The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
CITY NEWS.

Special for tomorrow. fresh eur
nips. CSC peck. Fred DeYoung.
Masonic: Special meeting Eagle
lodge No. IL, Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 18th, 1880 o'clock LIST degree.
Mrs. Carlson of Des Moines will
preach Tuesday evening at O'Clock
at the union mission, 13 South Third
street.
Mrs. Perrot OF Alexandria, Mo-,
passed away at st. JOseph's hospital
yesterday morning at an early hour.
The body was taken to Alexandria
for burial
Mrs. Julia Kersoot OF LaBeIle,
Mo-. passed away at the Graham hos
pital Saturday night after a short
illness. The body was sent to La
Belle for burial.
The Keokuk Retail Merchants
association, the refunding associa-
ton, will meet Thursday evening at
6:15 o'clock at Y. w. G. A. Supper
and meeting to follow.
Marriage licenses were issued
Saturday to Ralph Lee Dochterman,
rs, and Maggie E. Reynolds. 18. OF
Wyaconda; Floyd Orville Booker, II,
and Burla Harder. 10, Of Carthage.
The members, their families and
lIlcuUS are luS1IeA Lie SdlU party .
dance and entertainment given by
the Modern Woodmen at Woodman
hall next Wednesday night. No charge.
Saturday evening occurred the
marriage of Floyd Orville Booker and
Burla HARDER, a couple from Car
thage, James S. Burrows, justice of
the peace, officiating Saturday aft
ernoon Ralph L. Dochterman and
Maggie E. Reynolds of Wyaconda
were married by Justice Burrows.
"A decree of divorce was granted
Saturday afternoon in the district
court to Villa NJ Thomas from Will
liam Thomas. The plaintiff in the
case is warded the custody of the
minor children, under certain condl
tons and restrictions, and both par
ties to the divorce are granted the
right to re-marry.
Walter Howe has a card from
Ensign Gertrude Simmons and Violet
Williams who were here with the
Salvation Army for several weeks
some time ago, stating that they have
been ordered to France and are to
sail March 6. These two girls made
many friends in Keokuk while sta
toned here.
Arrangements are being made
for a military funeral for the late
Guy Clark Morris, when his body is
brought to Keokuk He was member
of the Pershing forces, and his death
occurred in France in January The
body will be given military escort
from the depot to the home, and there
will be military funeral at the Bap-
list church.
Bert Bradney was arrested last
night on charge of keeping liquor
for sale. His room at 119 South
Fourth street was raided last night
and sixty-six quart bottles of beer
fortytwo pint bottles Of beer, nine
and one-half pints Of whiskey and
three quarts of whiskey were taken.
He was placed in the city jail pend
ing trial in Judge McNamara's court.
An alarm turned into the central
fire station this morning at 10:45
took the truck out to the corner Of
Fourth and Concert streets Sparks
from a chimney had fallen on the
roof at the j. H. %. Chenoweth home
and set fire to the shingles The
fire was easily put out with hand fire
eXtinguishers, but about S. to SO
worth of damage was done to the
roof.
j. z. Carwalho sends copy of
the Toledo Blade, telling of the big
flood there on the Maumee. He says
there is three feet of water in the
basement of theil. building. Street
car service was hit hard by the food
which imperilled the plant Of the