The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-14
CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS.
Choice roasts Of veal. beef, pork
and lamb at Markley's, 81 Main.
-Edw. w. McManus delivered q
flag day address in Iowa City today.
From Iowa City he win go to Clinton.
ing planned by the Knights Of Col
umbus, Sunday night.
The weather man isn't blufflng> q
bit about hot weather. He will
launch another warm wave Sunday,
according to the forecast The Their
mometer is expected to go into the
nfneties again at that time. The
weather will be unsettled tonight and
part Of Saturday but with an ever In
increasing tendency toward warmer
temperatures.
Lieutenant Commander ]. G. Town
send has arrived in France, his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.. w. Townsend.
326 High street have learned.
Harvey Jones of Burlington,
charged with illegal transportation OF
liquor, has Meen bound over to appear
before the grand jury at the next term
of the United States court. His hear
ing was before U. S. Commissioner
Carl G. Riepe in Burlington.
Mrs. Harry verSteeg will speak
Sunday afternoon at a patriotic prayer
service to be held at 4:30 in the Y.
w. C. A. auditorium. Mrs. VerSteeg
will speak of Camp Dodge and the
hostess house there. Miss Martha
Baldwin win give vocal numbers. All
women invited,
Miss Mary F. Alexander has re-
ceived notice that she has passed the
required examinations and has been
accepted by the government as Red
Cross nurse. Miss Alexander is a
member of the Keokuk staff OF visit
ing. nurses.
The Rt. Rev Theo. N. Morrison,
bishop Of Iowa, will visit at the church
Of st. Mary the Virgin, Sunday eve
ming. Services will be held at $50
O'Clock.
The city council has by special
ordinance conveyed a portion of Rail-
road street in Reids addition to the
Gas Tank Recharging Co., in a deed
which has been fled in the county re-
corder's office.
Rachel Christine John is one OF
the graduates OF the grammar school
class today Her name was given IN
a list furnished this paper, Thursday
as Christine John, which her parents
claim was confusing.
DIR. Joseph Conveys Of Chicago,
and a former resident OF keokuK,
has been given q commission as cap
tain in the U. S. medical reserve
corps. DR.. Conveys is the son OF
Major G. B. Conveys. at one time a
resident of the city.
Wallace Monroe, from the COM
,mitteaeon public information, Wash
ington. b. C., will be one Of the
speakers at the twenty-first annual
congress Of the american Optical as
sociation which will be held in St.
Paul the week beginning June>1S.
Secretary OF War Baker will, in all
probability, give an address. Emile
F. Renaud has been appointed dele
gate from this state.
Mrs. J. NJ. Brice, Of 517 Blondeau
street, has received word that her
son, John Brice, has arrived In
France.
jim another three days the floods
which have caused heavy loss OF crops
in the Des Moines river loYlands,
will be a thing OF the past. The
height OF both the Mississippi and
Des Moines rivers is now diminish
ing. The Mississippi has fallen four
tenths OF foot in the last twenty
four hours at Keokuk, and one foot at
Warsaw. The Des Moines river is
now lower by four-tenths of foot in
this city. At Ottumwa it has gone
down IL feet.
-"over There" Victor band rec
ords have arrived Duncan-Schell
Furniture Co.
Judge N. NJ. Pettingill of Memphis,
Mo. in Keokuk today on business, be-
lieves he can show record for
speedy Justice in legal case which
came up in his home town, Yesterday.
While waiting for a train from keo-
kuk a jury was empaneled, the case
was tried, arguments were made and
instructions to the jury issued, and the
Jury rstired and brought in a verdict
for 81, 500 for the plaintiff, all in less
than a day.