The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
CITY NEWS.

dollar Gay sat. WdlI. bOWis@'
Royal Neighbors pay August as
sessment to Mrs. Steiger.
Wanted: Young lady clerks Tor
loom end sale. Apply In person FTi-
day morning. Winger Bros.
A number of court officials from
this end of the county were IN Don
Nelson today to attend the fair.
| These warm days q bottle OF
Leisy's Temp Brew is fine. Two
dozen In a case. Telephone "a.
Abe Martin says: Some folks
are born in society, others are taken
in, but tn majority O. people tunnei
in"
A marriage license was issued
yesterday to John S. Martin, 5o, OF
Trenton, and Clara Hessig, 46. OF fort
Madison. 49,
watch Saturday, another dollar
day. A big surprise. Lowitz.
Standard Oil Co. service STATION,
Tenth and Main, selling a gasonne Oh
distinction, RED Crown" at wnoie-
sale price. 80 !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Hess OF
Venice, Calf, notify Keokuk reia-
tiyes Of the birth of dausnter.
Mrs. Hess was formerly Vera van
Sittert of this city. !.
No trace has been found mere OK
anyone who knew d. c. Stewart "no
was shot in North Dakota, and VINO
had written to one Of the banks here'
few days ago about some business
-"Red Crown" an absolute guarah-
tee Of maximum power and miles at
wholesale at Standard OIL 90. seFVico
station Tenth and Main.
-Burlinston is opening It's Y. NJ
| = A To the drafted men OF burning
ton and Des Moines county. The men
will in all probability be quartereu
three before being sent TO Caup
nodre In any event they VIII De
accorded the privileges of the assoc
citation. % -, cant
,aes than next months advance.
Lowitz A. haen
instructed to be on the LOOKOUT iol
two men in fiat boat VINO stoie
trammel net $50 feet long and 1eet
deem at Mont Pelier, Iowa. me men
are said to be headed down the river
and are reported to have passed bur
Iineton last night at 7:15 O'CLOCK:
3William Henry Cochenour, 70,
and blanche Horn, 18, were marrieo
at the city jail last evening by James
g burrows. Justice of the peace. FRO
ceedings in which Cochenour was
| charged with seduction were starteo
nv the girls mother, but were auto
matical,y barred when the marriage
tooL Mace. A warrant for Cochenour
80 sworn TO by the mother earlier
lin the day. ..,,
erly Of Warsaw and wei KNOWN ~ -.
Keokuk, has accepted posi.ion as
associate secretary OF the Natiohal
yigilantes of the Association Aave =,
Using Clubs Of the World. ne WI.
take up his new duties Septempei
10. Mr.. Green has been practclns
law in Quincy and has had charge
of the vigilance work OF the quincy
Ad club.
| petition for an Injunction mas
been filed in the district court oy -
| M Hartley VS.. F. w. Reitz, b. noel
Her and S. Steffenmeier. Pialntin
claims that agents or confederates ol
defendants invaded his land, destroy
ed fences and gates, and dug up the
Hand to put road through his prop.
erty. He claims this was trespasslng
i and that he should be protected. he
i asks for an Injunction against the
1 defendant board of supervisors.
! The rules and regulations Tor the
fire and police departments WHICH
| were recently presented to the city
council by the civil service commits
sion have been adopted by the coun-
ell with one amendment. Section Il,
| which provides that all refinishing,
| repair work and construction work
around the station houses or city
apparatus shall be done by the mem
bers of the fire and police depart
ments, was amended by the addition
of the words wherever practicable
All large cities disseminating mil
lfnery openings. We're ready. Elk
elusive agents the Highland hat (no
two alike) So to $40 and Wards IA
| nous 81 to S. hat. Lowitz.
The present U. S. armed forces
| is 934,141 men. All are volunteers.
When the $4,000 men. called under
| the draft law, assemble in training
camps the number will be 1.630,141,
not including volunteer inlistments
| between now and the time the draft
| mobilization begins. A second call
| for 100000 men would bring the total
to 2,13Q.141. Since the declaration
of war, approximately 100000 men
have offered themselves for service.
During the time this country has been
a belligerent, 121,51 men have volun-
teered for service in the navy and
marine corps and been accepted. In
regular army the increase since April
| /, by volunteer enlistment has been
190,347, and in national guard 136,998,
a total Of 327,345 enlisted men in
army branches and guard total Of
44S, 859 in both army and navy. Even
this figure does not include all who
have been accepted for service since
the United States entered the war,
for there have been additions to the
various reserve corps. The largest
single item is the 27,341 men recently
commissioned from the officers train
ing camps.
The Iowa weather and crop bull
latin For tho uaok opdino hue,,,+ o