The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-26
The New Light. Made in keokuk,
is Becoming Popular and
Membership is Growing
Rapidly.
500 NAMES BY TONIGHT
Hundreds Of People Are Joining
the Popular Club and Defy
Ing the elackness Of
the Night.

lhe keokuk Lantern club will have
nVe hundred members by this evening
accorulng TO the report of the light
inspector of the club, who was out
saturday night and Sunday night and
Drought In list of $50 members The
Inspector reports having seen as many
more lanterns and porch lights In the
city, which he did not have time to
put down in his book.
There is hardly block In Keokuk
now which is not lighted up at night
by at least one lantern, while in MANY
docks there is string Of lights from
corner to corner.
Since the organization Of the Keo-
kuk Lantern club the other evening
the membership has increased by
ieaps and bounds and 1t is safe to pre-
dict that this evening, the club mem
oers VIII have almost reached the tri-
umph of it's existence. with 200 Ian.
terms swinging In the dark streets.
People have been calling up the
Gate City, the official organ of the
club, asking that their names be en-
rolled and telling how glad they are
to belong to the popular club. Some
members are backward about report
ing their names and street numbers
and consequently their names have
not appeared in the membership list.
Any member of the club whose
name has not appeared, is urged to
send in their name to this Office.
The Light Inspector.
Inc light inspector of the club, who
is serving without pay, had an inter
esting trip last night. On his way
to church and on his way home after
services, he noted lanterns swinging
from trees, porches, gates, etc., and in
many places it was "as light as day."
D. L. Hughes Joined the club last
evening. by turning on dozen lights
In front of the opera house which
made that corner very light and
proved great help to the people who
attended the Blondeau street churches.
Is S. B. Stahl has lantern hanging
out in a tree in front of the house and
Justice Landes has also hung one out
in tree
N. ]. Montague has lamp arranged
In big box, which makes splendid
lantern. H. G. Dimond has a lantern
burning all night, suspended from a
bush in his yard. The Misses Wap-
pich have two lanterns out in front
of their house.
Johnson street is well lighted at the
upper end. there being lantern on
nearly every corner. Palean and Elk
change streets are coming in strong
with members and Concert street Is
another we'll lighted path In fact,
nearly every street in the city con.
tains energetic members of the Keo-
kuk Lantern club.
At II o'clock last night there were
many lanterns still hanging out and
shining their welcome rays upon be-
lated travellers Some people remove
their lanterns when they retire for the
night, but many leave the lanterns out
all night long.
Here is revised membership list
of the Keokuk Lantern club. If you
are member and your name and ad-
dress does not appear, or is given in
correctly, tell the Gate City about it.
The official organ wants to publish
the name of every member of the
club.
Membershin Isf
Mary H. Albertson, S08 Franklin.
Miss Kate Owens, 1928 Morgan
DR.. G. r. Armentrout 912 Fulton
w. M. Maxwell, S26 Franklin.
L. D. Sheppard, 512 North Fifth.
c. M. Fuller, 1902 Concert.
Mrs. Rollins, 1924 Concert.
Andrew Kirchner 1914 Concert.
L. T. Pyles, 912 Blondeau
Mrs. NJ. Radasch, 11O9 Blondeau.
Mrs Roche, 1927 Blondeau.
T. N Connors COS Concert.
l.. G. Danford, 1917 Blondeau.
w. N. Sage, I'll Franklin
J. H. Cole, PIG High.
F. w. Davis, corner Third and High. /
j. B. We'll, 62S Orleans.
DR.. Hoyt, 426 North Ninth.
]. B. Van Pappelendam, 722 North
Ninth.
c. w. Chase, 800 North Ninth.
DR.. Pease, corner Ninth and Nor
gan.
John R. Carpenter, corner Ninth and
Morgan.
D. L. Hughes, Keokuk opera house.
Misses Wappich, 220 North Fourth
~.
Harry E. Dill, 124 North Fourth.
DR.. ]. A. Scroggs, 416 High.
Mrs. Erdman, 800 High.
DR.. w. B. LaForce, corner Fourth
and Blondeau.
Mrs. M. A. Runner, 119 North
Fourth.
William Kuhles, 4l3 High.