The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-14
CITY NEWS.

Insist on Schouten's ginger snaps
Lawn swings and gliding settees
Bowman-Boyer Co.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque to
Burlington and return. Leave $3.50 a.
m. Adults 75c.
There was big crowd Of retail.
ers In Carthage last evening and all
enjoyed the trip.
At Westminster Presbyterian
church this evening the topic will be
Preparedness for Peace"
The Daily Gate City will post bull
letins OF the national democratic con-
vention now in progress in st. Louis.
If you are an Elk and intend to go
to the Davenport state convention you
are requested to notify Mr.. c. S. Abel.
High class excursion to Burling-
ton and return Sunday on Str. Du-
buque. Leave $3.50 a. m. Adults 75c.
-Four Keokuk bankers will attend
the meeting of the Iowa Bankers as
ISOLATION at Waterloo. June 10 and 20.
They will be II. Boyien Blood, Ed A.
French, John A. Dunlap and Howard
W. Wood
-Schouten's ginger snaps at all
!grocers, 10c the pound
-Keokuk camp II. w. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall All members are re-
Quested to be present.
>Pigh class excursion to Burling-
ton and return Sunday on Str. Du-
| buque. Leave $50 a. m. Adults 75c.
! The retail harness dealers Of the
state are in session in Burlington.
The Gazette says of the meeting:
"The excursion trip to Keokuk will
be the big feature of the three days
session. The holdover business will
be concluded on the boat. including
the election of officers for the ensuing
year" The excursion is to arrive In
Keokuk tomorrow.
There is no better way to bring
trade to city than by invitation. An
advertisement is an invitation. AS
| there is always something new to say
| it is necessary to issue many invita-
ton. The Gate City can carry the
invitation of the merchant into thous-
ands of homes. 1t is estimated that
forty thousand people read The Gate
City daily.
-Nauvoo Rustler: The boulevard
between Montrose and Keolzuk dis
counts the one between Hamilton and
Nauvoo. It is much wider and kept
in better condition. It is too bad that
the commissioners of Montebello and
Sonora townships don't look after the
Illinois boulevard and keep it in re-
pair. for the view on this side of the
big lake is as attractive as the one on
the Iowa side.
The service at the Pilgrims Rest
Baptist church were well attended
last evening. DR.. Hayden preached
from Job 1919. Subject: Citizen
ship in Heaven" He delivered fine
spiritual address. Tonight he will |
use as his subject the coming OF the |
waters. He requests that each person
tonight's service memorize
water in it. Services commence at
T:45 o'clock. A cordial invitation Is
extended to the public to attend each |
service.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque to
Burlington and return. Leave $3.50 a. i
M. Adults 75c-
In the current issue Of Harper's
Weekly one of the principal pictures
of the news-pictorial department is I
of the arrival of the Ottumwa Bell at
Fort Madison with the last Atlee raft. 7
the picture having been submitted by
Mrs. j. Decrevel of Fort Madison. OF
the picture the magazine says: "Tha .
last log raft on the upper Mississippi
The pine woods of northern Mime
sofa and Wisconsin have been denud'
ed until lumber is too costly to risk i
in the river, and the dam at heohuk I
bars the way to the south.
The Keokuk and Warsaw friends
of Capt. Fred S. Ratterman will be +
in the following item which /
in the Burlington Gazette /
of Yesterday: Fred s. Ratterman. !
one Of the most popular steamboat.
men on the upper Mississippi, who
has been here for a few days as a
travelling passenger agent, left for St
Louis on the Quincy this noon. He
will entertain the ladies on the "sllf- |
frage craft with his card tricks, ETC.. |
and will next appear here in the role |
of smiling purser on the st. Paul |
when the big side-wheeier begins her
through trips from st. Louis to st. |
Paul. the last Of the current month. |
June 10Th will be the silver ami |
yersary Of Rev. A. j. Zaiser of Fit. |
Madison. we'll known in Keokuk and !
the congregation is preparing for |
big time. The event will open with a |
procession at $50 a. m, from the |
school to the parish house and then
TO the church, and where mass will be
celebrated by Very Rev. James Gil.
lespie of keokuk A splendid musical
program has been arranged One of
the big features of the day will be
the banuuet-which will be attended |
bv MANY clergymen from this section
of the state and classmates of Father
Zaiser.