The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-20
CITY NEWS.

Home Tea Co.. 2 p. m.
Don't forget the meeting OF Sew
enth ward republicans at DR.. Phil
lips hall this evening.
Don't let the old snow get to
your feet. have your shoes repaired
at Sayller's shoe hospital. 1920 Main.
1 All persons owing Peterson Bros.
will please call and settle at our Of.
nee in John Walberg's store. GOT Main
street.
| A marriage license was issued
last evening to Jewell Hayes Walker.
40, and Henry C.. Bierman, 80. bo.n
OF Keokuk.
The government fleet is still at
work on the numerous bikes in the riv.
er between the Warsaw landing and
lBledsoe's point.
Deliver yorr own groceries and
get the 4 percent discount. Chas.
Higham. 1928 johnson. Phone Black
1888. Open evenings.
-Pucketchetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
". L. Utley, N. G.: George W. Inn
megart. permanent secretary.
| The fall celebration committee
held meeting last evening in the In
dustrial association rooms. The nm
ance problem was discussed by the
members.
! Regular meeting Keokuk council
| No. 536 tonight at s O'clock. Hawkes'
hall. Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
e. Powell, regent; ]. l. Annable.
secretary.
| Last evening at the ONCE of
James S. Burrows, justice OF the
peace, occurred the marriage Of Mrs.
Jewell Hayes Walker and Henry C.
Bierman. both of Keokuk. The we'd
ding ceremony was performed by
: Justice Burrows at o'clock.
| Deliver your own groceries and
| get the percent discount. Chas.
Higham, 1928 JohnsoE. Phone Black
1898. Open evenings.
| Warsaw Bulletin: Canton, Mo-,
holds public sales at intervals to which
| anyone can bring stock and have 1t
disposed of. At the last one held last
week. some forty head Of horses we're
| sold, with other stock, the total sales
amounting to $4,000. Mr.. Mccoy. OF
Keokuk, formerly Of WARSAW, had
two little Shetland ponies In the sale.
which were bought by Canton parties.
DIR. G. F. Luster of Galesburg. H..
ia graduate OF the Keokuk Medical
college. and a man well known to
many Keokuk people. was found dead
in his private ONCE in Galesburg yes
terday morning. The body was dis
covered by Dr. Luster's son. Death
was the result of a stroke Of apop-
lexy. The survivors are q widow and
three children.
Since July IL, when reports on
infantile paralysis first began to come
in to the state board OF hea1th's Of
flee this year, there have been total
of 207 cases reported and twenty-five
deaths. Five cases were reported
yesterday, one case each from Wap-
clio, George and Keota and two cases
from Harper. A girl 3 years old
died at Lone Tree.
The practice of weighing in new
corn at eighty pounds to the busf1el
is not legal unless the two parties
buyer and seiler-agree to it in writ
&c. A. Robbins, assistant attorney
general, in reply to an inquiry. The
weights and measures department
holds to the same opinion. The legal
weight for ear corn is seventy pounds
to the bushel It has long been the
custom, however, to buy new corn at
eighty pounds to the bushel because
OF the fact that there is a big shrink
age after the corn dries out.
-Kahoka Gazstfe-Herald: Col. w.
III. Knight, OF the Keokulx and Jeffer-
son City interurban, spent Sunday In
Kahoka. leaving Monday noon. For
several months he has been constant
lily on the work at the south end, not
even taking time to 30 TO dis Chi
cago home He has competed his
own work entirely through 70 Jeffer.
son City and in about thirty days will
q q hYnnZa0
from exposure to sun and wind and
inbued with the belief that all is well
with hi. great project. In short
while he will take up in earnest the
Keokuk city end OF the project.
Again. as last year. the c.. B. Z
@. will operate a special express
train between Chicago and Lincoln,
Neb.. but an earlier date for the In
Titiation OF this new schedule is con-
templated. In all probability the train
will commence operating about Octob-
err %. an earlier date than last year.
and will continue until after the holi-
DAYS. The train Will leave Chicago
in the evening and during the run
will maintain fast mail time. stopping
at only the larger cities. It VIII pc
operated daily except Sunday. On
the return trip from Lincoln, tho train
Will lOilOW w. L.
Mrs BENJAMIN Stroot arranged 4,
srrnrise party for her husband last
evening at their home. $50 Nortn
Fourteenth street, says the Quincy
Herald. 1t surely was surprise
party and it surely was birthday
party. Mrs. Stroot invited a number
OF her husbands friends TO come IN
and surprise him on his birtndsy.
Before the party was over ME- Stroot
herself presented an unusual sufps,se
most fitting for a birthday. A fine
son was proclaimed and the merry.
makers repaired to the home OF
Henry Hooters. brother OF MIS-.
stroot, 1919 Vine street, ana con
tinued the celebration OF the double
surprise and double birthday.
Cain A. White. reporter OF rui
grim's Rest Baptist church, states tnat
DIR. J. II. Helm is doing great eyanseI