The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-14

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Address OF Orator Of the Day.
The Rev. Mr.. Nethercut spoke
follows:
esteem 1t a great honor to
be permitted to speak words OF
welcome to our returning sol
diers. You have represented us
bravely and well on the battle
fields of Europe.
We are your debtors. You
have honored your country and
your flag and every loyal and
true American is proud OF you.
The world loves a brave man
and hates coward. That Is
why men through the centuries
have loved to read the story OF
Leonidas and his brave band OF
Spartans at the pass OF Thermo-
pylae. They were brave men fight
ing for deathless principle.
The world loves above every
thing else an unselfish man. Un-
selfishness is at the basis OF all
true courage and greatness.
A selfish man can never be a
hero.
A man must first forget him
self, before he can do his full
duty in the world.
The Bible says, HE that
saveth his life shall lose it, and
he that loseth his life shall find
it." This is the true philosophy
of life taught by the Man of
Nazareth.
The man who throws himself
with utter abandon into the
cause OF humanity finds his own
true self Soldiers of the Ameri-
can army, your advantage over
the soldiers OF Germany was in
the fact that they We're profess
sional soldiers mechanically
trained for war for wars sake.
They lacked idealism.
You were young men prepar-
ing to do your part in keeping
America foremost among the
nations Of the earth by your
devotion to the great ideals OF
Americanism. Then a great crisis
arose, the sacred principles upon
which our government was
founded were assailed in a bar
barous and ruthless manner. The
righteous indignation OF the
people arose like mountain
freshet, and the young manhood
of our country, representing the
best brain, Drawn and blood OF
the world arose and cried:
Here am I, send me; l Will
ayenge the wrongs of humanity,
and the result was that the army
that made America famous
sprang up like magic.
The cause of human liberty
has been slow evolution. Our
country is the battle-ground of
great ideas, and the crystailiza-
ton of the hopes and dreams of
four thousand years. Men have
always struggled toward the
light.
The voice Of Moses when he
said to Pharoah. Let my people
60" was the voice of God.
America has been the battle
field of ideas. Democracy and
aristocracy have struggled for
supremacy.
Young men, you have struggled
for a great cause. You were in
vincible because you were right.
Give brave man a just cause
and he is unconquerable.
Your foes were convinced that
they had foemen worthy of their
steel.
A French soldier tainted
captured German with the ques-
ton, us Colt still on your side?"
and the German replied, Yes;
but the Yanks are on your side"
We are proud of the heroes OF
Chateau Thierry, Of st. Mihiel,
and of the Argonne woods.
But in our moment of Joy we
feel the touch of Invisible fingers
on our heart strings. Many Of
the brave fellows who marched
proudly away with you do not
return today. Our hearts are
saddened by this fact, and it
throws a little cloud across the
otherwise unclouded day. They
SIStp Oh Vic wei toih bottiS-
fields of Europe.
We greet you with wide open
arms today and say welcome and
God bless you
"Cheers for the living and
tears for the dead"
This address was listened to wit
attention by the audience whic
.pplauded at it's conclusion.
Mass Attack on the Pies.
AS the column reached the corne
# Main and Water streets they wer
leployed into, a file of twos as the
passed down past the girls in Re
cross costumes who were passin
tut the pies.
Further down the line anothe
,roup of girls were passing out ciga,
,ttes to all who wanted them.
Most of the men evidently did nc
now that the contents Of the boxe
which were handed them containe
lies. Much to the discontinue c
he women who had so CAREFUL
,acked them, they saw the soldier
eceive them and proceed to carr
hem upside down and in all name
# ways except upright.
But from the way the men wen
.fter them Jas soon as they wer
N the train 1t was clear that eve
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