The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-31
CITY NEWS.

Sunday dinner 35c. The Boston
Burning rubbish at Third and
Palean streets called out the fire de.
partment at o'clock this afternoon.
Stop white ice wagon and
have your box filled with Keokuk
pure ice. It's best. Phone 1922.
"A marriage license has been is.
sued to Roger G. Grebowski, %, and
Zoe e. Yaple, 90, both of Memphis,
Mo.
The Swedish Evangelical Luther
an Mission church. Fourteenth and
Morgan streets, c.. J. Algott, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. No other
services.
"A marriage license was issue,
yesterday in Davenport to Ernest
Hicks of Keokuk and Ethel Gray Of
Macomb, according to the Davenport
Democrat.
= The Keosuk Holiness association
meetings for the week will be, Sunday
April l, 800 p. M, Geo. Leighton s,
904 South Sixteenth street; Thursday,
April 8, 500 p. NJ, Mrs. J. Markins,
700 G street.
Courteous, honest drivers. who
give satisfactory service. That's
what you get when you buy Keokuk
pure ice. Phone 1922
The Keokuk lock will open to-
morrow for the navigation season of
1914 1t is the general custom to
open the lock for navigation on April
one. The first Of the daily packets in
the Keokuk, Quincy, Burlington ser
vice will come down the river tomor-
row, officially inaugurating the season.
Spring sale, Baptist church, Thurs
day, April 9Th, p. m. Articles for
each day of the week for sale in var
ious booths.
Sunday dinner 35c. The Boston.
-keokuk merchants are going to
participate in a Dollar Day after
Easter. 1t will be the biggest and
best Of these bargain days yet at
tempted, the committee in charge
states
An interesting gymnasium ex-
hibit will be presented at the Y. M
C. A. this evening starting at SID
O'Clock Hagehara Sotiro. star hand
baancer of Gollmar Bros. circus. ant
Arthur Berry, dancing wira expert OF
Campbell Bros. shows, will be Yea
tured and ten other numbers will
make the exhibition an interesting
one.
There will be a meeting OF the
executive committee of twenty OF the
Keokuk branch Of the National Secur-
ity league and others interested at the
Office Of the secretary over the keo-
kuk National bank at 1880 p. M,
April I'd. Matters of Importance to
the state and city to be considered.
Any one knowing themselves to be
member os-suc'l committee hut unable
to attend will please notify F. Z.
Overton, secretary.
That interest in backyard and
vacant lot gardening is keen in keo-
k,,k is shown by the greatly IN
creased sales of seeds, fertilizers and
the simpler gardening tools that
have been advertised in The Gate
City. Given soil that is fairly fer
tile or capable of being made SO
without prohibitive effort. good judg-
ment in the selection of crops to be
sown. a little practical knowledge OF
or the benefit OF expert
advice, and considerable sustained
Industry, the results should be salts
A drawback in many cases
will be the lack Of sunlight and the
free circulation of air caused by
high boarded fences. which are as
inimical to all vegetable growth as
the walls of buildings. The latter are
necessary, but the fences are not.
Light iron or wire fences are more
slightly than boards; they greatly in
crease the area and productiveness
of the garden and should be substi-