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Evening journal., 1917-12-15
every MAN. WAR
PASTORS subject
DR.. Randolph Will Discuss
Theme on Sunday
Night
ORGAN RECITAL
BEFORE SER MON

every Mans War" will be the sub
ject Of the sermon in Grace Church by
Dr.. Randolph tomorrow evening. That
this world war in which we are en-
gagged will be one which will enlist the
work and the savings as well rs the
patriotic devotion and sacrifices OF
every man, woman and child I'm the
whole nation is becoming more and
more evident What Can | do to help
win the war? This is every mans
question. To help you answer this
question most effectively, Or. Randolph
will preach a sermon Of vital interest
to every person in the city. Norris C,
Morgan Will give a fine musical ser
vice consisting Of the following num-
bers:
7i5 to 73O o'clock, organ recital
NIarche Militaire, Gounod; Song With
out Words" Elgar; "Berceusc," Kin
der.
73O o'clock-Anthem, God is Love-
Shelley; offertory. Fear Not, o Israel, VI
Spicker; organ postlude, Battle Hymn
Of the Republic
Reality in Religion" will be the
theme at 1920 o'clock. Every Christian
man both inside and outside the
sermon which will present the modern
church will be greatly interested in this
mans view Of the necessity Of laying
our emphasis upon things that are real
vital and practical in religion.
The following musical program will
be given-Organ prelude, "Andantt
Moderate" Batiste; anthem, 30 LORD
How Excellent" Ambrose; offertory, So
prano solo. Miss Elizabeth Harrison
organ postlude, "Postlude in D Ma
ior." Merkel.
The Sunday school VIII meet at Il
o'clock with classes for persons Of al
ages.
The Epworth League will meet at Ga
o'clock. All week night meetings vii
be held in the church house on Wes
street. This is done TO conserve thu
coal supply. Christmas service Of
prayer viii be held on, Wednesday
night
on Sunday, December %, a specia
offering for Armenian sufferers vii
be received
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
M'CEBE METHODISTS
EELP government

McCabe Memorial Church, Boulevard
and Tweuty-second street. the Rev
James W. Easley, pastor, the following
are the sabbath services:
1870 o'clock, Worship and sermon
7A5 O'Clock, patriotic service. BY APP
pointment of the Government Calen
.. Burchenal, Esq, VIII deliver a pa
trlolic address at our 1ij o'clock ser
vice. ~ o'clock, the Sunday school
session. Organized Bible classes fol
men and women. Z O'Clock, the EDworth
League weekly service. led by O. !. r.
Thompson. Clarence Neese viii speak
at this service.
McCabe Memorial Church has en-
tered the league Of churches TO sendel
any service It may to our Govern
ment in this great world crisis which
the church and the nation faces
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
NORTH CHURCH NOTICEs.

North Baptist Church, Lincoln street
near Delaware avenue. the Rev. William
L, Pettingill, pastor; Edward E. Wash
burn, as ociate pastor; preaching at
10 80 O'Clock and : 45 o'clock by MIR
Washburn, who will continue the
studies in the First Epistle Of Peter
at the morning service, and in the even
Ing viii take for his subject IAN En-
during Peace" Bible school at noon
Young Peoples meeting at 6 IS O'clock
conducted by Miss Nellie Hanson.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
BUSY SUNDAY AT MADELEY.

Services at Madeley NJ f. Church to-
morrow will be as follows: $50
o'clock. class meeting, leader, John H..
Ford; 1890 o'clock. sermon by the pas
tor, the Rev. l.. NJ Broadway; sub
ject. Second Coming Of Christ; 2i5
O'Clock, the Sunday school will meet
with the Rev. Robert O. Conner, su-
perlntendent, In charge; at 6A5 o'clock
the regular devotional service Of the
Epworth League; at l.30 O'Clock,
preaching by the pastor. Professor
John T. Magee will direct the singing
at both morning and evening services,
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
POPULAR REVIVAL
AT EASTLAKE TOMORROW

The pastor the Rev. Henry Cunning
ham, will conduct the worship and
preach at both services tomorrow at
the Eastlahe Presbyterian Church, cor
ner Of Twenty-seventh and Market
streets.
At 1890 o'clock the theme Of the ser
mon will be "Life's Greatest Change.
Tie sunday school will meet at
o'clock.
A popular revival service win be held
at 730 o'clock The music will be a
F special feature. A song service led by
choir and Instruments, win open the
meeting The choir and soloists will
sing several selections. The pastor will
speak on the theme. Almost a Chris
tian."
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
WHITE GIFT DAY
At SECOND BAPTIST
Sunday School Boys Bring
Potatoes, Girls Bring
Arp.es for Needy
JERUSALEM TAKEN,
PASTORS TOPIC

White Gift Day" will be observed
by the Sunday school Of the Second
Baptist Church. Ninth and Franklin
streets. tomorrow. For the last six
years the sunday school, under the
leadership Of the Kings Daughters
Society, have remembered the needy
at Christmas time. Tomorrow. in adj
dltion to the customary gifts brought
at the Sunday school hour, at noon,
each man and boy is requested to
bring one or more potatoes, and each
woman and girl one or more apples,
placing them IN barrels at the door,
Christmas carols will be sung, under
The direction Of Mrs. James II. shus-
ter Mrs. Virginia Jones Lattomus
viii tell the Christmas story. The
Second Baptist co-operaies with the
Associated Charities in their work for
those who need help.
The Rev. Thomas p. Holloway, pas
tor. will preach at the 1890 o'clock
service on "Jesus in the Family Cir
Gle. and at las o'clock on Jerusalem
Captured by the Christians The
Senior c. f. Society will meet at 6.45
O'clock. Robert C. Collins. leader
Wednesday evening prayer meetings
at O'Clock. conducted by the pastor.
The Sunday music includes in the
morning. Organ Prelude in c." by
Reed; anthem, Ave Maria" Arcadelt
solo, The God Of Truth and Love,
HUM, sung by Mrs. Davis; organ post
lude. "Festive March in d., smart. In
the evening, organ "Serenade." by
Gounod: anthem, Lord. We Pray
Thee; solo. Teach Me TO Pray,
Jewett. sung by S H. Jones; organ
postlude. Handels Largo 2
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SUNDAY AT CENTRAL

"A Word to the Weary" IS the sub.
jeci al i0.50 CLOCK tomorrow III Gt'ii-
tral Church, King street below Eighth
The minister. the Rev. J. II. Crawford
viii preach both morning and evening
Mrs. Wales Will sing Turn Thee Unto
Ne" Costa. The Sabbath school will
meet at ii.55 o'clock. The " ;. G. T.
syill meet at 6 i5 o'clock, and will be
led by Miss Prickett. At 745 o'clock
the minister will preach on "The Man
at the Gate" The choir will sing Saw
ious, When Night Involves the skies.
shelley Mrs Horner and Mr.. Hayes VIII
sing the solo parts; Mr. Hayes will
also sing Fear Not Ye. o Israel" by
Bucw; organ, Seena.' Gounod; 'Festi-
Al March, kroeger; Melody in T, Ru-
eslnsteini Romance Debussy: "Alla
AArcis." Fox
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
.FORKER GOVERNOR IN
ct ptIIl'S plIpII
Ji. IhUh y Uhi ii

In st. Paurs VI. E. Church. Tenth and
Jackson streets. the Rev. A. Il. Thomp-
son will preach tomorrow morning on
the subject, adjustment TO the Great
Plan Dr.. Thompson has opened his
pulpit in the evening for the directors
OF the war stamp campaign to pre-
sent this patriotic duty TO the people.
Former Governor Charles r. Miller Will
speak at 7.30 O'Clock on The Great
Need for Every American to Do His
Duty
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SCOTT YOUNG PEOPLE
Hold xmas PARTY

A program Of interest will be pre-
sented at Scott NJ e. Church, at Seventh
and Spruce streets, tomorrow. The
service OF prayer and testimony. at
Q as o'clock. will be IN charge Of T. n
Gilbert. At 1890 o'clock there will be
the regular morning worship. The pas
tor will have as his subject, Needed
Repairs," a sermon with special refer
ence to the revival services, soon To
begin
The musical numbers by the choir
under the direction Of Miss Mary
Thialman. will include Nearer My
God TO Thee" kirkpatrick. and "Ie
That stand i'm the House Of the Lord,
by Spinnoy. full chorus. The organ Sc
lections will be by Ashford and 1aconie
At o'clock the Bible school Will
meet. w f. Drummond. superinten-
dent Special musical program rendered
BY the school. led by the orchestra.
The pastor Will teach the lesson in the
Baraca class.
The Epworih League meeting will be
held at $50 o'clock. j. Harry Wright
IN charge. There will be special music
by the choir At 730 O'Clock there will
be the regular evening worship. The
Rev. c. L. uoon. u. D., will preach the
sermon.
The musical numbers viii include
organ selections by Reinhardt anC
Montgomery and the choir will sins
20 Paradise" by Gray, full chorus
and "Holy Art Thou" by Handel.
on Monday and Tuesday nights tn
classes will meet and the mid-weel
prayer meeting viii be held on Wed
nesday night the pastors subiec
sin be "How TO Overcome.
on Thursday night the Epwort!
League viii hold its annual Christina
party IN the assembly room of IN
church. There viii be a general eN
change Of gifts by members of IN
league.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.

Those who attended the meeting OF
the New Castle graded Sunday School
Union last Tuesday were well repaid.
The suggestions for Christmas eXer-
cises were timely, and the two stories
told were not only suggestive in
themselves. but the telling Of them
by two experts was very suggestive Of
he important pedagogic principle so
much overlooked in Sunday school
work.
East Dover hundred held conven-
tion last week, the FIRST in four yeaI S,
and lined up a fine list Of new officers.
Much interest was shown.
The association is preparing for the
State convention TO be held May Z and
8. The international convention will
be held in Buffalo in June.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
HERBERT 4. WARD
SPEAKER AT UNION

Union NJ. Z. Church, Fifth and Wash
ington streets, the Rev. w. F. Corkran,
pastor; tomorrow's services begin with
an old-time class meeting, at 9.30
o'clock, in charge of +. w. Dunlap.
The pastor VIII preach at 1890
O'Clock, taking for his theme "The
Things That Abide" Sunday School at
, o'clock. Epworth League at Gas
o'clock At 7.30 O'Clock, Herbert II.
Ward Esq, a prominant lawyer Of
this city, will address the congrega-
ton on Patriotism"
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
BAYARD An MARsHALLToN.

The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard will adj
dress patriotic meeting at 30 o'clock
sunday night at the Marshallton Meth
odst Episcopal Church. The pastor,
the Rev. J. p. Otis, will preach at Mar
shsllton at the II o'clock service. and
at Cedar Heights at 3 o'clock. Sunday
school at both churches al the usual
hours
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
PoRTo RICAN an CALvARY.

Calvary Episcopal Church, Third and
Washington streets, Thomas " WiD-
gate In charge, the services on Sunday
win be as follows: Sunday school at
o 10 o'clock; Litany and address at 10 a.
o'clock. The sermon will be delivered
by the Rev Arthur +. Whittle. Of Porto
Rico. There will be no evening service
until further notice.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
KUERN. Bible SCHOLAR,
IN PUBLIC SFEECE

J. G. Kuehn, Of New York City, will
address the International Bible stu
dents Association members of this city
on Sunday. In the afternoon at
o'clock IN Pythian Castle. the visiting
member will address the public.
4 thorough Bible student, Mr.. Kuehn
will treat the topic OF the afternoon
THE Profit Of Piety" in an interesting
manner. What is Heaven Like" and
what Can ] Take With Me- are
questions Of keen interest TO all think
ers.
The address is free and collections
will not be taken.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
AT BETHANY.

In Bethany Baptist Church, Elm and
Jackson streets. the Rev. John 4. Huns
berger, pastor, Sunday services will be
as follows: Brotherhood at 10 o'clock ;
evening worship at 1890 o'clock; sub
iect, Moses Glory" Evening wQrship
at 7i5 o'clock, theme. why Am
Not a Chrlstlan2" Bible school at .
O'Clock; 3. Y. p. L., senior and Junior
at z O'Clock; Red Cross Auxiliary,
Tuesday at 30 o'clock; prayer service
Wednesday at 7i5 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
Trinity LUTHERAN.

Services at Trinity Lutheran Church,
Corner Twenty-third street and Con
cord avenue. the Rev. DR.. Milton n.
slime, pastor, tomorrow. will consist Of
sermon and worship at II o'clock, on
the theme. 1.-The Womans Leaven'
and at 745 O'Clock, A Good Choice
Which Proved Bad.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SUNDAY AT OLINET.

In Olivet Presbyterian Church.
Fourth anh Broome streets, Sunday SER
vices will be as follows Preaching
at 1918 and 7.i5 o'clock, by the Rev.
Joel s. Gnnllan; the subjects, THE
Christian Consciousness and War" and
Does God Carer" in view of the Hall
fax and Italian disasters. The services
will be as usual.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
nMANUEL CHURCH SERVICES.

The services on Sunday at lmmanuel
Church. Highlands. the Rev William II.
Laird, D D., rector. will be as follows
7.l5 o'clock, Holy Communion; II
o'clock. morning prayer and sermon;
7.45 O'Clock evening prayer and ad-
dress; Sunday School at 9 80 O'Clock.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
RICHARnsON PARK NnIEs.

Or. Robert Watt, superintendent Ol
Wilmington District, viii preach at
the 1890 o'clock service at the Rich
ardson Park NJ. Z. Church, on sun
day. The Rev. George W. Bounds, the
pastor, win preach at 7lj o'clock.
sunday school at noon and Epworih
League at o'clock.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
PROGRESSIVE sPIRITUALIsTs.

Services tomorrow evening at the
First Progressive Spiritualists' Church.
Pythian Castle Hall, No. 9O6 West
street, conducted by Mrs. William
Con. Inspirational reader, Mrs. Ioho,
from Philadelphia, message bearer. Spe-
cial music.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
METHODIST pROTETANT NOTES.

At the First Methodist Protestant
Church. on Sunday, the pastor, the
Rev. Eben ~ Baldwin will preach at
1890 o'clock on Il Was Not Disobed-
lent TO the Heavenly Vision" and at
7.45 o'clock on what Is MANI" Sab
bath school at 215 o'clock, Y. P. S. c.
e. prayer service at G as o'clock, led
by the Rev. Eben N. Baldwin. Special
music at all services.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SUNDAY AT sT. LUKE.

In st. Lukes Reformed Episcopal
Church, Monroe and Eighth streets,
Sunday services will be as follows :
Prayer and sermon at 1918 o'clock.
Sunday school at 30 o'clock. Even
Ing prayer and sermon at 73O O'clock.
The Rev. William Lammlng is pastor.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
CHURCH or THE NEW JERUsALEM

Services will be held In the chapel
Delaware avenue and Washington
street, at 1910 o'clock, conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. George Henry
Dole. Subject Of the sermon, who
Was Iesus2"
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
In MEsLEYAN NTEnEsr

The Rev. Mr. Clark Of Brack-Ex NJ
E. Church VIII deliver an address to-
morrow morning in Hockessln NJ Z.
Church IN behalf Of The endowment
fund Of the Wesley Collegian Institute
Of Dover.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
SERVICES AT STANTON.

The Rev j. II. Beacham, D. D.. Will
preach in stanton NJ. f. Church. Stan
ton, tomorrow. lie will represent the
city missionary work of the Whining
ton Conference.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
sPIRITIiALIsT MEETINGS.

The Spiritual Church Of the Unlver-
sal brotherhood viii hold It's usual
Sunday night meetings at the Grand
Opera. room No. l2 Highly attuned
mediums win be present.
Evening journal., 1917-12-15
AT uNITARIAN CHURCH.

In the Unitarian Church tomorrow
morning the Rev. J. r. Kradnfer will
preach on Things Christian" Sunday
school will meet at noon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
State Fair oriainated Here.

The Iowa state agricultural society
now one of the biggest institutions
Of the state, was founded by keo-
kuk man, DR.. J. M, Shafer, who was
also noted as an authority on in
sects. The state fairs used to be
held here in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
BuiIdinu Well for Future.

The sewage system Of keokuk was
designed and laid out by George E.
Waring, the greatest sanitary engi-
neer the world ever had. 1t was
made as a single unit extending far
out of the present town, and when
new sewers are to be extended, they
are built after Warnings blue prints.
Waring was then a young man I'm
known to fame.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Careful Study and Analysis Of the Present Condi
Mons Compared with the Past and Those in Some
Similar Cities Givea Good Slant Keokuk S Move
ment in Business and Physical Growth
WHAT REAL INDEXES INDICATE HERE
Postofce Receipts Building Permits Street Railway Elk
pansions and Vacant Buildings Tell Real Truth About
Conditions in Any City and Are Used to Indicate
the Present Situation Here.

Postofffce receipts are generally con.
sidered to be the best and most &C
curate index of city's growth or de-
crease in business. Building permits
are the best index of city's growth
il size.
The Keokuk postoffice receipts have
been increasing regularly every year
for the last dozen years. and this in
crease continues without variation
the receipts for the months of 1917,
have been larger than those for the
corresponding months of last year.
The building permits during the last
dozen years have varied much, vacil-
lating up and down year by year. In
this year of 1917, the increase has
been very large.
Which proves that Keokuk Is grow
ing in both size and business, and In
business with steady regularity OF
growth.
Necessity Of Real Indexes.
Keokuk is the most difficult place in
the whole country to estimate from
first hand reports the business condi-
tions. There is natural tendency to
emphasize too much the retail bust
ness as being all of merchandising;
and temporary conditions, recent dis
appointments, or even the condition or
the digestion Of the merchant, per-
haps combined with the usual varia-
lions between competitive business in
the same line Is very apt here to color
markedly the answers to the man who
simply asks on Main street how is
business.
So, here, more even than elsewhere.
1t is necessary to estimate the amount
of business being done by the more ac-
curate statistics which statisticians
have learned from long experience TO
be real indexes of business conditions.
keokuk and Retail Business.
There are other retail cities than
Keokuk in Iowa, of about the same
size. These other similar retail towns
are in the center Of great farming
communities, with no other real town
less than twenty-four miles distant
KeolSuk, located in the point where
two really large rivers meet, has not
the super1ative farming land touching
its boundaries all around. Also, 1t has
excellent smaller cities of perfectly
good retail capacity within ten or hf-
teen miles of here.
And vet. Keokuk, rising above these
disadvantages by sheer genius or
craftsmanship and catering to the peo-
pie, attracts retail trade in consider
able quantity. for long radius, Some
of the Keokuk stores sell the most
goods in their lines that are bought
within a radius of thirty or forty miles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

cd Of the town knocker everywhere
he always points out the vacant build
ings in town as proof positive that
the town is dead. That is about as in
forming as pointing to the vacant
stables as proving that all the people
walk all the time.
Best Symptoms Of Stagnation.
town without vacant store rooms
is standing still, certainly. If it's bust
ness is contained in one unchanging
spot, as around the public square, a
container just big enough to hold its
unchanging size, its business is stag,
|nant.
When cities are really growing
business moves it's location constant
ly. Compare the location of A. T.
Stewards store with that Of Wana.
maker in New York.
Within the memory Of Keokuk resi-
dents, business in Keokuk was done
on the levee and from there to about
Fifth street. Ali the really prominent
stores were below Fifth street. The
biggest jobbing houses were below
Third street. But Keokuk grew out of
that. The business center is now not
Eighth street There are many good
stores above Seventh street and far
out Main street Some Of the largest
jobbers are on Johnson street between
Third and Seventh streets. The best
office building location is no longer
Third and Main, as before, but on
Blondeau street from Fifth to Seventh
streets.
Best Proof Of business Health.
AS business in Keokuk expanded,
grew and moved into new and infinite
ly better business buildings, it vacated
the store rooms on Main street hill.
Most of these are filled with other
business, but some Of them are vacant.
And that they are is the best proof in
the world of the business health of
Keokuk.
The aristocratlc residence district
was once around Second and Exchange
streets-it does not look it now, but
there were once as fine homes as rich
ly furnished as any Keokuk has today.
One might as well point to that local
ity today to prove that everybody In
this town is poor, as to point to some
vacant store rooms on the hill as proof
that Keokuk business has gone bank.
rupt.
Landlords Need Not Worry.
Apropos, there are practically no
residences vacant in Keokuk today. A
long search by newcomer for a home
showed this, although there were
found a few houses, venerable and
weak with age, without living conven-
fences, vacant because the owner does
not thtink them worth rebuilding. or
course, good houses have tenants leave
occasionally, but they are soon filled
again.
Every line of Investigation used by
real business statisticians indicates
that Keokuk Is growing steadily, SOL
idly, with increasing force every year,
and Just now with rather unusual rap
idity-growing in area and population
as well as in the volume of business
done here.
And all this does not include the vol
ume of manufacturing done, which Of
course is many times that done when
the last federal census was taken.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
keokuk's Superiority in Jobbing.

,
/. Keokuk is a very important manu-
featuring and wholesale town. Keokuk
Ijobbers sell goods ali around other
much larger cities and within longer
radius than do those Of any other city
in this part of the country, except
Chicago, Saint Louis, Kansas City, and
perhaps, but not certainly Omaha.
| One manufacturing and jobbing con-
Germ sells goods south of Saint Louis
| through travelling statesmen making
that territory regularly. Another Keo-
kuk factory has its men covering the
country clear to the Pacific ocean
with large sales in the west. Keokuil
grocery jobbers keep their travelling
men selling goods clear to the Mis-
souri, river and all around some other
cities in and adjacent to Missouri. And
| so on with all the Keokuk jobbers.
| Keokuk as jobbing point has job
bers with no superiors, and few equals,
in any other city of any size in the
middle west This, plus the increasing
business done by all of them, is what
makes the volume Of Keokuk business
increase year by year constantly, as
, proyed by the postoft1ce receipts.
Building Operations and Facts.
Building in keokuk is somewhat err
ratio. One year Of decade there will
be com paratively little building con-
tracted The next year there may be
much building done.
Two things stand out prominently in
this connection.
Within the last FIVE years, a new
district has been converted from pas
ture acreage into city lots and homes;
this district is so large that the board
Of education had to build the fine, new
Jefferson school house out there to &C
commodate the children moved in rap
idly The houses there are all GOOD
homes. The old Carey place which
used to be a noted country home is
now a commonplace house in the midst
of a solidly built up part of town.
Hubenthal's grove, was a few years
ago the place for country picnics Now
the street railway runs far beyond 1t
through residences.
What the Record Shows.
Another thing is, that the building
permits for 1917, total more than those
for the years Of 1914, 1915, and 1916
combined.
These two things, one territorial and
tie other statistical, tell more about
the physical growth of KeokulS in the
last half dozen years than all the talk
ing in cigar stores and by people who
seldom get off Main street, whom an
investigator might interview.
They show the old resident what
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

Idaho Martyr was Keokuk Product.
Governor Stuenberg of Idaho, muir
dered by Meyer, Haywood and others,
was Keokuk product and visited
his family here not long before his
assassination.