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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RENT-No. I1os Bluff, fiv(
room house, city water in htchena
SO 90. John Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
COLUMN

eight room modern house; $1,000
John Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

LOST-Saturday night, gold wriS
watch on black ribbon band; Want
make Return to 511 North Third
street or phone Black 1855. Reward
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

WANTED-To loan money on furni-
ture, pianos, live stock. etc, on
easy payments. Strictly private.
Phone 500. Keokuk Loan Co. over
Miller's Shoe store.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
FOR RENT.

FOR RHNT-No. 300 Blondeau, six
room cottage with hot water heat.
gas and electricity; $500, John
Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
Whist Of PIebean Origin.

This year marks the three hun
dredth anniversary of whist, which
is perhaps the most popular card
game played by society folk. 1t
originally was called "whisk" and
sometimes "snobbers," and for a hun
dred years was played only by the
servants below stairs and others or
the humber classes.
In 172S 1t reached the drawing
room and its plebean name was
changed to whist. The game was
first played on scientific principles by
a party of gentlemen who frequented
the Crown Coffee house in London.
They laid down the rule, Lead from
the strong suit; study your part
ner's hand and attend to the score"
a rule which still holds among
whist players.
Hoyle, the greatest of authorities
on card games, popularized whist by
his famous "Short Treatise on
!. nist." published in 1743. He gave
lessons on whist to ladies and gentle
men of his day, but it is a mistake
to say he invented whist.
The game bridge-whist is only
about fifty years old. While bridge
ia PLAYED both in Great Britain and
France, it reached it's highest degree
of popularity in America
The original name whisk PROBABLY
came from the practice Of whisking
the tricks from the table as soon as
PLAYED. Some authorities say that
the name whist" came to be used
as a synonym for hush" because
of the silence required to play the
game successfully.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
FOR SALE.

FOR SAI4E-Quarter horsepower mo-
tor, or win prefer trading 1t TOD
larger one. Can McCutchan Land C0
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RENT-No. 413 High, eight
room house with bath on each
floor; gas, electricity and steam
heat: one or two families; $500.
Inhn Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RENTING. 1900 Orleans. five
room house in good condition; IS.
John Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
keokuk Club Open House.

The Keokuk club will keep open
house on New Years afternoon from
4 to 7 o'clock. There will be dane
ing in the ball room and a buffet
sumner at 6 o'clock Members have
the privilege of inviting their friends
The hoktesses for the afternoon will
be Mrs. Eugene S. Baker, Mrs. E.
Carroll Taber, Mrs. Ben G. Taber,
Mrs. H. c. Huiskamp, Mrs. James
Huiskamp, Mrs. j. ]. Chapman, Mrs.
c. r. Armentrout. Mrs. o. S. Stanbro,
Mrs. J. ]. Ayres, Mrs. w. G. Blood
and Mrs. E. Ross Baker.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR SAUE+Good, gentle driving
mare; safe for anyone to handfe
Also good top buggy, harness and
spring wagon. Call 1928 High OF
phone Red 1901.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

WANTED-Five or six room cottage,
modern, north side. Address CIT
tage, care Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

WANTED-At once, 10000 dull safety
razor blades to sharpen at WOOD
bury's, 1104 Main street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RENT-No. rs North Seventh,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RENT-No. SIS North Twelfth,
four room house, full lot and barn.
$500 John Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

WANTED wash woman; 425
Morgan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

FOR RFNT-No. SIS North Thir-
teenth, six room house; gas and
city water in kitchen; $1,000. John
Tumelty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

WANTBD-Place by young lady as
cook; experienced. Phone 25l4
Z "a.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
REFLECTS WAR INTEREST

Sir John Foster Fraser, F. r. c. c..
chairman of the National War Lee
lures Committee of Great Britain and
Englands most famous newspaper
special correspondent, is to appear
upon the Chautauqua program this
season. Sir John has been in the Brit
ish Army in France and Flanders, with
the British Grand Fleet, has seen Rus
STA, under war conditions and has trav-
region of the Balkans. He has been
a great traveller and has described his
wanderings in a dozen books. He has
also long been famous in Great Brit
ain as a speaker. At the beginning
of the war, he placed his unique
knowledge of foreign lands at the ser
vice of his country. Asa recognition
of his work the honor of Knighthood
was conferred on him at Buckingham
Palace. in June, 1917.
Dunbar's Ruvue in music and special
costume will feature a grand, spectac-
ular Parade of the Allies.
An evening with grand opera artist
has twice before proven great at
traction on the Redpath Chautauqua
circuit, and now after a season with
out prima donna, this years pro-
gram is to have a grand opera star in
Miss Margery Maxwell, the gifted
young Soprano, who appeared this sea-
son as a principal with Galli-Curci, in
the Chicago Grand Opera Company in
Chicago, and who accompanied that
organization on its tour to New York
and Boston.
Frank Mulholland, past president of
the International Rotary Clubs Of the
World and a magnetic, rapid-fire elo-
quent speaker before business men
organizations everywhere. is to lee
ture on Business and the War" topic
on which he is eminently qualified to
speak, having added to his extensive
knowledge of American business con-
ditions by a rece 1T visit to England
and France.
On tae sixth day there will be an
exhibition of 100 CT the famous war
cartoons of Louis Raemaekers. This
exhibition is similar to the one in the
Congressional Library in Washington.
A remarkable collection of 100 war
posters of the nations in arms against
Germany, will also be displayed on
one day of the program.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
IA BILLIONS INSURANCE
WRITTEN I'M SIX MONTHS
Secretary McAdoo's Summary
of Vast Work Done By War
Risk Bureau

Secretary McAdoo has made public
brief summary of The work of the
Bureau of War-Risk Insurance of the
Treasury Department in the six months
Since October 9Th, 1917, when. the mill
itary and naval insurance law was
approved.
Complete figures, now available,
show that up to April 9Th the bureau
had sent out 1,706,330 government
checks for allotments and allowances,
death and disability compensation, and
government insuran These pay
ments, aggregating $50, 1929, were
made up as follows: $50, 1850 for
death and disability compensation and
$177,518.17 for government insurance
payments.
More Than 100000 Insured
In six months government insurance
on upward Of LOO, 0 soldiers, sailors.
and nurses was written for grand
total of approximately $4,000, 600 600
The average amount of insurance APP
piled for was close to $500 the mini
mum permitted ! the law being 81 900
and the maximum $4,000.
The entire life insurance written in
the year 1917 by all the stock and mu-
tual companies, fraternaI orders, asso-
Citations and societies in the United
States was approximately $6,000,000,-
600 The Bureau of War-Risk Insur
ance is thus by several hundred per
cent the largest life insurance concern
in the world. At the first climax of
the government ipnurance campaign
insurance We, sold at approximately a.
two -billiCn. dollar-a-week pace. On the
record day of the bureau applications
for $500,000,000 of government insur-
ance were received.
Still Being Written.
Government insurance is still being
written in large volume. Approx
mately $4O0, 100000 was added to the
total the last week
April u, 1913, was the last day on
which persons who joined the military
and naval service on or before Deem
Der IA, 1917, could apply for govern
ment insurance. Spurred on by the
congressio:. al extension of time from
February II, many soldiers and sailors
fell in line with the insurance ranks
eager to- make the nselYes and their
families 400 per cent protc 3ted"-
and the nations fighting forces 400
per cent insured"
All new men joining the colors, if
they wish the protection of United
States government Insurance, must
make application within 100 days after
entry into the servile This time limit
is imposed by law No persons are in
sured until they have made specific APP
plication.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
has a working staff of more than $500
persons. In addition to the regular
day force, there is night shift work
ing from o'clock to midnight, in the
great task of expediting the distribu
ton of United Staets government
checks to the families of the nations
fiihting men,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
Hancock Rapidly Being Con-
verified Into Vast Camp for
Ordnance Men
Continued from Page One1


requires of an officer at this time if
never before in the history of the coun-
try. Characteristic of regular army Of
ficers he is broad and liberal in his
views. Major Gaugler succeeded Colonel
Brown as commander of the ordnance
troops, the latter being assigned to duty
elsewhere.
OF the three regimental commanders
in the ordnance unit, two of Them are
Philadelphians, Major Jacob s. Bust, a
prominent business man of Philadelphia
in civil life, commands the First Ord
nance Regiment; Major Thomas w. Ruth.
commander of the Second Ordnance Regi-
ment is also a Philadelphian. Captain
Carndff of Gary. Ind, is commander Of
the Third Regiment
Not Entirely Non CombatiVe.
The ordnance service is not entirely
nom combative. as many would believe.
All repairs to machine guns are made
by the ordnance men, and i'll many in
stances these guns are adjusted under
fire. Hundreds of ordnance men have
been killed in service at the battle front
the casualty lists of these men comparing
with that of the engineers.
q A machine gun school and a supply
school has been organized in the ordnance
camp and is now in full blast. These
schools are expected to run continuously
and viii supply the American army with
men for that branch of the service
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
DENTAL IMFIRMARIES
NEAR COMPLETION
Twenty Eight Chairs viii Be Placed
In Each of Two New Buildings.
Every Provision For r king Care of
Soldiers Teeth.

Two dental infirmaries are nearing com
pletion in Camp Hancock one being To-
Gated on Pennsylvania avenue extension
and the other on Wheless road not far
from Wrightsboro road. Both buildings
are constructed practically along the same
lines from nearly identical plans, calling
for two-story frame structure. commo-
dious space and wen equipped.
The first story provides room for a re-
ception or waiting room, an officers room,
a surgery room, an extraction room, two
dental operating rooms. record room and
office. On the second story are operat-
ing rooms and laboratory. Twenty eight
dental chairs will be placed in each build
Ing and thorough arrangements made in
every detail for taking care of the teeth
Of the soldiers at Camp Hancock
The work is being done under the direc-
tion of the construction quartermaSter.
Finishing and plumbing yet remain to be
done before the buildings can be used.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
LETTER OF SEC'Y BAKER
TO FATHER or OFFICER
KILLED IN ACTION

The secretary of war authorizes the
publication of the following letter:
My dear Colonel Feigl:
On my return to Washington 1 am
shocked to learn of the death of your
brave and devoted son, Lieut., Jeffer-
son Feigl, killed in action on the 2lst
of March on the battle fields Of
France.
Just a few days before his death I
say Lieut.. Feigl and learned from him,
as [ did from other American officers
y it'll whom I conversed the splendid
spirit of condolences and courage with
which the American Army is inspired.
He was in all respects the type and
exemplar of the best in American
spirit and action. His death is a loss
to the army, but it adds the lame of
a soldier who died doing his duty fear
lessly, to the list OF those who are
making the great sacrifice in order
that freedom may be preserved for
sons Of men.
For your personal loss there can be
little consolation, but you can rejoice
that you have been permitted to make
this contribution to the greatest cause
in which man can struggle, and that
your brave boy knew the worth of the
cause for which lie fought and counted
its dangers as nothing if only the right
might prevail.
Cordially yours,
NEWTON d. BAKER.
Secretary of War.
COL. FRED FEIGL,
Naw York C'itV
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
A BIT OF ROMANCE
In A MESS HALL

Given a boy of eight a man of thirty,
the boy and man chums. Eighteen years
roll by Man walks into Mess Hall. Sits
is your homer" Boy says Jamestown"
Man says Are you not Sammy Jones?"
Boy says who are your" Man says
don't you recall the time you pulled
a Photographic plate out of my holder to
see what was on it?' Boy jumps up
like shot out of a gun grabs hand of
man and the boy and man are chums
again. Now isn't this old world little
place after all?
All this occurred in the Mess Hall of
Company No. rs of the P. o, d. Regi-
ment Sunday afternoon
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
Keystone Soldiers Parade
With Confederate Veterans
Continued from Page One)-

ceptional bravery at the battle of Look
out Mountain He was wounded in April
1864. at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain.
Colonel Richards mother. who is still
living an dwhom he visited at her home
in Franklin only a few weeks ago. when
She celebrated her SSth birthday anniver-
sary. had two brothers fighting for the
Southern cause, while her husband bat
tied for the North, She herself was a
Vipginian. born and raised in the OLD
Dominion state, and amid conflict of
emotions she endured the stormy days of
the civil war, and now hopes to live to
see the day her son may come home with
the 112th Regiment having done its fun
share in the greattr struggle lover there"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
DR.. w. J. REED IN CAMP

DIR. William ]. Reed of the First Unit
ed Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, is
in camp and expects to be here for a pc
riod of at least ten days. Dr. Reed is
making a round of his friends, and max
ing many new ones. aside from keeping
numerous speaking engagements in va
riouS Dlaces
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

Let us be humble in spirit, with re-
gard to obedience and let us be LOYAL
knowing that the best we have and the
best we give is just as good as anybody
eese's. Let us think of all the things we
have learned, Let us illuminate our
drill field or in the lecture halls. Let
US carry on this work. solely and ex-
clusively along soldiery and military ines
until this work is finished.
'If we put our hearts and energies
into this strugge, the same as we have
done on the bayonet course. in the bomb
ing classes, the close order drill and in
at the rifle course; if you carry on with
that same spirit, it will carry you through
to the end. 1t won't take long to finish
the task over there. and then we will
all come sailing home. to be happy in
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

Pennsylvania and the other places from
which we came"
And as 'eThe Star Spangled Banner
was played by the good old 10TH band
there was new gleam in each soldiers
eye, and a twinlfling that won't be dim
med until his bit is done in the barbed
wire entanglements of No Mans Land
and the trenches over there
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
HOW RUSSIA TRIED TO
RUN HER INDUSTRY

An amusing anecdote illustrative of
the present composite situation in Rus
STA is told by Professor George c, Whip
pie of Harvard who was member OF
a United States mission to that country
The story runs like this: The manager
of a large industrial plant was suddenly
surrounded in his office by crowd of
the employees, who informed him that.
since the people We're now the rulers
he was no longer wanted; they were GO
ing to run the plant He informed them
that he was there to do the managing,
and that he was going to do it. Upon
this. two stalwarts hustled him to the
door, deposited him in a wheelbarrow,
and, with boastful ado conveyed him to
his home. A few weeks later the same
crowd obtruded itself into his home and
announced that an automobile was wait
irg to take him to the plant. 1t was
explained that the people were making
miserable failure at the shop and that
he must return. He refused on the spot
but finally agreed to go, on condition
that his former status should be COM
pletly restored The men spontaneously
consented. and started to escort him to
the waiting car. mo, sirt" said the
manager; you take away the automo-
bile, and bring here that wheelbarrow,
and the same two men who trundled 1t
before," And thus did he travel back Il
resume his former estate
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
Taking Care of the
Labor Situation
Department of Labor Takes Steps to Provide
Employment for Returned Heroes

fenced by an overcrowded
labor market.
The Pocatello Community
Labor Bureau, in which Gus
ter county is embraced, is
represented locally by M. A.
Dillingham; at Challis, and
l.. E. Dillingham; at Mackay
Everyone is requested to
help in every way possible
the work of securing employ
ment for the boys.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
French DELIRI0US
WITH JOY WRITES
TON CAMPBELL
Nov. A, 1913.

Dear mother and folks:
AS I write I cannot help
but think of the JOY that
must be in our home and in
the home Of every true Amer
lean. We will soon be at
home, and the few months
that we must spend in the
army vii pass quickly.
The Fre.;.c, people are mad
with joy-we also are cele-
brating bit not to the ex-
tent to which they can show
their JOY. | will give you a
short sketch of the past few
days.
At eleven O'Clock on Nov.
1lth, the armistice was sign
ed. At two o'clock every
bell in France was ringing,
rockets being sent up, and
the emotional French people
were shouting, singing and
weeping. That night we
/ had a parade, most Of the
soldiers in camp, numbering
several thousand, participa.
ting. We were led by officers
who followed the band. W.
marched thru two towns
shouting and singing. Th'
next day | went to the CITY
of which / wrote you som
: time ago.
l was met at the station
: : by Louis Riviere, a studen
, at the University Of Boz
]. deaux. He took me to hi
+ home where Ispent most {
: the day. The meal was d.
i lightful and l am very fon
of the French style. Afts
dinner we went into tt
streets. The people wei
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11

The plan Incorporation in
connection with placing rep
resentatives of labor depart
ment in every camp, under
order of Adjutant General
Crowder, dated November
%. provides for establish
ment by this service Of a bu-
reau of returning soldiers in
every city and large town.
Soldiers being discharged
at camps and sent home will
mostly seek employment at
homes rather than from the
camps. Task of finding them
occupation thus becomes
Community responsibility
Should more soldiers return
here than there are positions
to be filled then the aid OF
other labor boards would be
aske1 in finding these men
positions. Custer county
might be called upon to find
employment for men from
districts where labor condi.
tiOns are Overcrowded.
It is hoped that the labor
bureaus will so facilitate the
great task of handling this
multitude of men that nc
serious trouble will be exper.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
.CANTEENS SERVING
U. S. TROOPS IN ITALY

The American Red Cross canteens,
which serve at railroad stations. I'm
portant points on higllroads, and In
towns and villages throughout the
italian zone OF war, are now serving
American troops. These canteen1
have been operating during the past
six months for the benefit OF the Ital-
ian army and its allies, greeting the
soldiers in their passage from one
point to another with coffee and
American crackers and Jam. But It
is only recently that the khald-ciad
fighters from across the sea have been
added 10 tie number Of those served
at the Red Cross rest stGtiolA
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that 1
intend to apply to the Board OF
County Commissioners, at the
regular meeting in January, .l9-
19, for one Deputy aud such cler
ical assistance as Is deemed nec-
essary to perform the duties OF
the Office of Clerk of the Dis
trict Court and Auditor and Re.
corder of Custer County. Idaho
F.. J. Michael.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11

shouting viva la France and
la guerre fni or (tf,e war is
over) viva la Amerique. Kiss
ing is the custom here as is
shaking of hands in the
States, and | noticed that
Americans can easily adapt
themselves to foreign Gus
toms, especially when a
French rnadanoiselIe was in
the bargain. In the crowd
someone would shout bon
American, and the next
minute one would have the
trembling form ofsome poor
sonless mother, clinging to
his neck, the haggard face OF
the father at his elbow or It
would be some smiling girl
trying to show her apprecl-
alton for what America has
done by attempting. to love
|some poor soldier to death
1
Tor to smother him with kiss
es. All were equal in that
pushing, showing mob of hui
man beings, rejoicing that
they are free once more. OH
GERS, enlisted men and clvill-
ans, for a time forgot mili-
tarisnl, forgot the past; and
the soldiers of all nations,
regardless of race or color or
rank, joined as brothers with
the people of France and
Egave vent to their JOY. The
street urchins and school
children were so well sup
piled with confetti that to
open ones mouth meant
that a meal of paper was 60
ing in. America is rejoicing,
but can she rejoice as France
is rejoicing? Never will any
: one, except those who are
: here, realize the extent Of
thanksgiving that the peo-
pie of France are giving. No
thing can ever bind the peo-
pie of France and America
more closely as sister ma
tions.
Il I1nust close as it is late
Write me often as I will b
here for some months yet
: Your loving son,
: Segt. Thos. E. Campbell
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
NOTICE

Notice is herebo given that I
intend to apply to the Board OF
County Commissioners, at the
regular meeting in January. 10.
10, for one Deputy and such cler-
ical assistance as is deemed nec-
essary to perform the duties OF
Assessor of Custer County, Ida
|ho d. M. Burnett
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-11
COUNTY Is S.
S. short YET


custer County is $4,000
behind her quota of War Say
ings Stamps. Speed up. On
account of quarantine it will
be impossible to nakea can
vdss from house to house
and visit each ranch. So |
am going to ask all of the
citizens who have signed
pledges to make good.-W.
A. Criswell.