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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
Camden, 0.

The Bazaar held in the high school
auditorium by the ladies Of the Pres
byterian Church. Saturday night, was
a success. The receipts from bazar
and supper were $780,. Walter and
Lucille Gear. OF Dayton. spent Sunday
with their father, the Rev. I. r. Gear.
-. Clayton Pryor. Of Dayton, and
Miss Dorothy Pryor, who is attending
school at Oxford, spent Sunday with
their parents, DR.. w. NJ. Pryor and
wife. :. Mrs. J. w. Kenworthy return.
ed Saturday from visit with her son,
Charles, in Cincinnati. Mr.. and Mrs.
Yochum and daughters, Thelma and
Helen spent Sunday in Middletown,
Ohio. Mrs. Hazel Bennett has re-
turned from two weeks visit IN
Columbus, Ohio, with her parents.
Miss Ruth Freitag, who is teaching
near Eaton, spent the weekend with
her mother. Mrs. Daisy Frietag.
Albert Davis and wife of Colorado
who are spending the week with his
brother. T. E. Davis, spent Sunday
with Wilbur Lamm and family. -.
Mrs Ray Simpson spent Saturday In
Cincinnati. T. E. Davis and brother
Albert Davis were in Cincinnati Sat
urday. Miss Orla Summers has beer
i'll the PAST week. Mr.. and Mrs
Freeman Of Liberty. Ind, have spent
the past week with their daughter
Mrs. Clarence Phares.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
Fountain City Schedules
Many Basketball Games

Fountain City's ambitious high
school basketball team has scheduled
more than 20 games with the pick of
the nearby Sixth District teams, for
the 1919-'2O season. Such teams as I'm
ion City, Winchester, Hagerstown
New Lisbon and Lewisville appear
The schedule begins Nov. 26 at Foun
tain City with Farmland, and ends
Feb. % with New Lisbon at Fountain
City. 1t follows:
Oct. II, Ansonia, O.. there; Nov. z
Winchester, there; Nov. 8, Ansonia
O., here; Nov. IA, Whitewater. there;
Nov. IS, Lewisville. here; Nov. 21
Modoc, there; Nov. 26, Farmland,
here; Nov. 20, Mooreland. here; Dec
5. Eaton, O.. there; Dec. 6 Ridgeville
here; Dec. 13, Whitewater, here;
Dec. 10, Mooreland, there; Dec 20
Winchester, here; Dec. %, Unio1
City. here; Jan. 2, Hagerstown, there
Jan. 9, Losantville. there; Jan. 10
Economy, here; Farmland, there; Lo
santsville. here; Jan. %. Ridgeville,
there; Jan. "a, Modoc, here; Jan. 90
New Lisbon, there: Jan. 81. Center
vile, there; Feb. 6, Eaton, O., here
Feb. 13, Economy, there; Feb. ID
Hagerstown. here: Feb. 21 Center
Vile, here; Feb. 27, Lewisville, there
Feb. 2S, New Lisbon, here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24

tion-wide campaign for a membership
Of a million, 1t already had 35 900 men
and women enrolled. In its first issue
The Home Sector New York;, which
is conducted by the former editorial
council Of The Stars and Stripes. has
this editorial word to say to the 4,S00,.
900 in behalf of the Legion"
"The Home Sector has no official
connection with the American Legion
and has but one recommendation to
make regarding the Legion. That is
this: Join it. If you like the way the
Legion has started out, If you think
it is In good hands, If you believe 1t
is sure to be power for good IL
Amer1ca-you will join it. of course
If you think it has stumbled in any
OF its first steps, If you suspect that
locally or nationally, it is in the hands
of an unresponsive lot, if you fear
it is in danger Of being misused fol
this or that political maneuver, then
you must Join It,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24

that horror Of sound was borne a still
more maddening gust of noise. and
the earth shuddered under hail of
great projectiles, cracked open and
closed again. swallowing all.
Yet not quite all. Thrusting above
the ground, aligned as on that last
march down the narrow way that led
to death. are the bayonets of the Sec
ton. They emerge above the troub-
led earth by less than six inches.
straightly held. save that one here
and there inclines ever so slightly. as
though it's bearer had moved con-
vulsively before the packed earth of
that upheaval held him to immobility
1t is for these men, still standing
there. that their comrades OF the 18TH
have erected the cross. The other
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
Through the
Widow S Lorg1lette
BY HELEN ROWLAND
copyright, 1919, BY The Wheeler

Syndicate. Inc)
Time, Tide and the Modern Woman
Wait For No Man.
This Is the first time you've let
me inside the door for a whole week"
complained the Bachelor. with bitter
reproach, as the Widow waved him
into the little rose-co'ored den, with
its cheerful fire and gay lamps; 81
feel just like 'Towser' after Re has
been shut out In the cold all day, for
chewing up slipper or stealing the
roastl What have l done, anyway"
The Widows laugh rippled out like
a chime Of silver holiday bells.
There, there!" she soothed, ON.
passionately.. tits all over now. l
HAVE been rushed!" she admitted,
disposing her chiffon and brocade
draperies in the big damask chair,
with flutter that sent up a bewilder-
ing fragrance OF violet sachet, "but
isn't that just like a man-to assume
that nothing but a heinous offense on
HIS part could possibly make a Won
an want little time to herselfl"
"T1me!" exclaimed the Bachelor;
and he took in the Widows small and
frivolous self with a glance Of amused
scorn; what do You do with timer
"Oh, use it for little odds and
ends, like going Christmas shopping,
and attending charity-board meetings,
and committee meetings, and going
to lectures and the gym, and studying g
the social problems, and keeping up
with half a dozen clubs. But l sup
pose" and her violet eyes widened
challengingly, that if If you-it
we were married."
"Go right on supposing," urged the
Bachelor, complacently. lighting a
cigarette, Il love to suppose that
If we were married."
You'd expect me to hang around
the house, waiting for you, all day!'
flung out the Widow in defiance, land
to cling around your neck, and tell
you how lonesome l was without you
and beg you to hurry back, and quiz
you about where you were going, and
extract lot of promises from you
every time you tried to leave the
house!"
Heaven Forbid" exclaimed the
Bachelor fervently.
"What-?"
Heaven forbid that l should expect
It. There aren't any more nice, little
c.inging vines, with nothing to do but
.rnrry about lonely fellow like mel
"a the Bachelor regarded the upcurl
Ag smoke from his cigarette, with {
sigh.
NO" agreed the Widow "The wal
| finished them all off. And in YOU
hearts you and every other man are
secretly glad OF It! Time, tide ane
i the modern woman wait for no man
! The sigh that woman heaves, whe1
she closes the front door behind ;
man, in these strenuous days, is no
half so often a sigh OF regret as ;
sigh OF relief
| I've noticed that" muttered tht
Bachelor mornfully, "and when the.
murmur sweetly, Must you go?' the,
mean, 'Go-you must!' They ever
seem impatient, when you linger t,
hold their little hands, or take NOR
than twenty minutes to say Good
night
| Good heavens! There's no pleasin.
a man either way!" and the Widow
flung up her hands with a gesture @
despair. when we clung around you
necks and tried to keep you home eve
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
r GENERAL PERSHINC GIVES WARNING TO
AMERICAN LEGION MEMBERSHIP drive

(The Literary Digest, Sept. 81, 1919)
Sound and timely, in the opinion
of the press. is General Pershing'c
warning to the American Legion, as
the beginning of its drive for mil
lion members, against permitting It.
self to become "a political tool in the
hands Of political aspirants." At the
same time the editors recognize the
fact that the Generals words refer
entirely to future possibilities, and
do not imply any partisan tendencies
in the Legion's record to date New
ertheless, notes the New York Eve
ming Sun, the abmanition gains es
pecial impressiveness from the fact
that General Pershing himself is "the
man who of all others might have
reasons to expect personal prefer
ment" as the result of any political
activities on the part Of this organiza'
ton Of Veterans Of the Great War.
1T is not true Americanism for any
group or class to use its corporate
strength to serve it's own ends" de-
clares the Newark News, which is
confident that the American people
welcome the Legion "as a force for
true Americanism," but that they
will back Pershing to the limit as he
draws the line over which it may not
STEP" Heartily indorsing General
Pershing's further suggestion that this
young organization should not OILY
keep its skirts clean and free OF
petty politics." but should become tn
patriotism that have been brought
home to the American people during
the last few years." the PhiladelpLia Ia
Inquirer ought to be one Of tie great.
est forces for good this country has
ever known; and the New York Eve
ming Mail, agreeing that the Legion
has a glorious mission to perform u
goes on to say:
There are unmistakable signs that
the American Legion has begun Its
beneficent work on the lines indicated
by General Pcrshing. We hope that
1t never will deviate from this In
spring course"
"Organized and held together by the
memory Of q common service too big
ever to let itself be used for sordid
or partisan ends, too uncompromts.ng
ly American ever to listen to false
doctrines that strike at the institu
tions to which the people Of the Unit
ed States owe their prosperity and
progress" exclaims the New York
Evening World, what a power this
organization can exert throughout the
length and breadth Of the land to keep
all postwar changes safe and saneP
The initial organization Of the Amer
ican League, whose potential member
ship embraces all the 100000 Ameri
can men and women enrolled in the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps during
the war, took place in Paris last
March. In May it held a caucus in
st. Louis. Last week President Viii
son signed the bill incorporating it.
and at Minneapolis. on November 10
II and ~, 1t will hold it's first great
convention. When it began its ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
Circuit Court News

Martha Breese filed suit for divorce
custody and alimony. against Charles
E. Bree->. charging cruel and inhuman
treatr, =, as the basis for her case,
She asks for the custody Of minor
children. Frank. 20: George. IS:
Elizabeth. 1e, ard Pearl, 10.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Herman J. Heitzman, spring litter.
Richmond, to Marie Mathews. at home.
Richmond.
Leander Holsinger, ;anitor, Rich.
mond, to Mary Delaney, housekeeper.
Richmond.
Roy A. B. Layson. farmer, Fayettc
county, to Azalia Meek. at home.
Wayne county.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Belle b. Buckley to Florence A.
Chenoweth, part Of lot 5e2, Elizabeth
starrs addition, 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
Briefs

Turkeys, Chickens, Oys-
tiers, Ducks, Game and home
dressed meat. Long Bros.
cash meat market. Phone
2299. Opp. Courthouse.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24

day Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop Of
Rouen and former bishop Of Verdun.
blessed it, in the presence OF Gener-
al Valentin, commander OF the forts
and the heights Of the Meuse: OF
Monsieur Robin, mayor of Verdun,
and Of delegation Of the regiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24
THE POOR BIRD.

Wifey: You have not said a word
about the bird on my new hat.
Hubby: l have not seen tho bill
yet.-Cartoons Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24

THAT'S RIGHT-ROAST 'EM
Socrates lifted the cup.
What is this stuff" he asked.
"Hemlock."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-24

"Oh, that's all right. l thought It
was one of those substitutes for cof
fee.-Cartoons Magazine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry CT Thousand
;iace DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tablet.
Ike substitute for calo--lel.
Dr.. Edwards, q practicing physician &c
II years and caloa2crs old-ti-ae cae---...
discovered the formula for Olive Tablet
while treating patients for chronic COZ
stipation and torpid iivers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do &c
contain calouacl, but Z healing. scothia.
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the skeynote" of thee.
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablet
They cause the bowels and liver to &C
normally. They mover force them {
unnatural action.
If you have dark brown mouth" no-
and then = a bad breath - dull, tire.
feeling-sick headacae-torpid liver a..
are constipated, you'll find quick, sure at
only pleasant results from one or two i
tie DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at Sedtira,
Thousands take enc or two crery Nigh
Just to keep right Try then. 10: c.
Csc per box All c,--;c:.---siistt7,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
is GOING TO
ARMENIA
County Engineer Resigns So He May
Accept Appointment on Relief
and Reconstruction
Expedition.

BONAPARTE, Jan. Raymond
Duerr resigned his position as county
engineer of Van Buren, county when
the board OF supervisors convened
Monday morning Of this week. The
resignation was for immediate accept
ance. w. l.. Holbrook of Cincinnati,
Iowa, engineer in charge of the Fox
river drainage work, was elected to
fill the vacancy by unanimous vote
of the board Mr.. Duerr rendered his
resignation so he might be free to
accept an appointment by the gov
eminent as a member of an engi-
neers' relief and reconstruction expe-
dition for work in Armenia and
Syria. This expedition will be made
up of many prominent men and en-
gineers, among them being President
Main of Grinnell college, and Mr..
Duerr feels especially fortunate in
securing the appointment. The ex-
petition will sail the middle OF Janu-
airy on government transport. The
position pays nice salary and all
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
NAVAL BILL
NEXT WEEK
Three Year Building Program to
Be Taken Up by the House
Naval Affairs Com
mittee.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Jan. framing
OF the new naval bill which will de-
termine whether the United States
is to have navy second to none. y
will be begun by the house naval
affairs committee early next week,
Chairman Padgett said today.
A poll OF committee members to-
day indicated the bill will carry
these things:
An authorization of a new three
year building program, with a small
appropriation for this years work or
none at all.
An appropriation of at least $780,
100000 for carrying ION construction
under the existing three-year pro-
gram authorized in 1916, but which
cannot be finished for three or four
years.
Retention of the present perma-
nent strength of $4,000 men. with
authorization to continue the enlist
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
Divorce Granted Mrs. Hal A. Gould
by Judge Craig il District
Court on Grounds OF
Cruel Treatment.
REFUSED ALLOTMENT
But Turned Over to Her the Clean
ing Business Here After Throw
ing Bill File Into the
Door Jamb.

A bill file thrown into the casing
of a door, six inches above the head
of the woman at whom it was flung
by her irate husband, stuck there
for three days and sprouted into a
divorce.
This is the file he threw at me.
said Mrs. Gould. "and all that saved
my head was that he threw 1t too
high. l left 1t sticking in the door
for three days--there's the marx;
you can see it yourself"
There we're many other things
which entered into the scruel and In
human treatment" which was the
ground on which Mrs. Marie 70.
Gould, of 10 North Fourth street. was
granted divorce from her husband,
Hal A. Gould, by Judge Craig.
He was one of the first keokuk
men to volunteer for service in the
army and went to the officers train
ing camp at Fort Smelling, where he
received commission as first lieu
tenant.
He Loa. His Commission First.
He and his wife conducted the es-
tablishment known as the Swiss
Cleaners. When he was made a lieu
tenant, the wife applied for an aliot-
ment, which application he contested.
saying that he had left her. the bust
ness in Keokuk and he did not care
TO grant her any further support.
1.-THE army officials" she says,
did not see the matter of the sup
port of wife in that light. and
Gould was relieved of his commits
rion last Nav"
4 The wife here in Keokuk called his
play Of giving her the business and
legally took over the establishment
Gould came back to Keokuk two
weeks ago and Mrs. Gould said to-
day:
Il gave him 500 the day he was
here. I didn't have to give him a
cent, but did, and he accepted Il
and left
The couple were married in Omaha
Me-, June Is, 1909, and lived to
gether until December, 1917. BY the
decree signed by Judge Craig yester
day. Mrs Gould was given an abso-
lutte divorce and permission to marry
within year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
BACK LIKE A
BOARD? IT'S
4 YOUR KIDNEYS

There's no use suffering from the
awful agony of lame back. Don't wait
till it passes off" 1t only comes back.
Find the cause and stop it Diseased
conditions of kidneys are usually indi-
Gated by stiff lame backs and other
wrenching pains, which are natures sig.
nails for helpi
Here's the remedy. When you feel
the first twinges Of pain or expert.
ence any of these symptoms, get busy
at once. Go to your druggist and get
box of the pure, original GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules, i'm
ported fresh every month from the
laboratories in HARLEM. Holland.
Pleasant and easy to- take, they instant
ly attack the poisonous germs clogging
your system and bring quick relief.
For over two hundred years they
have been helping the sick. Why not
try them? Sold everywhere BY re-
liable druggists in sealed packages.
Three. sizes. Money back il they do
not help you. Ask for GOLD
MEDAL and be sure the name
..nOI4D MEDAL" is on the box.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04

He was in a convalescent camp and
had been in the hospital for two
months, and was expecting to be
sent home soon.
George Cutler who is on Eagle No.
Q, submarine chaser and in an east
ern port, arrived home Monday to
spend few days with home folks.
Ensign George Long arrived. home
Sunday evening from South Sidney,
N. s.. Ensign Long will return to
Washington and expects to go to
Miami, Fla.
Bruce Fisher who is working In
Davenport, has been spending few
days with home folks.
Miss MolIie Culkin went to Chi
cago Friday morning to visit her sis,
ter. Mrs. Hugh Cosgrove.
Mrs. Pearl Tomlinson and son De-
Forest, went to Rock Island Thurs
day to visit relatives.
DIR. and Mrs. H. d. Hoover and
daughter, Miss Dorcas, have returned
from an extended visit with relatives
in Pennsylvania.
| Paul Holtgreve of Washington. ILL.,.
visited his grandmother, Mrs. j.
Mace, the past week.
Orlin Estes went to Des Moines,
Iowa, Thursday.
Probate Court News.
In the matter of the estate of AL.
bert Peck, Reconsideration of
/ Lyman Peck, for letters of admins
tration to issue on said estate, shows
that death occurred on Oct. IL, 1918,
at Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, dece-
dent leaving personal estate consist
| ing of stock and farming implements,
/ all of said personal estate estimated
/, at $500. That he left him surviving
his parents, and his sisters, Minnie
Peck and Frieda Peck Letters of ad-
ministration issued to Lyman j. Peck
as administrator, who files his bond
with John Rings and Frank Peck as
sureties, in the sum of $1,000, which
is approved.
Order fixing time for final settle
ment by Anna S. Sapp, administra-
trix, as Of Monday, the 10th day OF
February, 1919, at 8 o'clock a. m.
/ Marriage Licenses.
! Otis Reuben Beckman, Clayton;
Hazel Vivian orion, Clayton.
/ Harold Waddell Of Bowen; Miss
Grace Iona Martin, Bowen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04

expenses including clothing and uni
forms. 1t is with regret that the
mention of Mr. Duerr's intended de-
parture is made. He has made a
splendid county engineer He came
to this county from Des Moines
county three years ago. In that
county he made an enviable record
and newspapers in that county were
bitter at the county board for letting
him go. Since he has been in his
present position great improvements
have been made in road and bridge
building methods. Van Buren, county
now has some Of the best dirt roads
in the state and Mr.. Duerr's idea In
bridge and culvert work has been one
of permanency He has a host of
friends in the county who will regret
his departure, but all are pleased to
learn of his splendid appointment.
He is well qualified for his new posi-
ton. being a graduate of the courses
of scence and civil engineering at the
Iowa State university, and was
honored with the C. z. degree by that
institution. He is but thirty-three
wears of age and will be one of the
Youngest men in the expedition. Mr..
l)Q0Tr Will NlSlt OF AASIASoOA,f A~''~~'
with his mother. sisters and brother
before taking up his new work.
Miss Bess Watts came Friday even
ing for short visit with her grand
mother, Mrs. S. Cox, and other Bona
parte relatives.
Mrs. Rebecca Edwards has return
ed from a several weeks visit In Des
Moines with her sister. Mrs. George
Clark. and family.
A. G. Roberts, editor of the Bona
parte Record, was Keosauqua visi-
tor Thursday of this week.
Miss Madge Smith entertained
number of her young friends at a
watch party at her home on New
Years eve. After the evening was
taken up with games and music. and
delicious refreshments had been
served, this jolly bunch went to the
M. E. church, where just at midnight
they rang the church bell as the old
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04
HAPPY WOMEN
plenty Of Them in keokuk, and Good
Reason for It.

Reason Tor &c.
wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering.
DAYS of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
When she finds freedom.
Many readers will profit by the fol-
lowing.
Mrs. Ellen Greibsch, 1912 Bank
ST. sKeokuk, says: MY kidneys were
out of order and Inflammation of the
bladder added to my suffering. l had
severe headaches, too. Doan's Kid
ney Pills, procured from Scott e
O'ReiIly's Drug Store. promptly re-
Iieved all those troubles and put my
kidneys in good order"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Greibsch had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04

Growing oysters are very sensitive
to extremes or heat and cold.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-04

Of are general and uniform In their
operations upon all persons In like
situations.
The constitutional requirement
that all laws shall have uniform
opera ton means that every law shall
have a uniform operation upon all
citizens, persons or things of any
class upon which it purports to act.
There can be no doubt but what
in the instant case the court should
decline to issue an Injunction and, in
view Of the fact, that there is no
showing in the petition that the
board has acted wantonly, or In bad
faith or has transcribed its jurisdic-
ton, the demurrer also ought to be
sustained.