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I t'f 1? *,v PAGE TEN $2.00 Children's Raincapes— In vrtwmiuiH*? XXAVkJl* lliUb \A AX V/ K/ dhW* W- SPECIALS! $2.00 New Summer Wash Dresses AO. Positively this year's style ... «/OC $1.50 Children's Dresses— Nice, fine washable OA materials. Sizes XM/* 6 to 14 OsJC With hood, in colors r|ft Sixth 6 to 14 HQ** Special $5.00 Silk Chiffon Waists— Blue AO Just a few left Very fine materials. Every color and Jy ^JO style 6 SG10L ORCHESTRA PfiMSEO BY NAGEL Season—Out IIIBliM, iin $7.50 Stfk Dresses Foulard patterns, also silk poplins, crepe de chines $10.00 Silk Dresses This season's style only. Tans, navies, greens, etc «p^« $15.00 Party Dresses $20.00 Silk Dresses as one, save you people thousands of dollars every year. •••.rri'. June Clear ance Sale nlMfiiipii'apw'iai'iaiiigiiipi!'*''! uiin» fi ii I'll! 3!' iiiiiiw $2.98 tfj AO $5.00 White Net Dresses White Voile Dresses Hundreds of New Wash Dresses Sizes 14 to 51x Highland Park Conservatory of Music stage at the iime that the orchestra Dean is Delighted With the Work of High School Organization. WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW Says Citizens Should Realize Possi- bi1' -Symphony Orchestra be Established Here. "If the community, the business men, and the Monday Music club win get behind the idea and aid it in ev $25 Cloth Suits $25 Silk Suits All Colors All Styles All Materials prv wav Keokuk will have a sym- chestra for a fine city orchestra, one plionjr orchestra which will oe a that will do concert work that you credit to the city." can be proud of. This is what Dean Frank Xagel ot Highland Park conservatory of music predicts after hearing the high school jn I ko«n tr» niav. The curtain was jn I began to play. The curtain jdown and he could not see who the musicians were. He remarked to a group of friends that it was most ex cellent music. "Imagine my surprise, Dean Nagel said to a Gate City reporter yesterday "when 1 got out into the house to see it was a high school orchestra. It is an organization far superior to anything of its kind. Let me tell you why 1 like it. They Play In Tune. "In the first place, they play beauti ully In tune. In so many of these young people's orchestras the wood wind Instruments and the stringed in struments are at variance. In the second place, they play a class of good music. Professor Hayden is re sponsible for this. "Yon have the nucleus in this or- iVyt"'-. i~AS.tr both \yIT' 1 "L A rt **.£ Ann r/wt Irani* »-J/.-V5}».' -,:J. 111 Jefferson St^ iurlinctpn. Iowa Here Are Some Offers You Will Talk About for Some $7.50 Spring Coats Serge and novelty coats. All sizes and colors $10.00 Spring Coats A nice assortment of nice coats that will d» £Q movo fast at this price $15.00 Silk Lined Coats Not just a few, but a nice selection at $20.00 Silk Lined Coats Many of these coats good style for next d»0 oo spring. Finely made and good materials. «pO.OO Dean Nage| school 01 the Keokuk high school Friday night. the The dean was standing on the|iW_ i_—.— —w• The dean was standing the orchestra work. Hewmmmended then asked what the board was doing toward aid- worj{ orchestra play. Dean Nagel attend-1 appropriations, and also of ed the commencement exercises He was told of the faet that the Retailers league was going t0 aSBjSt jtne K-eoKUK u*s« going to assisi in uie nv—- in the promotion of organizations for their worjt lnterest Compliments Professor Hayden He paid Professor Hayden a com- something really worth while in this, And he suggested the symphony or chestra. With the %HE DAILY GATE CITY ,/•'v i'wtK Genuine savings on good, dependable, seasonable merchandise—the kind of goods people WANT and when they Wjmt them, in most instances for less money than most large stores have to PAY for them. Big transactions try. pliment when he said that the people "And I am glad to sqe such results should realize that he was doing as orchestra work* Teaching of music, dean continued. "It shows that the does not mean just the teaching of of Season—All the Time—the Real Big Bargains are Found at This Sale Starts Promptly Monday at 8 A. M., June 14, 1915= :r::. m-- $25 Party Dresses Your choice of any Party Dress. $25 Silk Dresses. All colors and styles Not Just a Few at $10 But a Great Assortment to Select From $3.69 $6.85 styles Be Sure to Come to the ROYAL for Your Summer Needs Through our system of buying we receive nearly daily shipments of fashion's latest issues. Always a very large stock to select from. S or el 420 MAIN KEOKUK. Bring That $10 Bill Here and You Can Byy a $25 Suit Coat or Dress All pure wool serges in black, blue etc styles Hundreds of fine Wash Skirts in every style $1.4$, $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 City Buying Means City Styles at Lowest City Prices! one soon, if the people will give the right sort of support. Symphony Orchestra Suggested. "The Monday Music club would be a good organization to take that up." Dean Xagel said. "I understand that they have a good organization here. If they would get behind the idea with their support, with their money. wlth theIr 8Upport, commended and ,f with their money. tfte commiinitjr WOHld join, the business men and the school board WOrk songs itfethe school, in Dean Nagel's jt js being taken hold of in the right mind means work such as Pro- manner. Professor Hayden is a good fessor Hayden is taking up now. He said he considered Professor Hay den's methods as a music teacher ad mirable, and was pleased to note the advances which hat* been made in the sixteen years since he left Keokuk. hi«J? Bcho!l °I," chestra as a nucleus. Dean Nagel thinks the Keokuk symphony orches tra may be a reality and may^^me ,j u._i_ and everybody would help, you could have a symphony orchestra here, which would be the finest in the coun- heard last night come from work wbjci! was started years ago," the is getting results now, and that man for this sort of thing, .and his efforts should be given support." Bad Storm Ua«t Nlghti" [United Press Leased -Wire Service] MILWAUKEE, Wis.. June 12.— Considerable property has been de stroyed. and lives are reported to have been lost in a terrific wind, rain and electrical storm which swept cemtral Wisconsin tonight.. Details are i'\ 3 $25 Stylish^ Coats 1 Your choice of best grade cloth or siik coats, every color, style, fabric $15.00 Cloth Suits $20.00 Cloth Suits Checks, tans, blues. Pretty styles and materials /. $30.00 Cloth Suits Very finest of materials, best colors, best Palm Beach Suits Very special! All sizes. AH meagre, owing to the destruction of I telegraph and telephone lines. The path the storm is roughly I traced from Mason City, Iowa, to Waukesha, Wis., and as far north as La. Crosse, Wis. BOYLE RELEASES TWO NEW PITCHER SIGNED Eggleston and Kool Draw Blue Slipa— Bixby, New Pitcher, is Signed up. [Special to The Gate City.] MUSCATINK, Iowa, June 12.—Man ager Boyle tonight released Pitcher Kool and Catcher Eggleston. He sign-/ |ed Bixby, a pitcher with Terre Haute) Ilast season, to take Kool's place. Eggleston's release was caused «iy ihis bad eyes and other injuries whica iaffected his playing. Catcher Larey 'Brown rejoined the club here this [morning and worked in today's game. I Kool joined the club this morning and [pitched In. today's ganie for a short time. He was released immediately after the game. Where Death Lurks. I St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Dardanelles Is fast becoming the graveyard of battleships. y_nt *£Pj^ *jW Jw •!. */r J1 **4 4 ijiv »*y 'a^V.dSft. *"*£. i\ I &?/«/ 4. $5.85 rV $7.98 $12.85 't H* fej V, V#* J# *i&.* ance li|ijiii 1®' iii'l |i 3 1', I ii| hi i|i| iiii iiiiii .88 iiiib. ..-limn •'i $3.50 Cloth Tans and white. All sizes and styles ....^ Viclrolas $15 to $25G ^0. .j SUNDAY, JTTSTE 13, isLJ' IB A II SPECIALS! Crepe De Chine Waists— Regular $2-50 quality In this season's style only. White, Yellow aa pink, black. Also pretty UXp messal irtes Silk Messaline Petticoats— to Come Just about a dozen left. v. nn Navy, White and colors, MX/* Regular $1.»8 quality ^V»V $2.00 Odds and ends ... $2.00 Colored petticoats $2.00 White waists .... $2.00 wash skirts $10.00 Fine Skirts This includes Rampoer Chuddahs, Poplins, Gab ardines, newest colors and the latest d»r or styles $ 7 5 0 Nobby checks, tans, navies, blacks and^, d»0 QO mixtures. Positively great values ipO.I/O 39c 98c .X.* •*,'Ol ckirts Checks, tans, blacks, blues. All colors. All^^ gg $1.50 Wash Skirts QO. 5IOC 7 Waists See them and you'll buy! Thousand Waists now ready! 98c, $1.98, $2.98^ $4.98 -k .(! On Easy Payment Pian Any combination made up. ($50 Victrola with $6.50 SOHMER and WEAVER PIANOS PIGGOTT MUSIC HOUSE Phone 218 Keokuk, Iowa worth of records at $56 50, etc.) Repairing and Oiling Given special attention 625 Main