The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Secretary United Charities Outlines
Work Dons in Month Of April
At Meeting Last
Night.
MANY GIVEN ASSISTANCE
Indorsement Of Work Are Made Pub.
Tic BY Labor Federation and
Industrial Assoc
citation.

the board OF directors. OF the United
Charities association was held last
night The report of the secretary
was read which showed to great
degree the amount OF work which is
being accomplished by the associa-
ton.
The report from D. A. Glasscoff.
secretary, is as follows:
! During the month o. April, 1914,
the work Of the United Charities more
than doubled that OF any previous
month and was greater than that of
| February and March combined. Dur
Ing the thirty days ending May ], 1914
4 sixty-one families divided as follows:
Married couples, thirty-five; widows,
1 ten; widowers, four; single men, two;
divorced and separated couples, two;
were brought to the attention OF the
United Charities. Thess families
consisted Of two hundred and eighteen
1 individuals, of whom one hundred and
twenty were adults and children over
fourteen years Of age and ninsty-eight
children under that age. These famf.
| lies we're reported to us from twenty
one distinct and separate sources one
| hundred and three times. The vari-
| Gus schools of the city reported the
greater number, thirty. while private
individuals reported twenty-five; the
police department and officers. twen-
ty; fraternal and benevolent societies,
eight; churches, seven. and the health
department. four. The needy families
made application in their own behalf
in nine instances. Material relief or
assistance was secured in twenty-nine
cases and included groceries. shoes.
clothing and transportation. Employ
m snt was secured for seven individ-
uals and institutional care provided
for two.
Four horses thsAsEfre either SO old
or so crippled as to be UNIT for work
we're ordered killed and ten more Civ
en- attention Eight horse traders,
with about TWENTY-FIVE poor and de-
crepit i rses, were told to move on.
90 xsn d
Visits anu phone Gale.
There were one hundred and sew
enty visits made to or in behalf Of
the needy and two hundred and two
telephone calls in and out Of the Of
flee. Two trips were mare-one to-
Fort Madison and the other to Des
Moines, FL aorder that certain know
ledg. might be obtained and adequate
care given an Individual.
Some Of the Sundays and several
OF the evenings were spent In spread
ing knowledge concerning the work
OF the United Charities and develop
ing a closer cooperation among
churches. church societies, fraternal
and benevolent societies and the vari-
GUS schools. Twenty organizations
were brought into closer touch with
our work through these meetings, at
which the general secretary outlined
the work being done.
The fact that some OF the sixty-one
families reported to the United Chart |
ties during the past month were !
known to and reported by more than
one Individual church or organization |
again demonstrates the dangers OF
loose methods OF dealing with nsedy i
families and has shown the need Of |
closer cooperation II the best results
are to be accomplished. In some in
stances the REQUEST for material aid t
for one family came from four or Ave
different sources. Indicating the reci-
pient had become an adept at secur-