The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
CITY NEWS.

Ladies' hosiery 15c to $l.50 pair
at the Central store.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John D..
Kelly, April 80. daughter.
Curtain materials 10. 1917, is to
3sc yard at the. Central store.
Regular meeting Of Keokuk
lodge No. 100. B. P. o. E.. tonight at
8 o'clock, E1ks' hall, Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
Muslin underwear. a large stock
to select from. Central store.
A rising temperature will be
appreciated and not the least from
the new gardeners" Plant life is
not thriving under the weather con-
ditions that have prevailed for the
past few weeks
The Daily volksfruend, Burling-
tons German paper. has ceased to
be published as daily and here
after will appear as a weekly. The
reason given for the change is the
high cost OF paper and material.
| -Children's hosiery 15c to 40c
pair. Keokuk hosiery house-the
Central.
-Abram l.. Fuits, cleaner and
| dyer of Burlington, Ia, has filed vol
untary petition in bankruptcy in the
| federal court here. He gives the
amount Of secured creditors as sS76.5
| and of unsecured s2,14S. His assets
he gives at S1165 with exemptions OF
! s625.
! Yard wide percales Is and TIC
yard, light and dark. The Central.
| Sundays service at the San
dusky Christian church by Rev. w
S. Johnson Sabbath school at 1000
a. m. Preaching at II a. m. c. E.
at o'clock p. m. Preaching at s
O'Clock p. m Special music both
morning and evening. Mr.. Adolph
! Bertschinger will play the violin.
Large assortment of white goods
at early prices. Central.
| Sarah Carlson died at the Lee
! county home yesterday afternoon al
| She was born in Sweden and was
seventy-nine years old She was ad
Initted to the home August s, 1916
and was we'll known in Keokule
Friends have arranged for the burial
Ask for Henderson corsets, Csc
to So each The Central
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending May has JUS
been issued as follows: The weei
was cold, cloudy and wet, there beint
an average daily deficiency of abou
IL degrees IN temperature and a large
excess OF precipitation. Snow fell or
the 2eth and 2Sth and freezing temper
ature was recorded over the greater
part Of the state on one or two morn
fngs. It was too cold for much growth
OF vegetation, and the frequent ant
heavy rains have delayed farm work
though considerable progress wa.
made in some localities in blowing
The rains, however. have been bene
fetal to small grain and grass and will
prove to be Of great benefit to al
other crops as soon as warm weathe,
comes. Oats, spring wheat and barle,
are up and show good stand generally
Some early potatoes and garden trucl
are also up While winter wheat ha
made a little growth and shows Sigh
Improvement, more fields have beer
plowed UP on account of the poo
stand, thereby increasing the pros
pectiye corn acreage. Tests show higl
percentage Of termination of seed cor,
and the quantity is sufficient A few
small patches OF corn were planted
early in the week in the southern coun
ties. The prospect for good tire,
fruit crop is still very promising, bu
raspberries, blackberries and straw
berries were badly winterkilled in
few localities. Early pIums ant
apples are in bloom in the extrem.
southeastern counties. The first bloom
Hast year was reported on April 25th