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ff^- »"5/M' sU?- .1^ _• •_!, -v-...: '.V 'V- PAGE TEf iy w- A NEW PLAN fcird-, Thederk ,r*-r •v£ *15 $1 The Depositors* Weekly Savings Club Hie Med) ante The Stenographer The Salesman The Bookkeeper For Everyone "Who Works for a Living1 Save on This Plan and You Will Have Money When You Need It. You Can Start One or More Cards on Any Business Day of Any Week in the Year. Amounts to be paid on Each Card are Arranged Into Four Sets, Ranging from CLASS A $ .052 to $..50 CLASS .04 to 1.00 CLASS -08 to 2JJ0 CLASS .16 to 4*00 CLASS E .32 to 8.00 THE DEPOSITORS' WEEKLY SAVINGS CLUB Open Every Business Day in the Year—Ask Us About It. State Central Savings Bank Cor. Sixth and Main Sts. THf 9.50 FOR COAT AND I A N S O N Adapted Especially For The Merchant Every Woman Every Boy Every Girl (Every Laborer phis Cards when completed. Interest, amount to CLA£8 A $ 13.73 CLASS 27.45 CLASS 54.89 CLASS 109.78 CLASS E 21936 Yon Pay Something- Every Week—Any Amount Appear ing on Your Card. You Lose Nothing if You Drop Out—Every Cent Re turned to You. You need ready cash, come to us. We -will loan you any amount from $5 t« $150 on your household goods, piano, horses, etc., leaving security in your possession. All dealings strictly confidential. We have «ooffice In Keokuk, but agent Is In your city every Wednesday, and he will call—Write BURLINGTON LOAN CO. 84 Parsons Blk, Burlington, *ows We Loan Underthe Prevlskwis of the New Law. POWER CITY 5 $ A 10c CJIGAR FOB 5c. •re of tne I »tW*e presidency aW\| a the terms of c«_ AtUnta. President* 5- nAll.y J? Our clothes fit the purse, the person and the personality. GlasgowTailors 502 Main, Keokuk. 119 Pine, St., Ft. Madison xasfe Why Pay More $|^ For the hot weather we have all the newest patterns in mohair, wool crash, silk and wool Palm Beach, white serge and tropical cloths. HEADACHE due to eye strain can be relieved by prop erly fitted glasses. We have relieved hundreds. Let us help you. RENAUD 'He's had the experience' PERSONALS. Mrs. Win. Kammerer and daughter Nellie Margaret, of 314 Concert street, left last Saturday for a visit with friends for a month at SL Louis, Mo. Miss Mildred Henneman bas return ed home from a two weaks stay at Lake Waupaca, Wis., attending Phi Mu fraternity convention, one of the oldest women's fraternities, organ ized In the year 1852 at Wesleyan col lege, Macon, Georgia. Master Ralph Cole of Kahoka Is visiting friends in Keokuk. Allyn Betts with the First cavalry of Baltimore, Ind., passed through St. Louis this afternoon en route to Texas for service on the border. Mrs. Earl Craig has returned to her home In Tama, Iowa. Miss Loraine Keith of Evanston, 111., is visiting Miss Henneman cf North Fifth street The Misses Martha and Genevieve Deere of Des Moines are spending a three weeks vacation with their mother Mrs. L. E. Deere of Vlncennes, Iowa, and sister Mrs. Arthur Peter son, 1414 Concert street. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank oar friends and neighbors for their kindness during the Illness and death of our dear mhother. DAUGHTERS AND SONS OF MARY 2XJZABEJTH XL FOCUSES set resuittr. .: '•.. .•! t-i'tj -'•.••^•,- i" -V- .. •-.' *f' /v .•- .. •.-- :i£* •.' _•". ,' .Vr •1 -:1- .." .//•• ». ^*l. '.• .'.v1 £•--'. "-^S .A 'ik^ -'-'•l ri' .. .' .*. v^-.r- ----..i"1• .nv :tj ••••.. .* 1 •-, v.-, ?.!v-""V ••!..•_-•.. •_ -j 'V' .50 Order a Brick of Fresh Raspberry Ice and Vanilla For Your Sunday Dinner They are Delicious McGrath Bros. S00 MAIN STREET I r.ATE CITY AND CUNS111UI1UN-PEMOCKAT?' GOING TO WAYLAND ON TUESDAY NIGHT Keokuk Retailers' League Will -Have Their July Meeting at Neigh boring Missouri Town Next Week. SEE VIE SPRING CHICKEN Canton Commercial Club, With Dele gation of 75, Will Be There,... For Joint Meeting With Local Crowd. The members of the Keolcuk Re tailers' league will go to Way-land, Mo., nert Tuesday evening for their July session. The leaguers will en Joy a spring chicken supper at Way land together "with other delicacies of the season. Autos will leave the Industrial association rooms at the usual faour. Retailers are asked to notify Secretary Pulton (Monday morning if they Intend to make the trip. This will be tie joint meeting with the Canton Commercial club. About seventy-five will come from that city and will Join the sevonty-five or eighty from Keokuk. A joint session will be held, and the local leaguers will have an occasion to find out what splendid people the Gantonltes are, and the Canton men will have a 'chance to get acquainted, with the local live wires. J. B. McCu&chan, president of the Canton league, delivered the invita tion for this joint session at the meeting at Carthage, and his proposi tion was accepted by the local ibundh. The Canton women wbo will serve the supper, bave appointed a com mittee composed of Mrs. XCearas, Mrs. Klrker and Mrs. Malloy to look after all the arrangements. They have promised a dandy spring chick en lay-out for the hungry pilgrims from Keokuk and Canton arsd are planning now to serve the supper In the school bouse yard, setting the tables out of doors where It will be cool and there will be plenty of room to accommodate the 150 or more who will 'be present. CITY NEWS. —Moving. J. Opstelten, pnone R-648. —'Keokuk continues to gather in a few factories. —Job printing at The Gate City of fice. Phone 35. —Co. members expect to get their pay July 20. —(Reduction sale on Whlttaill's rugs at Schell-DempJe 'Furniture Co. —The High Tension club will give its third annual steamboat excursion next Saturday, July 16th. The steam er Sidney 'has freen chartered for the occasion. —Crop conditions bave Improved very materially during the past two weeks. The farmers say a rain would be beneficial. —Keokuk Lodge No. 13, I. O. O. P. meets regularly every Monday night at 8:00 o'clock. Geo. S. Merriam, N. G. F. M. Pugh, Rec. Sec*y. —Classified advertising Is on a cash basis. When yon send your classified advertisements to the of fice, make arrangements to send pay ment for same. —Buy your rugs now and save from $12.60. to $20.00 on a Whittal 9x12 rug. Sohell-Demple Furniture Co. —The 1916 hay crop should Ibe of higih quality. Practically the entire crop of clover and mixed hay has been put under shelter without a drop of rain touching it. —Continued warm weather—corn weather—is looked for by the local weather office for a few days at leasL The gulf storm is moving slowly east ward, but is far enough south to not touch this district. —The bathing beaches are doing a thriving business, likewise the ice cream cone man and the soda pop stands. Small stands run by enter prising youngsters are springing up all over town, but many of the pro prietors find it necessary to drink up the profits. —Walter J. Moxon from the St Louis office of the weather bureau is taking the place of Fred Z. Goserwisch in the local weather office for a couple of weeks. Mr. Gosewisch is indis posed, and Mr. Moxon will fill his place here until he is ready to report for duty. —Dr. J. C. Monks, w!ho has been practicing osteopathy in Brldgeton, N. J., for the past eleven years, will open an office July 10th, at No. 616 Main street, over Miller's shoe store. Office hours 9 to 11:30 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. Other hours and Sunday by appointment. Pirane 221. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS Take your next film to Zimmerman's studio. You will be surprised at the high grade pictures we can make from your negatives. Finished Pic tures are delivered in the afternoon from films left In the morning. If you live out of tiie city, send uc your films,' we send bill wlti finished pictures. Developing, 10 cents, prints, 2-S-4c each. NOTICE. The Irwin-Phillips Co. garment fac tory, now closed for inventory and repairs, will resume operation Mon day, July 17th. COMPLAINS ABOUT BICYCLE RIDERS Boys are Riding Wheels on 8idewalk Which is Against the City Ordinances. a I 'if sV*l Numerous complaints have been made to the police department about .baxa rldliuc Wcrdes on the sidewalk ft" A Cool Place on Hot Days The most delightful summer you have passed will be spent right on your omn pardh. It tram mm and nind, known as the i-WO-WMp A Porch Shade* These shades will not'flap in the wind, as they are equipped with the NOWWIHIP ATTAlQHr MBNT. j, They cone In several grades and 4n & variety of colors, mark ing them suitable for anyporch. They are very durable and with reasonable care last tor years and yean. In perfect keeping with the modest home or palatial resl denca. Gall and {er oor display or a telephone call will bring the "Aerolux" man who will show you oolor samples and tbea if you wish take the measure ments of your porch. Schell-Demple Furniture Co. 613—615 Main Street htrodncto^^Sal^| Archer's Alpine Silver Polisn Requires no rubbing. Don't rub the silver off. .Works instantly. Cannot injure the' fin est surface. Restores silver to its original brightness and. finish as it left the fac tory. Regular price, 25c a can. Introductory price 10c a can, or 3 cans for 25o. Engelhardt&Co. Druggists, 900 Main. These people have heard of the $100,000 Addition to the Qmelter Plant and are hurrying to buy some of Miosis very choice level lots In Bnlevard Pltce They realize that the School Board and prominent business men who bought some of these lots foresaw that the Smelter Plant, Tire Factory and other factories that will locate In Keolcuk within the next yesr will oause many homes to be built In that part of Keokuk. Just thlnkl $5 Monthly for 40 months will buy a nice level lot there you will pay more next year when Keokuk and the whole country Is boom ing. For information write KEOKOK REALTY CO. 516 Globe Bldg^ St. Paul, Minn. in various parts of the city. The city ordinances makes it a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine and imprison ment, to ride a wheel on the sidewalk and the authorities are going to prose cute all cases in the future. Roller skates and scooters have al so become nuisances and steps will likely, be made by the police to atop 4mm #0m •jtifin .iitiifiiioni i^Sullivan 4ft you bare It equipped with the most perfect protection Waists'"-' DURING W»EtHOT SUMMER MONTH We} are headquarters for Ansoe, Cameras, flpeedex Films and Speedex Piba iPacka. Oon* go en your vacation without an Anaoa. "One Day Service—De veloping and Printing** HOTEL IOWA PHARMACY Corner Fourth and Main. SATOBDAT, JULY PREPAREDNESS We have a most beautiful line of new shapes in parasols, the prices rang-eJErom Summer Dresses ft~ The largest'line we have ever had, in or gandy, voile and other lighfcweightmaterial. Come in and see the new styles. You will not be urged to buy it will be a. pleasure to us to show you the character of goods sold in Keokuk^ Perishable inilk is difficult to handle at any time. Summer multiplies these difficulties. The «nargln of saf«*y-e«miotbe-»eo ,*• large. There la no seonooqMir ««w certain milk. Thorough, persistent, regular city Inspection careful. Intelligent ling thorough, sclentlflo aastfcurla^ .A tlon prompt aervlc* In a dean bottls by a courteous salesman, make fl»i mfc: tary Dairy ProtfbcU Co/ss-roiik leader'In quality. To get this «p*ltty yoo moat oas .Sanitary Dairy Products Go's Milk PHONE 666 30 South Fourth Street WE WILL LOAN YOU FIVE MONTHS FOR m* Think it Over We CAM HEUP YOU AS WE HAVE OTHERS $10 TO $250 ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, LIVE STOCK, ETC. All Transactions Striotly Prlvatsu AGENT IN OFFICE EVERY MOMOAY AND JUGSOAY OF EACH WEEK. We iLoan According to the New State 1_aw. IOWA LOAN 42914 Main Street, Over Royal Cloak Co., Keokuk, Addreee Mail to 318J4 Jefferson St., Burlington, Iowa "If I Only Had a Cam era Right Now" Horn many tlmee have you made this remark? And it would' hava been worth while too. There are ever eo many times that you have wished for one. .. the Has of thess whers accidents are likely to resolt I* Hoy FlsMta and Cbaerlae Hedsa PIlsrlm%'«eat'BaptlKt churci 8, & Auwerda ire folly prepared to take ca^e bf ^ill your wants in hot weather clothes. 191* $l to $10 4 & Another shipment of .waists has been_re ceived, SpeciakyahiesdnJingeriei .s4»-•./ ii I aQO AbeU's House Wiring Bieotrioal Supplies Ji .¥ Gould Stormg* tmttory Service Stmtion Vtrwt Va CIM— 419 MAIM were appointed special policemen, without pay, for the vicinity of tlx J**-