The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-28
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as long as they are needed.
Then came the actual work of
raising the fund Forty captains and
one hundred and fifty soldiers re-
sponded to the call, and laying aside
all private interests, they went to
it," How much determination and
grit this took will never be known
by anyone except the men them
selves, but the man who knows"
appreciates it and thanks them for
their faithfulness under difficulties.
One, hundred and forty-nine men out
of possible one hundred and sixty
were on the job that day. The work
of subscribing was the next step and
the response to the campaign for
large amounts was very generous, but
they were no more generous or
worthy Of praise than gifts of hun
dreds of people who gave what they
could, not what they wanted to give.
This roll of honor is a long one, but
when it is all over we hope to pub
lish it. About this time the work OF
Mr.. Bradys committee began to ap-
pear and the town bloomed out with
a profusion of all sorts Of posters
and signs, which prevented anyone
from forgetting the Red Cross for
moment. In connection with this,
Mr.. Brady furnishes the following re-
port of assistance received by him.
H. #. Orsborn of the Y. M. c. A.,
worked hard and gave most gener-
ousIy of his time. Mr.. Merriam and
Mr.. milestone, Mr.. John Foulkes and
Mr.. H. L. Reid made posters. The
Mississippi River Power Co.. through
the kindness of Mr.. Kellogg. printed
blue prints. The Misses Jester were
of great assistance and Mr.. William
Buey did excellent work.
Material was contributed and other
labor performed by the following:
Sullivan & Auwerda. sign cloth; me
Central, sign cloth; Winger's, sign
clotn; Younkers, sign cloth; Wilkin-
sons, paint; Leake Printing Co.,
cardboard and printers ink; Van
Doren Printing Co., window cards;
Lutz and Stahl, paper; the Keokuk
Lum Der Co. and the Taber Lumber
Co., lumber. John Young and Messrs.
Dollery and Wolley contributed labor
for wood frames. The Y. M. c. A..
and the Grand theatre kindly per-
mitted the use of their premises. The
Huiskamp Bros. shoe factory saw to
it that the automobile signs were
furnished with the necessary eyelets.
The Weber and Smith Hardware Co.
gave Irvine and Duncan-Schell loaned
one of their windows.
All this time Mr.. McManus and
M, Coo+t x-orlrinp in, 10 cp,,p
try. Many speakers were furnished,
among them j. o. Boyd, John e.
Craig, E. L. Williams and DR.. Barr,
and the splendid work now being
done in the south half of Lee county
Is due to their efforts-they have
also been of great assistance to Fit.
Madison in starting the campaign
there. Here in Keokuk, The Gate
City, Mr. McManus, the Grand
theatre, Kindig's band and the Com
munity band were all doing their
bit" and doing it well in stirring up
enthusiast. During these first days
Mr.. ]. Albert Kiedaisch was busy
planning his campaign among the
stores, factories and offices, and
though called out Of the city before
his work was much more than start
ed, he had laid his plans so well that
under the guidance Of Mr.. Jas, Full
ton 1t worked out perfectly. Thanks
are due to employers, superintendent
and clerks in various institutions who
took charge of the gathering Of sub
scriptions among their fellow work
ers. Among the concerns where a
concerted effort to raise fund may
be mentioned:
Purity Oats Co.. Swift and Co.,
Standard Four Tire Co., J. c. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co., Huiskamp Bros. Co.,
Mississippi River Power Co., Carter's
Manufacturing Co., Standard Oil Co.,
Cement Machine Co., Weber-Kirch
Manufacturing Co., Kellogg-Birge Co.,
8. Hamill Co., Buck-Reiner Co., Blom-
Collier Co., Irwin-Phillips Co., Miller
Reimbold and McDevitt, Lagomar-
elmo Grupe Co., Iowa State Insurance
Co., Keokuk Canning Co., S. F.
Baker & Co.. Schouten's bakery,
Mills Ellsworth Co. Also some Of the
larger stores and the banks. There
may be others; if so, the fact will
be made public upon advice to head.
quarters.
Next came the women's campaign
under the leadership of Mrs. VIM. N.
Sage and splendid work it was--they
raised twice as much as the commit
tee expected, and the splendid work
of these en- in boiling hot day
entities every one Of them to special
mention, If space permitted.
This is the story from the workers
viewpoint. From the viewpoint OF
the "givers" it is record to be
proud of in Keokuk as long as Keo'
kuk is on the map-loyalty, patriot
ism and generosity are the only
words to express it. Many instances
of sacrifice have come to the notice
of "the man who knows" and they
would make book Of SURPRISING in
+arast Illustrative Of the sDirit of