The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-06
CITY NEWS.

Tomorrow will be Democrat day at
the free fall celebration.
The sand boat, Ruth, went north this
morning. going through the draw at
7:1e
Robert Briar is assisting Officer
Pearson at the union station as special
police.
Horses will be fed and cared for at
910 Main street, during the street fair.
A. j. Walter.
Your mite will help wonderfully on
Thursday and you can have part In
securing the home.
The Y. NJ. c. A. athletic field was
closed today for the remainder of the
season. With cold weather there is
little use that the field could be put
to and the gates have been closed.
Regular meeting OF Morning Star
Lodge No. s. Knights OF Pythias. at
1880 ocloc-- this evening. at CASTE
hall. corner Fifth and Blondeau- Wis
iting knights fraternaIly invited.
Watermelons are still very plentiful
for this time of the season and there
seems to be no end of the fruit for
some time to come as most all grocery
stores are continuing to handle them.
Thursday will be Tag Day of the
fair. Don't forget to purchase one of
the little red and black tags of the
girls at the corner, depot, Y. ii. G.. A,
factory or interurban car.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Birdie Ringo Of Alexandria were con-
Quoted yesterday morning at 10000
O'Clock at that place by Rev Newcomb
of this city. Interment was made at
Sand cemetery at ST. Francisville. The
floral offerings were beautiful.
The large merry-go-round of the Pat
terson Carnival company was put up
on the market grounds at the corner
of Fourth and Johnson this morning.
The affair does not run on a track as
others of these pleasure producers do,
but runs on large wheels with no
tracks.
Street Fair Stove room special for
Wednesday from Z a. n. to 6 p. m.
Imperial blue outside and white in
side preserving kettles. regular 60c
ct. size oo3c; regular OF. 75c size
for CSC; regular GOO qt. size Acc; reg.
s1.00, 10 qt. size SIC; reg. s1.25, 12 OF.
| size &c. Limit of one of size to a
customer. Duncan-Schell Furn. Co.
! Hotel registers of the city show
many people already registered for
fair week From indications today
the hotels of the city will be crowded
later in the week, but special arrange
ments are being made by the hotels
to make arrangements for the guests
Many of the churches are serving
! meals to the fair visitors and the
crowds will be well taken care of in
this respect.
Last evening bunch OF small boys
were on each platform of the free per
formances along Main street and were
| going through some comical stunts and
kept the crowd Of older ones who had
come down the street to see how the
fair was going on, in much mirth dur
! ing their performances. The small boy
was much in evidence everywhere las
evening and was seemingly satisfied
with everything about the street fair
Both north and south bound K line
trains this morning carried large
crowds of passengers and the Illinois
trains were comfortably filed with
fair visitors. The Keokuk came UP
| from Quincy this noon with a large
/ passenger list from the river cities
between here and Quincy. The X. &
w. arrived at 1870 and was crowded
with passengers. The extra car which
/ was on the 7:35 was left in the local
| yards and was used to accommodate
passengers to the fair.
The infant twin daughters, aged two
months of Mr.. and Mrs. John Brady
OF Bonaparte. were found dead in theil
i bed last Friday and suspicion being
arou-ed, coroner's inquest was held
in the afternoon before Justice OF
Peace. .. L. George, acting as coro
ner. with an impaneled jury. Severa
witnesses were examined but no evi
dence of a startling nature was produc
ed and the evrdict of the jury was thai
they came to their death from cause.
unknown" The parents of the tw,
babies have four other children. The,
are unable to read or write. The bur
ial was held Sunday.
The Printing and Bindery institu
ton OF Lutz and StahI presents {
scene of unusual activity the past few
weeks and the esta blishment is one
in which Keokuk can take just pride
Since that enterprising firm pur
chased the job plant and business O.
The Gate City, II is. without question
one Of the largest and most thorough
ly equipped plants in this section o.
the country. Not content with com
bining TIE two plants, Lutz and Stab
added other equipment, and Keokui
people, as well as those of surrounding
communities are fast learning OF the
high class work now being turned out
by this firm. There is no better ad
yertisement for q city than a thorough
" np-to-date printing establishment
such as that Of Lutz and Stahl, ant
the rand Increase in fIa volume n