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XXIII No. 12

Miss Mabel Moore was ^siting in Jefferson, la., last week.

DES M01NES> IOWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916.

Mrs. Mary Hunter is spending two weeks in Ft. Dodge, la.

Mrs. M. J. Brooks is here visiting at the home of her brother, Mr, G. W Brown and family, 1516 Illinois street

Mrs. Sherman of Sioux Falls, S. D passed through our city enroute to St. St. Louis, Mo. Hei little daughter accompained her.

Miss Mabel Moore and Mrs. Mary Hunter are going to make an extended visit to Minneapolis, Minn. Chicago and Springfield, III., leaving about Sept. 9

Miss Irwin Warthal and her little *

nephew of Knoxville, Iowa, spent i few days at the State Fair this week They called at the Bystander office

Mr. J. Bloomfield of Omaha, Neb., -was a state fair visitor en route from Newton, where he had been -visiting his brother.

The Virginia Picnic will be held Mon­day, September 4th at Union park All churches, societies and clubs are invitied to help make this the largest gathering of colored people ever assem­bled in Des Meines,

Mrs. Stella Brown and Mrs. Olo Holt were hostesses to a dancing party Monday evening in honor of Mrs. Holt's sister, Mrs. I. L. Gordon, of Quincy, 111.

Dr. John Gregg, president of Ed­ward Waters college, Jacksonville, Fla., gave a very interesting lecture at the skating rink Tuesday night. While in the city he was the guest of Rev. S. L. Birt.

Mr. N. S. D. Braxton of Macon, Mo., printerfor the Macon Republi­can, who has been visiting in Colfax with his sifter, Mrs. W. M. Brown, stopped over a day to attend the state fair.

Mr. R. H. Johnson, a successful busi­ness man of Gravity, was in our city this week attending the Siate Fair. He and Mr. Shackelford made a pleas­ant call at our office.

Theo. English and Mr. Wartham of Sioux Falls, S. D , came to our city this week to be initiated into the Ma­sonic lodge under the supervision of Grand Master S Joe Brown.

successful sessions held by that or­ganization. The following officers were elected for two years: D.M.N. G., Mrs. Carrie Law, Des Moines; D. R. N. G., Mrs. Edna Albert, Keokuk; D. W. R., Mrs. Kitty Askew, Sioux City; D. W. T., Mrs. Cordelia War­rick, Davenport, Iowa.

The Mary Church Terril club met Monday evening with Mrs. J. H. Per­kins. After the business session lunch was served. Miss Tabitha Mash gave a reading. The club will meet Monday with Miss Marie Bell, with the following*program: "Idylls of the King," lines 496-640. Instrumental solo, Miss Marie Bell. Quotations from Shakespeare.

council Monday evening Rev. A. Wag­ner returned to Omaha. A. Edwards and Mrs. G. Marlen were set apart to do ministerial work. Preaching Sun­day at 11:30. Sunday school at 1:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Lucinda Floyd, pastor.

Mr. Stin Griffith of Oralabor, Iowa, an his lady friend, Miss L. Teels, at­tended the state fair on last Tuesday and enjoyed the afternoon with a lovely basket of fruit, jelly rolls and ham and nut sandwiches, boiled ton­gue and angle food cake. Mr. Griffith will also visit the Capital City on next Sunday week.

Among the Des Moines delegation in Chicago during the sixth interna­tional Masonic conference last week were Editor John L. Thompson, past grand master, and family; Atty. S. Joe Brown, grand master, and wife; Gus Watkins, eminent commander, and sister; J. A. Wilson, high priest, and wife; Capt. E. T. Banks, grand generalissimo and past grand master,

nd John Jackson and Morris Mills, sir knights.

Clyde Branham, a student of How­ard university, Washington, D. C., is spending a few days in the city at­tending the fair and visiting his cous­in, Mr. Branham Hyde. Mr. Bran-ham is a musician of much ability and formerly played the saxaphone in the Dan Desdunes band of Omaha.

The Callanan club will hold its first regular meeting on the evening of September 6th, with all the ladies' husbands. It will open with a silver offering and a short program. All members are requested to be present. The public is invited to come. It will meet at the home of Mrs. Thornton Adams, 2626 Chester avenue.

Mr. Samuel Shackelford now of Los Angeles, Cal., formerly a farmer o£ Taylor county Iowa, arrived in our city to visit with Mrs. Mason who is his -sister. He has visited Kansas City, St. Louis. Mo., Lineville and Lexing­ton, Ky. From here he will visit India­napolis, Chicago, Galesburg and Taylor county, his old home. His two sons are in business in California and doing well. ,:i

On last Saturday August 26th occur­red the marriage of Miss Myrtle Cab-bell to Mr. Samuel McSwine of Des Moines,' at the home of the bride's •sister, Mrs Wesley Bunell of Carney. Only relatives and the most intimate frinds of the bride and groom witness­ed the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Anderson of the Baptist church of Carney. Miss Cabbell was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Anna Cabbell of Des Moines. The young couple will be at home to their friends in Des Moines at 114 Ridge street.

District Household of Ruth, No. 21, G. U. O. of 0. 0. F. closed its four­teenth annual session at Colfax on August 24th. It was one of the most

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Some of the social events that were given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Dayton, Ohio, while visiting were as follows: Cards and dancing at the beautiful home of Mrs. Geo. C. Young last Friday night. Mrs. W. H. Birney entertained at cards and danc­ing about forty of her friends. On last Monday night about fifteen young gentlemen and their wives entertained at the home of Mrs. John McClain on Crocker street. Mesdames Coalson and Gould entertained air an auto party Sunday and an auto party by John L. Thompson and family. On Wednesday night about thirty friends met at the home of Mrs. Geo. Young at 1 o'clock and stayed until 11 p. m., going from there to the depot, where Mr. and Mrs. John Young departed for their home in Dayton, Ohio. They left a kind good bye to tjj^ir many friends they met in Des Moines. •

Miss Mary Dicky, formerly of North Carolina, but more recently of Iowa City, where she has been a student at the State university, was hostess at

dinnerparty to a number fo her friends, assistedby Mrs. J. H. McDow­ell, Tuesday evening at 909 Eighth street. The guests were invited to the dining room to a beautifully decorated table, where covers were laid for twenty persons and they were served in five courses to all the good things of the season. Cards enclosed in en­velopes were placed at each plate, bearing the various names of the guests, by wheih they were asked to find their places at the table. The mysterious envelopes contained cards bearing the announcement of the en­gagement and marriage of Miss Mary Dicky to Mr. Robert Miles of this city, which was indeed a very great sur­prise to all. The marriage will be sol­emnized eprly in October.

THOMPSON HOTEL GUESTS. C R Bland, Keokuk. Iowa; Milton

Fields, St Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Daisy Brooks, Ft. Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Na­thaniel Houstin, city; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, city; D. A. Dishmond, Ft. Dodge; Harry LaBelle, Cedar Rapids; Misses Cleo Cary, Geneva Sears and Trilby Walker, Buxton, Iowa; R. H. Johnson, Gravity; J. M. Johnson, Cres-ton; Messrs. Theo. English and F. C, Wartham, Sioux Fallss S. D.

SUNDAY SERVICED.

Asbury M. E. Church. "777 West. Eleventh street.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Theme, The

Abiding Presence of God," Exo. 33:13-14.

General class at 12 m. W. H. M. S. at 3 p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p. m.

Theme, "My Use of the Bible," Jer. 36:21-24; Psa. 119, 11; John 5:39; Acts 17:11.

The choir will render a high class song service beginning at 7:30 p. m. Do not miss it. ,

W. L. Lee, Pastor.

Union Congregational church will resume their evening services Sunday, September 3rd. Sunday morning will be communion services. Every mem­ber and friend is invited out to these services. Morning services at 10:45 promptly. Everybody invited. The pastor, Rev. Alexander, desires to see all members present.

A council meeting service was con­ducted at the Interdenominational People's Mission church, 324 S. E. Fifth street, of which Lucinda Floyd is in charge, last Sunday. Rev. A. Wagner Oversight, pastor of Omaha, Neb., was present. The morning ser­vice was well attended. A t 3 p. m. a service was conductecf in South Des Moines in the Second church, of which

, Bro- Chas. Floyd is in charge. Rev. Frederick is assisting over there. At

! 8 p. m. all returned to 324 S. E. Fifth 'street church, where ordination and 1 sacramental service concluded the day's work. After holding a business

N. A. A. C. P. The regular monthly meetings of

i the executive committee of the Des Moines branch of the National Asso­ciation of Colored People will be re­sumed by a meeting at the residence of the chairman, 1056 Fifth street, Monday evening, September 4th, at which all officers are urged to be pres­ent to help complete plans for the launcing of a financial rally at St. Paul's church Monday, September 11th, to aid in the raising of the ten thousand dollar anti-lynching fund now being raised by the national as­sociation, -with the able assistance of President Morefield Story and Mr. Philip G. Peabody of Boston. By or­der of S. Joe Brown, Chm.

THE GREAT MASONIC CON­CLAVE.

The Largest Gathering of Race Lead­ers.

Last week Chicago, 111., witnessed one of the largest and most enthusi­astic Masonic meetings ever held by the Negro race. It was conceded to be the largest and most intelligent body of secret society men and women ever held in Chicago and the most rep­resentative ever held by the Negro race in the world. It was a meeting where all of the branches of Masonry from the first to the 33rd degree met and all the branches of the women's department met. It was the first time in the history that all branches of this, the greatest fraternal society in the world, met. There were fully 5,000 visitors in Chicago. Every state in theunion was represented and sev­eral foreign countries present. In that branch known as the Internation­al Conference of Grand Masters, P. G. M.'s and Grand Secretaries, this was the most important of all rae branch­es, as it was the foundation of the other branches. This was the branch that your humble servant presided at here. ,We had twenty-one states rep­resented by either grand masters or grand secretaries, a total of thirty-two members of this conference. The most enthusiasm was aroused when the grand master of Ohio, Cora Adams, presented P. G. M. Wm. Boyd, th'e riestor of the round "table and vet­eran Masonic law exponent, who had served our beloved order for sixty-five years, and then W. L. Harrison of Pennsylvania presented their nestor, Wm. Miller, who has served the order fifty-one years, and he is the present grand secretary. Then Grand Master S. Joe Brown presented Iowa's oldest member, Austin A. Bland, who for fifty years last April has been in the active work of the order. Much work was done in regard to uniformity of all Masonic work, especially the rit­ualistic work. The committee on uni­formity recommended the adoption of the ritual just issued by Ohio. The recommendation was passed unani­mously. In the International Su­preme Grand Chapter of O. E. S. there were many states represented by both present and past grand matrons and patrons. They held a fine meeting and so did the Daughters; of Isis, also the Court of Heroines of Jericho. Then the Royal Arch Masons and the commandery meetings were largely attended and very instructive. The Imperial Council A. E. A. O. Nobles of Mystic Shrine held the largest at­tended and most enthusiastic meeting in its history and much business was done. Their parade Monday evening was the finest and longest ever held. Their contest drill at the Eighth retri-

ntal armory was simply grand. New York won first prize and at. Louis second. The Knight Templars parade Thursday afternoon was two miles long. Several bands and fully 3,000 sir knights in line. The ath­letics were good at the White Sox ball park. In the evening the conclave closed with a drill and dance. The Emmanual commandery of Kansas City won first prize. Fully 1,000 were dancing at the Seventh regimental hall

formerly of Des Moines for many years, but now of this city, runs a Jpool hall. He has a good business and is succeeding. Rev. McW. Withers is pastor of the Besthesda Baptist church, of which place he has been pastor for several years. He has built a new church and owns a beautiful home. Rev. T. B. Stovall hascharge of the large St. Peters/A. M. E. church. He was formerly of Daven­port, Iowa, and is a strong friend of ours, and he is succeeding nicely up here. He wishes to be remembered to his many friends in Iowa. Rev. F. J. Peterson has charge of the other A. M. E. church. This church has sold and contracted for newquarters in North Minneapolis. Dr. Peterson is well known in Iowa. He sends re­gards to old friends. It would seem to Iowa men that Minneapolis and St. Paul colored people were formerly residents of this state, as nearly every other person you meet is from Iowa* A. A. Rivers, E. M. Hendricks, George Hall, Mr. G. D. Smith are all from Iowa, and are new subscribers of the Bystander, and will keep in touch with the colored people of the middle west. Also Mr. and Mrs. Luther Abbey formerly lived in Des Moines. Mr. J. B. Glover still owns his beautiful home on Oakland avenue and is still working at the same position. Over in St. Paul we find the people doing as well as usual. As we hear from this city every week I will not observe much here. However, I will state that the people are doing nicely. The Ap­peal is still published by Mr. Adams. Mrs. Mattie Hicks still chronicles the Budgetarian for our paper. The edi­tor enjoyed a splendid dinner at their home. Mrs. F. L. Duckett, one of the leading society ladies of this city, owns a nice home on West Anthony street. Rev. J. P. Sjms is pastor of the other A. M. E. church. Mrs. Mabel Coleman, formerly Maxell Hall, was doing well. They own their home on 671 West Central avenue. Her moth­er, Mrs. Annie Lewis, of Davenport, Iowa, was visiting her. Mr. T. Sher­wood still works at trie postoffice. He is active in higher Masonry. He and his wife went to Kansas City to at­tend a Masonic meeting and from ther to Chicago. Our next stop was in Mason City.

Mrs. Jackson is on the sick list. Mrs. Ida Given has returned to

Council Bluffs, after visiting with her relatives and friends.

Mrs. Emaline Walker has stopped her wash at home. She let the guests cry about it.

Mrs. Willa Lewis is on the sick list. Mr. George Densin is on the sick

list. He lives at 1317 West Broadway.

FORT MADISON NOTES. Miss Naomi Harper, who has been

visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. E. L. Harper, in Detroit, Mich., returned home last Saturday.

The "open air concert" given in Old Settlers' park under the direction of Mrs. D. Isom last Thursday evening was a grand success in every respect.

Mr. R. Turner left for Columbus, Ohio, last Monday morning, where he expects to remain indefinitely.

Miss Jennie Harper, accompanied by her brother, George, and little Miss Margie Freeman, left Tuesday night for Fairfield, where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cole-son.

Mrs. M. Kittrell has sold her home on Fifth street. Mrs. Kittrell expects to leave for Waterloo in the near fu­ture.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Marshall, Miss Gertrude Anderson and Mr. Campbell Tolliver attended the Burlington fair one day last wsek.

Mr. Ambrose Jackson is able to be out again, after a long illness.

A missionary society was organ­ized at the Second Baptist church last Thursday.

ALBIA NEWS. Mrs. Mary Harris and daughter,

Miss Edith Harris, of this city left Saturday morning to visit relatives and friends state fair week in Des Moines.

Mrs. Oscar Roper of Albla, Mrs. Willis Lewis and son; William Lewis, of Oskaloosa visited in Des Moines this week.

Mrs. Joe Robinson and daughter, Alberta Robinson, of Hocking and Mr. and Mrs. Carthon of Hiteman attend­ed services in Albia at the A. M. E. church Sunday.

Mr. Burt Jones of Hiteman was in Albia two days this week and attend­ed the fair.

Mr. Mosely of Hiteman was in Al­bia over Sunday.

Mrs. Arthur Estes of Ottumwa has been visiting her brother, Mr. Roy Grayson, of Hocking and Mrs. Hattie Bennings of Albia the past week. Mr.

i Arthur Estes was an over Sunday visitor in Albia. The family leave for Des Moines in a few days.

Mrs. Moss Johnson is very ill at her home, some trouble with her limbs and she is on crutches.

The Monroe county fair closed on Thursday. It was said to be very suc­cessful. Mr. Hob Armstrong had some of his race horses on the track. The Buxton band was over Thursday and furnished music with the other bands and brought over to Albia most all of Buxton. Mr. Creolo Hollings-/worth had a lunch stand on the grounds. There were many from Hocking and Hiteman at the fair.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

The Tabernacle Baptist church had splendid services all day Sunday. Rev. J. P. Jackson preached two splendid sermons. At 11 a. m. his subject was "The Unity of the. <ik>spel.'' John 17: 11. In the evening "The Officers of the Church the Deacon." Acts 6:3.

Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Jackson cele­brated their thirty-second annual marriage anniversary last Monday night. All of the rooms were well filled. Rev. E. R. Edwards, pastor of the A. M. E. church, gave the congrat­ulatory address and led the congratu­lations and shaking hands with Rev. and Mrs. Jackson, and wished them thirty-two more unbroken yeaVs of the fullness of marriage life. And then Mrs. D. Mixon and Mr. and Mrs. Givens opened up the dining room to the waiting guests and they were served to punch, ice cream and water­melons to their heart's content. At the close Mrs. G. Manuel of the recep­tion committee reported awell filled purse for Rev. and Mrs. Jackson and left them with a smile of joy.

Mrs. Eva Givens and Miss Bertie Baker entertained twenty-one guests at Mrs. Givens' home at 1410 West Broadway in honor of Miss Agnes Fountain and Mrs. E. R. Johnson on Monday evening, August 14th. Mrs. George Manual chaperoned. A two-course lunch was served. A delight­ful evening was spent with games. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stark of Chicago, Mr. Lewis Cave of Kansas City, Miss Woodson &nd Miss Goliper received.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. We had a glorious service all day

Sunday at the Tabernacle Baptist church. Rev. J. P. Jackson preached at 11 a. m. Text, Matt. 9:29. Sub­ject, "Faith and Failures." Rev. E. R. Edwards, pastor of the A. M. E. church, preached at 3:30 p. m. Sub­ject, "The White Garment." He held the congregation spellbound for thirty minutes and brought his choir and the best part of the congregation, who gave liberally. In the evening Rev. Jackson preached to a full house. After the last offering the officers re­ported $40 for the day's collection. Rev. R. E. Cage has been made the state financier of the Tabernacle church. We hope toget the endorse­ment of our association executive board through this plan. We are raising a building fund for our in­tended new church.

Mrs. J. P. Jackson has been con­fined to her home sick all last week, but at this writing she is much im­proved.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA. The Tom Thumb wedding at Ma-

lone A. M. E. church Friday evening was a success.

Rev. J. H. Garrison, grand patron of Iowa, has returned from Chicago, where he attended the interstate con­ference of the grand chapters of the O. E. S. He reports it was the great­est conference he ever attended. He was elected royal grand patron of the grand chapters of the O. E. S. of the U. S. A. and Canada. We congratu­late Rev. Garrison, Sioux City and the state of Iowa should be proud of him for the honor he brought home.

Mr. Horace Green and Mr. M. Askew, the newly elected grand mas­ter of the G. U. O. of O. F., have returned from Colfax and Chicago and report a fine time.

Mr. M. Askew has just received credentials from the most worshipful grand lodge of Free and Accepted Ma­sons of the state of Connecticut, ap­pointing him representative of the grand lodge of Connecticut, near the Grand East of Iowa. Sioux City and the state of Iowa should also be proud of Mr. Askew .

MACON, MO., NEWS.

The following are on the sick list: Mrs. Johnnie Guy, Mr. John Adams and Mr. Charley Johnson, the colored

t barber of our city. j Miss Nona Jackson and niece,

I Blanche, are visiting in Des Moines this week.

' Arthur Campbell of Omaha, Neb., ' is visiting his grandfather, Mr. Cap­tain Austin.

The following attended the old sol­diers' reunion in Kansas City: Mr. Captain Austin, James Enix and Rob­ert Powell.

The following attended the associa­tion in Huntsville, Mo.: Mrs. Georgia

. Brown, president of Missionary Cir-I cle; Rev. T. H. Henderson, Rev. Win-' ingham and Rev. D. L. Howard.

Mrs. Cora Harris and granddaugh­ter, Miss Lillian, departed Sunday last for an indefinite stay in Rock Isl­and, 111., with her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Hoskins.

Mr. Noble Johnson is contemplat­ing on spending Labor day in Bro^k-field, Mo.

There will be a ball given in our city Monday evening.

Miss Irene Howard is expected home soon from a visit in Columbia, Mo.

Several Moberlyites will attend the dance in Macon on Monday evening.

Mrs. William Carter of Omaha, Neb., is visiting relatives in our city.

The concert which was given by the Busy Bee club was quite successful.

Miss Lucile Harris has returned from a very pleasant visit in Hunts­ville and Moberly, Mo.

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EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS. On our visit to Chicago last week

we omitted to run the regular obser­vations, therefore we begin in Minne­apolis, Minn., which was the last reg­ular stop. Here we find one of the most beautiful cities in the United States, in fact the prettiest' city I have ever visited. It has large, wide streets and well kept, beautiful homeg and magnificent business buildings, all bespeaking an air of prosperity. This town has about "4,000 colored people and many are doing well. The Twin City Star is still being published here by Mr. Charles Sumner Smith. We hope the Star will continue to shine. Mrs. J. L. Neal, one of the oldest settlers of this town, still lives in her beautiful home at 1823 South Fifth street. She served dinner to the editor on Sunday. We enjoyed the hospitality . She has two sons. One is employed as a clerk'and the other as a stenographer in an office here. They are doing well. Mr. Jones and Mr. Bell own a first class barber shop and are having a large trade. O. A. Lawrence is still in the under­taking business. He is the only col­ored undertaker here arid is doing nicely. Has a lovely family and is a real race man. Mr. G. Schull is still in Easiness on Hennepin avenue, do­ing a large .business. Mr. J. .G.Taney,

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ence, visited at the Win. Taylor homi" in Rock Island last week, and Satur­day evening Mr. A. L. and son, Ray­mond, went down and spent Sunday with them and all returned home on Sunday night.

B. T. Deatherage expects to attend Tuskegee Institute during the winter term.

The missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Delphia Howard on Fri­day afternoon. There was a good at­tendance and much business was transacted.

The social in the lecture room of the church by the Sunday school girls was quite a nice affair and a nice little sum was added to the giria' treasury.

Mr. Ollie Gentry is now employed at the shute.

Mr. Chas. Burkley was a visitor in ' Davenport recently.

OTTUMWA NEWS ITEMS. $

Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Graves of St^ Paul, Minn., were honor guests at an 1

evening party at the home of Mr. and * Mrs. Will Horn on Thursday, August 24th. Light refreshments were ^ -served. ,

Mrs. Earnest Gooden and children " have returned home, after several weeks' visit at the home of Mrs. Gor-den's brother, Mr. Loren Bradford, in Omaha. They were accompanied by Mrs. Bradford.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton have returned, after a short visit at the home of Mx»: and Mrs. C. W. Wansu.

Mrs. Allunt has returned, after 4 pleasant visit in Chillicothe, Mo. She , ' was accompanied by her sister.

Mrs. Alice Denning of St. Louis, ^ Mo., is visiting her brother, Mr. Win. Beverley, at 619 West Mechanic f street.

Miss Constance Downey is visiting relatives in Madison, Mo.

Mrs. Anna McClelland gave a theat­er party Friday night in honor of Mrs. B. F. Abner. After the play the party , repaired to the East End ice cream parlor, where refreshments were served*

Mrs. Catherine Strother is now dom­iciled at 609 Tisdale street.

Mrs. Blanche Horn is visiting friends in Ottumwa. >;

Frank E. Clark has returned home* after a month's stay in Chicago.

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WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mrs. Taylor, who was the guest of

the Motts home and visited with many friends here, left Saturday evening for her home in Rock Island. During her visit she was entertained at the A. L. Hall, Henry Campbell, W. H. Rhodes, Geo. Burkley, N. L. Black and the Harry Motts homes.

Miss Luba Gwinn is home from a four weeks' visit with friends at Ot­tumwa, Clinton, the tri-cities and Chicago. She reports a delightful trip.

Messrs. Brown and Daveny of Fair­field visited friends in Washington last Sunday night. Mrs. Daveny had been a guest at the Phil Rushing home for several days.

N. L. Black has started the "Com­mercial Printery" and will do all kinds of job printing. His office is at 115 W. Jefferson street.

Rev. Boyd has but two Sundays yet before he leaves for the annual con­ference and he desires to have all the conference claims paid up as soon as possible.

Chas. McKain is home again, after a visit at Mt. Pleasant and other points in southern Iowa.

The Dr. Shaw Medical Co. is think­ing strongly of locating in a larger field and perhaps it might be Rock Island, and if such be the case we will lose our efficient church organist, Miss Helen Motts, as she is secretary of the company. We will be sorry to lose Helen.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green returned from Oskaloosa on Tuesday of last week, whither they had gone to look after the care of Grandma Tiffin, who has been sick for so long, bring-ing Mrs. Tiffin with them, as they can look after her betterhere. Mrs. T. was loath to leave Oskaloosa, as that had been her home for many years. On the evening before her departure for Washington quite a few of her friends came in. and surprised her by having a splendid prayer meeting and a farewell time, which was much en­joyed by Mr*i Tiffin.

B. T.Deatherage is waiting in On* cinn«ti, Ohio, and at hie old home in'

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KEOKUa, IOWA. (Special.)

Mr. W. W. Fields, grand master of Missouri, visited last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gross. Mr. Fields was accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Ferguson of Nashville, Tenn.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gross enter­tained last Friday at cards in honor of their house guests, Mr. and Mrt W. W. Fields and Mrs. Ferguson. (

Mesdames C. B. Rice and A. B. ; Gowen of St. Louis, Mo., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Kelles, 1017 Fulton street.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Freeman announce the marriage of their daughter, Verna H. Beaman, to Mr. John Nelson Gay Long.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bland returned Sunday, August 27th, after a week's visit in Chicago.

Mrs. Susie Jackson returned oa^ Sunday of this week from a business V trip in Chicago. k

The members of the Jolly club en­joyed a dancing party on Wednesday . of last week at the Masonic hall.

Mrs. Artisha Williams of Daven- i port, Iowa, is the guest of her son and * ciaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wil- t l i r •

The stewardess board of the A. M. '. E. cuurcn will have a picnic at Kil-bourne park September 4. Dinner served to everyone, 25 cents.

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Constipation the Father of Many Ills.^9 Of the numerous ills that affect hu-

manity a large share start with con-stipation. Keep your bowels regular and they may be avoided. When a laxative is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. They not only move the bow­els but improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion. Obtainable everywhere. *

GO TO

The Peerless Ice Cream & Confection

Company 1126 Fulton street

For Ideal Ice Cream and ^ Cafe Service

• i m Keokuk, Iowa

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fee oth«r half ny«r M Cratebai*—After w^. us tbeJr mon«) ;

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