The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-10
MISS YoUNKER sEC'Y
She IL Elected 70 Take Place Made
Vacant BY Miss Meiss-Rs-
port Of Q. A.
GIaseoff.

sons work. Regular routine work
was talked over, and plans made for
the: winters activities. Miss Dorothy
Younker was elected secretary OF the
board, vice Miss Frances Meigs,
whose resignation and marriage left
vacancy on the board
The report OF David A. GLASGOW as
humane officer and general secretary
OF the United Charities, was made in
detail as follows, for the work of
June, July and August:
During the past three months there
has been greater interest manifest
in the work this organization is doing
as indicated by the large number II
families that have been brought to
our attention. Usually, during the
summer, there Is marked decrease
in the number of those coming to us,
but this year the number OF applica-
lions has exceeded that Of the colder
months. Work has not been plentiful
and. during the past month, there has
been considerable sickness. The I'm
crease may, In part, be due to the
scarcity OF work and lack OF proper
food in some OF the homes.
Work is Appreciated.
That our work is being appreciated
may be realized by the fact that out
OF 1S1 applications in behalf of 81
families. 66 Of whom were United
Charities families and 25 Humane, 70
came from private individuals, II
from business firms; each from the
Police department and physicians; 3
each from churches or church organ
.zations and workers and out Of town
examinations. ana . from county and
: city omciAls- TlsAs, applicants them
selyes came in 65 instances Relief
was obtained 90 times from the Gold
en- Book fund medical aid 16 times;
loans made in S instances; assistance
from private individuals times: from
churches and church organizations 4
times: hospital care for patients:
county outdoor relief for families:
institutional care for 3 individuals; /
family found not needing assistance:
20 families where material relief
would have been detriment but
where. through the advice of this Of
fee. they were aided in regaining
something OF their lost estate. In 6
families there was no legitimate
claim on this organization as they
were being helped by others, SO were
referred to them Work was secured
for individuals; 10 individuals were
returned to relatives and families and
children placed. through the Ameri-
can Home Finding association, in per-
manent homes. The marital condition
1 OF the families Is as follows: "a mar
! ried couples, IA widows, Is divorced
or separated couples. single women.
each single men resident and trans
!. lent and widowers. These totaled
/. 156 individuals IA years OF age and
over and 120 under IA.
1t became necessary, during the
past three months. to have one owner
,oe an animal arrested for overlooking,
two animals killed and two owners
notified to give their horses better
attention.
In order that this work might be
accomplished 3Ss visits were made to
or in behalf OF the needy and the
telephone used for receiving calls
and securing help 3s1 times.
some Typical Families.
Figures in this work are easy to
compile and yet they give no indica-
ton OF the enormous amount of labor
entailed in an endeavor to place a
single family back on its feet where
1t may be one OF normal commun-
ity. It was great deal easier to se-
cure all the relief given during the
past three months than to gain the
cooperation of the 20 families IN