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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
WAS EIGHTY
YEARS OF AGE
Mrs. Willis was Pioneer of This Sec
ton and Well Known
in Van Buren,
Known.

PENNINGTON, Sept miss Jane
Beck, daughter of Leonard and Caro-
line Beck. was born in Mama county,
ohio. June IA, 1910. When q small
schild she came west with her par
!ents and lived in Pennington the first
winter after arrival. Then they
located near Mt. Sterling, Iowa,
where she grew to womanhood ana
was married to Albert Sinks Willis
on December 10, 1860. He departed
this life April s, 1910. They rad
Il made their home for forty-eight years
and reared their children on farm
| six miles west of Farmingtoa, iowa
| In 1872 the present line OF the y. ..
| e. K. C.. railway was built through
their farm and station established
near there and named Willis Station
in their honor They lived on the
| farm there until Christmas time,
1909, when they purchased h.n
4 in Pennington and moved there.
/ Mr.. Willis was now failing IN
health and only lived short tine N
their new home. Mrs. Willis con-
.tinued to occupy the home until FEB
r,ary 1917, when the inroads OF DIS
ease had made such progress and
life of strenuous activity and severe
labor had taken so heavy toll OF
her stock of vigor5 and mental Vltal1ty
that her mind gave way and she could
no longer care for herseH, SO she was
taken to the home OF MIS- oardn
lRastofer, her only daughter. at Car
india Iowa Here all was done LOT
her care and comfort that meolcal
skill, professional nursing apd an
Ionly daughters earnest soilcltuue
could do to mitigate her mental
affliction and relieve her physical SUI
lfering. No personal care nor none
Itary expense was omitted In the
effort of her children to make COM
PORTABLE her declining years, but II
was manifest that only death couiu
release her mental thralldom. ms
release came August ~, l9Zo' at
EClarinda, Iowa -,
| She was the mother OF SIX chr
ldren, two of whom died IN lniancs.
Those surviving are: John s., o.
Pennington, Iowa; Robert E. or
iBonaparte, Iowa; George L., OF MN
nesota. and Mrs Sarah NJ. Rastopher
of Clarinda, Iowa; along with eleven
grandchildren and eight great-srand-
Children: two sisters, Mrs. Nancy
willis of Livermore, Calf, and Al
=
brother. George Beck of Livernrore,
Calf. All Of whom mourn their loss
as does also host of old friends
and former associates. She was
woman of strong character and true
pioneer spirit No labor too hard, no
task too arduous, no danger 100
great if it was necessary for her 70
face or do it in her earlier years IN
order to build up her home. Ever
ready, night or day, to go to a neigh
Dor to help in sickness or need, nos
lpitable to all corners with a frontier
Iprodigality. Her home a model or
Ineatness and order. Her call TO rest
came at the ripe age OF 80 years, !
n,onths and 4 days. Her body was
Inv train conveyed to Pennington,
arriving at a. M, August 81, and
Ibv automobile escorted to Story
Cha pei where funeral services were
held at II a. m. in charge of Rev.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02

Nompound and found it a wonderful
remedy, | commenced to pick up at
once and my suffering was relieved. I
nave told others about your medicine
and know of some who have taken it..
am glad to help others all I cam.
mrs. +. Z. DEMINe, 437 w. Lafayette
ave, Syracuse, N. Y.
while Change of Life is most crit
ical period of womans existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
IT may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
flnkham's Vegetable Compound.
Moreover this reliable remedy con-
tains no narcotics or harmful drugs and
owes its efficiency to the medicinal ex-
tractives of the native roots and herbs
which it contains.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
SEPTEMBER 2, 1900.

Monday night the first Of a series
of parties to be given by the ladies'
of the G. A. r. was held at the Kayser
residence, BIB Ridge street
Keokuk ball team won the baseball
game played here yesterday with St.
Louis by score of to 2.
August of 1900 has been the hottest
month ever witnessed in Keokuk- The
average temperature has been 81 de-
grees against 80 degrees, the hottest
ever experienced here before.
The Unitarian ladies are to give an
excursion ON the Mary Hill steamer
Thursday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02

had no appetite and
had fainting spells.
l suffered for two
or three years be-
fore ! began taking
Lydia Z. Pinkhapl S
V e G e t a b ! e Com
pound and the Liver
Pills which | saw adj
vertised i n t h q
papers and in your
little books. ] took
about twelve bottles
of your Vegetable
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
ECHOES
Headlines Of Tho Gate City Tell
What keokuk Was Doing
Forty Years and Twenty
Years Ago Today.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1880.

The Garfield and Arthur club Of
Hamilton will join the Keokuk orga-
nization tonight with music and UNI
form in big meeting which is to
be held in this city.
John N Irwin has received an in
vitation from Chairman Runnells Of
the state central committee to take
part in the political campaign this fall.
John Dillon appeared in Keokuk
last night at the opera house in "Elec-
trio Lights" but failed to please his
large audience. The play seems to
have not been fitted for Mr.. Dillon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
Relieved of Command

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. q
Colonel Billie Mayfield, provost mar
shall of the Galveston military zone.
was relieved of his command today
following his statement assuming
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
an THE DAYS NEWS"

Scott Ferris, who aspires to the toga
now worn by Thomas p. Gore, of Okla
homa, whose term in the United States
Senate will expire next March, is wide
" known in Democratic circles, chiefly
through his service as chairman sew
eral years ago of the national congress
sional campaign committee Of the
Democratic party. Mr.. Ferris is a Mis-
sourian who now represents one of the
Oklahoma districts in Congress, and
has done so since 1907 His profession
al training as a lawyer was obtained
in Kansas City, following his gradua-
ton from high school. In Congress he
developed qualities of political leader
ship which soon won him strong hold
among his Democratic associates. Al
home he is popular and has a strong
hold on his constituents. Whether he
is sufficiently popular in the state al
large to win the senatorial nomination
from the veteran Senator Gore will moi
be known until the vote in the coming
primary is counted.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
TODAY'S EVENTS.

Anniversary fthe birth of General
Grant.
Centenary of the birth of Herbert
Spencer, famous English philosopher
The question of Daylight Saving in
Cincinnati will de decided by popular
vote today.
Presidential preference primaries
are to be held today in Ohio. New Jer-
sey and Massachusetts.
Idaho Republicans meet in State
convention at Cour d'Alene today to
elect their delegates to the national
convention.
Delegates from the State of Wash
inston to the Republican national con-
vention will be chosen at state con-
vention to be held today at Bellngham.
Pinehurst, y. c., is to be the meet
ing place today of the spring session
Of the Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association.
Former President William II. Taft is
todeliver the principal address today
at the annual Founders Day exercises
at the Tuskeegee Institute.
Increased Production" is to be the
keynote of the addresses and discus
sions at the eighth annual convention
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce, which is to meet at Atlantic
CITY TODAY for a three-day session.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

1S22-Gen. U. s Grant, eighteenth
President of the United States, born
at Point Pleasant, o., Died at Mt Nc
Gregory, N. Y. July %, 1885.
1S6O--Explorers Spoke and Grant
left England to search for the sources
of the Nile.
1S70-Sixty persons killed by the
collapse of the galleries in the State
Capitol at Richmond, Va.
1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, ia
nous philosopher and poet, died at
Concord, Mass. Born in Boston, May
%, 1903.
1SSS-Telegram published in ireland
declaring the Papal condemnation of
the Irish plan of campaign"
1S92-Sir Albert Rollit's bill for the
extension of the parliamentary fran
chise to women was rejected by the
British House of Commons.
1916 - Martial law was declared
throughout Ireland.
1917-More than 100 men were killed
by a gas explosion in a mine near
| Trinidad, Colo.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
TIN HAPPIEST
WOMAN IN CITY,"
SHE DECLARES
Up Out Of Bed Since Taking YOIa-
Tonic - Health Is
Perfect.

'I'm the happiest woman in Cincin-
natl or anywhere else as far as that
goes since | have been taking VOLTA
Tonic" said Mrs. Mabel Mason. 524
West Seventh street, Cincinnati. O
81 was down in bed suffering in
tense misery and had been that way
for ten weeks when l started taking
Vola-Tonic.
Il had influenza and didn't know a
well day afterward had pains in my
head and down my neck and intense
cramps in my limbs and over my body
| was so weak l couldn't walk. If !
tried to walk across the room I'd fall
over against the wall and couldn't get
along at all.
Finally, got so bad had to 90 to
bed and had been there ten weeks
when | heard about Vola-Toric and
STARTED taking it.
Before | had been taking VIOLA
Tonic two weeks l was up out of bed
| anu lNtiiileN illt uOlllS all lily NilI Il
again. Since then have taken a; least
ten bottles of Vola-Tonic and have
kept improving all the time.
"All the pain and misery | used 10
have in my head and back and limbs
is gone. I sleep like a baby every
night and feel refreshed and strong
when l get up in mornings.
Il eat big meals, too. without bit
of trouble afterwards and have gained
so much weight that my friends and
relatives hardly know me. My strength
has come back also and can do al
my housework, even my washing and
ironing"
Vola-Tonic, Builder OF Strength.
is. being specially introduced in Mays
vile at ]. J. Wood & Son
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
Ledger Service-Emciency
GONE FOR GOOD
Results That Last Are What Appeal TO
MaysVllle People.

Kidney sufferers in Maysville want
more than temporary relief
They want results that last
Results like Mr.. Lynch tells about
His was a thorough test.
Four years is long time.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test and stood it we'll.
Why experiment with an untried
medicine?
People here in Maysville have shown
the way.
Read the story OF w. H. Lynch,
shoemaker, f. Third st. He says
My kidneys were weak and sluggish.
At one time the action of my kidneys
stopped altogether. l finally used
Doan's Kidney Pills ana in a short
time the action of my kidneys became
normal. l kept on taking them and
they completely relieved me-"
TROUBLE NEVER RETURNED
Nearly five years later, Mr.. Lynch
said: Il haven't had any need of a
kidney remedy since 1 last recon-
mended Doan's Kidney Pills. They
have permanently cured me-"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Lynch had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
A REMEDY FOR
ACHES AND PAINS
THAT'S DIFFERENT
You Don't Know What q Really
Good Liniment will do Until
You Try ''HOustonia."

Most liniments act as a counter
irritant on the surface and give only
temporary relief. Houstonia il diff
ferent. Gets right under the skin.
Penetrates to the source Of the
trouble. Rub if you want tot
won't burn or blister-but you don't
have to. It goes in anyway. Con
tains Just what il necessary 10 help
Nature timber up stiff muscles, ease
twinging, throbbing joints, and give
immediate relief to sufferers from
backache, lumbago, stiff neck, colds
in the chest, sore-throat and Kindred
ailments. II penetrates to the af-
fected parts and Scatters eOhgeltion.
Truly Natures Aid. Ask for Hous-
tonia, pronounced House ons-e-ah
(The Original Jones Liniment) at all
druggists, rs, 80 cents and 800.
The same old price. No profteerinE
The DIR. J. G. Jones Company, So.
Charlie ston, Ohio.
}. Jas. Wood ~ Son, Druggists, Mays
Vile, Ky.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS.

Sir Henry l.. Drayton chief commits
sioner of the Canadian Railway Board,
born at Kingston, Ont, 81 years ago
today.
DR.. Hollis Godfrey, president of
DreXel Institute, born at Lynn, Mass.
46 years ago today.
Charles b. Ward, representative in
Congress of the Twenty-seventh New
York district, born at Reward, n. j.,
II years ago today.
JOSH G. Cooper, representative in
Congress of the Nineteenth Ohio district
born in England, As years ago today.
II. II. Myers. outfielder of the Brook
Ign National league baseball team,
born at East Liverpool, o., 81 years
ago today
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
CONVENTIONS OPENING TODAY.

Charlotte, n. c. - North Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Gulfport, Miss. - Mississippi Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs.
Galveston, Texas. - Texas Associa-
ton of the Baking Industry.
Huntington, w. Va. - West Virginia
State Health Association.
indianapolis 49, Indiana Retail Coal
Merchants Association
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
How's ThiS1

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls CatarTh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years. and has become known a. the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see a
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid OF catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
Sold by ali Druggists. 75c.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.

An American cemetery wa sdedicat-
ed at Mesves, France.
Washington mad public the revised
draft of the Covenant of the League of
Nations.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27

A recent count showed the arrival in
Los Angeles in a single month of more
than fifty "screen-struck' girls, each
seeking an opportunity to became
moving picture actress.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27
INSURANCE

Have you doubled or trebled
that fire policy? Your property,
linens and houehold furniture
could not be replaced for three
times the amount. Our rates on
fire insurance have not advanced.
Call No. 40 and I will cover and
carry your risk while you sleep.
D. BERNARD CoUGHLIN,
209 Market Street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27

The rowing season of the Columbia
University crew will be started with a
race with Yale over the Housatonic
course on April "a.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-27

Nearly enc thousand young women
are included in the present study body
at Oregon Agricultural College.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-29

The great caravan of trucks Of all
makes, many very large ones, some
drawing trailers or semi-trailers, IN
the educational demonstration called
"Motorizing the Farm" will spend
tomorrow, Tuesday, in Ocala.
There will be more than thirty Of
the trucks and probably one hundred
men in the caravan. The trucks want
something to haul, anything that the
farmer may have that they can dem
onstrate to him how we'll the truck is
adapted to his farm work. The haul
ing will be free, and the trucks want
a quantity Of it to do. so get ready
and have something for the trucks to
try their teet hon.
The truck demonstration is not a
selling or soliciting plan. No man in
the outfit will be allowed to even show
the motor of his truck by lifting the
hood, nor name its price. He will
talk trucks, not his truck
Ocala can scarcely realize the i'm
pC~tance of this movement. We must
welcome the men and take an interest
in their great work. The trucks are
making a 6OO-mile tour of the state,
! leaving Jacksonville this morning.
Every truck sold or represented in
Ocala will be represented in this car
avian, and many Others.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-29

Having read a number of Senator
Reeds speeches, we heartily agree
with the following from the Miami
Metropolis:
Son this page of the Metropolis is
q communication from ID. w. Bran
don that will be read with keen ap-
prevail by thinking people. He went
to hear Senator Reeds speech, Thurs
day night, and came away with moth
ing but a remembrance of the speak
er's intense antagonism to the League
of Nations, and of his apparent dis
agreement with the progressive
thought of the day in all directions.
Like all others who heard the speech,
this man found nothing constructive,
nothing hopeful, nothing better in the
eloquent address. 1t was brilliant
balderdash, nothing more. Perhaps in
this disillusioned America, even the
proposal of League of Nations can
arouse no great confidence in its
power for service to mankind. So long
as the dollar rules the world, there
viii be men going about urging pre-
parations for war. And war there will
be so long as there are dollars to
protect. Yet as Mr.. Brandon says,
this country wants peace. 1t wants
world peace. 1t wants sober man.
hood And what the people want,
they will eventually get, regardless
OF the Senator Reeds or of the inter-
ests directing the big money game"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-29
HOW NATURE CLEANS HOUSE
Fall Rains Wash Off the Dust of Sum-
mer and Wind Sweeps 1t UP and
Blows Ii Away.

We humans have a dire way Of-talk-
ing about the calm before a storm as
though 1t was brief intermisSion in q
bitter round of evil days. AS matter
of truth calm may last sunny and
serene for weeks at time. 1t is the
storm which merely clears the air for
another calm, John Breck writes in the
Kansas City Times.
If the weather is sulky and fearful,
shifting to itself In little gusts of drops
or occasionally bursting into a good
steady cry, 1t may remain unsettled for
days But when 1t let's itself out into
a real tantrum it will hardly outlast
the sunset.
The other morning trouble began to
brew before sunrise. The fitful night
wind steadied with the light as though
It had Just awakened to the fact that
1t had a good days work ahead OF 1t.
For a time 1t lowered, as though to
survey the world. 1t poked into odd
corners, combed the long grass, took
stock of all the fag ends the summer
leaves behind, like a householder in
speeding his premises after his tenants
have departed to town for the winter.
1t is really surprising the amount of
muss it found. The most careless
housewife hardly dares to let her ashes
and potato Feelings accumulate beyond
a certain point, but summer gets clut-
tered up with all manner of uncOnsid-
cred trifies. Even such tiny things as
the huskS of seeds, the wings Of gnats,
the cast-Off down of the little birds, ac-
cumulate into surprising amounts.
Smaller, but still more untidy, are the
meldS and germs, elements OF decay
which have their place in the scheme
of things, but must not be allowed TO
usurp that of their betters.
All these things the wind found. 1t
sighed and set to work sweeping the
earth with angry, vigorous blasts. And
the dust rose up and filed 1t with
sitting clouds. Like the Augean sta
bIes. here was a task nothing less than
a river could wash clean. 1t reached
out for a lowering cloud which hung
far in the western sky and dumped its
contents until every crack in our part
of the earths floor was running over
It secured and rubbed and scrubbed
and ainsed until it squeezed that cloud
completely dry and flung it back to the
highest rack of heaven until it should
be fit 70 use again. And then 1t went
on polishing up the world until it was
fairly dry again. And while it worked
its voice took on a satisfied contented
sound. For this particular corner OF
the universe was as fresh and clean as
it had been in early spring.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-29

Says. the Lakeland Telegram: "Sen-
atof Fletcher made his first speech in
Florida during the present campaign
at Fellowship. in Marion county. But
Mr.. Fletcher never made the slightest
reference to his candidacy. He ad-
dressed an audience of farmers and
school children and he talked to them
about agriculture and education. He
made no silly boasts. INDUCED in no
ridiculous promises. refrained from
self-laudation. What a contract be-
tween this modest gentleman and his
loud-mouthed, coarse-grained oppon-
ent."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-29
DO BUSINESS IN THE OPEN
Itinerant merchants" in City of Mex
leo Flourish Exceedingly, Espe-
ciaiIy on Sundays.

Conditions in rhe republic wh."h
have crowded q million persons in
Mexico City, or more than $4,000
above its normal population, have i'm
creased greatly the number IF icjnrr-
ant merchants who set up shop where
their whim wills. II is impossible 70
find q street in the city where some
vendor has not set up a stall.
A person desiring to outfit a house
can buy almost everything needed
without placing 9 foot within a regular
shop. Let a prospective buyer merely
hint that lie IS in the market for some
thing and he is besieged Immediately
by crowd Of energetic statesmen, who
dilate in machine-gun Spanish on the
worth Of their wares.
Sunday is the busiest day for these
merchants. They foregather principal
~ in the plaZaS, spread their goods
about them and patiently wait for Gus
toners. Their numbers are augment
eel by mensand women, boys and girls.
I'll If them selling candies, fruits. shoe
strings, pottery, tobacco, drinks.
bright-colored ribbons, shoes, hats.
dogs, cats, gophers and the dozens of
varieties of food Of which chilli is the
most important component.
The plazas present an animated ap-
pearance. Bands are playing, whistles
are blowing, newsbOys call their edi-
tiOns, 2 man with a wheel Of chance
beseeches the credulOus to try their
luck; a boy with a huge basket bal
| anCed atop his head offers sWeetmeats
at 5 centavOs each, and following him
comes a seller of ice cream with his
frozen dainties tucked away in a con-
! tainer which he juggIes perilOUNly on
his head but never loses a spoonful,
Fand above all shines a glorious sun
which gives no hint of broOding prob
| lens of existence.
! 1t is a happN life-the native leads
| on Sunday, when with a few centavOs
he may fill his stomach with sweets,
| bask in the warm sunshine and listen
| to music furnished by a Mexican band.
A man from the United States, who
| on q recent Sunday morning took his
| seat in a plaza, within a few minutes
| had his shoes shined, his nails mani
| cured, his breakfast served, his morn
| ing newspapers delivered, his measure
| taken for q suit of clothes and was Of
| fered an assortment of diamonds and
| Opals at a bargain. He concluded that
there may be more modem methods OF
conducting business, but none more
| picturesque than that employed by the
| outdoor merchant.