The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-20
CITY NEWS.
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Seat sale for THE House of
Thousand Candles" Tuesday, Sept. 81,
p. M. Grand opera house box Office.
Regular meeting of knights and
Ladies OF Security, Keokuk Council
No. 1889 at A. o. U. W. hall at
O'Clock. Meet the first and third
Monday OF each month.
The seventy-first annual meeting
OF the Keokuk Baptist Association will
be held in Keokuk this week, the first
session being tomorrow evening at
the First Baptist church.
President Harry Hofer, OF the
Quincy basebal. club, will entertain
the team and directors Tuesday at
Hates lake. the affair being in the ma
ture Of an outing for the club.
Frank Merrill. who for the past
two years has been in the shipping
department OF Kellogg Birge company,
has been given the position OF assist
ant cashier, under Arthur Hambleton,
cashier.
! "A letter from Dr. Morse from
Ithtca, N. Y, announces her arrival in
keokuk about Sept. 23rd. The church
will open for regular services Sunday
Sept. %. This is according to DR..
Morse's scheduled time, when she left
keokuk In April.
-Yardmaster Harry Roberts Is en-
toying ten day vacation, having left
for Chicago last night His work will
be taken up by Night Yard Master
Gallagher and he in turn will be sup
planted by Rogan until the return of
Roberts.
The very generous patronage Civ
en- The Gate City in its Sunday morn
ing issue indicates the appreciation of
the merchants and also their convic-
ton OF the value OF that edition as an
advertising medium. The Sunday
morning issue is meeting the demand
for an up-lo-date newspaper.
In the October number Of Hamp-
tons Magazine, John L. Mathews. who
has been writing series OF articles
on water power. gives considerable
attention to the Keokuk project. He
holds that 1t is Of stupendous value.
| That has been the local impression,
also. but his community has not
been able to reconcile the inability
up to date, OF Mr. Cooper to assemble
the money for such an attractive prop
osition.
The funeral OF Mrs. Charlotte A.
Woolley was held at o'clock yester-
day afternoon at the late residence,
1921 Reid street, Rev. George e. Will
liams, of the Congregational church
officiating. There were quite large
number OF friends gathered there and
the floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The pail bearers were the
four sons, Frank NJ, William B.. j.
| Arthur and Edwin, Frank N. Wool
ley, grandson and James Myers, a
brother. Internent was made in tho
family lot in Oakland cemetery.
Tuesday, s p. m. seat sale opens
for "The House of Thousand
Candles
Recently through the courtesy OF
the librarian of the Keokuk public
library, an article containing the
names of the books on the north pole
and arctic expeditions appeared in
The Gate City. These were read with
much interest and if at any time
those who are interested wish maya
zine articles containing accounts OF
the recent explorations of the famous
gentlemen. DR.. Cook or Mr.. Peary.
they can be obtained by ealing at the
library and requesting them of the
librarians
Fall vacations in most of the public
schools of Iowa will be held during the
first week OF November this year in
i stead Of at Thanksgiving time as usu-
al. The change is due to the annual
meeting of the Iowa State Teachers
association, which will be held in Des
Moines November and 6. State SUI
perintendent Riggs is sending out a
letter to county and city superintend-
ents suggesting that the usual fall va
cations be made to occur during the
week of the convention in order to al
low the teachers to attend the sessions
without disturbing the work OF the
schools. Where tais cannot he done.
Superintendent Riggs urges the school
boards to make arrangements where
by teachers who wish to attend the
state meeting may have the opportv
nifty Of doing so without loss OF pay.
The pioneers in Illinois built the
country churhces, but the ownership
OF the farms has been sometimes
twice turned over, and the character
of the farming has been transformed
) The effect of these changes upon the
country church will be the first topic
discussed in the "One Day Conference
on the Country Church" in Galesburg
on Monday, September 9th. in the
Presbyterian church, Rev. Stuart M
Campbell, D. D.. pastor. Rev. Chas
Stelzle, superintendent Of the Depart
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