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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-01-31

nc -Nrt' Ger -0'f '7..
f- 1910 Yc7-r
tn ~i-a-. ..ta .s r. uo frs
e7-- o.. as- ss -t5 .aG A.. #
originated is e.' in d E. .55.-
legend hat dates back 1tp" 81, rs s1.
fore the coming of Christ.
A daughter Of Il th4n reisning SOW
ereign fell in love with a Young noble
man. whose inferior birth excluded
him from marrying her. They man
aged to exchange chances, and he oc-
casionally gathered a few blossoms
and had them conveyed to her.
One day in the palace garden xhe
lovers met, and the young man en-
deavored to give her few flowers ::
but so keen was the watchfulness of
her attendants that all she could grasp
was little twig with green leaves.
On reaching her room she put the
twig In water, and toward evening She
drank the water in which the twie
had been kept. SO agreeable was the
taste that she even ate the leaves
and the stalks, Every day afterward
she had hunches ii lhe tea tree
BROUGHT to 'ltr thi,4 sac treated il
the same way.
Imitation being the s:ncerest Tor
Of fiattery, the ladies of the court tried
the experiment. and with such pleas
ing results that the custom spread
throughout the kingdom-and the
great Chinese tea industry became one
Of the greatest businesses In the
world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-01-31
3A3Y'3 LOT NOT HAPPY ONE
small Wonoer That So Many Ch4drea
OF the Furitans Ended Their
Earthly Career Early.


There IS no doubt OF the strengss
and endurance of the Puritan babies
which survived tn hardships of the
first few months If their lives. Ths
Puritans came to America some tina
before modern heating appliances wero
scheduled to arrive, and their winter
days and nights could have been little
less than enc long SILVER.
If hts elders suffered so much dig
comfort, what must have been tho
hardship of the newest baby who. q
Ter: days after his arrival in this
"orld, was taken to the coolest part
T jt-the bic k little Puritan meeting
A'Hso-Ti.i'h never know anything
''r .a1tl - laySf This eE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-01-31
leo Much For Hin

CO NIUCN r OF r TN.
Il thought he was going to marry
that eirl:"
We'll, he did think Of It. But II
seems when he called the other night
she threw him down"
We'll, if she's as good as that at
wrestling l don't blame him for quit
ting. st, Louis Post-Dispatch
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-01-31
doses Of Biack-Draught"

Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedfords Black Draught a
standard, household remedy. Everg
member, of every family, at times.
need the help that Black-Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re-
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, Indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach. liver and bowels are Il sol
working oc55r. I-aa1 them that va.
:,.--.-- -a-f Il act~ .-omp-l.-,
s-atlg sa1 III 4 4a-ur2! wag. -sa
taal slues.-., take do+e .--:-.,..
You vii, I'll FRI r to4o~77 Pea
sc. L Qzs&ase-oaa c.: 3-ss
Al d1aSK1zss !, s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-01-31
n.niI,'a Name WILDLY k0A

Asnlia has given Its name psobsbN
to moro articles Of commerce tim ny
sthR city in thu world "Manfi1'' ~
bscco. chercots, hemp. hats papR
mating. bracelets and rings are to&
Z few Of the things which remind PEI
pie In different countries of the capRa.
Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ChropkA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
GERMAN PAPER
solicitor Chased Out of Town and
Others Made to Parade Around
Square Carrying
Big Flag.

SIGOURNEY, iowa, April 23.-There
was much excitement in Sigourney
last Saturday afternoon. A bunch OF
fellows took affairs into their own
hands and escorted one man out or
town and marched several others
around the square, requiring them to
carry the flag in the procession.
The whole matter started by a man
giving the name of Miller, who said
Re was from st. Louis, that blew in
here day or two before and was
soliciting subscriptions for German
paper This was a very inopportune
time for that kind of work with the
boys just getting home from months
of hardships in France, because OF the
Germans. The whole lamentable affair
started by this old fellow fnqulrtng
where Pete Sieren lived. 1t was In
the Haffner drug store and he was
asking John Grimes, who is clerking
there. o. j. Grimes happened to be
present, and said to John, Let him
hunt his own customers" or words to
that effeNt. E. ]. Grimes knew what
the man was selling. John didn't.
The agent resented the remark Of Mr..
Grimes and started the trouble There
were a couple Of soldier Toys in the
store and they resented the remarks
of the German solicitor. They got out
and got some more of the boys and
among them they evidently decided to
slow the st. Louis citizen out of
town.
At one o'clock bunch of fellows
went down to the Sigourney hotel,
got the fellow, pinned placard on
his back which read, Back to Ger
many" and headed by small band,
they marched him around the square
with him carrying the flag. He was
taken to the mayors Office and fnves-
tigated He was then marched to the
depot and put on the south bound
local and sent out of town. At the
depot he mounted a truck and sang
the Marseillaise and made a speech
tefore train time. He went out on the
train and his ticket said St. Louis
We wish we might close this story
here, but by the time this all trans
pired the crowd had grown to several
hundred people. Excitement was get
ting pretty high. The band and the
leaders started up town and gathered
Up the fellows who had subscribed, for
the paper, according to the mans rec
ords and his statements. They stop
led at Karl Gellmers blacksmith shop,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Daily stock Letter.

limited Press Leased Wire SerFioe.1s
NEW YORK, April 23.-The New
York Evening Sun financial review to-
aay says:
Today's stock market struck quito
the 1iveliest pace since the expansive
days OF 1915. Sales exceeded mill
hon shares when the session still had
two hours to run. Spirited demand
fer steel shares, particularly U. S.
steel which ran up to 103 TO the high
est level of the year, shared honors
gradgingly with buying in that class
Of rails, which might indiferently be
termed "oil' or oiled
Business become calmer in the last
hour and prices were disposed to
yield from the top. Steel dropped
back below 102. Bonds We're fairly
active throughout. The feature In that
department was the rise in Missouri.
Kansas and Texas first rs, second As
End refunding As which gained re-
spective1y 8, and nearly points.
High grade railroad bonds We're also
well bought. Contrary to the recent
trend Liberty loan issues were firm.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

treaty binding her not to make sep
arate peace in as much as that treaty
is the very same London treaty that
the other allies are disregarding in
denying Fiume to italy but we hold
nevertheless, that the Italian people
are too loyal and that their hate and
contempt for Germany is too deep to
sanction any such arrangements. uns
less of course, Italy should be driven
to desperation by the other allies.
"But Of course It would only be POS
sible for an inhuman and unjustff-
able attitude to be adopted by the al.
lies in order to force Italy to yield, ir-
Of its rights, under the
compulsion Of famine. VBut we cannot
bring ourselves to believe that France,
England and America would use such
cruel means to distress a faithful
ally"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
CRITICISM
FOR WILSON
Editor Of Italian Paper Does Not
See How President Can Recon-
Gle Principle With De-
mand OF Right.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-The
Italians of America fail to see how
President Wilson can reconcile Amer
lean principle with denial Of the
right of Italy to F'iume, declares
Carlo Del Pine in statement to The
United Press today Del Pine, edi.
tor of LA Voce Del Popolo,' speaks
for one of the largest Italian colonies
in America
Technically speaking" he said
Italy would be justified in disre-
garding the treaty binding her not
to make a separate peace with Ger
many" He said, however, that the
Italian people are too loyal to the
allies to do this. unless, Of course,
Italy should be driven to desperation
by the other allies
Del Pino's statement follows:
I'VE fail to see how President Will
son can reconcile American principle
with a denial of the right of Italy to
Fiume, since Fiume is Enthusiastically
Italian and has given ample evidence
through a plebescite of It's will to be
Italian, and since the principle Of
characterization is exactly one of
the most important Of the fourteen
points.
ut may be that in the interests of
the world at large, Fiume should be
made a free port, but nothing GER
tainly could justify the annexation of
Fiume by the Jugo Slavs.
But no matter how contrary to the
interests of Italy may be this attitude
of President Wilson, we don't believe
Italy could ever turn to Germany OF
course, technically speaking, Italy
would be justified in disregardipg the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

/ man YOU meet about the cost of white
paper, and he will tell you the ques-
| ton is his nightly nightmare Paper
conservation should be taken up in
the schools, as it has by thousands of
business concerns. The situation is
acute.
"The American Forestry association,
through its campaign for planting
memorial trees, is educating the Amer
lean people to the values of forestry.
Tie association aims to register every
tree planted and marker has been
designated for these trees Plans are
also going forward for tree planting
on wholesale scale, so that our
forests may be replenished before 1t
IS too late.
Just how acute the situation Is
may be seen in the warning by Col.
Henry S. Graves, a vice-president OF
the American Forestry association and
forester Of the United States. He puts
It this way:
"The experience of the war called
sharp attention to the condition of our
remaining timber supplies. The bulk
of the material for general construc-
ton was obtained from few large
centers of ORIGINAL forest, often in
volving long rail hauls and high cost.
Extreme difficulties were encountered
ir obtaining promptly and adequate
supply Of specialized products, like
some of the high grade hardwoods.
If the emergency had come 10 years
from now we would have had every
great embarrassment in obtaining
even the lumber needed for general
construction, except at great sacrl-
fee in time. cost and crowding of the
railroads.
.'The planting of memorial trees as
suggested by the American Forestry
association is of the greatest educa-
tional value, in directing attention to
forestry. Large forest areas should
be planted, not only this year, but
every year. We fought 10 establish
the frontiers of freedom. but what are
we going to do about maintaining
those frontiers. The forests OF France
kept the Hun from reaching Paris.
Will our forests keep the scourge OF
food and desert waste from over
whelming our land? We must answer
now the call of the children who will
be born in the next hundred years"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
SHORTAGE
OF TIMBER
Some Startling Facts as to Conditions
Confronting United States;
Following the
War
IBy United Press.l


WASHINGTON, April 23.-Warning
fhe country of coming timber short
age and the acute paper situation Per-
cival S. Ridsdale, secretary of the
American Forestry Association, today
gave some startling facts as TO condi-
tons confronting the United States
following the war. Ridsdale, who has
Just returned from France. where the
offer to aid in reforesting that coun-
try was accepted, said:
War reached it's hand to the far
thest corners of the earth and the
reckoning Of settlement is now puz-
zieing the brains of the world. In round
numbers the cost of the war to the
world is placed at 1877 billions Of dol
lars. The secretary of war has sala
that every child born for the next one
hundred years will have part OF the
bill to pay. What are we doing to
tighten that burden?
In no field did the hand of war
reach farther or do greater damage
than in forestry. Pictures of the de-
Vastation in France are familiar to all
OF us. A fight went on In other quar-
tiers of the globe tc satisfy the call OF
var that was just as overwhelming
as that of the battle line. The SOUND
was the crashing to earth of timber
trees and the whir of the saw.
New England is no longer self sup
PORTING in timber resources.
"A timber area in Minnesota, equal
to that of Massachusetts, was wiped
out by fire last fall, with but passing
Notice.
Had the war come fifteen years
later, we would have been hard put to
meet the call for lumber.
Southern pine manufacturers state
the bulk Of the original supplies OF
yellow pine in the south Will be ex-
hausted in ten years and 5000 lum-
Ter plants will go out of existence.
1T Is estimated that for every forty
billion feet board measure Of mer-
Charitable lumber seventy billion feet
are wasted in the field or at the mill.
we have seen our newspapers
Jump in price against the will OF the
publisher. Ask the first newspaper
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
CITY NEWS.

Garbage hauling. Call Red 312.
Have you attended the Centraps
after Easter sale?
Sale and market ST. Johns par
ish house, Saturday, April 26.
Ladies Auxiliary to A. 0. H. dance
and card party, Thursday, April "a
at A. O. H hall. Agnes orchestra
-Puchechetuck Enc. No. Z, l. Q. o.
F. meets every first and third Thurs
day. John Eisenhuth, Fin. Scribe.
Retail grocers will meet at hides
trial rooms Thursday, eve. 7:3O p. m.
All grocers invited. Ed. DeYong, pres.
Among the extra war taxes on
luxuries is one of thirteen cents on
an inner tube for a small tire, and
pro rata on others.
Special prices on Bingham all
this week at the Central.
-Keokuk fans are all interested
in the opening today of big league
baseball, but the interest is not so
intense as in former years.
-Keokuk camp M. w. A., No. 622,
will hold its regular meeting tonight
| at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.
st. Johns members bring articles
for sale to rectory, Friday, 2. p. m.
The supper of the men of Trinity
Methodist church which was to have
been held tomorrow night has been
postponed to Thursday evening.
May Is.
Visit the Central for curtain ma
terials, 25c to 75c yard.
H E. Todd, of Burnside, H.,
went to a machine shop at First and
Johnson streets late last night and
while he was inside, somebody stole
new tire off his automobile.
Special prices on house dresses
this week at the Central.
Eleanor III. Thomas and H. w.
Thomas have sold two lots at the
to o. C. Bott. The price paid was
$4,000.
Large line of summar underwear
at the Central.
st. Johns church dancing party,
Masonic hall, April 80, 9 to IL. Agnes
orchestra. Tickets, soc each.
The dandelions in Keokuk lawns
are being frantically fought by house
holders these days. The latest re-
ports are that the dandelions are
winning the war and increasing
faster than they are killed.
DIR. P. E. Hams, Of Argyle. was
in Keokuk today and said his home
town Is improving constantly, as
well as being one of the best com
munities in the state.
Special of fancy dress silks this
week at the Central.
EaoLr,E 1,,ofori-ts are falling
about the advisability, of following
the example of Quincy man who
shot a boy he found driving his car
after long hunt, beginning when it
was stolen at the curb one night.
All keokuk is expressing its
qualification at the improvement to
the city to be made by the Standard
Oil company at Fourth and Blondeau
streets this summer.
H. T. Edgar, of Stone & Webster. |
will arrive tomorrow evening for a
visit of day or two in Keokuk on
business with the companies here;
He will be accompanied by A. T.
Nichols, formerly of Keokuk and
Fort Madison, and now OF Paducah,
KY.
-Kimono aprons, CSC to 50 each,
At the Central store.
Mrs. Pearl Farnsworth, OF 621 |
Exchange street, is in receipt of a |
telegram telling of her husbands |
safe arrival home from overseas,
where he has been helping whip the
Huns. He landed Sunday on the
Zeelandia and is now at Camp Jack !
son awaiting discharge.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Think HIanquet Not Dead.

Ii United Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, April 23-On the same
day that General Aurelio Banquet
was reported killed by the Mexican
government, combined Diaz and Blan-
quet forces captured the town Of Me-
dellin in the state of Vera Cruz and
entered the suburbs Of Vera Cruz and
posted proclamations, Robert Gayon,
secretary to General Banquet assert
ed today.
Eve have reason to believe Blan-
quet is alive and expect important
news from him in a few days." Gayon
added.
The Mexican government has Off
cially announced that Banquet is
dead
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
FOR SALE
FOR SALD-Cheap. two counters.
F. W. Woodwork Co.

got Mike Koch. Pete Sieren and Rev.
Keinath and marched them around the
square carrying the flag. Fellmer,
Koch and Sieren were subscribers for
the paper and Rev. Keinath had given
him the names Of the parties to see,
according to the agents confession.
The show went right along after 1t got
started and no one seemed to have
made any effort to stop 1t.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
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For Society Editor, Telephone
Black 516
Monday Music Club.


Promptly at s o'clock Thursday
evening, the annual spring program
of the Monday Music club will DO
of the students auxiliary, in the fol.
lowing program:
Orchestra
Students March. .......... Asehsr
Shippers March. ....... Ascher
IN Georgia. =. hiny
P. G. Hayden, Director
Piano
ITO the Evening Star ........
........ (Tannhauseo Wagner
Tarantella-A Minor ...... Poldini
Ira w. Wills, Jr.
Reading
The Child Wife David Copper
field) ................ Dickens
Grace Swanson.
Love Song -op. 2, No. 2 -. Nevin
Marian Iden Reid.
Spring Is Here ......... Forester
Mrs. A. G. Lumberg.
Fred w. -Kirchner at the Piano.
Piano
Song of the Brook ....,...,. Lack
Lucy Skinner.
Piano
Second Valse ............ GODDARD
Louise Benner.
Dance
Spirit of Spring ......... Chalis
Elizabeth Cameron.
Piano
Valse ArabesQue .......... Lack
Mira Buck.
Voice
A Sky of Roses Mary Turner salter
Twilight ............... Glenn
Dorothy Aldrich.
Fred w. Kirchner at the Piano.
Piano
Fantaisie-'"rita ....... Wely
Susan Marsh.
A Set of Turquoise
Mildred French
Florence Waltz .......... Liebling
Geo. Hubert.
Trio.
Bon Mutt ;. Laura Sedgwick Collins
Ruth Matless, Fame Bell, Dorothy
Norton, Alma Dale Covington,
Virgle Inskeep, Mildred
French.
Piano
Will O. the Wisp $500. Mac Doweil
Scherzo Cap1icio 49,. Mendelsaohp
Dorothy Norton (Presiden3.
Accompanists-
Elizabeth Loeffler.
Mary Louisa Cameron.
Shakespeare Banquet Postponed.
The Shakespeare club has postpon'
ed it's annual banquet In celebration
of the birthday anniversary Of the
great bard. because of the absence
from the city Of some Of the mem
bers. The banquet is the social func-
ten of the club year and Is always an
interesting event.
Mrs. Morton Entertained Today.
Mrs. Ada J. Norton was hostess to-
day to the Alpha Trist club at her
home on Morgan street.
Miscellaneous Program.
The Travel club will hold one more
meeting in their journey this year IN
Norway Each member will choose
Ter own topic and the program will be
The meeting will be
held May 8 with Mrs. w. j. Roberts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Kansas City Live Stock.

United Press Leased Wire Service |
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 23.-Cat-
tie closed slow, steady to easy. Top
$16.65.
i Hogs opened steady ito 15c higher,
closed slow and steady. Top s20.90;
bulk, $20.15@20.75.
Sheep mostly Csc lower. Top,
$1,000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Liberty Bond Market.

NEW YORK, April 23.-Liberty
bonds were quoted today as follows:
31a's, 1852; first As, $50; second
As, 93.12; first 4A's, 95.74; second
AIS, 1924; third AVS, 95.06; fourth
AS, 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Decisive.

Minneapolis Journal: The plurality
against the Tight wine and beer"
amendment in Michigan was 10000.
That looks like decision
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
WHY SHE LIKES
! KEOKUK THE BEST
Helen Garrison Writes to Des Moines
Paper as Advocate of Superior
ity Of This City Among
Iowa Towns.
IT'S PEOPLE ARE FINEST
Beauty OF Its Scenery is Balanced BY
Efficiency Of Its Schools and
Its Business Equals
Its Parks.
ITS PEOPLE ARE FINEST

| The Des Moines News is running
series of letters from Iowa towns
| by young writers, telling why each
\ thinks the old home town Is the best
| Keokuk's advocate Is Miss Helen
Garrison, who writes as follows:
| Keokuk is a beautiful, thriving city
located in-the extreme southern part
| of Iowa at the junction of the Mis-
sissippi and Des Moines rivers The
history of Keokuk really begins elgh-
teen years before the organization or
Iowa as a territory and twenty-six
years before the admission OF the
state into the union, for 1t was in
| 1920 that the first human habftatfon
was erected on its site by white
man.
Keokuk is noted chiefly for the
great water power dam which ex-
tends across the Mississippi to Ham
lilton, ILL., 1t is the largest hydro
electric power dam in the world, and
furnishes power to towns along the
Mississippi as far as st. Louis,
which receives $4,000 horsepower.
The total horsepower is 300,606. In
winter, when the lake above the dam
freezes into an ice field, skating be-
comes Keokuk's chief amusement.
lndustrialIy Important.
Keokuk has many big industries.
such as the Standard Four Tire Co.,
the River Smelling G Refining Co.,
the United States Lead plant, the
Electro Metals, Huiskamp's Shoe fac
tory, and many others. The coming
of these large plants to the city,
since the completion of the dam in
1913, shows how it has Increased the
progress of Keokuk in many different
ways.
But the city is not only noted as
! business center, but has many
spots of beauty of which to be proud.
Rand park has an area Of forty acres,
and is located at the top of the bluff
overlooking the dam. A magnificent
monument of Chief Keokuk over
looks the stream, and may be seen
park are well-kept walks, driveways,
flower beds and a creditable zoo.
Living Expenses Low.
Keokuk is the best town in which
business standpoint, but 1t is home
city, where rents are reasonable.
In choosing place Of residence
the first question one asks is, who
will be my neighbors?" The people
of Keokuk are hospitable, cultured
energetic, and law-abiding. 1t Is a
clean city, physically and morally.
Keokuk has never been known as
a tough town" like SO many other
river cities.
It's police are capable and efficient;
its fire department is the same.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
ST. Louis Cash Grain. close.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 23.-Corn-
No. 3, white, s163@165; No. 4 white,
I.6o@161; May $1.6SA; July,
H.63ss.
Oats-No. 8 white, 1914 @7sEc;;
No. white, 72%@73kc; May, 72kc;
July, 71Ac.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

IF you HAVE $4,000 to $4,000 CASH
capital and would be interested in
opening an entirely new line Of
business in your locality which
should net you $4,000 to $4,000
annually, write at once for particu-
lars. Mechanical Machine & Tool
Works, 20 b. Jackson Blvd. Chicago.
Ill
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

DIAMOND WANTED VIII pay cash
for bargain in large diamond II
you have one, answer quick. Am
leaving Keokuk Saturday morning.
Address Cash" care Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

A patent has been issued for a pin
cushion that resembles cactus
plant.