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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18

less effulgently in the role Of Topsy
the matter was decided.
On the legitimate stage the artist
may double in dissimilar roles so long
as both are not required to appear be-
fore the audience at the same instant
The screen knows no such limitations.
In front Of the camera it is possible for
one person to play two characters 81
multaneously.
So the versatile little actress put In
many toilsome weeks romping before
the camera in burnt corr and a gunny
sack by way Of costume, with frequent
intermissions to scrub her face until 1t
was raw and almost bleeding to get
the black off so she could return as the
dainty, spirituelle Eva. The pictures
thrown on the screen, of course, give
no hint Of the hard work, the anxiety.
lest actions might not Register" cor
rectly, or the heavy purchases of cold
cream and other things to restore out
ragged compilations. If they did the
audiences would probably feel like
taking the rest cure before the play
was half finished. No, the story runs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18

liam I.owenstein, Of Keokuk, have
been enjoying the hospitality OF rela-
tiyes and friends in Nauvoo and Were
guests of Mrs. Lou Argast and FANNY
during chautauqua week.
Mrs. Frank Morgan, of keoKuh'
was in Nauvoo during chautauqua
week and a guest of j. w. Bertscnl
and wife.
Nauyoo grape shipping firms are
now having the handles tackled on the
baskets to receive this great trult
crop for shipment to the northern
markets when ripening time comes.
A Nauvoo police Judge recently
fined two fellows for acting I'M
gentlemanly and disorderly rlght III
the heart of our business sectlon'
One of them came to Nauvoo iron,
one of those large, great cities, ana
at times tried to show some OF tne
Nauyoo rubes how smart he was. he
ran against a snag at the above men
toned time and was handed one slug
which landed him in the street rms
ended the melee and the fines 1oi-
| lowed.
A short time ago Nauvoo saloon
keeper was assessed fine TOT al
lowing women and men to occupy a
roar room of his barrel house build
ing for drinking purposes. If the
chief of Nauvoo's police force wouio
look around occasionally ne couiu
have detected another place that al
lows such procedures to take piaee
when opportunity offers.
It is now officially determined tha'
running an automobile through Nau'
WOO streets at fifteen to twenty-five
miles an hour is not speeding, ou'
Won had better not let his h1gnness
If the notice force see you at II, LOT
he will let you know NauVoo is no'
getting pretty swift in that line.
Iouis Tanner, Nauvoo soldier
lad who has been in an eastern traln
ing camp for several weeks, leIt lof
somewhere in France last TUESDAY.
Harry Argast, another Nauvoo boy
is ont east and will prepare lot
trim across the big pond in this gov,
ernment's service. Harry has been
anxious to go, and now his Wish may
be gratified.
RAYMOND. son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.
g Schaefer, of Nauvoo, has disposed
! of his electrical goods at Fort Maoi
son and will enter the war service
some dav this month. His wife WI
assist her brother in his office busi
ness in Carthage during his absence
Rev. L. C. Tholen, of the Nauvoe
Catholic church, was Peoria pusl
ness visitor the fore part or The
week.
victor Mills, of Warsaw. has Deer
EMPLOYED to teach the princlp2l de
nartment of Nauvoo's public ;hools
Roasting ears of the home grown
variety can be found on the Nauvoe
dining.room table now, and the reo
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ann,e" known as the tomato, will
soon follow. Nauvoo soil is the great.
est producer of vegetation OF all
kinds and delicious fruits thai can
be- found anywhere in these Uhlleo
States.
Nauvoo's mayor, C. r. Montgomery
had twenty-one acres OF wheat plant
ed in Nauvoos first ward, on Wnat
is known as the 100-acre field, winch
he had threshed last Monday, and IL
Welded Just thirty-four bushels to the
acre and tested near first quallty.
This shows that our city official is
good farmer as well as hustling
mayor.
The Court Of Honor lodge of Maui
WOO will meet at the home of Mrs.
William Argast next Saturday even
ing. .,-,
William Tattenhoff and family
have. moved from Fort Madison 10
Nauvoo and occupy one of John Keep
nliuger's cement buildings in what is
known as cement residence section
in this city. Mr. Tattenhoff is en-
ployed in the ]. E. Ma2es produce
house in Nauyoo.
Miss Pauline Schultz, Of Quincy, ID
visiting this week with Loi Oatin's
family in NauVoo.
Miss Rachael Maize is guest OF
Miss Esther Tanner in he NauVoo
home this week.
The Ladies' Industrial society OF
Nauvoo's Presbyterian church meets
at the home Of Mrs. James Bertschi
this Thursday afternoon. 20
The annual business meeting Oh
tho Nauyoo Catholic church congre-
If mass
9e~t Sunday morning Rev. Father
ThoJsn has announced that Bishop
| Dunne's consent has been given TO
begin and complete a new parish
house for Nauyoo's beloved and popu-
lar nriest. Work on the new structure
will begin early in the fall. The treas
NV for this home fund reports near
w "a 600 on hand and more coming
IN each month, and there will sooc
ha enough money to complete the
building without any Indebtedness
.aTony" Koch, Nauvoo's well known
n.inter. Is the proudest man in Maui
VOC. his elation being due to the
a rrival of a fine girl baby which the
stort left at his home last Sunday
n;.bt "Tony" is already figuring
| IN which voman's branch In the GOV
ornment,s army service the little
1assie is best fitted for, and has de.
cided that she will do her bit any
place even if she is little feller,
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Michael re-
Gently had their little daughter pap,
tized by Rev. Father Thoien OIL tne
Nanvoo Catholic church, and the lit
tIe one received the name Of Virginia
! Katherine.
/ Nauyoo's total assessed value OF
PERSONAL property amounts to slo6''
| 7S9. .;o,,,ar nro.
German at heart, but who just has
sense enough to keep pretty close
mouth. His wealth allows nun 10 ..
liberated by some of our citizens, ou'
! 49, shouId he relegated to the fedr D.:
every av patriotic resident of this old
' The young ladies war relief club o,
Nauvoo conducted a retreshnen'
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Military funeral services were nela
for Sergeant VIM. w. Stout at
o'clock d. m. in the courthouse parh'
the body being escorted to the Farh
by six home guards, and a large conl-
pany of friends
Members of the G. A. X. attehde"
the services in body.
Music was furnished by mare
quartet. Rev. e. M, Smith OF the
Christian church, reading the scripture
Capt. Jack Ferris Of the Method1st
church delivering the sermon.
The body was placed In the vault
at Moss Ridge cemetery, to await the
arrival of a brother from California
Sergeant stout, in company with
number of other boys from Camp DIX
composed an auto party to nearby
town. Young Stout was seated on the
door of the car, and as there nad peeh
rain the roads were quite uanseI
ous for auto travel. the car shdded.
went into an enbankment, turned over
twice and Sergeant Stout suffered a
fractured skull which caused MS
death. One other member of the party
suffered a broken leg.
At a special meeting OF the Guy
council held some days ago. 1t was
decided five Of the councilmen ana
the mayor to bring the controversy
to a. close with the central Illinois Puo-
lie Service Co., as to the matter OF al
!lowine the Transmission line to pass
through the city, by locating the lne'
and accordingly a committee compos.
ed of Councilmen Johnson, Booth ana
McGuilvery, Mayor Hartze1, Mr.. Brit
ten with his attorney, OtHarra, on be
half of the company locating the route
from the end of the c. I. P. s. Co.,
present pole line on Prairie Ave
south to Main St, thence east on the
north side of Main street to the city
limits thence north to the end Of the
line built from the east, the connec'
tion with the plant to be made
through the alley at the Wood Inn.
| Citizen were so urgent in their OBJ
| iections to the line being located along
Main street that petitions were clrcu
lated and a meeting of the Commercial
club was called to discuss the mat
| ter. The city council again held
! special meeting on Monday evening
AT which time action was deferred or
! the proposition of allowing the com
pany's line to pass through, unit
! such time as the city would be com
pelled to do so by the judgment o.
court.
Dick Miller has been appointed as
flue inspector of the city.
James William Kimbrough died al
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hattie
Yetter. three miles east of Carthage
Tuesday morning at Sis a. M. agee
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have Just Issued a condensed statement
of the condition of the institution De-
fore commencing business on the
first day of July, 1918. In this state
ment it shows the growth of the bank
since it's beginning Its resources
were SS6,S22 % in 1898; $l63, 245 "a
in 1898: s4S3, 1SS 90 in 1903; $780,
! 299. 81 in 1908; $8SS.990 "a in 1913,
and s1,OS4, 800 20 in this present year
OF 1918. On the strength of these f1s
ures could anyone doubt the solidity
of this bank as a safe place to deposit
YOUR wealth A sound bank in these war
times is worth more than a battle
shin for defense. The popular and ac
communicating officials, Messrs. Art. j.
Schneider. cashier and J. M. Fisher
assistant cashier, can well feel proud
of the rapid and high growth OF the
/ finances of this splendid financial IN
stitution
Some Nauvoo Masons attended
Joint installation of the lodge at
Charleston and Mt. Harnil. Iowa lodg-
es at the former place last Saturday
night.
Miss Helda Rheinberger Is in Quincy
for a visit with her brother Luclan
who is attending college in the Gem
City.
Mrs. VIM. Argast and daughter Fran
ces returned to their Nauvoo nome
last Saturday from their several weeks
visit in Chicago and Dayton, ONO.
Mrs. VIM. Rumble and Mrs. henry
Rumble of Quincy spent lew Gays
during this week visiting the FORMER .
son Garnett Rumble and family In Nau'
VOC.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art j. Schneider. Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Fisher motored 10
Quincy last Sunday and visited with
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Singleton, FORMER
Narcotics.
Mrs Sarah Kramer an aged Nau-
VOC lady is reported to be very Ill
The lady is over eighty years OF age
Nauyoo relatives have received
4 word of the death of Mrs. Kate Treb-
HE of Erie Kans. The lady died last
Sunday of cancer She was daughter
of Mr.. Peter Hudson formerly OF Maui
VOC and who has three brothers re-
siding here. Mrs Treble is the moth
er the twelve children.
Now that the Nauvoo chautauqua
is out of the way, speed UP the Nauvoo-
Fl Madison interurban railway line
and lets get it finished before our Nau-
VOC soldier boys come marching nome
from a glorious victory from over
there.
The Nauvoo vicinity farmers are
now busy having their grain threshed
and find the yield much better than
thew expected The corn crop is look
ipp fine and a good soaking rain IN
the rural districts would help 1t won
fderfulIy The farmer is king nowadays
and is getting rich fast.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18

A FTER a continuous reign Of sixty
n six years as favorite both in lit
erature and the drama rash persons
might conclude that uncle Toms
Cabin" had lost the bloom of freshness.
But it hasn't. BY retelling Mrs. Stoves
immortal story in motion pictures the
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation has
given it the zest Of novelty. Not only
that, but at the same time the dramatic
power and heart interest have been en-
HANGED through the magic of the new
art of motion pictures, II you can be-
lieve that possible. Indeed, the story
in its latest form promises to create
as great furore as 1t did in its first
1t may well be that Marguerite
Clark, widely known as 1.-The Sweetest
Girl In Motion Pictures is RESPONSE
Bile for the idea that led to this newest
screen triumph. At least she was so
obviously the ideal actress to portray
the seraphic Little Eva that the Para
mount folk could not very well avoid
seeing the possibilities the role afford
ed. And when they reflected that Miss
Clark's comedy talents would shine no
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stand on the grounds during chautau-
qua week and they did splendid busl'
ness, receiving a generous patronage
from the people attending the enter
tainments.
The fourth annual chautauqua held
by the Nauvoo Civic League ladies
came to a close Wednesday and 1t
proved a success financially. The Men
eley Chautauqua system company FUR
nished the talent for the entertain
ments this season for $500 and after
all expenses were paid, the balance OF
the funds were donated totheN auVoo
Red Cross chapter and will reach
$500.
The Nauvoo interurban line promot-
ers were in Nauvoo on Friday OF last
week looking over some preliminary
details before starting work on that
s12. 900 subscription they want to re-
ceiye from FIT. Madison. After the
amount is received from the Pen city
business men and capitalists, the
right of way for the road will be re-
newed when construction work is
promised to begin by September /.
| It is hoped that it will begin by that
time and that the work will not be
postponed again.
The Montrose chautaugua viii De-
Gin next week, July "a 60 Is and they
have some fine talent for their plat
form. A number of Nauvoo people IN
tend going over to the show.
A Nauvoo fellow divulges this Dit
OF information that may be useful to
our city officials and property owners
along the highways about town VINO
are not next vet He says: IF you
wish to to get rid of the weeds, cut
them before they go to seed.' AND
there are plenty of weeds along the
streets in this old Norman town.
Some parties from Iowa coming up
from Keokuk to Nauvoo on the coun-
try road last Tuesday evening killed a
rattIesnake that measured nearly -FOUR
feet in length and had eleven rattles
and a button.
Bring on that promised interurban
railroad line quickly 1t will be as
welcome to Nauvoo as anything coulo
be.
| Four Blandinsville, III, parties were
Nauvoo visitors last Tuesday and when
thew were returning home towards
evening in a Ford car they ran into
| a ditch in Nauvoo's third ward dis
| trict and badly damaged their ma
chine. One of the occupants received
i a badly bruised arm while the rest
escaped uninjured.
Last Saturday, day and evening was
lone of the greatest business times
Nauvoo has had in long time and
she has had some pretty good ones al
that The business streets looked ike a
bie celebration was going on and
were crowded with people and auto
mobiles. 1t is believed there were
about 500 machines curbed along our
bushes thoroughfare, lntersecLohs
and back streets, during the evening
hours Nauvoo is some business town
these days.
1t is reported that one of Nauyoo,s
barrel houses registered nearly $9,oot
sale of wet goods on the Fourth Of
July.
[, The Nauvoo State bank officials
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smoothly along, with Miss Clark as
Eva conversing with herself as Topsy
and catching herself in all sorts of
queer situations.
Aside from the zest given powerful
story by Miss Clark's versa tility, "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" is said to be interest
ing on the screen-frst, because 1t fol-
lows the book instead of more or less
garbled stage versions, and, second, be-
cause neither money nor pains was
spared to secure historically accurate
settings for each scene. The company
travelled several thousand miles in
quest of the precise backgrounds re-
quired. Eliza escapes on real cakes of
floating Ice, just as she does in the
book, and Little Eva falls into the sure
enough Mississippi near New Orleans,
just as Mrs. Stowe says she did, thus
enabling Uncle Tom to rescue her In
most literal fashion. And the slave
auction is held on the actual spot de-
scribed and from the identical auction
block from which thousands of slaves
were sold before the war.
And this isn't all Of it The biggest
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18
FUNERAL RECORD
Mrs. F. A. French

Funeral services for Mrs. +. A.
French were held at p. M. today
from the First Congregational church.
Rev. F. D. Long was in charge OF the
rites. The pallbearers were John
Wilson. Latham Aver, ]. w. Winger.
H C. Brown. A L. Parsons and
Daniel John. Mrs. French was buried
in Oakland cemetery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18
peunnd inanination.

Washington Star: 1t is hard to I'M
agine the Prussian glee that "oulu
arise if a U-boat managed 10 get
Sunday school exclusion poat Douhd
for one of the coast resorts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18

New York World: Finland beg
cling America for food must first get
rid of the dachshund under the table.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18

for The Gate City.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-21
AERO PLANT FIRED
Big Factory in San Francisco
Is Destroyed.
Anonymous Letters Had
Threatened Bombing.

San Francisco. May 21.-Fire of I'M
known origin today destroyed an air
plane factory in the heart of San Fran
cisco, and an hour and a half after 1t
started was threatening to devastate
several blocks of wooden buildings
south of Market street.
The fire started in the Emanuel
Cabinet works at Eleventh and How
ard streets. where Robert Fowler was
manufacturing airplanes under con-
tract for the war department. Fowler
declared thousands of dollars worth of
linen for airplane wings was in the
factory and had been destroyed.
Mrs Joseph L. Emanuel, wife of the
owner of the place, said anonymous
letters threatening to bomb" the fac
tory had been received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-21
MISSOURI WANTS HIM
Jesse Mathews May Have to Face
Tricks and Fraud Charge.

Missouri wants to prosecute Jesse
Mathews, of Beloit. wanted in connec-
ton with a half dozen alleged ques-
tionable transa ctions in wholesale
automobile trades Mathews is now
under $1,000 bond and is to be tried
In Kansas state courts for what is said
TO be irregular and quite question: BILE
transactions in exchanging Colorado
real estate for motor cars
The plan which Mathews employed
was to trade real estate and often a
small amount of cash for a number of
motor cars He provided bond which
seldom failed to attract the automo-
bile owner. But the bond didn't af-
ford exactly the protection expected
A number of Kansas dealers were VIC
tins of the Mathews scheme, accord
ing TO reports. Usually the victim ex-
changed cars valued at $1,000 to $10,-
600 for the supposed real estate title.
In Kansas City, Mo-, Mathews is
said to have secured several cars from
the Haynes company. Now he is
wanted in Missouri. where he would be
prosecuted under the tricks and fraud
act Gay Marcy. said to be Mathews
accomplice. is also. wanted. But he
can't be found. And Mathews won't go
without extradition. Governor Cap
per is today hearing the application
for an order for the surrender of
Mathews to the Missouri officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-21
FAMILY IS IN WAR
Kansas Man Sends Sons and Daugh-
tiers, Then Goes Himself.

Republic, May 21.-Tudor J.
Charles, state representative from Re-
public county, has offered his services
as Y. NJ. C. A. secretary overseas and
is awaiting a call to leave for France.
His eldest son. Kamp. is a lieutenant
in the aviation training school; his
daughters, Esther and Ethel. next
month enter Christ's hospital in To-
peka to train for Red Cross nurses;
his son. Gene, after his graduation
from Republic high school, has made
application to. become a student in
the naval academy at Annapolis Mr..
Charles owns a large farm near here
and on his departure his wife will
keep the home fire burning by man.
aging the farm in his absence, with
the aid of two small sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-21
i, SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Topeka liberty loan honor flag
was flying in the office of City Clerk
Eta Covell Monday. tho the gold star
to which the city is entitled is not
yet in place on the flag.
Ross E. RAIDER. 1873 Clay street.
was indicted into service Monday by
local board No. 1 as a locomotive in
spector. He was sent to Fort Ben
jamin Harrison. Indianapolis. Ind.
The campaign to enlist the soft
muscled clerks and employees in To-
peka stores for labor in the harvest
fields this summer will begin May %,
the day after the close of the second
Red Cross war fund drive The date
was set at a meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce agricultural committee
Monday.
Six men were enlisted in the navy
Monday at the Topeka navy recruit
ing Office, according to Shipfitter HER
hotter. officer in charge. The men
were all assigned as second class sea-
men and were sent to Kansas City
for final examination. They are:
George b. Harger. 1901 Collins street:
Elmer ]. Crask. Trinidad, Colo; Wes-
ley Sparkling, Chickasha, Okla; James
r. Sinner. 1912 Van~ Buren, street;
Carl B. Bowley. Soldier. Kan; Frank
L. Fletcher. 1880 Harrison street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-21
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Washington, May 21.-General
Pershing reported Al names in today's
casualty list, divided as follows: q
killed in action; dead of disease;
dead from wounds; 7 of accidents; Is
wounded severely; wounded slightly
and 2 missing in action
Officers were named as follows:
Iieuts. cyril M. Angel. Attieboro,
Mass. and William K b. Emerson,
New York, killed in action Lieuts.
Harry C. Colburn. Indianapolis mo;
Philip robertson. Hamilton, Ohio.
died of accident: Lieut. Frank A
Fritz. Butler, N. J., wounded severely,
and Can't. James N Hall. Colfax. Ia,
and Lieut.. Philip w Hunter, YORK.
s. C., missing in action.
The additional list follows:
Died in action: Pvt. Leslie Allen,
Saugatuck. Conn.
Died of disease: Pvts. John kelso,
Enid. La; Rocco V. Barone. Hartford,
Conn.
pied of wounds received in action:
wagner Roland BiCelow, Asbury
Died of accident: Cook Ralph H.
Pollock, Ell Paso, Tex; Pvts. Cornell
ius Benz Quincy. Boston. Mass;
George C. Simpson. Somerville.
Mass: Johnnie Wilson, Norfolk, Va.
Wounded severely: Sergts. Walter
W. Crisler. Ava, ILL.,; John H. Victor,
Memphis, Tenn; Corps. Sanford b.
+ LELAND. Huxley, Iowa; Frank Hertes.
Fountain City. Wis; Paul E. Sandel,
Lewisburg. Pa; Bloomfield Weidner,
Pottstown. Pa; Pvts. Windsor F.
Alexander. Milo, Maine; Frederick A.
Hall, Gardner. Mass; Aldey c. Jor-
dan. Centrahom. Okla; Irwin E. Nc
Cormack, Donnybrook. N. D.; Adam
v. Mixtacki, Pulaski, Wis; Vincent
Nickel, Chicago, ILL.,; Frank B. Roth,
Fort Wayne, Ind; Abe Shellenbarger.
bingham, Mont; Charles Slavik.
Omaha, Neb.; Samuel T. Smith. Bar
ton, Ark. Wesley B. Wentworth. Dem
yer. Colo.
Wounded slightly: Mechanic Harry
W. Lutz. Chicago; Pvts. Elmer L.
Dokken. Palermo. N D.; John T.
Tynes. Whitaker, Pa: Lioneal N.
johnson. Minot. N. D.: Lawrence
Marcuzzi, Berwind, w. Va; Lennie
w Silver. Converse, S. c.; VIM. P.
Waner, Allentown. Pa; Morris Vein
man. Chicago.
Total number of deaths previously
reported from disease should be re-
duced by two on account of repetition.