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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27
ct. Peters Hall Could Not Hold Half
Of Those Who Wanted to See
Minstrel Show Last
Evening.
MUSIC AND FUN GALORE
Amateurs Of keolcuk Gave Perform
ance That Was Worth Waiting
for as House Filled Long
Before Curtain.

The s. r. o. sign was hung out al
st. Peters hall shortly after o'cloci
last night for the minstrel show
which had been announced to begin
at S:15 o'clock.
The audience felt repaid for the
hours wait for the show they put
on.
John Brassi1 directed the music,
and John Nodler was interlocutor.
The stories were new, and the local
hits were both pointed and clever.
The end men who kept things lively
throughout the program were
..Smoky" Miller, 'sWhack" whet-
stone, Walter Schwarz, John Dickey.
Hap Roam, Martin Roam and John
Brassil
The chorus was tuneful and sang
In excellent harmony, and included
Leo Rogerson, Karl Hemmy. John
Tigue, Raymond Dicicey, Al Sansone,
Roy Keiser. Chalres McGaughey,
Ellis Dewitt, Louie Adams and John
Reddy
The soldiers who appeared in uni
form gave a military touch to the
second part of the program were
Raymond Dickey, Donald Code, Floyd
Martin. Leo Williams. John Reddy.
John BRASIL, Happy Roam, Martin
Roam, John Dickey, John Tigue. VII
! liam Reddy. Vincent Murphy, George
Casey and Charles McGaughey.
The Program and the People.
The program was:
PART l.
Opening Chorus. Minstrel Melodies
Old Black joe. $500. John BRASIL
For Havana and You. :. John Nodler
The Worst is Yet to Come.
........ Walter Schwarz
On the Road to Home Sweet
Home ............. John Ttgue
Darktown Shutters Ball. .....
............ Smoky" Miller
Oh, How / Wish l Could Sleep
Louie Adams
Everybody Crazy bout the Blues
....-,............. John BRASIL
Dear, Old Pal Of Mine. Ray hickey
ia, Da, ia, Da, Jing, Jing, Jing..
....... "Whack" MILESTONE
Rose of Ny Heart. Al Sansone
There's Long, Long Trail.....
......... Van Hayden
Closing Chorus
Intermission.
PART II.
! Want p Doll. ;. Master Tom Marsh
Cartoonist .-......... Chas. Payton
Old Tina Darky. M. E. Dewitt
Aunt Diana BY Smoky Miller
In Good BY Alexander
Whistling ..........P Phillip Vogt
Horizontal Bars and Comedy Juggling
Sunlee, Shade and Bolivar.
St Peers Quartette-Tigue, San
some, Dickey. McGaughey.
"a Few Minutes" ........
.."Sm oky," "Whack' and "BrazD
Amt Got Nobody. -. John BRASIL
Spec rs Gone Before / Co.,.
...-..-.... Smoky" Miller
Syncopated Medley Man. .......
...... "Whack" Milestone
Closing Song.
Part Stage setting arranged by
John BRASIL.
Painting of capitol by VIM. Buey.
Music by Miller orchestra.
At the piano-Miss Moreno Fara-
her.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27

Three game total-2,035.
With its fine alleys and good play
ers, the Keokuk club is about the
bowling center of Keokuk just now.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27

a quartet of youthful burglars,
three of them under is years, have
been captured by Chicago police. A
record of thirty store robberies and
$4,000 worth of loot recovered tes-
titles to the skill of the leader, "a
years old, in picking apt and obedi-
emit pupils from the local school Of
FaginS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27

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most receptive at nine and a half
years"
Necessary establishments in teach
ing OF history and allied subjects as
a result of the war were big topics
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-27

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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31
SOME FIGHT.

The delegate contest now being staged between George E. Grigsbr and Judge Wick cr~ham gives promise oi being hard fought and the latter may find that he has found a man who can be depended upon to take as mauN tricks in the game now i'll progress as he himself can.
 It i, evident that NIr. Gri@Sby is as well posted on the method of,proccdurc as k his opponent, if not better informed, in fact. This i> shown by the refusal of the house ot representatives to order Alaska soldiers testify a, to whom they voted for Wickcr- sham sought to have resolution passed by the house to this effect AIr. Grigsby objected to it. raising the point that the house had no authority for such action and he was sustained in his objection.
 Thus Mr. Wickersham loses the first round True he was successful in getting a resolution passed for the examination of forty soldiers at various points in Alaska who are to be assembled for that purpose at Valdez. lust why he should find that to be necessary i~ unknown since his examination will hardly do more than establish the fact that these men either did or did not votc and this could be determined by all examination Ot election registers at the various offices o1 the clerks of the district courts.
 The sending of such soldiers to Valdez will result in nothing but the expenditure o1 government money. It can bring out nothing that cannot be secured at any other point in Alaska No soldier, so far as can be aSCer- taincd has ever refused in Alaska to testify before the proper tribunal as to whether or not he has voted in any election. They have refused to say anything before so-called hear ngs at which proper authority for such pro- cccdings could not be produced. But in so doing they have invariably expressed will ingncss to appear before properly authorlz- eel court and answer any questions winch might be asked them. It can thus be seen that Wck's attempt to make political capital out of the soldier vote has resulted in com pletc failure The resolution passed by the house of representatives gives him the right to do nothing that was not already his and no authority to take testimony that he could not have taken at any time by complying with the rules governing such cases.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31
LET THE SOLDIER TELL, TT.

The Stars and Stripes, the official news paper of the American Expedtionary forces in Europe published by soldiers for soldiers, has quit the field Its last issue was dated June l3, and in it appeared leading editorial on the .eague of Nations which can be taken as fairly representative of the average view point of the American soldier who went thru the war.
 Most of these soldiers are back home now> The influence which their attitude is having on the American public may help the senate considerably in making up its mind about the League of Nations.
 The article referred to above appeared under the caption, 'War aS IVe kn01o H. It follows in full:
 The Flag on Ehrenbreitstein may weather a few more summers, but this summer is the last that the A. F.. F., as most of us know it, will sweat thru. We've finished And we have the satisfaction of knowing that we did a good job and we're glad to quit,
 But can we carry the lesson home?
 Print cant do 1t.
 Photographs cant do it.
 Many will come to Belleau Wood, peo- pie who have read all about the Great War. Already worn paths scar that once painless he'll These people will see the twisted trees. But they won't see the sprawnS forms beneath them They will see the bullet-btten rocks But they can never visualize the trembling horror of lying in those crevices while the German guns spat their death thru the grass. Here and there
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31
VALDEZ PEOPLE
 STAMPEDINC IN
 PLATINUM RUSH
COLD AND FLhTINrN TOTNf EIGHT MILES FRpN VALDEZ ENTIRE POPULNTIpN STAtrs CLAIMS MAY PROVE TO EE z RICH FIND

According to information received On Tuo-day's mail tho people of Vm deg hagn uncovered platinum dis coyr.H right al their hagI 'oc0s. an, an of rhrm are sraisl- Cgue to 'H, mountain top The discovery IS lo carod about eight miles from the !owr and the ground nfrn.l:o has beer neglected. oIdtmyra saving that th. formation was uot favorable for golH oJ othoG minerals
 The Valdez Ninrr. of Jul, 19 last contains thc following account of tn, strike:
 "Tho stampede to ,he newly discoy cred platinum fields. eight miles ouf of town has ocnttnuea unabaDnl ali week. and practically every ci'tze" has located claim or two. Several new discoveries have been ma2" la other localities. some of which arc reported Do be- richer than those first reported
 "Au week men have h,rn 1ropptn. cut of town by Gya~ anI tens. stalk ing promising locations and prospect ing other localities for the precious metals. In some claims a mineral ha- Hcgod to be tungsten is being founj The metal comes in quartz and i- quite maIIaabIe when hammered Assays received from the first ship mont of the supposed platinum de. posits hrot oighr dollars in gold and S2t7 in platinum Since this time Mr. Willard has sent out a sack of the dflt unwashed. for assay, and is anE iousIy awaiting returns
 "Tho first shipment was from five pans of the dirt There is an ample head of water for all purposes on tho new discovery. and as cor as pros poctors have banned mp thn mounrain- side the soil is found to be heavily mjneraljz-d.
 "Whilo there is nothing 10 cause B stampede over until inc later samples are assayed the citizens have taken thae by the foroIock and sraIsed tue mouutain-sido pretty rhoroly.
 "Lator reports from men sinhn- prospects on inc ground state tha the metal is found in d black sand  or tale about four inches deep What eyer the mineral proves to be. there is plenty of it, nearly oEo.y pan of 'trt showing high vaIues
 "Thc benches being right in stem of the town, have been passed up by tho oIdJmers who believed inc fo" nation waS moi right for gold o~ oD- CT minerals The pans show that Dba gold in the SlpInd can be w=snnd al profit as rjenly of water ts avail able for hydraulic purposcs.'
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31

Bostons experience during the first days of prohibition is striking. In the Boston municipal court on the morning of the fifth of July, only seven persons, five men and two women, were charged with drunkenness on the Fourth. A year ago there were brot into court on the same charge no less than l9S men and 19 women. In the first four days of July, l9lS there were arrested and held for trial on charges of drunkenness in Boston 57S persons, most of them men. Only 94 such prisoners were brot into court the first four days of this year, says report in the Boston Globe "Wth this big drop in arrests all over the city and more especially in the downtown sections people have begun to ask what the police officers court officers, attorneys and their runners are going to do,"
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31
AGED WOMAN IS
 SEEKING B0Y
HERSHELL J. GRUMAN IS WANT ED BY HIS SO-NEAR-OLD
 MOTHER.

A letter received yesterday by IT. s. Marshal l.. T, Erwin requests him 10 locate one IIersheIl J. Gruman, formerly of NOrWalk, Conn, who has been absent from home for 20 years and during this time has never com municated with his old mother, He was in Nevada prospecting at the time of the Klondike stampede and is believed to have come North at that time.
 The writer of the letter states that the mother is now so years of age and greatly enfeebled not having much longer to live. She is continu ally calling for her son and wants to see him before she passes on. Anyone knowing of this man will con fer a favor on this mother by com municating with Marshal Erwin or writing direct to Reed C. Henry Box 2044, Portland, Ore.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31
"RHYMES OF A ROUGHNECk" Pat O'Cotter Crank J. Cotter)
 Mcintosh & kubon, Druggist

Old papers for sale at The Citizen Office-25 cents per bundle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13
GOOD
ROADS
DAMAGE DONE TO HIGHWAYS
Public Roads Bureau Experimenting
With Matter of Impact on
Various Surfaces.

A new series of experiments, which
may have a far-reaching effect upon
transportation on the highways and
the regulation thereof, has been IN
dertaken by the bureau of public
roads, department of agriculture.
The work, which is being done by
the division of road materials, test
and research, is designed to demon
strate the damage done to highways
by different forms of transportation
units travelling under varying condi-
lions. 1t is thought that the infor-
nation so obtained will perhaps serve
as a basis for scientific regulation of
traffic on different types of pavements,
incidentally indicating the types and
designs of road which will best serve
the needs of traffic.
1t is also suggested that from this
knowledge fair consideration will be
assured in legislative charges against
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13

Suppose her fathers train ran off
the track or into another train. A
spread rail, block signal overlooked,
switch left unlocked, might bring
doom upon his train as on so many
others. She shivered at the horror of
her fathers loss. She shivered again
at the thought of what it would mean
to her.
Suppose the Chivvises turned her
out. Why should they feed her for
nothing when their own future was
endangered?
What could Bayard do for her? or
Clay? There was Mr.. Duane, of
course; but she could not take his
money without paying him. And in
what coin could she pay him? She
trembled, and the breeze turned gla-
cial.
The next morning was another day
Of the same shoddy pattern. She rose
unrefreshed with only her fears re-
newed. She borrowed the Chivvises
newspaper and, skipping the horrid
advertisements of foreign barbarity
and American dismay, turned to the
last pages. The Situations Wanted"
columns were eloquently numerous
and the "Help Wanted-Female" col
umns were few; still, she made a list
Of such places as there were. She
wrote letters to all sorts of people
who gave newspaper letter-box ad-
dresses, and she went out to call on
all sorts Of people who gave their
street numbers.
The letters she wrote were not an
swered at all. She lost her postage as
she had lost her car fares. 1t seemed
as If the end of the world, or at least
the breakup Of its civilization, had ar
rived without warning and without
refuge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13

traffic, since an accurate measure of
impact damage therefrom will be pos
sibIe.
The experiments will cover a wide
range, taking into account four fac
tors-those of speed, height Of fall,
type of tire used and the weight of
the transportation unit.
Under the last heading it will be
distribution of weight above and I'M
der springs and on back and front
axles, a quantity which is decidedly
variable on different makes of motor
and horse-drawn vehicles. The bureau
has called upon the national automo-
bile chamber of commerce to assist
In the collection Of this data, much
Of which has not been generally tabu-
lated, and a QUESTIONABLE has been
sent to all motor truck manufacturers
Of America on this subject. Immedi-
ate attention to this has been request
ed In order to facilitate the expert
menta
In the initial stages Of the work the
pack has been measured by the per-
manent reformation Of one-half by
one-half inch copper cylinders placed
under steel plunger subjected to the.
impact of traffic. A varying height of
fall Is arrived at by different take-offs
for the machine. First experiments
indicated a wide range in the force
Of impact as between units with solid
tires and pneumatics.
Working from these first steps the
bureau officials plan to perfect a ma
chine which will take into account the
factors mentioned and which will en-
able them to provide constant sue
cession Of impacts on selected slabs
or paving compositions. This will en-
able the experiments to proceed much
more rapidly than would be possible
under actual road conditions. Tests
will be made on horse-drawn as well
as motor-driven vehicles.
In addition to the above expert
ments another series is planned to de-
termine the wearing qualities of differ
ent types Of road surfaces when sub
1ected to very heavy traffic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13

the afternoon went in an endless re-
iteration of dip and write, till FIVE
thirty. Then she joined the home-go-
ing panic and took the crowded sub
way to Columbus circle.
She plodded the treadmill, till at
the end of the sixth day, her forty
eighth hour of transcribing names and
addresses from the lists to the wrap
pers, she carried off a cash reward of
eight dollars. This was not clear gain.
Her street car fares had totaled sixty
cents, her lunches dollar and half /;
she had worn her costumes at the
sleeves and damaged them with q few
ink spots, and her shoes were taki7 e
on shabby nap.
1t was not encouraging.
At Daphne's left elbow was large,
fat girl whose pen rolled off large,
fat letters. She talked all the time
about nothing Of Importance, laughed
and fidgeted and asked questions that
would have been impertinent if they
had come from anything but a large,
fat head.
Her name was Maria Pribik. She
was Bohemian of the second genera
ton; but she was dyed in the wool
with New Yorkishness. She was an
incessant optimist and kept remind
ing everybody to "cheer up, COILS, the
woisst might be woisser yet"
Daphne's luck did not last long. The
receivers found that the percentage OF
inquiries following upon the advertis-
ing and circularizing campaigns was
hardly paying the postage. People
were either too poor to buy books or
too busy with the molten history pour
ing from the caldrons Of Europe. Yes
terday's paper was ancient history
enough.
The receivers closed down the
business abruptly on Saturday and
instructed the manager to announce
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13
MIR. Chlwis Was at Home Most of the
Time Now, Sitting About in His Old
Clothes to Save the Others.

to his flock that there would be no
more work at present. Daphne's heart
stopped. Here she was again, learn
ing again the dreadful significance of
tout of a job"-what the theatrical
people called "at liberty"
Miss Pribik looked at Daphne and
noted her gloom. "Say, kid, listen
here. Whyn't choo come with me? l
can land you a Job at the Lar de
Lucks. Guy name Of Goist Is the boss
and he'll always gimme a job or any
lady friend. He's kind of rough, but
what's the diff? His money buys just
as much as anybodys. We better beat
it over there ahead this bunch"
Daphne murmured her hasty thanks
and they left at once. Miss Pribik led
the way to a huge building full of
"Pants Makers" "Nightshirt Makers"
"Waist Makers" and publishers of cal
endars, favors and subscription books.
She asked for Mr.. Gerst, saw him,
beckoned him over, and hailed him
with bravado:
swell, Mist Goist, here I am, back
to the mines. This is me friend Kip.
I want you should give her job-and
me, too"
Daphne faced Mr.. Gerst's inspection
without visible flinching, though she
was uneasy within. Gerst was a large,
f1amboyant brute with eyes that
seemed less to receive light than to
send forth vision. He had an in
quisitive and stripping gaze. But
Daphne must endure it. After ran
sacking Daphne with his eyes, he
grunted: "You look pretty good to
me, kiddo. You can begin Monday"
"Thanks," said Daphne, humbly.
I'm comm, too" said Miss Pribik.
"All right" said Gerst. "Its time
you did. Wen take some of that beef
off you" And he playfully pinched
her arm.
Adroitly evading his pincers, Miss
Pribik led the way out, and Daphne
trailed her outside.
Daphne loathed and feared the man
already. He stood like a glowering
menace in the path ahead Of her.
Monday morning at eight Daphne
reported for work with the LArt de
Luxe Publishing society, pronounced
by its own people (who ought to
know "Lar de Lucks."
This firm was engaged in the pc
culiarly Anglo-Saxon business of graz
ing the censorship as closely as pos
sible. 1t printed everything that 1t
dared to print under the whimsically
Puritanic eye of the law. Toward
the authorities it turned the white
side of banner of culture claiming
to put In the hands of the people the
noblest works Of foreign genius and
defying any but an impure mind to
find impurity In its classic wares. The
other side of the banner was purple
and informed the customers by every
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-08-13
SAVE TRANSPORTATION COSTS
Eight Cents Per Ton-Mile Can Be Ef.
fected When Road Is Lifted to
Durable Glass.

The report of the joint congressional
committee which investigated highway
economics in 1914 shows that saving
Of eight cents per ton-mile can be eff
fected in transportation costs when a
road is lifted from the dir to the du-
rable class. This does n t take into
account increased real estate valua-
tons or social advantages from the inn
provement.