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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
WALK ERECT
AT EIGHT

Because a man or woman Is u
does not mean that they must wa
along bent over and supported VII
a cane. A man can be as vigoroS
and healthy at eighty as at twenty
he aids the organs Of the body in PEI
forming their functions. il
All diseases whether of MANI
nant or weak character, tend TO le.I
away our vitality You must eoasl
teract disease I'm its fncipient stag
il you would live happy and us'
full long life.
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physicians in daily practice. in.,
have proven their merit in rene'n'
backache. kidney and bladder co-
plants and all ailments arising nv.
an excess of uric acid in the systs.
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funded. Don't be misled by Is.
limitations. Look for GOLD MILF
lon every box.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
Nothing can bring you peace but the tn
umph of principles.-Emerson-
THE SPIRIT AND THE WILL.

In 1914 Austria forced a number Of thousands
of Italians into her armies. In 1916 body OF
them managed to escape into the wilds OF 81
IBERIA and of these three hundred and sixty-slx
men worked their way three quarters around
the globe to Camp Dix, at Wnghtstown, n. j.,
On their way to Italy to fight with their country
men against its enemies. This little unit Is
negligible in its numbers, but in its spirit 1t
represents the thing that is beating Geormany
and will make the beating thorough. 1t is this
spirit that enabled Joffre and Foch to stop the
Germans at the Marine; it is this spirit that en-
abled Petain to hold Verdun; it is this spirit
that enabled Haig to stand at the last ditch when
the British armies were outnumbered two TO
one And it is this spirit which sends our men
into the fight to turn the tide as it has turned.
Germany's greed for power is a poor thing in
the balance against free mems viii to remain
free
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
CONSTITUTION
DAY SEPT.
Lexington Chapter, S. A. r., A
For Cooperation That oeca.
sion May Be Properly
Observed.

Lexington chapter, Sons Of
American Revolution, asks citizei
Of Keokuk to cooperate In the
tional observance Of Consitut1
day. September II. This Is
anniversary Of the adoption OF y
Constitution of the United States,
day which has meant much to y
preservation OF democracy.
urged that there be a general O
play OF the United States flag
request Is made that the various
partments of education in states d
municipalities open the NORM
session of all schools with exercisf
reciting the story of the birth OF !,
constitution and calling attention
the sacred rights and blessed pr
leges that every citizen enjoys una
it's protection.
The national society OF the So
of the American Revolution is ba'
Of the movement for the observan'
Of the day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
FOR THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE.

Donnellson Review: Under no cir
cumstances can any good be accom-
lplished in politics by raising false
issues. The president asserted that
the reelection OF q certain man would
be reputation of his administration.
That might be true and il might not.
A candidate may have been a sup
porter of the president and yet so per-
sonalIy unpopular among his consti-
ituents that he could not be reelected.
That would not be reputation of the
administration. A candidate may have
been an opponent of the administra-
Etion and vet be so popular with his
|constituents that they Viii Ee=elect
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
COURAGE.

COURAGE.
Courage is but a word and yet, of words,
The only sentinel OF permanencei
The ruddy watchfre of cold winter days,
We steal its comfort, lift our weary swords,
And on For faith-without it--has no sense;
And love to wind of doubt and tremor sways;
And life forever quaking marsh must tread
Law gives it not before it prayer will blush;
Hope has it not pride OF being true,
IT'S the mysterious soul which never yields,
But hales US on and TO breast the rush
OF all the fortunes we shall happen through.
And when Death calls across his shado~y nelcs-
Dying it answers: Here! l am nordead!
John Galsworthy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
STRENGTH FROM THE BATTLE.

In an essay ON The Philosophy of Opposi-
tion' written some years ago by Dr. John
Grier Hibben, president of Princeton university,
the author quotes an old Indian legend to the
effect that the strength of an enemy slain in bat
tie goes to the warrior who overcomes him. Out
of struggle strength always comes, that is GER
tain. And out of the struggle with Germany
new strength is coming to the nations which
are fighting her. It is no abstract theory but
honest alignment to affirm that Germany is the
cause of the very forces which will make i'm
possible the fulfllment of her dreams of world
conquest What she has become is plainly
seen by all the world. Great as her achievement
is, its motive has been convicted of selfish
ness which is immoral and her use of power is
abhorrent In its cruelties.
What would have happened, what would
have been the after-war judgment of Germany
had she won, as she confidently expected to- is
not easy to imagine Success finds excuses
easily and there is always weak tendency to
believe that what succeeds must be better than
that which it brushes. But we shall not see a
warped judgment now; Germany herself does
not expect success for her war plan, only an es-
cape from its worst consequences. For she
failed rightly to make general her application
of the teachings of her philosophers; they
taught that opposition begot strength but. Ger
many forgot that opposition to her would be-
get strength equal to that she developed
The forces that made Germany 50 strong are
now operative in the allied nations. These ma
tons have come to the same singleness of pur-
pose, the same devotion Of their brains and
Drawn, the same focusing of thought and action
On the battle for supremacy that Germany
counted on But the allies have the great adj
vantage of cause which needs no excuse. In
beating down the German will to power they are
defeating world evil, and the power to do this
will bring 70 them new consciousness. They
viii not again debate the wisdom of bargaining
with nation that proposes exchange of com
mercial advantage for freedom. They will not
again fear TO lose Individual prestige by ally
ing themselves in righteous cause. They will
know themselves able and willing to fight any
power that threatens their freedom. And they
viii know how they have done and what they
have and are doing. In this knowledge is the
best asset Of the war; the best payment for its
awful losses OF men and things.
have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed
them: and turned again until had consumed
them.
/ have consumed them. and wounded them
! that they could not arise: yea, they fallen
/ under NY fest.
i For tio1 has girded me with strength to battle:
II them that Up against hast thou subdued
under
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

after the war the competition OF other nations
will counterbalance the effect OF the WeDp Ia"
in South America. A permanent msunoer-
standing in that quarter would be unfortunate,
because American manufacturers look for
large trade in the countries of the south The
state DEPARTMENT. can perform helpful service
nv taking steps to remove distrust of the Webb
law in Latin-America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital: 1t is no time
for masquerades. It is the time to
discard your best friend If he is dis
loyal. There ought to be no friend
ship which can bridge over the
chasm of treason. When the battles
are won and the life of the govern
ment is not at stake, we can then
consider all minor questions. An
cient and time-worn propositions of
reform, having waited a long time,
can wait longer.
Des Moines Register: The an
nouncement that the cost OF some
necessity of life is going down this
in this country.
Davenport Democrat: Morally. the
zeppelin raids were a great blunder,
for their effect was incalculable in
creating and fostering an adherence
of German brutality and mentality,
which stimulated the British nation
to stupendous efforts and fixed the
hatred of German frightfulness In
the heart Of every enemy and neu-
trail nation.
Davenport Times: The Germans
were not asleep at the switch when
the English captured the Drocourt.
Queant railroad line. On the con-
trary, they were wide awake and
fought like wildcats. The loss OF
the great switch salient In the
opinion Of military men, is the worst
disaster the kaiser has sustained
during all the war. -
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
King George. of England, can say
some nice things, too, upon occasion.
Things that please" the ear and stir
the heart. The king recently took
occasion to speak of the American
army and, as might be expected,
spoke some pleasing and inspiring
words.
Sac City Bulletin: One man whose
political future is one of the posi-
biIities for himself and the nation is
Ambassador Gerard. The motion
picture production of his story is
ringing a popular realization that his
work in Germany should be source
of pride to the nation for all time to
come.
ready to make humble apology and
get down on all fours and beg for
mercy or go TO federal pen, don't
call the draft board or anyone con-
nected with the war activities of the
nation a crook or CRATER, because
the COLLINS win get you.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Some Of
the soldiers insist that the Salvation
Army knows more about the real
game than all the other agencies
combined They know best where to
90 and they go. But rescue work
has always been something real to
these Salvationists.
Council Bluffs NonpareiI: Appar-
emily politics has not been adj
date of the November election ap-
proaches It will be made clear that
there is at least quorum present
to do business in all the precincts
in the country
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

The suspicion grows that the Hon. Claude
Kitchin Is DESTROYS Of going down into history
as the man who made it possible for Andrew
Carnegie 10 realize his ambition to die poor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

French capture Pepper HILL reports a
news despatch from the front. Seasoned
troops, those French
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

Fruit is so valuable In a diet ss
every member of family should u
1t regularly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

1000 staples on sal. n
ie consumer should n,
. appointed by ]. r
he'd with whateys,
~ the food adminls,,,
:. CONSUMER should n
$1.6S to s1.65 per SAP
IAN pounds or n
pound in less than
packages
SIC to CSC per sack al
pounds. or &c per n
in less than mill !
ages.
s1.65 to s1.72 per saO!
24h pounds.
TIC to TIC per pod
13hc to lac per ooul
&c to SIC per pound
INC to TIC per pou,I
shc to SC per pound
SIC to SIC per pov,
SC to 13hc per pousi
lac to 147ac per ,oy,
1910 to lac per can
&c to SIC per can.
1910 to Zoe per poV,
zoe to 81 ac per pou
1910 to 15c per poun
1910 to 22c per caa.
19c to 21hc Der can
25c to soc per can
lSc to 2S1ac per can
l4Mc to 28hc per ca
16hc to 21hc per D
tic to 26c per pound
Lee to 2Shc per pou
s5.13 to s5.67 per ca,
s ~ to S1sc per pou
s2.35 per 25 pound 5,
$ .s5 per 10 pound s,
5 As per 5 pound sac
33c to 34c per pound
34c to SIC per pound
29c to soc per poun'
31c to 33Ac per pou,
35c to 36c per pount
40c per dozen.
Sc per pound.
BE TO 25c per pound
&c per pound
soc to 43c per poun
40c to 49c per poul
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

came for help, and she denied her aid
to none.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

is better honest to believe that we deter
mine our own fate, then set about In manly or
worany carry this belief into practice than TO
rail against imaginary something create and eah
Fate-RaIph Waldo Urine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

The Following table includes most OF the
gives the sprices< which both the retailer ano
each one al determined by the special commttt
food administrator for Lee county. and publl
changes are necessary for public information
Ar.,.,. Retailers Pay
Wheat Flour ........s11s5 to $12.o5 per bar
rel Of SEAN pound sack
RYE Flour .$12e5 to s12so rer bar
rel of twenty 10 pound
sacks
Barley Flour $1070 to $11.00 per bar
rel OF eight 2413 pound
sacks
Corn Flour .........oSSo 70 o1e per ~ pou noun
Corn Meal 4Zc to SIC per pound
Pearl Hominy ........5Ac to &c per pound
Rolled Oats ..........6c to shc per pound
Ground Rolled Oats ..6kc to SIC per pound
Edible Corn Starch &c to 10c per pound
Rice 1910 to lie per pound
Milk. tall cans .......1oho to lie per can
Milk small cans .....4ssc 70 DC per e ian norrd
Lima Beans .......... 15c to 16c per pound
Pinto Beans ......... 10c to lie per pound
Canned Corn -.-......1sc TO 1910 per can
Tomatoes ...........135tc aoc per can
No. Canned
Tomatoes 18c to 2lo per can
Canned Dried Beans. 10c to zoe per can
Rajsins .............11hc to l5c per pound
Peaches, Dried $500. l2c to 1Sc per pound
Prunas lie to zoe per pound
Corn Syrup 1885 to $4.25 per case
GRADUATED Sugar, bulk $s1S to 1886 per 100 IDS
Granulated Sugar, rs
pound sacks 1888 per 100 pounds
Granulated Sugar, 10
pound sacks 40 per 100 pounds
GRADUATED Sugar,
pound sacks $3.50 per 100 pounds
Lard bulk .281sc to f9c per pound
Lard. small pals -. CSC to 32c per pound
Lard. Substitutes. bulk 24c to 2bc per pound
Lard, Substitutes,
small cans 2ec 20 2sA per pound
Cheese .2Sc to 291ac per pound
Eggs, country .........35c to S5c per dozen
In
/ pound cartons 80. Doc per pound
Oleomargarfne PIC to 29c per pound
Potatoes, New .......21sc to &c Per pound
Ham ............23 to 35c per pound
Bacon ............32c to 40c per pound
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

Des Moines Register: The an
nouncement that the cost Of some
necessity of life is going down this
winter would create real excitement
in this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed
them: and turned not again Until had consumed
them.
And have consumed them, and wounded them,
that they could not arise: yea they fallen
under NY fest
For thou has girded with strength to battle:
them that Up against ne hast thou subdued
under
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
Hospitals Were Pesthouses.!

The hospitals were 7esthouses and
beneath them were open cespools,
through which the wind blew sewer
gas into the wards and corridors. The
beds and clothing teemed with in
credible vermin, the place abounded
with rats, and one of Florence Night
ingale's first achievements was to
make herself an epert rat catcher.
silently killing the rodents as they
scuttled along the beams over the
heads of her patients at night.
The first thing the lady-in-chief did
was TO 90 down on her hands and
knees and scrub the floors, and then
cry, Now, the strongest to the wash.
tubs - They were needed. Such
washing OF bed linen as rad been
done. had been done in cold water,
and as Il came back Florence Night
ingaIe burned it
The doctors and officers objected
70 her Books written at the time by
the men who helped to officer the
Grim can army show with what scorn
they met her The authority with
which she was armed enabled her to
get her ways in many things, but in
one she was beaten.
The cooking x2s badly done at one
end Of vast building and there the
half-boiIed mess was slashed up and
anQortioned To some would 20 a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10
THE oFF1c1AL FOOD PRICES IN KEoKuK

includes OF the food al
eves the retailer and the
food administering Lee county and published with whatever
public information the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

Council Bluffs NonpareiI: Appar-
emily politics has not been adj
date of the November election ap-
proaches It will be made clear that
there is at least q quorum present
to do business in all the precincts
in the country
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-10

Anthem Herald: Unless you are
ready to make humble apology and
get down on all tours and beg for
mercy or go TO federal pen, don't
call the draft board or anyone con-
nected with the war activities of the
nation a crook or a CRATER, because
the COLLINS viii get you.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
Mccormick Lumber Co., and ChenauIt & 0rear

power, it has a right to call for
concentration of time and money to
its work as great as the conseccra-
ton of the soldier to his task and
his sacrifice.
1t is impossible to comprehend
how any man or woman can think
of this matter in any other light,
or to understand the spirit which
would cause any one to falter or to
be a Stacker or a shirker in fail
ing to heed the call of the Govern
ment for subscription to Liberty
Bonds.
Men who cannot go to the wal
should rejoice in the blessed priv
ilege of feeling that they have a
share in aiding those who do go,
and realize that every dollar that is
invested in Liberty Bonds or Thrift
Stamps is a dollar towards the win
ming of the war.
1t behooves all of us, however
little or however much we may be
able to invest, to be ready when the
Government calls for subscriptions
to the next Liberty Loan to go to
the utmost limit of our ability; not
merely to the utmost extent of
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
18th Day of April, 1918,

at one o'clock, P. NJ, or thereabout,
(belng Court Day., proceed to offer
for sale, at Public Auction, to the
highest bidder, Oh II credit of six
and twelve months, at the Court
House door, in Mt. Sterling, Ky,
the property mentioned in the judg-
ment, tO-wit:
A certain tract of land situated
on the waters of Somerset Greek in
Montgomery County, Ky, bounded,
beginning at a stake in Burchett's
line, thence N. Sl12 w. 81 poles to
post, corner with Asa Pieratt;
thence with Pieratt's line S. 1OA
w. ITO poles to a post, corner with
Mrs. Bette Hunt; thence with Mrs.
Hunts line N. SO f. 1872 poles to a
stake, corner with same; thence N.
9$4 f. l05 poles to the beginning,
and containing 1872 acres of land.
There is a right of passway for
the benefit of this land out over
Mrs. Bette Hunts land to the pub
lie road.
Being part of a tract of land
conveyed to the late Mrs. Lizzie
Hurt by deed Of record in Deed
Book 80 at page 33l in the Mont
gomery County Court Clerks office.
The purchaser will be required
to give bond, with approved secm~
ity, for the payment Of the - =
chase money, to have the force and
effect of replevin bond, bearirg
legal interest from the day on sale,
according to law.
Bidders will be prepared to COM
ply with these terms. A lien will be
retained on the land sold till all tia
purchase money is paid
Bond payable to undersio h,
w. T.. JONES,
Master Commissioner M. Q. c.
s9-3t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

easy payment, but to the utmost to
which we can find a way, through
thrift and saving and enconmy ana
credit and cash, to invest in Lib
erty Bonds.
The call is to be made one year
from the date of our. entrance into
the war. In advance every one in
the country who can possibly sub
scribe for a single bond up to those
who can subscribe for millions or
tens of millions of dollars, should be
getting ready so that on the opening
day, in celebration of the first an
niversary Of our entranc into this
holy war, there should be such a
tremendous subscription to these
bonds as was never seen anywhere
in the world.
1t should not be necessary for
this subscription campaign to ex-
tend over weeks of solicitation and
active campaigning. On the con-
trary, in advance men should have
made their plans and be ready to
make their subscription to the ut
most extent of their ability on the
opening day, that enthusiastically
and joyously they might thus stand
behind the Government in this great
work to save our county from ruin.
The soldiers who carried the han
ner, I'VE have given ourselves. What
will you give?" call from the battle
field and the camp, and their voice
should sink deep into every soul.
What have you done to make
possible our success in the fight
which we are making for your hfe2
In churches, in schools and
everywhere else, the work should
begin Immediately, and every man
and woman should be planning now,
with a view to trying to be the first
to make a subscription on the open
ing day, the anniversary day of
this, the greatest war of all ages,
and the war which means the most
for civilization of all the wars since
man was first placed. on EARTH
Manufacturers Record"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
W. S. s.,

The measure of greatness of a
people is in the unanimity with
which they rally to the support of
their principles and their ideals. If
there were ever any doubt that the
American people are one in heart
and soul, that doubt has been for
ever dispelled, for, when Americans
can be induced to lay aside that
idol, so dear to the hearts of all
politics-that world may be assur-
ed that they are dominated and
controlled by that greatest of all
passions, love of home and native
land.
1t is only that politician of the
peanut" variety that is at all ac-
tive these days. The statesman
has forgotten that politics exist.
1t is this uninimity Of sentiment