The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
CITY NEWS.

| Mems and boys shoes at Lud-
wigs, 1904 Main.
New school dresses for the kid
dies, classy. SOC to S.. Lowitz.
There being number Of county
fairs for this week, rain was ex-
pected.
There will be no issue Of The
Daily Gate City Monday. September
8, Labor day.
Be sure to get copy Of this
evenings issue of The Gate City and
mail to your friends.
These warm days a bottle OF
Leisy's Temp Brew is fine. Two
dozen In case. Telephone "a.
Get copy of this issue Of The
Gate City and mail it to your friends.
It will help advertise Keokuk.
The Holiness association prayer
meeting will be held at the home of
Jos. Markins, 100 C street, tonight.
-Keokuk has many factories. They
are all busy and growing. You can
learn som ething about them In this
| issue of The Gate City.
This section will have the big
gest crops for several years. Which
/ indicates that business will be lively
during the fall and winter months.
| Only three more dances at Bluff
| Park this season, Friday, Aug. 81,
Friday, Sept Z, and Friday, Sept IA.
Don't forget the dates.
This is the big day at the Ka-
| hoka fair and many Keokuk people
made the trip by rail and auto to
see the races.
| The Elks and Eagles camps
across the river have been for sew
eral weeks affording pleasure and
recreation for the members OF those
orders.
! Price Bros. wish TO announce that
we have received our new fall styles
Of wall paper. Call and leave your
order for painting and papering. AS
Main.
! -Rolla siegfriend of Pontoosuc
and Gladys Thompson of Ferris were
united in marriage yesterday after
noon by James S. Burrows, Justice OF
the peace.
Send The Gate City to the sol
der. 1t can be sent daily from this
office cheaper than you can send 1t
from your own home and then you
avoid the trouble.
New flag poles are being erected
grounds. All Of the Keokuk schools
Tuesday, September 4.
The city council has ordered $3.50
paid to Elizabeth Raines in full settle
ment for injuries sustained by her
while driving along Reid street be-
tween II and I streets, Feb. 81, 1915.
Floyd Leibfarth and Clifton Floyd
are two Keokuk boys with the 149th
field artillery, commanded by Colonel
REILLY, which left FIT. Sheridan for
Mineola, L. I. From there they will
sail for France.
The work of en1arging the Irwin
Phillips Co plant is going forward
and 1t is expected the entire prop
erty will b ready for occupancy
within a fc- neks. The new home
is a credit ne city as well as the
company.
School begins next week; buy
the boys school shoes at Ludwig's.
Price reasonable.
The Septembe sales will soon
be feature put on by the Keokuk
retail merchants which will attract
buyers from the surrounding terri
popular with the trade because Of
their extraordinary value.
Timely rains have increased the
corn production and with the favor
able prices to be paid for grain, the
farmer will be one of the most pros
porous citizens. The Lee county
farmer will participate in the pros
perity and his prosperity should stim-
ulate retail trading.
Patrons Of the classified columns
sending in advertisements over the
phone should at the same time make
ARRANGEMENTS to get payment for
same to the business Office the same
day as all classified advertising is on
a cash basis and book accounts are
not kept or desired.
Most Of the Keokuk merchants
have returned from the eastern mar
kets where they made arrangements
to supply themselves with the very
latest and best merchandise which
will be offered to the trade at reason
able prices. There are no retail mer-
chants anywhere who work harder to
deserve the patronage Of the city
and country.
The ministers Of Iowa are re-
spending enthusiastically to- the re-
quest of the Greater Iowa associa-
ton that they preach an Iowa SER
mon on September 30-the Sunday
preceding Greater Iowa week, which
has been set this year October 1 to
6. inclusive Plans are under way
to induce retail merchants In all Of
the towns Of Iowa to display Iowa
made goods in their store windows
and give Iowa-made goods preference
over their counters. Cooperation be-
tween the manufacturers and retail
ers is being effected and the plan is
; Having the active help of practically
every newspaper in Iowa. The min
listers are not being asked to pre-
sent the commercial, industrial or