not at
all likely, those who imagine that it
will open the bars will have big
surprise coming to them The liquor
law under which we are now dry Is
not about TO be voted on That law
will remain to stare all of them in
the face. There is no one who is now
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
1t Seems to Fall Down When the
Primary is Chiefly De-
pended Upon.

Des Moines Register: In New York
City last week a republican primary
election was held to determine
whether a republican candidate for
mayor, Mr.. Bennett, or the fusion
candidate Mayor M &C h e l /,
should be the republican choice,
We might assume in such stu
alton that enough republicans would
go to the polls to at least hint the
republican preference. ,
1t is plain that a vote Of one-tenth
of the republican voters Of Greater
New York is not such an expression
of republican opinion as to compel
any mans vote on election day. And
yet if some attention is not to be
paid to the official actions of those
who attend the primary, to what is
eminent tending?
Everybody must recognize a dis
appointing indisposition on the part
of the average citizen to interest
himself in government. He takes
his government from the political
leaders much as he takes his law
from his lawyer. Some, Of our best
men argue from this that the only
practicable form Of democracy is
representative government such as
our forefathers planned. They argue
that direct appeal to the people IS
bound to be disappointing and in the
end demoralizing.
At least this may be said conf
IDENTIFY, if the primary election and
the referendum of important matter.
such as here in Iowa the prohibitorv
am endm ent, do not arouse an alert
public sentiment and call out re-
Spouse at the polls. there is bound to
be a reaction to the old party organi-
cation, and the old theory Of govern
ment by representatives elected by
the people.
Such primary elections as the one
Just held in New York City demon. !
alize the party, dull public interest,
and stand in the way of good gov
eminent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

riage which united the lives of two
popular young people The bride,
Miss Winnifred Dilts, accomplished
daughter and only child of DR.. and
Mrs. j. J. Dffts; the groom, Elijah
Becker. only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. q. Becker, has lived his life at
Salem where he is well and favor
ably known. Rev T. r. Gray per-
the couple in wedlock, in the pres
ence of relatives and a few intimate
friends of the contracting parties.
A-ter congratulations tempting
wedding feast was enjoyed. The
bride and groom departed for Wash
ington, Illinois, on honeymoon trip.
The best wishes of friends will fol-
low Mr.. and Mrs. Becker who start
on their LIES journey together under
most favorable auspices
The body of Mr.. Koon, which ar
rived from Greedy, Colo, was taken
in charge by Undertakers Stevens
and Son. Funeral and burial at
Sharon. The deceased was a cousin
of Mrs. William Conard of Salem.
c. A. Stevens was called to Keo-
kuk Tuesday by the death of his
father, Thomas Stevens. Funeral was
held from the chapel at FIT Madison
1nterment in Ft. Madison cemetery.
Mrs Chester Rhode came from
Keokuk and spent several days with
her grandfather and aunt, Peter and
Laura Knight.
Following two weeks spent with
relatives in Idaho and Colorado, Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Cammack arrived home
Thursday.
Mrs. E. A. Wilmeth came from New
London Wednesday, called here by
the death of her cousin, Miss Emma
Masden.
Mrs. Jerome Campbell has return
ed from visit with her sister Mrs.
Frank Mcmillan, at Mt Pleasant.
After pleasant visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bond, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
M. Stansberry returned to Moberly,
Mo
The pleasures of two weeks spent
at Denver, Colo, La Plata. Mo-, and
Salem, Iowa, found Miss Nellie De-
Lashmutt's vacation time at an end.
She left for New York City Thurs
day
Mrs. J. J. Kenyon Of Portsmouth,
Ohio, is a guest Of her sister Mrs.
Liant Frazier.
Miss Selma Barnes who has been
spending her vacation with her par
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
The age Of material bigness has produced
an age of spiritual littleness.-George D.
Heron
AN UNTIMELY CAMPAIGN.

correspondent of The Gate CITY suggests
that women who seek the vote are no more to
be censured than men who approve their course.
lie names several eminent Americans who are
more or less committed to the theory that won-
en- entitled to the franchise and urges that
opponents of suffrage should take them to task
instead Of criticsing the women who are con-
Quoting the suffrage campaign.
First In the list is President Wilson. but our
correspondent fails to mention that the collec
tor at our principal seaport has lust resigned
because the presidents interest in the suffrage
movement was academic rather than practical
and real Another notable citizen named is
Colonel Roosevelt, whose ardent espousa of the
suffrage cause goes back, as will be rerner
bered to memorable political campaign in
which he was candidate and women were vot
ing IN several states. Governor Whitman. of
New York, and Mayor Mitchell, Of the conntrv,s
metropolis, are also on the list of The Gate
City's correspondent; and while if NAV NOT ho
necessary to question their sincerity. no moro
need we forget that tactful candidates for offoo
tend naturally to follow lines of least resist
ance and usually consider it expedient in +hn
heat of campaigns to say gracious things whom
ever possible to organizations of inflnonoo -
their constituencies. As for DR.. Jacob q
bchurman, president Of Cornell university h.
Is the very wise head of a great co-educationo1
institution. He knows-as all the rest of -,
know-that the women taking the Cornell nm;
Ferslty courses are intellectually qualified to on
ercise the franchise, and it would call for cor
siderable explanation on his part if he could ho
charged with unfriendliness to women who
want to vote
10 De perfectly candid with our correspond
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

ents Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Barnes
turned to her school work in A
cago Friday.
Dee Shriner, wife and littIa ]
! Walter. who have been visiting
the parental w. T. Shriner homs
turned to Chicago "Wednesday
Mrs. Harry Reeves of Keokus Il
been a guest of her sister and NJ
Mrs. c. H. Cook and Mrs. E|
Keller.
J. Il. Ingrim spent the spring \
summer at his claim and with
son Arthur and family at Ary,
Wyoming. He arrived home Mopd1
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mcmillan
Mt. Pleasant, attended the goJ|
wedding of their uncle and aun, !
and Mrs. S. Bonnell. Saturday.
Miss Nellie Nation of Elgin n
guest of her brother Leslie Mau,|
and family.
DR.. E. A. Stewart has accepe3
commission in the medical ress|
corps of the U. S. army.
Frank Simkin who has been sutI
ing with a fractured limb, is slod
recovering.
Miss Matte Bfnford has return
from several weeks visit with ID
tives in Madison county.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. T. Powell are
tertaining Mrs. Ollie Dimmett d
daughter Mabel, from Los Anga.
Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Davidson b,
returned from an extended stay
Chicago.
Mrs. z. E. Barnes is home M
Iowa City.
William Pope of Hillsboro and
guest William Landman of Cas
City, Colo. were calling on Sal
friends Sunday afternoon. Mr. Id
man departed for his home Mond
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nyberg,
and Mrs. I. L. Guy motored to
kuk Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles sheckler,
and Mrs. Frank Davidson depart
Sunday in Mr.. Sheckler's car on
land inspection through Missouri.
DR.. Martha Welpton who has be
doing surgical work in New "
City the past two years, was gr
Of Mrs. Rhoda Wilmeth Sund
Miss Welpton will locate in CT
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Keck cal
from Stockport and spent Sund
with the latter's mother Mrs. Rho
Wilmeth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
!, . o 90 9 Q O Q 90 q ,
SALEM.
SAIEW Vt.
o . . . . (. 0 . . o . 9 .

| About six o'clock Tuesday evening
the death angel silently entered the
! Masden home on West Main street
and without warning, took from the
happy family circle one of its mem
I bers, Miss Emma Masden. She and
her sister Belle were enjoying a
pleasant conversation when the sum
mons, which she SO quickly answered
! came and she entered into the fold
of her savior, whom she had faith.
| fully trusted Emma Masden was a
/ native of Iowa and had lived her use.
! full life near and in Salem, having
! for number of years been a sue
/ cessful school teacher. A helper in
! the church work and the societies of
| Salem, ever active in her work for
the advancement of their interests.
Neighbors and friends will miss her
warm greetings and helpfulness in
| shedding the sunshine of gladness
/ and making the environments better
/ for her presence. Those intimately
acquainted with her speak in tender
terms and feel the shock of her sud-
den passing, as a great bereavement.
There remain Of the family, Edward,
Mary and Belle Masden and Mrs.
Sadie Poulter, who have the sympa-
thy of the community in their sor-
row. Funeral was held from the
home at 1890 a. M, Thursday. Ser
vices were conducted by her pastor
Rev. T. r. Gray. Interment was
made in East cemetery.
The celebration of the fiftieth an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bonnell
was observed at their pretty home
on North Main street, Saturday. The
event commemorated took place at
Dover. September 20, 1867, when Syl-
vanus Bonnel and Miss Elizabeth
Mcmillan plighted their troth, and
still remain as a type of the charac-
tiers of time, its joys and hardships
for half century. They have lived
these years together near and in
Salem. respected and happy couple
who enjoy the esteem OF legions OF
friends. They are the parents of
three children. One son who resides in
was unable to be present.
Elliott, wife and three children, Mrs.
S. Massey and family of near Salem
were at the parental home at this
gladstone time. Mrs. Epncie Hagen
of Chicago, sister of Mrs Bonnell.
with large number of relatives, re-
sponded TO the invitations which
were printed in gilt letters, and par.
took Of dinner of the choicest deli
cac1es. During the afternoon, many
friends called at the Bonnell home
to extend their congratulations and
express hearty wishes that the couple
might live to celebrate their diamond |
jubilee. The anniversary was a joy
ful occasion and was heartily enjoyed !
by all who attended.
tuesday afternoon at the home of |
the brides parents on West Main |
street, there was soIemnized a mar |
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
TOOAY'S BIT OF VERSE
WAITING.

WAITING.
Serene l fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide nor sea;
l rave more 'gainst time fate,
For 10! my own shall come to
/ stay my haste, make delays,
For what aVails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what Is mine shall know my face
Asleep. awake, by night or day,
The friends seek seeking me:
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter If l stand alone?
wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it hath sown,
And garner up its fruit Of tears.
The waters know their own, and draw
The brook that springs in yonder heights;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delights
The stars nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

ent, we have to assert that there is no partcu,
lar point or force to the argument he advances
The men he names may give perfunctory APP,
proval to the suffrage campaign, but they are
throwing themselves heart and soul into work
for the world and the nation: and il may be
safely assumed that they would be earnest in
commentator if the women of the states de-
cided wisely to postpone their battles for the
ballot until after this agonizing, caiaclysIllic
war. In any event, men of equal eminence
and ntellectualism-vaStly more of them
look with disfavor on the suffrage movement
and deplore it peculiarly unfortunate at thi.
time of stress and sorrow for the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
He Now Eats Heartily Without Fear
of Indigestion.
Local Drug Firm Endorse

Day after day people continue to
call at the Wilkinson drug company
and tell how they have been relieved
by Tanlac which is a new prepare
.tion made from barks and berries.
w. A. DAILY, well known house NOV
er, who lives at 1917 Concert street,
Keokuk, is SO enthusiastic that he
wants all his friends to know about
it.
Il had stomach trouble and also ca
tarrh. Tanlac helped me wonderful
ly," he says. For years / scarcely
ever ate meal that l didn't suffer
with Indigestion afterwards" he con:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
KEOkUK MAN FEELS BETTER !
THAN FOR MONTHS; TANLAC
RELIEVED HIS DYSPEp,

tinued. II had to be very
what | ate. ca's
"My head was almost co,.
stopped UP due to catarrh Ths
a constant dropping of mucns ~
my throat. 80 'u'oN
Il read about Tanlac ana Nh
to try 1t. While ] have take, 4s''a
a short time l can eat hearth |
digestive organs are certain,v :
job again. I relish every mon,v ~ =
my food. My head is clearer u.
fore. In fact l feel better tbs' I
months" 's
Tanlac is a tonic prenaroa q
roots, barks and berries. Thou,
recommend it for stomach lI
liver and catarrhal ills T.s
now at the Wilkinson Drug q.
man from the Tanlac laborato,,..
planning how 1t should be tatar
what results may be expected !
its observation-disclosures,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
Thompson's Brazen Effontery.

Sioux Falls Press: Apparently
there is no limit to the impudence of
William Hale Thompson, mayor of
Chicago. Unabashed by the stern
condemnation of the loyal Americans
who comprise the majority of his
city, state and nation, the mayor de-
clares himself a candidate for the
United States senate. That Thomp-
son would carry Berlin, Vienna, Con-
stantinople and Sofia is conceded
everywhere. That he could carry a
single city in Illinois is more than
we can at this time possibly admit.
There is only one gratifying feature
to the brazen announcement of this
candidacy. The mayor has evidently
abandoned for the present any pur-
pose 10 run for the presidency of the
United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
A STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY
New York Times:

Crashing through the upper floors
of the school building. the bomb
dropped into the infants room and
exploded among big class of chill
dren not over 5 years old Thirteen
of these little ones were killed. Two
of the thirteen were blown to such
fragments that no trace of them
could be found-From a report of
don on June IS.
Most people have felt a shudder-
ing interest in the unknown men who
plan these raids Their identity, like
! that of the men who plan massacres
of passengers by submarines, is kept
a secret There are few of us who
have not tried TO conjecture what
manner of men they are, whether
their faces are any index to what we
feel their minds must be, how they
look, how they go through the ordi-
nary business of life. We all feel
that the minds capbale of conceiving
such things as that instanced in this
paragraph, and OF instigating other
men to do them, must be somehow
different from other minds. How do
tneE appear 10 lnoSe VINO Know
them? Do the men who meet them
in everyday business see in them
persons of an extraordinary cruelty
and brutality, or, in the usual walks
of life, do they seem normal and like
other men?
After the war, when it's secrets are
given up, the identity of these men
capable of conceiying and instigat-
ing the wholesale slaughter of the
innocent will be made known and
doubtless most of us have looked for
ward with a gruesome interest to
learning then what manner of men
they were
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

bold enough or foolish enough to
suggest an attack ON the prohibitory
law and we see no evidences of such
movement coming on, 1t Is much
more likely to be a movement in the
other direction
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
Shell Outt

Anamosa Eureka: Get your pocket
book out. Another Liberty loan Of
$4,000, 100000 is on the way. The
national Red Cross is preparing for
another demand for contributions. a.
billion dollars for the army and ST.,
600, coo for the Red Cross last but
short time. Get ready to throw a
few hundred bushels of corn into the
Liberty loan.