The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-18
THE DAILY GATE CITY AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CITY NEWS.

The fall celebration c0mmittee
will hold meeting tonight at 1880
O'Clock.
The business office Of The Daily
Gate City Is open Saturday evenings
until O'Clock.
The consultations. suspensions,
and sale of newspapers all over the
country continues, due to Increased
operating expense.
When you send your classified
advertising to The Gate City be sure
and send payment for same as classi-
fled advertising Is cash.
| Tomorrow evening at $3.50 O'Clock
at the Hotel Iowa. the regular meet
ing Of the board of directors of the
keokuk Industrial association Will be
held.
-Keokuk's Dress-Up Week. Sep
TENDER Is to 80. Keokuk's free fali
celebration week Oct. 3 to Z. Inter
National Newspaper Window Display
Week Oct. 3 to A.
! -Keokuk invites everybody to the
big free fall celebration. October to
Ia. 1t will be the only big event for
that week in southeastern Iowa. Be
sure and come to keokuk.
/ "A meeting of the fall celebration
committee will be held in the offices
|
this evening at 1880 o'clock. The U.
Ia. T. committee will meet at the
same time. a full attendance Is de-
sired.
Sunday morning Rev. DR.. J. n.
Helm, pastor of Pilgrims Rest Baptist
church and vice moderator OF the
North Missouri Baptist association.
left for Bevers and other Mis-
souri, points to attend to some bust
ness pertaining to the association.
He will return home the latter part
of the week.
Il. w. Childs and family Of Glen
wood, Mo-, have moved to Keokuk
and are living at 211 North Seventh
street. They will make their home
here. Mr.. Childs travelled for Kellogg
1 Birge company out of Keokuk for
many years. He and his wife ana
daughter have moved their household
goods to this city and will locate here.
Governor Clarke has taken no
action on the request of DR.. G. H.
Sumner. secretary OF the state poara
of health, to require certificates OF
health Of all children or young per
sons under fifteen years of age be-
fore they are permitted to board
trains. 1t is possible the state board
of health may pass such measure.
j. w. Reimbold at Nauvoo re-
ceiyed two winter ferry boats on the
steamer Helen Blair yesterday. These
boats were built by one OF the best
northern boat builders along lines
particularly adopted to the conditions
here, having great carrying capacity
in extremely rough water. After their
arrival, they will be given q cas-
/ ing of steel for protection against the
lice and be the best equipped possible
for the work. -
The week Of September Is to 30
will be dress-up week in keokuk and
the merchants are all urged to CO.
operate to make the week success.
There will be fine display OF late
| fashion goods. 1t will be week
when especial attention should be
4 given to dress So be sure and get
ready for the event. You will have
| a splendid opportunity to choose what
you want as the Keokuk merchants
will display the latest in fashions.
i A memorandum decision has been
received from Judge Martin j. Wade
lin the federal court in the matter OF
the Fort Madison and AppanOose
Stone Quarry vs.. the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fee railroad. The de-
cision requires the plaintiff to file a
1 substituted petition in three counts
The first is to aIlege specifically the
contract which the plaintiff claims
was made. The second and third
counts is to set out the demands Tor
excessive rates and other demands
which are claimed. :.
The week CT October to IA will
be international newspaper window
display week Already 4S1 publishers
throughout North America are CO.
operating with the national advertts-
ers to make the window display week
a success. This is a week devoted by
merchants to the display Of nationally
advertised goods. Please remember,
Mr.. Merchant, and display in your
windows the week of October 8 to IA
those goods which are advertised in
the newspapers and thereby give the
national advertiser the cooperation
his extensive advertising deserves.
Merchants and property owners
should remember that Dress-up week
does not simply mean that each per-
son is to take particular pride or In
/ terest in their personal appearance.
Dress-up week means that you should
see that the yard is cleaned. that the
store front is painted, that the gen.
eral appearance of the premises Is in
such cOnOltiOn that du lASpcCliou
will bring the mark of approval. 1t
is not just a Dress-up week for mer'
chandise. 1t is an occasion when
buildings and streets are to look well
and attractive. II your building needs
painting to it. Dress it up.
DIR. G. Walter Barr, F. c. Smith
and James M. Fulton of Keokuk were
in the city Thursday afternoon dis
/ tributing advertising matter for the
big fall celebration to be held IN
Keokuk from Oct. to Z, says tie
Nauvoo Independent. Mr.. Smith is
city editor of The Daily Gate City
and Mr. Fulton is secretary OF the
Keokuk Industrial association. Ther
informed US tnat the fair management
would be particularly pleased to have
a couple from Nauvoo as parties to
the double street fair wedding. as
+hav have never had couple from