The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-05
CITY NEWS.

Geo. J. Meister, piano tuning and
repairing. Phone Black 1871.
William H. Checklin and Bessie A.
bailey, both OF M~uscatine were mar
lried in Justice Hawkes. court Satur-
day Afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward DeYong are
the proud parents of a daughter Dorn
last Friday. She is Miss Doris Eliza
beth DeYong. III
knights and Ladies Of Security
IKeokuk Council No. 1889 meet tonight
at s O'Clock at M. w. A. hall. Mem
bers are urged to attend.
MFRS. II. G. Pulliam, who has been
at the 9. II. Johnston home, where sne
was called by the death OF her
mother, has returned to her home In
lGrenville, Mississippi.
Masonic: Regular meeting Eagle
Lodge No. IL A. F. A.. M. Tuesday
ewing, May 6, 1919, at s o'clock. Wis
liting brethren cordially invited oy
order OF the w. M. Alvin KRAFT
secretary.
The will Of Simon Smith. who
lived near Croton, was opened and
read at the office of the county clerk
this morning. 1t provides for an
equal ulNlSlOh " tliC pNoRNAS
his six children.
An order from the judge OF the
! district court discharging John Nagel
as receiver for the firm OF Miller,
Reimbold and McDevitt was issued
Saturday, as the Affairs of that 1rIh
/ had been properly settled.
The will of the late Valerla
| Smith was opened and read. Inc
estate is divided equally between her
three daughters, with provision being
made for a share Of it to go TO her
infant granddaughter and her grand
son, Norris Rider.
The many friends OF Mis- Alice
M. Fouts will be glad to know that
she Is recovering from an operation
which she underwent a short time
ago in Louisville, Kentucky, where
she had been studying in the Baptist
Missionary Training school
When the men took a truck OUT
of the South Third street garage be
tween Main and Johnson streets Just
before noon Sunday, the exhaust Oh
the engine made a lot OF smoke
Somebody saw the smoke coming out
of a window and turned In a fire
alarm for safety first
&C. e. Durgee formerly secretary
of the Keokuk, Y. NJ. c. A. and now
at Coblenz, writes The Gate City
that he reached that city IN January
and in the zone of occupation are
900. 600 soldiers who are being en-
tertained by 1872 professionals, lou
amateur officers and about 1000 anna
teur soldiers taking part In the shoWe.
Mrs. s. A. Moore, of Timeweii,
III. mother of Mrs. F. R. Bulman, or
this city. died last Saturday morning,
age ninety-seven yeaHs. Mrs. Bulman
was present when her mother passed
away. The funeral occurred this
afternoon. Mr.. Bulman leaving TOT
TimewelI Sunday night to be present
Mrs. Moore came to Illinois from Ken
lucky in an early day and was one
of the pioneers and highly esteemed
citizens in the community In which
she resided for so many years.
The eighteenth annual c~onvention
of the Iowa State Council, knights
of Columbus. to be held In Ottumwa
Nav 26 and 27 VIII be a postwar"
gathering. as a discussion of the
orders war work will be the pre-
dominating feature, particularly SC
far as the fifty-two sub-councils IN
Iowa are concerned. The reports will
show a remarkable growth in mem
bership in this state since n last
state convention at Fort Dodge. TWO
| towns, Muscatine and Creston, al
I ready have asked for the 1920 on
vention.