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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
| never knew any man in ny life who
could not bear another's misfortunes perfect
ly like christian-Pope
AN UNFORTUNATE ATTITUDg

The repeated pronouncements of Sscretsrr
Daniels that the United States must -. 10
work at once to build the greatest navy IN the
world is considered by the British pres a
something III the nature of threat directed Al
Great Britain. They find indications In Il Of =
deliberate purpose to give offense; and tie scr
retary's words We're so inaptly chosen ar 70 be
open to that construction.
Mr. Daniels might properly have urged tta
creation of great and efficient navy aF3eonssa
to our national needs, but when he xr,ae5eae
that we must have the greatest navy IN the
world 1T can be interpreted as a challenge Ia
England and proclaimed distrust of her. rsfF,-
er unbecomlng in view of the fact that her r,,,,-
saved us along with the rest of the civiIizad
world from the savagery of the Huns Certain
ly 1t seems unfortunate if our national attitude
must be one OF suspicion towards nations which
cid far more than we have to save the Freedom
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
THREE NOTCH ROADS.

New York Sun: In Missouri and
other central states there are roads
that are called three notch roads
They are public highways, as dis
tinguished from the roads that lead
to sawmill, a school house or an
isolated farm house, A three notch
road goes somewhere" Proceeding
along such road the traveller is
bound in time TO reach town.
There is a story behind the title
Under King George III it became the
custom TO mark all English public
.roads-as kings highways-with his
name. In the colonies it was often
impossible to mark the roads with the
care and thoroughness obtaining in
England. and in the wilderness : was
enough TO cut three notches on the
largest trees along the roads.
After the revolution the name OF
King George was omitted, but the
three notches proved useful as a
means of marking public roads. yir-
ginia colonists carried the practice
into Tennessee, Kentucky and Indi-
ana, and their children in turn car
ried it into Missouri.
Originally Missouri has no coun-
ties. Later when they were formed
the state decided that If the task
were left to the counties there would
be little bodybuilding. Accordingly
the state constructed the roads and
marked them with three notches.
Later when the counties undertook
to build roads they were designated
in the timber country by two notches.
Prior to and during the civil war
the distinction was preserved and
three notch roads were always
through roads that led from one town
10 another. Two notch roads were
less important highways, and roads
not notched at all were either rail
roads or plank roads. A rail road
was a road leading to camp where
men split rails and a plank road led
to sawmill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
HOTEL WAITRESS HERE TO STAY

Des Moines Capital: One moro
manly" profession has yielded Itself
TO the woman of today.
Little did the walters In Go.b.
dream that when they walked out,
during the recent strike that the
women strikebreakers. called in during
the emergency. were there to STAY
AND the women themselves didn't
know it But they were so efficient
and their service So superior. thar
the patrons of the hotels started a
campaign which has resulted in the
inauguration of woman's era in tho
hotel dining room.
For the first time in history. women
served the banquet of the New York
state Hotel association at the Wal.
oor1-Astoria- and as they marched
INTO the room the hundreds of men
present rose TO their feet in applause.
me MOTEL men were delighted with
the women's service: patrons in gen.
eraI are making daily requests that
their banquets be served by women
The hotel men were delighted witb
oreakage, big item in hotel expense
has deprecated noticeably and com.
plants OF the lack of attention have
fallen off fifty per cent.
Many of the big New York hotels
have started to remodel their kit
chens and dining rooms so that the
work may be made easier for the
women. So far as good percenta 20
of their dining service "a concerned
the hotel keepers will never 20 back
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

which covers the year 1911. The total
valuation is placed at 5.010, $4,000, an
increase of s1,496. 9T6, 900, or about for
ty-three per cent, over the former high
mark established in 1916, when thu
mineral products were valued at 3d.
513. S72 600. Blast furnace production,
copper, coal. and petroleum contrib
uted "a per cent. to the 1917 figures,
and they bore relation of So per
cent, to the years increase.
The valuation OF metals alone for
1917 was s.. 092. 000. 900. this represent
ing ~ pc recent. of the total mineral
valuation. The increase over 1916 was
S4l $4,000. or about 20 per cent more
that the figures for the preceding
year. which were 81, 62O, sos, 600. Or
the increased valuation in metals blast
furnace products contributed nearly
80 per cent. Aluminium, copper, lead
and silver also showed increases, but
decreases in the value OF gold and
zinc were recorded. Non-metallic pro-
ducts represented So per cent. of the
gross mineral production, the increas-
ed valuation OF sl.O10. $4,000 being
nearly 81 per cent. The 1916 value was
81 SIS. 464 600. and 1t increased in 1917
to $2.SSS ,923, 900. OF the total increase
coal alone represented about &C per
cent. and coal and petroleum together
approximately IS per cent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
REVERE, NO.
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Well this is New Years day, hap
by and prosperous New Year to all. We
are almost snow bound up here in
north east Missouri. Today Is one o.
the coolest days this winter. too cold
to even go rabbit hunting.
Russell Blakely returned to Fort
Madison Sunday after several days
visit with home folks.
Elmo Dorsy and Arthur Day went to
Kansas City. Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A u Martin are enter
tanning a new son at their house. who
came as Christmas present.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wallace are the
proud parents OF little son.
Miss Ruth Daun returned Sunday to
Fort Madison after weeks stay with
her mother, Mrs. Brown
--Vern Nickels, wife and baby spent
Sunday at. the Bert Hardy home.
Sherman South and family are
spending the holidays in Iowa.
Mrs. Dorothy and daughters spent
Sunday with Loney Lowry, north or
Peaksvil1e.
George Christie and family spent
Friday at the Charles Thon's home.
Miss Dora Widner of Oklahoma is
visiting in her old home town at Ds-
mas.
Mrs. Dave Kay came in Sunday from
Oklahoma to visit her mother Mrs
Scollins. north of Peaksville.
Mr.. John Moore. who died at Way
land last Sunday was buried In Revere
cemetery this week. At one time few
years ago he lived in the neighborhood
OF Revere where he had plenty OF
friends for he was good neighbor.
kind and good hearted man He leaves
to mourn his loss his wife and other
relatives.
Mora Eldon. one more OF our bows
from the camp in Texas hes arrived
home.
Miss Edna Goldsberry came home
Saturday from visit in Colorado.
There are quite number in our
town sickswith the flu
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
THREE MILLION FARMS.

There are in the United States. according to
the latest estimates, three hundred and one mil
hon, FIVE hundred and fourteen thousand acres
OF swamp and cut-over stump land, of which
Secretary Lane, of the department of the inter-
lor. claims that about one-haf when cleared
and drained would be available for agriculture.
1t the estimtes be correct more than three
million hfty-acre farms could be carved from
these unused lands. But there will be few farm
ing 81 Doradoes developed in them The many
millions OF acres Of cllt-over and swamp lands
IN the Carolinas and other southern states are
not fertile. They are lacking in elements
winch are necessary to produce profitable
crops; but can be made productive by drainage
cultivation and the missing elements in the
form OF green manures and commercial fertil-
izers
The other millions of acres of cut-over lands
IN NIlconsin, Minnesota and northern Michi
gan have never appealed to the good farming
instinct of the middle west farmer. Neverthe
less, there IS room for vast agricultural expan,
sion when larger production is needed to meet
increasing demands for food
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
CROSS FEvER|sH /
CHILD IS BILIOUS
Ok CONSIIPA1E|
LOOK, MOTHERl If TONGUE
COATED GIVE "cALiFoRNIA
SYRUP OF FlGS.n

Every mother realizes, after giVin|
her children California Syrup d
Figs" that this Is their ideal laxativ(
because they love it's pleasant tasd
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the ten
der little stomach, liver and bowel
without gripping.
When cross, irritable. feverish d
breath is bad. stomach sour. look d
the tongue. mother, If coated. Civ
teaspoonful of this harmless 'frui
laxative" and in few hours all tn
undigested food passes out of tn
foul, constipated waste, sour bile AM
bowels, and you have well, playfd
child again. When its little systell
is full Of cold. throat sore, ha|
stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestio4
colic-remember, good "insid|
cleansing" should always be the frs
treatment given
Millions of mothers keep Gal
fornia Syrup of Figs handy; the
know teaspoonful today saves
sick child tomorrow. Ask your dru1
gist for a bottle of California Syr
OF Figs which has directions 70
babies. children of all ages an
grown-ups printed on the bottle,
ware of counterfeits sold here,
don't be fooled. Get the genuin,
made by California Fig Syrup cor
pany."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
to the old order of things The hotel
waitress is here to stay
Y. M c. A. WAR WORK.

Omaha Bee: Dr. John R. Mott, gen.
eral secretary of the war council OF
the 7. M. G. A., says criticisms and
complaints BIZ returning soldiers
should be faced and given frank
answers. Less than that would dis
appoint the public, who gave many
millions of dollars to support the
work OF the association and the insti-
tutions allied with it in their activi-
ties here and abroad.
Scattered and disconnected com
plants scarcely deserve attntion, but
the persistent criticism that has been
heard since peace was declared make
1t imperative that the facts be de-
Yeloped and published. That the Red
Triangle workers covered themselves
with glory is admitted. Evidence is
plenty of the self-sacrificing nature of
their service. Unfortunately, signs
point to at least misunderstanding
somewhere as to the whole scope of
the work
When the association took over the
army canteen service. at the request
of General Pershing, foundation was
laid for a great deal of dissatisfaction
among the soldiers, who found them
selves paying war prices for articles
they bought, and who could not un-
derstand why this was so. Similarly,
folks at home could not comprehend
the necessity of charging soldiers full
prices when so liberal contribution
had been made for the support of the
work.
Complete publicity of all the actiyi-
ties of the various relief agencies
should be forthcoming, that the pub
lie may know just where the money
went That is certainly due the
donors, and will clear away any doubt
that may now exist as to the wisdom
as well as the zeal with which this
phase of the war business was man
aged
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

June-the days and the nights are
approximately of equal length. Under
these conditions fowls APPEAR to as
simulate their feed. securestne proper
amount of exercise and form their
eggs 10 best advantage.
The latter part of December there
are about fifteen hours OF darkness
and nine hours of daylight, whereas
in the latter part of June the reverse
is true-there are approximately fit,
teen hours OF daylight and nine nours
OF darkness.
In other words, illumination at
tempts to initiate spring conditions
so far as the hours OF activity and
the regulation of feed supply are con
cerned.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
AMERICAS OPPORTUNITY

Ihe United States continues to hold its
record as great exporting nation. Figures
gwen ont by the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce Indicate that for the full calendar
year Of 1918 imports exceeded three billion dol
lars and exports SIX billion dollars in value.
Inns country Is the sfbread basket" of the
world, and Europe viii demand our food pro-
ducts IN vast quantities for many years to
come The reconstruction OF devastated coun-
tries and revival of agriculture in both
Europe and Asia viii call for immense orders
Of railway equipment and machinery of all
kinds, South America is going to demand more
of or manufactured goods than ever before.
This u Americas opportunity for supplying
the worlds needs: and her farmers and indus
frza4 enterprises are not going to fall down ON
the @oD, the most gigantic of the ages.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

Do the dead speak to US? Indeed. yes Their words
they. their acts they. their legacy
memorial and mandate Evermore the dead COMMAND,
and the living obey. Our institutons philosophers
sur language. our laws handed by hands now
fallen into dust Every library whispering gallery
where he who has may hear the voice
: The Oldest religion of the worship Of
the dead Communication with the master
Tact of human life Prayer fellowship with the
and eternal. The gate between the and the
unseen is always not only those
there. but also, degree,
vanished to return Religion Itself higher spiritual
ISM in which the communion of the saints fellowship
Of just made perfect sovereign experiences
inexhsussbie soiaee. Tennyson every
rowing heart learn if II is patient and
dead return, and be when they walk
side In many ways beyond tracing the
uence teach bless Us. sanctify us-Joseph Fort
Newton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

|of the world. If Britain IS peculiar needs de
mand a mighty navy and il the exposed from
tiers OF France demand the maintenance OF a
powerful army, is there any reason In that why
we must enter into competition with England
on the ocean or with France upon the land
Our isolated position relieves us from neces-
sites imposed on them and it does not become
us at this juncture to openly proclaim our lack
of confidence IN their honor and good will.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08


Ieet by weiLk,own physicians, Thousand
OF people still insist on dosing themselves
with metallic iron, simply, I suppose, ts
cause 1t costs a few cents less. / strongly
advise readers in all cases to get ply
sieIans prescription for organic iron
Nuxated 1ron-or IL you don't want g
SO to this trouble then purchase Nuxated
Iron IN its original packages and see thsf
td's Particular name (NuKated 1ron) sp
pears on the package. If you have tsken
preparations such as Nux and Iron ard
other similar iron products and failed to sa1
results, remember that such products are 40
entirely different thing from Nuxated Iron
nsuufsetrrers' nstr:-Nuxated Iron. whics
IL used by DR.. Sullivan and others with sues
surprising results, and which is prescrbsa
andrecommsndcda above by physicians, is no.
q secret remedy. but one which 10 well know
to druggists everywhere. Unlike the oide
Inorganic iron products It Is easily assnr |
lated and docs not injure the teeth, nsr
them black nor upset the stomach. Ir
manufacturers guarantee successful and en-
tireiy satisfactory results to every purchase
or they viii refund your money. Re Is az
,ensed in this city by Wilkins
/ Co., and other druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
1890 A<AAAA-
kAHokA, MO.
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]. #. Jelly has been appoints.
perintendent OF the county FAM
ceedng Werner Hurzler. The a.
will become effective March |
Gus DIETRICH has been a,n1a.. !
janitor at the court house. spo..
ing Ara Townsend. DScee
A meeting OF the stockhoIda,.
the Clark county Fair assocsa.,]
was held in Kanoka Satalrdav
following officers were elected
the ensuing year: III. d. Ferpu.,
president; Henry Rauscher y
president; P. !. Wilsey, seerat.
I. J. Daggs, treasurer.
Fritz Zinnert has purchased
Sam Arnold farm southeast =, y
hoka. Mr.. Arnold purchased
Fred Neumann farm, just was,
Kahoka.
Miss Lola Bowman has bean
pointed deputy recorder.
Ralph Crear has been discb.,.
from the army and arrived ho
this week from South Caro,,
Verne Crear and Walter Seyb ara
Camp Dodge and will arrive HON.
q few days.
Ben Lakin has purchased
interest in the Kahoka Produce 81
pany.
The FLU is gradually subsIdi|
in Clark county.
DR.. J. r. Bridges. recently A
charged from the army. has accsJ
ed q position at the Kahoka sayin3
bank. He will not resume the pnl
tice Of medicine.
Harold Karle left Monday night
resume his studies at the Northwa
ern university, Evanston, III.
Adam and Michael Lang '.
called to Kansas City Saturday
the death of a brother.
A. G.. Seyb Is substitute Carl
on route 4 during the illness OF All
Hays.
County court adjourned to me
Monday, Janury 90.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Hitler a
baby have returned from a vi
with relatives at Beloit, Wis.
Jesse Tollman and John Galbrai{
have leased lots west of the po
office and will erect building i
open a blacksmith shop.
Alfred Bailey. a county patient
st. Joseph's hospital, died Frida
January 3. The body was shipp
o Luray for interment.
When answering advertisement,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

1t may also transform beautiful,
sweet-tempered woman into one who is
cross, nervous and irritable. I have
strongly. emphasized the great necessity
OF physicians making blood examinations
tients. Thousands of persons 20 on wear
after year suffering from physical weak
ness and highly nervous condition due
10 lack of sufficient iron in their red
blood ccrpuscles without ever realizing the
real and true cause of their trouble. With
out iron. in your blood your food merely
passes through the body something like
corn through an old mil with rollers 80
wide apart that the mill can't grind.
For want of iron you may be an old
man at thirty. dull of intellect, poor IN
memory, nervous, irritable and all run
down." while at so or so with plenty of
iron in your blood you may still be young
IN feeling, full OF life. your whole being
trimming over with vim and energy"
The accompanying nrfiele Of DR.. SUI
IVAN should be carefully rcd By every
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

EmmetS0urS RepCrLer: one HOW
ard T. Clark is finding fault with Gov,
Harding because all OF that million
dollars appropriated to be expended on
Iowa soldiers has not been spent. He
and the governor are having a heated
discussion over the matter. Well, this
is certainly strange thing to happen
in these days. To have any available
money on hand and not blow 1t in is
"a great crime in this day and age,o
the world We hope that the govern
or will not be impeached for his gross
misapprehension Of duty.
Humboldt Republican: And yet it
might be just as well for the govern
ment to perfect its mail service SO
that its railroad trains would run
somewhere near on time, instead OF
imonkeying with an air postal route.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: A fanciful
Washington writer says Bryan is for
Champ Clark for president next time.
But one thing 10 sure, Chaap Clark IL
not for Bryan.
Marshalltown Times-ReTublican IT
1t requires pork steaks and tenderloins
to prevent anarchy in Germany. We
might as well use up what ammunition
we have left The pork steak and saus-
age are spoken for by othe, and more
deserving peoples.
Manson Democrat: Nothin, like bad
roads to revive the agitation for good
roads.
Waverly observation-disclosures
It IS suggested in one Of our state ex-
changes that Iowa will vote bonds for
roads in the course Of time. The best
inducement toward this accomplish
ment would be to hit upon plan by
which the expenditure of road taxes
should be carefully and honestly DIME
without any waste. carelessness ar
extravaganza. One thing is sure: Mora
and better work must be done upon
the Iowa highways or else the road
and bridge taxes must be reduced.
Estherville Vindicator and Republi-
can: Paved roads seem to be the only
of the good roads problem
II has been demonstrated this year
that even the best graveled roads will
not even stand up under hard usage
during prolonged rainy spell Even
during an extended dry spell grayeled
roads get in bad condition.
Carroll Herald: c. A. Rawson has
been charged by a gentleman whose
candidacy for governor long ago pass
ed the receptive stage with being pre-
nature in his announced intention
70 b cadidate for governor. The ear
y bird stands the best chance of get
ting the worm and there can be no
mpropriety in Charley Rawson's being
on the ground as soon as any aspir- |
ants.
Glidden Graphic. While specializing
'n what the coming legislature might |
Dr. should do, il is not amiss to sue
yest that the nonpartisan judiciary law /
should be repealed. This was consent |
I'd TO two years ago by both the house |
ind the senate, but the governor saw
1t 10 veto 1t. The legislature should |
It least give Mr. Harding a chance to I
10 1t again The nonpartisan judiciary
aw has been on the statute books long 1
snough TO prove its failure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

y here - JefFersonian simplicity in these de-
generate a&gsf What would the sage of Month
e@sbo saT u tsae high jinks and the international
ya1.1ts9rses gong On in the world today Con-
es1pSa1T as might say nothing-rnight have no
S2aae D>-'sre1oss ne had seizure or attack of
"1i@Asaalltlg Or other or threw a fit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

man and woman who wants to posses
and . strong. keen mentality. DR.. Sulilvsa
tells how TO increase the iron In our blood
and thereby gain greater physical and men.
tal power, brighter intelIects and bette
health.
But in my opinion you can't make strong
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

U8oTouSy SuSIe
sturdy iron men,
and healthy, rosy
checked women D.
feeding them on NE \,
tzllic iron. The oh
forms of rnetallic
iron must 60 througs
a digestive process
to transform thee
into organic IRON
Nuxated Iron ~
fore they are readg
to be taken up ana
assimi1ated by th
human system. 10.
withsfanding all thai
has been said ana
A. eLsc eth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

aetIfstlAe scientists seem to have found a
syfltsAet&e Substitute for almost everything nm
der TIE sna but the whenewithaI TO pay indem-
mites TO the allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

ana The w est
chester County
Hospital. said:
Lack of iron in
the blood not
only makes a
man a physical
a n d m c n { a l
weakling, ner-
vous, irritable,
easily fatisued,
but it utterly
robs him of that
virlc force, that
st a m ] n a and
strength of viii
which are 20 nee
essary to success
and power in ev-
cry walk of life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08
Phye;cian Explains Who Should Take
Nuxated Iron
Practical Advice on How to Help Build Up
Great Strength, Energy and Endurance.

Commenting on the
use of Nusated Iron as
. tonic. strength and
blood builder by over
three million people an
nualiy. DR.. James
Francis Sullivan, for
mcTly physician of
Bellevue Hospital SOut-
door pept.l, New York,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-08

When answering advertismen.
please mention The Gate City.