The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-24
CITY NEWS.


pet cleaning. Phone 383.
-Masonic-Special, Eagle, Tues
day, April 25, 1916, at 2 p. M, third
degrees.
The special summer membership
rates of the Y. NJ. C. A. are effective
from May until October !.
business for the classified column
is on cash bisis. Please arrange to
send in the cash with your order
"A marriage license was issued
Saturday to L. e. Anderson. Fl, and
Bessie .. Waite. 1s, both Of Urea, III.
-H. T. Edgar, district manager OF
the Stone & Webster company, was
in Keokuk today ON his regular in
spection tour.
ALI orders for classified advertis-
ing must be accompanied with the
cash. No book accounts are kept of
! this class of advertising.
The white way at Warsaw will be
officially put into commission on
the Keckuk Retailers league will at
tend the celebration.
! Easter Monday ball and card
party given by NJ. W. A. degree team
at NJ. w. A. hall Monday evening,
April "a. Admission 15c. Rights OF
admission reserved.
The Keokuk Electric company is
rebuilding the car line loop at Fourth
land Franklin streets and during the
course Of the work passengers Will be
transferred across that point.
-keokuk members of the Metho-
dist church will be interested to know
that the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church colvenes
for quadrenniaI session in Saratoga
springs. N. Y, May 1-31.
ID. W. Haggerty, OF 1521 Carroll
street, is ill at his home. A daughter,
Mrs Kentfield, of Washington, Iowa.
and Mr. and Mrs. e. II. Rockefeller
of Lima, ILL.,, have been called here
by his illness.
DR. E. B. Newcomb went to Des
Moines this morning to attend the an
nual meeting Of the -nter-Church Fed
Grafton Of Iowa, OF which he is presf-
dent. He will go from there to Chi
cago for the annual meeting of the
board OF directors of Mccormick theo-
logical seminary Mrs. Newcomb will
return with him from Chicago Friday
night.
-Every Illinois farmer should grow
enough strawberries for home use,
according to the department Of horti-
culture University Of Illinois. The
strawberry is easily grown, gives
quick and profitable returns, and
thrives on a greater variety Of soils
than any ether fruit II fresh and
well-ripened strawberries are desired
they must be homegrown.
The new Column ia River Highway
is to be dedicated June 7th, the open
ing day of the Tenth Annual Rose
Festival at Portland. Governor
George w. Clarke of Iowa, has been
invited to attend. There will be no
objection to several thousand Iowans
being present if the spirit OF this par
tfc1llar Pacific coast state is like the
others.
Rev. and Mrs. w. M. Baker Of
Marshailtown arrived in the city this
morning and will arrange for the ship
ment of their household goods to their
new home Rev. Baker was formerly
pastor of the First Christian church
OF this city but has been located in
MarshaIltown for several months. He
and Mrs Baker will be in the city fo-
a few days
A very attractive Easter service
was held at the Young Women's
Christian association yesterday morn
ing at TOO o'clock, in the girls club
room Miss Harriet Solomon was the
! speaker of the occasion. Miss
/ Amanda Clement sang and there
was a duet ON piano and violin by
+! the Misses Dorothy and Margaret
Aldrich and a vocal duet by Misses
Helen milestone and Ethel Osborn.
Mention was made in Saturday
evenings issue of the intention OF G..
F. Sawyer not to enter the race for
representative this year and the state.
ment made in connection Herewith
that Mr. Oertel was the only Keokuk
candidate so far announced. The item
should have read that he was the only
Keokuk republican so far announced
as Attorney c. Fl. Dickey is the demo-
cratic aspirant from this city and his
announcement has been made in a
former issue Of this paper.
-Nauvoo Independent: Walter r.
Wilcox. a Mormon, celebrated his 95th
birthday anniversary on April II. He
became member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints June
10, 1884, in Nauvoo. Fer more than
80 years he worked for Brigham
Young He established saw mills in
Big Cottonwood canyon. City Creek
canyon and Little Cottonwood canyon