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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
WOMAN -FOUR FOUR
MINUTE man
- n keokuk Motion Pieture
- 1n.aters and Delights Audience
with Her Fine
oratory.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATER
.u.. eleanor Moody shows She Has
Not Forgotten How to Speak.
clearly, cogentIy and
Against Time.

r,o local movie patrons had a new
81 thrill twice this week, when,
s so,,o,ying the flash on the screen
convincing a four-minute speaker,
ahn .o ste,ped onto the stage slen-
theio e;rlish figure instead OF the
u u.a;d dignified man-person whom
sla.u' hove learned to expect on such
occasions. ~. e,rs+
yaarnt, woman to appear as four
minute man.
che is speaking in the present
.,i.ad war work campaign as rep
u la.e of the War Library asso-
i;at;on w. G. Blood, chairman OF
NO sneakers committee. introduced
Wv, W. in q very pleasing, brief speech.
Mice Moody had reputation IN
Wv high school days as speaker,
nen on the debating team. Her
so,r,r,minute speeches show that she
l r.n still argue logically and speak
against time. ,.., 80
crowded into four minutes was q
marvel and it was all told In a
clear voice, with delightful tone and
accent. which could be heard DIS
tinctly all over the theater.
Was a Good Speech.
She dwelt particularly on the IL
hrarv feature OF the united war work,
and showed how all seven activities
cooperate.
"The American Library association
has libraries in every camp and can
tonment in this country. in all hos.
nitals. Y. M. C. A. and K. Q. huts and
ranteens, on every transport ship, on
every battleship, and in the dugouts
in the farthest corner where our
bows have gone" she said, and con-
tinued.
1T has distributed five million
magazines and three million gift
books, which have been mostly fic-
ton.
Now the government wants to
give the soldiers technical and edu-
cational books, so that the time they
spend in reading while they are
over there may help them to be bet
ter citizens when they get home.
"The boys who are engineers are
wanting the latest books in their
line of work, and men of other pro-
LESSONS are wanting to keep up with
their speciality, and these books must
be new. "A part Of the money you
give to this campaign will be de-
voted to this library work"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

reconstruction hospital at Des Moines
a barrel of jam, jelly and fruit to the
wounded soldiers sent across from
overseas. Help them in their good
work.
Evangellstic services will begin
Sunday evening at the Nazarine
church by the pastor. the Rev. Will
kinson assisted by other divines.
Special song service.
Mr.. and Mrs George Lawler of
Tacoma, are guests of their mother,
Mrs. Essie Ward and Mr.. and Mrs.
lack Owen.
The horse of c. c. Cougar of Mt.
Claire, became frightened and wreck
ed his buggy.
If there is lady in our town who
deserves stars in her crown it is
Mrs. F. o. Wilcox for the excellent
candy and cake sent the soldiers and
sailors.
Chas. Sullivan has recovered from
influenza.
Saul Hamburger Of Rock Island
arsenal, was called to Keokuk re-
Gently by the serious illness Of his
daughter Violet, who suffered a re-
lapse Of influenza.
Quartermaster John Bowen in a
communication to his mother says.
Il am at Buffalo, n. Y, and expect
to be in Chicago soon, then will be
home on a furlough.
Elmer Trimball who is overseas.
was remembered with valuable
Christmas box from his wife and the
Trimbal and Wahrer families.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
CUT|CURA HEALS
|NF[AMED ECZEMA
On Face and Arms. Spread Rap
idly. Caused Itching and
Loss Of Sleep.
Trouble Lasted Three Weeks.
Used One Cake of Soap and
One Box of Ointment.

Eczema broke out on my face and
arms and spread rapidly. AT first it
was only in little red spots, but later
II took the form of sore eruptions.
These blotches caused burning sem
sation and my skin was infiamed and
sore. The eruption caused itching,
and lost sleep.
This trouble lasted about three
weeks. Then wrote for free sam
pie OF Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
felt SO much better that bought
cake of Cuticura Soap and box of
IMMINENT and after using them short
,lIne lwascompletely healed. N Signed)
MISS Almeta Eckes, 513-20th Ave. NJ,
minneapolis, Mimi, June 20, 1917.
Suhcura Soap and Ointment tend
20 prevent pimples, rashes, etc.. if used
lol everyday toilet purposes. They
are ideal for the complexion because
% delicate, creamy and fragrant.
Ssmp!s Each Free by Mail. Address post
eu. .u. Cuticura. Dept. n. Boston." Sold
s.ywnere Soap 25c. Ointment Is and soc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

ator at the central telephone once
was the recipient Of beautiful bunch
of carnations from Mrs. +. o. WILCOX
Mrs. r. e. Worster is sojourning
at Dallas. Texas, with her daughter
Miss Laura Curtis.
Two new cases of influenza, so re-
ports Dr. E. M. Buck.
A horse belonging sto Albert Jemi'
son became frightened. throwing Mrs.
Jemison from the buggy and demol
fishing it,
The Misses Fruelings motored to
Canton. Mo-, Sunday to visit their
brother Harry, who Is mobilizing at
that place.
Four boys from this place went
hunting and separated two and two
and in their wild career for game
shot toward each other, leaving six
teen shot In the cheek of one and
twelve in the face of one OF the
others, with no serious results.
Mrs. Marie McKinnie, formerly
Murie Miner, was enroute from Salt
Lake to East Alton with her two sons
and the remains of her beloved
daughter who passed away in that
city and was inferred in the Alton
cemetery last Friday. Her brother
Chas. Miner, and wife attended the
funeral.
Rev. Pleas Gray conducted services
at Keokuk Friday night.
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell has returned
from a visit with cousins in different
parts of Iowa and reports splendid
visit.
The w. c. T. U. Is busy bunch
here. They have recently sent to the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
keokuk at the Top.


To the Editor of The Gate City:
want to thank the good live citi-
zens of our town whom l called on
in interest of the Keokuk Concert
band.
Every businessman / called on
proved to me by going down good
and deep, that he wanted this must
cal organization to be permanent in
Keokuk.
My territory extends over the en-
tire state of Iowa, and I have been
in a good many towns when the boys
were leaving for camp. and in every
instance where made inquiry the
band had to be paid to escort the
boys to the depot. Much different
here.
Our band boys would roll out of
bed at any old hour and blow them
selves good and strong free of charge.
On one occasion / was home when
100 boys left for camp. The Elks
club which is composed of live ones,
turned their parlors into a baggage
room for the boys.
The Gate City and Constitution.
Democrat donated its space by
columns to boosting the band and
promoting the success of our town.
For the benefit of the very few
dead ones we have I want some of
our turtles to come out of their
she ellis and talk to their neighbors. 1t
will take all the crouch out Of them.
Incidentally, after supper last even
ing while my wife was adjusting her
hat before going to movie, l called
on three homes and received signed
pledged for $50 in behalf Of the war
drive.
Are Keokuk people alive? Just
give them a chance.
G. F. DENNIS,
1920 Timea Street.
Keokuk, Iowa, Nov 16, 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

Two Brothers Dead.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO. Nov. 16.-They were
bachelor brothers and for years they
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

had slept together in a rooming house
at Hammond, Ind. Each worked in
the steel mills and earned from SIS
to 500 a week. Today ]. H. Bryant.
alone survives. His elder brothers,
Charles and Henry, 81 and Al years
old respectively. had died during the
night and sleeping through the night
with their cold bodies the survivor
had not known when they died or
how.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
Not a New Idea to Him.

Boston Transcript: Now,
tenant Tompkins," said the gel
you have the battalion in qq
column, facing south-how would
get 1t into line, in the quickest
sible way, facing northeast?"
We'll, sir" said the lieut<
after a moments fruitless cons
ton, do you know, that's wEa|
often wondered"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
PATRIOTIC
EXERCISES
Connection of the Presbyterian
Church With EaEh OF the
Principal Allies the
Tonic.

The semi-annual praise meeting of
the Woman's Missionary society OF
the First Westminster Presbyterian
church will be held next Wednes-
day evening.
The program will be a patriotic
one. the three addresses will snow
tbe connection of the Presbyterian
church with the protestant churches
Of the three allies, Great Britain,
France and Italy.
The music will include the Mar
seillaise. sung by male quartette.
The maatins Is oman to the nupnc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

spent his entire fortune Of $4,000 in
vain efforts to find her.
But 1t was left for death to find
her. Francis McAlvey, who~had been
her husband three years, broke the
news to her parents today. Lillian
had died in Detroit last month, hav-
ing refused up to the last to tell her
father, whom she said she feared,
where she was.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
DISPUTE AMONG
LEVEE CITIZENS
One Claims the Other Robbed Him.
and the Other Claims He
Never Saw the One
Before.

John Higham filed an information
in the superior court against George
Hammond charging the latter with
larceny from his person of SO last
Sunday.
Hammond was arrested on the war
rant and waived examination, claim
ing loudly that he never saw Higham
before. He was bound over to the
grand jury under bond of $500
which he furnished.
Both the parties belong on the
levee.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16

Six Year Mystery Explained.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Nov. Is. Lillian
Ricketts, has been found. She dis
appeared six years ago from her
nome at Hammond, Ind. Her father,
DR.. Richard Ricketts,. is said to have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-16
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re-
sponsibility for views EXPIRE. sed by
correspondents. Writer'S of 'communi-
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but
for the information of the editor.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
WARM WEATHER
WILL SOON MAKE
DISAPPEARANCE
Temperatures to Come Back
to Normal by Tomorrow,
Is Forecast

The cool weather that has been
present in Harrisburg is scheduled
to pass away tomorrow. Cool weather
will continue to-day and tonight
but the mercury will rise to-mor-
row morning. official weather reports
say. The low temperatures to-day
and the past several days has not
been so low nor so extended that
damage of any extent has been suf-
fered by the late growing crops.
The weather yesterday was nine
degrees below what it normally is at
this time of the year. The mean
degrees. while the normal tempera-
ture for August IS is ~. Not even
did the highest temperature reach
the normal temperature, the mercury
only scaling the heights of 6S de-
grees. The lowest temperature re-
corded last night was 5S degrees. The
mercury this morning at eight o'clock
registered only 60 degrees. so wealth
er just as cool and even cpoler is
prevailing throughout Central Penn
sylvania to-day.
The temperature prevalent in this
section are from two to six degrees
lower than they were on Saturday
morning. Only a few sections of the
country report rises in temperature
Only a few weather bureaus in the
far west and extreme north report
lower temperatures than do Harris
burg. Harrisburg's temperatures
are the coolest for this latitdue.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
[Continued on Page 12.1
GET GREATER RESULTS FROM
ADVERTISING NOW THAN EVER
Harry g. Seridge of Londons Miracle Store, Tells HoW
He Forces Trade to Erpand Under Abnormal Conditions

Charles n. Wheeler, London cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune,
in an interview with Harry Gordon
Store says: "On August 8, 1914, the
day after war was declared, / in
creased our advertising space. From
that day / have been buying all the
advertising space available. l would
do more advertising if 1 could get
the space.
I'VE are limited only by the limi-
tations of the newspapers. We are
taking right now every inch they will
give us and at rates that would make
us in the states turn somersaults and
fall over backwards.
II am paying at the rate of 81 per
agate line for display space right
now l will take more space If they
will give it to me-and at that rate.
l probably will pa more before the
war is over. But l will take all they
will. give.
THE first four months of this year
have been the biggest four months
in our history. This growth has come
because we have forced it. At the
beginning of this year we were the
sixteenth largest house of the kind in
the world. At the end of this year
we will be the sixth. Within two
years after the new store building is
completed we will be first.
"A big factor-a very big factor
in this record has been and will con-
tiliue to be newspaper advertising.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
[Continucd on Page 12.1
LIEUT.. FRoEHLICH PROMOTE

We never could have broken through
these traditions over here without 1t.
We had to use all we could to break
down prejudices. We made people
stop, look and listen. Then the store
itself did the rest.
I'VE now talk to millions of people
every day through our advertising
columns, and they believe in us, trust
us, respond to that advertising
gu ckly and continue 20 be our Gus
toners in all kinds of weather. The
large business enterprise that Is not
going the limit in advertising just
now is making huge mistake.
Now, more than at any other
time. 1t is necessary to push the dis
play advertising. If retrenchments
APPEAR necessary they should be
nIads in every other department but
the publicity one-the newspaper ad-
vertising one. These prices they are
soaking us now for space are simply
awfui-but I'll take more space If
thev will give it to me-"
CT present conditions Mr.. Selfridge
says
The businessman who fails to
rcaiizt that right now-in war time
he should drive ahead with his ad-
vertising at greater speed than ever
before has overlooked a golden OPP
portunity. At no time In the history
of our business here has advertising
PAID such large returns as right now
My only regret is that 1 can't buy
r;oBc space"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
CENTIJRY-OLD
WELL IS FOUND
AT COURTHOUSE
Closed and Location Forgot
ten Many, Many
Years Ago
STILL HAS WATER IN II
Workmen Make Discovery
While Digging to Make
Sewer Repairs

City highway department work
men making an excavation in front
of the Courthouse to-day so that re-
pairs could hc made to a sewer in
let there. found an old well opening
which had. evidently been closed
for many years, and was built scores
of years, possibly, century. ago.
An old resident of the city vol
unteered the information to-day
that when he came to Harrisburg in
1859 an old pump stood in front of
the Courthouse, about where the
present foundation stands. The well
which the highway department en-
ployes found is just a few feet east
of the fountain and is probably the
one which was in use at that time.
In digging along the edge OF the
Courthouse pavement the workmen
struck some rusty pieces of iron. Re-
moving a number of these and much
of the dirt the we'll opening, about
five feet in diameter, was found.
The we'll now is about twenty
feet deep and has several feet of wa
ter in it. 1t is believed that it was
probably much deeper years ago
when it was first opened but that
stones from the walls and dirt from
the top fell into it.
City highway department officials
decided not to fill it in and as soon
as all necessary repairs are complet-
ed will cover it again, replace the
dirt which was removed and relay
the pavement. along the curb. 1t is
believed by officials that the pump
was removed and the we'll closed in
the early sixties when the Court
house was rebuilt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
10th WRITES A
BRIGHT PAGE IN
u. S. HISTORY
Company C Loses All but 80
Men and One of Its
Officers

Philadelphia, Aug. 19.-Bright will
be the praises in the history of the
great war of Company c, of the
10th Regiment, unit in the Key.
stone Division that has suffered heav-
lily in the great Yankee offensive.
Particularly bright will be the praises
showered on the Philadelphians for
the part they have taken.
When this unit was thrown in to
help check the great tidal wave of
Germans across the Marne on the
morning of July Is. it numbered PA
members, 219 privates and five Of
ficers. Four days later, Lieutenant
Jay A. Smith, the sole surviving COM
missioned officer. with 80 men, re-
Joined the regiment. Twenty-one men
were killed in action. he reported.
while five were wounded with the
four commissioned officers and 164
men missing.
Formed by the amalgamation of
Company c, of the Sd Regiment OF
the old Pennsylvania National Guard
and Company G of the old 10th,
Company c, of the 10th, included
144 Philadelphians on its roster.
So far the families of twenty-three
of the 144 Philadelphians in the unit
have been notified that their sons
are missing in action" and one lad
is reported killed. Just how many of
the remaining 120 have been killed,
captured or wounded, remains for
future casualty lists to tell.
From all accounts, Company c
lived up to the traditions which have
come down to its members through a
century of existence. 1t was the old
est unit in the old Sd Regiment, hav-
ing been organized as the Philadel-
phia Grays about one hundred years
ago. and served with distinction
through the Mexican and Civil War.
In the former 1t took part in the
storming of the fortress of Chapul-
tepec.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
YOUTHS OF II MUST
REGISTER AUG. "a

The War Department requests
publication of this announcement:
'All male persons who have
reached their twenty-first birth
day since June 5. 1918. and on or
before August 23, 1918, must reg
lister on August "a. 1918.
These men should consult
with local draft boards as to how
and when they should. register.
Provision will be made for
the registration by mail of any.
person who expects to be absent
on registration day from the jur-
isdiction of the board where he
permanently resides, but in such
a case extreme care should be
taken by him to see that his reg
istration card reaches his home
board on or before August "a.
Such persons are advised to apply
at once to local board for in
structions as to how to proceed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
BRITISH TAKE
500 PRISONERS,
REFUSING FOE
herman Heavy Counterattack
Beaten Off With Great
Losses
lHAIG is HOLDING FIRMLY
| Positions Overlooking Ground
Held by Enemy in Brit
- ish Hands
By Associated Press

With the British Army in
France, Aug. 10. = British
troops after capturing Otter
steen ridge, in front of the town
by Merris, have beaten off a
vicious counterattack and in.
flicted heavy losses on the
enemy.
More than 500 Germans were
captured.
The ridge was captured by the
British yesterday and the Ger
mans counterattacked last night
and this morning.
The position, which over
looks considerable ground held
by the enemy in the direction OF
Bailleul, now is firmly in British
hands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
American Troops Are
Great Help in France

Beaver, Aug. 19.-Credit to the
American troops is given by Briga-
dier General II. w. Thornton, of the
royal engineers of Great Britain, in
letter to Colonel Samuel Moody. of
Beaver
Things are going very well at this
moment in the war. and a large part
of it is due to the magnificent per-
formance of the American troops"
says General Thornton. "All my Eng
lish military friends tell me they are
splendid. You may also be proud of
the fine work being done by the
American railway men in France.
Atterbury down"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
CZECHO-SLOVAK FORCE
STARTS FOR HARBlN

TOXIC, Aug. IS. - (Delayed) =
Czecho- Slovak forces from the mart
time provinces of Siberia left for
Harbin on August over the Chi
nese Eastern Railway, it is officially
announced.
Along the Ussuri front, where tho
enemy forces number 100000 strong,
quiet prevails, it is said. The BOZ
sheviki and Austro-Germans are
visibly affected by the arrival of AL
lied troops and the number of de-
sertions from their ranks is inCrea3-
ing, it is reported.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
Former Governor Prouty,
of Vermont, Killed When
Train Hits Automobile

Sherbrool<c. Que, Aug. 19.-For-
mer Governor G. H. Prouty, of Ver-
mont, was killed when the automo-
bile in which he was riding was
struck by Grand Trunk train near
Waterville to-day The chauffeur
was rendered unconscious.
Mr.. Prouty was on his way from
Newport, VT, to take train at Len
noXville for Jackman. Me-, when the
chauffeur failed to observe the ap-
preaching engine owing to a dense
fog. Mr.. Prouty was instantly killed.
The chauffeur, ]. w. Blay, was taken
to a hospital suffering from concus-
sion of the brain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
U-Boat Sinks Nordhav
Off the Virginia Capes

Washington, Aug. 19.-The Nor
wegian bark Nordhav was sunk by
German submarine 125 miles off the
Virginia capes Saturday. Her crew
escaped in small boats and have been
brought into an Atlantic port by an
American warship.
Advices to the Navy Department
to-day announcing the sinking did
not say whether the bark was tor
pedoed or shelled. She was a vessel
of 1888 net tons and sailed on June
Is from Buenos Aires. Captain
Berntsen was master of the bark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
THE WEATHER,

For Harrisburg and vicinity, Fair.
continued cool tonight; Tues
day fair, with rising tempera-
ture.
For Eastern Pennsylvania; Fnir.
continued cool to-night; Tues
day fair, slightly warmer; d.
minishing northeast winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and nII Its
branches will continue to fall
slowly.
TEMPERATURE 8 n. m., 80.
River Stage, 3 a. m, 3.7 feet above
Iow-water mark.
Sun; Rises. 8i16 n. m; sets, 7.44
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, as.
Lowest temperature, IS.
Mean temperature, 03.
Normal temperature, ~.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
200 REFUGEES TRY TO
GET OUT OF RUSSIA

Washington, Aug. 19.-Sweden has
been asked by the Swedish consular
officer at Moscow, acting for the
American and allied consul there, to
send a ship to Petrograd to take
away 200 refugees. or If this is i'm
possible, to obtain permission for
land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
KUEHLMANN TO
LEAD IN WEST
By Associated Prcss

London, Aug. ia dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph from
Amsterdam. quoting report re-
ceived from Berlin. says DR..
Richard Won Kuehlmann, former
German foreign secretary, has re-
ported to the military authorities
The dispatch adds that it is eX-
pected they will give him COM
mand in the west. He is a major
in the Bavarian Cuirassiers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
LIBERATED BY sOyIETs

Paris, Aug. 10 General Laver-
gne and the staff of the French mill
tary mission at Moscow, who were
placed under arrest when the Allied
consuls were taken into custody by
the Bolsheviki, have been liberated.
according to a Copenhagen dispatch
to the Temps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
FRANCE DECoRATEs HAIG

Paris. Aug. 19.-Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig was decorated by Pre-
mier Clemenceau with the French
Military Medal at headquarters in
the field to-day. The award was
made on the recommendation of
Marshal Foch.