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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
"PREss STUFF"

-4arshalltown Times-Republican
On the editors desk lies a mass of
press "stuff" from the committee Of
public information of the Red Cross.
There is enough of 1t to fill news
paper. Its news value is old and much
Of it has been printed by the news
papers once or several times. Much
of it lacks the special interest that at
tracts the reader. And there is a
busheI more than any newspaper in
Iowa can print and do justice to itself
and its readers.
The Ress Cross committee IS the
best of the lot. It's stuff has more
wheat among the chaff than most of
the half hundred publicity and getting
it, too. For the newspapers print
much through sense of patriotic duty
that gets nowhere. And in this ex-
cess of publicity for this and that
and every other thing is a danger that
the public stuffed with excess of such
publicity and appeal will begin to pass
it up in general way without the at
tention most Of it deserves.
Time after time editors are appeal
ed to by committees to print matter
weeks and months old. The commit
tee has just received it with the re-
/ quest InaI IL see the local newspapers
and get the enclosed important mat
ter into their columns" And the COM
mittee as in duty bound makes the
pile on the editorial desks higher.
Trust the newspaper to care hon
estly for everything it can that de-
serves so far as its space will permit.
Don't crouch when it refuses space
to something it has printed and that
should be common knowledge.
And the press bureaus should at
tempt to assist instead Of burden the
press. They should send out news
stuff while 1t is still news.
incidentally the local food admins
tration received yesterday the new
rules for the distribution of flour in
force four days ago, Feb. 1. Mails
may have something to do with it. But
it ought to have been in print for the
guidance Of the general public before
it became Of force.
The easy way to get press "stuff"
into the papers is to send it out while
it is alive. in quantities that the press
man can handle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
The Great American Family

like slapping the family face, and
that every boy is all there and ready,
they won't poke, believe me.
"Then there is another thing. No
one ever saw family yet where
certain MEMBERS did all the work.
while certain others loafed, that was
free from internal fights. They are
always at it. Put them all at work,
keep them equally occupied, and
there Is four times the good feeling
and harmony. The boy who feels thar
he is a useful unit in the family,
always thinks lot more of the fam
does. ! expect that | will stir up 4
lot of ugly feeling whea / start in
making all the boys work, but / must
stand it as best | can, for the boys
sakes as much as my own. So here
goes for a late reformation, but a
complete one, and in the future this
family shall be run on the basis OF
making the unwilling do their share,
not letting the willing carry double
loads"
Poor old Uncle Samuel! Until
every man and woman has been made
to see where lies the Yisest course
there will be grumblers l meet
them every day. know one who
grumbled loudly and bitterly because
her boy was induced to enlist in the
artillery. She could not see any
right nor justice in it. She felt that
the act of the government had been
cruel and uncalled for. Then the boy
came home from the cantonment and
gave his mother course of lectures
extending over three days, his time OF
furlough
sg l. 1xI r, =,
I was round-shouldered, hollow
chested, couldn't stand square on my,
feet, had no muscle, and was supreme
ly selfish l had little stamina and
no mind.
So he went on, telling her what he
had lacked, and she saw what he had
now Then he gave her enthus-
iastic accounts of what he did and
how he had been made a sergeant
and how the commandant had given
him a few words of commentator
and what a fine lot of fellows the
other boys were. and how the spirit
of patriotism was growing every day.
The day after he went back to his
! duties / met her.
Il never saw him look so well in
his whole life. He looks four inches
| taller and his shoulders are so square
| and his muscle is big and hard. He
| Is so enthusiastic that he had me and
| his father SO excited that we wanted
to get out and march with him. He
has gained so much and | fail to see
where he has lost anything / wanted
him to keep. His mind is taking hold
of bigger and better things, he looks
at religion with more appreciation
his whole mental attitude is improved
Take him out? Not if | could do il
with a word am proud of him righr
! there!"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
HOW ABOUT YOUR TEETH7

Woman's World: To all the school
children and to their parents and
guardians, the board of health of the
city of Detroit has Issued this bulle-
tin:
Diseases of the teeth have been
named The disease Of the people
The widespread existence Of this
disease and the great injury it does to
the health of the child make it one of
the greatest factors in deciding the
child's future
"The cure of the disease calls for
the strong, united action of all per-
sons having the care of children,
Good health depends on good teeth
because:
a. There cannot be health without
nourishnient.
"2. There cannot be nourishment
unless the teeth break up (chew) the
food so that the body can digest the
food.
"33. There cannot be good digestion
unless the teeth are able to break the
food and bad teeth cannot do good
work.
"a. II there is not good digestion
there cannot be good health. Medical
Investigations show that much of the
disease of the teeth can be prevented
also that the younger the child when
the teeth are cared for the greater the
benefit
''All this means that If the first or
temporary set of teeth could be kept
free from disease, the second or per-
manent set of teeth would be practic.
ally sound P
Children enter school life just be-
fore or during the most important den
tai period: namely, the cutting of the
first molar tooth. This is the first
permanent tooth. 60
The first tooth of the second set
will not be healthy and sound if the
first set of teeth is decayed or neglect
ed. The other teeth of the second set
will not be healthy If this first molar
is decayed.
1.-The one great cause of all decay Of
teeth is the failure to keep them
clean.
Teeth should be cleaned after each
meal, but must be cleaned before go
ing to bed each night If decay is to be
prevented.
Teeth can be cleaned by brushing
or by passing silk floss between the
teeth"
Every mother should have the facts
so succinctly presented in this Detroit
bulletin impressed deeply upon her
mind. Teething troubles do not end
with the baby's teething sickness. On
the contrary, there they really begin.
Too many mothers, however, once the
teeth have all been cut, give them no
further heed. Why bother with them?
Will they not be replaced shortly with
the permanent aeeth?
But an unhealthy baby tooth will pro-
Guce an unhealthy permanent tooth.
So, to prevent the latter. care Of the
teeth must begin with the baby teeth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

| E. Il. Hartman, of the Vigilantes.
For years dad has toiled for the boys
and girls without their doing thing
! to aid He has seen his sons and
! daughters grow up strong and beautf'
, full, but, Oh, how careless, Indifferent
and impertinent. The old gentleman
has put up with lot, has been pa
tient, indulgent and kind, but the more
he has INDUCED the young folks the
more saucy and inconsiderate they
have grown.
Now dad is in fix where he
needs help, must have help. and he
has turned to the boys. Some OF
them help him gladly, some with all
effort to conceal their disgust and dis
inclination, while others openly are
rebelling at the task set them. They
grumble and mutter and talk to the
neighbors about dad and his failure
, to keep things going in the old way,
without annoying them. Dad looks
at the willing ones and warns to
| them. He watches the unwilling. but
dutiful, sadly. He looks at the rebel
lious with new feeling yelling up
in his heart "If / were starting over
again at the bottom" he says, II
would teach every child to work and
! make them do it. There would never
be any more of this stuff where Jim
carries his own load and that OF
Percival There would be no more OF
having Cuthbert loll in hammock
and strum banjo, while Jack carried
in his share Of the wood and MIXED
the brindle COW for him. I'd make
Algernon responsible for just as much
labor as Jake was doing.
Then wouldn't have to feel my
face get hot when a friend asked me
what part of the family burden Waldo
was carrying, and how long before
Cosmo would be breaking fiftyfifty
, with Bob. l would know that any
time there was a hard job or an I'M
pleasant one on hand, that | could
grab the first boy that came through
the door and tell him to get busy.
There would be an even break all
around.
Then l would know that l could
bank on the family strength as a unit
at any time that a neighbor tried TO
pasture his goats in our lettuce bed
or his mules in our sweet corn. If
| the negihbors knew that every boy in
| the family was backing me to a finish
, and has his sleeves rolled up for
action, and if they all knew that every
| boy in the bunch was just as we'll
trained a scrapper as Jim and Bob
and Tim and Jake, they would rope
their goats and mules and hobble
them.
THE family has got to come to ii
or get picked on by every pup and
heelbiting cur in Christendom. They
have to come to it or get walked on
and spit on and used as slop jar by
every filthy autocrat who sets up a
dictatorship in our village. When
they know that a poke at George is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
No Nistreatment.

Winterset News: Last week the
News editor talked with a number OF
soldiers stationed at Camp Dodge.
We put it at them straight. Honest,
now, do you get enough to eat; do
you have enough to wear" And
the answer was every time plain and
frank: "All we need and all we
could ask" On train We talked with
men from Funston. Pike, Cody and
Grant All of them told us the same
thing that the men from Camp Dodge
did, that they had everything they
needed, and that the camps were go
ing well. All the talk that has float
ed around that the boys were mis-
treated at the camps is rot. Nine
tenths of the men in western camps
are able to write checks and come
from all walks Of life. They are
good big, husky Americans and
would put up a ferocious howl il they
were not well treated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
SCIENCE IN GOVERNMENT

Milwaukee Journal: Those
delve into official reports find
of scientific activities now hair
Quoted by the United States Pow.
ment. Those who think the s Gov
ment is composed largely of 'r nol
clans keeping a berth warm nv,
find it needful to revise W
opinions. For instance, the don.
ment of commerce has been wn,sa
on the physical, chemical and ma.
lurgical properties necessary for
ducing safe steel rails. The bros
rails have been studied with MIN min,
care. An examination is under =
to determine the cause of car.uh
failures why they crack and b,s
The stresses in some cases NJ
found 10000 pounds to the sou'
inch. 4u'
Seventy-five different kinds of
extinguishers for use on board sh
have been examined. The h
method of tanning fish skins so Il
they will wear longest has been
object of an extensive series of
vestigations. Eighteen different ~
pounds of sole leather and rubber
shoe soles have been studied
chemical properties Of solid rhb
tires have been examined. Radhl
for luminous dials, watches and ael
nautic instruments has been hi
out.
Thousands of activities Of this Ii
carried on by the federal governm4
for the good of the public illustrs
the fact that science has an exces
ingly important role in Americl
government. Hit-or-miss ways
doing things are not an inevitat
product Of democracy. In fact
democracy. where independent thin
ing is encouraged. should have
greatest support of science, Al
America is exemplifying this fact
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
Crafty men contemn studies, simple men
admire them, and wise men use them.-Bacon.
WORK FOR THE CONSERVATIVE.

Not in our land alone but all over the world
a mighty wave of radicalism is sweeping the
nations and while it is overwhelming much
that has INSTRUCTED human progress and ought
to disappear, the danger is great that 1t may go
too far and undermine and overturn lnstltu-
tions of approved value upon which the stabll-
ity and prosperity Of nations depends. There
is always the danger in times Of vast and sud
den change like these that the good will be de-
stroyed along with the bad, and that in leveling
the bastiIes of autocracy, in the France of
century ago. the temples of justice will also be
pulled down.
There was never a time therefore in the his
tory of our republic when the conservative ee-
ment was called to battle deterninedly
now to save its things Of priceless value from
the on-rolling flood. Russia is ominous OBJ
iect lesson of the disastrous lengths to which
triumphant radcalism and iconoclasm may 60
The central empires may furnish another
for the reaction against an old regime is always
violent in proportion to the evil it has wrought
From one extreme to the other is the rule
and in this fact we of America and the other
great democracies may find some comfort. Our
process Of adjustment has been continuous. We
have no e-long wrongs to be remedied all at
once We have held our place In the van Of hui
man progress and have no huge accumulations
of Injustice to be liquidated in terrible settle
ment day.
Notwithstanding this we must not blind our
selves to the fact that here as elsewhere radical
ism is in the saddle and that it was never more
important than now that all the forces for con-
servatism should put forth all their energies to
hold it in check All that we have Of stability
we owe to those among us who resist ill-consid-
cred change. Conservatism is the governor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
WHAT NEIGHBORS IN low
Say About a New Discovery

! Many local people are glad to test
the discovery of Doctor Pierce Of 4
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for kidn|
and bladder disorders, backache, rhsI
matfsm and all uric acid troubles 7
is what MRS. ETHEL WHITEHEAD, Of I
S. END Street, says:
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. Just abb
five years ago / began suffering vii
kidney trouble and bladder weakness. |
would have severe backaches, my Ell
would puff and I would bloat so won
have to release my clothes, and at time
would have no control OF the bladtal
whatever, and suffered something awi1
l have doctored and taken medicine
have never found relief in anything IN
| began taking Anuric. 1t has given
nore real relief than 1 have had In
years past. 1t is splendid medicine
I am glad to recommend it,"
When the kidneys are weak or disease
these natural filters do not cleanse
blood sufficiently, and the, poisonSs
carried to all parts of the body. ina
follow depression, aches and pains, heav
ness, drowsiness, irrita bility, headache
chilliness and rheumatism. In some "
pie. there are sharp pains in the bad
and loins, distressing bladder disords1
and sometimes obstinate dropsy.
uric acid sometimes forms into gray
or kidney stones. When the uric ~
affects the tissues, muscles and loh1
it causes lumbago. rheumatism, gont
sciatica. This is the time to try. Anu
double strength, the discovery OF Doc'
Pierce, for Kidney trouble and pains
back and all over body Write pocl
send 1oc. for a large trial package-t
will prove to you that Anuric is ma NJ;
times more potent than lthia and ell
mates the uric acid from the system
hot water melts sugar-or ask your or
gist 7lolo for q bottle of An-u-rlc.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets are the orlglt
little Liver Pills. One little Pelle'
a laxative three for O cathartc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
Grandma Never Let
Her Hair Get Gray
She Kept Her Locks Dark anu
Glossy, with Sage Tea
q and Sulphur.
o@o~e@osSse'se.e'so ''s''s'ss's
IIrhor, ,rn,1 Il q rlsan yOllr nan

. xrf{
When you darken your nan ~
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no VI, r,ll1
tell, because it's done SO ha. ;r,rr]
SO evenly. Preparing this niA NJ
though, at home is muss. 81
troublesome. At little cost you
buy at any drug store the re .ss n
use preparation, improved by ' o.,l,I
dition of other ingredients Son|
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur .,onsl
pound" You just dampen Sr ts|
or soft brush with it and ara" snal
through your hair, taking one w. ID
strand at a time. By morl i.as Al
gray hair disappears, and an az, bshI
other application or two w. eIoss|
becomes beautifully darkeheu'
and luxuriant. m AL
Gray, faded hair, though and n
grace, is a sign of old ase,, attrsr|
we all desire a youthful anu Ona|
tive appearance. get busy a, col
with Wyeth's Sage and sulpnui nil
pound, and look years younseia, olghtI
ready-to-use preparation is a msa|
full toilet requisite and not .se cuN|
cine. 1t is not intended FOR l aisesss
mitigation or prevention OF a'''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
CHANGE IN GERMAN SENTIMENT.

The rapidly changing sentiment in Germany
is shown by what Philip Scheidmann, the lead
er of the conservative wing Of the social demo-
cratic party, is now permitted to say without
arrest A night of insanity is on the world, he
saws, and in the dawn to follow the people are
coming to therown A tremendous shifting Of
power is taking place. The day of the bour-
geosie has passed. The proletariat is coming
to the fore. The pan Germans and the sabre
rattlers will no longer be able to withstand the
will of the people. Germany will become a
democratic parliamentary state in which the
majority will form the government and assume
the responsibility. War is history's workday.
All ages have had their bloody pages. Thou
sands and thousands have bled to death with
out knowing for what they died. All this from
Scheidemann.
Liebknecht, the radical socialist is still in
prison for giving voice to expressions less
revolutionary than those enumerated by
Scheidmann, the conservative, and the fact
that the government does not consider it ex-
pedient to jail the latter indicates a wide
spread disaffection with which the mperialists
do not dare to deal in the old high handed way.
A Chicago newspaper, discussing the duty of
the United States toward Russia in the evil
days that have come upon her. recalls that
Russia sent "a fleet of vessels to assist
the northern states at critical time in the
civil war; New Orleans newspaper com
menting upon this, declares that the statement
is not true AS matter Of fact the Chicago I'M
dersanding is half true and half conjecture, as
far as the world is acquainted with the facts
A Russian fleet lay in New York harbor
through the winter of 1863-64 and another in
the Bay of San Francisco. The presence Of the
fleets in the two harbors is undisputed, but
their mission has never been revealed by the
state department or by the imperial chancelry
at Petrograd.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
WINTER; A DrRGE.


The winter west extends his blast,
And hail and rain doth blaw;
Or the stormy north ends driving forth
The binding sleet and shaw;
While, tumbling brown the burn comes down,
And roars frae bank to brae;
And bird and beast in covert rest,
And pass heartless day.
1.-THE weeping blast, the sky oercast,"
The joyless winter day,
Let others fear-to more dear
Than all the pride of May
The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,
My griefs it seems to join;
The leafless trees my fancies please.
Their fate resembles mine!
Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme
These woes of mine fulfill
Here, firm, rest-they must be best,
Because they Thy will.
Then all l want Ooh, do Thou grant
This request OF mine!)
Since to enjoy Thou dost deny,
Assist me to resign!
Robert Burns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

such is making war upon Gern.
opposing anarchy in Russia oris day
in Berlin, and Trotzky is mer ,I,aa'
roting 1t in the interest of Row. y
When the American peonIa IN
war they go as a unit. They 81 80
unconscious Of bourgeois ore
proletriat as of royalty and .,, "
racy. Their lives are risked ~ ~
with their dollars, and all NJ az 40
They know the voice of Jacob, ~,
they also identify the hands ~ =
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

without which the national machinery would
run wild and destroy itself; and in these times
when one untried innovation presses hard on
the heels of another and hosts Of shallow
theorists clamor and rave for change, only the
wise conservatism Of the country can save the
cornerstone on which it's liberty, its prosperity
and national greatness rests.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
,+,e lin "a the President

condemn and create a
hullabaloo over efficiency, but ii can
not directly bring about the downfall
OF a single cabinet officer. The people
can actually change national admin
istration only once in four years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
The Line Drawn.

Boston Transcript: Pat was ce
brating and he had imbibed too free
He punched another man in the "a
and got hailed up before the cou
The judge told him he was charg
with striking man. ''Shure, yer hc
or, can't a man have a bit of fun
asked Pat.
yes" said the judge, "but 20
right to have fun ended where Ii
mans nose began"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
piscerninn Araentina.

Lincoln Journal: Argentina is ap-
parently making ready to jump for the
band wagon. AS evidence of the loca-
ton of the band wagon, such action
will have special interest. But Argen-
tina has loitered too long to find any,
thing more than standing room in the
vehicle
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
Tbeir Failure

Topeka Journal: German chemists
claim they will make substitute
for everything they need. But they
will never make substitute for
humanity, and that is what they
need most
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11
Get of the Fence

Redwood Falls. Mimi, Sun: The
time is past for any politician to cross
his legs, shut UP mum as a mouse, sit
on the political fence and catch the
voters coming and going. People want
Ito know what they stand for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

The governments agricultural service has
figured out that our backyard gardens average
yield per family was $306S. Some people must
have known considerably better than others.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

Several neutrals would find things simpler
and pleasanter if they only knew which side
was going to win.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

Long ago wrote Of Gifts" and neglected capital
ample. John Thoreau, Jr day put buebird box
my barn-Hftsen years it must be-and there is
still with every melodous family in it, adorn-
ing the place. and singing his praises There's gift for
which cost the money, but nothing he could
have bought would be so good-Emersons journal.