The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-04

CITY NEWS.
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-Reiiabie piano tuning. r. W.
lLoewenstein Piano Co. Phone BIS.
Regular meeting of Hardin lodge
No. 90. A. F. and A. NJ, Monday. Aug
1 9Th, O'Clock. Visiting brethren ira
| ternally invited BY order OF w. A.
G. N. Duerkop, secretary.
| DR.. H A. Gray has been ordered
to report at the military camp, For'
Riley, about the fifteenth OF August
On account of leaving the city. 1t Is
| requested that all accounts be settled
| at once.
--Leisy's Temp Brew beats them all.
Two dozen In case. Order q case
for Sunday, it's not too late You
phone "a before o'clock
| Fred Fields Keokuk band took
part In the Emancipation day cele-
bration at Fort Madison yesterday.
The Fort Madison Democrat calls it
one of the best colored bands in tho
state Of Iowa.
The Hannibal Bluff City band,
which played at the Emancipation
day celebration at Kilbourne park,
this afternoon. gave concert down
town during the morning The band
appeared smart In white uniforms ana
produced good music.
The Donnelison Review Gays:
About 1900 pounds of mail order cat
alogues were distributed from the
Dpnnellson poscoff1ce last week In
this section And still we have mer-
chants who profess to believe that 1t
does not pay to advertise.
When motoring through Garth
age. stop at the Rose Tea Garden.
open daily from 4 to 10 p. N.
Attorneys for the plaintiff In the
case Of ANGEL vs.. Friedman and
Cohan have filed motion for new
trial in the superior court. An eight
page motion OF exceptions to tnstruc-
lions OF the court was also flied.
The jury found for the defendants
at the conclusion Of the first trial.
-Keokuk lodge No. Is, /. Q. O. +.
meets regularly every Monday night.
1t s o'clock v. R Mckay, N. G., r. NJ.
Pugh, recording secretary.
M. B. Pease has purchased OF W.
J. Harter the Auto Sales Co. business
at Fl Madison. DR.. Harter. who
bought his brothers interests in the
Auto Sales Co.. the fore part Of june.
at which time i. s. HArter enlisted
for government work NJ. B. Pease
viii handle Buick and Hudson cars
and all owners OF Buick and Hudson
automobiles will receive the same
courteous treatment In both Ft. Madt-
son and Keokuk as they have in the
past
-Hamiltcn Press: Now that the
Keokulian Is restricted to water a.,
his beverage he Is becoming more
anxious as to It's quality. He isn't
satisfied with the location OF the in
take pipe in the forebay and wishes
it removed further from the shore
line. II this is not done he threatens
to raise ballyhoo about renewing
the water conpany's franchise. We
enter into the agony OF our neigh
bors with deep sympathy, but after
an observation of the Keokuk thirst,
covering a period nigh onto thirty
years. candor compels the assertion
OF OUT belief that just plain water
won't be palatable in the Cross river
town, for many moons, no matter
where the intake pipe is placed. He
must first get the habit
-Keokuk people who remember
the Major NJ. Stafford family. for
mer residents here. will be interest
ed in the following from the Chat
tanooga Daily Times: Fred Stafford.
well known and popular Chattanoo-
gan, has been notified from Wash
ington that he has been commission
ed captain in the engineer corps Of
the United States army. Captain
Stafford attended the training camp
in the early part OF the summer, but
was retired because he was under
weight He had previously passed
mental examination and was given a
good rating. When he left the camp
because OF the apparent Physical de-
unquency, bis company commander
and a major in the regular army rec
commended that he be commissioned
despite the ruling as to his weight
The result was the issuance Of a
captains commission to the young
Chattanooga Captain Stafford has
been connected with the Tennessee
Light and Power company for several
years. He is son OF Major +. n
Stafford.