The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-03
CITY NEWS.

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Cat Springs yesterday proved Q very
enjoyable affair.
The Young .sden's club will give an
excursion ON the steamer Dubuque
L next Thursday evening.
The Keokuk base ball club left
tt-lis morning on the south bound Il
line train for Hannibal where three
game series was to start this after
noon
Regular meeting of PuckecAetuck
! encampment No. z. /. O. O. F.. at Odd
Fellows hail at O'clock tonight Wis
ng brethren frasernally invited to
attend Election of officers and
grand officers.
The Quincy Automobile Club has
been organized and it is their inten-
ton to affiliate with the Illinois State
i Automobile association. DR.. w. w.
Williams is president and Judge S. B.
Montgomery, treasurer. The club has
eight charter members.
4 The funeral of Mrs Johanna B.
Selberg was held yesterday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. services being con-
Quoted at the home. 1913 Franklin
street, by Renius Johnson. pastor of
the Swedish Evangelical Mission
church.
/ The dirt being taken out of Third
street from Main to Biondeau streets
which is being dug up to make way for
/ the new brick -,aving, is being hauled
to the foot of Main street and dumped
on the river front in order to improve
the levee.
! The current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post contains an entertaining
story entitled 1.-THE Quicksilver Wild
ow," by Rupert Hughes, who left Keo-
kuk today for his home in New York
after visit in the city with his par
ents.
The body OF the late Mrs. v. NJ.
| Brewington, who passed away at her
home In this city yesterday. will be
/ sent to her former home in Keosauqua
Friday morning. Services will be
held in the Christian church there in
the afternoon.
At the meeting last evening Of
Herman lodge, No. 116 OF the Odd Eel
lows. the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing six months: A. H.
Linnenbarger, noble grand; Frank
i Kiefer, vice grand; Albert Kiefer, re
cording secretary; John Leindecker. fl
nancial secretary; Henry Raabe. treas
urer.
Quincy Herald: Edmund Heinz
the cigar manufacturer, who was seri
!. ously Ill for several months and hope
Of whose recovery was all but aba1
doned, is up and around again. He re
turned Monday from Keokuk where he
visited relatives. While not complete
ly recovered he is headed that way.
Burlington Gazette: No. 81 on tn,
Rock Island had al extra sleeper OF
last evening. The north bound bust
ness out OF Burlington has been on tn,
increase and the time card on thu
Rock Island goes into effect, at which
time the train leaving for the nortf
at 6 p. m. will be sent out earlier a.
j 4:45 p. m. to connect with the new
train on the main line. The Colorado
Mountaineer.
Captain A. G. Decker, of the Keo
= kuk Motor Boat club, has received ;
letter from Commodore ]. w. Dixon, o
the Burlington Launch club, in whicl
the latter states that Cedar Rapids ez
poets to send fifty launches to Burlins
ton for the Regatta providing the We
ter is at a good stage. He also tsate
that he expects to see Major Meigs o
his return down the rive. from hi
present cruise.
The body OF ]. T. Wolf, who die
at the home of his daughter. Mrs. /
M. Wyrick, near Montrose. yesterda,
will be sent to Sand Prairie Frida,
His death was due to complication
and he leaves four sons and tw
daughters. They are William of Che
enne Well, Col, and James of s
Francisville. Mo-: James of vincenne
and Samuel of this city; Mrs. Geore
Jester of this city and Mrs. L. Y
Wyrick of Jefferson township.
The juniors of the high scho
are busy today and will be more
tomorrow making final arrangement
for the big banquet to the outgoir
class Friday evening. The hie
school will be wonderfully TRANSFORMS
on the interior and the large halls al
various rooms will be beautifully de
Grated The banquet is expected
be one of the most enjoyable ev
- rendered to senior class and got
time is anticipated by all. The ju
Tors are having great deal of wo
but seem rather to enjoy it.
Capt. A. V. Fetter. of the Gard
Eastman feet. has been advised fro
Washington not to be in any great hi
ry about getting his feet in -eadine
on. for river Improvements between B,
rs lington and Hannibal. as there wa
!, 50 hitch In the matter of appropriate
t. at Washington Capt. Fetter was t
lowest bidder on river work betwe
the above points again this year.
has done this improvement work I
the government for several vars pc
and usually employed several you
men from this city during the SUNNI