The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-02
CITY NEWS.

Home Tea 90. ,n.
suits q Miss FAnntngs.
New millinery dept. wail ao1 -
nouncsment II pays. Lov
-Courrsgational market e.l
Tea Co. Saturday afternoon ; n
-Spec;ai for Saturday. Dunues
milk. loo, to . customer
Contracting and carpenter wo9 A
n - al kfnds done at reaSonaDie
prices. y. H Phipps & Son. Evas-
Mrs. WIN. schaefer, who under
went an operation at St Joseph
/ hospital "Wednesday. Is Eetunz aione
nicely. a.s
every Friday evening at 500 o.ctock-
| 9 Pernberton, n. G.; George W. LII
megart, permanent secretary.
TRY F. d. Haubert for choice
aeef nork veal or lamb roast for
sunday dinner: choice poultry ana
fresh eggs, SIC per do1, 14eS NAH
! in the district court at Fort
Madison. suit for divorce has been
filed by Rodney Ballinger vs.. EliZa.
beth Gallinger, according to the forl
Madison Democrat.
One of the latest newspapers 10
give up the ghost is the Fulton Coun-
ty News, H., published at Lewis
town. 1t has been consohoaleo win
the Fulton Democrat.
REV. j. P. Stahl. formerly OF TINS
city. sn.: s@cEe.aFsto f's"Ss
James Davis. OF Davenport. VIII nave
charge Of the making OF St Am
Il
The bodybearers at the funeral
OF Albert Powell, held yesterday aft
ernoon. were James Tigue, Edward
Ahern, Ernest Stedley, Perry Fuller,
and Emile and Albert Strohmaier. !.
Regular meeting Keokuk council
No. 536 tonight at o'clock. Hawkes.
hall. Eighth and Main. Visiting breth.
rem fraternally invited to attend G.
q. Powell, regent: J. !. Annable,
secretary.
Dallas City Enterprise: Forty
five high school girls have been
enlisted In military training corps
and will receive instructions from
the school military authorities. The
girls will wear khaki uniforms anu
will be formed into cadet corps.
A glass factory, to employ 15O
men at the start, Is being promoted
for Hamilton, and the present inten-
| ton is to locate IT In Fairview park,
located on the bluff hmm ediately
across the tracks from the Hamilton
depot and belonging to Popel-Giller
tCo.. Warsaw. The proposition Is to
be stocked for 100000.
/ Suit has been brought In the su-
perior court by Frank l.. Griffey and
! Son against the Independent school
district at Donnellson for $2,1o4.o8,
said to be the amount claimed on
school house construction balance.
The date of trial is april 2. The Don
Nelson Review in commenting on the
action says that the board has been
endeayor.ng to reach an equitable
adjustment and will contest the suit.
| "A fine line of spring coats just
received at Miss Fannfng's.
! The safety first camp align OF a
number OF city street railway com
comic sections OF the newspapers.
Colored pictures of how children
meet with accidents while at play
have been reproduced along with the
| comics in the Sunday papers. As these
sections of the newspapers are read
| largely by children, the worth OF thu
plan is apparent.
Services Sunday at the Argyle
| Community church will be addressed
by the Rev NJ. B. McNHtt who IS ex
pected to arrive for these services
In case he does not, the pastor, the
Rev. l.. H. Bent, will preach at both
services. Rev. Bent will commence
a series of Lenten sermons on the
theme What is the Gospel2" In the
evening he will commence the Series
on The Character of Jesus
The board of supervisors in ses
sion Yesterday at Fort Madison wa:
asked to pay one-half the cost of the
operation of the Skunk river ferry
The ferry was out of commission
last season because of some contro
yersy over the division of assessment
and the farmers of the Green Bay
district this time petitioned the board
to pay the cost Of half of the operat
ing bills.
The well known h. c. OF l. is go
ing to be eombatted this year by in
dividual truck gardens. Vacant lo
farming clubs have been formed il
several iowa cities in an attempt t;
educate the city jewellers in the value
of vacant lots and back yards as 10
cations for truck gardens. In Illinois
superintendents OF all state institu
tons that every available foot o.
ground at the state farms must bs
put under cultivation.
There is no question but what tbs
power furnished by the big dam a
Keokuk is going to be a big factor il
building up this section of the state
says the Donnellson Review. The
possibilities are almost bCundIess i
1.-THE power company and the people
could only get together on a basis o.
taxation that would be satisfactory
to all parties. so that all could pull
together, instead OF knocking" tbs
results would be far greater anC
4 every one would be benefited
Double tracking OF the Burlington
line between Chicago and St Paul i:
almost completed, with the finishing
of fifteen and one-half miles of sec
ond track during the year 1916. wori
is also in progress on the SECOND
track between Lyle and Fountain