The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Mrs r. o. Marsh and children are
expected home from Brockton, n.
this week. where they have peen
spending the summer.
Lieutenant Lemuel M. Stevens o.
the U. s. cruiser Raleigh. VINO mas
been with his vessel on the Pacinc
coast OF Mexico, has obtained iease
Of absence and will join his family
here this week.
The centennial boosters who went
To Fl Madison Thursday by auto III
the interest Of the coming celeoratioh'
returned about II o'clock That nlshe
and reported most successful aoVer'
Using trip, insuring good crowo or
visitors from that city. Inc ooosteiS
went to Carthage Friday ~ the ofen-
IN, of that city's fall celebration. VI
conrae we are sure of a good crowd
from that city.
Mayor Lamet has rous;ng appeai
tn our citizens to clean up TOT the
centennial celebration. and urges
EVERYONE to assist in making the Ger
ebration a grand success. Ills appeal
ia excellent and most timely and wiz
no doubt gladly be needed. THURSDAY
the street gang was washing out Main
street cutters and culverts. some OF
the latter having been ehoxec up os
the recent floods.
J. A Calitf has resigned AS mana
ger OF the Lake View club house and
has removed with his family to Garth
age.
VIM. Rocks new house on LAfay-
cite street will soon be ready Tor the
roof.
Mr.. ]. B. Dodge is on the street
again, but materially weakened by MS
recent illness.
walter Dross is making some
changes in his automobile business.
He is fitting up an ONCE In his ware
rooms on Main street and Will remove
his sales department and ONCE from
the old opera house, corner OF f1ftn
and Lafayette streets. to the new
quarters, retaining the garage at the
ouera house and will do all repair
work, tank and tire filling there. This
will make him more convenient 10 the
public. He will also install nam
moth elevator in his new quarters.
The national colors, red, white ana
blue. will be the color scheme OF the
decorations for the centennial cele-
bration, and nothing could be more
appropriate. Everyone is urged 10
decorate both residences and business
houses most lavishly. Flags, banners
and festoons of bunting will make our
city look gay.
Miss Eunice Worthen has gone to
Fayette. Mo. where she will teach
domestic science and household econ
omy in the Howard Payne college.
J. w. Kirkpatrick and wife ma" as
visitor. last week his mother Mrs.
Frank LeBron, ST., Of Keokuk, ana
her guest, Mrs. Kate NJ. Parrot 10
Keosauqua.
Geo. Risto had an interesting auto
trip advertising the celebration IN
Adams. Brown, Schuyler and Hancock
counties the past week.
Otis Goodenough, the photographer.
will remove from Kahoka to Warsaw
the coming week.
Will P. Green, Albert j. Buckert,
Edgar Hamburger. Rev. Geo. Long
and Fred Schildman went to FIT. Mad
ison In the Schildman car Thursday
afternoon, to advertise the centennial
celebration A large advertising BAN
ner covered the rear OF the car.
The great European war and Its
llcbable influence on the worldwide
missions will be discussed at the mis-
sion feast today, Sunday. at 1880 p.
m. The speaker, Rev. K. Brum OF
Suffer. ILL.,. is former soldier OF the
kaiser's army. The public is cordial
" invited to attend this and the
other meetings at 1920 a. NJ, and
2:3O p. m.
Characteristic of his warm-hearted
and brotherly nature, Rev. George
Long, priest in charge Of st. PauPs
church, has offered the use Of the
rectory and church lawns-which are
all in one-as a place OF rest during
the three days Of our centennial cele
bration. A banner will hang over
Fourth street in front Of the rectory
with the word REST" inscribed on 1t
This will be easily seen from Main
street, only a block north. Plenty Of
chairs will be placed on the lawns
and visitors, II they wish. can &c