The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-16
CITY NEWS.
Special waist-sktrt sale. Lo~tt.

Special waist-skfrt sale. L0wft1
BY tomorrow every grade school
| in Keokuk will have qualified as an
auxiliary Of the Keokuk chapter OF
the American Red Cross. The last
school to enter is the Garfield. This
school viii present its credentials Fri
day.
article from other window 1c. Odells.
Fresh cat fish at JOS. Haubert's.
70s Main.
u. W. Lowry, brother-in-law OF
Mrs.. A D. Lacy. 1902 Timea street,
died In Chicago at 6 p. m Wednesday.
Mrs. Lacy was Informed Of the death
today. Mr.. Lowry was . resident OF
Keokuk for many years and departed
for Chicago to live about six years
ago. He was engaged in the OH bsBi-
ness there His wife survives him.
The body is to be brought to Keokuk
for burial.
All cloth suits, coats, silk dresses
SIS now. Lowitz.
| Miss Ada Starkweather Of Mime
apolis, a national field secretary OF
the national Y. w. G. A will arrive in
Keokuk tonight A special meeting OF
the Keokuk Y. w. c. A. board or d.
Irectors will be held Friday at 10 a m
in the Y. w. G. A. building
Visit Lowitz's new dry goods dept
Extra specials daily.
"A great, big, brown grizzly bear
NAV be seen walking around in the
old cage at Rand park IN few days
Commissioner T. j. Hickey today
was negotiating with the Patterson
shows for an exchange of a park
deer for a bear. Bruin win go to the
mark as soon as the shows leave. the
city. according to arrangements made
by the barter.
You get the best soda water from
Burks; place your order now to in
sure prompt delivery. Phone 329.
-Keokuk soldier boys have taken
several hundred thousand dollars
worth OF war risk insurance in the
national amount which Is now in ex-
cess OF fourteen billion dollars as re-
ported by the government
Mayor Ed. 8. Lotion, today I'M
officially proclaimed next Saturday
as STRAW hat day" in Keokuk- 1T
should have been done little while
ago" said the mayor, but l couldn't
get to it."
Frank Singer, an employe with
the Patterson shows, was detained
today by federal authorities, who
held the belief that he had not reg
fstered for the selective draft Singer,
twenty-five years OF age, was ques-
toned by T. P. Gray, deputy o. S.
marshal and telegram from the
superintendent Of the state reform
atory at Green Bay, Wis, brought
the information that Singer had reg
istered. He has been released on his
own bond to appear Saturday before
u. s. Commissioner John f. Craig,
when final disposition is to be made
OF his case.
The Keokuk Electric company is
the defendant in a case which is be-
ing tried in the district court today.
John H. Young, the plaintiff, is suing
for $500. He claims he was on a
street car one night last fall returning
from Warsaw. when stranger who
was intoxicated started down the isle
and yonited on him. He charged that
the street car company was negli-
gent in allowing the stranger to
board the car in an intoxicated con-
ditiun and should have placed him
under arrest
w. G. Blood and John e. Craig
viii make patriotic addresses at the
ROYAL Arcanum service flag ceremo-
MES in Cameron's hall, Friday night
The committee on invitations today
extended them 70 include children OF