The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

There was no celebration of the
Fourth in Carthage, yet the stores
were decorated with flags, and many
decorations were displayed through
out the residence district, and the
city assumed a holiday aspect. The
stores We're all closed in the after
noon. Fort Madison, Nauyoo and
Dallas City celebrated, and our citi.
zens mad their choice of enjoying the
entertainment furnished by these cit
les, or the quiet Fourth in Carthage.
Ihere We're number Of picnics. by
INHERENT parties and families, and a
Dali game in the afternoon, and in the
evening there was quite display Of
networks at many homes, for the
amusement of the children
The Carthage Woman's club enjoy
Cd an evening picnic dinner at the
college campus, there being sixty
present, consisting of the club men,
bers and their families. and the guests
ct honor were Mrs J. F. Young, OF
Omaha, who is visiting the family Of
Mrs. Julia Moves, and Mrs. Lucille
Charter Mitchell, Of California, who is
the guest of her sister. Mrs. VIM. H.
Hartzeil and family. After delic-
ious picnic dinner had been served the
members and guests assembled at the
Science hall on the campus grounds,
where a moving picture, entitled
Farming by Dynamite" was enjoy
showed how holes were dug for the
planting OF trees. how bitches were
dug, and even the hard soil turned
over by the use Of dynamite.
The families living at the east end
of Main street enjoyed a neighbor-
hood picnic dinner at the college
campus at the noon hour, there being
thirty present, composed of the fam
lilies Of ]. e. Helfrich, James x.
Spence, E. A. Payne, Milton Smith,
Hyram Bloyd, o. H. McMinimy,
Eugene Bolton, o. W. Huston and Car!
Cain. At five o'clock they left the
college campus to other parties, and
came to the beautiful lawn of ]. e.
Helfrich, where picnic luncheon was
enjoyed and the evening spent very
pleasantly.
The families of J. A. Califf, J. Paul
Calm, DR.. r. s. Runyon and Will
Booz enjoyed an evening picnic at
the college campus, the guests OF hon
or being Edgar Cutler Of Chicago, who
Is visiting his mother, Mrs Elizabeth
Cutler, at the Bcoz home, and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Califf also Of Chicago,
who are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Califf, and the lady's bro
Their, DR.. Runyon. Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
If will visit for two weeks with rela-
tives here and at Evaston, having
arrived Saturday evening, Mr.. Califf
being now enjoying his vacation from
his position as stenographer to the
John M. Jelke Co., an oleomargarine
company.
Mrs .. H Rohrbough and daugh-
ters.. Ona and Viola. went to West
Point to spend the day with Mr..
Rohrbcugh, who is drilling a prospect
we'll for the West Point Development
Co., about one mile from West Point.
where they spent the day very de-
lightfully in tnlbered tract Of land.
Miss Nellie Roberts visited friends
in Dallas City Tuesday.
Lester Mapes OF Ferris and Miss
Mamie Bess Of this city, celebrated
their Fourth at Lorraine.
Mr.. J. G. Johnson and daughter,
Mrs. Aaron and her daughter, Miss
Ella, drove to Nauvoo and Fort Madi-
son in their new automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard White ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Blake Rob.
ertson by auto to Fort Madison for
the day.
So far as we have been able to learn
there was no fires, and no accidents
has his hands both blistered, when
he was holding a firecracker, but that
did not hinder him from participat-
ing in the amusements with the neigh
Dor boys.
The Carthage and Quincy baseball
teams played on the Carthage dia-
mond on Tuesday afternoon, there be-
ing nine innings, the score resulting
13 to- 6 in favor of the Quincy team.
Louis Culkin and family motored
to Nauvoo, where they spent the
Fourth.
The Baptist, Lutheran, Christian,
and Methodist congre-
cations of this city have arranged for
union evening services during the
months of July and August, the open
ing union meeting being taken UP by
the Township Sunday School conven-
ton, which was held at the Baptist
church Sunday evening. A number Of
the ministers take their vacations
during the summer months, and thus
the different churches are enabled to
maintain their Sunday school work,
and devote the evenings to the union
services. The schedule is as follows:
July 9--Dr. J. w. Ferris will preach
at the Presbyterian church.
July 16-Rev. w. F. Boyd at the
Methodist church.
July 23-Rev. j. M. Jones at the
Lutheran church.
July 3O-Judge C. J. Scof1eld at the
Rapfist church.
Aug. CIR. VIM. Rosenstengle at
the Christian church.
Aug. 13-Carthage Chautauqua.
MIR, and Mrs. Lee Walker leave
Thursday for an extended visit in the
west. They will spend Saturday at
Lincoln, Neb., thence to Fort Morgan,
Colo, where they will visit the gent
leman's brother, Paul B. Walker,
thence to Denver for an extended
visit, making several side trips from
Denver to many points of interest
About ten wears ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker made this same trip, but