The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Bells VIII be Tclicd Thursday Noon
In Honor Of the
Departed Sol
dIers.
PROGRAM Is ANNOUNCED
Procession VIII Form on Main Street
Between Fifth and Seventh
and March to the
Cemetery.

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The committee is urging the citi-
zens to get the flowers to the differ.
ent school houses as early Thursday
morning as possible, for there will be
4 several thousand boquets to be made
and it will take some hard work. The
ladies who have been appointed for
that work will be there by eight
o'clock and ready to receive the flow
1 ers.
A special effort that is meeting with
a large amount Of success is the toll,
ing of bells at noon on Thursday in
honor Of the departed veterans. Many
of the men and boys of the city have.
promised to accede to the request or
the committee and stand uncovered
1 for five minutes at noon on Memorial
| day. 1t Is to be hoped that every man
| and boy in Keokuk will observe this
i request and give the time in honor of
| the soldiers.
/ All of the children that have been
selected from the schools to decorate
the graves in Oakland and the Catholic
cemeteries are to meet at the sections
office at the cemetery at ten o'clock
Thursday morning and will Distribute
the flowers under the supervision of
members detailed from the G.. A. r..
/ posts.
/ The children who will decorate the
graves in the National cemetery will
meet at one o'clock Thursday morn
noon at the Estes house and be taken
to the cemetery in an excursion car.
/ In reply to many questions regard
ing the flags, Mr. Hamiil, chairman of
the executive committee, has said tina,
all flags on poles, should be hung at
half-mast on Memorial day.
4 Marshal of the day, Emile Remand
has announced his aides for the day !.
/ They will be Lieutenant 7. H. r.
Rollins and Corporal Cox.
4 The executive committee for the
Memorial day exercises have com
pleted their arrangements and have
given out the program as it is now
planned. They have given great dea
of hard work to make the affair sue
cess in every way and are expecting
many people to attend the exercises
! Following is the program:
Decoration of the monument to the
unknown dead.
/ Song, Nearer My God to Thee by
school children. under the direction OF
Prof. P. C. Hayden.
Prayer, by Mrs. Marie Busch, chap
lain.
Decoration of the graves of the un
known dead
Call to order at stand by president
. OF the day. Hon. Wells M. Irwin.
i Reading of Logans Order No. IL
! Grand Army of the Republic, issued
May 5, 1868, Miss Marie Caroline
Weber.
II Music-Memorial Day March, school
children. under the direction of Prof
ZIP. G. Hayden.
,, Reading, Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress, Miss M. Eleanor Brown.
Prayer, by Rev. DR.. E. B. Newcomb
, Song, Star Spangled Banner
school children, under the direction OF
Prof P. G. Hayden.
Address, Hon. F. NJ. Molsbery, Co
lumbus Junction, Iowa
Song, America by school children
under the direction of Prof P. C.
Hayden.
Benediction.
Firing of salute.
Taps.
Procession reformed and march
back.
The procession will form on Main
, street between Fifth and Seventh and
will be in the following order
Order of Procession for Memorial Day
Platoon of police.
Citizens band.
Company L, Iowa National Guards
Spanish-American war veterans.
Belknap Post, G. A. R.
|, Terrence Post, G. A. r.
Excursion car for veterans.
, Graded school boys marching com
panies, under the direction of Prof p
G. HAYDEN.
4 Carriage No. ], W. NJ. Irwin, presi.
dent of the day; ]. F. Elder, mayor;
Rev. r. B. Newcomb, l.. A. Hamil].