The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
CITY NEWS.
Merry go around.

! Merry go around.
| -$1.95 buys q $500 hat at Karll's
! The steamer Keokuk was in Bur
Hngton yesterday with a good cargo
OF freight.
Place holiday orders for Hurl
burt's story of the Bible by December
1st., The Harvest Field.
Owing to DR.. Sage's absence
from the city. there will be no SER
vice at ST. Johns Thursday morning.
Keokuk camp M. w. A., No 622,
will hold It's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall All members are
requested to be present.
Better keep In mind that It Is but
a few weeks until Christmas and your
shopping plans should be formulated
DON'T be late shopper this year.
Regular meeting Of Keokuk aerie
No. $50. F. o. E., tonight at Eagles
hall, 407 Blondeau street, at 5 o'clock.
Visiting brothers always welcome.
Chas. A. Noakes. secretary.
A representative Of the federal
government was in Burlington Monday
serving subpoenaes on witnesses who
are to appear in cases at the No
vember term of the federal court in
Keokuk.
An automobile stolen from Quincy
last night may be headed this way.
The following description has been
given the Keol<uk police: REQ coupe
car, four cylinder, motor No. 63731,
gray lining, folding seats.
-Notice-Our increasing portrait
business demands all our time, and
ing amateur and kodak work, and
oil ~
to our regular portrait business.
Absolute studio.
The chief Of police has been noti-
fled by the Burlington police that an
automobile recently stolen from that
city is described as follows: Ford FIVE
passenger 1917 model, License APP
piled for" sign, motor number 2195495,
non skid, used about five weeks.
A moving picture entertainment
will be given this evening at the I ;.
M. G. A auditorium. Three industrial
reels will be shown as follows:
Making Modern Shoes" contributed
by George e. Keith Co., Brockton,
Mass; Seeing New York with John
Dough-" by the F1ieschmann Co.; "The
National DRINK" by WEIGH Grape Juice
Co. The entertainment will be free.
"A good sized crowd witnessed the
church indoor baseball game at the
"Y" gym last evening. Though the
scores did not show close games, yet
they were hard fought and Of great
interest. The first game played was
between st. Paul's and the Baptists.
The score was % to Ia in favor of
ST. Paul's In the other game Trinity
trimmed the Christians. score % to 2.
The student branch Of the Y. w.
c.. A. will hold It's regular meeting
Thursday afternoon at 4:SO. There
will be q recognition service for the
new members secured during the
campaign of last week A part Of each
meeting is spent In doing some prac-
tical service work and at this meeting
the scrap books for the comfort kits
for the soldiers will be finished. Plans
are also to be made for sending dele
gates to the state high school con-
ference to be held at Ames the latter
part Of the month
Persons who are circulating
stories to the effect that knitted
sweaters, socks, and other articles do
mated by patriotic citizens to the Red
Cross for delivery to the soldiers, are
being sold in stores or appropriated
by Red Cross workers are liable to
prosecution ny Tie BoSeIuuIoAt. AheSe
stories have been circulated for sew
eral months and upon investigation
have always proven to be untrue. Be
cause Of the similarity Of the stories
and the wide publicity that they ARE
given by persons not in sympathy with
the war, government officials and Red
Cross workers brand them as efforts
Of pro- German influences in this coun-
try RI disparage and hinder the Red
Cross work.