The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-27
CITY NEWS.

Moving. ]. Opstelten. phone R-64s.
There will be no issue Of The
Gate City Memorial day.
Supervisors <Hosier and DeRosie.
were in the city TODAY looking after
| county bushes.
-Hgh class excursion to During.
ton and return Sunday on Str. Du-
buQue. Ly. $3.50 a. M. Adults 76c.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. r. Grice, 610
South Seeond street. announce the
birth Of a daughter weighing 9h
pounds.
-Keokuk Lodge No. Is, I. o. o. F.
meets regularly every Monday night
at $500 O'Clock Geo. S. Merriam, N.
G.s F. M. Pugh. Rec. Seo'y.
Young men. bring your sweet
hearts: old men. bring your wives
and come 10 the Dairy lunch Sunday,
May IS, and eat chicken dinner
Henry F. Reichmann Is Q candi-
date for constable on the republican
ticket at the primary June 5th, and
will appreciate your vote.-Advertise-
ment.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque
to Burlington and return. Lw. $3.50
a. M Adults 75c.
1T Madison Gem City: The power
was turned into the plant Of the Per
lection Tire & Rubber company and
the wheels spun for the first time
yesterday. The starting Of the ma.
chinery was merely Tor test purposes,
however, to determine the condition
and correctness Of the extensive
equipment of the big plant
Let Seither & Cherry Co. make
your flower boxes. Prices reasonable.
Because of the rain Of last night
and the subsequent washing away of
much street debris, several sewers
day as being stopped ul. A sewer at
became clogged and it Wis necessary
to clear an opening with a fire hose.
-Eldon Register: o. A. Talbot, Of
the o. A. Talbot Grain Co., Of Keo-
kuk. was IN Eldon Tuesday morning.
lie Was well pleased with the outlook
for the new venture IN Eldon. The
erection of the elevator building will
commence the first of June. The
work is let by contract and the con-
tractors securing the Eldon job are
now at Lancaster, No, completing
building Of similar nature.
-High class excursion to During
ton and return Sunday on Str. Du-
buque. Lv. $50 a. m. Adults 75c.
| Although Private ]. Fl. Green, Jr..
battery A, field artillery, of Clinton,
Ia, was killed in the iowa National
Guard maneuvers at Sparta, Wis,
last August. the state has found no
way in which to pay his mother COM
pensation of 1,500 as ordered by the
state Industrial commission. The
mother, Mrs. Carrie Green Of Gin
! ton. is a widow and was dependent
| Ny, nj ho inn
the case was brought tefUre the state
Industrial commission. On the recon-
m endation of the attorney generals
office the commission awarded her
$1,000 compensation, but the execu-
tive council has not pal! it because
it is claimed there is no fund pro-
vided by law from which to pay It,
| Wednesday evening, May "a, at
the home of Henry Krichel on the
middle road delightful surprise
party was given in honor of Charles
Spring who celebrated his twenty
second birthday. Those who were
present were as follows: Misses Rosie
Exile, Elizabeth Spring, Patta Miller,
Messrs. Roy Exile. John Miller, Wal
ter Exile, Ed. Leu from Sugar Creek.
Misses Barbara Wefrather, Marie
Davis, Anna Weirather, Mess g. Reu
| ben Davis, Oscar Marshall. Lawrence
Weirather from Ashland, and Misses
Anna Sorenson, Marie Drueke, Lena
Van Ausda1l, Eta Krichel, Frances
Van Ausdall. Mabel Krichel. Marga
ret Bailey, Messrs. Lawrence Spring,
Clelland Scheible, John Atterberg.
Fred Bawden, Albert Van Ausdall,
] August Droe, John Sorenson, Frank
Weirather, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Soren-
] son, Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Hyatt of Bel
mont and William Metternich Of Keo-
kuk. Light refreshments were served
and at a late hour the young folks
departed for their homes, after spend
| ing a very enjoyable evening.