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The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
On Thin Ice.

Out West one dark. cold December
evening ] lost my way to camp after
hunting in large forest. AS there
was no farmhouse or other shelter
within many miles, l decided to pass
the night in the open.
After looking around while l Sc
lected what I thought to be n ravine
running through the underbrush of
the woods and started to gather wood
for IA fire. which I put around me to
keep warm on all sides and to keep
the coyotes off. AS heavy snow was on
the ground l deemed It snug place.
and soon fell asleep.
Early the next morning awoke to
hear strange, bubbling sound and
to find myself, to my great aston
ishment. imbedded deeply in the ice
covering small, Justify flowing creek.
Chicago Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
PECULIAR "GOoD-LUcK' SIGN
Filled Wash White With Joy, but
There Are People Who Would
Hardly See 1t That Way.

Carl Emil Junck. the Chicago mil
lionalre importer, said at a sanger
fest:
"Only an incurable optimist like my
Wash White could regard Germany's
future as promising and hopeful.
Il met Wash the other day with a
big raw cash in his forehead.
"'What does that cash mean,
Washington asked.
"'What does 1t meanf grinned
Wash. why. Mr.. Junck, 1t means
good luck. dats what it means. I
prayed de Lawd last night to gimme
good-luck sign and de fust ting dis
mawnin when / opened de stable do,
de mule Lazarus up wild his hoof and
fotch me n kick in de face. Oars
luck fo' you. Mr.. Junck-a hoss shoe
in yo' face befo' breakfast. Golly, but
/ hopes de luck keeps up de same fo'
de rest o. de year."
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
CONDUCTOR HAD HAD ENOUGH
Little Controversy With Passenger
Became a Trifle Personal and
He Shut II Off.
"Fnre. plense y

Fare, pleasel'
"My money is in the box
mix on that stuff. You went right
by"
Bet your life / did. been waitin'
two hours for n chance TO get inside"
Forget it, Pay your fare and cut
out the bull"
"Get off your foot. l dug up once"
"".Where'd you get on?"
Water street"
Yes, you did. What happened at
River street just now?"
well, at River street, for one
thing, woman handed you a quarter
and you bluffed her out of the change +;
at Hill street four people got on and
you rang up three fares; at Prairie
street, when you changed that 50 gold
piece"
AT this point the conductor decided
he had enough.
"Move m" he shouted. There's
plenty of room up front. Don't be
blockin' the gangway."-SanF Francisco
Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
.so,k.r TJme~ I, cheerfvI.

The term 'bosker time" which the
Australians use TO describe cheerful
leaH. comes home to Its birthplace.
little altered. "Bosiy." with similar
meaning. WIS an English colIoauialism
Ny" is still current slang with us. but
implying too generous use of .he wine
cup. There is one phrnse In the book
OF slang which Is decidedly pleasing.
australian grip" II stands for that
hest OF greetings. rhe honest. hearty
hand shake.-London Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
c.mpanll. to De Preserved.

The beautiful campanile Of the Cam.
brai cathedral, with one Of Its corner
columns badly preached by shells. con-
demned to destruction by the engi-
neering corps Of the army as menace
to public safety. was to have been
brought down by dynamite II was
saved from immediate destruction by
an eleventh-hour intervention on the
part of friends of art. The campnBiIs
VIII be taken down stone by stone, the
material being classified and laid aside
to he put In place again when the en-
thcdral is rcstored.-Pnris Maiin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
In Bad With the Boss.

l was relating to my boss and sew
eral other of the office employees my
experience in writing to a young man
whom / had never met, having found
his address on an egg while working
in a grocery store several years ago.
l emphatically exclaimed that as
soon rs he informed me he had red
hair / quit corresponding with him, as
l hate red hair. | had forgotten my
boss had red hair, and You can imag-
inc my embarrassment after that ex-
clamation, for he was one of the most
interested listeners.-Chicago Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Reds Kiss FIao.

Weirton, Pa.-More than $50 men.
declared by police authorities to have
been members Of the red guard Of
Finland, We're rounded up here and
marched to the public square Of Weir
ton, forced TO kneel and kiss the Amer
lean flag and were then driven ont OF
town by police and deputies. Seven OF
the men, suspected of being leaders of
the radicals, after kissing the flag,
were taken TO the county jail at New
Cumberland. Later all but one were
released.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Draw. Up New UItimatum.

Paris.-The supreme council of the
peace conference instructed Marshal
Foch to draw up an ultimatum for pre-
sentasion to Germany, demanding the
evacuation of the Baltic provinces by
German troops. The Germans reply
to the allied demand that Field Mar
shal Won der Goltz's troops be with
drawn did not satisfy the supreme
council.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
sIoo Reward. sioo

Catarrh In a local disease greatly infiu.
enced by constitutional conditions II
therefore requires constitutional treat
Ie taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
he general health and assists nature in
doing its work. 10000 for any case of
Cntarrh that HALLS CATARRE
MEDICINE fails to cure.
DruEgiuts 7sc- Testimonials free
=. ]. Cheney q Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
P.,... roo,ishne...

'rhe trouble with my fnther." said
one youth to another. "is thnt he has
no iden Of the value of money"
do you mean that he's spend
thriftf' asked the other
No. not Mt nil. Quit the reverse.
He puts MI his money nway. and does
not seem to have the slightest apprecia-
tion cf all the good things he might
spend II on"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Fire Patrol Aviator Killed.

Eugene, Ore.--Lieut. J. Webb Of
Glendale, Calf. WAS killed, and Sergt.
John C. McGinn of Salt Lake City was
seriously injured when the airplane
Lieutenant Webb was plotting fell into
a tail spin and crashed to the earth at
Medford The aviators We're on fire
patrol duty and had been assigned
from Mather field, California.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Sent Mrs. wanamaker Bomb.

New York.-An indictment charging
assault with intent to kill Mrs. Rod
man Wanamaker," was returned by the
October grand jury against Ernest
Kurth, until recently butler in the
Wanamaker home, accused OF sending
his former mistress a bomb which she
received in the mail at her home In
Tuxedo Park.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Join Russian soIsheviki.

openhagen.-General Won Der Goltz.
commander of German forces in the
Baltic provinces, whose activities
there have recently led to sharp ex-
changes between the allied powers and
Germany, has, with his staff. joined
the Russian Bolshevist forces, accord
inf to n Berlin dispatch TO the Ma
tional Tidende.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
An Unforeseen Calamity.

I'm never going to return lost
article to anyone again" said Kan
sas City man the other day.
"Why?" we asked.
"Well. this fellow advertised re-
ward for the return of his dog, and no
questions asked. And then when ]
took the dog and went up and rang the
bell his wife answered the door
Kansas City Star
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Homo Rule Founder Dead.

New York.-Gen. Patrick Egan. one
OF the founders of the home rule move
ment In Ireland and former United
States minister TO Chile, died at the
home of his daughter after an Illness
of several weeks
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Fashions Fuzzes.

'.Do you think side whiskers will
ever come into fashion again?"
They're in fashion now," said Mr..
Rufnek. "The girls are wearin' 'em
over their ears"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Sudden Rise In Oil.

Bix-So your friend became wealthy
through sudden upward movement in
oil. What oil stock did he buy?
Dix-Hc didn't buy any. A rich old
aunt started fire with n can of it,
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

Just say to your grocer Red Cross
Bag Blue when buying bluing. You
win be more than repaid by the re-
suits. Once tried alwnys used. SC.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

The finest thing about cracking hut
tcrnuts Is the strength It puts into a
fellows arm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

A woman's idea of n fascinating man
Is one who keeps her guessing
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

A superstitious individual says II
is bad sign to write another mnn's
name on note.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Rather Vague.

~ have fine setter at home
Irish. English, Gordon or Plymouth
Rockf"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
,mpor,sn, to Mo.ners
pisuus,ed Cob.

Mother-Did you wipe your feet
denrY
Junior Gob-Aw. what's the use Of
bein' in the navy If you hafta wipe
your feet Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
In the Museum.

where's the Human Fly?"
He can't perform today. His wife's
been swatting him."
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
The Difference.

''It is far cry"
what is?'
From real cocktail to near-beer."
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Alt often Aannens

You and Wombat seem TO be coof
toward each other. ! want you 10 be
good friends"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

you're too late my boy. We were
good friends ten years ago. Been NIL
through that stage"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
And Another

Chicago. Illinois.-"l suffered for fom
years with pains in my sides. hips and
legs and terrible backache. lcoud
not do any work at all. Twas treated
by many physicians but they did not
help me. Tread in one Of your books
where other women have been helped
by Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound. 50 tried it and it helped
me very much so that now can do
everything in the house. have told
my fnends about Vegetable Compound
and you have my permission to use this
letter." = Mrs. |. OVENSTEiN. oO2
S. Marsh6eld Avenue. Chicago. I'D.
Thousands of such Letters
Prove the Curative
Value of
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

Don't you think you can reach that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Revolution is Imminent.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, April IA com
munstic revolution is imminent in
German Austria, according to indirect
adyices to the state department today
from Vienna
German Austria thus far has been
lest affected of any of the central
powers territories by the bolshevik
revolutionary activities. In Hungary
industry has been completely socializ'
ed. according to unofficial advices to
the state department. The private
life of the individuals is being over
turned by the reign Of the soviet lead
ers. A red army is being rapidly
formed, according to the advices. II
is being organized in two branchs;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
ARE GOING TO
BURLINGTON
Victory Liberty Loan Men Will Attend
Conference There Tomorrow
of the District
Workers.

A number Of prominent citizens of
Keokuk will be in Burlington tomor.
row.
Mr.. J. l.. Edwards, district chair
man for the Victory Liberty loan drive
has called meeting of all the pre-.
cinct chairmen In the district tof be
held at the Hotel Burlington tomor'
row noon.
Those who have received the call
for this meeting in the southern half
OF Lee county are John A. Dunlap
county chairman, J.. Albert Kiedaisch
county publicity manager; J. o. Boyd
chairman for Keokuk; B. Well, j
w. Rovane, C. r. Joy, ]. p. Mitchell
M. F. King, Jr., J. H. Mcnamara. F.
w. Swan. all Of Keokuk; J. H. Yer
mazen, Charleston: F. j. Brodsky
Argyle; G. W. Mattern, Donnellson;
j. e. Lamb, Montrose; Will d. Turn
er. jackson township; L. Brodsky
Pennington.
The purpose of this meeting Is to
perfect the plans which will be adopt
ed for the soliciting campaign which
will start on April 81.
Probably all of the men who have
been invited from this locality Will
be in attendance as they all are de-
termined to put this loan over in the
same whirlwind fashion as was done
in Lee county in all the other war
loans.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
KEOKUK SOLDIER
IN MINISTRIES
Truman Scherer Sings Song at
Big Show in Tours, Staged
by the Soldiers Which
Ran for a Week.

The Belgian Rose was the theme
of the song sung as solo by Truman
Scherer, of the old Company L, at a
minstrel show put on by the Y. M.
c. A., at Tours, France, the week OF
March 10.
The show was held at the Trianon
theater in the French town, and was
bringing back of the oldtime min
strelsy and variety performances. 1t
was presented by the quartermaster
corps of the service of supplies, and
had complete outfit Of executives
and stage hands, from a manager to
a lights operator and a cinema oper.
ator. The costumes were designed
by the famous Souplet of Paris, and
1t ran to full houses for whole
week.
Scherer has sent copy of the
house program to his mother here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
10 for the Bill in the Legislature After
y is Amended to Give People
Of Each County Vote
on Its Plan.
FALSE REPORTS HERE
Answers President HassaI, of the
keokuk Automobile Club, En- \
phaticaIy When Asked
About Them.

Whoever circulated the report
that | am opposed to the good roads
bill did so either maliciously or with
out information" writes Senator
Joseph R. Frailey to George Hassall,
president of the Keokuk Automobile
club under date of Saturday.
Mr.. Hassall has heard such a re-
port and asked Senator Frailey about
It, Senator Frailey continues:
my position, l think, is clearly
stated in the letter wrote you a few
days ago. l do not think the pend.
ing bill comes anywhere near being
a perfect one. 1t has many good
features and many bad ones.
The important thing with me.
however. is that there must be some
provision that the people of each
county have the opportunity to ex.
press their opinion by vote before
action is taken in this matter. II
this is safeguarded, l shall vote for
the bill.''
Des Moines legislative reporters
forecast that this change will be
made in the bill by the senate and
acceded to by the house.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
DEATH TRENCH
is BEING FIXED
Long Needed Protection on Lucas
Avenue Side Of the Federal
Building is Being
Made

The concrete trench leading from
the basement of the federal building
to Lucas avenue, in which people
have been injured, is being protected
By heavy railing on both sides. Work
men began putting in the railing this
morning, and it is a slow job to drill
the holes to hold it. because the con-
crete is very hard.
Several people We're seriously in
iured by falling into the trench con-
tanning the stairway on the occasion
OF a big war aid meeting last fall, and
others have fallen in there since. 1t
is in the dark and where persons are
apt to tumble into it But the railing
being put in now will obviate all that
danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
HaniII, TumeIty and Wills VIII Rep.
resent This City at Big Water
ways Convention at
st. Louis.
BIG CONVENTION MEETS
Mayor Lotion Appoints Three Men as
representatives Of This City at
Important Meeti02
Next Week.

Mayor Lotion has appointed l.. A.
Hamill. John Tumelty and Ira w.
wills as delegates from the city of
Keokuk to the big convention of the
Mississippi Valley Waterways asso-
citation which meets at St. Louis,
April II and Is.
The object of this convention is to
consider and promote improvements
If the Mississippi valley waterways,
IN connection with the general move
ment for the development of foreign
trade and the establishment of a mer-
chant marine.
II is pointed out that these q1es-
,ions are now of vital Importance to
The commercial interests of the coun-
trv and their satisfactory solution
must be secured to the end that all
NAV safely meet the issues which now
face the nation in the period of re-
adjustment and reconstruction.
[, A. Hamill has attended and has
been an important part in the water
ways conventions of the middle west
and the nation for fifteen years. or
more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
RAINBOWS ON
WAY TO COAST
Continuous Stream of Trains Leaving
Cobtenz, Bearing Forty-seeond
Division Toward
Transports.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
BLENZ, April Ga continuous
stream of trains has been bearing
units of the F'orty-second (Rainbow)
division westward since early this
morning. The infantry movement Is
expected to ne practically complete
tomorrow The artillery Will pesln
ientraining early Tuesday, starting
with the 149th. The field guns nave
already started down the Rhine to
Rotterdam.
For the first time, the regiments OF
the Forty-second are displaying with
their colors the white streamers in
scribed with the battles in which
they have participated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
sociaIists' Demonstration.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, April Three hundred
thousand persons participated yester-
day in the demonstration in honor OF
Jean Jaure, socialist leader, of whose
murder, in 1914, Raoul Villain was
recently acquitted, LHumanite esti-
mated today
The demonstration, which was
staged by socialists and the general
confederation of labor, was marred
when group Of anarchists displayed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Situation improved,

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, April THE war Of
flee announced today that the sftua-
ton south of Murmansk, where Fin,
nish and Karolian troops, with allied
forces, are planning bolshevik up
rising, is improved.
There is considerable improve
ment in affairs at Kandalaksha,' said
an official dispatch dated Saturday
THE Finnish and Karolian uprising
was planned on large scale. The
announcement that reinforcements
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07

one red guard proper and the other
an army of workmen. The remainder
of the population is being d1sarmed
under threat of severe punishment
and leaders\of the old regime Of Hun
gary continue to be arrested. House
furniture is being divided and all re-
strictions on divorce and marriage
regulations are being practically
eliminated, advices state.
Religious instruction in the schools
has been replaced by courses IN the
history of the revolution and the OBJ
iects of the communists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Lost in tie Foo.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, April Although
the fog had becme less dense, the
Mauritania bringing Vice Admiral
Sims home from Europe, was still
somewhere outside" at 2:40 p. m.
Troops on the Mauretania include
several officers and 826 men OF the
3S7th infantry and 200 Americans
who fought in the British army, and
General Cloe Of the marine corps
and his staff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
CITY BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION
IL is In Session in the Council Room
and Hearing Complaints About
Assessments in
keokuk.

The city council began its sessions
sitting as the board Of equalization
this morning.
It is hearing and investigating COM
plants Of property owners who think
their assessments are incorrect, and
making whatever corrections it con-
siders just and equitable.
The board of equalization will be
in session for some time on this
work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Russian Situation Discussed.

II United Presskeased Wire Service
PARIS, April During the presi-
dents conference with American COM
ndssioners, it is understood that the
Russian situation was thoroughly dis
cussed The Americans do not share
the belief of the British and French
press regarding the Danzig decision.
Representative from the city have in
dictated that bloodshed was certain il
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Hoover Demands Trains.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
COPENHAGEN, April Herbert
hoover has written the foreign secre-
tary of German-Austria, demanding
that all Austrian rolling stock be turn
ed over to the allies for the transpor-
tation of food, Vienna dispatch re-
ported today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Debate League of Nations.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK;, April 7.-Senators
Lenroot, Wisconsin, and Hitchcock.
Nebraska, will debate the league Of
nations issue at a dinner in their hon.
or nv the economic club at the hotel
Astor tonight, Hitchcock will argue
the affirmative.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
Curtains woven to fit YOUR Windows

Then come to our drapery depart
ment during Home Craft Week and
see the new sectional panel cur
tain" -curtains woven to fit your
windows. Made Of filet net with eX-
quisite and unique figures, these cur
tains come exact window length,
while their width consists of panels
or strips" each z, s or 8 inches
wide.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07

a black flag and began to shout
threats against the peace conference.
Police charged the anarchists, injur-
ing five There were no arrests.
All theater performances were
stopped fifteen minutes, the manage
ment announcing this was the en-
ployes' method Of protesting against
the acquittal of Villain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07

are enroute to that district, together
with other military preparations, has
overawed the leaders for the pres
ent. This does not imply the danger
is past. but it Is a stroke in the right
direction"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07
One is Formed by New Law and Elect
ed Today at Convention Of
School Board Presidents
at Fort Madison.
! NEW LEE COUNTY BOARD
II Has Six Members and Its Function
is to Advise County Superin- =
tendent When He Needs
and Asks It,

j. o. Boyd, of Keokuk.
r. N. Johnson, of Fort Madison.
III. Z. Hazen, of Denmark.
7. j. Lampe, of West Point.
l.. H. Dumenil, of Argyle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07

Measure your window and then or
der 4, 5 or 6 panel widths as you
need. Your window Is S6 inches?
We give you a curtain of four 9-inch
panels.
Thus. your curtain will exactly fit
your window, and the pattern, re-
peating in each panel, will be COM
plete. No cutting it in the middle to
make the right width.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-07

| o re-
to
hardly
ldiers
nd to
3 to
spirit
|Eerica
ad of.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-05

Lake CO. must buv more w. s. S.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-24
POOR RIDGE.

Caleb Johnson bought horse from
Chester Morris for 5000.
Miss Eta Mae Hill spent Sunday
with Miss Hazel Preston.
X. II. Preston sold to Floyd Rey-
nolds four calves for S145.
Mr.. and Mrs. billiard Simpson and
baby spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Anderson
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherrow spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Waller
Burdette
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sanders spent
Sunday with her parents. MIR. and
Mrs. Z. B. Ray.
Pearl Matthew and Eisery Whit
taker were the guests Of Miss Hattie
Simpson. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Snyder are
rejoicing over the arrival Of a baby
boy born the 18th.
"'SSes h'""" r"e" anu 'eSo'e
ton spent SATURDAY ana SUNDAY WIN
relatives at camp Ne'soh'
John Sherrow, wife and children Of
Cincinnati spent the week end with
Mr.. Everett Duncan and family.
f,
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