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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
WYAcoNDA, MO.

Charles Baily and wife and J. B.
Roberts visited with Charles Stafford
and son Robert, OF Wyaconda; one
day last week
Mrs. R. c. Branson and sons, Nv
erett and George, Of Summitville,
Iowa, visited n. Branson and family
last week
Ohio Weber and family visited
Mrs. Lizzie Doss last Saturday
Joe Bailey and family spent Than KS.
giving with George Baley's mother.
Mrs. l.. Doss.
DIR. Long, who has been very sicB
IN ST. Louis, is reported as better,
End hopes to be home In few days.
Mrs A. c. Crumley and mother
spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. v. Basket and Mr. and Mrs
Wade Williams, OF CORN.
The Ewing girls have returned TO
their school in Quincy, after spend.
ing Thanksgiving with home folks.
The A., T. & S. +. Railroad com.
pany have moved the twenty-threc
cars with their Mexican inhabitants
out OF town, much 20 the satisfaction
Of the people Of Wyaconda.
There are three families coming
10 Wyaconda TO live, and there Ia
| not an empty house in town. It looks
as IL they will have to pitch some
tents.
Mrs. u. NJ Weber was called to
Eldon, Iowa, to help take care Of her
sister, Mrs Mary Ann Grimsly, who
fell off porch and injured her hip
Last reports were that she was i'm.
proving slowly, her age being great
hfndraupp gba hnfn, eiubfy.Pfvn or
eighty-siy years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. v Cole and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cole spent
Thanksgiving with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Cole, Of near
Camra.
b. r. Lewis, n. Branson and e. "
Cole attended I. o. o. F. meeting at
! Memphis, Mo, last week.
Charles Whitehead left Thanksgiy-
ling day for New York with a carload
I Of chickens.
Wyaconda people are faring very
well in regard to the fuel shortage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
n The II
HAMILTON GATECWY
d ! 4An-IoN Ill DEC Is

A baby girl was born TO Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bot of Warsaw Wednesday. Mrs
Bott viii be remembered as Miss
/ Gladys Berry before her marriage.
Some members of the Eastern Sta,
attended meeting Of the Warsaw
lodge Friday evening.
| A hard time social was given by the
] lockwood school Friday evening.
ilot of fun was enjoyed by the young
/ people of the school and their friends
Frank Mitchell OF Minneapolis
MINI, called on Hamilton friends Fri
lday.
Miss Meta Denton who has been
| quite I'll is slowly improving.
Frank Clapp, an old time Hamilton
resident, renewed old acquaintance
last week.
country into town, occupying the
house vacated by Van Savidge.
| Dana Roth of Detroit, Mich, is Wis
ting at the home Of his parents In
Hamilton.
a visit with their parents. Elizabeth
Custom who spent the past few months
with her grandparents in Missouri, re-
Aeu WIN LISIts
Mrs. Rebecca Duis of Golden, H., Is
1.-The guest 70 her daughter, Mrs. John
G.. Buss.
Mrs Bond, of Abingdon, Ill, is Wis
| ting her son, r. l.. Bond and family
The Home Bureau held a meeting at
! the home Of Mrs. Watt in Lakeview
Heights Thursday afternoon. She was
assisted in entertaining by Mrs. Nixon
and Mrs. r. l.. Bond A very pleas.
ant and profitable afternoon was
spent by those present
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wood enter
tanned q number of their young friends
at dinner at their home Thursday
evening
A social was given by the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary society
OF the Presbyterian church at the
home of Mrs. G. p. Lindsey at Monte
bello gardens, Friday afternoon. A
very delightful social afternoon was
enjoyed and delicious luncheon was
served
A meeting of citizens was called
Friday evening to confer on the fuel
situation. After discussion 1t was
decided to appoint committee and
abide by their decision as to length
of business houses. Mr.. Elmer Den.
mis-, chairman, Maurice Dadant and
c. b. Marshall are the committee ap-
pointed. The fuel dealers report
wood for sale and little coal on
hands.
The ParentTeachers' association
held an evening meeting at which
both men and women were invited,
at the assembly room in the high
school Friday evening. Mrs. Bond,
the president Of the association. pre-
sided. Miss Clark, superintendent
of the city schools gave a brief out
line of the aim OF the Parent
Teacher association, the ultimate OBJ
ject being to make better citizenry
for the future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
NO SHORTAGE
OF FUEL THERE
Baseball Winter Stove Leaoue Has
Enough Good Timber 70 Run
Through to Next
Eprinc
tBy Henry l. Farrell, United Press

by Henry L. Farrell, United Press
staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-BasebalPg
winter stove league will not suffer
By the fuel shortage.
Enough good timber may be re.
leased out of her this week to keen
the fires burning until spring.
Three meetings Of major and minor
noguls are booked for the first three
days Of the week.
First, Davie FuItZ and his Inter.
national league will hold the boards.
Inside friction promises to shoot off
q bunch Of sparks when they get to-
gether today. J. J. McCaffery. presi.
dent of the Toronto club, came back
from Cuba for the expressed purpose
Of agftating new president.
Akron won the race for the Ring
hamton franchise, and another equal
~ spirited rush is expected for the
Newark holdings. Syracuse will prob
ably get the call
Under sprigs of olive, with the
dove every place in evidence, the Ma.
tional league barons will assemble to-
morrow. Everything is serene and
peaceful in the ranks of the older or
ganization. The only chance for q
scrap might be in the session of the
peace mission" from the minors.
The National league moguls want
to make capital out of the political
row in the American circuit. To
make the world know they are above
petty chickering's" they may decide
10 ride over the Hermann con.ro.
yersy and go for another year with
Gary occupying the chair of the ma.
uonal commission
Fireworks and more fireworks are
carded for Wednesday. Two meet
ings of the American league magnates
are scheduled, and there NAV be
more. Ban Johnson and his five loyal
and faithful clubs will get their heads
together in Chicago and appoint a
new board of directors that will
promise not TO run the ship on the
rocks.
Meanwhile, at the same hour, the
trio of rebels, Rupert Corniskey and
FraZee, will hold board of directors
meeting in New York.
OF course, being here they can't be
in Chicago. So il probably viii be
up TO the courts to say which was
which.
There seems to be little doubt the
insurgent faction will test the legality
of the meeting held in Chicago. That
means more court action.
Unless some peacemaker makes
himself worthy Of medal for vaIor
by getting them together, the war
ring factions of the circuit may carry
the battle into spring training time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
, HEAD STUFFED FROM
cATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in NostriIs
Opens Air Passages Right Up.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the
air passages OF your head clear and
you can breathe freely. So more
hawking, snuffling, blowing, head.
ache, dryness. No struggling for
breath al night; your cold or catarrh
disappears.
Get q small bottle Of EIys Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
q little of this fragrant, antiseptic.
healing cream in your nostriIs. II
penetrates through every air passage
of the head, soothes the infamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed
up with cold or nasty catarrh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
LONDON SPORTS
ARE SURPRISED
Downfall of Jimmy Wilde Genes as
Second Shock in Few Days and
They Are Wpnderine
Why

United Press Leased Wire Service. I
LONDON, Dec. 8.-With surprise
incredibly and disappointment to tne
point OF alarm. London heard Of the
news OF the downfall Of their other
fistic idol, Jimmy Wilde This was
doubiy hard, coming so soon after the
knockout of Joe Beckett Still feeling
that the little fly weight champion
represent the last word in the fighting
machinery. Britishers were inclined
TO attribute his defeat by Jack
sharkey in Milwaukee Saturday night.
to the result Of decision caused by
anti-British sentiment.
After their fight here with the
champion, in which they claimed they
were given bum decision. Pal
Moore and Joe Lynch said wait till
we get him IN America" Londoners
think that this decision was the first
dow taken by America in defense Of
her bantams
Commenting on the fight the TeIe-
gram said:
sharkey is not in the same class
with Wilde. 1t is hard to believe that
ne could even hold his own. We won
Ger IL the decision was not Influenced
Os lSeIluS against Wide.
Wisde's Excuse.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec s-Jimuy
Wilde today attributed his poor show
Ing against Sharkey here SATURDAY.
night 10 the fact that he entered the
ring weighing several pounds above
his normal fighting condition. Wilde
was forced TO make 197 pounds ia
order 10 fight under the Wisconsin
boxing commission rules which pre-
vent more than ten pound differ
ence in weights between fighters of
that class The British nv weight
champion stated the excess weight
slowed him IN.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
Elood Readu 10 aurat Enrth

WASHINGTON, Dec S.-The vast
liquor stocks of the country are ready
TO be released at a moments notice
today, should the supreme court in
announcing decisions hold wartime
prohibition unconstitutional
Bonded warehouses in which are
stored about sixty million gallons Of
distilled spirits have been accumu-
lating surplus box cars for the last
few weeks to lose no time in dis
tributing the liquor as soon as it can
be legally sold
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08

No one is suffering and many are
burning wood and living in one
room, instead of trying TO heat UP
the whole house.
Mrs. Arthur Miller returned home
Monday after pleasant visit with
her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Clinton, and
sister, Mrs. Earl Barnes, OF Buena
Vista, Iowa
Little Johnny Keith is reported
some better. but is very poorly and
is now confined to mis- bed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
New NV Record.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Dec. S.--Franc cneeN -
on the foreign exchange opened On
five centimes at 1852, estabiishins .
new low record. Italian eXchahs =
also made new low, lire checks o On
clining to 1882 and Cables 70 Low
Sterling demand opened at $500
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-08
WestIina Match Toniaht.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Joe Stecher.
claimant for the worlds wrestling
championship, meets Wladek Zbyszko,
Polish wrestler here tonight in a
match to the finish. They will grapple
on "winner-takes-all' basis.
Stecher will be outweighed Is
pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Discoveries.


To Clean LiLoleum-Everyone who
has a floor covered with in1aid
linoleum knows it is hard to clean.
About an hour or so before ready to
clean linoleum make a hot suds of
soap flakes (any good soap shaved
fine will do). When lukewarm, wet
the linoleum all over with the suds,
being careful not to get too near the
edges next the wills.
Leave for an hour, then mop. The
dirt will come off like magic. no more
trouble than to wipe up a polished
floor.
One Usually Has a partly used card
of snap fasteners in her sewing basket
SO when taking snaps from an old
garment, instead of throwing them
into a box, to be lost or mismated,
let her fasten them upon this card
with the unused ones.
Use for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in the kitchen save labor and make
the room look clean and inviting
Use fresh papers daily on the utensil
table, on the kitchen cabinet board,
on the drainboard of the sink and on
the refrigerator. Cut bread and pre-
pare vegetables and meat on slips of
newspaper, then put the paper at
once into the waste basket. Keep
double layers of newspaper in the
kitchen waste basket and in the
garbage pan. Wipe grease-covered
pans and dishes with slips of paper
before putting them into the dish
water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
ALWAYS AN APPROPRIATION.

In recent address at Boston, Mr..
RedfieId. secretary of commerce, en-
tered a long series of complaints be-
cause appropriations are not made in
amounts such as he deems adequate
for development of certain industries
and public interests.
Mr.. RedfieId apparently has lost all
confidence in the initiative, intelli-
gence and courage of the American
Individual. He can see going to waste
untold millions of wealth because
American ingenuity neglects oppor-
tunities so plain to his eyes. In MAX
| ing lumber, he says, we waste half the
value known to exist in the tree. Ae-
cepting his assertions at their face
value. there are literally billions of
wealth lying around loose for, any
wide-awa<e American to pick up like
gold nuggets on. the dump of an Ell
dorado. But Americans neglect their
opportunities and the only way Red
field can see to make use of the
wealth is to make huge government
appropriations and send government
experts" out to gather it in.
If the government have experts
who are able to make profit out of
that alleged waste of one-half of the
timber, those experts can find plenty
of private capitalists who are anxious
to employ their services. There isn't
a lumberman in the country who will
not pay the expert a better salary
than the government will offer. if the
expert" can demonstrate his ability
to save that waste lumber and make
a profit on it.
1t was private enterprise, not gov
eminent appropriations, that estab-
hshed the meat packing business on a
basis that saved all the hog except the
squeal. Whenever there is oppor-
tunity to make money tanning shark
skins, there won't be need of gov
eminent expert to direct the work
American industry has made enor-
nous strides in the past. The Amer
lean government has made enormous
appropriations to aid development
Whenever Mr.. Redfield can point tc
achievements of government experts
that make anything like a favorable
comparison with the achievements OF
private enterprise, he will have nc
trouble in getting increased appropri-
: ations. But, for the present, the
American people prefer to encourage
individual initiative. believing thai
-there is room at the top and thai
the Edisons. the Burbanks, the
Schwabs, the Garys, the Harrimans
achieved success thru the hope Of
success and its rewards rather thar
thru the incentive of a MONTH!
. check from the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Will you
please tell me how to make my hus-
band less jealous of me?
He won't take me any place and
won't. let me have any of my friends
come to our home. I have always
been true to him and always keep
the house clean. Please tell me what
to do? MRS. G.
A wife has her rights just as well
as her husband has his. 1t is not a
bit unreasonable for you to want to
entertain your friends. and therefore
1 think you should do so without con-
sulting your husband. Entertain dur
ing the day and tell him quietly but
firmly you intend to continue doing so.
The way to a mans heart nowadays
seems to be thru attractive clothing.
Look your best and your husband will
want to take you places.
In reply to "Heartsick": Have
your father or b other get in touch
with an officer in the probation court.
If he makes the request to keep you,
it will be granted under the circum-
stances.
1 would suggest Cor the trip a street
dress and one for afternoon or even
ing wear Ga silk or gcorgette would
be suitable for the latter, and a
tailored coat and hat. A suit would
be convenient, but not entirely neces-
sary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
MY HUSBAND AND /
BY JANE PHELPS

bring suit aside from the fact that he
had changed his mind never occurred
to me.
had an almost insane desire to
run away; away from my thoughts
and everything. 1t may seem strange
to some woman. that 1 was not satis-
fled to let Neil run things, and not
worry because I did not know the de-
tails. But there had been so many
little things in my life with him to
myself to task for my anxiety. Neil
was so vigorous, so alive. and strong
willed. 1t seemed impossible that life
could play any tricks with him. Had
he been a. weakling. il would have
been impossible for me to have stood
for so long the half-doubts which had
been mine almost since we had been
married. But he was so strong, so
masterful, that one could not vision
him in trouble or not dominating any
situation.
Neil was the most convincing talker
ever have heard 1t wasn't that he
said so much, it was the way he said
it.
I went in to my baby--Iittle Robert
but for the first time he failed TO
hold my thoughts from my worry.
pls yed with him, but in a half hearted
way that he seemed to realize: for his
tiny fingers pulled at me, and he
whined a little-something very I'M
usual with him. He had always been
a wonderfully good baby. healthy and
happy
1 laid him down. and went into the
library. / wandered about the room
for a few moments, then. noticing
that the cellarette was slightly open,
started to close it Then l looked in
side, / was shocked to see bottle OF
before. nearly half gone. must spea k
to Tonko- He should not touch the
cellsrette. Neil must keep IL locked
hereafter.
turned the key in the lock. and
put il in my pocket. When Neil came
in / would tell him to find a hiding
place for it--that 1t was a temptation
to leave it In the lock.
(Tororrow-Freder argues with
Neil as to his business methods.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
BARBARA is WORRIED OVER !
NEIL
CHAPTER xLVII.

CHAPTER XLVII.
At last I imagined I knew the
cause for the intimacy between Neil
and Blanche orion. But how did it
start in the first place? How did he
come to talk of business matters to
another woman, and absolutely re-
fuse to discuss them with me?
It is a terrible feeling to ask one
self questions of this sort; to ask them
over and over and yet find no answer.
But one possible explanation came to
me-that we were living far-beyond
our means. If not, why had it been
necessary for any one to help Neil,
even if Scott had threatened him? If
we could afford to do the things we
did, live in the manner in which We
did, surely Neil must be rich? Rich
enough to take up even the large
block of stock owned by Scott.
1 wondered why Scott had threat
ened Neil; what made it possible for
him to do so. Had l known that the
stock Neil had sold him was what
he, Scott, called "phoney stock" and
that he had insisted upon having his
money at once, 1 might have UNDER
stood many other things, at this time.
But that Neil would sell stock that
was worthless. knowing that it was.
would have not only seemed impossi-
BILE. but ridiculous to me.
You see. I knew absolutely nothing
of business of any kind. Neil earned
the money, gave it to me. and 1 spent
it as / pleased. But have since
learned that one may be quite a good
business man or woman and still not
understand the devious ways of many
promoters; especially if they are pro-
noting schemes based so far away
that purchasers of stock. must take
their word for their value, reinforced
by an deliberately printed prospectus.
instead of investigating the property
for themselves.
decided that Scott had .scold feet =.
as Neil had said. and wanted his
money back; that he had threatened
10 sue Neil If he didn't return it, That
he had to have some other reason to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Time the Adjuster.-a.


Take a case, for example, in which
a young married couple find them
selves uncongenial," continued the
elderly woman. "They have not tho
same tastes; they do not enjoy the
same things. They argue and quarrel
over every subject. Each one y as
illusioned about the other. and they
wonder how they are going TO get thru
the years dragging the chains TINT
binds them together and that clanks
at every step.
This is a very common experience.
In the reaction that follows marriage,
and In, which the man finds out that
the beautiful angel he has espouscd is
no angel at all, but a commonplace
creature who wears curl papers. and
has nerves and a temper, and the
woman discovers that the hero of her
romantic dreams is not little tin GOO.
but grounding who eats onions and
is fussy about his neckties, they won
der what on earth they saw in each
other that made them go and do it.
"Assuredly there comes a time to
every husband and wife when they
bore each other to extinction. and
they are actually repulsve to each
other, and they wish that they had tho
courage to go to Reno or run away
from home.
But they don't. and time fights on
their side. Familiarity dulls their per-
cepllon OF each others little pecullari-
ties They become a habit to each
other, and after a while the matr.-
monial stream gets past the rifles and
the rocks that fettered It, and flows
calm and untroubled between the
flower strewn banks of everyday life.
And take those sadder cases where
husbands fancy roams away from his
own fireside. No one Will deny that 1t
is cruel thing for wife to see her
husband dangling around after other
women and perhaps spending on them
for luxuries the money that is needed
blame the wife who divorces the phil
laundering husband
But If she has the courage TO wait
he Will come back TO her at fast. and
when the lesser loves have burned
themselves out there will still be found
under the ashes, the glowing embers
of the fire of the love of his youth.
II is strange and inexplicable, but true.
that man may be faithless TO his
WIFE and yet in his secret soul set her
above all other women, and really adj
mire her above ali other women.
Il have seen II happen a thousand
times-when the patient wife reaped a
great reward just for waiting. Time
gave her back her husband, humbled.
chastened, filled with gratitude ana
reverence for the woman whose love
and strength were great enough TO
endure.
Time. my dear. solves most of our
problems for us. Remember that. ana
just carry on when things are hardest
and most hopeless, and you will win
out in the end"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25

1 was laying on my back on the set
ting rom floor last mite wishing /
owned a candy store, and pop. was
smoaking and thinking, and L sed,
Pop?
I haven't eny change, sed pop.
wasent going to ask for money,
pop, sed.
o, then speek freely. sed pop.
WITCH L did. saying, would it be a
insult to call persin a red hedded
onion?
RuffIy speaking, 1 bIeeve it would,
amt eny sutch thing as red hedded
never thawt of that, 1 admit there
seems to be site doubt in the mat
ter, sed pop.
sed, Would it be a insult to call per-
sin old red buntch of wiskers?
Well, that's another delicate ques-
ton, and still, if they ever happen to
appoint me on the Ligg of Nations
committee and that question comes up.
b1eeve I will take the side of the
complaining nation thus designated,
sed pop.
Meening Yes, and L sed, Well how
bad of a name could you call a red
hedded persin without axuilly being a
insult so he would wunt to fife you
for it?
Frum my Experience with red he'd
ded people, it simply cant be done. sed
pop.
And today wen saw Reddy Merry,
I dident call him enything.