The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-24
CITY NEWS.

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ways. have tasted them all. Tele-
phone "a. Two dozen in a case.
-Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets
Silas Brant, N. G.; George w. I'm
megart. permanent secretary.
Misses Eva and Helen Sample OF
tDeWitte. Iowa, who have been visit
| ing here with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Oertel. will return home Saturday.
Matt Hogan was brought into
the court of Justice Burrows this
morning on charge of intoxicatlon.
He was sentenced to thirty days on
| the charge.
I A. P. J. Ewers for boiling meat,
10c per lb. See ad.
| "A burning sidewalk at c and
Park streets called out the fire de-
partment at 7:45 o'clock this morn
ing. The damage was slight. A
discarded cigar stub caused the fire.
| Frank Stockton who is at Ora
ham hospital, is recovering from
burns received Wednesday morning.
| While his condition Is reported as
showing Improvement, he is not well
enough to have visitors as yet.
George e. Radasch of Keokuk,
was the official announcer at the Dav-
export grocers' annual picnic held
Wednesday. Charles T. Pickens, a
former grocery man here, was the
| distributor of prizes. J. H. Nc
| Na.mara Of Keokuk, was guest at
| the picnic.
The increased cost OF producing
a newspaper has forced the Council.
Bluffs Nonpareil to increase the price
Of its paper sent through the mails.
to 81 per year. Many other papers
have increased their rates for sub
scription and others will be COMPEL
ed to do so.
"A. P. J. Ewers for chickens alive,
23c; fun dressed. 33c per Id. See ad.
There is on display in one Of the
windows on Main street, pictures Of
the naval electric class at Pratt In
stitute, Brooklyn, in which two Keo-
and bronze medal which Mr.. Weess
Glenn Spring, who have enlisted in
the navy. There are also a silver
and bronze medal which Mr.. Weiss
won in athletic meets conducted by
the school.
All of the New York city after
noon newspapers have agreed to sus-
pend Labor day, Monday, September
3, with the exception of the Even
| ing Telegram. The suspension OF
these newspapers on this one day
means saving of between $50 and
300 tons of news print. The paper
| committee of the American News
paper Publihsers' committee is hope
full that the example set by the pub
fishers of the afternoon newspapers
tof L. Oil =
publishers in other cities.
"A. P. ]. Ewers, 10 lbs. sugar and
3 lbs. of our best CSC coffee for $500.
See ad.
| The Rev. E. Leroy Steffey, pas
tor of the First Methodist Protestant
church. will conclude his pastorate
: in this city with the coming Sunday
services. The subject of his last
sermon will be, "The Church at
Work." and will be delivered at 500
o'clock Sunday evening. Rev. Steffey
and family, after a few days visit
with parents near Lawrenceville, III.
will take up their home in Kansas
City, Kansas, he beginning his pas
torate with the Gordon Place Metho-
dist Protestant church of that city
on September 8.
] - ".
Lloyd Tenant, deputy warden of the
Iowa state penitentiary, has reIin-
pushed his position, and J. N. Tous-
saint. former assistant deputy war
den, has been appointed to succeed
him. Mr.. Tenant came to the peni-
Tertiary five years ago as chaplain,
and after serving little over a year
in that capacity. returned to his work
in the ministry of the Iowa Metho-
dist conference. A little more than
two years ago. he was asked by the
warden and board of control to take
the place of Charles H. Sullivan.
who was then deputy warden. Mr..
Sullivan had been appointed one of
the parole agents of the Iowa parole
board.
Warsaw Bulletin: Rev. Geo. Long
has been notified by the northwestern
province OF the Episcopal church that
he has been named as a temporary
cahplaln to represent the church at
Camp Dodge, under the direction of
the federal commission having in
charge the activities at the several
military environments. He will &C.
cept the appointment, which will take
MIN from home for several weeks at
least and during his absence his
place Will be supplied here by some
clergyman, to be named by the bishop
from time to time. Every church or.
ganization has been requested to
name temporary chaplains to give
their attention to the social aceiyi-
ties at each cantonment during the
formative period, ere the work of
organization is complete and while
the men are beset with many tenn.
tations
"A revision in the ordinance gov.
erning the care Of lots in the Gene
terry has been proposed to the CITY
council. The present rate for per-
petual care Is 800 for a lot or any
portion. Under the proposed amend
ment a whole lot will be cared for
for 800, half lot for SEQ and
quarter lot or single graves for s2s
The annual meeting of the Mis-.
souri,. Iowa and Illinois conference op /