The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15
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-P. Wolfe. horseshoeing. 16 8. 10th.
M. p. excursion to Quincy, June
II. Boat leaves 1880 sharp.
Cigars. SOC q hundred up. Is
North 18th st. John Leezer estate.
AT the meeting this evening OF
Morning Star lodge No. s, Knights of
Pythias, two candidates will be given
the Esquire rank work.
Martin Moore. who YVES fined
Monday morning for being drunk,
was picked up again during the day
in the same condition and kept locked
up over night to sober up.
The annual United Presbyterian
church picnic at Wild Cat was enjoyed
by both the young and old members
Of the church. Those who attended
went over this morning on the inter-
urban and then took excursion cars to
the grounds.
Elsewhere appears the call for the
Republican primaries for the Sixth
ward to nominate candidate for
j alderman to be voted on at the special
election Of July 1. The meeting is to be
held in Schouten's hall, corner of
Tenth and Main streets at 500 o'clock
next Friday evening.
Grover Mullikin, who is the own
err Of motor cycle, had a narrow
escape from serious injuries this
morning, when he ran into q dog at
the corner of Fifth and Main streets
while speeding toward Fourth. He
was thrown from his motor cycle but
was not injured. The dog also escap-
ed injury.
A Elsewhere appears the call for the
republican primaries to be held in the
Fourth ward, at which 6 candidate for
alderman will be nominated to be vot.
ed on at the special election of July
4 to fill the unexpired term OF Chas
Off who resigned after being elected
mayor. The meeting will be held Fri.
day evening at o clock at No. 22O B
street.
The stage of the Mississippi river
at this point this morning was the
same as yesterday morning, 12.5, but
Galland shows another drop of one
tenth foot. At Warsaw, the river
reached the 16 foot mark yesterday,
but had dropped trife during the
night and is now falling. The Des
Moines river food will all run out in
a couple OF days and then the Mis-
sissippi at this point will show quite
a drop.
Pure food agitation is going to
eventually settle down to the question
of sanitation, says State Food and
Dairy Commissioner Wright. "The
pure food laws have done marvels in
bringing about purer food The work
of the department is growing smaller
all the time with reference to detect
ing harmful personalities and the like
in foods. One of, the chief develop
ments will be in inspecting foods to
prevent dirt. We will probably in the
future secure more stringent laws
along this line. ah sure we will
when the people awaken to consid.
Grafton of what they really are eating.
What we need is a law covering
methods employed in bakeries, meat
markets, etc, and the wagons used to
deliver the goods. have seen deliv-
erymen wipe the Precipitation from
their face on their coat sleeve and
then load up the same arm with bread
that was to be sold and served on the
table. New York has some stringent
laws on management and operation of
such places. Iowa will have them,
but the advancement cannot be made
at once. People are demanding pur-
er, cleaner food. They will get more
stringent laws as they realize condi.
tons existing"