The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
CITY NEWS.

Graduation Dresses. Lowitz.
Nice. strawberries on sale at all
grocery stores at 10c per box.
The new directories of the Iowa
Telephone company have been issued
to subscribers.
-Erman & Loving, wall paper
cleaners. Call Smith Bros. grocery.
Phone 315.
L. Swanson who was recently
operated upon at the st. Joseph's hos
pital, has been removed to his home,
GOA South Eleventh street.
The butcher, the baker and the
candle stick maker are all needed to
help in the fly1ess campaign. Enlist
The Constitution-Demo crat Job
office is ready to receive orders and
execute them promptly and neatly.
Phone 35 and representative will
call.
Attend Eastern Star chicken sup
per Friday evening, April %, at Ma
sonic hall. corner Seventh and Blon-
deau. Supper 35c, served from $3.50
to Z. Everybody invited.
"A communication from Bona
parte to local citizen reads as fol-
lows: Can you give me the name OF
a florist in your city? have searched
the Keokuk papers daily and found
no advertisement"
Strawberries are daily becoming
more plentiful. Local growers are pre-
dicating fair crop Of homegrown ber-
rieS.
Edward Schmidt was operated
upon at St Joseph's hospital this
morning at 500 o'clock for appendi-
citis. According to reports from the
hospital this afternoon he is in fav-
orable condition.
The flower beds at Rand park
are being prepared and plants will be
set out as soon as the beds are ready.
1t is hoped that the flower vandals
tions to these.
Patrons of the classified columns
who send in their advertisements
over the phone should some time dur
ing the day send the money for same
to The Gate City Office as this class
Of business is strictly cash.
The state automobile d apartment
announces that the high mark set in
1915 as regards the number Of regis
tered cars in the state had been
passed. At the close Of 1915. the de-
partment had registered 145,134 cars.
Yesterday, the department passed the
LAG, 900 mark in issuing number plates.
The seyenty-third annual COM
munication Of the grand lodge OF
Iowa, A T. & A. NJ, will be held In
Davenport in June. The school of In
struction will be held June 9, 10 and
IL. The grand lodge sessions will
be held June 10, IA and Is. Frank
s. Moses is the grand master and
will open the grand lodge session on
Tuesday morning, June ID. Newton
r. Parvin is grand secretary.
Henry Reed Keagy of 1ndepen-
dence, Iowa, has announced his with
drawal from the race for secretary of
state. In a letter to the republican
voters he expresses his appreciation
OF the generous support accorded
him, but says that the candidacy of
Hon. r. A. HasselGuist of Lucas
county. prompts him to withdraw.
Mr.. Hasselquist being an old friend.
The Quincy Wing says of the
steamboat situation: Steamer G.. w.
Hill which is in the Quincy bay will
leave in about a week and a half.
The first excursion of the year given
will be the annual high school. to
Hannibal and return, in the afternoon
of May 5. The ferry B. B. continues
to stay in service, even though the
stage OF the river is against 1T. 1t is
doing a good business under these
conditions. The steamer Belle OF Cal
houn is expected up tonight from st.
Louis on the first semi-weekly trip to
Quincy and return.