The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-24
CITY NEWS.

Moving. J. orsAelsen, phone 2-1s4cc
Use the classified column. Get TO
suits.
Most all of the Keokuk merchants
have completed taking inventory.
Huntington" oMcials are making
an inspection tour Of the system.
-Keokuk delegates have returned
from the Knights of Pythfas conclave
at Burlington.
The offices OF Drs. Arnold and
sinotte have been removed to the sec
ond floor of the Y. NJ. c. A.
A marriage license has been H.
sued to George w. Martin, SO OF Lake
Forest, ILL.,. and F1orence Moore. ~,
Of Kahoka.
Tom Boltz is in the city from
southern California. where he went on
account Of his health. He expects to
return In a few weeks.
-Keokuk camp ii. w. A. NO. 0.2
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at woodmaH hail. Ill members are 70
quested to be present
The country roads are not In the
best Of shape, but automobilfng has
not been discontinued. It's bad road
that the auto won't travel.
Saturday study center viii De
held in Keokuk at the high school
building. An interesting program
has been prepared for the meeting.
John Nagel, says the Nauvoo
RustIer. has been elected president OF
the Keokuk Industrial association.
He's a hustler and will make the as
ISOLATION prosper.
-Nauvoo Council Knights Of Co
|lumbus will be represented at the
tri-city initiation and banquet to be
held here Sunday. February II. Sew
eral Nauvoo candidates plan to take
the degrees.
Billy Sunday closed his ten
weeks revival in Boston by preaching
to 10000 people in four services. He
left for Winona Lake, Ind, breaking
his previous record with check for
$50. S26.64. "Boston's batting average
for God is .9OO."- he said. shes not
behind in history, culture, hospital.
ity, baseball or religion" His next
meeting will be in Buffalo.
Fort Madison will vote on March
70 on the question of bonds for a
new school building A petition with
500 names signed to it has been cir
culated and the board has set the
time for voting. The Fort Madison
people find much the same condi-
lions existing there as exist in the
Keokuk schools, some of their build
ings are overcrowded and there are
some obsolete buildings which should
be replaced. They are asking that
the board build new modern build
ing.
A 500. 100000 paper mill concern
will be established in Fort Madison
within the course of few months.
and negotiations, which have been
hanging fire for several weeks, were
completed this afternoon, says the
Gem City. The new concern, to be
known as the Wardway Paper Mills.
will have the financial backing OF the
great Montgomery, Ward & Co. mail
order house of Chicago; In fact. 1t
is but an auxiliary plant OF the big
Institution, and will be devoted to
manufacturing the necessary wrap
ping paper, corrugated boxes. roof
ings, etc. needed by that concern In
lite daily routine of business.
According to letters sent out to
the directors of the Iowa Associa-
ton for the Prevention of Tubercu-
losis. by w. F. Cloves, secretary, in
dications point to the sale OF 2,000.-
600 Red Cross seals in 1916. This Is
an increase of about $4,000 over the
sales in 1915. according TO the re-
rort. The association has establish
ed a dispensary at Davenport in con.
lnsc.i.n with the work Of the Visiting