The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-20
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C. J. Kirch has returned from
business trip to New York City
Aunt Jemima's -four $3.50 at
HiKhem's grocery. 1900 johnson.
Passenger schedules are still
mixed up due to the cold weather.
Masonic: Special Eagle lodge No.
II, Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
Third degree. February II, 1917.
Basketball tonight, Hibernians VS..
Elvaston, corner Ninth and Bank.
Admission Csc. Game called O'Clock.
&C. e. Durgee, general secretary
Of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation is in Des Moines attending a
X NJ. C. A. directors and secretaries
conference The meeting will close
! this evening. !.
| IF. R. Lusk. Of Quincy. who has
| number OF Keokuk acquaintances, Is
\ just recovering from severe attack
] of the grip.
| The wise ones who have been
busy circulating the report OF the we'd
ding of prominent Keokuk bache-
llor-business man. have been making
fools Of themselves. No, he is not
married.
Ice cream manufacturers from
keokuk, Burlington, Hannibal and
other cities are in Quincy today at
tending a meeting OF the Illinois As
ISOLATION OF Ice Cream Dealers.
Ash Wednesday services will be
held in ST. Johns Episcopal church,
Fourth and Concert streets, tomorrow
morning at 1920 o'clock, with holy
communion At T:45 oclock there VIII
be evening prayer with an address.
| Discerning housewives have
learned the value of the advertise
ments appearing in The Gate City
and read them closely, even before
reading the news. In these days OF
the high cost of living every saving
! is of Importance and all are finding
it pays to read the ads.
1 -Keokuk railroad men will regret
| to learn of the death of Conductor
Tom Davis, of Hannibal He passed
away at his home Sunday night. Mr..
Davis was the oldest conductor In
point Of service on the Missouri lines
of the burlington"
Regular meeting of Morning Star
lodge No. S, knights OF Pythias, at
Castle hall Tuesday evening at 500
o'clock. Work in knight rank. AL
members requested to be present. H
A. Brunat, c. c.; J. A. Burgess, X. OF
X & >.
Mail cars running In and out oil
Quincy on the Wabash will be remov
ed within the next few weeks. If plans
made by the postofIice department
are carried out The removal OF the
mail service is part of the nation
1 wide plan to curtail expenses by Post
master General Burleson. The Gate
City mentioned this movement in q
recent issue and intimated that there
was a possibility of a curtailment o.
the service on the Rock Island out o.
this city.
Statement of national statistics
compiled by the Salvation Army fol
the entire country for the last ter
years show that 1895, 1s9 beds were
furnished for indigents; 43,624,74I
meals were provided; 343. 41s-most1,
children-were given outings in sum
mer; 3o,162 tons of coal were givel
away in emergency relief. and 1885
children were cared for in rescu
homes.
The Chicago postoffice has bee
made the dead letter" center for tn
entire middle west Ten states, IL
I Guiding Iowa are included in tn
newly created territory. This ste
was taken after the recently sestai
l lished dead letter Office for the nortl
ern Illinois district was found to
successful Formerly all the dea
letter mail was forwarded to Wasl
ington.
The central military departmeT
OF the United States will receiv
s2O5, 900 of s6S3.000 appropriated r,
Gently for military training camp
this summer OF this sum Fort Sher
dan will receive 100000 and the r
mainder will be expended at Fol
d Riley, Kas.. and Fort Smelling. Mon
The principal expenditures will col
v sist of providing uniforms, eQui
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