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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
SPIES AND COPS
GUARD ENGLISH
Freshman Class at keokuk High
School Using Novel Stunt in
Better Speech Drive This
Week.
WATCH FOR ALL SLIP
Instead of Handouts, Users of Bad
Grammer VIII be Presented with
Slip Saying "Use Correct
English"

The Keokuk high school is observ-
ing better English week under the
auspices OF the freshman English
class, and direct supervision of Miss
Mary Casey. The halls and assembly
rooms are under the watchful eyes
of vigilant spies who have been
initiated into this. secret service TO
arrest all users of bad English.
, These spies will be on guard ali
this week and everybody In KeokuR
high school has to be careful OF
grammatical errors for Lhey are sure
to be discovered. instead Of hand
cuffs for the offenders, the spies
place their victims under arrest by
tagging them with suggestive printed
slips bearing these WORDS of admoni-
ton, use correct English.
This drive for better English is
"a statewide movement, but Keokuk
fconceived the idea OF the especial
cops" and printed slips. Members OF
the freshman class made posters and
cartoons for this week and they have
been placed in conspicuous places in
the building where everyone may
see them. One poster Is especially
well done. In the background there
is large building with the word
Success written on 1t. An cid
Fashioned automobile with lantern
fastened on it for. light was being
driven up the long road which was
rough and had many ditches in It,
the car bearing the sad sign Poor
speech" written upon 1t. Above in
the clouds was an afrplane sailing
smoothly along and fast reaching tie
temple of success. There were no
obstacles in the way OF the aircraft,
because it had for its slogan Good
speech"
The pupils are taking great deal
of interest in the AFFAIR and are
watching their fellow classmates and
even their instructors TO see If they
can present them with use cor
rect English" slip. The faculty say
that they want to observe better
English year, as matter OF courses
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Hippodrome.

Constance Talmadge, one Of Film
dom's favorite stars will be seen in a
reproduction of one of her best photo
plays, Betsy's Burglar.
In this production, Miss Talmadge
portrays the role of hired girl in a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
CHARITY CLUB
PLANS EVENT
Phyllis WheatIey Organization win
Have Entertainments Which
viii Net Sums to Be
Used For Needy.

A big entertainment for the Phyl-
lis Wheatley Charity club will be
held at Pilgrim Rest Baptist church
tomorrow evening. A sock enter
tafnment has been planned for the
benefit of this club by Mrs. Oma
Fields, chairman of the entertain
ment committee, and others. 1t is
to be hoped that neat sum will be
realized, as this is the only club fully
endorsed by the colored people from
the four churches and the colored
people in general in Keokuk and vi
cinity, 10 care for the needy ones of
their race. This club contains fifty
or more of the leading women of the
city
Roscoe C. Simmons, one of the
leaders of the race, has promised to
visit this club on his return from the
Pacific coast, and then the members
of this club will call upon every citt
zen possible to hear this great ora.
tor.
Mrs. T. H. Phillips is president Of
this club and Mrs. Cecil Bates is
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
MAKE PAPER
OUT OF STRAW
Destruction Of Canadian Pulp Wood
Forests at Present Rate
VIII Require New
Methods.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-That news
print paper will have to be made
from the straw of wheat and other
grains in a few years II the destruc-
ton of Canadian pulp-wood forests
continues at its present rate, was the
assertion Of c. Price-Green of To
ronto, industrial commissioner of the
Canadian National railways, in this
city to attend the exposition of chem
ical industries. The straw, he said,
now is largely wasted.
with only one-ffteenth of the
worlds population, the United States
consumes one-half of the worlds pro-
duction of paper" he said "At the
present rate of consumption and de-
struction by fire, insects and fungus
growths, one Is forced to the conclu-
sion that the time is not far distant
when a substitute for spruce in the
making of newsprint paper will have
to be found, and one OF the most
likely sources Of supply is to be
found in the vast quantities of straw
from the grain-growing areas, which
at the present time is being wasted"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
CITY NEWS.

Poultry and eggs wanted. Highest
market price paid 20 S. Fourth
street. Phone 664
Miss Mabel Henderson, who was
operated upon for appendicitis at st.
Joseph's hospital is getting along
nicely.
-Sebus Jacobs was operated on at
st. Joseph's hospital Saturday for gall
stones. His condition today shows
Improvement.
knights and Ladies of Security,
Keokuk council No 1899, meet to-.
night at o'clock at NJ. w. A. hall
Installation of officers. All members
are urged to attend.
-Linders L. Sharp, of 1915 Ridge
street, Keokuk, Ia, enlisted in the
U. S. navy at the Des Moines station
on October %. as apprentice seaman
and was transferred to the training
station at Great Lakes, H., for duty.
Some vandal has pulled down
signs along the river road between
here and Sandusky. The signs were
some of them warning signs, as D
ruts, and distance markers, and mile
posts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03

If your children really are brighter
than anybody else's, somebody is
going to find it out besides yourself.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03

boarding house. Miss Talmadge,
while doing the chores, cleaning the
house, sweeping and busting the furni-
ture, dreams of the time when she
hopes to be an heiress and meet her
Prince Charming. Her rich Prince
Charming seems to be far from
reality and the best she can do up to
this time is to have a love affair with
a grocer boy whose one ambition in
life is to be detective. The little
slavey finally meets her fate when her
Prince Charming arrives at the board
ing house as lodger. Up to this time
her career had been very uneventful,
but now she has adventures galore.
She figures in a daring robbery and
abduction, murder and police raid
and finally wins the man of her choice
for life mate.
Tomorrow and Wednesday matinee
and night, Bayard Veillers' wonder
play of suspense and mystery, 1.-THE
Thirteenth Chair" And the best of
it all, there will be no advanced prices.
See it at regular prices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
CITY NEWS.

Piano and player tuning and re-
pairing. G. j. Meister. Phone B 1881.
Removed Office to second floor
Warwick building, SIS Main street.
w. B. Collins.
-Possum Hollow Kraut, sold in 5
and 10 gal. kegs. Write for prices.
Phone 1921, j. w. Schwarz, Warsaw.
Masonic; Regular meeting Of
Eagle lodge No. IL, A F. and A. M.
Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, 1919, at 8
o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially
invited by order of the w. M. ALVIN
Kraft, Sec'y.
II. A. Styles of Montrose, reported
to the police that some shoes had been
stolen out of his automobile Saturday
night. He drove up to 618 Bank street,
where his folks were, to take them
home. He said he wasn't out of the
more than two minutes,
and in that time someone picked up
pair Of army shoes and pair of
children's shoes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03

Today's trouble may be tomorrows
jokes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Main Street to Decorate.

President Durrett said this morn
ing that the merchants of Keokuk
would see that their stores are deco
rated Armistice and Homecoming
day Acting on the request of the
mayor and the committee, President
Durrett got in touch with the Com
mercial club members. They agreed
to decorate, and the store fronts on
Main street will be a mass OF color.
The trolley wire decorations have
been so badly worn and weather
stained that they had to be
"junked," so 1t will be up to the
merchants to see that the street is
dressed in national colors.
Private residences are asked to
display their flags, too. In fact the
whole city should be blaze Of red,
white and blue for Tuesday, Novem.
Der II.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
MOVING PICTURES
Colonial.

An industry that cuts wages below
the living level, that refuses to re-
employ former service men who re-
turn for their old jobs ana an indus
try that permits the working condi-
tons to be unsafe ana unhealthful,
cannot survive.
This is one of the points driven
home in THE Right to Happiness"
a photoplay of the hour which is to
be Seen Wednesday. Thursday and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Jules Renaud's Son
Clio Main Street
4l9 EGGS FROM
20 MOULTING HENS
Mr. Dougherty Got This Result In
Ono Month. Plan Is Easiiy Tried
Your letters
carry your personality
wherever you 60

Il tried Dom Sung and the results
were Tar past any expectations.
rot 419 eggs in 80 days from 20 hens
while moulting. / think this Ia won
derful, as they hardly laid at all be-
fore while mou1ting. Frank Dough
erty, $40 E. 18th st. Indianapolis.
This may sound too good to be true,
but it costs nothing to find out Wen
make you the same offer we made
him.
Don Sung Chinese for egg-laying)
works directly on the egg-laying or
gans, and is also a splendid tonic. 1t
is easily given In the feed, improves
the hens health, makes her stronger
and more active in any weather,
Helps her through the moult and
starts her laying.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and
Nurses of Lee County to be
Guests of Keokuk on
November II.
EVERYONE is INCLUDED
Those Whose Addresses Have
Been Changed or Who for
Amy Reason are Missed
are to Come Anyway.

Invitations to the soldiers, sailors,
marines and nurses Of Lee county TO
the big Homecoming celebration,
which will be held In Keokuk Tues
day, November II, are being sent
out today. There are no state lists
in existence of the men and women
in the service of the government.
There is an alphabetical list in the
files of the adjutant generals office
in the war department, but this does
not give the list by states or COM
munities. Efforts have been made
by the Red Cross to secure a COM
munity list. Other lists which are
available are not complete by any
means.
For this reason, the committee in
charge of the homecoming asks eV-
the invitation printed here to be his
invitation to the home coming, and
TO accept 1t as personally as IL 1t got
to him in the mail. There are
changes in address, changes in
names and initials in the lists which
are corrected, which may make q
delay IN getting your invitation to
you. If you shouldn't happen to get
Inc pTIuLEu dlu Sd1d5 guoi
consider the one here 10 be yours,
and stop at the Industrial association
office on Fifth street or the Home
Service section office OF the Red
Cross on Fourth and Blondeau streets
and sign the card, saying you will
come.
The City of Keokuk
invites you
as one Of Lee County's Partici-
pants in the World War
to attend on
November IL, 1919,
the city's welcome home to all
those who SO nobly repre-
scented this county in the
great struggle.
Kindly mail your acceptance as
early as possible on the en-
closed postal.
Tho Reply Card.
The postal card for reply reads
like this:
| will be present at the ban
Quet for the returned soldiers,
sailors, marines and nurses, fur
nished by the ladies Of the south
ern half of Lee county at $50
on the evening of November II.
l will bring with me my-
Soldiers signature.
Enclosed with the invitations and
this reply card is this card of admis-
sion The holder OF the card is to
sign it and to present it wherever he
goes. He is not to give it up, just to
show it. Here is the way it deads:
This card, when properly sign
ed by the one to whom it was
mailed, will entitle that person
to everything planned for the re-
turned soldiers, sailors, marines
and nurses, by the city of Keo-
kuk on November Il, 1919.
You will be admitted free to
any theater in the city any time
during the day.
You can bring one person with
you to attend the banquet and
enjoy the big spread at $50
O'Clock that evening. The only
restriction is that the person
you bring must be your mother,
father, sister, wife or sweet
heart.
This card will admit you and
all your friends, both girls and
boys, to the street dances in the
evening.
Tho Program.
The other side Of the card shows
this program:
These bands will play all day:
Keol1uk Concert band.
Keokuk Community band.
Keoltuk Peoples Institute band.
These theaters will admit you free
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03

Enclosed with the invitations and
this reply card is this card of admis-
sion. The holder OF the card is to
sign it and to present it wherever he
goes. He is not to give it up, just to
show it. Here is the way it deads:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Friday at the Colonial theatre.

FRIDAY at the Colonial theatre.
"The Right to Happiness is not a
propaganda picture, neither is it a
bad situation 1t is a forceful, smash
ditions with the solution pointed out
clearly and dramatically.
Even were it not for the pictures
own merit the name of the star
would assure it success.
Dorothy Phillips, whose work in
1.-THE Heart of Humanity" was
piness." She depicts dual role; a
OF the Russian soviet.
Colonial.
THE Brat" Nazimova's latest
production, was shown yesterday at
the Colonial theatre 10 crowded
house that gave every manifestation
of delight and approval to the Rus
sian artists work Interest was
added to the stars auroit perform
ance by the fact that she herself, in
collaboration with Charles Bryant,
adapted Maude Fulton-s successful
stage play to the screen. 1t was
scenarioiZed by June Mathis.
THE Brat" is the first of Nazi-
mova's screen or stage impersona-
tons that presents her as an Aneri-
can girl. Her great fame hitherto
has been derived from portrayals of
Latin and other European and Asia
tic types; but as a real American
girl, the product of crowded city.
she revealed anew her extraordinary
ability as feminine virtuoso of the
emotions.
The entire production has been
made upon lavish scare. 1t was
by Herbert Blache, under
the personal supervision of Maxwell
Karger, director general
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
any time during the day:
Colonial
Grand.
Hippodrome.

SOlOnldE
Grand.
Hippodrome. III RI
Orpheum.
4:30 p. m. A parade Of all men
and women who have been in any
branch OF the service. Parade to
form at the Elks' club. If possible,
wear your uniform.
$50 p. m Banquet in Woodmen
and Masonic halls. This banquet will
be furnished and served by the ladies'
Of southern Lee county.
1880 p. m. Street dancing on Fifth
street between Blondeau and Concert
streets with the Keokuk Concert
band furnishing the music.
1880 p. m. Street dancing on Blon.
deau street between Third and
Fourth streets with Peoples Insti-
tute band furnishing the music.
The committee is very anxious to
have all Of the participants in this
homecoming here in uniform. The
parade will look much better with
the men in uniform, and the uniform
is going to be the badge of honor
for Armistice day. The request to
wear uniforms was made officially
by the committee, and the individual
members are asking that the boys
put on their soldier clothes once
again just for the day. It will be
the first time that their friends viii
have had an opportunity TO see them
In their full regalia.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28

Now that the Venus Of Milo. back
from Toulouse. whittier she went on
an indefinite visit four years ago last
August, Is at home in the Louvre, she
is entertaining more cosmopolitan
company of guests than has ever be
fore thronged the galleries OF that Ia
nous museum Among those present
are soldiers and civilians of all the al
lied nations. Her flight from Paris
adds another notable episode. but her
whole eventful history, from about the
fourth century B. c., when she Is held
to have been sculptured, to 1920. when
she was found by a farmer In the
island Of Melos. can apparently never
be written. It must remain problem
atical, like the much discussed ques-
tion as to what she was doing with her
hands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
American Army University.

The American Army university. the
largest university in the English
speaking world, has been opened in
Beaune, southeast of Paris. ga
Fifteen thousand soldiers have en-
rolled for three months course. The
faculty of 500 members. chiefly drawn
from the American expeditionary
forces. is headed by Col. Ira I. Reeves,
formerly president of Norwich univer-
sity In Vermont.
The buildings now serving as study
halls and dormitories were used dur
ing the war as an American hospital.
A farm of 600 acres is used as the
main agricultural college. while for
mer work shops Of the hospital supply
quarters are being utilized by classes
In engineering. The university has
opened branch at Bellevue, near Yer
sailles, for nearly 1000 students Of art
and architecture.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
.METHODISTS MAY
BUILD NEW CHURCH.
Reports at Close Of Conference
Year Show Good Financial
Condition

At the fourth quarterly conference
of the Methodist church, at which
District Superintendent N. M. Jones
presided this week, several plans for
improving the church plant were con-
sidered.
The church owns the lots to the
west of the present church building
and it is to be decided after conference
whether the present building shall be
increased in size or the old building
torn down and modern brick or stone
building erected.
A committee of laymen was APP
pointed to work with the pastor and
secure donation of $4,000 from the
recently secured Centenary fund OF
$40 200, 900, this amount having
been already granted to Pasco.
The reports of the pastor and Of
ficers showed that the church was
entirely out of debt, when all cur
recent pledges are paid in, which will
be done by the end of the conference
year, September LIST.
The pastor, Rev. III. ]. Wood, was
requested to return to the church for
the following year and the salary in
creased from $14OO per annum to
$500 and parsonage.
A list of officers and committees
follows: Trustees: r. III. Briggs, Ar
thur Jacot, I. N. Mueller, Walter
Lodge, H. w. Brown, w. A. Linn; fin
ance and estimating committee, R. r.
Hanke, chairman, R. H. Briggs, F. A.
Dunlap, w. T. Tracy, A. ]. Copeland;
stewards, F.. A. Dunlap, A. ]. Cope
land, W. T. Tracy, G. G. Campbell,
R. F. Hanke, C. A. Squibb, Mrs. Ar
thur Jacot, Mrs. L. H. Raymond; S.
S. committee, Mrs. Ella Wood, Guy
Davis, c.. A. Boyer; church records,
Walter Lodge, A. ]. Copeland; par
sonage, officers of Ladies' Aid So
ciety; fryer of appeals, w. A. Linn;
Auditing, w. T. Tracy; district stew
ard, Guy Davis; communion steward,
Mrs. Carrie Buckingham; church mu-
sic, R. H. Briggs, Zelah Evans, others
to be added later; locak preachers, j.
F. Kinds, T. A.. Swayze; exhorter, A.
j. Copeland; S. S. supt., F. A. Dunlap;
E. L. pres, E. s. Dorothy; pres. w.
F. M. S., Mrs. VIM. Saltgaver; unit
class leaders, E. M. Smith, Mrs. Ella
Wood, C. A. Squibb, Mrs. VIM. Tracy,
Mrs. L. H. Raymond, Mrs. Walter
Lodge, Mrs. Christina Larsen, Mrs. Il.
w. Brown, Mrs. r. 81. Briggs, w. a.
Linn, Mrs. F. S. Lane; Minute Men,
F. a. Dunlap, chairman, r. F. Hanke,
A. j. Copeland, J. F. Kinds, R. 81.
Briggs, w. T. Tracy; Ladies' Aid pres.
Mrs. G.. w. Sherk.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
Molly Maouires.

\ The Molly Maguires originated in
Ireland in 1843 during the rent trou-
bles there. The name was derived
from Cornelius Mcguire, baron of In
niskillen. Molly was added because
most of their raids were made while
dressed in women's clothes. The
Pennsylvania society was organized.
in 1886. and was composed for the
most part of krishmen. For ten years
prior to 1877 it terrorized the inhabi-i
tants of the coal mining sections Of
Pennsylvania. Murders were COM
mitted and vast quantities of coal and
other property were destroyed. In
1875 their depredations extended
throughout the section and the mi
llitfa had to be called out to suppress
the disorders. After the militia had
been withdrawn number of brutal
murders were committed. which re-
suited in an outburst of public wrath
which forced arrests and the convic-
ton and execution of ten members OF
the society. LIS put an end to the
terrorism. -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
WORLD WOULD BE CLEANER
Excellent Thing IL the Profession OF
the "Spy" Can Be Altogether
Eliminated.

We pray God that the next big
thing the world will do will be TO
eliminate forever from the face of the
earth that unspeakable creature
known as the spy"
In war it has sometimes become
necessary for good man TO be spy,
but it was the direst necessity and
nothing else that could induce him..
Nathan Hale was spy. but he was
such only to save the liberty of his
country. His last words when he
died were that he regretted that he
had only one life to give in that holy.
cause.
But, there are spies who are such by
profession as well as by nature. And
that kind of man is creature so low
in the scale of humanity that a pole
cat is respectable compared to him.
The spy is person who will break
bread with you, eat your salt, accept
the kindly and hospitable shelter of
your roof, worm himself into your aft
fections. and then betray you. He
will bite the hand that feeds him. as a
Jog MOtHu Uo. I1es Will Senu 10 uedtn
those who have taken him to the
household of their hearts. ,s4e
:. A sublime effort is being made in
the worlds affairs now to let the light
in on all the dark corners. The win
dows are to be flung open and the sun
light let in at the door. And, when
this is, done, the. spy will disappear.
He. cannon endure In the light Of day.
His world is the world of the shadows.
He must have the cover of darkness
or he cannot work. ~ 81
!. OF all crawling vermin that infest
the earth the spy is the most detesta7
Bile. He is the most poisonous Of rep
tiles. The rattlesnake and sidewinder
are scholars and gentlemen compared
to him.
Civilization will have taken almost
its longest stride forward when the spy
is removed from the scene of earth
which he testers by his corrupting
presence. Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28

Mrs. Ccrain was one of Pasco's
most prominent club and civic work.
ers and had many friends on this side
Of the river.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
Painting on Brass.

Unless care is taken to have the sur
face absolutely clean. considerable diff
ficulty is encountered in attempting to
paint over polished brass. To insure a
satisfactory job the brass should first
be secured with mixture of salt and
vinegar to remove all grease. after
which the surface should be washed
with hot soap suds and wiped dry with
clean rag. Thereafter the paint may
be applied without risk of its running
while wet or chipping off after it has
dried.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-28
How the Months Were Named.

January gets its name from Janus !;
February from Februa- qualification
q Sabine word; March from Mars !;
April from aperio open; May from
Maia, goddess of growth; June from
IJunius; July from Julius; August
from Augustus; September from sep
.tem-seven; October from octo-
eight; November from novem-n nine; ;
December from decem-ten.