The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-11
Ra7an al THREE O'clock This
Morning and VIII Out To
night Altar Monster
Parade
NOISE HEARD MANY MILES
MaTo- Issues Proclamation BE
guessing Psopis 70 Cease
Usual VocaEons and
Celebrate.

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German ID ths armies q Alsc2
and TIE allies
Ii began al ; oHczeck his nn-ng
and WIZ co1anne @l some -1s
! fz1a taa5gt
vgv early this morning. J. soof q
"a suzs~hg. .ornsl .c1s. than became
chaotic again with noise aod AErs
ar5 smiles and uuE- ana tn-..ESs
vii b is real Ting VIII E ps-Eos
between masses q re poEzlsca
The parade su-u soEga. A. l-ss
O'Clock II Third and Man srreszS-
and rfE march Ell c-u sovl
| Ons section VIII ee cC-rsosee u
families Of so3d8srs WHO went Tl
Eeoauk 10 help sccoo71iss u. OVER
throw q s1toczcy made c0@ssrs hT
the surrender os the Hun xD- En6
/ E2Fy kt-sr the kaiser zo0czie1
BIG Prorran Iris Ar-e-oeon-
The more formal exercises OF tse
: =. held Il t-ur- o. TIE Eks cscS
Were VIII eod short parade q The
band. -as ElH big Tag l5 tie speak
! e-s o. The cav Il sa1unopIl=s
Mayer Lotion VIII open fhs sxe--
csses
me orators VII be limited 70 Eve
minutes each nG they VII Be &c
ward ". McMaa2s, Rev L 3 Nc
Free, E G BrpEl c. ? &cTElaods
! Fer. James W Gillespie End Rev J.
Sterling Moore
The memorial 10 al the KeoEnk
soldiers who have died e service VIII
Be delivered BIZ Edward " McMa11s
The program viii open and close
with prayer. John G. Scott VII Pre-
side
! Tonlchs eicoes. E~e-.
The u,a-zds tuoiENi VII be headed
by tie mothers. wives. sisters and
hro-se-s o. The KsokuL soldiers IN
ths world vzr.
Also VIII march the Increment 70
ne A-erscan army which has been
/ ordered 10 sr-tn hare toDo-row
morning.
/ Some people sid Tat the tanbrree
last Thursday night WIS only the r.
iha-ssl for the real thing which Is to
night Il looked today Ike the one
ever imagined here.
The Patriotic Carnival.
When the sua shone brightly and
warn In Main street, In TIE early
forenoon, things really started
The banks closed fo- holiday.
The retail stores were locked The
Soooers and the factories quit from
lack o. men snd office force The
l-esfee,cs sections o. town poured
people down town and they came
motoring In from the country Tor
miles aroGod-
The street was given up % csie-
h-attnS. automobiles dragging al
sorts OF sheet trou and honEtng con-
|, tiausNy. Trucks rere filled with
men and women. boys and girls all
, shouting, hamneang IN CANS and
tanks, and making g noise In DxlT
different Ways
The Multitude ef Flags
The biggest thing. as veil ss The
most inspiring thing, YVES the nuits-
tude % flags flying everywhere.
; Every truck and automobile was
alive with flags waved oy rs ocr1-
pants Many were E-esthsd IN large
rzrs The walls OF the business
houses -ere flying Tags q al sizes
and n every possible manner Of at
tachiaE them 20 the store fronts
! Never before were so many Tags II
evidence IN Keokuk Il OF time
And every nsn, vu-l and child
OF the Sidewalks seemed 70 have E
Tag. The Sidewalks we're tul Of
people al day.
Is o<Heisiiy Avthsrizsd-
. Il vas T:l5 O'Clock this morning
when the mayor, after leading The
parade aid attending 10 . hundred
urgent details. had tine 20 issue The
following proclamation which ne
vro1s VIII his oEl hand and big
hlze pencil u large shes- Of paper
ard posted o. The bzlsla board o.
The Gate City:
PROCLAMATION.
This being TIE creates Gay n the
history II ths weird, the people o.
Eeokuk are hereby requested 70 Eb-
s-zI- from heir usual Tocs1ioas for
the purpose q celebrating the return
O. peace
I'D. 5 LOTION. NEru-.
Werner Patriots Fc-ese-
Tie women folks OF SeoEuE car
tzIufv KEPT uP with thu EH1 folks Il
'6eDo-st-z-tTs Fa--5o1Ez- To-Day
At the early morning huu- -he-