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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
ROOSEVELT DAY.

New York Times: Sunday, Feb
ruary 9, is to be Roosevelt day
throughout the nation. The presi-
dent has honored himself by his
hearty assent. On that day the
whole country will do honor to one
OF it's great men and great presi-
dents. There will be a permanent
memorial, the nature of which is yet
to be decided. The only difficulty
10 be met with will be in choosing
among the many suggestions coming
from all parts of the nation. Per-
hsps. il the colonel himself could
30 consulted, the thing he would like
best would be to have his name as
ISOLATED with great museum OF
natural history.
The honoring OF this grea: man
and true American will be a national
labor of love. The bitter almost
ties he aroused during his lifetime
are dead, not so much because he Is
dead. too, as because they never had
any real life in them. 1t was a curl
Gus thing, and often noticed, that
whenever he ceased for even a short
time to be active IN the public mind
luminosity died away, and his most
yiruent enemies began to talk kindly
OF him. That phenomenon was OBJ
seryable. for instance, when he dis
appeared in the South American
wiids. When he got back and plunged
again into political controversy, ami
mostly returned to life. This makes
II ulain that the enmities he aroused
were the enmities of a fighting man,
and could last only while he was dc
ljvering and receiving blows When
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
Deeds let escape are never to be done
Robert Browning.
AusTRIA's LAMENTABLE PLIGHT.

The interalhed estigating commission has
found that the conditions in Austr1a-Hungary
are almost as bad as they can possibly be. The
specter of famine. is everywhere throughout
what was once the Austrian empire. Ii the
people do not get food from some outside
source, starvation viii be widespread. Russian
bolshevik agents, taking advantage OF the IN
digence of the workers IN the Industrial dis
tricts are spreading the gospel OF discomfort
and anarchy.
The conclusion arrived by the American
members of the commission is that the lnhabl-
tants of Vienna will be starving within
month, the Czechs within two months and the
Hungarians in three months unless they get
assistance In the greater part of German
Austria there is only about half enough food,
coal, labor and transportation. As CORE
spondent wildly describes the situation,
German-Austria is like man suffering from
nervous exhaustion, half starved, half clothed
and dead broke.
Vienna, once a gay and brilliant city, has
become place where hope is dead It is op-
pressed by want and misery. Everybody is
either bankrupt or facing bankruptcy. There
is scarcely any gold or silver in circulation but
there is paper money which is only worth a
quarter of its face value and which is still get
ting more deprecated.
The Austrians eagerly look forward to the
result of the peace conference but as their
vitality becomes further lowered they will set
tie down to grim depsair. All the medical sup
plies have been exhausted by the army so that
there is practically no medicine for the sick.
The Austrian army has not been regularly
demobilized, and many soldiers loaf about tn,
streets without the hand of discipline to re
strain them The railroads are broken dow
and there is no railroad connection betwee
Germany and Austria.
Conditions are somewhat more hopeful in tn
mes Czecho-Slovak republic, but there is lac
of food In BUDAPEST, the capital Of Hungar,
there Is very little employment, and thong
there is more food than in other parts of Il
former dual monarchy, the transportation di
hculties make it inaccessible If something
not soon done for Austria it will be perishir
nation or congress of nations
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Emmetsburg Reporter: 1t is going
to be tough on President Wilson
when he has to come home. He has
become so used to the ways OF the
courts of Europe and the laudation
of lot of men who have Interior
motives in such things that he will
feel out of place as a simple Ameri-
can president.
Webster City Freeman-J Journal:
Senators Kenyon and CuInmins did
right in opposing the S1o0,000.0O0
appropriation to relieve distress in
Europe. Everybody in this country
wants to relieve the suffering across
the Atlantic. There is no question
about it. But it is time to give some
thought and attention to the methods
employed and to call halt on the
gross extravaganza and recklessness
in the expenditure of public money
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Ii we are to
have one language in Iowa there are
whole lot of residents who Will
have to tie their hands and begin
practicing with their tongues only
Or else the rest of us will be COM
PEELED to brush up on wig-wagging.
Fort Dodge Messenger: 1t is most
comforting to know that the ban has
been lifted on anthracite coal and
that everybody can now help them
selves. Now" we hear large num-
Der of Iowa people say If somebody
will just lead us to the hard carbon
| all will be forgotten"
/ ID IN,
The proposition to increase auto
taxes in order to pay permanent road
improvement offers fine chance TO
dodge any part in such payment. All
that is necessary is to go without an
auto. No buzz wagon, no tax. But
/ none ought to pay more for good
roads than the autoist. and as con-
Germs that none is more willing.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The war
Jared loose most everything in the
the mud road fell
lows. Now some more Earring is
going to be necessary in order to
bring prices down to a fair level.
Davenport Times: stick to VIII
sons fourteen points" is the keynote
iof Senator Lewis speech before the
New York lawyers. Well, aren't we
sticking?
Des Moines Capital: There is one
great task ahead of the good roads
propa gandists, and that is to con.
vince the people of Iowa OF the fact
that the motor vehicle tax. equitably
increased, can be made to pay rs
per cent. or more of the intercounty
paving When the Iowa farmer
knows this, when he has been con
WINGED that 1t is true, the problem
of paved roads sentiment will have
haar1 cnmnl civ solved
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
Get the Habit Of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfas
Says we can't look or feel rlsr'
with the system full
Of poisons.

Millions or folks battle internal
now instead of loading their s!s1
with drugs. whats an inside pa!a]
you say. Well, it is guarantees
perform miracles If you could peIs]
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers OF men y
W omen who, Immediately upon y
ing in the morning, drink gas
real hot water with a teaspoohlul
limestone phosphate in 1t. ms y
very excellent health measure
intended to flush the stomach, w
kidneys and the thirty feet oil NY
tines of the previoss days va''
sour bile and indigesible MAYA. !,
left over in the body which Il :,
eliminated every day. become /,
for the millions Of bacteria Whion
fest the bowels, the quick resu.,
potsons and toxins which are ~
a bsorbed into the blood causing ass'
ache, bilious attacks, foui
bad taste. colds, stomach trouo,e :
ney misery, sleeplessness. 'up'I
blood and all sorts of ailments. \
People who feel good one ga! j
badly the next, but who simpE \
not get feeling right are urses
obtain a quarter pound of hnies Il
oh osphate at the drug store,
viii cost very little but is sula~
to make anyone a real cranA -
subject of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water a.
the skin, cleansing, sweetehns
freshening, so limestone phvsr
and hot water act on the siOH y
liver. kidneys and bowels. 1t y n
Iy more important to oathe ~
inside than on The outside g ,rrr|
the skin pores do not ABSORB ii ma
ties into the blood, while the
rorar do
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION.
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Table

That is the joyful cry Of thouzs
since Dr.. Edwards produced Olive TaAs
the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, q practicing physical
IL years and calomers old-time eas
discovered the formula for Olive Tall
while treating patients for chronic n
otipation and torpid livers.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets Do d
contain calonncl, but q healing, soaS
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the sskeynote" Of III
little sugar-coatcd, olive-colored tahs|
They cause the bowels and liver to .
normally. They never force them
unnatural action.
II ynu have dark brown mouth n
and then a bad breath - dull III
feeling sick headache-torpid livG "a
are constipated, you'll find quick, susn|
only pleasant results from one or tw&|
tle Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedm|
Thousands take one or two every nH
just to keep right. Try them. loc =
25c per hex Ali druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

he was not actually in fight, It was
impossible to resist his charm; and
now he viii fight no more.
While the magic of his personality
remains with us, and so MICH with
us that it is as yet difficult to realize
that he is dead, it will be impossible
to appraise his place in history. But
whatever it may be, it will &c high
place. In honoring him on Roosevelt
day we will be ignoring one of the
great names in American history.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
THE CORN BoRER MENACE.

The latest undesirable foreigner to gain a
foothold In this country, pest which unfor-
tunately the immigration agents were unable
to keep out, is the European borer. This insect
arrived in America about 1910 in an importa-
ton of hemp. Its favorite food plant is corn,
but it thrives on oats, tomatoes, beans, pota-
toes. and many other cultivated crops, besides
score or more of weeds. In fact, it adapts
itself to almost any succulent plant that it finds
handy, and it is not at all particular as to menu.
The European borer works IN the corn tas-
sells, resulting in incomplete fertilization, and
causes the destruction of the ear by boring
through the soft corn from top to bottom and
side to side, and spelling the corn or causing
the ear to decay. 1t is estimated that one
moth emerging in May can be responsible for
from one hundred thousand TO three hundred
thousand larvae In one season, and single
larva is capable. of destroying an ear OF corn
These figures throw some light on the little
pests capacity for destruction. It is well that
the government forces that have to do with
controlling insect pests take immediate steps
to exterminate this insect which has gained
foothold in some of the corn-producing states
and unless checked will soon spread throughout
the country and become almost as serious a
menace as was the German army few months
ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
The Story Of Ruth and Naoml

that appealed to Ruth as Icing vastly
superior to that OF her own people.
Both the sons and the father died, and
the widowed mother with this young
widows of her two sons set out toward
the land of Israel, they to bidher good
by at the border Then Orpha kissed
her motherin-law, but Ruth clave unto
her"
Naomi pleads with Ruth to go back
with Orpha, and gives the strongest OF
reasons why it is best that Ruth re-
turn. To logical mind her arguments
are unanswerable. But Ruth's mind is
not logical. With tears che says-and
never In all literature did true heart
better express its utmost affection:
Entreat me not to leave thee
Or to return from following
after thee:
For whittier thou goest wifi
go.
And where thou lodgest will
lodge;
Thy people shall be my people
And thy God my God;
And there will he buried.
|. The Lord do so to me
And more also
II aught but death part me
and thee.
This plea overwhelmed Naomi. and
Ruth prevailed. And she prevails to
the end of the story. Only one Other
scriptual story of woman-Mary
anointing Jesus-so deeply moves the
world. And the source of its power Is
Identical with that OF Ruth's-a spiri
tual insight into the kingdom Of hea
ven, and the full, free spontaneous CIV
( ing up of self with her whole store Of
affection to the supreme idea.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
OPPORTUNITY.

This behed or dreamed it in dream:
There spread a cloud of dust along plain;
And underneath the cloud, or in it, RACED
A furious battle, and men yelled. and SWORDS
Shocked upon swords and shields. A princes oahner
Wavered then staggered backward, heInned by ioes-
4 craven hung along the battles edge,
And thought, Had | sword OF keener steel
THAT blue blade that the kings son bears-put lhls
iBlunt thing" he snapt and flung it from his hano
And lowering crept away and left the Held.
Then came the kings son, wounded, sore oesteaa'
And weaponless, and the broken SWORD,
IIiltburied in the dry and trodden sand,
And ran and snatched it, and with battleshout
Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,
And saved great cause that heroic day
Edward Rowland Sill.
opportunity-A Reply.
They do me wrong who say come no more,
when once knock and fail to find you In;
For every day I stand outside your door
And bid you wake and rise TO hghI and WIN
Wall not for precious chances passed away;
Weep not for golden ages on the wane;
Each night ! burn the records OF the day;
At sunhise every soul is born again
Laugh like boy splendors that have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and DUMB,
Nv judgments seal the dead past with its dead;
But never bind moment yet to come.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01
Money That Belongs to the Pc

Money That Belongs to tne ne ID
Lincoln Jocrnal: Mr. Arnious
not help the packers Gauss ,r ~
planning that the recent qua - eod
Of Armaur stock was done ION
past earnings which hao cs.s1
tanned in the business a. M
This merely means that the p a
has Maid for $4,000. 900 Of tne "
900 900 of stock in the Arm n,onst
pany. In other words, !, + ,.ntins
the public's own conll iu SyrdsI
which the public now pays -
10 Mr.. Armour.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

Let us hope that in the year 2O19 the world
will be celebrating one hundred years of peace
on the Rhine border
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

A demand for increased s~ ,su.I
in Sioux City started nlo'e. -as i
municipal ownership. Inc ls;ded
pauy emulates Barkis, pro,,a nil
price is just right An e
board is going over the o
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

If many more announcements are made con-
corning the probable disposal OF the troops IN
Russia, people of the United States will really
begin to take some stock in the old saying
that they can't believe what they see in the
newspapers. A few days ago statement,
bearing all the ear1narks of truth was issued
to the effect that every American soldier in
Russia would be sent back home Immediately.
Now Washington announces that there has
been no change in our policy of keeping the men
in Russia and that they will stay there until
there is a change.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

Persons are opportunity; and even the richest ano
mast favored arc need of sunshine and sympathy.
Situations are opportunities act and word wnen
suits the occasion helps bring the kingdom nearer
Charles Gordon Ames
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

The outlook for safe and sane Fourth of
July In Germany, Poland and Russia is a bit
gloomy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

The paths of glory lead to Versailles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-01

Davenport Times: stick to WI
sons fourteen points" is the keynote
of Senator Lewis speech before the
New York lawyers. Well, aren't We
sticking?
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31
Help Tie Girl Scouts

Starting last Saturday, the Girl
Scouts began their drive for funds to
tide them over for another year, and
reports up to date show very good re-
suits.
Apart from looking as sweet as any
good girls could look, in their snappy
uniforms, the Scouts fill the bill as a
desirable community asset in a number
of ways.
The average Girl Scout can run,
hike, swim, bake a pie, wash dishes.
or spank a fractions baby with equal
facility. according to all the best ira
ditions of American womanhood.
Membership in the Girl Scout Ma
tional Movement costs one dollar, and
members are being enrolled during the
present week. If you cannot afford a
dollar for membership, just contribute
your nickel or dime or quarter when
some cute little girl in uniform pins a
button on you and braces you for a
donation.
Corruption, excess, indulgence and
evil-living killed the worlds greatest
empires. Rome went to pieces when
virtue went out Of date. America is
the greatest young nation in the world
today because. in spite of her wealth,
power and economic mastery of the
world. she still continues to regard vir-
tue as a necessity to national strength
and growth. The Girl Scout movement
is one of the strongest links in the
chain of altruistic agencies that take
issue with the people on the side of
truth, clean living and high ideals, and
as a patriotic American it is up to
you to donate to this organization.
Get behind the Girl Scout button.
Be a good Scout. Help the Girl
Scouts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31
W. C. T. T.. Convention Echoes

The 45th annual State Convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held in the First NJ. E.
Church, Washington, n. J., October p,
%, %, "a, 1919. The executive COM
mittee meetings were held Tuesday af-
ternon. Miss Esther Elfrith, of Had
donfeld. presided. The evening meet
ing was largely attended. Miss Anna
Gordon. National President. and Daniel
A. Polling, the associated president of
the International Christian Endeavor
Society, We're the speakers. Miss Cor
don's address was on the 81. 100000
Jubilee drive. Mr.. Polling, who re-
Gently returned from Belgium and
France, spoke on ''The Call of the New
Crusade" He declared the crusade of
today is for human liberty n brother
hood. He showed reasons why the
saloon had been voted out of bushes.
Institutions, he said, are being tested
and as the saloon did not produce any
thing except misery, it was put out of
business.
Mrs. Lee Cooke Smith. of Montclair,
was musical director. The singing was
the chief feature of the convention
Wednesday. The welcomes were given
Mrs. L. D. Spragenburg for the local
Union and by Rev. j. E. Washabaugh
for the Churches. Response was given
by Miss f. H. Goodwin.
There were $50 delegates present,
representing every County in the State.
Reports were read and accepted.
The evening speaker was Hon. Gin
ton n. Howard known as the Little
Giant He CAV a stirring address, "A
Momentuous Moment"
A Grand Gold Medal contest was an
other feature of the evening in which
the contestants came from Monmouth,
Hudson and Union counties. The win
ming contestant was Miss Mabel Hearon,
of Union County. Her subject was "A
Winning Crusade" The judges were
Rev. J. e. WashabaUgh, Miss Julia S.
Meaker and Prof. S. NJ. Tressler.
Music was furnished by the Church
choir. The contest was in charge of
Mrs. Edythe NJ. Currie. State Superin-
tendent of Medal Contests. who also had
charge of the fine entertainment given
on Thursday evening. Friday morning
Or. Eva W. Lake gave an address on
where Do We Go From Here All
voted the best State Convention ever
held in New Jersey. Sound the Jubilee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31
Penns Grove Wins

Penns Grove triumphed over La Sale
for the second time this season at the
dupont Field Saturday, winning by a
score of 20, the point being made
when Brennan fumbled a punt from
Engler. the Penns Grove star kicker.
The ball rolled over the visitors goal
line, and Brennan and Callahan went
down together with the ball, the
referee ruling It a safety" giving the
home side two points.
The visitors showed better form than
on their former trip, and their line was
exceptionally strong, the Penns Grove
back field being unable to make any
gains at all during the first half, and
only making their game safe by strong
kicking. The score at the end of the
first quarter was 20.
In the second period the visitors were
aggressive every moment, and only
failed to score through using the
wrong plays occasionally. Dolbow and
Burke again featured by intereepting
well-placed forward passes. Lineup:
Penns- Grove La Sale
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31
Wedding Annixersary

on Wednesday evening a very pleas
ant wedding anniversary was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Werntz. at II East Main Street,
Among those present We're; Mrs. E.
Werntz. Mrs. Oldenwalder, Mrs. Charles
Marshall and Miss N. Marshal. of Phila{
delphia: Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Lopez,
Miss Francis Lopez, Messrs. Fred Cfaw-
ford and w. e. Burke, of this city.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31

Substftutions: Lyons for Mclaughlin,
Mclaughlin for Walsh, Dellett for
Hunt, Duffy for H. Dolbow, GreenIy for
Duffy. Green for Stewart. Referee,
Layton, S~warthmore. Umpire. Payton,
Mt. st. Mary's. Head linesman. Mercer,
Wilmington. Time of quarters, 10
minutes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31

Had the doctrines of Jesus been
preached always as true as they came
from His lips. the whole civilized world
would now have been Christian
Thomas Jefferson.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31

N
RALLY NIGHT
Republican Headquarters
In the Club Room at No. II North Broad Street
Friday, October 31st
All Republicans, and other Gentlemen,
who have not yet fully decided just how to
vote, are earnestly requested to be present.
The whole Republican Ticket is en-
dOrsed and supported by the Republican
Club of Penns Grove. The Candidates are:
FOR GOVERNOR
NEWTON A. X. BUGBEE, whose ability and integri-
ty has been so ably proven.
FOR ASSEMBLY
WILLIAM STILES, of our city, who likewise, is a
gentleman of sound judgment and good business abl-
ity, who stands for Republican ideals.
FOR CHOSEN FREEHOLDER-
SAMUEL M. LAYMAN One of our oldest, and
much respected citizens whose ability has been prov
en- so many times. A veteran of the Civil War.
FOR MAYOR
ANU M. HUNT, who likewise possesses the
above qualifications. Mr.. Hunt needs no introduc-
ton, except to possibly some of our later citizens.
For the past twelve years he has successfully conduc-
ted a general merchandise store in PennS Grove, from
which he has retired to go into the automobile bust
ness. He stands for all public improvements consis-
tent with good business administration. Is an earn
est supporter of any industry which may locate here,
or any proposition which may further place our city
in an UP-TO-THE-MINUTE CONDITION and is
working upon the principle of Live and Let Live"
FOR COUNCIL
ELMER S. KILMER HARRY A. DALBOW. Mr..
Elmer S. Kilmer is w%el-knoWn to the majority OF the
citizens of Penns Grove. Formerly resided IN Wild
wood, n. j, and for the past five years has made his
home in Penns Grove. He is in the contracting and
house moving business, is a large employer OF. labor
and a successful business man. He is well fitted for
the office to which he aspires and will fight for the
rights of every citizen in the community, irrespective
of party affiliations.
Mr.. Harry A. Dabow has been in the Borough Coun-
Gil before and his past record speaks for itself.
The Whole Republican Ticket has been carefully Sc
lected with a view toward efficiency and square dealing.
Come out and help elect these men
Vote early for there is a large registration and the
polls will be crowded i'm the afternoon and evening. Polls
close Z p. Nj.
Paid for bv Republican Club of Penns Grove, n. J.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-31

Hear the Finest Music in the Broad
Theatre next Monday night.