The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-12
CITY NEWS

Moving. J. Opstelten, phone R-64s.
Have bargain In fine perfect
diamonds in u ct. ct. and IA ct.
See them. II. s. Mills, 504 Main St
Lincoln Medical College. Four
year course. Registration Sept 1916.
Lincoln. Neb.
Miss Beulah Well, who was op-
Grated on recently, has recovered suf-
ficiently to be removed to her home.
Reeves Coal Yard for Rent, 118
yard in Keokuk Private switch. ca
pacty 25 cars. D. E. Reeves. B. 931.
Regular meeting Colfax Rebekah
Pemberton, N. G.; Hanna Schaefer.
secretary.
The regular meeting Of the board
OF education viii be held on Thurs
day evening. September IA. at 1880
O'Clock.
Rev. x. B. Krughon is appointed
as the German NJ E minister at
Warsaw, according to the list OF as
signments made by Bishop Quayle
at Peoria
/, The board Of trustees Of the Keo-
kuk public library will be in session
Thursday evening. September IA. at
1880 o'clock.
Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704. tonight
at 8 o'clock. in Moose hall. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John Q.
Stadler. dictator. A. e. Moore. sec
Rotary.
Owing to the 1nclemency Of the
weather there was no services at the
Pilgrims Rest church last night, but
the Rev. DR.. J. W. Wilson Will preach
tonight at S:15. Subject, witnesses
for Christ" The public is cordially
invited to attend this service.
REV. George II. Miller. D. D.. OF
|'Belleview, Pennsylvania. secretary
tdon OF the Methodist Protestant
church, viii deliver a lecture in the
local M. p. church tonight at 500
o. clock
Regular meeting Of Morning Star
lodge No. 5. knights of Pythias, Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock Visiting
knights fraternally invited. J. NJ.
Skinner. C. c.. J. A. Burgess, x. Of
R & 8.
In the interview with Jacob
Schouten printed in The Gate City
last evening, concerning the bread
situation. it was stated that the short
age in the wheat crop in the United
States was 100000 bushels. Mr..
Schouten In correcting this. states
that a careful survey OF the crop
situation puts the loss in wheat in
this country alone at $1,000. 900 bush
els. It Is said that the shortage in
Canada IS greater.
A number OF the Keokuk mer
chants are going to take part In the
nzJ1
| will make 1t a big success Other
ticipating in this national dress-up
event o. B. Towne. former seTstary
Of the Keokuk Industrial association.
tells what the dTess-uD week did for
Kalamazoo: "As far as the effect Of
| the Dress-up on the stores was con-
cerned, it was very beneficial Much
| painting, cleaning and rearranging
was done, with the result that vast
difference was noted by all those sl-
gagged in retail business"
Conrad Lndner and family and
Miss Nettie Wirtz, who had -noto-ed
out to southwestern Iowa for weeks
visit with relatives in R5nzold and
Page counties, arrived home again
last Saturday evening, well pleased
with their trip. He brought home 2
half bushel of well matured % day
corn, which is a fayorite for early
planting in Page county. Sons
ears are II inches long and hare 1s
and is rows of grain The farmers
of Page county think their corn crop
will yield so to 20 bushels TO the acre.
| Commenting on the new KeOkrk
band, the Burlington Hawk-Eye Says:
John B. Kindig, well known through
out southeastern Iowa as an excellent
musician and band director, who has
been making his home in Florida Tor
some time, has located az Ksokuk
where he is organizing a big band
Under the Kindig leadership, II given
proper encouragement, Keokuk wiz
soon have a band that will win q rep
utation and will give KeoEuk excel
lent music.