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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-19
Chamberiain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy

Now is the time to buy hottie of
this remedy so as to be prepared in
should have an attack of collie or diar.
rhoea during the summer months. 1t
is worth q hundred times its cost
when needed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-19

Real Estate Transfers
s.. M. Wantland to Frank l.. Baker,
parcel in Howard, 81.
Maria jackson to Hattie l.. Evans,
property in Centerburg, 81.
Alice B. Horn to Charles NJ. Leedy,
3h acres in Pike, $500.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-19
Guardian Appointed.

Guardian Appointed '''' i'F
Tracy F. Yauger. has been appoint
ed guardian Of Ralph A. Yauger by
the probate court, giving bond in the
sum of $4,000. Sureties are Augustus
w. Yauger and Susie b. Yauger.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-19
COURT NEWS

A decree of divorce has been grant.
ed the defendant by the common
pleas court on his cross-petition in
the suit for divorce of Myrtle M. Du.
gan against William Dugan. The
court granted Mrs. Dugan portion
of real estate, jointly owned by them,
as alimony.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
SERGEANT BOYCE
WRITES HOME
interested In the Liberty Loan and the
Woman's Ambulance Corps
Of Camp Mer-
rift.

II wish to impress upon the people
of Keokuk the necessity of the fourth
Liberty loan, and they should not re-
lax for one moment, but buy until
their last dollar is gone" writes Ser
geant H. F. Boyce from Camp Merritt,
to his mother, Mrs. George L. Boyce,
Of All Blondeau street
Sergeant Boyce has been across the
ocean and back, and is now in Amer
lea as an Instructor in wireless teleg-
raphy. He is anxious to go across to
European battlefields again, he writes.
and says about the influenza in Camp
Merritt:
The woman's ambulance corps has
been doing some good work in camp,
and almost any soldier Is willing 70
ride with them"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
AKEOKUK GIRL
DIES In KANSAS
Hazel Sutherland HcRae is Victim
of influenza and Was Popular
Here and In
Mcuiton.

Mrs. Hazel Sutherland McRae died
In Harrington, Kansas. last Friday
evening, of uraemia following influ-
enza
She visited her old home here last
June, being the guest OF her grand
father, Benjamin Crowell, and her
aunts, Mrs. w ]. Walker, Mrs. J. A.
Burgess, Mrs. H. H. Smith and NJ.
Minnich. She was the daughter OF
Robert Sutherlan and lived for some
years with her grandparents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Robert Sutherland. ST., after the
death of her mother.
She; was born in Keok * and wen
a small child was taken TO Molten by
her parents, living there until 1899,
when her mother died and she came
back here to her grandparents. She
attended the Keokuk schools and was
very popular with both teachers and
acquaintances. She later returned to
her father at Harrington, Kansas,
where she finished her schooling, grad
Mating from the high school there in
May, 1909.
A year later she was married to
John McRae who survives her with
three children Other relatives, be-
sides those here, are an aunt, Mrs.
A. G. Schulz, Of Moulton. whom she
often visited, and an uncle in Detroit.
The funeral was held today at Her
rington. The three children are sick
with Influenza.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
A Highly Efficient Member OF star OF
Mississippi River Power Com
pany for over Six
Years.
A VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
His Family Live In New Jersey Wnere
He Was Born and Reared Be-
fore Becoming EIectri.
cal Engineer.

Walter Edward Corr. an electrical
engineer of high standing with the
water-power company, who held lm-
portant staff positionss with 1t 1or
over six years, died Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at his home, 1906 Orleans
avenue.
Death resulted from pneumonia.
following influenza. He had been Ill
only eleven days.
He was sub.station superintendent
for the Mississippi River Power com.
PAW and was a man held on highest
esteem by the corporation, by his BUS
mess associates and by a wide circle
of friends. He was born in Burlington,
~. J., October 20, 1858, his death oc-
curing on his twentieth birthday.
He came to Keokuk from Phillips
burg. N. j., in 1912, and became sys-
tenn operator for the Mississippi River
Power company.
On September 8, 1916, he was mar
ried to Gladys NJ. Stpp of Keokuk.
who survives him. Other relatives are
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Corr,
four brothers and one sister, George
Edgar. Fred, Clarence, and Miss Lille
Corr. All reside at Phillfpsburg, n. j.,
except FREQ LOTT, wHo 10 III lAS SAi'oN
States service.
Mr.. Corr was a member OF Trinity
Methodist church, Hardin lodge OF
Masons, and of the High Tension club
The funeral services will be held On
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
will be private. Rev M. E. Nethercut
of Trinity church will conduct short
service for the family at Oakland
cemetery where the burial will be.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

1T isn't as it once was" said the
wife Of a club man, "and women
haven't time now to sit around and
feel neglected, when their husbands go
to the club.
at used to be different in the days
before the war Now all the hours
which used to be leisure time Is taken
up in war relief work and a hundred
things crowd every hour at home.
But it's rather pleasant" she went
on, Ito have him sitting by the library
table evenings, even If the children do
have to keep still.
There hasn't been SO much solitaire
played in this house in all the ten
years Of our married life as in the last
ten days. Ny husband. as he shuffles
the cards. gets on sort of a remini-
scent air, which suggests many things
TO a discerning eye.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
THE CHRONIC CLUBMAN
Is GETTING A CROUCH
r. e.n on All Sorts Foreusther Puts Him IN State
- - Of Mind in Keokuk Melancholy Days

table in town covered up, wonder
what that quartet is doing.
land one OF them always said he
played for exercise and his health.
never saw that he exhibited anything
but exercise at the pool table, but
he must be going into decline by
this time without his pool every
evening.
And If you want to find out what
is being talked about on the quiet,
how can you do it in a cigar store!
It's only after the second stage OF
the gossip is ripe that 1t reaches
the cigar stores. The real inside
dope Of Keokuk mems gossip is IN
the upholstered stalls at the club
only they're all empty now and no
member has seen them for two
weeks. or two years, or however
long it is since the lid was clapped
on.
The Problem at Home.
Get acquainted with the family!
OF course we can. But we went to
the club every evening because we
already knew our families, or be-
cause our families were glad to get
rid of US. If we wanted to stay at
home and be domestic, we wouldn't
belong to club, would we?
"One man know got in bad by
being too foxy. He told his wife
that the club was open on the sly,
and he was going there, and his wife
talked, and another wife's husband
who belonged to another club raised
a row with the mayor, and the mayor
made the first foxy member take It
back, because it wasn't true.
Some of us are staying at home
of evenings, and going to bed
earlier, and treating our families bet
ter. It's good thing after all, may
be-if it don't last too long. But
what are the bachelors and wtdowers
going to do-they haven't any place
to 90. 1t would drive lot of men
to drink, If they could get the drink
any more.
When VIII It End7
"Say. do YOU think somebody at
Washington will declare the closing
up a war measure and keep 1t AFTER
the epidemic is over?
and how long do the doctors say
this influenza will last, anyhow! Dr.
Evans saws three months or so!
Good heavens!
"Why don't the mayor have the
fire bells ring and the whistles blow
about two nights week about 3
o'clock, SO we could all come down
town to see what the kaiser. or Foch,
or somebody, has done without haV-
ling an argument with the wife.
Lets all take the interurban and
90 down to Cedar Glen for some ex-
element. Maybe the bluff has cayed
down or something.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
DARkEN GRAY HAIR.
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens 4.
Naturally That Nobody
Can Tell.

Hair that loses Its color and lustr
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by a lack Of sui
phur In the hair. Our grandmothe,
made up a mixture of Sage Tea and
Sulphur to keep her locks dark anal
beautiful, and thousands of wome,
and men who value that even color
that beautiful dark shade Of hal,
which is so attractive, use only ths|
old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition oil
other ingredients by asking at any
drug store for a bottle Of "Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur Compound which
darkens the hair so naturally, 50
evenly that nobody can possibly tell
1t has been applied. You just damp
en- sponge or soft brush with Il
and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time.
BY morning the gray hair disap-
pears; but what delights the ladies
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com.
pound is that. besides beautifully
darkening the hair after few applf
cations, it also brings back the gloss
and lustre and gives it an appear
ance of abundance.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound Is a delightful toilet REQUESTS
to impart color and youthful ap
2earance to the hair. 1t is not In
tended for the cure. mitigation o.
prevention Of disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

just having recovered from an at
tack.
Miss Marcella Moody, instructor Of
voice at Carthage college, was called
to her home at Pomeroy, Iowa, by
the illness of her mother.
Probate Court News-Hancock
County, Illinois.
Final report Of the account OF
Charles H Ingraham, guardian OF
Raymond E.. Roy w.. Ralph E., Theo-
dore e., Dorothy A.. and Charles A.
Land, minor heirs at law of Axle %.
Lund, deceased, said report covering
the period from April 81. 1914, to
Oct. 2. 1918, which shows that the
sum of $13,364 was received from the
sale of lands belonging to said
minor heirs, and the total expendi-
lures in connection with said estate
amounted to $6,306.64, leaving bal
ance of $7,057.34 in the hands OF said
guardian. which balance belongs to
the eight heirs at law Of said de.
ceased, two of whom, Clara M. Blod-
get and Alice A. Anderson are adults.
Distribution having been made to
said adult heirs, there remains
balance of $829.67 in the hands OF
said guardian for investment for
each of said minor heirs.
The resignation of Joseph Fry as
one Of the commissioners of the Hunt
drainage district was filed and &C
copied by the court. George n. Hon-
man was appointed by the court az
commissioner for said district, to sue
coed said Joseph Fry, his term OF
service to expire the first Monday OF
September. 1921.
In the estate Of William Dowdall,
deceased-Final report of the &C.
count of Homer G. Williams, conser'
vator, acting as administrator of the
estate, covering the period from May
16, 1917, to the present time, shows:
Total amount received. $3,25S.41;
total amount paid out, $1,653.21; bal
ance for distribution, $605.20. which
said balance is to be distributed to
Mrs. Anna Gibson, James Dowdall
Mrs. Eta Barnes and William w
Dowdall, the heirs. Order of court
filed approving said report, discharg
ing the administrator, and declaring
the estate finally settled.
In the estate of Matte S. Aiken
deceased. -Report of the account Of
Fannie Sargent, administrative o.
said estate, shows the payment o.
s1471O to herself and a like amoun
| to Anna Mile, as sole heirs of SAID
estate. Order of court filed approx
mig said report, discharging the ad
ministratrix and declaring the estate
fully settled.
| In the estate Of Elise Cordul;
J, Kirschbaum, deceased; Joseph II
Kirschbaum, executor. Final repor
| filed, showing that under the will O.
decedent, said Elise Cordula was be
queathed all real estate and persona
property OF every description. ant
that In accordance with said beQues
said property has been taken over b!
her. Order Of court filed approving
/ said report, and declaring the estate
settled and completely, administered
upon.
The county Judge has signed al
order granting a widows pension t.
Julia Lorton. Of $4,000 per month, OF
account of her children, she havin,
five children, the Oldest Of whom il
but twelve years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

of Mrs. Rebecca Zuppann OF DV 10,
dere, ILL.,, formerly of WARSAW, ,.ai1
recently been promoted 10 +
and assigned to the 37th regimen ,s,
S. A. (regulars) with whlch NC rbi;
been serving at Laredo, Texas. t r,s
promotion is we'll merited anu
won by real merit and eniclenN'
Friends here offer congratulalpns A,
Miss Elizabeth Mag, dausnter
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mag pas. -
away Saturday morning, octo.et ,;tv ~
at 4 O'Clock at her home in tn1s s avs
aged 1s years, months and 70 ottsr.
The funeral occurred Sunday S am
noon at 2 O'Clock, the services Rev Rev
held in the Catholic cemetery, T.. tbs
Father Cleary, officiating. rms 70 nrp
first death in Warsaw from inc
vailing disease. .,.,sr
She leaves her parents, one s si.
and three brothers. Three MEN as
of the family are now i'll with tne ne
ease and an older brother, Geoi ,.s Il
soldier at Camp Dodge is Ill WIN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

ORGANIZED
erotherhoop instaIls Union Here
With Thirty Charter Members
Which Elects
Officers.

The railroad trackmen OF the Keo-
kuk sections have formed union and
Installed officers with thirty charter
members. It starts out prosperously
and the officers say will soon be much
larger. Il is subordinate to tho
American Brotherhood Of Railway
Trackmen. The officers Of the new
union are as follows:
observation-disclosures Russell.
Vice president-Thomas Ganley.
Secretary-treasurer - James Fast
hoff
Sergeant at arms-George Snyder.
Chaplain-Wiliiam Cochran.
Inner guard-Boyd Gabriel.
Outer guard-Harry Snyder.
A campaign for new members is to
be made at once among the tracsm en-
in the Jurisdiction of the new union
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
SAYS REPORT
WAS UNTRUE
Private John McCarten Writes His
Friend That He Will Soon
Be Ready to Hunt
Hans again.

Private John McCarten, OF Com
pany l., in the famous 16Sth regi-
Ynent OF the Rainbow division, writes
from q hospital in France that he
has not lost q leg, as reported, and
that he is reputed by his officers to
carry an efficient rabbits foot. His
letter TO Dan Roam says:
81 hear that they have got me
with only one pin, but 1t is mis-
take, and will coon be ready to get
ne a fev more Hung.
This ia great-fighting these
krau.-heads; It's just Ike taking
candy from baby.
81 am batting in the 800 class,
and that is going some. / have been
in II since last February and got put
in the air with a bomb and only got
few scratches until this time. Our
major said / carried rabbit foot.
] suppose they are right. / consider
myself lucky.
"NcDaniels rs still hanging to the
willows and is looking fine.
Dan, this is Paradise. 1t is a
GUNNER and health resort"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
MilIers AntlssptIo OH, Known Al
OIL
VIII Positively Relieve Pain In Few
Minutes

VIII Positively Relieve Palm In Few
Minutes.
Try 1t right now for Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Lumoaso, sore, stiff a'd
swollen joints. pains in the head
back and limbs, corns, bunions, ETC.,
After one application pain usual'
disappears as IL by magic. 1
A new remedy used internally and
externally for Coughs, Colds, Croua
Sore Throat, Diphtheria and TonsF
tits.
This oil is conceded to be the mos
penetrating remedy known. Us
prompt and immediate effect ir r.
lieving pain is due to the lat tha.
it penetrates to the affected paN
ut once. AS an i]lstration. pour 'sa
drops on the thickest piece Of sa'
leather and it will penetrate tA'
substance through and through u
three minutes.
Accept no sub stitule. This sTea-
oil is golden rec color only. Ever,
bottle guarantee d--3oc, 6oc and "
a bottle-or monny refunded al
McGrath Bros Drug Co, keokuS ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

WARSAW, H.. Oct 21.-IThe ex
ecutive council and board of direct
ors, Modern Woodmen OF America. in
session at the head Offices of the so
ciety last week, allowed $50 death
claims, amounting to s1,03S-500. OF
this number. forty-two represented
soldier and sailor members whose
claims were paid from the patriotic
fund. in the sum OF g57. 600. The
board also paid ten seventy-year bene-
fit claims in the sum Of $5,475. The
latest reports filed with the head clerk
show a total of 53,7OS members en-
gagged in war service to date. the
records also show that $4,000 meh.-
bers of the society are in the draft
ages. IS to As, and Of those coming
within the first division OF the draft,
10 to So years, there are $4,000 mem.
bers. AS the patriotic fund, contrib
uted TO monthly by the more than
million members, now amounts to
nearly s4,000,000 and is being added
to on the average Of $335,000 each
month. the management feel, conf
dent that this special fund will be
ample to meet all demands upon 1t
due to losses incurred in war service.
Absence from the street of our eff
nclenJ I1dTSudl, >. ~. DcHHttt lot IhO
past few days is not due to any lapse
of campaign energy or omission of
duty, but because OF the illness of
three members of his family caused
by the prevailing distemper" Span
ish influenza. He will be out and
active the coming week, and. hopes to
be elected sheriff of Hancock county
at the coming election and we believe
he will be II his friends regardless OF
party utilization make good their
promises.
Sergeant James Cecil Thompson,
eldest son OF Rev and Mrs. j. M.
Thompson, has recently been com
missioned second lieutenant IN the
sanitary corps, and stopped over mere
one night on his way from Chicago
to Camp OglethorPe, Georgia, to
which cantonment he was recently
assigned: he hopes to be sent over
seas soon.
Ellis Daueherty and wife of Nau.
VOC. who have been seriously i'll with
pneumonia. the former dangerously
SO, were reported Friday as irnprov-
1 ing. Friends here symeathize with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21

Hancock county's local exemption
board received a call for lOO men
to entrain on Monday morning at 5:l5
a. M. via Wabash, for Camp Green
leaf. Georgia, and accordingly sent
out notices to the June 1918 regis
trants and were making every plan
for them to leave, when telegram
icame Saturday postponing the SEND
ing of these boys into camp at THIS
time, on account of the Spanish lnnu
enza which is prevalent In this COM
munity, and also adjacent territory.
Miss Bertha Lamar of Nevada,
Iowa, arrived last week to assist MIS-.
J. F. Helfrich cook for the boys OF
the s. A. r. C. Previous to this year
Miss Lamar kept frat house az
Ames.
The roof has been put on the bar.
racks and the building is being push
ed to completion, so that the >. a..
T.. G. will soon be occupying Its new
quarters. The boys We're indicted
into the service OF the United states
army last week and as soon as their
uniforms come the fact that they are
real soldiers will be evident to all.
D. S. Owsley was in Chicago last
week to attend the funeral or his
W.
Mrs. Mary Nance OF Dallas City,
was the guest of Mrs. j. w. Westfall
last week.
Bruce Westfall. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Westfall, who is agent at
the T. P. & w. station at Blandins-
willie and has been suffering from IN
auenza, is reported improving.
Mrs. J. H. Sweeney went to Rock
Island last week to visit her husband
who is employed in the sarsenal.
Mrs. Jennie Bobo of Nevada, Iowa,
who has been visiting her daughters.
who attend Carthage college, return
| ed to her home the first of the week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. McClung and
children of Thayer, Mo-. came Tues
day for visit with Mrs. McClung' s
mother, Mrs. Stoute, and her brother.
/, Clarence Stout, and wife. Mrs. Stout
met them in Quincy.
Mrs. Ralph Jenkins who has been
Ill with Spanish influenza at the home
LOT her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
IGibson, is able to be out Of doors
again.
DR.. Holmes Dysinger, former presi-
dent of Carthage college, and now
president of Midland college, Atchi
son, Kans., spent the week end with
Carthage friends.
Mrs. Sophia Burmester and Mr.. and
Mrs. Junius Aibertine and children OF
iCalifornia, Mo-, drove over in theil
car to visit Mrs. Burmester's sister
Mrs. F. P. Faris. Mr.. and Mrs. AL
lbertine and children drove on tc
/ Sheboy gan, Wis. Mrs. f. P. Faris
land Mrs. Burmester went to Jackson
vile where they viii be Joined later
by Mr.. and Mrs. Albertine.
i Miss Mary Darham was In Dalla:
City to spend the week end at the
Will McQuillan home.
Miss Myrtle Threlkele of Shelbina
Mo-, has been a guest at the w. c
Strong home.
Miss Molly Cullsin returned Wed
nesday evening from Chicago, where
she visited her sister. Mrs. Hugh Cos
grove.
Miss Ruth Chevillon who teache:
lin Decatur, came home Monday. The
schools having been closed on ac
count of the influenza, Miss Ruti
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
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