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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Deaths Of keokuk People During the
Last Year Were More Than IN
the Previous Twelve Months,
Records Show.
IN APRIL AND DECEMBER
These Mozkhs Show Largest Increase
Of Deaths OF Citizens and Many
Former Residents Are
Buried Here.

There was sharp increase in the
number Of Keokuk people who died
in 1918 as compared with the number
who died in 1917. but this condition
is not due to influenza entirely, for
about half the increase occurred last
April.
The number Of Keokuk people who
died in 1918 was 228, and the NUN
Der in 1917 was 201. The increase
of ~ may be divided between April
with an increase OF II oyer the pre-
vious year, and December, with an
increase of IA over the previous
year.
The comparative death rates are
1852 per ten thousand in 1918 and
1874 per ten thousand in 1917. This
is on basis of $4,000 population,
WHICH undoubtedly is too low an esti-
mate of the population today. four
years after the last census.
The increase in deaths of Keokuk
J people is 1915 per cent in 1918 over
1917.
Mortuary Figures by Months.
/ The figures by months Of each OF
the two years, for deaths OF Keokuk
1 I'LL
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Baby Coming To
Your h0f,re?
Ths Wonderful Event That VIII Brina
Much Cladness.

Ara you looking forward. dear prospective
mother, TO the wonderful, glorious time
when you shall bold In your arms the little
raite, which Is of your flesh and blood,
with feelings of mlsgiving!
Now Is the time to get In condition to
meet the crisis, and three generations Of
women have found in the. timehoEored
preparation, Mothers Friend, q grateful.
penetrating remedy to prepare their systems
to withstand the shock.
The action OF this famous remedy Is to
relieve tension on drawn nerves. cords. fen
dons and ngaments. to relieve strain and
tiisconforts, such as nausea. nervousness.
bcaring-down and stretching palms BY
regular use during the period the muscles
expand easily when baby Is born; pain
and danger at the crisis Is naturally less
and the hours ere fewer. Do not neglect
the use Of Mothers Friend. II is for ex-
ternal application only, is absolutely safe
and wonderfully effective.
Write the Bradfleld Regulator Company,
Dept N, Lamar Building, Atlanta, Georgia,
for their Motherhood Book. and obtain q
bottle Of Mothers Friend from the drug
store. It Is just - standard as anything
you can think Of.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
BETTER SPARE
THOSE TREES
Trespassers Cutting Trees on Gene
terry Tract Land are to be
Prosecuted TO the
Limit.

The neighbors telephoned that
somebody is cutting down trees on
the cemetery land belonging to the
city, outside the cemetery itself, or
in the new five acre addition to Oak
land.
Commissioner Hickey got very
busy at once, and the police will
watch for the vandals and try to
catch them at the work.
"They have cut down some fine
young hickories." said Commissioners
Hickey. "and IL we catch them, they
will get the most severe punishment
we can get the court to give them
They are trespassers and have not
the least right to cut trees there, and
nobody can give them permission
except the city council. Keep your
eye on the superior court, and you
may find somebody going to jail be
fore long"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Goose Grease and Turpentine
Still Cure Colds

For many generations the old fash
toned goose grease and turpentine
have relieved colds by drawing the
blood from the congested throat and
lungs TO the rugged outer walls OF the
chest, a decided Improvement general
ly being effected overnight.
Thousands who have depended on
these remedies and declare that no BET
Ter ever has been discovered, now find
that the addition Of Menthol, winter
green and other soothing, balmy oils
end essences greatly aid the work OF
goose grease and turpentine. Their
fumes are inhaled among the sensitive
tissues and relief begins almost in
stantly.
This combination is called Men-Tho'
E-ze. and sufferers from colds and sim
liar complaints find it invaluable for
quick relief.
A Jar costs only 80 cents. For sale
by most druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
French Sarcifice
for Liberty Heroic

Six millions of French sons have
offered their lives that democracy
might live. 80 million other French
men and women sacrificed their all
for the same purpose. Americas
debt of gratitude to France for this
is very great. We also are indebted
to her for an invaluable remedy for
stomach, liver and intestinal all
ments discovered by her peasants.
which it is reported has saved many
American lives and prevented thou
sands of surgical operations. Geo.
H. Mayr, for many years prominent
Chicago chemist, imports the ingre-
dents and sells this remedy under
the name of Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy. 1t is simple, harmless prepa-
ration that removes the catarrhal
mucous from the intestinal tract and
allays the Inflammation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and In
/ estinal ailments. including append
citis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. Wilkinson & Co.,
and druggists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
FROM SHELLS TO
FOUR MULES
keokuk Soldier Says it Does Not
Seem Natural Now In the War
Zone Where He Spent
Two Chrlstmases.

.T have been all over the fighting
zone of France, and through Belgium
and Luxumburg and am now In Ger
many. thirty miles beyond the Rhine
river" writes Wagner Earl L.
Prouse, of the 168th infantry supply
company, to his sister. Mrs. Ed.
Lowell
I'VE are at village by the name
of Kelberg, and it doesn't seem real
not to hear the whistle of the shells,
or hauling ammunition after night.
All do now is to take care OF four
mules and eat and sleep
The letter is dated December IL,
and the soldier says: This will be
the second Christmas I've celebrated
in Europe and two Is enough,
think"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Stockholders Get Twenty Per Cent
Income Even During Conditions
of War Times and Result
ing Regulations.
WILL MAKE CORD TIRES
keokuk's Big Tire Factory Is Prspar-
ING for Big Year and Great
Increase in Business
Very Soon.

The board of directors Of the
Standard Four Tire company at
meeting yesterday voted to pay ~
percent cash dividend on all the COM
mon stock from the earnings accumu-
lated in 1918, after deducting income
taxes and other expenses.
Checks are to be mailed out TO the
stockholders within a few days, to
those of record December 81. There
are over 1000 stockholders.
This is felt by the stockholders to
be good showing In the face OF
war conditions and the consequent
restrictions OF the government on the
output of the plant.
C. ]. Kirch, general manager, and
IL. B. Schleeder OF the chemical de-
partment and factory manager. are
leaving today for Akron, Ohio, to
purchase equipment for manufacture
ing cord tires. The experimental
work will begin at once upon the
arrival Of the equipment in Keokuk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
SORENESS, PAIN,
ACHING JOINTS
Don't sufferI Relief comes tn,
moment you rub with old
"St. Jacobs LinIment."

Don't stay sore. stiff and lame!
Timber up Rub soothing, penetrat-
Ing "St. Jacobs Liniment" right in
your aching muscles. joints and pain
ful nerves. It's the quickest, surest
pain relief on earth. 1t is absolutely
harmless and doesn't burn the skin.
st, Jacobs Liniment" conquers
pain. 1t instantly takes away any
ache, soreness and stiffness in the
mead, neck, shoulders, back, legs.
arms, fingers or any part of the body
nothing like it. You simply pour
a little in your hand and rub where
u hurts" and relief comes instantly,
DON'T stay crippled! Get a small
Tial bottle now from any drug store.
y never disappoints-six gold medal
awards
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

Wednesday morning. He was pur-
suit pilot, riding in scout plane
which was engaged in a combat flying
practice with another aeroplane
piloted by Lieutenant Doolittle, when
the two machines collided. The con-
trolls of Lieutenant Leggett's machine
were smashed, and the plane fell on
the sand of the ocean shore.
He was twenty-six years old and
was a splendid type of man. He IS
survived by his parents, two sisters,
Mrs. Edwin Mckee and Miss Eliza
beth Leggett. and one brother Rich
ard C. Leggett, all of Fairfield. The
body is to be brought to Fairfield for
burial.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Remove Conditions.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. S1-Remoral of
conditions which make radical
thought spread. was the remedy
proposed today by Rev. John Cavan-
augh. president of Notre Dame uni
versity. as a cure for bolshevism.
Speaking at a jewelers. convention
here Rev. Cavanaugh said: Uncle
sam must pull the fang of bolshev-
ism by destroying the conditions that
make radical thought spread. Multi
MY the friends of private ownership
by multiplying the private owners
of property
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
RESOLUTIONS, Y. w. c. A. AN
NUAL MEETING, JAN. 20, 1919.
Madam President, Members of Asso

NUAl MEETING, JAN. ~, lSlS.
Madam President, Members OF Asso
citation:
Your committee offer the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF
this association that q vote OF thanks
and appreciation be extended No
Mrs. Rich and her co-worhers for the
splendid work rendered by them IN
the Blue Triangle campaign.
Resolved, That vote OF thanks
be extended to Mrs. Brown and hei
helpers on the finance committee OF
1918, who gave so much time and en-
ergy in meeting the current expenses
of the association, and we would also
thank the friends who so many times
helped them meet these obligations.
Resolved, That as an association,
we appreciate the courtesies shown
bv The Gate City during the past
year. especially the space given the
Blue Triangle campaign, and we ex-
tend our thanks.
Resolved That a vote of sincere
thanks be extended to the men who
Cancelled the association debt and
made it possible for us with others
in the world to look forward to the
dawn of a new era in our association
work.
Resolved, That we tender to Miss
Lucretia Huiskamp and to Mr.. and
Mrs. Huiskamp our sincere thanks
for the love that prompted their
giving $4,000 endowment to the as
sociation. BY means Of this endow'
ment they have secured to the asso
citation an annual thank offering and
| to themselves the gratitude OF the
women Of the city.
Pocnectf,1l1y submitted
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
COUGHING SPELLS
BREAK YOUR REST
Put a stop to them with old
reliable DR.. KINDS New
b. Discovery

That raw, hoarse threat must Be
soothed. That phlegm-loaded chest
must be loosened. That cough must
be checked 50 you can sleep.
DR.. Kings New Discovery has been
relieving colds, and coughs for half a
century without the least disageeable
after-effects.
Your druggist has It because it is
well-known and in big demand. 60c
and S1.2O.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

It" anyhow. sooner OF later; might
as well use 1t sooner. Then you are
loosen from your toe 80 that you
can peel the whole thing or pain
lessly with your fingers, IN one COM
mana 1t takes a second or two to
apply "Gets-It-" There's no fussing
or puttering. Corn-pains will van
the "Gets-It' does the rest. Nothing
new for corns has been discovered
since "Gets-It'' was born. Follow
the Judgment Of the millions; use
and pain free! You'll say it's magic.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but O trif1e at any drug store.
MYd by Il. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, III.
Sold in iaeokuk and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b,
& Co.. and Wilkinson 4
Co
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Ten Fast Rounds.

fUnited Press Leased Wire Service
OMAHA. Neb., Jan. S1.-Earl Pur-
year, of Denver, and Walter Richie,
of Chicago, fought ten fast rounds
here last night. No decision was
rendered. but majority of the spec
tators seemed to think Puryear had
a. shade the best of the argument
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
HIS FAMILY HAS
kEOKUK FRIENDS
Fine Young Army officer OF FAIR
field Killed In an Aeroplane
Accident In Call
fornla.

The many Keokuk friends OF Judge
and Mrs. C. D. Leggett, of Fairfield,
will be grieved to know of the death
of their son, Lieutenant George
Phelps Leggett, which resulted from
an aeroplane accident at Rooms field
near Sandiago, California.
The accident occurred at 9 o'clock
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Get Rid Of That
Persistent Cough

Stop that weakening, persistent cough
or cold. threatening throat or lung
directions, with Eckman's Alternative,
me ionic and upbuilder of 20 years
successful use. soc and $50 bottles
rom druggists. or from
sGhMAN LABORATORY, Philadelphia
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
BUT 1T DOES
NOT SOUR THEM
Missouri Farmers Derive Much In
come from Growing Green
Cucumbers for Making
Pickles in keokuk.

Over $4,000 bushels of small, green
cucumbers were raised in northeast
Missouri and sold to the KeokulS
Canning company TO make into
pickles last year. They were brought
to Keokuk from thirteen substationse
of the company in adjoining Mis-
souri,.
The price paid the growers last
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

Balloonists are able to distinguish
the sound of locomotive whistle at
a height of nearly 10000 feet from
the earth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

In Siam the natives obtain petro-
leum from the earth by digging pits
about sixty feet deep and dipping it
ont with pals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Only One Corn
PeeIer, ''Gets-lt''

Stop Corn Pains; See Corn Peel OF.
It is just when corn hurts that
You want to feel feel, s soE j., about about
OF keeping the corn and having the
pain grow worSe2 You'll use Gets
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Try this for Constipation

Keep the bowels on schedule time
with DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
system freed from poisonous wastes,
the complication clear, the stomach
sweet. the tongue uncoated, the breath
untainted. Mild yet positive. Csc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

year was ninety cents bushel. but
this year of 1919, the price will be
a dollar a bushel. y representative
of the Keolluk company is now visit
ing the farmers contracting for this
year for all they viii raise.
The board of public works of Kan
sas City. Mo-, has drafted a budget
of improvements for 1919 estimated
to cost $500. 600
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31

1t will be noticed that the months
in 1918 with fewer deaths than IN
the same month Of 1917 are Febru.
airy, June, August, September and
October.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
E.oaped PneumonIa We'll.

There was pneumonia in Keokuk
during 1917, as we'll as throughout
1918. The deaths from pneumonia IN
1917 were sixteen and in 1918 there
were dxtyone. In comparison, 1t Is to
be noted that Quincy had about as
many deaths from pneumonia In one
week last fall, as Keokuk had in the
whole year.
The pneumonia deaths in 1918. were
scattered throughout the year except
the summe r months of June and July.
december with nineteen and Novem-
Der with sixteen, topped the scale
pneumonia curve, January, FEBRUARY
and March had five deaths each from
pneumonia, April had four and May
Mad one. In 1917, the pneumonia deaths
were one or two in each month except
that July and August had none and
January 1917 had five.
None Of the deaths in Keokouk dur
ing 1918 were from disease due to
moor sanitation or caused by infected
water, sewer gas or other preyentible
diseases
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
SUCCESSFUL
EXPERT TALKS
At tho Coming Lee County Farmers
Institute at Donneiison In
Couple of Weeks, Which
VIII Be interesting.
GOOD PRIZES HU-.4 UP
Corn and Poultry Raisers VIII Have
Their innings, and Good Roads
VIII BE Another Subject
Under Consideration.
GOOD PRIZES HU UP

The Lee county farmers institute
at Donnellson, February 10 and H..
will have an excellent program and
fine exhibit of farm products,
The corn show will distribute $1Sb
in prizes. which number twenty-nine,
and the poultry show SIS in thirty
prizes. Exhibits must be shipped,
prepaid, to F. II. Krebill. Corn must
be the 1918 crop. grown by the ex-
hibitor
Good road building and financing
| will be explained by Mr.. Jayne, of
Monmouth, ILL.,, who knows all about
the Illinois system now going into
effect and favored by many people
for the state OF Iowa.
| A large attendance is forecast by
| the talk over Lee county, showing
/ the great interest the farmers have
| in their institute.
| An Expert Who Succeeds.
/ One of the principal features OF
the meeting will be the address OF
4 Frank Mann, of Gilman, ILL.,, a broth
| er of Congressman Mann and one OF
/ the best authorities on agricultural
subjects.
/ He has 6Oo-acre farm and last
| year made records on 1t hard to
beat. He had eighty acres of wheat
which made sixty-one to sfxty-three
bushels to the acre, and raised over
eighty bushels of corn to the acre
on large tract.
Soil fertilization and modern farm
management are specialties in which
he is noted, and will be the topics
of part of his address at Donnellson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
Many Stranger Die Here.

The above statistics, from the rec
ords in the. office Of the city cerk
and secretary of the keokuk BOARD
of health, include the Keokuk people
who died, and exclude the out-of-
town people who came here to die.
The latter class is rather large
here, for a town Of this size, because
of the reputation of the two hos
pitfalls here and the long radius OF
practice and standing of number
of Keokuk physicians. A few per
sons died here after being taken OF
trains very sick, or soon after com
ing here to visit relatives, and many
came here for hospital treatment
whose cases were hopeless when
they left their homes in Iowa, I'LL
nois and Missouri.
The number Of transients who cleo
here. in the above classes, was 90 IN
1917. and 1t was "A in 1918, or about
one-third In each year of the number
Of Keokuk people who died at home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-31
The Return to the Old Home.

The Return TO the Oio 'onS.
The intense home love for keokuh
in the hearts of most people VINO
ever lived here for few years IL
traditional here. and the old saying
here that whenever anybody VINO
ever lived here has a death in me
family the body is brought back TO
Keokuk for burial is verified in the
city clerks office.
The number of burials here OF
bodies brought in from other places
ali over the country was sc In 1913.
There were some Of these funerals
here in every month Of last year ex-
cept May and August, the minimum
being three, in July, and the maxi
mum 16, in November.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-02

G0cIAL. events in Salem have come
to positive standstill. Club meet.
ings and private dances are things
Of the past or future; dinner parties
and informal gatherings are almost un.
heard Of, and the city seems TO be
settled into a state Of complete So
rial coma. Out Of town folk, on their
Ray to beach or mountain, drop in
fer 3 day or two on old friends, renew
aequaintances with those who happen
10 be in town, and leave again in the
late evening or early morning without
Saving caused a ripple Of excitement.
Balemites, at the popular resorts. man
age to keep in touch with their home
city by means Of irregular correspond
ence filled with news of the season 5
styles, and questions as to whether The
neighb0rs are feeding the eat, and the
chances of the governor calling an ex-
ara session Of the legislature for the
purpose Of ratifying the equal suffrage
amendment
For those who remain in the city, pic
sies continue TO be the order Of the
day. Now and then a luncheon for
stranded guest, or a line party in hon
or Of visiting chib woman attracts
attention, but such occasions are few
and far between. Midsummer we'd
slings are rarer setill, and since the
brides month has passed, Dan Cupid's
share Of publicity has been pitifully
meagre. Once in a while boy comes
home from France, laughs with awk-
ward Tenderness at the grey hairs in
his mother 5 head that were not there
when he left two years ago; makes
sure that no one has stolen the only
girl while he was away, and, falling
into the old routine, drops from public
notice as completely as though he had
never been showered with flowers and
laden with good things and proclaim.
ed hero by those be left behind. That
Is, he drops from public notice for
few weeks at time, perhaps, for with
all the patriotic organizations Of wo-
snen and young girls still in pronounc-
ed evidence, although sadly disbanded
Eiuring the present season, il viii be a
dong long time before those who wear
ahe gold and silver stripes will be al.
lowed 20 "walk by themselves" like
kipling's mythical cat.
As matter Of fact the city is only
aesting, and preparing for the newt.
able gaeties Of the fall and winter
months, and the round of pleasures
with which the coming season promises
10 be ushered IN, win amply repay any
dnllness Of the present season.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-02
BY Gertrude Robson


Swelling the long list of Salem So
eiety folk who are answering the call
Of the open road, Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Myers and Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Webb
will leave tomorrow for a motor tour
Of California. The far famed Yosemite
valley, the sights os the larger Califor-
MIA cities the natural wonders OF the
mountains and the tropical beauties Of
the southern sections of the state, viii
all be included in the itineraES. The
party plans to be gone a month.
Many functions marked the week Of
the session Of the general grand chap
ter, Order Of the Eastern Star. held in
Seattle recently. One of the most en-
ioyable wus the banquet in honor Of
George NJ Hyland, most worthy grand
patron, given by the delegates and
members from Oregon, at the Washing
ton hotel. Covers were laid for sixty
persons. Mrs. Robert McMurphy Of Eu-
gene, worthy grand matron Of Oregon,
presided. The tables were beautiful
with magnolias, pink sweet peas and
delicately tinted roses.
Interesting talks were given by the
following grand chapter officers,
guests Of the Oregon members. Mrs.
Emma c. Oeobock of Hartford, Mich
igan, most worthy grand matron; Mrs.
Z. Lewis Chaplin Of Pine Meadow, Con
nectieut, right worthy associate grand
matron; DR.. Alfred Mcdaniel Of San
Antonio, Texas, right worthy associate
grand patron; Reverend Willis D. En-
gle of indianapolis, Ind, past, most
worthy grand patron. Others present
were Frank Chaplin Of Pine Meadow,
Conn, Mrs. Stapleton of Michigan and
Miss McDaniels, Texas. The delegates
from Oregon were Mrs. Robert McMur
ply, Eugene, worthy grand matron; y.
II. Kidale, La Grande, worthy grand
patron; Leslie Parker, Portland, asso.
eiate grand patron and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Vert, Pendleton; Mrs. 4. G. Sehil.
Ter, la Grande; Mrs. T. J. Menden-
hall, Portland; Mrs. Frank Settle
meier, Woodburn; Clyde Evans, Port
land; J. o. Mclaughlin, Hood River,
all past grand officers, together with q
large number Of non.voting members
from Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kersey, prom
inent Dallas folk, were Salem visitors
yesterday. They were accompanied by
Mrs Kersey's brother and sister.in.
law. Mr. and Mrs. .IOsenh Brnwn.