The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
CAPTURE Town and Make a Show
\, gio Parade After Making Peo-
pie Think the Kaiser
Was Dead.
WOKE UP WHOLE TOWN
paraded With Big keokuk Concert
Band in Small Hours of Morn
ing, and Band Receives
Enconums Also.


were awarded first prize for the bes
appearance in the annual parade a
me state convention. There Wer
thirty.six councils in the line witt
which Keokuk competed.
Keokuk members of the United
Commercial Travellers captured the
citv of Cedar Rapids at the conven
tion there yesterday and today, ant
made the biggest impression OF any OF
the many councils in Iowa.
They arrived at 1870 yesterday
morning and paraded with the Keokui
Concert band around the business dis
trict before going to bed.
In the parade they had the place ci
honor and also the finest appearance
With only Dubuque exceeding them in
number in line.
George e. Radasch, advance courier
had made perfect arrangements at the
hotel for the parade uniforms, and
everything passed very smoothly for
the Keokuk statesmen and their wives
and daughters at the big state conven-
ton. J. G.. Buss presided as state
president, and H. A. Bank was chap
lain.
Shone in the Parade.
In the parade yesterday afternoon,
the Keokuk Concert band led the col
umn, and Immediately behind it was
Keoliuk council in force.
The Keokuk men wore gray trcus-
ers, black shoes, frock coats and silk
hats and carried canes, presenting a
very elegant appearance that one Of
the papers says made them look like
Fifth avenue. Each wore large car
nation as a boutonniere.
Next came the Keokul1 women folks
Of the members in decorated automo
biles which gave the touch of real
beauty and smartness to the parade.
The Keokuk party was applauded
all along the line of march which was
through the principle streets of Cedar
Rapids.
Radasch Presents Service Flag.
Perhaps one of the feature evynts
of the dGy was the presentation of
beautiful service flag and roll of hon
or to the grand council of Iowa, by
George Radasch, in behalf of Council
No. 400 of Keokuk. Five of the COM
mercial men went west" in the big
fight, and more than $50 blue stars
stand to the credit OF the state as
ISOLATION
The ceremony was impressive and
with stirring music from the band
there was not a man in The auditor
lum OF the chamber who did not feel
something of thrill when the big
silk flag and its Index roll of honor
passed into the hands of the state
lodge, to stand as an everlasting mon.
ument to the heroism of the travel.
ing men,
keokuk Council lin War.
VI the $50 men who went to war
from the Iowa C. T. u, Keokuk furn-
ished twenty-six or over one-tenth of
lhe state, as follows:
Fred Brown, John Conrad, J. c.
rountaln, James F. Hatton. H. A. |
fortertield, d. l.. Hassett, r. L. Mer. /!
I'M, w. R. Kinnamon, Merrill e. !
MAJORS, r. L. Maynard, Ben P. Moody,
n. EDWARD Cosgrove, John E. High,
H. n y. Paustian, Cyrus e. Phillips, f.
" Mcmillan, r. Neal Parks, l.. A. Ro- |
sane, A. W. Shields, William Wester-
non, Fred J. Kiess, A. ]. Hirst, w. J. |
Hauck, L. M Rogerson, III. P. Smith. |
H. L. Conner.
hey Woke Up the Town. I
a CEDAR Rapids paper says of the !
@'a Iva OF keokuk on the scene: /
Inc keokuk boys were so oozing
over with the old ginger that desp
me iact that they arrived in Cedar
a.ap'us at 100 a. m, they Just had to
s g. some of it out of their system. /
?, 9o' tneir band got out and played. And
10 d result, about seventy eleven hun /
aaea Cedar Rapids folk called up /
u; !, offices to find out whether I
~ was appendicitis or homesick!% IS
a., caused the death of the kaiser"
\, ne Cedar Rapids Gazette prints a
',Gture four columns wide of the Keo- |,
IN concert band and says this about
.. inls IS undoubtedly one of the fin j
~ MUSICAL organizations that has
~ peen established in the state of h
,oro ana through it's performances Is
!. 0ie ana in other cities in the state lt
10 :, pelng favorably mentioned to I
at peslsnated as the state band. Ii
bo neckuk council, 400, together with {
noo BUSINESS interests of Keokuk fin
3anidu 'he ORGANIZATIONS trip to Cedar
inat. s' which speaks well for the es-
,olS IN which the musicians are
'siu IN their home city,"
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