The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-08
CITY NEWS.
Buying any Red Cross seals?
a few more shopping days.
Ninfr0las and records IOeXeu

| -Victrolas and records. Loewen
| STEMS.
Send your packages early. 1t will
help the postofice and express EN-
pioyes.
Cord wood cut to stove lengths
$3.50 per load. Keokuk Box Co. Phone
Black 1877.
II Last chance. Designer one year
at 59c, pattern and quarterly free at
the Central store.
Melvin Smith left yesterday
morning for Nauvoo to attend school
at Spaulding institute.
$500. $500. $500 values at S1.5O.
KARL.
e. G. Vaughan. county recorder,
vent to Fort Madison last night 10
draw a special venire.
4 -Fucketcnetuck lodge NJ. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
w. L. Utey. N. G.; George W. In
megart, permanent secretary.
Abe Martin says: 9TH old fash
toned girl that had bottle O. violet
ink an a pearl handled gold pen, now
has a daughter who uses tn corner
drug store phone
Frank Hagerman Of Kansas City,
form erly of Keokuk, is being consid-
cred for the office of attorney general
of the United States, according to
Kansas City papers.
Best piano values. Loewenstein
Piano Co., 625 Main.
The Sunday schools will feel the
impetus of the Christmas shopping
early plan. The small boy who is
suddenly struck with an idea to be
good at least until after Santa's visi,
is due to appear on the horizon OF
affairs.
For a Christmas gift for her.
special Designer one year sec. tomor.
row only at the Central store.
The Association of National AID.
In Boston yesterday, adopted resolu-
oreases in the selling price of periodi.
Gals and newspapers" because of the
higher cost OF white paper.
! This evening at the high school
auditorium an educational motion
picture program will be given. This
will be in continuation of the regular
Friday night series. There will be
| another program next Friday night
and then none until January D.
/ Local railroad officials are inter
| ested in the new shops and equip
ment being erected at West Burling-
/ ton by the Burlington. This is half
million dollar investment, and it is
/ understood that the buildings and
equipment will be of the very latest
I design and will permit of the great
est amount of work being done with
! the least lost motion.
! Wallace Johnson, whose home at
IA Main street, was raided by the
police on Wednesday night, reports
/ to The Gate City that there were
only FIVE men at his place when the
raid was made, instead Of the seven
or eight reported by the police. John
son states that the case of beer and
half gallon Jug of whiskey taken,
were his personal property and that
no one was drinking The three gal
] lon jug of whiskey was the property
OF one of the MEN present, he reports.
Tomorrow, last day of special
| Designer offer, 59c for one year, pat
tern and quarterly free at the Cen
| trail store.
| Several responses have been
made for funds with which to send
to Keokuk's Com pany L some Christ
to dispatch the package not later
IT will arrive in ample time for the
holidays. If you are going to help
make the Christmas happy for the
soldiers OF Co. L, please give your
contribution to Manager Williams OF
the Iowa Telephone Co., L. A. Hamill
of the S. HamIl Co, or leave at The
Gate City office. Contributions, small
and large, will be thankfully received
and the money put to a good use
The boys were forgotten Thanksgiv
ing day. 1t is now Keokuk's oppor-
tunity to make up for the oversight
Let's be prompt and as liberal as
possible. The boys will enjoy gift
from Keokuk-
After elaboration OF about five
hours, the jury in the case of Che
| state Of Iowa versus John Owens
returned a verdict of not guilty. The
jury came to this agreement about
$50 o'clock last evening after being
out since 4:3O o'clock, says the Fit
Madison Gem City. John'Owens, col
ored, was accused of stealing a horse
belonging to the Conleys, living near
Montrose The latter states that or
the day OF July /, they had driver
their horse to Fort Madison and tied
the animal in an alley in the rear OF
Tony Brautlacht's residence In the
1900 block near French creek. LateI
that night the horse was missing
and on investigation was discovered
in the pasture belonging to a party
by the name of Jemison. 1t was alsc
learned that young Jemison and
Owens had driven the horse to Nau