The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-12
FALL CELEBRATION
PlACAROS Posted
Committee Was Out Yesterday
Through Lee County Inviting
| Neighbors to keokuk,
October 8 to Z.
BIG CROWD WILL COME
Invitstjons Are Staring Them In the
Face All Along the Road
Through Lee
County.
IBIG CROWD WILL COME

! County.
Lee county people were invited to
Keokuk's big fall celebration. yester-
day. Every cross roads, sign post
and available spot on the Waubons1e
trail was plastered with a big red
and white sigl reading, "Keokuk In
vites You to tie Fall Celebration, DC.
tober 8 to T." The advertising car
went from Keokuk to Donnellson.
Donnellson to West Point through
Franklin, West Point to Fort Madison
and Fort Madison to Montrose and
Keokuk along the river road. Every
where banners and cards advertising
the celebration were distributed. In
the car were James M. Fulton. sec
rotary Of the Keokuk Retailers
league in charge of the big EXPOSE
ton, DR.. G. Walter Barr. Freedric c.
Smith of The Gate City and Lucien
F.. Barr. The trip was mare In DR..
Bars car, with Lucien Barr driving.
The car left Keokuk shortly before
10 o'clock yesterday morning. The
first bills were tackled up at Mooar.
From here Summitville got the next
batch OF Invitations. Then an through
this country, Mount Clara. New Bos-
ton, Charleston and Donnellson a red
and white canvas sign trail was
blazed. Every available barn, every
post, every prominent fence gate,
where bill could be tackled 50 that
It would stare every auto driver In
the face, one went up. In the towns,
bills were tackled everywhere. and a
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were passed around.
People are Enthusiastic.
The people along the road were
everywhere enthusiastic over the
celebration plans as announced. keo-
kuk is going to have the best cele-
bration in her history-and you'll
have to go some to beat the old time
ones when John Nagel, Ed. F. Carter,
Ed. Kirchner and Rice H. Bell were
in charge. me committee didn't hest
tate to tell the folks along the road
there was going to be real celebra-
ton here the first week in October.
and they found that every one is pre-
pairing to spend one day at least In
Keokuk. Most of the neighbors are
going to come in every day.
The noon stop was made at Don
nelson and dinner was served at the
hotel. Donnellson was literally plas-
tered with big signs and small cards.
Two of the committee looking around
for a place 10 put a bill, found a
SQUARE building with undecorated
sides. A Keoxuk fall celebration bill
sends forth it's invitation froms this
| vantage unless the marshal has re-
moved the offending placard. The
committee discovered that it had
placed one ON the Jail.
Gross Roads Well Plaearded.
Leaving Donnellson shortly after II
o'clock the second lap of the trip
was started to West Point. At the
cross roads a mile or so out Of Don
Nelson the bills were put up at every
road. The committee borrowed
some thin pieces of lumber to tack
the signs to and then to put the
whole sign on post where otherwise
| a whole bill would not go. Franklin
received liberal invitation, trees and
outbuildings Icing used on which to
bill the celebration.
From Franklin into West Point and
from West Point into Fort Madison
every available space was covered.
In School Houses, Too.
The committee even became SC
bold as to slip across the school yards
and send a hanful of placards into
the school room, and get out again
| before the teacher could interfere
And Judging from the signs OF agita
ton visible through the open win
dows, the idea made hit with the
youngsters.
The party stopped short time in
Fort Madison, and leaving Fort Madt
son plastered part Of the city with
the advertising tickets. At the cross
roads Just out from Fort Madison
there was a liberal dose of Keokuk
fall celebration advertising applied
Between Fort Madison and Montrose
every available spot was covered. And
| In Montrose q number of bills were
left. At West Point the committee
left the placards with A. c. Evans
| county club leader. who will attend
to the posting Of the bills there.
| Rain spoiis Part Of Trip.
| It was the intention to cover tbs
Illinois district, also, but rain was en-
countered between West Point and
Fort Madison and it looked threaten
ing all Of the way down to Montrose
At Montrose it was felt that the
clouds meant business and run wa.
made for home. The party ran into
the storm just at the outskirts o.
town.
Additional placarding will be done
by the committee on the Illinois side
and there will be some advertising
sent into Missouri Everywhere the
keokuk celebration is being adver
tsed and everywhere along the route
there is lots of interest being shown
which means big crowd here thu
first week in October
! some Rain Drops.
At Summittville Dr.. Barr aske1
for an eight penny nail. The proprie
tor Of the store gave him six penn,
spike and then said: That's only
six penny one, i wanted to see
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