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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
WHY DEPEW QUIT SMOKING.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Mr..
Depew then told why he does not
smoke.
Il became an inveterate smoker of
cigars in college," he said TN fact,
i became a slave to tobacco. In time
/ got so / couldn't think or prepare
brief or make speech without
smoking all the time. / burned UP
twenty strong cigars day. I be-
came subject to insomnia, violent
indigestion and nerve troubles. I
tried to break of gradually, but that
can't be done.
$50 about twenty-five years ago !
stopped suddenly and for good. Life
was agony for three months and /
wasn't good for anything. However,
since then I have felt much better
for ii.
Would you like me to tell you the
story of my last cigar? Well. / had
gone to Albany to prepare an impor-
tant railroad question before a Joint
committee Of the legislature. l stayed
up late preparing my case, smoking
all the time. / couldn't sleep when
] went to bed. realized that was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given, that at q
special meeting of the stockholders
of Nathan S. Lowitz Company. held
on the 18th day OF June, 1919, all the
stockholders being present in person,
by the unanimous vote Of all the
stockholders in favor Of a resolus'on
therefor, the Articles of IncornoI 4
ton Of said Company were changed
and amended as follows: Article v
OF said Articles OF Incorporation was
stricken out, and new Article
adopted in lieu thereof, which pro-
lied to be issued is $50,000.00, 20 be
divided into 500 shares OF the de-
nomination of $4,000 each. AID
which shall be issued at such times,
and on such terms as shall be deter
mined by a two-thiFd vote of the
directors OF the company; each in.Il-
Der shall be entitled to one vote for
each share OF stock held, at all met
ings of the stockholders. Article TX
was amended by striking out the fol-
lowing words therein contained. to-
wit: by the cumulative manner OF
voting as hereinbefore provided" In
all other respects said Articles Of
Incorporation remain the same as
they were before. Said amendments
to said Articles OF Incorporation
were signed and acknowledged by
Nathan 8. Lowitz. president, and
William c. Howell. secretary of the
company. who were designated by
the stockholders to perform such act
NATHAN s. LOWTTz COMPANY.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
AN AGE or WONDERS.

Duluth Herald: Suppose some
placid gentleman or the Victorian
era, who went calmly to his eternal
sleep certain that the world had set
tied at last into final and accepted
form, should be awakened and per-
mitted to gaze upon the world today.
What would be his reflections?
He would see the world wiping a
tear from its eye because OF the trag-
ic fate OF two young British flyers
who had essayed to fly across the
Atlantic-and had almost achieved
the Icarian feat. He would see the
world, In the same moment, applaud
ing furiously the feats of Yankee
flyers engaged in the same efforts
in surer way.
He would see Russia, which he had
pictured as an enduring fabric with
an everlasting car at the top, q
chaos of mad ruins with whiskered
proletarians conducting a new and
deadier tyranny. He would see
Germany, which he had remembered
as SNUG and promising little en-
pire, on its knees supplicating mercy
that is less than Justice from an
outraged world. He would see the
United States. which he had pic
tured as about million miles re-
moved from the affairs Of Europe. a
towering figure in the great peace
conference as 1t has been the de-
Gliding figure In the great war. He
would see these and other marvels,
and he would hear of an unbelievably
horrible war that had wrought its
deadliness with weapons strange and
terrible like poison gas and airplanes
and submarines.
What whirling, aching head that
Victorian relic would have after he
had looked over this new world Of
ours for half an hour!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

There is more truth in paradox
than Is VOTED of in our philosophy
Instance the bolsheviki- They are
called radicals. whereas In very
truth they out-conservative the con-
'servatiyes.
Here are two items from the tele-
graph news of the day that ciinch
the argument Item one: Bolsh evist
soldiers receive $50 an hour during
actual fighting. Item two: Leon
TroGzky lives in luxury, bathes in
violet-scented water. visits mani
curist daily, wears the finest obtain
able under and over garments.
Here is conservatism for you The
bolsheyiki are out for the money.
That is all they want. They have
no new idea, social, political, eco
nomtcal or philosophical. to offer
All they want is money. They do not
want 10 earn this money. 1t Is easier
TO blackjack it out of the bourgeois
than to get their bread in the sweat
of their brows. They prefer to let
the other fellows do the sweating.
IL this isn't conservatism, don't
know what IS The burglar Is a con-
sentative. So Is the yeggman who
blows open your safe. So is the train
robber who loots an express car. So
is the second-story man, the porch
climber. the pickpocket, the conf
dence man, the criminal of any type.
The two men who perpetrated the
old, old Handkerchief game on an
unsuspecting japanese merchant OF
Chicago the other day, were conser-
Natives. They had no new idea to
offer. They wanted money, easy
money, and they went out after 1T
with the most conservative method
they knew. The fact that they got
it by devious method does not
addie the egg OF the argument. They
were conservative by reason of the
fact that they wanted what almost
every one but the simon-pure, blown
in-the-bottle radicals in this world
wants-money.
The bolsheviki want money. They
are conservatives. They don't care
tinker's oath for the brotherhood
OF man or the federation OF the
world. They don't give bombsky-
omsky for the welfare Of their
brothers. They don't care what kind
Of government thoy have or who
makes the laws DO long as they get
the coin And they are perfectly
willing to knife and shoot and bomb
and garTote any one who has money
in his jeans. Their methods are
lethal, but their motives are conser-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
THE GREAT FRENCHMAN.

1t is announced that Oemenceau contem-
plates an early retirement from the world stage
on which he has played so great part. He is
the foremost and most forceful man In public
life today Imprisoned, indomitabe, he has
voiced all that was noble, sacrificing and daunt-
less in France as no other man now living has
voiced the people for whom he spoke. To him
the honor was properly accorded Of handing the
peace treaty to the Germans, and from his lips
on news that they had decided to sign it, came
an eloquent warning to the nations to keep their
powder dry for the old Hun spirit which had
menaced the world so long was not yet dead.
France has given the world the three tower
ing figures of this epoch-Joffre, Foch and
Clemenceau-two soldiers and civihan-and
great as the achievements of her marshals were,
the man who inspired France with his own I'M
conauerable spirit and held her true to her ap-
pointed task was perhaps the greatest of the
three. France may have other Joffres and
Fochs but only one Cemenceau.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
THE CONSERVATIVE BOLSHEYIkI

vstive II they were radicals they
would be concerned with the vel
fare Of the Russian people. But
they are out only for their COM
patriots pelf. The American soldier
who fought the battle for democracy
on the hattleflelds of France and
Belgium IL the true radical. not the
bolshevist assassin who gets $50 an
hour for his murderous work.
Your true radical does not care for
money. He is actuated and ruled by
an idea. Ii may be a mistaken idea,
but nevertheless it is an ideal. The
difference between the French revo-
luton and the bolshevist bacchanal
of blood, rapine and lust, Is that the
Frenchmen had both ideas and
ideals They were not out for the
ming. They had ideas to put into
ideas and the ideals were practically
OF the American republic. The idea
that all men are born free and equal
before the law; the ideal of liberty.
she-ists care nothing for this iGea
VI t1iS iQc<Ai- IACH PuIPOSc ID ~
line their own pockets, 20 get all tie
money they can from the other fcl-
low. What's yours is mine, what's
mine is mine own. is the slogan of
their bloody soviets. BolshevisLl. IN
fact, is autocracy in overalls. And
an autocracy Is always conserve. I've.
That is the only policy by which It
can exist
The peasants that fought he
French revolution didn't receive $50
an hour for their lighting. DAMON
didn't go to a manicurist every
morning. Robespierre did not think
more of his over and under garments
than he did Of the cause he repre-
scented. Marat was fond of his bath.
but there is nothing in history 10
suggest that he scented 1t with v,clet
water. These men we're true rsii-
calls Warped they may have been.
too lustful for blood. too faaaticai.
too violent in their methods, but
their brain cells quiyered wi:h IN
idea They were fired BY an .dcAl.
They were not out for the nons y.
The bolshevists arc. Hence the
argument, the paradox. the-ca'l II
what you will-that the bolshevists
are conservatives. And like al trim
inal conservatives they are running
true to form.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
TODAY, BIT OF VERSE
THE SUN is SET.

SUN
The sun IS set; the swallows are asleep;
The bats are fitting fast in the gray air
The slow soft toads out OF damp corners creep,
And evenings breath wandering here and there
On the ouivering surface OF the stream,
wakes not one ripple from its summer dream
within the surface of the fleeting river
The vrinkled image Of the city lay,
Jmrnoyably quiet, and forever
II trembles, but il never fades away
The chasrn in which the has sunk Is shut
By darkest barriers OF cfnereous ciouo'
like mountain over mountain huddIed-oul
Growing and moving upward in crowd;
And over il a space Of watery blue,
Which the keen. evening star Is SHINING lnFolg.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

getting to be my constant condition.
But in the morning when passed the
hotel tobacco stand and saw those
good old Partaga cigars. which were
a favorite brand at that time. and
which cost rs cents in those days Of
low prices, couldn't resist.
Il bought a Partaga and walked up
the hill toward the capitol. I was
feeling very bad. At the State street
corner looked at my cigar and said,
old friend, you have sacrificed your
self for me, and I've pretty nearly
sacrificed myself for you. Here's
where you and I part co apany. Then
I tossed the cigar away. It hit the
side Of passing horse ca,- AID land
ed in the street. Tho con,iuc ,cr
jumped off, picked 1t up and went on
smoking happily.
We'll. here am toiHy blu. dpn't
know what became OF the horse car
conductor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

on account of his wonderful genius.
We'll" ! answered. Joe lyman
does in ships what Kipling does In
letters, and each believe in his diff
ferent line is worth all the recon-
pense that we have given"
My highbrow friend would stand for
no leveling up in the esthetic world.
Kipling and Michael Angelo were
peerless, but as soon as we descended
into what he regarded as the lower
world Of business, his pipedreaming
political economy was matter OF
leyeling up, forgetting that the crea-
tive ability which brings forth its
Moses in marbles is but another form
of that ability which brings forth its
moses in industries. That same gen
Jus which makes for the vast inc.
qualities In the realm OF art makes no
less for inequalities In industry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

at busy hours. Big meetings -
lunch or adjourning time ian'
many fares. II | have ions
home / call up our nearest o.
and usually / get load.
II have a wife, two hau,
stock in the company. se7er@
erty bonds, fully paid for iuln Ia
northumberland l am puyins ,,ut|
stock. 1 guess I get along "
| attend to business. II
That's a real story OF res.
who says, II don't wait LOT NV ~
find mel go get 'em. Juss
this boys wit to your own ~ p
Tell your boys about him. f
sos a week because he earneu
earned It by using his bran,
used his brain because he nhu
ton and wife and two kioA
Think about this bo7I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
MONiTION.

United States of America, Souiha
District of Iowa, S. s.
The President of the United Stat
OF America,
To the Marshal of the Southern d
trict OF Iowa, Greeting:
Whereas, a libel has been filed
the District Court OF the United Stat
OF America for the Southern Dist|
of Iowa on the 18th day OF June, A. |
1919, by the United States OF Amer1
Libellant. against Thirty-six bottd
more or less, each containing dru3
labeled in part, big q. nonpoisj
Gus antiseptic," in cause civil 4
the reason and causes in said III
mentioned. and praying the usd
process and mention of said DisI(
Court in that behalf to be issued.
You are hereby commanded to I
rest and take into your custody 4
said "Thirty-six bottles, more or ii
each containing drugs, labeled in pa
Big G, a nonpoisonous antiseptics
possession of the Churchill urug CD
pany, at burlington, Iowa, and you \
commanded to keep safely all pr(
erty so arrested by you, and detain
same subject to the further order
said District Court, unless sooner
charged from your custody accordh
to law or the rules OF said Dis'nj
Court.
And you are further commanded j
cause public notice of such arrest ]
said property and OF the time
signed for the return of this warrs
and the hearing of said cause to
given by publication in The Daily "a
City, public newspaper printed
the City of Keokuk, in said DislIaI
Also to admonish and summon
persons claiming any interest in 81
Thirty-six bottles, more or less,
knowing or having anything to
why the same should not be
demned and sold as prayed in q
libel, that they be and appear oeis
the said District Court at a sMl
term thereof to be begun and hola1
in the City of Keokuk in said Dlsu'
on the 11th day of November, 4
1919. at nine O'Clock in the foreae
when and where the said cause VIII
heard. and thereto interpose
claims. and answer said libel,
make their allegations in that Denai
And Of what you shall have cone
the premises do you also then
there make return with this Wailan
Witness, the Honorable Martin
Wade. Judge q said District wv
this 18th day Of June, A D. 1917
Issued IN my office in the ciV
Keokuk in said District under tne
of said District Court the DAY
year last above written.
WIN. C. McARTHuK
Clerk u. S. District Wv
Deputy Cls
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
DISSOLUTION NoricE

Notice is hereby given that Justice.
Eoar Company, O corporation hereto
fore organized under the laws of Iowa,
with its principal place of business at
Keokuk, Iowa. by the unanimous con.
sent Of all its stockholders, and by
resolution unanimously adopted at a
special meeting OF the stockholders OF
said company. held on the Both day OF
June, 1919, was dissolved, and its cor.
porate existance terminated on the
Both day OF June. 1919, time prior
to the time mentioned in its articles
of Incorporation. and the undersigned
officers OF said corporation were d.
rected to give notice OF such dissolu-
ton. Justice-Hoar Company. Nathan
S. Lowitz, president. William c.
Howell, secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
"eoEs AND oErs EN-

Chicago Herald-EMaminer: There
is taxicab driver in Chicago who
makes as much as sos week Not
all the taxicab drivers make this,
because they lack the initiative
they do not operate their cars as if
they owned the company. This boy
does.
Here is his system: when ! leave
the garage it is usually in response
to a call. finish 1t and then make
for some important depot. Most
times / get three or four fares. On
return trips 7 get the man who is
tired waiting for car, because
get his eye and make the pleasant
suggestion TAXI ! watch busy streets
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

Bids wanted for the building OF y
bank building at Colusa, i'll. fians n \
specifications are to be seen a. III
berger's store at Colusa. Ill, aua
the State bank at Nauvoo. Iii. DIV,
be In by July 10 and will DC ~
July 10 at one o'clock p. m. .
Colusa hail. Building commit'ee
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

she can with difficulty do all that should De
done This is enough to place this charity on
humanitarian plane in which no political or
industrial differences should operate or influ
ence sympathy and conduct.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

There is slight percePtibIe color In the a'nos
pherc It is visible close at nano, TOT A.
ways where light strongest, and looked AZ soo
iona But over gorse ana he..I
the unestfeds, and round ABOUT Ane
RISING around something more tnan afr alone
Is not mist hazy yaoor OF a0tlrrn nor te 0s
tn.s that come over Mills and woods As there
bjoom upon grape so TINS Us the oioo O
summer The and rich, full OF the
The perfume from and flower and ieafy uee IN
term wI be accurate yet oy
rat other this appearance IN the atmosphere
described but as a bloom ?-Richarc Jeherfes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Knoxville Journal: Announcement
is made by George w. Clarke that he
is not, and will not be candidate for
the United States senatorship, much
to the disgust OF the democratic news
papers and the pacifist bunch. The
Journal congratulates Mr. Clarke upon
his refusal to be made the tool of GER
tain interests at Des Moines.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Which is
receiving the most thought in Iowa
concerning the coming Fourth OF July
whether Dempsey will lick Willard,
or whether the corn will be knee high
in the Iowa corn field?
Storm Lake Register: Do You won
der at wealthy Iowa men moving to
California these days. where they have
good roads the whole year through!
With Iowa seething in mud most OF
the year 1t Is up to those who have
the means and the inclination to seek
other surroundings. Can you blame
them?
Marshalltown Times Republican:
If it rained good roads instead OF bad
ones every anti-hard surface man
would be out with pals and tubs to
catch enough for his farm.
Waverly Independent-Republ j.
r. Deems, of Burlington, candidate
for governor in 1920. modestly admits
that he Is sure to be elected. What's
the use OF having an election in a
case like this? Why not proclaim
Deems the next governor of Iowa and
save election expenses?
Davenport Democrat: We talk about
big business where is there bigger
business than the harvesting of the
Kansas wheat crop or the Iowa corn
crop?
Perry Chief: Even the opponents Of
rural paving have to admit that the
new road law provides the proper
place for the auto license money
Waterloo Times Tribune. So far
as the general public is concerned, 1t
long ago decided that Pierce Is but a
public nuisance. His object in life
seems to be to vent his spleen upon
somebod all the time. He has been
called" now twice in few weeks,
and each time has been placed In a.
position that would cause any other
| Iowa man to blush for shame. At last
! he has destroyed his own Influence for
evil.
| Algona Upper Des Moines Republi
can: A little money and the necessary
nerve have made a number of men
,uaa 1fby during tha nrasant land boom
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01
A oUEENLY WOMAN.

The most powerful ally the American relief
forces have found in Rumania has been the
queen She has been tireless and fearless
through the war and through the period of the
armistice in work to relieve the suffering of her
people. Moreover she has been efficient.
Through her efforts, so says Mr.. Hoover's re-
port, genuine food conservation has been
brought about, relief funds have been collected
from those best able to contribute and the dis
tribution of relief has been well organized as far
as conditions in troubled Rurnania would per-
nit.
These are days of decadence for royalty. The
theory and the substance, the ideal and the real
have lost any semblanee OF unity that they
might once have had. There are few good words
spoken of monarchs of any kind or degree 1t
is but just to note that Rumania has not only
queen but aueenly woman as we'll
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

William Hehcnzollern may not be plotting to
regain his crown, but it is a safe bet that ne Is
doing a lot of hard thinking and planning to re
tain the place where the crown used to be-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

A New York City song writer has been adj
iudged insane. Probably if he had kept on writ
ing songs his mental peculiarities would never
have been noticed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

Base envy withers at another's JOY, and
hates that excellence it cannot reach
Thomson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

The former crown prince of Germany is re-
ported to have expressed desire to visit the
United States and get acquainted with Ameri-
cans. He managed to keep at safe distance
from them while they were participating In the
war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

One good idea of nothing TO read IS the daily
sent out from the Willard ana the
Dempsey training camps
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

Mason City Globe-Gazette: Which is
receiving the most thought in Iowa
concerning the coming Fourth OF July
whether Dempsey will lick Willard
or whether the corn will be knee high
in the Iowa corn field?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

Algona Upper Des Moines Republi
can: A little money and the necessary
nerve have made number of men
wealthy during the present land boom.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

Marshalltown Times Republican:
If it rained good roads instead of bad
ones every anti-hard surface man
would be out with pals and tubs to
catch enough for his farm.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-01

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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-12

Tho advent oft prosperity should
lr.Ha uHf uoiaolrsH calamity huriri.