The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-22
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A contribution OF $4,000 to inc
Iowa suffrage campaign fund. which
was announced today at state SUI
frage headquarters in Des Moines.
completes one Of the most remark
able financial campaigns ever con-
Quoted by state suffrage organlza-
ton. While the name of the donor
has not been announced, 1t Is under
stood that the subscription came
from q former Iowan who has oeen
greatly interested in the success OF
the suffrage cause in her native state.
This is the largest individual con1fl-
button made to the Iowa Campaign
fund and enables the suffrage asso-
citation to clear up the last OF tha
deficit remaining from the campaign
which closed last June.
Suffrage leaders were unusually
iubilant when they received word OF
the arrival Of the check for $Z,4oo
az this sum was all that was re-
nuired to make up deficit OF ap-
proximately $4,000 IN the campaign
fund. The completion OF this DIG
money raising task within g period
of eight months after the close OF
camp aisn in which they were defea!-
ed is particularly gratifying TO SUI
fra g1sts. as It indicates that the SUI
rage cause has lost none OF ts
strength as the result of the defeat
Of last June. Immediately after the
close OF tho last campaign the SUI
frasists began a movement to raise
enough money to clear away the IN.
debtedness, ana in spite OF the neat
~ the summer months they were
ab,a to reduce the deficit by severai
thousand dollars. DR.. Effie McCoilum
Tones was placed in the field to con-
duct the financial campaign, making
an extensive tour of the state IN
which she made appeals for funds.
Since January DR.. Jones mas peen
working in Iowa in the interest," Oh
the organization and finance work.
Now that the deficit has been elm.
mated the suffragists do not propose
TO allow the financial side OF the
campaign work to lapse. Miss Anna
r Lawther, the state president 10
devoting her time to the placing OF
the suffrage association on SCUM
financial footing which will enable ~
to be ready for any emergency. WIN
campaign fund which will enable
them to carry on active field WORK
the suffragists propose to keep tneir
ORGANIZATION busy preparing for the
next suffrage referendum.
For Doctors Wives.
The wives Of the physicians OF
Keokuk were hostesses this afternoon
to the physicians wives who are
here to attend the medical society OF
the Missouri valley. The reception
was held in the Y. W.. G. a. audi
torium from 3eSo o'clock. Mrs. Z.
r Armentrout is chairman OF the
committee which planned the enter
ltainment. Tue ,Keokuk women were
| reception committee. An informal
program was given which included
piano number by Mrs. Ralph b. JOY.
violin solo by Mrs. John HUDSON,
two readings by. Miss Edna Adamson.
chorus, Miss Caroline Baldwin,
Mrs. w. C. Howell. Mrs. Earl WITS,
Mrs. o. G. Mandt and Miss Harrfette
Kastner gave two numbers and the
program closed with an aesthetic
dance by little Miss Corona Sherlock.
Refreshments were served by the
following girls: Misses Margaret Dor
sey. Helen Fegers, Katherine Elder,
Helen Reeves, Elizabeth Howell,
Dorothy Norton, Louise Sterne and
Margaret Hodge.