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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

and nv troubles caused by that weak
ness are thing of the past. All women
who suffer as did should try Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. JAS. RoHRBERG, 620 Knapp ST.,
N. s., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women who suffer from any form or
weakness, as indicated by displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness OF
1.-THE blues" should accept Mrs. Rohr-
berg's suggestion and give Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial.
For over forty years it has been
correcting such ailments. If you have
mysterious complications write for
'dvice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
o., Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

scrlptfon was Recommended to me | be-
gan to take it, and it proved to be all
that it is recommended to be for it COM
pletely cured me of all womanly trouble
and built me up in health and strength. It
is the most wonderful medicine for women
/ have known.r-MRs. EMMA SHANKs.
BALFoUR, Iowa. took six bottles Of
DIR. Pierce'c Favorite Prescription and
would advise every woman troubled with
nervousness, hot flashes and palpitation
OF the heart to try films ALLIE Null
DowEEY.
This herbal tonic for women is made
up in liquid or tablet form and car
be obtained in almost any drug store
In the United States. 1t contains NJ
alcohol or narcotic, and its ingredient
derived from natures roots and herbs
ore printed on the wrapper. 1t ha
enjoyed an immense sale for nearly b
years, which proves its merits as wei
as the statements made by users. II no
obtainable of your dealers send 10 cts
to DIR. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y, and h
will mail trial package of the tablets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
ENROLMENT WEEK
FOR GARDEN CLUB
March is 10 Time Set to Begin Mem-
bership Campaign for Garden
In Every
Home.
ALL WILL SIGN PLEDGES
AppIIoations Must Be Signed by Young
Gardener and by Parent,
and Club
Leader.
"A garden in every home.

A garden In every home.
The call IL going forth for more
and better gardens during 1918 than
ever before. During 1917 over 11,0o0
children were enrolled in garden
club work, the total value OF thef:
products was over 100000 not In
Guiding the canned material.
The week beginning March Is, is
to be enrolment week for the keo
huk boys and girls and an opportun-
ity will be given them to enroll IN
their schools. Any junior over ten
and under nineteen years OF age
January /, 1918, is eligible to mem
bership and may compete tor prizes.
The garden In order to win a prize
must be at least 1871 teet square.
Three reports are required during
the year:
The planting report. not later than
June 1. The garden club emblem Will
be mailed upon receipt of this report.
The mid-season report, due August
1. This is a report ON condition OF
garden. etc.
The final report, due November l.
This is q summary OF results.
The following application for mem
bership must be signed by the Junior
applying, by the parent or guardian,
and by the club leader: II desire TO
enroll as member OF the Junior
Garden club agree to read care=
fully all instructions, to do my work
faithfully and to report promptly as
directed"
Further information can be secured
from the club leader, Miss liza Mitch
ell.
Miss Mitchell will have space In
the Friday issues OF The Gate City
for general garden club news. 1t will
be worth while to watch the space for
in 1t she will tell of matters Of i'm
portance to the gardeners and will give
a general outline of the work as 1t Is
progressing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
Steamboat Sipke

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
lRONTON, Ohio, March 8.-The
steamer City of Parkersburg was
sunk here in thirty feet of water
after hitting a sunken barge shortly
before midnight last night. There
were no casualties.
Inc vessel was owned by Captain
Ralph Emerson, Pittsburgh. and car.
RED a miscellaneous cargo of 200
tons. The boat, valued at $50 600
was uninsured. Captain OrvilIe No1I
Cincinnati, the boats master esti
mates the value of the cargo at 5000
900, partly covered by insurance Tbe
vessel can be raised, it is believed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
Foil Into His Own Trap.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.]
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 8.-All the
torture Mark G. Greene wished on
the person who stole" his three
theatre tickets last night was
But listen-Green was going to be
sure Of his victim. He went to a
notary and made an affidavit that he
bought and lost his tickets. He would
get this thief, he told himself over
and over again. He sent the affida-
Wit to the theatre manager with a
request that whoever presented the
tickets be arrested. The trap worked.
The tickets were presented and the
holder detained until his rage was
immense.
It was Green. He had found the
tickets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
TO BE MARRIED
NEXT SPRING
French Nurse and American Surgeon
in Romance Of War Hospital
at Cot Of Dying
Poilu.
|[By ]. W. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent

by ]. ". Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-
TLONARY ARMY, France, Feb. IL.
(By mail. And they will be married
next spring.
He is a surgeon Of the Roosevelt
base hospital.
She's French. dark-eyed, brunette
and ever so fetching In her white
nursing costume with the little red
cap.
And only eighteen years old.
1t has been announced-and every
thing. The papers have been signed
according to the French custom and
the young surgeon has shaken hands
with her gray-haired father, proue
member of the Legion Of Honor who
performed operations in open trenches
under fire at Verdun.
They met over the cot of dying
Poilu The American surgeon was
called in to help when the French
surgeons were working eighteer
hours out of twenty-four-
She had adopted this patient as
her particular protege and prayed tina
be might be spared to go back t.
his family down in the sun country.
The young surgeon did his oest
with his first war case. The Poilu
struggled and pulled through. He
went back to his wife and babies
minus an arm but wearing the mill
tary medal and the cross of war.
So she thinks the American surgeon
is just the greatest In the world.
And they will be married in thu
, spring.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
UNIVERSAL
EIGHT HOURS
This VIII be Recommended as Matter
Of Policy to Insure Proper n
duetriaI Support of
War.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, March s.-A universal
eight hour day and a minimum wage
committed" will be recomm ended.
Frank P. Walsh, member OF the board,
In dicated this throughout his conduct
OF the employees side IN the packing
house wage arbitration, just ended
here.
for this program by reason Of Presi-
dent Wilson's stand In favor of the
eight hour basic work day and from
decisions Of federal arbitrators and
mediators in labor disputes since the
var started Walsh today cited. the
statement Of W. Jet LAUGH, labor ex-
merit with the United States shipping
board. tSxt of which was laid before
Stockyard Arbitrator Samuel Alschul-
er. He declared:
NO matter what prelwar standards
we're. as a matter Of policy to insure
proper industrial support of the war,
a minimum committee for the wage
should be allowed the workers. Proper
hours of work should be granted to
secure maximum, most economical
and most prolonged output. The eight
hour day will do this"
Organized labor's attitude toward
cspital during the war also was put
forth by Walsh in the following words:
"The war should not be period of
profiteering. Capital should be CIV
en- a. fair return sufficient to Stimuli
late production and maintain itself.
Judge Alschuler's decision on the
hacking house employees demands for
an eight hour day and increased pay
a. not expected for several weeks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

Thirty-eight were invited to the din
ing room at q time and served to the
delicious refreshments by the COLE
mittee.
Miss Laura Curtis Of Dallas sent q
telegram with congratulations and
the wish for the coming of many
other anniversaries.
A very pleasing incident was
recitation given by Uncle" Charley,
describing the faithfulness, the 10y
atty and the heroism OF his bride OF
fifty years This was given in Mr..
Curtis best style and was accompan-
led by very appropriate and very
pleasing acting. Mr.. Curtis is eighty
three years young.
1t was a time long to be remember
ed and as the guests departed they
took Mr. and Mrs. Curtis by the hand,
expressing the wish that they might
have many happy returns of this
pleasing anniversary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
HUSBAND
SAVES WIFE
From Suffering by Getting
Her Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-"For many months
/ was not able to do my work owing TO

a WeAhUcSS ~hLSh
caused back a h Q
and headaches. A
friend called m y
attention to one OF
your N g W aper
advertisements and
imm edia tely my
husband bong t
three b ottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e g e t a bic Com
nd for m e.
After taking two
bottles I felt fine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
Gentleman Bandit

limited Press Leased Wire Service
DETROIT, Mich, March 8.-A
gentleman bandit, with a negro ser
want and a luxurious limousine. is
operating in Detroit.
He went into a gasoline station
last night, shot down the attendant
without hesitating, rif1ed the cash
drawer of $50 and returned to his
limousine before the crime became
known.
His negro chauffeur meanwhile
waited nonchalantly outside.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

down in health
due to my hav-
Ing W ON an 8
W e a k n ess. I
was nervous,
suffered contin-
ually with back
aches, pains in
N y side an d
be aring-dow n
pains, and could
not eat nor
sleep. VIII en-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
PURE BLOOD
BRINGS BEAUTY
PImpIes, Blackheads, BolIs and Poor
Complexion Vanish by Using
Stuart's Calcium Waters.
Trial Package Mailed Ere

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
while AT WAR
Women Suffer at Home.

CORRIDOR, Iowa. Some years ago I
gas restored to health by taking Doctor
Pierce's EaYorita Presentation, I went
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08

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New-York tribune., 1918-10-12

they tight at all, but hating fight
and always hoping to avoid it; gen
eroua and paraimonious; elemental,
and yet, about some things, the most
sophisticated people on earth
That is the picture. Yet Mr.. Russell
quotes Cassius N. Clay's declaration
that there is a strong psychological
similarity between Russians and Amer
leans. and says: Il think he was sub
stantally, right Then arc we to
take the description just quoted as our
own portrait, too? Well. we might re-
read kipling's "The American Spirit
Speaks and see what he thought abous
Howsoe'er these things may be, Mr..
Russell, who knows Russia we'll. has
written here Il marvellously interest
ing book, filled with valuable informa-
tlon presented in a most interesting
and generally convincing manner. We
say generally" because there are ex-
ceptions, and it is always necessary 10
bear in mind what are Mr.. Russcll's
own sociological and political predilec-
tions. If we do bear that in mind and
according thereto interpret perhaps
discount--some Of the authors iuds-
ments and estimates, VIC shall find thls
one of the NEST Informing and valuahle
as it certainly is one of the most in
teresting books about the Russian rev
olution that have yet appeared.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Tropical Fauna and Flora

ct ". e. sholforel. EdItel. with Biographical
infctuction. by Edward u. rouon. Illustrated.
The teeming life of Rornco is the
theme Of this absorbing volume, and
1t is treated with rare blending Of
scientific authority and popular charm.
The student OF bugs. Of birds, of rep
tues, of mammals, will find it most
informing volume, while he who reads
for entertainment will find it fascinat-
ingly full of the picturesque. the ad-
venturous, the dramatic. and will be
made to understand the passion Of the
author for the scenes and UNDERTAKINGS
OF which he writes:
If now. settled quietly at home,
ever hear the EAST a-calling," it is
not the life in the towns that calls
me. not the freedom of social inter
course. not the boundless hospitality
OF friends and neighbors nor the
luxuries Of a tropical home. but the
dark, mysterious forest with its
teeming life. the nights on The river
bank with the rushing stream beside
me, the starry sky above, the camp
fire with the natives huddled around
telling tales in murmuring tones, the
shrill clamor of the insects filing
the whole air-these are the things
that call. Forgotten are the discon-
forts of poor food. mosquitoes, hard
sleeping places, the weariness Of
travel. One was in closest contact
with nature thcre--nature almost
savagely triumphant, riotously luxu-
giant; and whosoever has learned
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12

American History" which the Scribners
ere bringing out In material form
they are sjngularly attractive. and
their authorship and that announced
Tor other forthcoming volumes must be
accepted as finely authoritative. In
lhomas Jefferson, indeed, DR.. Muzzey
has found one OF the most hackneyed
personal themes in American history.
anG yet one of the most important, and
1t happens to be one which is of perti-
nent interest for this very present
time. \ haclneyed theme. we saw. and
yet one that has been treated with sim
gular inadcquacv. or, perhaps we should
say, injustice. Generally he is either
worshlpped or damned. when as a mat
ter OF fact, ne preGminentiy deserved
neither treatment. Dr. Muzzey does
not pretend to disclose any hitherto
unknown facts about Jefferson, but he
does review the known fact temper
ately, lmpartially. and with a sanity
that commends MS work to all who
would have a just conception of one of
the foremost founders of the Republic.
Although more than half a century
mas passed since the ending of the Civil
War, we are still too little removed
trcm that event to permit entirely de-
tachcd and impartial views of some Of
those who figured in it; especially, per
haps, Of Jefferson Davis. Yet 1t is pos
slbic now to take views Of him and to
say things about him which once vould
nave been impossible north Of the Po-
tomac. Mr.. Gordon is Southcrner
and warm admirer of Davis, though
never fulsome or adulatory. He has
written here an exceedingly interesting
volume With a sincere desire and intent
TO present Davis in a true light. and in
this he succeeds more nearly than al
most any other writer who has cssaved
the task. The GREAT mass of what he
has written viii be readily accepted by
all 'fair-minded Americans: aud the
passages in which he most earnestly,
strives to Vindicate his hero viii prove
exceedingly difficult for any one to con-
trovcrt. if, indeed. any one ever tries to
do 1t. We should advise them not 10 do
so We may never approve or condone
Davis's course in secession, but that IS
no reason for overlooking his importan.
services to the nation before that time.
or the fine virtues OF his personal char
2CtCr
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Modern City Government

TAE EMANCIFA1IoN OF THE AMrIJCAN
CITY. u Walter rallnsdgc Arndt. yyo. I'D
81. Dunicld & Co N'
This volume is 4 study OF The growth
and development Of modern. city gov1
crNment in this country, indicating the
changes which have come about in re-
cont years owing to the concentration
Of population in urban centres and the
consequent demands for pubic service
by official agencies. More particularly
Il is a discussion Of the need for tnat
ndcfiuaole thing termed home rule
AND the various attempts made to meet
the need by constitutional grants OF
municipal power. commission charters.
the city manager plan, non-partiza
elections and the like.
Mr.. Arndt a former secretary Of the
Municipal Government Association Of
this state, gives an account OF the re-
cent experiments in the municipal field
and the influences which have brought
them about. He confines himself 10 a
description Of these endeavors to solve
governmental problems, without hold
ing brief for any specific plan, argu-
ing only that if city lacks authority
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
True Men in Sodom
Battling for the Redemption of
the City

SN II s hE y ss hy Peter nsas 11s's
limo pp 4?s Doubleday. Page 4 Go.
This is realism. We do not mean the
word as it has come to be commonly
meant. as brutally frank exploitation
Of sexuality. There is, in fact, not
even the remotest reference to sex
problems in the book. We mean that
1t is a photographically literal-and
yet intensely vital-portrayal of things
as they are, and as they are not merely
upon the surface, but clear down to
the heart.
1t is story Of the political corrup-
tion OF the city Of Philadelphia and of
the fight Of brave man and woman
against it. 1t deals so directly and by
name with known events and men
Penrose, Wares, Blankenberg and others
AS to suggest actual history rather
than fiction. 1t does so, too, with a
most praiseworthy avoidance OF the eX-
aggeration which is common in such
works. Dramatic, monstroue, heroic.
vile. as the deeds are. there is not one
IN the book that is impossible or that
presents a shade of unreasonablcness
In fact, it is quite believable that every
incident in the book actually occurred.
or something substantially like it-and
not only in. ring ridden Philadelphia.
but in more than three or. four other
large cities Of this land.
those who wish to see q portrayal,
to the very lite. of the ways and means
Of "thc organization" OF bossism. Of
graft, of political corruption in the
nth degree, will find it here in an au-
thoritative and accurate perfection
such as is scarcely to be found else
where. Those who wish pure sympa-
thetlc love romance, involving hero
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Western Realism :

MY ANToNIA. by VILLA s. Gather limo pp
4lo. Houghton Aiirrn Company
Through the last few years we have
been treated to "realism' in it's many
forms, most Of them brutal and gen
orally prurient. Tho author of this lit
Tic book gives us a now form of the
realistic art. 1t is almost Russian in
It's simplicity, without the pathological
aspect which to some minds all too
frequently distorts the pages OF the
Russian novelists. "My Antonia" is a
story. CT the great Middle Western
prairlcs: The life Of the settlers and
e OF 'he immigrants is given with that
fascinating verisimlitude which can
be gained only by first-hand knowl
edge Of the facts and localities which
the author weaves into the story.
There Is story, and yet the publishers
OF this charming tale have stretched
the truth when they call it fiction. It
IS section of life, lifted from life and
without any fanciful dressing or apollo
gles put between the covers Of a book.
Antonia's life is not romantic; it is
no more we'll rounded or plotted than
yours or mine; perhaps not so we'll
because h"1 outlook vas ritifully lilr-
ited. ne ending is wofullv common
place. jrst a. life is commonplace and
yet her story and that Of her family is
always interesting, for it is true. On.
obtains from it real understanding
o. what this country means to the
alien who comes here with trust and
hope. seeking The good living denied
him at home. There is no propaganda
in the book and no prejudice 1t is
numbered by no sex problems. 1t is
interesting and we'll worth reading.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Mrs. Wards Fine War Novel;
A Powerful Civic Romance
BY Willis Fletcher johnson


who declared that there was always
something new coming out Of Africa,
particularly if by Africa he had ref
erence TO Egypt Witness, the present
volume. 1t is very long way back
to the time Of the Pharaohs. Yet
mere is one OF those monarchs used
as the master theme of romance
which is exceptionally spontaneous,
novel and original. We say that Akh-
nation, of thirty-two centuries ago, is
the chief theme Of the romance. But
that is because of his revelation of
himself in visions. The actual hero
is the young English arch@ologst who
is directing excavations at the long
dead Pharaoh's mothers tomb. 1t Is
a strange, alluring story, over every
scene Of which broods the mysterious
spirit of the antique East, though it is
infused also with much red blood and
intensely human passion. The author
has. we believe. spent much time in
Egypt, and is therefore able to give
to her writing the color and flavor of
the land from first-hand knowledge.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-12

England legends and the New Eng
land temperament. as still found in
some remote, secluded Wales, lend
Themselves ~ondrously tn the semi
supernatural and to psychological ex-
travaganza, and two gifted writer's,
however widely separated in time and
circumstance, could scarcely utilize
the material of tho land without re-
semblance.
In the work before us we have a
Puritan romance of indescribable
sweetness, tenderness and pathos; not
devoid of humor; touched here and
there with the grimness of the old
Puritan character; with some power
fully dramatic passages and invested
throughout with haunting mystery. 1t
begins with death and ends with death
and yet in both events we "smell the
rose above the mould" 1t is a study
of New England life, emotion. passion
and transcendental spirituality, which
must have a permanent place in our
literature.