The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
81 .. a. ciaseoff Shows That
same Avenues Of Work Were
opened up Last Month
IN the City.
MAY BE TEMPORARY
with Coming Of Summer, However
Conditions May be Found
to be Some
Better.

49,. conditions. temporarily, at least
- battered during April is shown
.ta re1,ort from d. A. GLASGOW, sec
1a.a ~ ~ Irntted Charities, which was
1s .onsred for the regular meeting OF
lse directors. The report in full FOL
lows .,a... ~
some Improvement in conditions Ell
sscting Keokuk's needy as IS SHOWN
Nv the fact that we came In contact
Win hut eight new families durlns
~, W. month. General indications point
=. I'M This Improvement, being only OF
yery transitory nature and as re-
s,,,ed from the demand for help IN
c,esning homes and yards prepara-
.orv for the summer months. There
1; a. some grading being done in vari-
ms parts Of the city, also some
trenches being dug. Many OF the peo-
Nc vith whom we are brought In
tonch get very little Of this work be-
cause our more energetic citizens
beat them to the job.
During the month this office was
brought in contact with twenty-eight
families, all of whom were white men
with the exception OF one. Our at
tenton was directed to these fifty-sey-
en- times from the following sources:
business firms and church officers
and societies, three; private individu-
ais eleven; i truant officer, two;
school teachers and officials. eight:
out of town sources, one. The needy
applied in their own behalf eleven
times ard applications were made for
work only in sixteen, instances. One
Of the hopeful things sor Keokuk Is
that many Of the people whom we are
wont 80 look upon as dependent, have
not reaching the energyless stage.
There were four more applications for
work than for material assistance.
Again we note that the normal fam
lilies outnumber any other group and
there are three times as many Of that
as Of the widow.
The following table shows their
marital conditions: married couples,
twelve; widows: four; divorced, three:
separated and single men transients
each two; widower, single women and
single men, resident each one. There
were fifty.one individuals fourteen
years of age and over and fifty-nine
under that age.
Help Of one kind or another was
obtained forty-seven times-from bust
ness firms. church officers and So
cieties and private individuals, each
four; referred to the superintendent
OF the poor, six: secured temporary
institutional care for five; permanent
care for one. Temporary work was
secured four times; permanent work
for six persons: transportation for
three families of four individuals: sec
ond-hand shoes secured for two and
new shoes for three. In four in
stances we referred the applicants to
other organizations with little or no
investigation. One individual was
ehdeaVoring to prepetrate fraud on
.ae people of Keokuk and, through
nus ofhce many were warned against
alm. Legal aid was secured for two.
mere were ninety-three visits. sew.
snty-hve telephone calls and eighteen
letters written.
turing the month we were brought
~ contact with six animal cases: sew
eIai warnings were given and needed
win the result that 1t was unneces.'
ssry LOT us to go into court in a sim
gle instance. = M
Dollar Day. May g.
aa The Gate City want column.