The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
CITY NEWS.

each, dressed. A. T. y. EWeES.
Hotel Granite will serve turkey
dinner Christmas, soc a plate.
Pictures taken of the indoor
baseball players at he banquet are
now on display at the ''Y" building.
A new kind of Red Cross service
flag is being displayed by a few
business firms and residences. It
shows the red cross and stars to rep
resent the number of members in the
firm or home where displayed.
The wal tax on parcel post
packages isn't decreasing the number
Of presents sent by mail, judging
from the crowds at the p%ostofice.
Nearly any time day or evening, one
has to stand in line several minutes
before getting near the package
window.
Monday is the last shopping day
before Christmas.
Another lot Of fresh rabbits, 15c
each, dressed. A. P. ]. Ewers.
Henry Auwerda is home to speed
the holidays with relatives. His
headquarters are at Denver, Colo.
Herman Friedman has returned
from Chicago, where he has been for
several weeks on account Of the
serious illness of his mother.
"A rather unusual sight is re
corded for two days before. Christ
mas. Ploughlng vas being done
over an acre Of ground yesterday out
on Grand avenue, and from every In
dication there was no frost in the
ground as far down as the 3low was
run. This is quite unusual for this
time in the year.
Dressed ducks, geese and chtcK.
ems, at Markley's, no Main.
i There will be Christmas exer
cises by the primary department at
the First Westminster Presbyterian
Sunday School tomorrow morning in
connection with the opening eXer'
cises. A large attendance Of mem.
bers of the Sunday school and of the
church members as well is hoped for
Friends Of Miss Mary j. Harring
ton, teacher in the Lincoln school
will be grieved to learn that she Is
seriously i'll at her home, 1923 Or
leans avenue
"A request was received from
headquarters today by keokuk chap
ter American Red Cross for twenty
five boxes, for Christmas for the sol
diers at Camp Dodge. The commit
tee went to work Immediately tC
supply the order and the boxes will
be sent out tonight by express. There
r 1000 boxes to be delivered, and
the Keokuk chapter is doing its share
to cover the shortage.
i. S. Ackley has just received a
letter from James Woodbury., a Keo
kuk boy, located at Camp Cody, Dem.
ing, New Mexico, stating that he has
just recovered from a spell of sick
ness. He sends regards to his friends
in Keokuk-
There will be a meeting of the
KeoHi-Y at the Y. M. c. A. tomorrow
at 2:SO D. m, which will be addressed
by Edwin Lantz.
The annual state conference of the
older Y. NJ. C. A boys will be held at
! Ottumwa, January Is to 20. This will
be under the direction of the Y. NJ. c.
A. state executive committee. Keokuk
has been well represented at these
conferences in past years, and it is
hoped to send a delegation of ten OF
twelve this year
This morning occurred the death
of the infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Griffin, at their home, 721
South Fifth street. The little girl was
aged two weeks.
The Knights of Pythias lodge, the
Keokuk club and the Moose lodge
are all displaying new service flags,
Peoria is facing a coal famine II
there m another cold wave, &C
cording to Peoria papers. Peoria is
practically in the center of the big I'LL
nois coal fields and yet its factories
are forced to close down on account
of coal shortage.
A number Of The Gate City car.
rier boys have received Christmas re
membranes from the patrons on their
routes. The boys wish to take this
method of expressing their a]pprecia.
ton Of this little courtesy on the part
of the people to whom they deliver pa
pers, and to wish them all the greet,
ings of the season.
An amendment to the articles of
incorporation of the Standard -Four
Tire company has been filed. This
amendment increases the capital
stock to s4,15O,0 goo. The stock will
be divided into $4,000 900 preferred
and S650,UGI common stock.