The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-08
CITY NEWS.

! Miss vfolette Sem of Chicago will
| sing solo at the morning service OF
ST. Johns church tomorrow.
Arthur Morgan, TOP Morgan street
has applied for permission to enlist in
| limited service Of the national army.
He is employed at the keckuk Elec-
| trio Co. office.
Special seats will be nserved at
st. Mary's church Sunday afternoon
at the dedication of the service flag.
Families of the enlisted men, city Off
Gals and Grand Army men will occupy
! these seats. Invitation is extended to
! the public to attend.
One hundred dollars will go to the
Red Cross as proceeds from the fifth
annual Bell telephone excursion on
the steamer Sidney Friday night. The
hello girls had worked hard to sell
| tickets and 6S7 persons were on the
| boat.
The Des Moines is still rising,
causing the situation in the lowlands
to be critical. By Tuesday the high
est water stage will have reached the
mouth of the Des Moines it is be-
lieved. Any overflow in the river
will destroy hundreds Of acres of to-
matoes as wen as the corn crop in the
bottoms
The board of directors of the Young
Women's Christian association will
meet at 7:3O ,>clock Tuesday night.
The time for masses at ST Mary's
church has been changed to 7 a. m.
and a. m
The Rev. Fred w. Long Will
preach on americas Benediction' at
the First Congregational church Sun
day morning. AT night the subject
will be 'AMore Light"
Miss LA Mitchell garden super
visor, asks that all children whose
gardens have not been inspected,
notify her of the fact at an early date,
by telephone.
The ladies of the Maccabees to-
day sent s25 to the secretary of the
Keokuk Red Cross as half the <pro-
ceeds of bazaar held recently. They
also sent $25 to patriotic fund for
the Red Cross which is being collected
by the supreme chapter of Maccabees
The choir of the First Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church, under the d.
rection of James Young, will give the
cantata, The Fatherhood Of God, by
Schnecker,on Sunday evening June 16
at o'clock.
Officers will be elected at the
meeting of the Graham hospital guild
which will be held at the nurses home
at p. N. Sewing will be
done.
The brotherhood Of st. Andrew
will have charge Of a service in st.
Johns Episcopal church Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock.
Warmer weather is now on the
way and will arrive tomorrow. Fifty |
six degrees was the lowest tenpera-
ture reached by the thermometer
last night. At twelve o'clock today it
had risen to 70 degrees. The pres. |
ence of the eclipse may cause the n1er-
curry to fall slightly for time, wealth
Pr bureau officials say.
The knights of Pythias will have |
4 memorial service for departed mem |
Ders Sunday at $50 a. m. at the GENE |
terry. About thirty members of the
lodge are departed.
Report became current on the |
streets today that a young woman
ELL overheard from the steamer Sid
hey, Friday night during an excursion
If the telephone operators, and was
irowned The report was found to
De groundleSs.
Twin daughters were born to Mr..
and Mrs John Morris, 1905 Concert
street, today.
Opening of Moose beach tomor-
.ow, Sunday. Dance at beach Wednes-
lay evening, June 18th. Agnes orches-
ra
Persons who feared for the safety
If their children. called the fire de-
,artment to Seventeenth and Main
streets today to put out fire which
lad started in rubbish and debris
rom gas works cinders. Children
lave been playing about the place.