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Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
War Yesterday and Today.

War is a different thing today
from what il used to be. Kings
used to make war for pastime
pleasure, or for mercenary gains.
They hired their battles fought and
paid handsomely for the services Of
trained soldiers They fought only
at convenient seasons News Of
battle came weeks and months
late. The affairs at home went on
little disturbed and the common
folk felt the effect of war only when
the battle tide ebbed over their
fields.
Today war pits the brains against
the souls of nations. Science, in
vention, industry, craft and all the
professions are aimed at killing.
Every resource-msterial, mental
and spiritual lis used to make the
conflict more deadly. Millions of
men and billions of dollars are onl y
factors of war today, they are not
all that is required to win battle.
Our enemy in the present con-
filct teaches us that every element
of life enters Into war. Nothing is
too dear or sacred to escape
nothing of the soil whether it be a
home or shrine, nothing of the
soul. whether it be child's inno-
cence or a woman's purity. Ma
person or no thing escapes the ruth
less hand of war today,
For this reason every citizen OF
every country engaged in war has a
direct relation to and responsibility
in winning the war, Whoever de-
nies this relation and shirks this re-
spOnsibility is not for his country
| He is an enemy. and the modern
idea of war demands that ne be
treated as such.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
Why Pork is Important.

Pork finds ready sale because
packers know many ways of piac-
ing it on the market in attractive
and highly palatabie form combined
with excellent keeping qualities,
There is no other meat from which
so many products are manufactured
Nearly so per cent of the total value
of the meat and meat products
slaughtered in the packing houses of
the United States is derived from
the hog.
Our country leades all others 10
the production of meat and meat
products Three. .fourths of the
worlds international trade in pork
and pork products originates in the
United States in normal times. and
the war greatly has increased this
proportion
II we expect 10 continue 10 provide
meat to foreign peoples as we'll as
our own, every farmer must put
forth his best effort TO produce more
hogs. They can be kept profitably
upon many farms where they are
not found today.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
The Lower Age Limit.

The President having decited, 1t
was plain that Congress had only to
ratify, because there was no effective
opposition in any quarter to an
enlargement of the nations war
program. Mr.. Baker end General
March had made their statemen Is
to the Military Committee of the
Senate, presided over by Senator
Chamberlain, and TO that of the
House, under the charmaDship of
Mr., Dent. The enrolment of eieh-
teen-year-old boys was a point evi-
IDENTIFY involing clear differences of
opinion. Military men always favor
the enlisting of the very young. be-
cause it is much easier to drill them.
hold them under discipline, and give
them the sembiance of body of
soldiers. II seems to be the best
testimony of experience in the
present war, however, that the
maturity of older men, with more
development of mind and body, Is
desirable for the kind Of work that
has to be done, SDme boys, Of
course are much more mature at
eighteen than are Others. and our
Washington authorities are humane
and reasonable. They have no
intention of launching "childern's
crusade" They will put an end to
what has been rather ilcontrolled
movement of voluntary enlistine on
the part of the youngsters, and will
apply more scientific principles of
selection than could be possible
under the old methods of drumming
up boy recruits for the navy, the
marines and other war. time services.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
Safety in Numbers.

II is true that we do not wish 70
sacrifice the valued lives of onr
heroic American soldiers. 1t is
plain, however. upon moments re-
dection. that the best way 10 save
the lives of those who have already
gone to France is to give them the
largest possible support Our men
will fight in any case; and the
stronger they are in numbers and
equipment, so that they may over
power the enemy. the smaller will
be their sacrifice of life. We have
now the mechanism for receiving
great numbers of unframed men
and converting them into soldiers
1t will be much easier to train the
second million and the third million
than it was to make soldiers out OF
the first million. We started on
the road of peace enforcement. and
we propose to make the journey
successfully.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
Pasturing Improves Land.

Growingforage crops and grazing
them with hogs are very efficient
and economical methods of imDrov-
ing rundown land. This statement
is based on the opinions and results
of a large number of hog raisers
and experiment station workers.
Practically all the fertilizing ele
ments of the vegetation produced
on the land. except that stored in
animal bodies, goes back into the
soil 10 the manure and litter. The
loss is more than offset where extra
grain is fed to the hogs. The only
danger of injury to the soil is in the
trampling by the animals on heavy
clays when they are wet. Such i'll
| jury is easily avoided where a per.
manent sod pasture is available.
AS one Of the create needs OF
most soils is more vegetable matter
hog grazing offers an opportunity
of restoring the exhausted bDmus
without the expense OF growing aud
using ereeu.manuring crops. An.
other benefit which is usually
overlooked comes from the hogs
eatil 6 the weeds in the pasture
fields. There are mahy common
plants. usually classed as weeds
which hogs relish. They frequently
clean these. up first when turned
into new field. This not only
makes good use of a number of waste
plants, but also tends to lessen the
trouble from these weeds in other
crops.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
EOch will Go On.

In his letter to the Municipal 4
Council of Paris. Marshal Foch says:
The German rush menacine Paris
and Amiens has been stopped. We
will 90 on with the task of implaca-
BILE pursuit of the enemy"
Abont the time these simple
words were written. more eloquent
Of confidence and self control than
a thousand lines of German bonn
bast. Hindenburg and Ludendorff.
the Crown Prince and the Kaiser
were, in turn. calling upon their
people to resist the insidious effects
of coliapsing morale.
German military leaders and ex-
perts have eagerly sought for a
sign of Foch's ultimate purpose"
There they have If. The Allied
Generalissimo says his men will 60
OF, meaning there will be no respite
for the beaten and distressed enemy.
Not only that, but they will 60 on
with the task of implacable pur-
suit" The enemy will not be allow
ed TO settle down behind the Hin
denburg or duy other line for an
! indefinite stay. Fuch has found
way to prevent The stabiliZng of
battle lines. He has found d way
to win battles without colossal sac
rifice of lives The way he has
Unanswered his armies since the
| famous counter attack on the flank
Of the Crown Prince north OF the
Marne he has won the praise of
even the German critics. He has
justified the title bestowed upon
him at the fist battle of the Marne
when he was called the foremost
strateeist of Europe" and added i'm.
perishable laurels to his crown of
glory
Foch will go on" not in mere
hope of winning a victory, but in
"implacable pursuit of the enemy"
He considers the victory aire eAdy
won AMI expects by preventing a
concentration of the Germans in
numerical superiority at any point,
by beating their armies whenever
they attempt to make a stand. aud
by turning tnem out of ole strong
position after another, To keep up
the pursuit" until they are driven
back to the border II they hesitate
or make a single false step in the
retreat that has been forced upon
them there enters the possibility of
a great disaster that might Conceiva-
bly, end the war
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Ii may not be original. but we
cannot refrain from saying that the
news dispatches from Amsterdam
concerning Germany and things
German convince US that our
biographies told US the whole truth
when they described Holland as a
low lying country.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13
There have been a great many

There have been great many
jokes about sending children by
parcel post but according to The
Springfield Leader. they are really
doing it on the new motor mail route
out of that city. The first to arrive
were: Josephine Mccall and Iris
Carter. aged Z and 8. They were
duly weighed, stamped and deliver
ed from Red Top TO the address Of
their aunt in Springfield.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Some men are always asking for
favors and looking for the best of it
Take L S. Jacobs, for instance.
According TO The Clareuce Courier
Jacobs was put in Class Nv by the
Draft Board on accoun; of his wife
and business, but he asked for re.
classification. MIR. Jacobs" The
Courier says, said he had nor previ.
ously asked the board for any faVors,
but would ask them the favor of
being reclassified tina, he might go
with the others of like responsibility
and obligations" NJ doubt the
board reprimanded biz, jacobs. but
they yielded aud pm, him in Class l.
For Sale-Several nice DuIOc
Jersey boar pigs Ed LOngmire
Monroe City. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Amsterdam declares that Hin
denburg is dead, but Hindenburg
emphatically declares that he is
not. The Hun war lords are such
Ii ITS, however. that we are inclined
to take the word of Amsterdam in
preference to that of Hlnden-
burg.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Reports from various sections of
the county are TO the effect that
there will be a large acreage of
wheat sown in the county this fall,
but owing to the fact that the
grasshoppers have been so bad and
that the pest is still ooIhering to
some extent, it will probably be
late before the sowing of wheat
will be commenced. Fall plo wing
though is now in full swing.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Understanding the strength of
an euemy is considered the very
worst blunder a military man can
make, aud the Huns not only made
that biunder at the beginning of the
war. but they have kept it up ever
since.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Reuben Long, of near Perry, has
sold since March 1, $4,000 worth
of hogs of his own feeding. He has
only a forty-acre farm TO handle
the hogs on, He buys the hogs and
also corn to feed them and since
the first of the year has paid out
over $1,000, for corn,
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

For Sale-Very select pure blood
egg laying strain Single Comb White
Leghorn cockerels. s.-Mrs. Ed Long
mire.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

A. H. Donley and sister, Miss
Lena and Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Jackson were Hannibal visitors
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

The State Convention OF the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion will be held at Jefferson City
Octobsr |, 2. 3 and L.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-13

Miss Lottie Montgomery spent
part of the week in Macon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Two Fords Loaded With STUFF Stop for
Lunch and Fall into Hands OF
Law While Taking
Needed Rest.
OWNER NOT IN EVIDENCE
E ederaI Authorities to Take Hand
When Names of Owners Are
Discovered and Offenders
Located.

In the words of the poet, It's a
wise boy that knows his own car.
but in the words of the transgressor
Its a wise geek that sometimes
fails to recognize his jitney when he
meets ii face to face" 1t may be a
wise man who fails to recognize MS
own car, or rather men who falt 10
recognize their own cars, for there
were two of the Hanks awaiting
identification.
Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas P. Gray and Assistant Chiei
Of Police John Pearson. seized two
cars loaded with booze last night at
5 o'clock on state warrant. me
cars were found in garage on Ninth
street, apparently taking well earn
ed rest, before resuming their Jour
ney. A short search rewarded the
officers and it was not long until the
cars found themselves in the clutches
OF the law.
AS neither of the drivers nor any
of the occupants OF the cars were OF
the premises at the time. 1t was I'M
possible to get them, but the cars
will be held until the owners claim
them. The cars were taken to the
police station and unloaded. An III
ventory of the contents disclosed the
following hardware: Six sacks OF bot
ties of beer, II cartons OF whiskey.
21 pints of whiskey, 4 picnic bottles
OF beer, % quart bottles Of whiskey,
8 quarts OF beer and a package OF
cigarettes.
Chief HenneD1an wired the numbers
OF the cars to the secretary OF state
this morning to get the names of the
owners, and as soon as the names OF
the offenders are found. charges OF
bringing intoxicating liquors into the
state will be preferred before federal
officials and the government VIII
pros ecute The warrants were made
out against John and Richard Doe,
unknown parties.
AS the bottles OF beer bore the
Warsaw label it Is presumed that
the cars came from Warsaw, after
having loaded there and were on their
way to some town in the heart OF
Iowa where the thirst Of the popu
lace knows no law and does not take
price or risk into consideration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

NEEDS MEN
Drafted Soldiers viii Have Oppor-
tunity to Select Their
Branch of
Service.

Another opportunity to young men
of draft age not included in the pres
ent quota but who do not want to get
in the real 1nix-up in France, to &C.
cept preferred service is to be grant
ed by the government, according to
advices received by the local exemp.
ton board, according to the Fort
Madison Democrat. 1t is also declar-
ed that remaining class one will be
drafted into this service instead OF
into the national army.
Men OF draft age may enter the
coast artillery forces which are to be
augmented by the addition of thous-
ands Of men in a campaign to De
staged by the recruiting division OF
the army. Letters will be sent out
BY Adjutant General Logan to all
draft boards in the state and it is ex-
pected the order will be received here
today or tomorrow.
The men who enlist here will be
sent TO Jefferson barracks at ST.
Louis for training. From that post
they will be sent to the various coast
artillery posts.
II also became known today that
further instructions, noting changes
IN the physical examinations OF men
viii be sent TO the local and medical
advisory boards soon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
mo TRICK TO LIFT
|. A CORN RIGHT OUT
Says there is no excuse for cutting
corns and inviting
IockjaW.

Sore corns, hard corns, soft cornr
or any kind of corn can harmlessly
be lifted right out with the fingers
If you will apply directly upon the
corn few drops of freezone, says a
Cincinnati authority.
1t is claimed that at small cost
one can get a quarter Of an ounce Of
freezone at any drug store, which is
sufficient to rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger Of infection.
This simple drug. while sticky,
dries the moment it Is applied and
does not inflame or even irritate the
surrounding tissue.
This announcement will interest
many women here, for 1t Is said that
the present high-heel footwear is put
ting corns on practically every
woman's feet.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
CITY NEWS.
Fresh fish at Marks.

Fresh fish at Marks.
March victrola records. Loewen-
stein.
Mrs. E. M. Hanson has received
word from her son Harold E. Han
son, that he has landed safely In
France.
Regular meeting Keokuk Council
No. $50, tonight at o'clock. Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. G..
c. Montague. regent; J. I. Annable,
secretary.
An item in The Gate City yes
terday stated that VIM. Ainsley had
been arrested on a charge Of drunken
ness. 1t was not the VIM. Ainsley
who resides here, but was man
from near Fit Madison.
"A false alarm at 1870 this morn
ing took the motor truck and the
Tenth street hose wagon to the cor
ner of First and Blondeau streets,
near the entrance to the bridge. II
is thought that steam arising from
roofs nearby gave the appearance Of
smoke and the call was sent in.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
had been prominent in state and coun-
ty politics for a score of years.
.EOKUK MEN
IN FRANCE
Another Name is Added to the List
Of Boys Who are With Ameri.
can Expeditlonary
Forces.

The third name to go in The Gate
City's list of Keokuk men fighting
in France has been received. Keo-
kuk people are asked to send in the
names Of the men over there, in
order that they may get in touch
with one another and can write once
in while. The list to date it:
Harold q. Hanson, P. H. M. 8,
First replacement battalion, U. S.
marine medical department.
Harold Reed Wright, Gath aeor
squadron, A. e. F.
Lloyd e. Wright, oath aero SQUAD.
ron, A. Z. +.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
evidence Is Iackina

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON. March Lacking
evidence against Count James Min
otto. charged with German intrigue.
a Secretary of Labor, Louis
F. Post was expected TO refer the case
to the department Of justice today.
There was not sufficient grounds for
deportation or internment II was
learned from authoritative sources.
The Italian count, son-in-law OF
Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer. was
arrested several months ago on a war.
rent of deportation issued by Assist.
mt Secretary Post.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Minlster's Three Sons.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, March There
are no directors to military service
in the family Of the Reverend H. H.
Brueckner. OF the Zion Lutheran
church here.
Three of the minister's sons are in
the service of Uncle Sam.
Leo B. Brueckner, eldest Of the trio.
is in the psychological department at
Camp Greenleaf, Georgia.
Carl, 20. the second son. is a lieu.
tenant in the artillery section Of the
army. now sending shells into Hun
positions somewhere in France"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Annual Auto Show.

PEORIA, ILL.,, March 1.-Elaborate
plans are under way for Peoria's an
nual automobile show which will he
held at the Coliseum Mach 10. Il. IL
and 16. Walter o. Ireland is the
manager of the show and all indica.
lions point to a big and successful
show. Patriotic scenes will be car
ried out, The entire receipts of the
first day will be donated to the Red
Cross.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
BUY YOUR
GROCERIES
at
Ike BOrk|
Phone 500 1900 Main

You had better buy your can
ned goods now. They may %
hard to get later on. Lay " I
supply at these prices and y0'
will save money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
EDITOR MURPHY
PASSES AWAY
Vel Known Veteran Iowa Newspaper
Man Had Been Sick for
Number OF
Months.

lTJnffed Press Leased Wire Service.l
yIsTOS, Iowa, March 1.-THE body
u Bernard Murphy, veteran Iowa
reuspaper man and republican leader
II, The state. who died last night, will
10 hurled here Sunday afternoon.
Murphy. who was born in Brook
line, Mass. seventy-one years ago,
mad been III for months and his death
was expected for several weeks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Editor Williams Dead.

MARION. Iowa, March 1T. T.
Williams, postmaster and publisher
for many years OF the only democrat
IL paper in Linn county. is dead here
today. He bad suffered from blood
poisoning for several days.
williams. who was sixty years old.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
governing

to the strict regulations governing
brewing Of beer and ale.
1t was also explained that bakers
may use rye flour as wheat substi-
tute only until March 81. Originally
its use as wheat substitute was per-
mitted only until March 3. but diff
Guilty in obtaining other substitutes in
other sections forced extension OF the
time limit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Near Beer Makers Limited.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service-1
WASHINGTON, March Near
beer makers are limited to seventy
per cent OF grain and other food ma
terials used last year, the food admin
istration ruled today. Hoover holds
that temperance brews must be held
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
NOTICE COMPANIONS.

Special meeting Gate CITY chapter
No. 7, R. A. NJ. Friday, March LIST,
1918. on NJ. NJ. degree. Visiting COM
panions cordially invited. By order
NJ. E. H. P, o. W. Young.
F. G. STOCKTON, Secy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

will be paid for as follows: 40 %
SO, "a. 80 and 80 shillings. resnao
lively, per stone, delivered At an
pointed center.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

A NO. j Montana Pot"U :. ;aI
Shoepeg corn, per doz. =. - ::
Early June peas, per doz. IL =
Large size can kraut, doz. l'''
Kahoka. Pet or Verioesl al
milk. doz. .............'' -
Hebe product, per doz, -. ~ ~
6 cans No. 8 tomatoes - n
s cans No. 2 tomatoes -. ID
large cans sweet potatoes =;
cans dill pickles 49,,
s cans California peeled al
peaches .............'
We give free with each can
OF Calumet Baking Powd-
err. a cook book which con
tains selected recipes tof
war time.
6 cans hominy ........'-' al
9 cans red beans 49, s,|
8 lbs. Bork's special coflee !;
8 lbs. extra fancy head rice
6 lbs. hand picked navy ID
beans ...'..''''' f|
8 lbs. Pinto beans ....'' Il
s lbs. red beans ......'-' I'll
5 lbs. pink beans ...'.-
We have Oak Grove, A ~
/ FarrelI's Lily and Swils
Lincoln Oleo.
String beans or wax DEANS Id
per can ......... 49,,
Hawaiian pineapples, large II
Large can appricots, can ID
Pure milk. a at. ......i
2 cans baking po"ae' 4;
ID. cans .......
Ivory. Northwest ana !,
& G. soap. 4 bars .. 4
Fresh country eggs. doz' Ii
Horseshoe tobacco. per " Il
Large pkg. rolled oats -
Syrup, per gal. .......'
2 ID. can syrup .....
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-27

disorder from the hills TO the east
OF the Vardar river. British uHitss
invaded Bulgaria, having reached
kosturdino, ir' the hills south OF
Struniitza, tha Bulgarian fortress on
the Macedonian frontier. This adj
vance probably will cause retire.
Tnent OF the BuIaarians along the line
which passes through the tcalands
bstweeH Lake 6eiran and the seaa
and bring Bulgaria face TO- face with
an invasion ever q wide front.
ALONG the VaFdaF the Serhiana and
French have swept over 9abuna
pass and taken Vales while to the
east they are in the outskirts az lsf7
tih, In this region they threaten
an invasion Of Bulgaria from the
west, They are within 90 miles OF
the EuIaarian capital at lehtih, IL
is probable, however, that an effort
wiIi first, Be nade 10 take the city
Of uskuh % miles northwest OF
Veles, uskub ia said to be the chief
supply center for the enemy armies
In old Serbia.
area the shattered Bulgarian forces
are threatened with eUVelopments IL
s reported. -. .,..-,
army In Palestine has been virtually
'sSthi More than 1900 prisoners have
been taken by the British, while the
Arabs have swung around 20 the
north and cut off The fleeing Turks
from Damascus.