The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-15
TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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1t was confidently believed that by
2::30 o'clock the hand would point to
the $4,000 figure and by the close OF
the first days canvass at o'clock
this evening it will have fastened on
to the $4,000 figure. 1t is good old
clock and on some occasions it travels
faster than on others and these are
the times when the Y. w. G. A. girls
want it to get a move on itself.
During all the day the good people
of Keokuk have shown generous
and liberal spirit treating the cam.
paign teams with hearty welcome
and bounteous subscriptions They
seem to be alive to the fact that the
girls must have a new building and
are acting accordingly
With the success which has oeen
achieved SO far today it seems about
time to select the spades to throw
the first dirt.
Women's Team Division.
Division 1-Blondeau, Orleans, riv-
Ell to Third-Mrs. D. A. Collier, Mrs. H.
R. Miller.
Division 2-Blondeau, Orleans, Third
to Fifth-Miss E. Ayres, Mrs. Talbot,
Mrs. F. LeBron.
Division 3-Blondeau, Orleans. Fifth
to Seventh Mrs. =. Renaud, Mrs. j.
20. Boyd, Miss Laura Alton, Mrs.
Lapsley.
Division 4---Blondeau, Orleans, Sew
enth to Ninth-M Miss McCraw, Miss
NJ. Fletcher, Mrs. Skirvin.
Division 5-Blondeau, Orleans, Ninth
to Eleventh-Mrs. Dr.. Reid, Mrs. A.
L. Wiley
Division 6-Blondeau, Orleans, Elev-
enth to Thirteenth Mrs. j. r. King,
Mrs. F-inney, Miss Mae MILESTONE
Division 7-Blondeau, Orleans, Thir-
teenth to Sixteenth-Mrs linn, Mrs.
VIM. Aldrich.
Division S-High, Orleans, Sixteenth
to Twentieth Mrs. H. Reeves, Mrs.
French, Mrs. Rickerts.
Division 9-South side of Blondeau
Seventh to Sixteenth, and Blondeau to
High. Sixteenth to Twentieth-Miss
o. Strickler, Miss NJ. Hornish, Miss
Fay Waggoner.
| Division 10-All territory north OF
/ Orleans from river to Fifteenth
Mrs. H. C. Brown, Miss Minnie Hill
Mrs. S. Strickler.
l
/ Division rl-South of Main, Elk
change to Cedar, Second to Fifth
Mrs. j. r. Carpenter, Mrs. DR.. Gray.
Division 12-Exchange to Cedar
Fifth to Eighth-Mrs c. Hornaday
/ Mrs. G. NJ Covell, Mrs. DR.. Cochrane
4 Division 10 Johnson to Cedar
Eighth to Tenth-Mrs. Merriam, Mrs
W. c. Wilson.
Division 14-Johnson to Cedar
Tenth to Twelfth-Mrs. E. L. Aldrlch
Mrs. F. Bowman.
Division 15-Johnson to Charles
Twelfth to Fourteenth-Mrs G. NJ
4 Teeters. Mrs. T. F. Riley.
Division 16-Johnson to Charles
Fourteenth to Sixteenth-M Mrs. Armen
trout. Mrs. Jas Robinson, Mrs. Layton
Division 17-Johnson to Charles
Sixteenth to Nineteenth-Mrs. C. "
Hartley, Mrs A. B, Hughes.
Division 1s-Johnson to cemetery
Nineteenth to Kilbourne Place-M.s
e. Brown, Miss l.. Huiskamp.
Eight Reasons Why Y. w. c.
Building Is Needed In keokuk.
l Because Keokuk has over 120
working girls.
2. Because more than 200 of ther
are not in their own homes.
8. Because many homes are una
tractive and the girls seek amusemer
elsewhere.
4. Because no adequate place
now provided where girls can fin
healthy recreation and Amusement
Social life Is absolutely essential I
youth.
5. Girls need religious center fo
, week days as well as Sunday
: 6. Our lunch room is out-growI
, One who works should have pleasal
| place to eat, wholesome food and
place to rest and read during the noe