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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
UNCLE SANS
OFFICE HELP
The Old Gentlemen Can Not Got az
Many Stenographers, Typists
and Bookkeepcrs as
He Needs.

Earl E. Cochrane, secretary Of fhc
Keokuk examining board Of the civil
service commission, has letter from
the commission at Washington. tell
ing about the scarcity OF Off % help
which Uncle Sam is experiencing
Stenographers, typists and BOOK
keepers are needed far In excess OF
the supply of applicants and el!gihics.
The positions now are permanent,
and the living conditions in Wash
ington are said to be greatly I'M
proved since the end OF the war.
The starting salaries are $1,000 for
stenographers, $1;100 for typists. and
$1.10O and $1,000 for bookkeepers
and certain bonuses which are $50 a
month in some cases where the work
is in Washington.
There will be an examination here
in Keokuk for railway mail clerks,
ALSO on August %. as part . a
nationwide examination for that EN-.
ployment. n. ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
MORE VENTURES
IN MATRIMONY
Hymen's Register at the Clerks Office
Keeps Filling Despite the
Fierce Torried
Weather.

The officials at the court house say
this is their dull season in most of
the Offices but business is still flour
ishing when it comes to marriage H.
censes.
It's too hot for people to file deeds
and record valuable papers but getting
married is such good sport that some
folks will attempt 1t even when the
thermometer registers high.
Marriage licenses were issued in tho
last twenty-four hours to Robert Ebert
Daley, of Valley Junction and Delpha
Louise Powell of Keokuk; to Duncan
Archibald Samson, of Detroit, Mich,
and Maude Viola Megchelsen, of Ar
gyle; to Glenn Storms of Bentonsport,
and Gertrude E. Stevens of Keckuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
FORGET It!

Kansas City Times: There are
two ways Of talking hot weather. A
person may dwell on its discomforts
and tell how it kept him awake a
good share Of the night and how per-
fectly miserable 1t made him feel.
Or he may ignore these incidental
things and go on living in normal
way as if there were nothing wrong.
He can be perfectly sure that If
he adopts the first method he can
make himself thoroughly unhappy, q
nuisance to himself and to his
friends. If he adopts the second he
is certain to find he can control his
frame of mind to his great advan-
tage.
Professor James used to say that
we were good humored because we
laughed and we were miserable be-
cause we looked glum. His point
was the possibility of controlling
ones feelings by laying down the
proper physical foundation for them
1t is hard to continue to be gloomy
after putting on an appearance of
happiness.
Stevenson, the invalid, made the
medicine bottle on his shelf an Incl
dent to which he paid no attention
to. We can treat hot weather the
same way to the gain Of everybody
about us.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
Burial Of Emerson.

UNITED Press Leased Wire, Serv1ce.J
CRESTON, Iowa. July 81 = Roy
Emerson, Creston undertaken, con-
victed Of numbering his mother, prior
to hanging himself near Kellerton yes.
terday morning, will be buried in Cres-
ton but funeral services will not be
held here because Of public sentiment,
ii was said today.
The body was taken to Alton, ten
miles from here, last night, by Leon
undertaken. Tomorrow 1t will be
brought to Graceland cemetery, Cres'
,on. and inferred with little ceremony,
word from Alton declared
Rev. Elias Handy, who conducted
services for the mother, may do so for
the son, 1t was thought
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
The Price Of Gas.

The Nations Business: Gas has
gone the way Of everything else in
the cost Of living, as the bureau OF
labor statistics has now found out
with precision. Within the year mousse
wives in Buffalo have seen the figures
on their monthly gas bills increase
from 81 to $1.45, whereas in Washing
ton they had to contend with an in.
crease only of 5 per cent. The cost OF
living is accordingly about as variable
in gas as in Sunday-go-tu-meeting raj
ment and automobiles.
BY way of proving what can Dc
done, even in world OF postwar
prices, Portland, Oregon, reduced the
nrice of gas from SO cents to IS cents.
Il is fairly evident that Buffalo and
Portland have different ideas on the
subject of gas. Buffalo may suspect
Portland of having beneficent citi-
zen who gives the gas plant free fuel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
COUNTRY CLUB
GREEN GREENS
They Are Being Made so For tho
First Time in the Middle Of
the Summer by Water
System.

The green's are green for the first
time in late July and August at the
Country club golf links.
A new and elaborate water system
is the cause. 1t has just been in
stalled there and includes an inch.
and-a- quarter centrifugal pump, driv-
en- by a five-horsepower electric mo-
tor, and pipes to each green OF the
course.
The water runs all night upon the
greens and does not run in the day
time
The green's are being changed and
built up, so that next year there will
be practically new and much bet
ter golf links there at the Country
club.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
Praise keokuk Board.

i wish Also" said Miss Hunt. "to
congratulate you on having school
BOARD progressive enough to recog-
ME the need of a good school nurse.
understand they are to place a first
class public health nurse IN the
schools this fall
Miss Hunt further said that no
country she had visited had better
record for Red Cross membership
,nan has Lee county.
she spoke of the courses of train.
ing which are to be put on in Lee
county this fall on home care Of the
s.ek and in dietetics and urged that
very woman and girl take these
curses. The audience had much in
I I,I in her description of the
~ "n aa States government plant Of
n.ouo acres near Aberdeen, Mary
iana. where during the last months
VI me war sixty tons OF gas were
made daily.
one was one of the nurses at this
camp and cared for the soldiers who
we're injured In the manufacture of
- she paid a tribute to the soldiers
s Sno wear the silver bar on their
too,. and said that many times it
s ooh more heroism to be good
, ,pe and stay on this side because
,h e government needed them here,
,u" ah u did to have the great adven.
wy OF overseas service. IN CLOSING
On. ., urged that every o.:e enirsr m
Me night for public health now on
unuer the command of the Red Cross.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
80 North Third Street

men are made for time insensiblet
Of the economic distress that the
waste of war might otherwise in-i
volve, but, as in the case OF all an
esthetics, emergence from the anes-
thesia that initiation induces Is all
most certain to be followed by
weakness, prostration, and nausea
There is not only an insensibility
to pain but also delightful and ex-
citing illusions are often expert
enced while the most exhausting
operations are in progress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
When Ais wife / ,,,ohs.

4. Kansas City Star: About the only
a a,le a newspaper Photographer ever
Ss's laugh from his own wife
-. - When he tells her that Next
siie the ice man tries to work Off
.s'pound chunk of snow on you for
oV'pound piece Of ice. you let me
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
For Better Health Conditions.

The lecture yesterday afternoon
was by Elizabeth Hunt, American
Red Cross nurse who has been In
many states this season in the IN
terest of the Red Cross campaign for
better health. She said:
IN all my tour have found no
city with better or more efficient
public health organization than
find right here in your Visiting Nrse
association.
do you realize that through the
work of the visiting nurses mere the
death rate among Keolcuk babies is
at minimum?
They are also doing wonderful
work here to prevent the contagion
of tuberculosis. | saw city map IN
the office of the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation today, which has on It mark
ed every house in this city where
there is case of tuberculosis and
other houses are marked where there
have been tuberculosis cases.
The nurses visit these patients
and teach them how to take care Of
themselves and how to protect other
members of their families from con-
Uacting the disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
co!Iinson Is Reappointed.

united Press Leased Wire Service
j. pEs MONIES, Iowa, July 31-Wil-
ecu, usn Collinson, Charlton, Iowa, who
tp.Ned the unexpired term of H. c..
ARD oaIu, Mount Ayr, was today re-
s sipponted state highway commits
'ioher by Governor w. L. Harding.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
Financial Initiation.

Worlds Work: Theodore H. Price
agrees that the war was a major
operation:
Initiation may, in fact, be regarded
as the financial anesthetic by which
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31

A father can never tell how his son
is going to come out, but for that
matter a son never knows how a
modern father is going to come out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31

At the New Hampshire state col
lege eighteen girl students MADE the
bleachers for the athletic field.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31

Del, is grandmother at the age Of
q.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
Our Repair
Policy

Recharging, repairs, test
ing-these are part of our
service. We have the train.
ing and equipmentto do this
work well, at the least price
consistent with good work.
Cheap work isn't cheap
at any price, and would only
lose us customers.
But we regard this ser-
vico as a part of our obi
cation to make Willard
Batteries last as long an
possible at least expense.
Another of our oblisa tions d
to distribute for Willard bat
terry that will last longer and
doesn't need SO many repairs
the Willard Battery with Thread.
ed Rubber Insulation.
II gives longer life with fewer
troubles just az a cord tire does.
Drop In and let Us tell you its
remarkable performance record
after over four years Of service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
keokuk Man in Band

The big attraction yesterday was
the singing band, Dunbar's White
Hussars. They gave a half hours
nralude in the afternoon and the full
program in the evening. They play.
cd modern music almost entirely and
everv stunt they put over was done
with lots of ginger and pep.
In the evening they appeared IN
their very handsome white hussar
costumes, white uniform heavily
braided with cape, white boots and
tall white hat with cockade.
The audience cheered very heart
iy when in introducing the company
the leader came to Bernard David
son. the Keokuk boy who is making
good in this company. He began his
study of the flute in the high school
here under the direction of P. G.
Hayden who yesterday was Justly
proud of his pupil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-31
.,r.r at the Closing Session Of the
chautauqua Finds Much TO Corn
mend in This city's sani-
tation.
prn CROSS NURSE HEARD
Ia aand Furnished Music with a
-..,,.r keokuk Boy on the Pro-
gram, and He is Greeted
with Applause.
49, fourth annuaf cnautauqua
lug ;ts most successful session

r,a fourth annuaf cnau.anlu"
, lad it's most successful session
ss A., of the programs presented IN
-, a. siY days were good and some
lhe W yery fine. In point OF mana se-
WEI, the chautauqua gave the high
liens abstraction. The platform man
ea ao, Dr H. E. Dow, kept the wheels
as smoothly and every program
D' T,,, only person against whom q
~. can be registered is the weather
NON the six days of the chau'
.auaua were the hottest six success
sira DAVIS of the summer.
n I, Williams, secretary-treasurer
:, tbe local committee. said today
hat while he was not able to make
. definite detailed statement OF the
q, srces of the chautauqua since all
Hills had not been paid. he believed
nat the committee would be able
10 meet all bills and start out for
neyt year with clean balance sheet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

! ter a visit at the home of p. o. Lu-
cier.
j. r. Goodwin returned from a
four months vacation trip to Cali
fornia. He enjoyed 1t all--even a
5000 foot high airplane trip-and
came back much improved In health.
John Mcmahon, president of the
Golden Belt road, was In the city in
the roads interest.
Mrs Stark of Solomon is the guest
of Miss Clara Day
viii Green and Fred Coulson are
In Salina on business.
Or. and Mrs. j. l.. Thayer are In
Ellsworth for a short visit.
Mrs NJ. BalIore Of Hope spent the
week end with Mrs d. G. Ballore.
Mrs. John Boyse of Holton is visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. G. Leach.
Mrs. A. J. Paige Of Concordia Isl
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Oscar Dentzer.
Miss Esther Leach returned home
Saturday from Palm Beach, Fla.
where she spent the winter.
w. J. Krebbs Of Cav City, Okla.
and Judge II. H. McAdams of New
ton are visiting at the home Of f. G.
McAdams.
Mrs. Marybele Wolf returned to-
her home at Parkersburg, w. Va,
after spending several months here
with her sister, Mrs. w. II. Aumiller.
Mrs. II. A. Waring has returned
from short visit In Lawrence.
w. F. Muenzenmayer Of Junction
City is here for a couple Of days.
Miss Lucille Cooper has returned
from Omaha where she has been for
some time
Wilbur Nicolay has gone to Salina
where he will take a position with
the Farmers National Bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Baily and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Steele motored to
Lindsborg to hear the Messiah Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs ] &c. Johntz, Misses
Florence Took, Florence Lynn, Ruth
Hoffman, Dorothy Toms and Messcs.
Robert Ingersoll, Paul Hoffman, AL
fred schmutz and Ivan Steele OF
Abilene all went TO Lindsborg Sun
day to hear the concert by Frieda
Hempel and the Messiah.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
Inter.cIass Meet.

The Seniors walked away with the
inter class track and field meet held
last Friday as was expected taking al
but two of the first places. Capt
Engle and Smith were the mainstays
for the Seniors and also for the school
team this year Fred Rice, In the
quarter mile, and Roy Gish, In the
hurdles, showed up well and VIII
probably be two mainstays on flu
ture A. II. s. teams. Ralph Gish and
Rauch will also be good for some
points in the shot and discus.
The result was as follows Seniors,
S615; Juniors, %; Sophomores, 10,
and Freshmen, Ply Smith was
high point winner with % points
and Engle second with % points.
The team has not been definitely
picked but will be sometime before
the triangular meet with Salina and
Minneapolis at Minneapolis April IS.
A Bee Culture club was organized
by a few Of the high school boys last
week. The purpose is to promote
culture of bees and production of
honey in the vicinity. The members
are, John Rauch. Burns Colby Clay
ton Farrar, Milton Farrar, Paul En-
gle and Carl Fengel.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
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4 Booster Betty Believes:
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No. 20

That Preston said he was looking
for good cook.
That she would like to know the
grades of the faculty members who
took the army Test" :
That the Soph. Senior hike will be
big event.
That because a fellow parts his hair
In the middle is no sign his brains
are balanced.
That this week has had its share
Of March winds and April showers.
That some people like their parts
In the Junior play.
That the Seniors had lovely time
at their spread.
That she would like to know whom
Mr.. Rigby is thinking OF when he
selects "Sleep- Baby Sleep" to sing
That waffles agree with the fac
ulty.
That some people found out that
they are not as smart as they thought
they were according to the grades of
the Army Mental Test"
AAA
The result Of the Army Intelligence
tests were received last week from
the Kansas State Normal school The
examination was given by DR. Trip
lett of that organization to the Jun
Tors and Seniors of the high school
The ten best grades were made by
the following people: James Fiddoek,
Estella Engle, Ted Dedrick, Edwin
Butterfield. Stanley Engle, Harold
Muench, Ruth IIovgard, Joe Mason,
Pearl Gump and Ralph Gish.
The best grade was made by
James Fiddock with 166 points out of
a possible 212. AS a whole the re
suits were very good.
AAA
Professor Kent of the Kansas
State Agricultural College visited
chapel last Thursday morning. He
advocates n three or four year high
school course in agriculture wherein
the student would do practical pro
ductive farming. He says the pres
ent high school course affords made
quate training for the man who ex-
poets to work with his hands. Pro-
fessor Kent's project has been sue
cessful wherever 1t has been tried and
has proved that there is money In
well managed farming.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

A lazy liver leads to chronic dys-
pepsia and eonstlpation-weakens
the whole gystem. Doan's Regulets
(3oc per box) act mildly on the
liver and bowels. Al AL drug stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

Mrs. P. o. Lucier has returned
from Topeka, where she was called
by the Illness of her sister,
Mr.. and Mrs Fittinger and chill
dren have returned to Herington af-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

Published Weekly by the Abilene
High School
Bditor in Chief, Ruth Rodney.
Assistant Editor, Harold Hoffman
Associate Editors, Fred Muench'
Ruby nir, Margaret Cooper, Esther
French. Harold E. Kaufman, Gay
lord Nelson.
Glass Reporters: Freshman, Dave
Matteson; Sophomore, Gladys Engle'
Junior. Katherine Herbage; Senior,
Arlene Brown.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
The Senior Spread.

At $50 last Friday evening, Apri
the fourth, the Seniors held thei
spread at ]. s. Engles residence. TIT
girls looked very neat and dainty II
their white MILDLY suits and yellow
ties.
There were five large tables, tive
in the dining room and three In thu
living room, which were very prettily
decorated with yellow daffodills
white narcisses and ferns. Yellow
and white place cards were used
also, thus carrying out the color
scheme OF white and yellow the
Seniors colors.
The Sophomore girls who served
were Ruth Mccarthy, Bernice Rogers
Bbba Lands, Eunice lands, Mil
dred Kinsey and Georgia Jolley.
The menu served was as follows
Mashed potatoes and gravy, creamed
chicken, hot rolls, creamed peas, pick
les. perfection salad, frozen custard,
Angels food cake, hot coffee.
James Fiddock, the class president,
presided as toast master. The toasts
given were: Attention. by Miss
Lohrding, Forward March, by Jack
Shadinger, about Face" by Miss
Haskell, Halt" by Estella Engle and
Salute" by Mr.. Gruyer Floyd
Gish, former student of the A. II.
s., gave a few words of greeting.
After the meal short entertain
ment was given. Miss Lowther
gave three piano solos; Miss Elmore
three dialect selections and Marion
Patterson two vocal solos. Following
this there was more singing and in
formal visiting.
Everyone termed the spread a com
plete success and we are sure none Of
those present will soon forget the
good time they spent on that Friday
evening. Before leaving each one
was given a flower as a pleasant re-
minder of the evening.
r. o. T. c. for A. II. S.
At the meeting Of the school
board Monday night it was decided
to install the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps as provided for by the gov
eminent. Application has been made
for equipment and an officer will
probably be here in about two weeks.
Girl Cadets.
The girl cadets are going to start
competitive squad drill. Each squad
will compete with the others in their
company. The squad that does the
best work Will play base ball on their
regular drill grounds.
Later the best squad Of each com
pany viii compete with the other
companies. An officer from the boys
cadets or an experienced officer will
decide which squad is the best.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
Marshal Petain to This Country.

Chant'lly, France, April 15.-Mar-
shall Petain, commander n-chlef, an
nounced his intention today of visit
ing the United States.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
Personal. MENTION.

Mrs. Bert Whaling has returned to
her home in Osborne after a visit
here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

Cheapest accident insuraneo-Dr-
Thomas Eclectic OIL. For burns
scaIds, cuts and emergencies. AlA
druggists sell It. soc and soc. H.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
Plans for Commencement.

The commencement and bacca-
laureate speakers have been CHOSEN.
Rev. Hovgard will deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon and DR.. u. Il. Vio-
lette will give the commencement
address.
The sermon will be May %; class
night May % and commencement.
May 30.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
Junior Play.

The best play Of the season The
College Chap" will be presented by
the Junior class In the high school
auditorium Thursday, April IT. The
other class plays have consisted or
several short one-act farces, but the
Juniors are to give a single long pro-
duction. The play is laugh from
start to finish, full of clever action
and characters There IS enough ser
iousness to make the audience feel the
story is really sincere in spite OF the
humorous situations.
Variety is the keynote Of the whole
play. Variety in character, In action
in situation, in scenes and in speech
es. The cast is working hard in the
practices and is sure to give a splen-
did performance.
The following cast has been chos-
en-: Elijah Goodwin, Merle Wood;
Seth Hines, Carl Fengel; Art Wimple,
the hotel clerk, Donald valentines:
Samuel Crane proprietor of the hotel
Paul Hovgard; Starr Clay, Kenneth
Conklin; Bart. Eaton, Wayne Teet-
ers John Drew Irving, Cloyce Sim
mons: VIII Sellum, Harold HOFFMAN;
Bill, bell boy, Curtis Cook; George,
bell boy, Milo Stewart; Dave Crane,
College Chap, Paul Kraybill; Sallie
Crane, in love with Art, Pauline Min
ick: Mrs. Jane Crane, mother, Jennie
Dodge; Madge Clay, the girl, Doro-
thy Burnham; Gertie Flye, Gladys
Wallerstedt; Mrs. Mortimer Jones'
Brown, Margaret Cooper; Mrs. Hez-
iah jerks, Maude Hawke; Miss Mar
garet Seymour, Laura Cooley.
Base Ball.
The base ball season opens April
10th with a game scheduled with st.
Johns academy at Salina. Two
games have been planned with Man
haitian and two games with st.
Johns academy. The pitchers are
Alfred Little and Willie Houlton. The
catchers are Leslie Oberhelman and
Erwin Schooler. Mr. Johnson will
arrange the other men as he thinks
best.
Other games have not been sche-
duled but we hope we'll have other
games before long.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17
BUD
Certificate No. 1898

(ertlnCdte no. 1888
This is to certify that Bud has been
duly registered and the pedigree can
be traced In Vol. in the following
form: Bud 1898, Jack, black, mealy
nose, foaled Aug. 20, 1912, height
151A, girth 81, bone 8%, bred by
Ira Johnston, Wynoka, Okla, owned
by F. w. Foster, Talmage, Kans. In
witness whereof the said corporation
has caused this certificate to be sign
ed by its duly authorized officer and
to be sealed with the seal Of the cor
poration, at Kansas City, Mo, this
sth day Of May, 1918.
WIN. e. MORTON.
Secretary the Standard Jack and jena
net Registry Of America. I'm
corporated.)
Bud will make the season Of 1919
at his home barn two miles west and
one mile south of TaImage.
TERMS: $3.50 to insure a colt
to stand and suck Mare sold or not
returned regularly will be held for
the insurance. Care win be taken to
prevent accidents but win not be re-
sponsible should any occur. 20t7'
F. W. Foster