The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-13
CITY NEWS.
,morrow--Mothers' day.

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with The Gate City. Phone 30.
Masonic: Hardin lodge, special.
Mon. May Is. 1880. Third degree
The steamer Keokuk is to bring
an excursion party into Keokuk to-
morrow from Quincy.
Attend Woodman dance and card
party Monday night. May 10. Admis-
sion 15c. Rights reserved
| The torpedo boat Somers will
pass Keokuk tonight enroute to Bur
| lington and be down tomorrow some
time on the return.
| -wanted-100 men and their fam
| lilies to eat chicken dinner Sunday,
May IA. at Dairy Lunch, 325 Main
street, Keokuk. Iowa
-Keokuk Lodge No. Is. I. o. O. F.
meets regularly every Monday night
at 500 o'clock Geo. S. Merriam, n.
G.: F. NJ. Pugh, Rec. Sec'y.
The annual meeting of the Iowa
State Manufacturers association Will
/ be held in Marshalltown, May II and
IS. Keokuk probably will send
delegation.
| When you take your vacation this
| summer, be sure and arrange to have
The Daily Gate City follow you. You
will enjoy the vacation more If The
Gate City is your daily companion.
/ Il respectfully ask the suffrage OF
| the democratic voters OF Lee county
for the nomination as county treasur-
er at the primaries to be held June
5th, 1915. W. Reimbold
The Gem City says that Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Wiesemann of keokuk
have moved to Fort Madison and
have occupied the house recently
vacated by Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Gwynn.
! Joe Hendricks, accused by his
wife Of threatening to commit pub
lie offense, pleaded not guilty in the
superior court this morning and was
sent to the county Jail under $3.50
bond.
Monday, May Is, p M, Y. w.
/ C. A. auditorium, Chapel Fund So
ciety, presents Lonsfellow's HiaWatha
with melodramatic music, Mrs. Leon
ard Matless, reader, Miss Eleanor
Hughes pianist Tickets % cents.
i Fort Madison Democrat: The con-
crete work on Santa Fe avenue is
progressing at a rapid rate. Citizens
/ in the city have been most farorab'y
impressed by the methods of the
Keokuk Quarry and Construction COM
pany.
| ATTEND Woodman dance and card
party Monday night, May Is. Admis-
| sion 15c. Rights reserved.
! Thomas Merritt was bound over
| to await the action of the grand jury
yesterday by Justice ]. A. milestone.
! The court held that sufficient evil
dence had been brought out in the
hearing to hold the colored man who
| has been in the local courts this last
| week Merritt was charged with re-
ceiving stolen property.
/ The city council has ordered
warrant for $40 drawn in favor of
John Kelley In payment for damages
done by the improper drainage Of wa
ter on his premises. The warrant is
charged to the sewer fund. The coun-
Gil also ordered SAT- paid to Chas. H.
!Hennemann for expenses incurred by
( the police department in the Merritt
case.
II he Morning Star leaves on its
| two weeks cruise to Florence, Ala,
May 90. The trip includes ride on
the Mississippi river to Cairo, then
up the Ohio to Paducah and 300 miles
up the Tennessee river to Florence,
Ala, spending half a day at Pitts
burgh Landing, Tenn, to give the
passengers opportunity to visit the
I battlefield of Shiloh and the National
cemetery there.
VIM Reintbold, county trea
who again seeks the nomination at
the June primary, has a. formal an
nouncement in this issue soliciting
the votes OF the democrats of the
county for this Office Mr.. Reimbold
has served as treasurer for a few
! terms and has given splendid salts
! faction That he will receive strong
support for this Office from his party
goes without saying. His record is
such as to entitle him to favorable
consideration.
Last year the Y. W. e. A. planted
some grass seed on the association
grounds. 1t was good seed and the
grass has grown remarkably well. In
fact, it is so long now that it needs
cutting and will need more cutting
Throughout the summer. But, alas, the
association has no lawn mower. II
some kind-hearted individual has one
of these implements that is not in
use, a gift to the association will be
greatly appreciated.
The Helen Blair will begin its
regular season May 30, running be-
tween the tri-cities and Quincy, leav-
ing Davenport at o'clock every Tues
day afternoon, returning Friday even
ing. The weekend schedule will take
the boat out of Davenport every Sat
urday afternoon to Muscatine Bur
lington and Keokuk, returning at II
O'Clock Monday evening These trips
will give daylight voyages through
Lake Cooper and afford an opportun-
ity to inspect the Keokuk dam. Boat
officers this year will be as follows:
Captain, Harry Young; purser, H. E.
Swanson: mate, Henry Muller: pilot,
William Enderlee: engineers. William
o. Lancaster and John Kerkering: