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The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
AS TO WANTING AND GETTING
Harvard University Head Tells Good
Story With a Moral That 10
Easy to Understand.

There is story told In Boston
which ought to spur on Harvard grad
yates In their efforts to obtain the
Harvard endowment fund. President
Lowell and business man were talk
ing over the progress Of the cam
paign.
81 know how much you are asking
for" said the business man. "but how
much do you really want?"
"Well," President Lowell answered
with slight twinkle, ~ am like the
little girl who went to the butchers
for her mother. She stood by the
counter until It came her turn and
the butcher said, What do you want,
little girlT
81 want a limousine said the little
girl, but mother wants 10 cents worth
of liver"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Carpet. Dagger"

1t is said that the term 'carpet-bag-
ger" was first applied to political ad.
venturers In America. II was designed
to describe needy political adventur-
er who wanders over the country pan
dering to the prejudlces of the ignO-
rant in order to try to get into Office.
He was so called because he was re-
garded as having only enough property
to fill carpet bag.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
WISHING Him Luck.

AT wedding attended In Cripple
Greek, Colo, telegram arrived for
the bridegroom while the guests were
eating the wedding supper The br' le-
groom asked the best man to read 1t
aloud, saying he supposed II was con-
gratulations. The best man arose and
read: Here's hoping that you have
better luck than we had" II was
signed by the brides two divorced
MISUNDERSTANDING Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Kidney disease IL no respecter Of per-
sons. A majority of the ills affecting
people today can be traced back to the
kidney trouble.
The kidneys are the most important
kerers of your blood. II the poisons
shich are swept from the tissues by the
blood are not eliminated through the
Kidneys, disease OF one form or another
gill claim you as q victim.
Kidney disease is usually Indicated by
weariness, s!eeplessness, nervousness,
dependency, backache, stomach trou-
BILE, pain in loins and lower abdomen,
gall stones, gravel, rheumatism. sciatica
and lumbagO.
All these arrangements are natures
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
BUSINESS Demand.
&"KIlL,Joys"
Constipation. Headache.
Colds, Biliousness ended
with "Cascarets"

Nothing takes the Joy out Of life
quicker than a disordered liver or
waste-clogged bowels. Don't stay sick,
bilious. headachy, constipated. Remove
the liver and bowel poison which is
keeping your head dizzy, your tongue
coated. your breath bad and stomach
sour. Why not spend few cents Tor a
box Of Cascarets and enjoy the
incest, gentlest laxative-cathartic you
ever experienced3 Cascarets never
grippe, sicken or Inconvenience one like
Salts, OIL. Calomel or harsh pills. They
work while you sleep.-Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
One Of Them Would Meet \

One Of Them Would Meet Him.
zone thing Is sure" said wife TO
her husband. I'm going to settle
this question CT whether or not Shake.
speare wrote his plays when get to
heaven"
"How?" he asked.
"Why, I'll nsk him." said the prac-
teal wife.
yes" said the husband, "but sup
pose Shakespeare isn't in heaven?"
"Well. them" sweetly returned wife,
"you ask him."-Ladles' Home Jour
nal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
IT'S NOT YOUR HEART;
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

signals that the kidneys need helps
You should use GOLD MEDAL Haar.
lem Oil Capsules Immediately. The
soothing, healing. oil stimulates the
Kidneys. relieves Inflammation and DC.
Go to your druggist today and get 2
box Of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules. In twenty-four hours you
should feel health and vigor returning.
After you feel somewhat improved
continue to take one or two capsules
each day, so as to keep the first-class
condition and ward of the danger Of
other attacks.
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. Three sizes. Money 70.
funded IL they do not help you.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
State of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas

State Of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas
County-ss
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of +. ]. Cheney
q Co., doing business in the City of To-
ledo. County and State aforesaid and that
said firm will pay the sum OF ONE HUN
that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1856.
(seaD A. w. Gleason, Notary Public.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX.
on internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
y. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo Ohio.
j. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
They Mixed Drinks.

Milford. Del,-Three small children
mixed and drank milk shakes" OF
white shoe dressing when their milk
supply was exhausted. Physicians say
their chances OF recovery is fifty-fifty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Cigarette Paper Ban.

Do not try to mail any cigarette pa
per to Greece. Official announcement
has been received at the pOstoflice that
cigarette papers are prohibited from
transmission in the parcel post to the
Greek postolfice in Macedonia. Epirus,
Samos, the islands Of the Aegean sea
and Crete.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
No Inducement Whatever.

"Are you member Of the I. w.
VIZ
mo-" replied Flooding Pete. II
know Teller that thought the initials
stood for Idleness VIII VIM The
first thing the ISOLATION did after he
Joined 1t was to try to make him set
up private bomb factory an work
fourteen hours a day."
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
To Have q Clear Sweet skIn.

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching. II any, with Cuticura ONT
ment, then battle with Cuticurs Soap
and hot water. Rinse. dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Save the Babies

INFANT MORTALITY something fghtf We hardly realize that
the children civilized countries,
than One before they ve and half before
they feeni
We hesitate timely Of Castoria would
Neither hesitate that
soothing chdens complaints contain
considerable quantities,
quantity retard circulation and lead
Il 1t of Chas H. Fletcher
as 10 o kind. ~
signature t<a<T I<c<<zE
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Cost of politeness.

"POlitcness costs nothing"
THAT'S mistake" replied the man
who does not articulate well. Every
time ] say please to the telephone
operator 1t costs valuable lime because
I can't manage to keep II from sound.
ing to the operator like three"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
VAMPIRE IN REAL
LIFE BEATS FILM
Death and Ruin to Men Caused
by Fascinating Los An.
geles Beauty.
Her POWER IS FATAL
Whole Gamut Of Passionate Emotions
Enshroud Career Of Maud kafitz
Trouble, Love, Hate, Re
venge, Mark Career.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Mrs. Maud Ka-
fitz--a vampire In real life!
The woman around whom centers
the suicide OF Charles McGwire, the
bombing Of the residence of Oscar
Lawler and tho sordld tragedy Of
ruined home and broken hearted hus-
band is. by her record, the stage vam-
pre become living personality.
Her life study is character study
Of fascinntion-her fascination--her
power--Over men of a certain type.
Men mark the milestones of her life.
And these men suffered.
William Kaftz, Charles McGwire
and her other friends and admirers
were drawn to the flame of her per-
s0nality and were scorched by the
blaze. Her husband died, broken
hearted, eight months after she shot
him. McGwire lies In suicides
grave, dishonored. and charged with
the bombing Of the residence Of Os-
car Lawler and tho serious injuring
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawer. Those other
men whose lives touched hers are In
trOuDleu waters.
Always Trouble.
Trouble, trOuble-love. hate, re-
venge, the whole gamut of passionate
emotions. enshroud the career Of Maud
Kafitz. And always trouble.
Born in Toronto, Ohio. 40 years ago,
she has been characterized by her own
sister as "wayward girl" since she
was eleven years old.
Little is known Of her life up to the
time of her meeting william Kafitz in
Los Angeles In 1905, but she had been
In California before. in 1900, and there
were rumors Of tragedy I'm San Jose.
A man shot another man there. Both
are said to have been admirers of the
then Maud Myers. Her remarkable in
fluence over men Of certain type had.
as far as can he learned. claimed its
first tragic denouement.
In 1905 Maud Myers came to Los
Angeles with her parents and sister.
They rented house at Winfield and
Westlake. William Kafitz, who was
In the real estate business, had this
house on his list and called there to
show II to a prospective buyer. He
met Maud Myers. and his middle-aged
heart throbbed with youth. He came
to sell. He remained to court--and
to regret. They were married in 1906.
Kafitz' marital sea was comparative.
ly unruffled until the death of his
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Clever Strategy,

warmer, whose watermelon patch
had been the object of several raids
by passing motorists, secured i'm
munity by posting the following sign
conspicuously near the roadside:
warning: Six of these melons are
shot full If strychnine and nobody
but me knows which ones they are I"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Death and Ruin Caused by Beauty.

wife's father. Mr.. Myers always had
told his daughters he was I'm moderate
circumstances. He had settled 5000
on Maud when she married Kafitz, but
had led her to believe he was COM
parativeiy poor man. With his death
1t was learned he was wealthy and
Mrs. Kafitz inherited $4,000.
Handsome Stranger Appears
Enter-trOuble. This was the cue
and trouble accepted 1t.
Mrs. Kafitz bought, against her hus-
bands advice, an expensive limousine
and engaged chauffeur. Jacob Migeot.
She made many trips in the car which
kept her away from home all day. She
said she was shopping, but her hus-
band was warned that at an autOmo-
bile show she was accompanied by a
handsome stranger" and wore orchids.
The stranger was Jacob Jepsin. This
was the beginning. Far beyond lie
Campbell. Ahearn, Beyerle, McGwlra
the shooting OF william Kafitz. while
the smoke from the burning Lawler
home rises In the distance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

You can learn little each day
unless you are one of those persons
who know IL ell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
only-loOk for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child Is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love Its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each boz
tie. Give 1t without fear.
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Even II the world is your oyster,
ls well to lock ont for ptomaines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Work will bring success-and the
more folks you have working for you
the more success you will achieve.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Just Shopping.

Just Shopping.
"Your wife seems to be carrying on
vouminous correspondence"
quite So"
"What about?"
'"Oh, she's getting prices from hotels
she has no idea of going to. Shopping
by mail"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Trying to Please.

Trying to Please.
"Why did you put me mt the table
between those two women who near
ly talked me to death2"
NJ did 1t because l heard you say
you were fond of tongue sandwiches"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Nonprofessional Talk.
doctor, may speak to you In Q
nonprofessional capacity?"
"Um-m. guess sO."
"Your coat tails are on fire."
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
Shorth rms in Am 0rio0
l2A YAARa

The nrst purebred ehofe.
horn cettlsysre brouGht %
ported fro m England %
Virginia that year. The
ehorthoFn has had moro 70
DO with the Improvement
OF cattle In this country
than any other breed !.
probably than all othel
breeds. IT'S tho combined
beef and milking quality
Of the ehorthoIn that has
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06

Many a man seems dead to the
world when he IL buried In thought.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-11-06
More Scarce Now.

IBID you ever see plack diahond2"
"Oh yes. Before the war l used to
have my cellar filed with EN-"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
s11;CH(Q@lHES|
Printing
Committee

! The meetings announced to begin
at the Wende school house Sunday
evening, Jan. 10, by Messrs. Warner
and Thon, have been withdrawn and
Elder w. X. Smith of Burlington. well
known in Keokuk, will speak at this
place Sunday night. Subject, After
the War-What?"
! First Church of Christ, Scientist,
No. GIG High street.-Services at
10:45 a. m. Subject, Life" Sun
day school at 9:45 a. M; Wednesday
evening meeting at 7:45. Reading
room, No. 229 Masonic temple, oren
every day except Sunday and legal
holidays from IL M. to 4:30 p. m;
Saturdays from IL m. to 8 p. m.
The Evangelical Lutheran church,
corner Morgan and Twelfth street.
Morning service in the Swedish Ian
guage at 10:30; vespers in the Eng
fish language at 1880 p. M; Sunday
school in the English language at
1880 a. m. Rev. Alfred Appel Of
Galva, ILL.,, will have charge Of the
services.
Pilgrims Rest Baptist church, Four
Iteenth and Exchange streets.-Dr. R
H. c. Snyder will preach. II a. m,
The Church on the Rock" 3 p. m,
baptism as taught by Jesus Christ;
8 p. m, ''Christ's Victory Over
Death" Spend one hour at our church
tomorrow and hear this man with a
message. J. Sterling Moore, pastor
st. Johns Episcopal church, Fourth
and Concert streets. VIM. S. D. La
tmont, rector.-The second Sunday
after Epiphany. Services will be the
celebration Of the Holy Eucharist at
1880 a. m. Sunday school at $50 a..
m, and morning prayer and sermon
at 10:45 a. m. 1t being the third Sun
day in the month it will be the cor
porate communion for the Daughters
of the King. All Daughters kindly
take notice.
First Baptist church, corner Eighth
and Blondeau streets. Harvey J..
Moore, minister.-Morning worship
at 10: As, with second sermon in the
series on building the Kind of
Church KeolSuk Needs Subject,
Staying Mems Hearts," Evening
service at, 7:30. The minister will
preach the second in series on "rhe
Prodigal Son in Modern Life Sub
ject, THE Price of Good Time"
First Christian. church, Tenth and
Blondeau street. Huell Warren, pas
tor.-The regular services Sunday.
Church school session at $50 a. m.
communion service. 10:45 a. m. ::
young peoples meeting, $50 D. m;
evening service, 7:30 The pastors
subject for the morning service will
be, Christian Education and the
Challenge of Today" In the evening
q special service is to be had in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
Ministerial Association Meeting.

Ministerial association Meeting.
A regular meeting of the Minis
terial association will be held at the
Y. M. G. A, Monday morning, Jan.
20. The hour Of meeting is 10 o'clock.
Rev. A. C. Ernst will read a paper
on the subject, "The Promotion of
Religious Education All the minis
tiers are urged to be present. This
will be the only notice of the meet
ing.
H. B. McELREE, President
HUELL WARREN, Secretary.
st. Peters Catholic church. Rev.
J. w. Gillespie, pastor-Masses, 6:15,
1880, 800 and 1920 a. m.
st. Francis de Sales. Rev. J. NJ.
Dunnion, pastor.-Masses, 500 a. m.
and 1000 a. m. Sunday school at 3
o'clock.
st. Mary's Catholic church. Rev.
Geo. Giglinger, pastor.-Masses at 8
and 10 o'clock.
St Paul's Evangelical church, A G.
Ernst pastor Divine services 1890
a. m. and at 1880 p. m. Sunday school
at 9:15.
. Congregational church. - Sunday
school at $50 a. m. Morning service
and sermon at 10:45, Rev. Mary Col
Inns presiding.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mis-
sion church, Fourteenth and Morgan.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. No
other services during the day.
st. Luke's Sunday school. E and
Reid streets, $3.50 p. M. The Rev.
w. S. D. Lamont, priest in charge.
All children of the neighborhood in
vited
st. Mary's the Virgin, Episcopal
church, Fourteenth and High streets.
The second Sunday after Epiphany
There will be services at 400 p. M,
by the rector of st. Johns church.
Swedish Methodist church at
Twelfth and Concert streets. F. J.
Swanson, pastor.--Sunday school at
$3.50 a. m; preaching at 10:45 a. m.
and 1880 p. M; league meeting at z
p. m.
The United Presbyterian church,
corner of Blondeau and Ninth streets,
H. B. McElree, pastor, 500 Franklin
street. Sabbath school at $50. Morn
ing service 10:45. Evening service
T:30. Y. P. C. E. $50.
Second Presbyterian church, Reid
and G streets-Sabbath school. $50
a. M; preaching, 10:45 a. m, by Rev.
Scott Smith of Cedar Rapids. Iowa:
Christian Endeavor, $3.50 p m. Miss
Merriam Whorton. leader. Evening
services at 7:30 p. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
Monday Music Club.

The Monday Music club on Tuesday
evening will present patriotic pro-
gram arranged in honor of all men in
the city who are, or have been in the
u s.. service, either as soldiers or
sailors.
These men are given very cordial
invitation to attend this program as
the honored guests Of the club.
The program as arranged by Mrs.
Leonard Matless and Miss Baldwin
will present the national anthems OF
the more important of the allied coun-
tries.
Given in costume will be three Choir
uses; Italian, Japanese, and Belgian.
The Italian arranged by Miss Celes-
tine Dickey, Belgian by Miss Caroline
Baldwin.
The other countries will be repre-
scented as follows:
Serbia, Mrs. Marsh: France, Miss
Caroline Baldwin; Great Britain, Mrs.
Sandberg; Roumania, Mass Carline
Bode: America, Mrs. Leo Gredell;
Reader, Miss Griflis; accompanist,
Mr.. H T. Graham.
The program of songs will be Amer
lea. The Star Spangled Banner, Ser
via, Srpska Navodna Himna; Belgium,
La Brataconne (a) Belgium Bound, CD
Belgium Free. France, La Marsellaise
Great Britain, God Save the King. ia
pan Kinigayr. RuInanian National
Hymn. Italy, National Hymn. The
New Victory and Peace.
The hostesses for the vening will be
Mrs P. G. Hayden. Mrs. G. F. McFar-
land, Mrs James Young, Mrs. G. ID.
Scholl. House committee, Miss George
Schell, Miss Lola Covinston.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
MISS MAUoE lMMEGART
MISS ELSIE BANK
MISS LAURA ALTON
MISS NETTIE DELL BAYLEY

observance Of the C. w. B. M. day
by the local Woman's Missionary So
c1ety. The pastor will deliver a
special address on the subject, Gods
Champion Workers." The auxiliary
will attend in body.
Bethel A. NJ e. church, Seventh and
Morgan streets, Rev. C. X. Waters,
pastor. Preaching services 1915 a.
m. Subject "a New Hee en- and a
New Earth" D. M, subject, Pow
er of Faith" Class meeting 1915
p. m. Sabbath school $3.50 p. m AL
len c. E. league $50 p. m. Wednes-
day evening p. M, prayer meeting.
Friday evening p. M, class meeting.
Remember the reinrollment on or
before the second SUNDAY in Febru-
airy.
The First Methodist Protestant
church. corner of Twelfth and Ex-
change streets, s. G.. Benninger, pas.
tor. Morning service at 1915: sub
ject, Spiritual Appetite" Evening
service at 1880; subject, Some Prob.
lens of Reconstruction" Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m, A. B. Grout, sup
erintendent. Christian endeavor al
$50 p. M; subject, "Repenting.p
LedueT, ~ D. ITOuI.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
corner Main and Tenth streets. Mil
ton Emory Nethercut, D. D., pastor
Sunday school, $50 a. M. Junior
league, 2:30 p. M; Epworth league,
$3.50 p. m; preaching services, 10:4s
a. m. and 1880 p. NJ Morning sub,
ject, Paradise Lost and Paradise Re.
gained;" evening. 1.-THE Drawing and
Driving Power of the Gospel"
First Westminster Presbyterian
church. Seventh and Blondeau street
Rev. E. B. Newcomb. d. D., pastor
Morning worship at 1915, with q
special communion service. The sec.
ond service is changed from the even
ing to the afternoon at 400, with SER
mon, Concerning Seed and SOIL" in
the series on Messages from the
Oldest Gospel" The music will in
clude the anthem, arise, Shine and
the solo by Mr.. Willard B. Marsh.
Fear Not Ye, Oh Israel" Bible
school at $50 a. M. Meeting of the
young people for reorganization OF
their work, at 500 p. M, in the
chapel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
The Church Societies
presbyterian MISSIONARY soeiety.

Presbyterian Missionary Society.
The Woman's Missionary society of
the First Westminster Presbyterian
church will meet Monday afternoon
with Mrs. Grace C. Brownell. Mrs
N. T. Wilcox will be the leader. The
subject will be Mormonism. Current
News from South America will be
the Foreign Missionary topic. All
women of the church cordially in
vited.
Congregational Society Monday.
The Ladies' society of the First
Congregational church will be enter
tanned Friday afternoon by Mrs. M.
B. Ingersoll. ITO North Seventh
street.
ST. Johns Guild With Mrs. Renaud.
St Johns Guild will be entertained
Monday afternoon by Mrs. Emil F.
Renaud and Mrs. John c. Scott at
the home of the former. 103 High
street
First Christian Ladies' Society.
The Ladies' society of the First
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
TRIANGLE IN
REAL ESTATE
Farms South of Warsaw, West of
Alexandria and NorIh of Ham
ilton Change Hands in
One Big De al.


A farm south of Warsaw and an
other farm west of Alexandria traded
for third farm north of Hamilton
and other consideration, to a man
from Ferris, makes recent real estate
transfers read like war map
A. P. Quick sold to Philip Richards
of Ferris, 220 acres two and a half
miles south of Warsaw and also 239
acres three miles west OF Alexandria
for over $4,000. Part of this was
the eighty acre farm of G. r. Clark,
two miles north OF Hamilton, best
known as the Harold farm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
Cotton seed Report.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-Cotton
seed received at mills between Aug
ust / and December 81, totalled g.
21S,753 tons, the department of com
merce announced today. OF this g.
1854 tons were crushed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

The finest rubber in the world is
Para, gathered in the Amazon regions
Of South America. This rubber has
been gathered in ractically the same
way for more than a century, native
men, women and children being en-
gagged in the work.