The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-19
CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS.
Moving. j. Opstelten. phone R-64s
Quincy merchants are doing con
siderable "dress-up" advertising.
Late fall fashion styles will be
on display during Dress-up week,
Sept. 25 to 30.
Miss Harris will resume her
classes in dancing in October. For
further information phone Red TAT
after October LIST.
The daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John p. Kennedy OF Montrose. who
have been III for several days, are
reported to be improving.
Friday is Keokuk day at the Han
cock county Fair and large number
should make arrangements to go to
/ Carthage on the occasion Of Keokuk
Iday.
-Dress-up week September 25 to
80. Arrange to- participate in this
event which the merchants Of Keokuk
intend to make particularly interest
ing.
Marriage licenses were issued to
Rollie MacPoole, "a, of Primrose. and
Annie G.. Muntz. 81, of Pennington;
w. II. Barlow, 81, and Mrs. Henrietta
Buckner, SO, both of Keokuk.
] 1t probably didn't require very
much persuasion to get Fort Madison
to put on celebration using the
! same dates as the Keokuk retailers
selected for the Keokuk celebration.
(. George Jefferson and Grant
Dunn, strangers, paid costs for
drunkenness in Judge McNamara's
court this morning. John Wheatley
cd y1rf,1 nd rot1 nod
to jail
Regular meeting Of Morning Star
lodge No. 5. knights OF Pythias, Tues
day evening at o'clock. Visiting
knights fraterna1ly invited. j. NJ.
Skinner, C. c., ]. A. Burgess. X. CT
r & S.
The pleasure boat, F. A. weyer-
hauser, owned by a millionaire by
that name living at st. Paul. was in
Fort Madison yesterday. The boat is
returning home after trip down the
river as far as Keokuk.
Three boys, all Of them old
enough to know better, were pulling
on the guy wire supporting one of
the poles from which the arc, light
is suspended at Thirteenth and Full
ton streets last night, causing the
light to flash on and OF. This prac-
concerned and the company has been
notified of the occurrence.
Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 704. tonight
at o'clock. in Moose hall. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John q.
Stadler. dictator. A. e. Moore. sec
rotary.
The following item from the
Quincy Journal will be of interest to
Gate City readers: Macaulay Irwin
left last night for Madison, Wis,
after having worked all summer in
the warehouse of the Irwin Paper
company. In addition to his regular
course at Oberlin college, he is TAX
ing the four yeirs course at the Wis
consin university. on the completion
Of which he will be installed as the
efficiency engineer OF the Irwin bust
Hannibal, Keokuk and Macomb.
The following is from the Mon
day issue of the Quincy Herald:
There were quite number of auto
parties in Quincy Sunday, including
five large parties who registered at
the Newcomb before noon and left
before dark. The largest party was
from Keokuk, in two cars. It con-
sisted of A. 1. Thompson and Henry
Wilmering of Oklahoma City, and Dr.
George r. Marley, F. A. Wilmering
and six ladies of Keokuk. r. II. King
and party of fiye also were here from
Keokuk, making the round trip in his
machine.
Members of the local committee
who will confer with ladies in Keo
kuk in the near future concerning
the tubercullr survey to be made
| in Lee county, are anxiously await
| ing for definite action to be taken
on the issue, says the Fort Madison
Democrat. The work in Lee county
! if conducted, will be carried on by
residents of the county assisted by
the state association for the proven
ton of tuberculosis. In all probability
A. E. Kepford, state tuberculosis ex-
pert, will spend some time in the
county assisting in the work.
Hips, hoops and ankles are passe,
! antiquated, out of date, reads the pre-
diction sent ont from the style bureau
of Dame Fashion. In other words,
the 1916 model girl who would be
chic, chere and charming will dress
to lines more Gothic this year than
last, according to home economics
authorities It Iowa State college.
House and street skirts straight and
longer, continued full in lower por-
tion," further reads the prediction.
At the recent style show held in Chi
cago by the Chicago Wholesale Gar
ment Manufacturers association,
hoops appeared on but very few of
! the gowns which still show the Span
ish influence of line and color. Street
! dresses were straight, full and long.
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