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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
Catarrh is Real Enemy
and Requires Vigorous Treatment

Throw these 1nakeshift remedies
to the winds, and get on the right
treatment. Get bottle of S. S. s.
today, and commence a treatment
tnat mas been praised by sufferers
tor nearly half century.
>. ). ,. gets right at the source
OF Catarrh, and forces from the
1iooo the germs which cause the
disease. For special medical ad-
vice free regarding your own case
address Medical Director, 81 swift
Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
Second Honors.

New York World: The French gov
eminent has awarded the cross Of
the Legion OF Honor to another
American physician for war work.
The record Of faithful service in the
trenches comes first of all. But GER
tainly second honors belong to tho
surgeons, among whom the American
profession had large and distin-
guished representation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
World City in seloiurn.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
BRUSSELS, July 13.-The inter-
allied committee on enumeration of
victory recommended today the foun.
dation of q city in Belgium to be
known as Geopolis (world city. The
city would be laid like a garden. 1t
v1ould be neutralized, according to the
present plans, and possibly would be
the eventual seat of the league Of ma,
tions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
TWO SATURDAY GAMES
Robertson Makes Record for Hitting
on That Field by Knocking the
Ball Into the Glover
Field.
Commercial Base Ball League.

The Standard Tire makers and the
Standard Oilers humbled the shoe
makers and the grocers In games
played Saturday afternoon, and as a
result the standing of the teams is all
changed around from what 1t was last
week.
The Standard Oil team had things
uretty much their own way in the
first game, winning from the keiloggs
bv a score of II to 4. Metzinger,
pitching for Standard Oil, had the
grocers at his mercy and allowed only
two scattered hits while his team
mates succeeded in getting ten hlts
off his opponents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14

When you use medicated sprays,
atomizers and douches for your
Catarrh, you may succeed in I'M
stopping the choked-up air. pass
ages for the time being, but this
annoying condition returns, and
you have to do the same thing
over and over again.
Catarrh has never yet been
cured by these local applications.
Have you ever experienced any
real benefit from such treatment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
Attack In HUNGARY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
LONDON, July 14.-General Fran
Chef D. Esperey, French commander in
the Near East will head the allied
police operations against Bella Kun,
Hungarian soviet leader, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Paris. The allied attack was expected
to begin today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
CLUB STANDINGS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

American League.
st. Louis As; Philadelphia S-f. tSec
ond game eleven innings).
Chicago IA; Boston y.
Detroit, 5; New York 4.
Cleveland 5; Washington 4.
National League.
Brooklyn g.; ST. Louis 1.
New York S; Pittsburgh 2.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14

LONDON, July 14.-Boyle Patey
has died at Northcote, Victoria, in
his ninety-frst year. When a
"printer's devil" in London he car
ried the manuscript of Charles
Dickens.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
National League.
7ODAY'S SCHEDULE
American League.

American League.
Philadelphia at st. LOUIS
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Detroit
Washington at Cleveland.
National League.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New YORK.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14
He Sometimes Loafted on the JOB
During the Month OF Weddings
But He Came Back Strong
Saturday.
JOINS FOURTEEN HEARTS
He Seems to be Placing More Fatal
Shots over on the Illinois Side
of the Mississippi
River.

SATURDAY. was the record breaker OF
the summer in more ways than one
The mercury climbed up in the httle
glass tube to within two degrees oi
the one hundred mark. And while oio
So. was doing his best TO make tne
weather man get out his chalk ano
write down a new record, little Dan
Cupid was right on the JOB
The hi, book in the county clerk
office that records the activities OF
that small individual revealed another
record.
II contains the names OF fourteen
people who passed up the balmy days
of .Iune and waited for the sweiterlng
July DAYS to start off on their martial
careers.
OF the fourteen, four were from
Keokuk, one from Missouri and nine
from Illinois.
Elmer A. Monical and Lulu E. Eng
lish had the advantage OF shorter
distance than the other because they
lived in Keobuk, so they were the
first to apply for license.
Another Keokuk couple came sec
ond. They were Hugh A. BENJAMIN
and Garnet M. Inman.
The third license was for an inter
state alliance, when William Kachle OF
9Nauvoo, and Anna Wyott OF Novinger,
Missouri, appeared and bought one OF
the little two dollar documents.
Illinois Does Her Bit.
Then the Illinois parties started to
arrive.
The first was party Of four from
Webster. They were Steven w. Reeo
and Pearl Yetter, and William Rlley
Long and Ivan Nelson. Later Charles
Paul Till and Pearl Blocher from
Quincy came to do their share toward
hanging up new record.
1t was hot afternoon but County
Clerk yollers was willing TO stay II
lust one more couple would come 10
take out the seventh license, and oy
that start them all out under the good
omen of seven, and at the same time
break the record.
Long Time Record Broken.
When w. C. Dulaney and Ellen S.
Akers came in from Elyaston, Illinois,
+ late in the afternoon they got more
than the usual benign smile from the
man behind the counter. They mad
set new mark for one day In the
annals OF the office.
Clerk yollers closed the book, wiped
his brow, and went home with the
satisfaction that comes from good
days work done.
Loren A. Howerter and Helen Rut
ledge, who hailed from Marietta, I'LL
nois, were unable to get in for the
Saturday rush, but arrived on Sunday
IT was a little unusual TO apply for
license on Sunday, especially On tbs
thirteenth OF the month, but they just
couldn't get In on Saturday. and
well. what if it was the thirteenth
they weren't afraid Of the old ink
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-14

When a lamp gives a poor light,
try boiling the burner.
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
FRENCH DEVOTED TO HOMES
Any Other People They Love
Their Native Places

In counting the sorrows thai have
fallen upon France one must remember
that her people, for the mosi part.
have no wandering Instinct IT, thrir
blood Snrinus causes. remperan ntal
economic. have made Of thrin n race
thar roots StubboTnly. A rnc. that
plans forward. thai huild- and saves
aud stints: that has lille careless
trust In the future. 10 the haphazard
turn of events that holds To what
II has aud improves II unadveniurous-
ly but steadily; race In The prov
inces especially. OF small owners small
lnndholders. small >hupkeeprr- with
such the roots are driven deep Into the
soil. are entwiDed about the house they
seldom move from; for which reason
the towns In which they and their
fathers have dwelt have a lasting indi-
viduallty unknown with more emigrnnt
races And for the same reason.
make no doubt that when they are
driven forth by the chances Of war
their suffering Is gre"tsr than that OF
people as lnstinctlvely emigrant as
ourselves To the Frenchman. home
Is In very truth an abiding place. and
the unknown and unsettled future
grenter dread than with US. Always !
shall remember the Quilted. tight-iipped
faces Of the older women OF the town;
Of one, In particular, who stared
through the splintered windows OF the
little shop that was her home, not
seeming to hear while stumbled
ont INV sympathy. resentful and ST.
lent In her hopelessness. The little
shop and the rooms behind II had been
life and the world to herself and her
husband for years. None OF them
was emotional outwardly: hut their
mouths and their eyes were despair
ing.-Cic-ly Hamilton ir the North
American Review.
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
SAMPLE OF RED CROSS WORK
Wounded English soIdl-r's Mother
Made Glad by News Of Son In
American Hospital.

He sat little apart from the otner
men who crowded the receiving sta
tlnn for American Base Hospitals Nos.
~ and 20 There WAS a cigarette In
his mouth and peaceful smile on his
face thai brought the American Red
Cross senrchers to his side with a
query.
"Yon look Hs II you're glad TO he
here are you re1lly?" she asked The
wounded man grinned joyously, .
"You'rr Jolly well right. miss. I've
only Just come from back Of the Ger
man lines. This IL heaven"
His name was @. Tully. and he be
longed TO the British Royal Field ar
tillery. Three months previously he
had heen taken prisoner by the Ger
mans aud had been held Just back Of
the lines To work pn the railroads and
ammunition trains
When the Americans started their
offensive near Fisne-. he and two
other comrades mad 9 dash for the
American lines. III. Tomnles with
him fell. mortally wounded by bullets
that were meant for BOches. Tully
escaped with only y slight wouad in
the wrist and was sent back 10 the
bnse with trainlOad OF American
wounded.
The H"d Cross searcher at once sent
word To the wounded mans mother, In
England that he was safe IN an Amer
lean hospital. and short time aft
erward this acknowledgment came
back from the British Red Cross:
we hay- today forwarded your kind
Information re Gunner q. Tully
To his mother. who had Inquired about
him Of Us for three months without
success We cannot say how CRATE
iul We are TO you for having taken
:" mucL trouble In his case aud for be-
iHg "f such material assistance I"
our iuquiry."-From Red Cross
ScrHDhook.
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01

or the Central American countries.
The dry season lasts from the middle
of February to the middle of May.
Rain occurs at intervals during the
ether months, and almost continuous
ly during October. November and De-
cember. The annual rainfall aver
ages about S1h inches. but rises In
some parts of the country to 100
incifes or more. Easterly sea winds
prevail during the greater part Of the
year
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
The Hummlno aIrds

The smallest and most brilliant In
color of all the feathered creations are
the hummlng birds. and Of the 40
species none Is to be found elsewhere
thnn In this western hemisphere. 1t is
noticed that hummlng birds once num-
erous In summer In Indiana have
greatly diminished in number. An
explanation is given that many thou
sands have been sacrificed In the mil
linery trade.
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
British Honduras.

British Honduras Is In the tropics.
bur Its climate Is only sub-tropical.
The maximum shade temperature is
9S degrees Fahrenheit. while the min
imum Is so degrees. Cholera, yellow
fever and other tropical diseases oc-
cur from time TO time. but on the
whole the country is not unhealthy
In comparison with the Wsst Indiss
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
Majesty Of the Law.

Here, nowH sternly commanded
Constable Sam 7. Slackputter. the re-
doubtable sleuth of Petunia. you
fellers move on therel Scatter out
You're blocking the sidewalk so folks
can't get along. And. besides all that,
| want TO see little OF that there
dog fight myself before 1t is all over"
Kansas City Star.
The Lamar register., 1919-01-01
You Bet.

You Bet.
Every married man can name one
woman who has a rne husband
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
ture him a bit without endangering

ture him a bit without endangering
his affection.
Laddie," said L, don't You realize
that impression those young folks
got from the fact that you stay
away from Beth over Sunday when
you didn't have to? Don't you see
that they couldn't help feeling that
she wasn't completely necessary to
you and not completely congenial
either? You just staying away
from her like that put Beth in d po-
sition that cheapened and belittled
her.
THAT was a bad start, and your
suspicious old friend feels that yol,
probably followed it up by posing
as the misunderstood hero they
took you for. And pretty soon YOU
probably began to contrast the
freshness of those girls who weren't
wives and mothers with a lot of
responsibility aud work with the
strained look Beth generally wears.
They were now and - different.
weren't they Edgar? And the uues-
ton you want to ask next is if If
would be wrong for you to run over
and see them the next time YOU'RE
in the neighborhood? ?"
How did you know?" gasped
Edgar.
Because, you dear young scamp"
answered. Il know you and q
lot of other young men folks who
marry at twenty-five and find them
selves ten years later with a tricksy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
LADIES! DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Use Grandma's Sage Tea and
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
will Know.

The use. of Sage and Sulphur for
restoring faded, gray hair to it's
natural color dates back to grand
mothers time. She used it to keep
her hair beautifully dark, glossy and
attractive. Whenever her hair took
on that dull faded or streaked ap-
pearance, this simple mixture was
applied with wonderful effect.
But brewing at home is mussy
and out -of-date Nowadays, by ask
ing at any drug store for a bottle
of "Wyeth's Sage and sulphur Com
pound" you will get this famous ~ |
preparation, improved by the addi-
tion of other ingredients, which cal
be depended upon to restore natural
color and beauty to the hair.
well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair sol natural
ly and evenly that nobody can tell 1t
has been applied. You simply DAM
pen sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair,
taking one strand at a time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears,
and after another application or
two. it becomes beautifully dark and
glossy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11

good time, 1 shouldn't continue the
friendship"
"One thing at a time" l insisted.
Don't you want to know first of all
If L think you ought to travel
around gayly as one of the party of
FOUR"
Some folks would say it was all
wrong" conceded Edgar.
I'm not one of them," l replied
gravely. IF the man was q very
good friend and the girls were good
friends of his and everybody knew
you were married, then the whole
situation was open and above board
and needn't mean a particle of harm
to anyone. But why were you
stranded over the weekend 2" Did
you have to stay over Sunday to
keep an early Monday morning ap-
pointment?"
Edgar had the grace to blush.
mo; | could have got out Satur-
day night. But l had such a dandy
time with these folks Friday and
Saturday, and they knew l was mar
ried, and it didn't seem to make any
difference, and it was so long since
I'd been one of the boys like that
So l just stayed"
Playing the misunderstood hus-
band role?" I ventured positively.
How do you know?" began Ed
gar, and then turning it into an in
dignant, What do you mean?''
Whereupon both of, us rescued
our sense of honor and laughed
and that rave me a chance to lee
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
"When q Girl MQrries"
New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of a Girl Wife

! the wedding plans. I'm keen to ge'
| to them"
Lets wait for Father Andrew :
l begged. And Jeanie and Pat and
the kiddies themselves. They're
the interested parties, you know"
'All right" agreed Jim. I'm
kind of tired myself. Give me a
kiss and Wen cut out all the gabbina
and settle down to the serious bust
ness of hieing to dreamland.''
Just then there came a. timid
knock on the door. l opened it. to
find Phoebe in the corridor, her
pansy face very wide-eyed and a
finger on her lips, conspirator
fashion.
You look like an intriguing
cherub.' l giggled, stepping out in
response to her solemn summons.
Without answering, she tip-toed
down the hall to her room and I
had no choice but to follow When
we arrived she closed the door and
turned to me with a serio-comic
air of secrecy and solemnity.
We'll, dear?' l said.
Anne. I've a confession to make.
A dreadful one!" whispered Phoebe.
That was Shelly who phoned me at
' lISlllld , the OlileE v.
Il wouldn't call it confession,
dear" / said dryly. It's merely a
confirmation of what l already
know"
81 had to lie about it," went on
Phoebe hastily. He acted so des-
perate about Jeanie, and l thought
If he went out to the old home and
made a scene-maybe she and Pat
would misunderstood each other
and drift apart again. And he was
lonesome and had to be amused.
And to-day l saw him again because
he said he was lonesomer than ever
and would do something desperate
if no one took pity on him. took
Val along-or rat her she took me in
her car"
Then, with some real seriousness,
l asked:
But why didn't you take me
along, Phoebe?"
Well, dear, you mustn't mind
but Shelly says you've never under
stood him. And you didn't always
trust me. You remember that time
about Dick West and the jade neck
lace. Don't be hurt, dear. But
sometimes you act as aif l were a
silly child instead of a woman of
'IiV "Ollh' ~ lllOuSIll u TldndSe
this myself-and I have. Tonight
he whispered that he'd decided to
take my advice and to forget Vir-
ginia. Isn't that splendid? You
can see I've had a good influence on
him even if l had to deceive you to
gain it,
"Of course, he asked you to keep
this secret from Jim and Neal and
me- l said with a great air of
casualness.
Must We tell-the boys?" replied
Phoebe, naively questioning in turn.
IF you'll promise to let Sheldon
work out his own fate from now
on, l think we can call the matter
closed" l promised rashly. Then
we needn't bother Jim or Neal about
it,"
ITO BE Continued.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
3U McMQnuS

longing to play-pretend at being
gay young bachelor again.
Don't you suppose that Beth ever
longs to forget the children and the
spring housecleaning and the ice
mans bills, and to have a pretty new
dress she didn't contrive out of last
years frock or pick up at an end
of-the-season bargain sale? Don't
you realize that she's sweet and
pretty? If Beth had more time to
keep up with current events and
dance steps and fashions. she might
be rather a belle with men to whom
she was new. uncharted territory.
and who didn't think of her first
and foremost and all the time as
your wife. Suppose she tried it?"
81 never thought of that" replied
Edgar blankly. Still, it was kind
of a lark to get away and prance
about like a colt for that weekend.
Only I don't suppose I ought to send
that pretty black eyed girl my photo
graph as I promised"
mo" I said dryly, ST suppose
not"
do l have-to tell Beth?" asked
Edgar. 'Is> that my punishment"
mo" said sadly, TITS hers. And
yours is to inflict it."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
THE LOVE GAMBLER
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water

amethyst pendant in her hand. as
H. the touch of it calmed her.
II have told you the truth, Miss
leighton" David said. Can you
forgive me?"
For what?"
For the deception I practiced.
Oh,-don't you suppose I know how
the whole adventure must look to
you? |, suspecting who you were
and that you were friend of my
aunts-came here, even after the
insult that she had put upon you
in her will"
Desiree started violently. II did
not suppose You knew" she NUT
tered.
A Complete Confession.
Il did know, l may as we'll con-
fess that, too. And while am
making clean breast of the whole
thing, l want to tell you that was
Mortified, shocked, by the terms of
that will. My aunt was not herself
when she made it. l could not get
away from it-although l tried to.
But law is law. Nevertheless, I
shall prove that she was of unsound
mind when she drew up that docu-
ment. And have put myself on
record as renouncing every cent of
He stopped, coloring violently.
Did his words carry a suggestion
that he dared hope there was any
possibility of his ever fulfilling the
condition of the will?
But I could never had com
piled with the terms of the instru-
, ment''-he began, floundering
hopelessly.
She looked directly at him. In
the depths of her dark eyes he saw
something like pity and a compre-
hension that made his head swim.
Don't try to explain to me-" she
pleaded. and her tone was very
low. II understand entirely"
You understand he repeated
incredulously. You understand
that it was only the need of work
and may as well as frank-the
| desire for adventure that made me
come to your father on that day
She interrupted him. please" ,"
she begged, don't make any more
explanations! They are quite un-
necessary"
Unnecessary" he echoed.
Yes she answered simply, "be-
cause. as 1 have already tried to
explain, I had faith in you. So
please-if you believe what 1 say,
~ 10 loih hO L..
And you forgive me!' he ex-
claimed. You forgive me-and
actually understand 2"
Yes" she said. II understand
SO there is nothing to forgive.
That is what French people say,
you know-'To comprehend is to
pardon "
Miss Leighton" he implored, all
sense of caution swept from him,
II have another confession. to
make. From the first time / ever
saw you | knew there was never
anybody else like .you-that you
were the only Isl
Again she checked him. Don't
bother to. tell me- she murmured,
a smile playing about her lips ~
know that, too"
you know that I love you?" he
burst forth, seizing her hand. "Oh
my dear-you knew that all along :?
l tried to hide it. Why did you
how could you''-
Because" and she laughed
sofetly while beautiful color
flooded her face-"the eyes of love
are not blind, but preternaturally