The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-02
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Chas, Martin Jr., has accepted a
position with q telephone company OF
ST. L6uis as nneman. Stay with It
Charles. You can make good II you
will.
Claud and Ralph webster started
to Warsaw for seed corn last Monday
They got as far as CLANCY Creek,
where they stopped to fish. They
caught 80 and were so pleased that
they hurried home and were much
surprised when Charley asked about
the seed corn. Another trip was made
for the seed corn.
The deluge Friday night has put
the possibility OF corn crop beyond
hope, hundreds OF acres Of corn land
Is not even ploughed as yet, gardens
are not even ploughed in many cases
As for US, we have a splendid crop Of
frogs In our garden.
The o. FL s. had an interesting and
enjoyable meeting Tuesday night. Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Thomas were initial
ed after which refreshments were
served. This young society Is flour
ishing under the guiding hand Of
their excellent worthy matron, Mrs.
EVELYN Campbell. Dr. and Mrs.
Auren Miller and Mrs. L White Of
Hamilton and Mrs. Enslow were pres-
ent asa visitors. -
Miss Marguerite Martin now Of
Denver attended the o. e. s. installa-
ton Tuesday night and ofAciated as
E1ecta.
Miss Zella Caldwell Is now regular
" installed as relief operator for tho
Independent Telephone Co.
Miss Grace Marshall becomes reg
v>1
Ilep Telephone Co: on June 1.
Mrs. Bob Martin and children left
for protracted visit with her folks
in Missouri last Sunday.
Mrs. Wines who was recently
found in her home In q chair, where
she had been sitting unconscious
moved to the home OF Mrs. Pitchers:
as soon as she il able to travel she
will go to a, home for the aged.
Ralph Marshall reports rye almost
ready to be cut. It looks as though
binders will encounter the same OBJ
stinate mud difficulties as Of last
year.
The Memorial service held at the
Baptist church Sunday morning was
attended by large number OF pep
pie After the singing Of a number o.
patriotic songs Rev. 1. l. Henry, who
lis defendant of Patrick Henry and
has John Logan as his I1anlesake,
gave a splendid address, using Joshua
4:6 as basis for his sermon. He
showed how God had often resorted
to memorials as a means of perpe.-
uating the recollection Of great
events. The stones on this occasion
being memorial OF the opening OF
the Red sea for His people. This idea
was practiced by the Patriarchs and
in the New Testament Christ insti-
tuted three ptism as
a memorial Of his death, burial, and
resurrection. The Lords Supper as
a memorial Of his body and blood OF.
fered for the sins OF the world ana
the Lords day as memorial OF his
resurrection. He stated that memor-
ial day as we are celebrating 1t today
is not to show the glorfes OF war bnt
to nay our respect to the memory OF
those who offered their bodies and
blood for our country.
A review Of events from the cleo
ton CT Lincoln to peace and as var
ious places long since associated with
out thoughts with great battles were
mentioned. Finally he said Vicks.
burg and after pause said, Peace,
the word caused a thrill only to be
followed by another as the speaker
said United States" laying the en-
pf1asis on the word united. The spien-
did discourse was closed with a re-
cftal of the poem The Blue and the
Gray"
C. B. Garard is driving new
Mitchell six between showers. He
recently went to Chicago procured it
and drove it home. We understand
he is contemplating adding it to- his
list of cars for sale.
Waldo Balloon and Floyd Stump