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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Letters They Like.
TBy United Press. ]

LONDON, Dec. 10. By Mall 1.-THE
Red Cross visitor to Ward j at the
American hospital at Dar,hord, Eng
land, found the man with the badly
fractured leg smiling happily to him
self. She glanced at the torn envei.
ones living scattered on his bed and
smiled too.
You've had a good mail" she said
1.-THE Boy I've Just been talking 10
hadn't any"
|, my people at home never miss q
mail" he said proudly. "They all
write And there's such
a difference in their letters.
There's cousin Kate, now She
writes as if l had been turned into
bronze statue on pedestal
we can never repay your noble sa;r'-
fee - and so on.
And Katie's not'a bit like that real
Nv. She's what the people here call
a topping good sort. But she lniaks
that's the proper way to do it.
Mothers letters are the best cf all.
When I came away she said she
would lust try to think when she
wrote that / was Saying over Mt Aunt
Harriet's place a Few miles away. and
then it would Re easier 10 write. So
she tells me that she has illt up clean
curtains in the sitting room, and that
the apple jelly has turned out wei.
and that neighbour John ion's bron-
chitis is bad again enc,
little things like that,
81 lie here for hours thinking about
them. They help me to keeo hold OIL
the old life That's the kind of let
ter we all like cost"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Roads to Prosperity.
TBv United Press. ]

SPRINGFIELD. H., Dec 24.-Illi-
nois is going to kill two birds with
one stone" by taking care of its sur
nlus labor resulting from the wars
end and at the same time building a
$50 900 system of hard roads.
state leaders foresaw that the end
of the war would create a labor sur
Mus. At the same time there was
an agitation on foot for statewide
system of hard roads.
The two propositions were com
bined in hard road bill and passed
\ by the last general assembly The
Legislative act Immediately was re
ceiyed with favor because 1t not only
was planned to solve Illinois after
| the-war labor problem, but at the
! same time satisfy the demand o.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
KEOKUK SOLDIER
SAW BIG FIGHTING
Ernest Wright Was in the Thick OF
the Fiercest Fighting on
the Front Line in
France

Ernest Wright has been in a hos
pital IN Bordeaux for three weeks,
recovering from a shrapnel wound in
the knee His mother, Mrs. A N.
Wright, OF 1928 High street, received
a letter from him this morning
which was written November "a.
He was on the firing line from
August Is to November II. continu
ously. The only relief from the
fight came in five days in wnich the
regiment was transferred from one
sector to another.
The division to which Private
Wright belonged was in the front
sector at Saint Mihiel at the great
battle on September IL, in which
only ten men were lost in his divi-
sion.
On September 2s they went over
the top and took. seven miles OF
ground. The last fight in which
Private Wright engaged was at Yer
dun, during the first three days OF
November.
I'VE went over the top four times
in three days and gained miles and
miles," the soldier writes. I'VE ad
vaneed to the Meuse river and were
then relieved"
Private Wright belonged to Com
pany H, 359th infantry. He left keo-
lluk for Camp Dodge on April 30 and
was transferred to Camp Travis,
Texas. He sailed for France July 6
and was in the thick of the fighting
almost from the time OF his arrival
in France.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
us, and we got hearty welcome

us. and we got hearty welcome
coming through Belgium
''All Of the Keokuk boys are well,
he writes his father on November "a.
and adds: THE next time you hear
from me shall be over in Ger
many"
Captain Mckenzie said today that
the letters from MS son made this
the happiest Christmas he and bis
wife ever had. The 16Sth regiment
and the son have participated in
thirty-nine battles. and all America
knows of It's big part In the world
war
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
SAYS WAR is
REAL MANS JOB
Harold Nj. Hanson of keokuk, Writes
From Near Germany Where
He is in the
Marines.

Harold M. Hanson, son of the late
DR.. e. NJ. Hanson, was IN the marines
in the midst Of the fighting before the
armistice, and the moving afterward
and is now homesick for old Keokuk
again. Part of a letter 70 A. H Rich
is as follows, under date Of November
Is:
Just a word in haste. We shove
for Germany tomorrow for garrison
duty at Coblanz, but hope to be IN
the states by New Years. Have been
through a lot OF he'll in the last SIX
months. Have actually been over the
top nine times, and am lucky to be
alive at all, let alone safe and sound.
Very few of the old men are left
with this regiment, which in point OF
numbers has been wiped out over
four times.
never wanted anything so much
In NV life as | want to get home.
The end of the war finds me home
sick. Believe me, this war business
is strenuous. the way We have been
nlaying the game. March for twenty
hours through a foot of mud with
seventy pounds of equipment Sleep
all night, or rather lie all night IN
a shell hole full of water, and-over
the Top in the morning. Then from
tbirtv-six hours to ten days OF the
same program, often without food and
water, and always under she'll ire
Take it straight, it's real mans
job. -.
Notice the envelope. / captured it
among the other effects of Baya-
rian officer.
The envelope is lined with dense
black ppaer to prevent the writing
of the letter being read through it
This black paper is dotted with the
Hawaiian crown in red
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
TREATED FINE
BY POPULACE
Soldier of the Famous Iowa Reei.
ment With Many Keokuk Men
in II Writes His Par
ents Here.

Private Louis Mckenzie, of Com
pany L, 16Sth infantry. writes his
mother under date of November 20,
from Luxembourg, where the regi-
ment was then on its way into Ger.
many. Part Of his letter is as fol
lows:
Il bought twenty francs worth OF
beefsteak today and the lady of the
house gave US some potatoes, and
she baked us a big plate OF waffles
and made US a big bowl of gravy.
She gave US glass OF jam and
loaf of bread, and We had some feed.
II is the second home-cooked meal
have eaten in this country.
THE people here are very kind to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Everybody Here Is Joining.

The Des Moines papers say that the
state director issued a circular extend
ing the period of the campaign until
January I, all over Iowa, but no such
instructions had reached Mrs. Sage
this morning. At any rate, she had
already taken the appropriate action
in the premises along that line
The membership campaign was
originally scheduled to close last
night. It simply is to get members
for the Red Cross, and the cost is
only one dollar for the year.
Everybody in Keokuk wants to be-
long to the great organization and
feel that he or she is worthy of a part
of the praise going to tits achieve
ments are possible only in proportion
to the number of members it has.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24

the wrecked house. Dodging from
window to window, he kept up a scat
itering fire that made the Germans be-
lieve, for a few minutes, that the
Americans were still resisting in
force.
Only when the last man was safe
ly over the Vesle did Lieutenant Tur-
ner stop firing and run for safety.
Later he was with them when they
advanced again and added Fismette
to the map OF permanently captured
territory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Major LEAGUE Schedule.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-The 1913
major league baseball schedule will
be framed January 8 at French Lick
Springs, Ind, it was announced by
Ban johnson today. Johnson with
President Heydler and Barney Drey-
fuss of the National league will draft
the 14o-game schedule adopted for
the peace season.
Owner Comiskey, of the White SoI
at once announced his club would
train in Texas, probably Mineral
Wells. Johnson had letters indicat-
ing most majors would start training
March Is to 90
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
FOR STUBBORN
COUGHS AND COLDS
Dr.. Kings New Discovery
has a fifty year record
behind il

Il built its reputation on its produc.
ton Of positive results, on It. surene s.
colds, coughs. grippe and bronchial
attacks.
.'Dr. Kings New Discovery Why.
nv folks wouldn't use anything elsef'
That's the general nationwide esteem
In which this wen-known remedy Is
held. Its action is prompt, Its taste
pleasant, its relief gratifying.
Half a century Of cold and cough
checking. All druggists. 60c and Si-20.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
D.pi.s Bomb charne.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LANCASTER, Pa. Dec. 24.-Domi
nick Castallara. arrested and held
here for desertion, is believed by the
police to have bombed the Milwau
kee police station. He denies the
charge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Bowels Out Of Ki1terl

That's nature calling Tor re.ief.
Assist her in her daily duties with Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. Not purgative
In the usual dose, but a mild, effective,
corrective, laxative that leases the
bowels into action. Csc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24

nateIy $500 miles of hard road
touching every county in the stad
The division of highways now is slal
ing plans for the opening of wod
probably next spring or as sod
thereafter as labor and material CD
ditions warrant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
DARTING, PIERCING
SCIATIC PAINS
Give way before the pence
erating effects of Sloan's
Lininlent

So do those rheumatic twinges and
the lo;n-aches Of luIabago, the nerve
Inflammation Of neuritis, the wry ree
the joint wrench, the ligamene spras.,,
the muscle strain, and the throbb;ag
bruise.
The easesof applying, the quickacaa
OF relief, the positive results, the clean
liness, and the economy Of Sioan's
Liniment make it universally preferred.
z sssY
- KeXs D @ ~
SOC. SOC, 81 20.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
LEE COUNTY RED
| CROSS CAMPAIGN
Campaign for Memberships is Extend.
cd Another Week and Until
First Day Of the New
Year.
HEADQUARTERS OPEN
Townships VIII Continue Drive, and
keokuk People Will Continue
to Flock In to Become
Members.

The weather, the influenza and the
devil prevented the Red Cross mem
bership campaign from attaining its
normal speed in southern Lee county
last week and yesterday.
The country townships, especially,
felt these influences and said that
with more time they could do lot
more work. New Boston reported that
1t believed 1t could double the number
OF memberships in another week.
Consequently, Mrs. William n.
Sage, chairman of the campaign for
Keoknk and southern Lee county,
told the townships and Lee county
towns in her Jurisdiction to keep at
1t another week and until January i.
The Keokuk headquarters at 623
Main street will also be kept open all
this week and until the advent OF
1919. The number OF mem peYships
being taken there daily and in the
evenings is somewhat of a surprise,
albeit very gratifying. People have
been focking there to Join the Red
Cross. and every one had heart and
dollar.
Miss MitcheIPs Good Record.
Miss inertia Mitchell has made 4
remarkable record during the last
week" said Mrs. Sage this morning,
! ''and she ought to have a world OF
credit for It,
She has been working hard in
charge OF the neighbornood division
which includes the house to house
canvass, and she has turned in over
$4,000 so far which is more than any
boGy else ever collected in one dollars
in neokuk before
In doing this Miss Mitchell is mere
ly keeling up to the record she has
TT l.. fol always completing perfect
Il7 vi liver she undertakes II any
lire o. work for Ksai-uk and the sol
dies che business mon and f.ct.rs
dJv's' v1ls have not ye- completed their
work ready for report All of them
including Miss Mitchell, will continue
to work in the byways for another
week, but the most of-the member
ships now ought to be taken to the
headquarters Office at 623 Main street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24

Four hours sleep out of twenty
four is enough for the elephant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24

thousands of autoists, farmers and
manufacturers.
The proposition was planned before
the voters al the November elections
and was adopted with but little oppo-
sition.
1t is planned to construct approxi.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
Spanish Influenza can
be prevented easier than
it can be cured.
At the first sign of a
shiver or sneeze, take
<slI
cAscARA 81 ouINlNE
sSsS

Standard cold remedy for 40 years-in tablet
forrn-aafc. sure. no opiates-breaks up . cold
In "a hours-releves grip IN days. Money
back it fails The genuine box has . Red top
with Mr.. Eius picture. AT All Drug Storca
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
THE SONG OF THE BEDoulN.
lAn Ode to a Desert Raiderl.

On! On! My noble Arabian steed
Till the deserts sand flecks thy
foam.
Let thy fleetness safely carry me
TO my far distant, desert home.
On. On! Toward the Mecca we fly
Where we shall arrive secure at last
For you were not created to die
Beneath the -sandstorm's fiery blast
Ger the cleaning desert sand
Thou hast Oft carried thy master
While preying on some caravan;
we are pursued; / urge thee faster
Ihou mast left the dogs far in the rear
For art thou not the steed Of Allah
once on thy back I have not to fear
The m1ntons and soldiers of the Shah.
AT last we shall arrive in our nativs
camp
Then, we safely close our eyes in
sleep
For then thou my beautiful steel can
prance
Beneath the Pyramids and the
Sphinx,
And rest beneath the oasis soothing
cool
There a goodly meal we shall have
refreshing drink from yonder pool
For I am thy master, the Bedouin.-
thou the Arab.
Francis I. Conway, Battery B. 108th
Artillery.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

them from making the proposed attack
but on the following day prevented Lee
from turning the left flank of the Union
army. General Hancock commanded the
center of the federal army on the third
day. His lines were broken, but desper-
ate fighting, with terrible losses on both
sides, finally resulted in the repulse of
the Confederate army. Hancock him
self was seriously wounded.
The Wilderness Campaign demonstrated
his ability and the principal reverse his
command suffered was at Petersburg In
1854. He was promoted to brigadier gem
eral in the regular army and then to ma
jor general Indian fighting occupied a
year or two again. He was assigned to
supervise reconstruction in Louisiana and
Texas. Several army departments sue
cessively benefited by his administra-
ton.
While commanding the Division of the
Atlantic in 1880, he was nominated by the
Democratic convention for President of
the United States, but was defeated by
General Garfield. Six years later he died
at Governors Island
General Hancock was a thorough or
ganizer, a keen strategist, an officer Of
rare good Judgment, lighter of bull
dog persistence. His valor was unques-
toned. The confidence which he in
spired in his soldiers was a large ele-
ment in his success. He led his army
and his army followed his recognized su-
perb leadership.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
HANCOCK THE SUPERB"
Brief Sketch Of Noted General Camp Hancock
Was Named.
=. ..!sssgL =. ID.

Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ca. was
named after Major General Winfield
Scott Hancock. General Hancock was
native Pennsylvania, born in 1924 at
Montgomery Square, Montgomery Coun~
ty, Pa. At the early age of 20 he gradu-
ated from West Point. The Indian wars
furnished opportunity for training and the
Mexican war made him lieutenant At
forwards as captain, he won recognition
in the Quartermaster's Department He
served in Kansas during the border trou-
bles. After a march of 700 miles in rs days.
he took his wagon train, drawn by mules,
to Fort Bridger from which point he con-
Quoted 12S wagons to California; dis
lance of LOO miles.
AT the outbreak of the Civil war. he
was chief quartermaster on the Pacific
coast and was one of the first to be com
missioned brigadier general of volunteers.
His successful leadership at Williams
burg, Va In 1852, led General Mcclellan
to refer to him in dispatches as "Han-
cock, the superb" At Fredericksburg in
1862, shortly after he was made major
general, his command suffered loss of
forty per cent.
The steadiness of Hancook's division
saved the day at Charlottesville in the
spring of 1868. On the first day at Get
ttysbqfg, Reynolds had been Killed and
the left wing of the Union army was
demoralized when General Meade ordered
Hancock to assume control. Not only did
he strengthen the positions and prevent
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
TIME WASTED.

A farmland had worked in the field
from dawn to darkness, doing the
chores by lantern light. I'm going to
quit" he said to the farmer at the end
of the month. You promised me a
steady job"
Well. haven't you got one?" was the
astonished reply
NO" said the man, there are three
or four hours every night that ] don't
have thing to do and fool my time
away sleeping
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

German trenches, captured thousands of
prisoners, killed and wounded countless
other thousands and pushed their lines
forward for big gains,
In the presence of the wonderful Brit
ish and French troops the Germans have
shown themselves to be CUTTERS.
When Americas big army lines up
with the British and French the superb
GRITTY over the Germans will be even more
marked.
They will have the big punch"
They'll win just as soon as they learn
how to use it,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
A CRUEL RLoW.

Il see you have your arm in sling, E"
said the inquisitive passenger. "Brok-
en-, isn't it?
Eyes, sir" responded the other pas
senger.
Meet with an accident?"
NO; broke it while trying to pat
myself on the back"
Great Scott! What for?"
For minding my own business
Rams Horn.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

L. III. 5.
1Q5rd Sanitary Train.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

To be at peace with Neighbor A
and furnish key to his hen house
to Neighbor Z is dishonorable and
Austria.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Red Cross Supplies Legs
For French Soldiers

The following cablegram, received
from the Paris Headquarters of the
American Red eros, makes plain why,
through one of its many activities,
Americans are gaining the gratitude
of the French people:
Every day French mutiles-wound-
ed soldiers who have either lost arms
or legs-gather at American Red
Cross Headquarters seeking assistance
in securing either artificial arms or
artificial legs. The ones given by the
Red Cross are the best and most prac-
teal that can be obtained.
The crippled men typify the true.
spirit Of France sacrifice. They never
complain about their misfortunes, but
are profuse in their thanks for assist
ance. A French soldier who hobbled
in ON two wooden legs the other day
received artificial legs, which en-
abled him to stand upright without
the aid of cane. After he had ar
rived home his mother wrote the Red
Cross:
Thank you with all my heart for
what you have done for my poor mu--
tilated soldier. Your generous and
charitable help has brought back to
active life an unfortunate who, with
out your help, would have remained
in the darkest of misery. From my
soul of a mother and French wo-
man | beg you to tell the American
mothers whose sons will soon be
fighting along side of our sons, that
if it is their fate to be sent some day
to our hospitale, we shall receive
them with devoted and tender care "
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
FREEpoM AND DUTY.

The love of freedom is inherent in man.
1t is deep as the tides that ebb and flow
and as wide as the race itself. In
whatever language it is spoken, by what
ever lips expressed, Liberty is the magic
watchword which all understand. 1t is
and it is the boon for ~aich countless
millions die. and if I were permitted to
stand before kings and rulers of the
world I would be proud to life up my head
and say that next to my Christianity and
my heritage in Christ l thank God that
He has given me the strength and cour-
age to enlist in the army of the U. S. A,
to fight for Liberty-not only for our
selves. but for the world.
And so let the watchword of every
soldier in this Twenty eighth Division
be: "Give Me Liberty or give me deathw
So that this land of the free and the
home of the brave be victorious in this
war and be an angel of light to other
nations.
T. II. s.
1Q5rd Sanitary Train
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08

Church Of Christ now worshIpins at
court house will worship In new church
Bell Isle car line and get off at 10th 81.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08

RUNAWAY BOY-Earl Todd, aged Is.
left home June 3. 1918; chunky boy,
round face. blue ewes, dark hair. tana a
little Throw IN until ! get there. WIN
nay reward Of '25. 7. 8. Todd. Route 2.
Norman, okla
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FURNISHED HOUSES AND
APARTMENTS FOR RENT

NEWLY furnished, s-room. 7-story
house, 4 extra large closets, living room
extends full length OF house; garage, fur
nlshed for home; owner called TO war.
1000 Wist 9th, Walnut 1887 or Maple
26s2
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To Trade for Auto

80 acres clsar land, miles railroad
town. Latlmer county, az miles from gas
good geological report; will trade for
good cnr or b-pnssenRor preferred
Call fi0i Colcord Bldg, or phone wal
nut 1876
FOR sALE-Good motorcycle, excelient
condition; cash or Liberty bonds. Wal
nut 57il-J.
FOR sALE-One b.pnsenger Dodge tour
Ing car, only run 1000 miles, looks and
runs like new. can't beat this bargain In
town. Walnut 2bi7
FoH sALE-Ford, bargain, Call
Walnut 1855,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08

DIR. NowLIN Dentist. resumes prao-
uco June 10. Phone Walnut 1884,
~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08
LroHr HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS
FOR RENT

TWO beautiful. large. connecting SOUTH
front rooms and bath. nicely furnished,
Tor housekeeping; close In, nice loca ationi
adults. Call Maple 1891
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08
POULTRY AND PETS

100 THOROUGHBRED e. c. white Leg
horn yearling hens. il.l0 each. J.
Rcding, city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08

TWO well furnished rooms for house
keeping wfth bath; no objection TO one
ohlld. bl2 N. HtonewnlL wal l6ii.
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BEST EuBtjKBKN cash srcvsFY u q
city Wal iggG, 7l'.s, M 4

TIiE best paying suburban 4Su1 ~
In the city for sale Mt invoicej avogs
age daily sale. 800; rent 40. Gu. easos
Oklahoman. ta
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-08
HUDSON APARTMENT
30l y n Hudson

South and east rooms, modern: hot and
cold water. rate 81 and up per week
Phone Walnut sS5.