The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-06
CITY NEWS.

Why wait for cleanup week?
| Why not begin now and clean UP be-
fore cleanup week?
/ Light refreshments served at the
! Alcazar demonstration at Schell-Dem-
pies Saturday afternoon and evening.
| Moline went dry in the Monday
election. Rock Island is still wet
and so are some parts OF Davenport.
| The Hancock county fair is going
to be revived this year. Carthage
| boosters decided this recently at
meeting.
| Automobile owners are taking no
tice of the improvement in the roads
and their journeys into the country
are becoming more extended
See the beautiful piece of furni-
ture. Wonderful in its efficiency, the
Free sewing machine. Schell-Demple
Furniture Co.
| The Scoville tabernacle meetings
which have been in progress In this
city for several weeks, close next
| Sunday evening.
| The first presidential preference
primary in Iowa is to be held on
Monday. There seems to be little
interest being shown in the voting.
Winter evidently is lingering in
springs lap The sudden drop in
/ temperature last night and the cool
weather Of today is proof OF this
fact.
buildings are doing their spring
housekeeping this week. Window
washing and a general cleaning up OF
| the buildings is on the program
| This will be a busy year for the
voters-if they choose to vote. Sew
| eral elections are to take place during
! the wear. The next one is the state
primary scheduled for next Monday.
/ The funeral of Mrs. Laura j.
Carver, mother of G. S. Carver, fore
man Of The Gate City, was held In
Omaha Yesterday. Mr.. Carver ar
rived home this morning from Omaha
where he had been to attend the fun
eral.
Garden seed, field seed, seed corn,
onion sets, cracked corn. bran, shorts
and priarie hay.-Gate City Seed Co.,
! SIT Johnson.
! Every member of the family
over fifteen years Of age can secure
free coupon on the new 1916 model
OF the Free sewing machine, We give
away Saturday, April Is, 2:30 p. m.
Be sure and register. Schell-Demple
Furniture Co.
-Keokuk was interested IN the
Nauvoo election result because the
wet and dry isue was up for decision.
Frequent telephone calls came into
the office yesterday from parties VINO
we're anxious to know how the Nau-
VOC election went"
Light refreshments served at the
AIcazar demonstration at Schell-Dem-
pies Saturday afternoon and evening.
Complaints have been made 10
the police department that keoKuK
bows have been shooting at the
birds. This brings to mind the rae
that Elmer Puget, Fort Madlso!
bow. IA years of age, was fined $685.
for killing bluebird in Fort Madison
this week.
-Keokuk, in line with the other
cities of Iowa and Of the United
States. will observe Baby Week. y
baby health contest for the fall cele-
bration has been suggested This
may be given an impetus after BABY
Week.
j. A. S. Pollard, of Fort Madison,
one of the well known bankers OF that
city and also widely known in keo-
kuk, is to deliver an address before
the T. P. A meeting to be held In
Quincy next Saturday. The travelling
men will not be disappointed in Mr..
Pollard
The Burlington officials on the
Missouri lines have been having their
grief due to the high water. Normal
schedules are about maintained again,
but the damage to the road bed is not
complete. These high water esca-
pades of the Mississippi are always
expensive to the Burlington
Burlington merchants held
Grand United Easter Opening" Tues
/ day evening, the stores being open to
display Easter merchandise, and the
event was such a great success that
( the sidewalks were too small to &C
conmodate the crowds attracted
down town by the display. A num-
Der of the cities have been holding
what they term style shows.
j. F. Langley of this city re
ceived word this morning of the
death of the wife of his brother, G. b
Langley, which occurred at her homo
in Des Mones at 800 a. m. Mrs. Lang
ley was well known in Keokuk. hay
\ ing visited here several times In tn
past with her husband, and her Ke0
kuk friends will sincerely regret r
learn of her death. She was sixt
years old. The husband survives. bu
there are no children. Mrs. Langle'
had been in falling health for some
time. J. E. Langley of this city Will
leave tonight for Des Moines to attend
the funeral
Rachel Myers, the ten year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank My-
ers Of La Harpe, Ill, died at Graham
hospital on Wednesday evening at
$50 o'clock Death was caused py
Bright's disease and complications.
Rachel was born at La Harpe on July
Is. 1905 and had lived In the neighbor-