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year 1t would give them a short vaca~
ton of two and one-half days. En-
ployers would also endorse 1t he thinks
because holiday which falls In the
middle of the week hampers their
work
Washington's birthday under the
proposed scheme would fall on the
first Monday following February %.
Lincoln's day would be transferred to
the first Monday in April Then would
follow Memorial day on the
last Monday In May. Indepen-i
dsnce day the first Monday in July
and civic day the first Monday in Ang-'
ust. Labor day would fall on the
flrst Monday in September as 1t does
now, Columbus day on the second
Monday in October and Thanksgiving
on the last in November would COM
plete the list except Christmas and
New Years which Hatton would leave,
unchanged. With the help OF pro-i
gressive associates Hatton will att
tempt to have his plan framed into 4
bill and introduced at the next session
of congress.
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Surprising Cure Of Stomach Trouble.
When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don't
imagine that your case IS beyond help
just because your doctor fails to give
you relief Mrs. G. Stengle, Plainfleld,
N. J., writes, For over month past
have been troubled with my stom-
ach. Everything ate upset It ter
ribly. One OF Chamberlain's advertis-
ing booklets came to me. After read.
ing few OF the letters from people
who had been cured by Chamberlain's
Tablets, decided to try them. have
taken nearly three-fourths OF pack
age OF them and can now eat almost
everything that want" For sale BY
all Observation-Disclosures
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noNNELLsoN.

e. J. Dahms spent the Fourth with
friends in Muscatine. - 9laTfs
Miss Anna NJ. Wiegner was Farm,
ington caller Wednesday.
Miss Mary Best visited in Fl. Madt-
son the past week.
Mrs. Fred Kast returned to her
home in Fairfield Saturday evening
after a pleasant visit in our city.
Harry Duimmitt Of Los Angeles.
CAL. was a recent visitor in our city
with his son George.
Irwin Hentzel Of Keokuk, was an
over Sunday visitor in our city.
Miss Ruth Schmidt visited in Bur-
lington the latter part OF last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Krehbiel have
gone to Colorao Springs for a sew
eral months stay.
Carl Fauth of West Side visited in
our city the forepart OF last week.
Casper Felt, q we'll known and
highly respected citizen OF Lee coun-
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ty. died at the home Of his daughter
Mrs. John Bellman at West Point
quite suddenly Wednesday morning.
The G. K. Sunday school picnic CIV
en- on July 4th was as usual we'll at
tended and a good time had by all
The music which was furnished by
the Donnellson band was excellent.
Mrs. Irwin Hentzel and children OF
Keokuk visited home folks the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Barnes and
daughter Winona Sundayed in la
Crew.
Mrs. Katherine Speriheamer died at
the home OF her son Edgar, Thurs
day evening, July 2, death coming
quite sudden and unexpected. The
funeral services were held at the q.
d. church, Sunday afternoon at 2:3o.
che services being conducted by Rev.
VIM. Kreis and the remains laid to
rest in the G. e. cemetery, north OF
town, by the side Of her husband who
died Aug. 2, 1918. She leaves to
mourn her loss Ave sons and two
daughters. seven grandchildren, one
brother Geo. Goebel Of near Warren,
four brothers and two sisters in Ger
many besides host OF other rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Emma Schneider Of Keokuk Is
visiting with her aunt Mrs. John
Gompf.
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BYLAWS.
SECTION /.
Membership,

Persons, firms or corporations. dis
pensing public service or carrying a
stock Of any kind Of merchandise
within the city of Keokuk, Iowa, and
selling such service or merchandise at
retail may become active members OF
this association upon making appli-
cation in the prescribed written form,
accompanied with one quarters dues.
and by an Affirmative vote Of a ma.
Jority of members present at the
meeting when their applications are
presented.
Persons, firms or corporations do
ing retail business outside the city
of Keokuk, and travelling statesmen,
may become associate members in
the same manner as active members.
except that each application shall be
accompanied with one years dues.
Each person, firm or corporation hold
ing an active membership is entitled
to but one vote In the business trans
actions Of the association. Associate
members shall not be eligible to vote
or hold office.
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ARTICLE II.
Object.

/
I The objects Of this association shall
he:
Frst-To safeguard and serve the
interests Of all the members OF the
association.
Second-To oppose all legislation
detrimental to retail trade.
Third-To promote all just legisla.
ton designed for the benefit of retail
trade.
Fourth-To demonstrate the import
ance OF the retail merchants to manu-
facturers, wholesalers and the COM
munity.
Fifth-To promote a spirit Of CO.
operation and good fellowship among
the retail merchants Of Keokuk, Iowa.
Sixth-To cooperate with all other
organizations having for their objects
the advancement Of the best interests
|of commerce.
seventh-To extend the trade limits
|of Keokuk as far as possible and to
increase the popularity and accessible
ity OF Keokuk as trade and shop
ping center.
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SECTION VI.
Dues.

Dues.
The active membership dues shall
be three ($3) dollars per year, pay
able quarterly in advance. A major
fraction OF a quarter shall be counted
a full quarter.
The associate membership shall be
one ($D dollar per year. payable year
ly in advance.
Any member in arrears for one quar-
ter's dues shall be notified by the sec
rotary Of his delinquency, and il he
fails to. pay within month after
such notice he will by his failure to
pay, lose HIS membership. However,
he can be. again reinstated on the pay
ment Of the past dues and on receiv
ing a favorable vote of the majority
OF the members present at any meet
ing OF the association.
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Want. All Holiday. on Monday.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CLEVELAND, July 7.-"All holidays
on Monday" is the plan which has
been worked out by J. z. Hatton, an
official Of the Cleveland waterworks
department. Hatton would also rear
range the distribution OF holidays so
that they would fall at approximately
regular intervals instead OF in groups
as Is now the case. Hatton points
out that his plan would be welcomed
by all workers because ten times each
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SECTION VIII.

Failure to Perform Duties.
Failure on the part Of an officer Of
the association, member OF the board
of directors, member of any standing
or special committee to perform the
assigned and prescribed duties Of his
Office, on three successive occasions
without logical and sufficient excuse,
due notice Of all meetings and all
duties having been regularly made.
shall be considered a resignation,
ipso-facto, and the vacancy shall forth
with be filled as provided in section
VII.
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SECTION II.
OFFICERS.

The officers shall be president, a
vice president, a secretary and a
treasurer. They shall be directors ex-
|officio, and shall serve for one year.
There shall also be five directors
elected. Following the first election
of directors, three Of them shall be
chosen for two years, and two for one
year, the terms OF service to be de-
termined by lot. After the first cleo
ton the selection Of directors, to fill
vacancies caused by expiration Of
term, shall be for two years. The
election of all officers and directors
shall be by ballot at the annual meet
ing of the association. No two direc-
tors shall be from the same line of
business.
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InterruntIons ri mi ea,,A

Never disturb man when b II eat,
ins. Not only does 1t irritatc him.
but 1t actually interrupts his digestion.
No man who knows anything about
dogs will ever disturb an animal at
his meal. To call away . dog whom
he Is gnawing = bone 10 cruel % well
as dangerous A cat that is worrying
mouse Will scratch and bite Il lutsys
rupted.
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SECTION III.
Duties Of OFFICERS.

The president shall preside at all
meetings of the association, and OF
the board of directors. In his absence
the vice president shall preside.
Should both be absent, the presiding
officer shall be chosen by the mem
bers present.
The secretary shall keep record
OF the proceedings of all meetings,
notify all members of their election,
keep roll Of the members, issue no
tees of all meetings and conduct the
correspondence. He shall collect all
dues, turning same over to the treas
urer He shall present a report in
writing at the annual meeting and
shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the directors.
and those usually pertaining to that
office.
[ The treasurer shall have charge of
all the funds of the association, dis
bursting same upon the order of the
president, attested by the secretary.
When authorized by the board OF di-
rectors, his accounts shall at all times
be open to the inspection Of the d.
rectors. He shall make statement
of the receipts and disbursements at
each monthly and annual meeting OF
the association.
The secretary and treasurer may be
required to give surety bonds in such
amounts as may be determined by the
board Of directors, and approved by
the board, the premium to be paid out
of the funds of the association. The
president shall be the custodian of the
bonds.
SECTION ".
Meeting.
regular meeting of the association
shall be held on the second Tuesday
of each month. The regular annual
meeting shall be neld on the second
Tuesday in January each succeeding
wear. The place of such meeting
shall be in the city of Keokuk and
shall be named by the board of d.
rectors. Special meetings may be
called by the president of the board Of
directors or upon the written request
of Ave members by sending to the
members notice thereof at least three
days prior to the date Of such meet
ing.
SECTION ".
Committees.
The president shall appoint ALL
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keokuk Retail Merehanes opanIze
at Meeting Held at Eiks
Club Last
Evening.
JUSTICE NAMED HEAD
Thirty Join ~ Charter Members
Constitution and Bylaw
Officers Are
Elected.

The organization Of the Keokuk Re
tail League was perfected at meet.
ing Of forty business men held at the
Elks club last evening. Constitution
and bylaws were adopted, thirty
charter members were signed, and the
temporary officers elected at the first
meeting held two weeks ago were
permanently elected. A board Of d.
rectors, consisting Of five men, no two
OF which are engaged in the same
line Of business, was named. The
question Of whether or not Keokuk
should hold fall celebration was dis
cussed at some length.
Forty were present at the meeting
last evening, not SO large number
as attended the first meeting, but they
were even more enthusiastic and in
terested in making the organization a
success. Discussions on various
points brought up during the meeting
were engaged in by practically all
present.
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Flea. one Would Avoid.

fleaS One Would Avoid.
The most injurious flea is the Chi
goe, or sand flea, which comes from
the Kerguelen islands, in the Indian
ocean. There is also one with claws
like those of lobster, which is
found on small bird in South Amer
lea
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Tho Best Medicine In the World.

inc Best MedIclno N The World.
My little girl had dysentery very
bad. thought she would die. Cham
bsrlain's Cole, Cholera and Ddarrhoaa
Remedy cured her, and can truth
fully say that I think It is the best
medicine in the world" writes Mrs.
William Orvis. Glare, Mich. For sale
by all dealers.-Advertisem
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Quickly Cured.
Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy
Can always be depended upon.
Can always be depended upon.

During the summer months children
are subject to bowel disorders and should
receive the most careful attention. As
soon as any unnatural looseness Of the
bowels IL noticed Chamberlain Colo,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy should b
given. Costs but 25 cents . bottle. and
II - economy TO always keep bottle
handy. You do not know when It may
b needed, but when you do want Il you
want + hadly Get bottle today.
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SECTION WI.
Vacancies,

Any vacancies in committees shall
be filled by the president. Vacancies
in Office shall be filed by the board of
directors, pending regular meeting
Of the association.
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Merchants viii Be Visited In Effort 10
Find Whether Celebration 10
Desired This
Year.
|NAGEL HAS NEW IDEAS
Says Old Fashioned Street Fair Would
Not Attract People From
outside-Would Have
Centennial.

Within the next ten days or two
weeks one of ten business men vii
have called at every retail store and
wholesale house in the city to get an
expression OF opinion from the man
ager or proprietor as to whether OF
no. he Is in favor Of fall celebration
in this city and how much money he
Is willing to contribute toward max
ing the celebration the big success il
unQuestionably will be If undertaken
This course Of action was decided on
at the meeting of the Keokuk Retail
League held at the Elks club last
evening.
At the request Of those present,
John Nagel opened the discussion on
the celebration. At the previous meet
ing OF the league a committee had
been appointed to see Mr.. Nagel and
ask him II he would undertake to
manage the celebration If it should be
decided to hold one. Mr.. Nagel ap-
peared himself last night to say that
he would be glad to undertake the
management Of the celebration If It
could be put through.
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SECTION x1.
Amendments.

The constitution and bylaws may
be amended by a two-thirds vote at
any regular or called meeting of the
association, notice of the proposed
change having been published at a
previous meeting.
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Hard to Select Name.

Probably the one thing that requir-
ed the longest time to decide was that
OF name. The committee on consti-
tuition and bylaws reported the name
-Keokuk Retailers Association. Al
ter reading the report of that COM
mittee, Captain Evans said that he
believed the name should be changed
to federation in place Of association
in order to make this organization
easily distinguished from thea Indus
trial association, the grocers' associa-
ton, the retail merchants association,
and other local associations. There
was some objection to this proposed
name. although practically all we're
agreed that the word association"
should not be used. A number of
names were suggested before the mat.
ter was finally decided.
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what NaaeI Had to Say.

For the last three days have been
spending the most Of my time search
ing through the history OF Keokuk,
trying to find some excuse for holding
a celebration. 80 far have been un-
successful. found one place where
the first house In keokuk was built In
1s20-but that's six years short Of be
ing 100 years, SO we couldn't hold 8
centennial celebration on that &C
count. found several other things
besides that but they were all either
a few years over or few years un
der the one hundred mark.
Il know that many present tonight
will differ with me, but do not be
lieve that we should hold an old
fashioned street fair as was sugg ss.el
at the first meeting of this a.;$ocia,
ton. The old street fair Is thing OF
the past-people will not come ont 10
see them as we want them to II we
60 ahead with a celebration. l be-
lieve also, and I know too that many
will not agree with me on this, that
the celebration should be kept OF of
Main street, although the attractions
should be placed near Main street.
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SECTION TX.
Order Of Business

Order Of Business
The order Of business at each meet
Ing of the association shall be:
l. Call to order.
2. Reading of the minutes.
3. Audit and payment Of bills.
4. Reports Of standing committees
5. Reports of special committees
6. Unfinished business.
Z. Reception Of communications.
8. Election of new members.
9. Report of board Of directors.
10. Miscellaneous business.
II. Adjournment.
On motion, regularly seconded and
carried. the regular order Of business
may be dispensed with, or added to-
a: any meeting.
The board of directors shall adopt
such order of business as they deem
best for their government.
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SECTION K.
Quorum.

The members present, at any regu-
lar, or called meeting of the associa-
ton, shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction Of business.
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Should Decide at Once.

with the kind Of celebration have
in view, we would not be able to
realize the money from concessions
that we received in the old celebra-
lions that have been held here. That
means we will have to raise quite a
bit more money than we would other
wise. think we ought to hold cele-
bration II we can raise enough money
to hold good one. The attractions
should all be of high class and they
ought to be free. If we can find some
thing that happened here about 100
years ago to celebrate. such as ST.
Louis recently did in its pageant,
there are many interesting and beau
tiful attractions that could be built
up around it. But if we hold cele
bration at all we will have to begin
early and We ought to know what we
are going to do as soon as is pos
sible''
Although the large majority agreed
with everything Mr.. Nagel said, and
expressed themselves as being in ia
vor Of holding the celebration. sew
eral expressed the opinion tina. it
would be almost impossible to raise
enough money to hold the celebration
in the right way. 1t was estimated
that the cost to the merchants would
amount to between $4,000 and $4,000.
the fact that large dona-
tions have been made by merchants
in support of conventions held here
this year and that business condi-
tons are not as good as they might
be, 1t was thought that to raise the
money would be an extremely difficult
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He election OF the DOarQ OF directors
was then held. the following being
chosen: j. N. Dumenil ]. B. Well.
Jacob Schouten, G. Arthur Kiedaisch,
and Emil Renaud. The remainder OF
the time of the meeting was spent in
discussing the fall celebration. Sand
wiches and lemonade were served af-
ter the meeting.
The following are the charter mem
bers who formed the organization at
last nights meeting:
Stafford Grocery Co.
j. H Anderson.
Keokuk Electric company.
VIM. Ewers.
Schouten Bakery, Inc
E. s. Piggott
DuncanlSchell Furniture company.
Hodge & Hawkes..
A. H. Evans and Company.
Ayres & Chapman.
The Golden Rule.
Wilkinson & Co.
Smith Hardware company.
The M. Younker Store, Inc.
McGrath Bros. Drug Co.
Sullivan & Auwerda.
John w. Rovane
Baur-Mullarky Co.
keokuk Steam Laundry
]. N. DumeniI.
Nathan Lowitz Co.
Otto Rockenbach.
Lowitz & Sons.
F. P. Rehmeier.
Frank Vollers.
Ewers-McCarthy Co.
Jules Renaud's Son.
Royal Cloak Co.
constitution-Demccrat.
Eugene O'Neill.
me following is the constitution
ana bylaws adopted at the meeting:
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE l.
The name Of this organization shall
= the Keokuk Retail League.
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SECTION v.

The president shall appoint all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-07

me name Of this organization shall
= the Keokuk Retail League.
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Sentiment Favors Celebration.

Sentiment Favors Celebration.
But after a number of arguments
against holding the celebration had
been made there was still a decided
sentiment in favor of it. It was point
ed out that although the rc,ebratio on
would be costly and that man, mer-
chants would receive from It practic-
Sly no benefit whatever, that civic
pride and the desire to see Keokuk
looked upon favorably by not only the
people who live here but by those who
would be tempted to come here for
the affair would be enough to reray
even those to whom q celebration
would be dead loss In dollars and
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DR.. PIERGE'S FAVORITE PRESCI

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The Quickest, Simplest
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Home. Saves You So

This plan makes pint Of cough
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FRE:CKLES
Now is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need
feeling ashamed of your freckles
IS the prescription othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove
hese homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-dou-
BILE strength-from Branch Pharmacy
apply little of 1t night and morning
nd you should soon see that eyeA
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while. the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than an ounc, is needed to CON-
pletely clear the skin and gain beau
tiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove freckles.-No /.