The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
CITY NEWS
--Shelled popcorn. Phone Red 170s.
Good things to eat at the Majestic.

l Good things 10 eat at the MaJcStlC'
/ u C. II. dance Saturday, Ma
sonic hall. U. c. It's and friends
| 1T is late to do your Christmas
shopping early. but shop as early as
you can.
Automobile storage, steam heat
ed garage Monroe Motor Co., corner
Third and Main.
| Masonic - Special meeting OF
| Hardin lodge, No. 29, Monday Dec
%, p. m. sharp; F. G. degree.
The will of the late Adam Bin
del has been opened in court and read.
Emma Bindell was named in it as
executrix.
II. o. o. F. Keokuk lodge No. 10
NETS regularly every Monday night.
A. w. RAIDER, N. G. Henry Schafer,
Rec. Sec'y.
Most of the stores will be kept
open evenings next week until Christ
mas to assist the holiday shoppers.
Sunday dinner at the Majestic.
See our ad in this paper.
-Keokuk lodge No. IL, /. 0. Q. f..
will hold short business session Mon
day night A. w. RAIDER, NJ G.; Henry
Schaefer. recording secretary.
Justice E. E. Hawkes. performed
a marriage ceremony Friday after
noon at o'clock for Morris Prunty
and Marie NJ Moore. both from Hi
nois.
Marriage licenses have been is
Isued to Morris Prunty and Marie NJ.
Moore, Schuyler county. ILL.,.
Special meeting Gate City chap
ter today, Dec. 20, at 4:30 R. A. de-
gree; $50 dinner Y. W.; 1880 r. A.
degree. Make special effort to come
please.
u. c. T. dance Saturday. Ma
sonic hall. U. c. It's and friends in
yited.
Governor Harding, according to
reports from Des Moines, will not
call special session of the state
legislature before March Is. 1920, II
he calls it then. He may call the
session when the code revision COM
mittee reports.
Rupert Hughes is the subject Of
"Boyhood Ambitions" cartoon by
Webster, recently. The cartoonist
shows Mr. Hughes as boy with his
gang in the woods getting ready to
build a railroad. and says that Rupert
Hughes wanted to build railroad
from Lancaster, Mo-. to Glenwood.
Automobile storage, steam heat
ed garage. Monroe Motor Co.. corner
Third and Main.
The superintendent and teachers
of the Bethel A. NJ. +. Sunday school
have arranged a program and Christ
mas tree for the members OF this
school Wednesday evening at the
church to which all of their people
are invited The Christmas tree will
be decorated and contain gifts for the
children
The joint Y. M. c. A. and Y. w.
IC A. Christmas program and party
held last night at the Y. w. c. A., was
counted a success by the large num-
Der of people who attended it. Fol-
lowing the program of music. folk
donces, and Indian club drills re-
freshments were served and a real
party enjoyed.
The Majestic cafe for the best.
Now under new management.
Paul Luedtke has just com
pleted the study of a. series of lee
lures on the development and care
of the singing voice by DR.. Ephraini.
Mr. Luedtke, who has been singer
of high standing. particularly in
church work, for a number of years.
may, il his health permits, take up
vocal work as a profession in the
near future.
Some early Keokuk history is
recalled in connection with the death
of Frances Oilar Loomis, which oc-
Cured in Kahoka this week. Mrs.
Loomis, whose maiden name was
Frances Oilar. was married in Keo-
kuk in 1876 For four years the
family had lived on farm near
here In 1849 Mr. and Mrs. LOOMS
left Keokuk for Clark county Mis-
souri,
On Washington's birthday, Feb
ruary %, the French high commits
sion, through the aid of the Ameri-
can Legion, will present to the near
est relative Of every soldier, sailor
or marine, who died during the
great war, certificate Of apprecia-
ton from the French government. 1t
is urged that the nearest kin of men
who died in the service inform the
Iowa department of the American
Legion OF their correct address and
of the probable point at which they
can be reached on February %
Notice is given by military au-
thorities that wearers of uniforms or
part of uniforms by persons who are
neither connected with the service
nor discharged soldiers will be pun
ished. 1t has been reported that men
who never saw the army are wearing
army overcoats with buttons ripped
off, and that peddlers, junk hauIers
and similar other workmen are seen
daily wearing parts Of the uniform.
The federal law is plain in the mat !
ter, and the uniform must not be sofd |
or given away, and persons receiving |
parts of the uniform or uniform |
are subject to $500 fine or imprison-
ment for six months.