The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
CITY NEWS.

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If it hurts you to laugh, stay away
from Dodges tonight.
John B. Walsh has resumed his
position at the postoffice after a
pleasant ten days vacation spent N
Les Moines and other places.
AT meeting of the managers IF
the church league last evening IN the
Office of the Y. M. C. A. it was decid-
ed to hold the annual meeting on
October the twelfth If possible. At
| this meeting banquet will be held
and the presentation Of the pennant
to this years winner will be gone
through. Plans for the league next
year will also be discussed at the
meeting. President Weisman will
order the pennant in a short time.
which will be presented to the victor
ious United Presbyterian team Fol-
lowing is the order in which the
teams finished this years race: I'm
tied Presbyterian, Trinity Methodist,
Baptist, Westminster Presbyterian,
and Christian.
"A general rough house was mar
rowly averted on the steamer Keo-
kuk yesterday morning when the
mate who wished to stop work, asked
for his pay, which was refused him
by the captain. Several of the roust-
abouts took up the cause and all stop
ped work and betook themselves to
other ports on the early morning train.
The auxetaphone concert held at
the Baptist church last night was a
success both artistically and financial
ly and the program was thoroughly en-
joyed by the large audience.
Effective. beginning todav, 1000
mile bearer tickets and 1000 mile in
+ Interchangeable bearer tickets will be
honored on trains in Missouri upon
the surrender of one additional coupon
| for each four miles or fraction there
of, travelled Inasmuch as the net
rate for which they are sold is two
cents mile, this makes the mileage
/ rate in Missouri, now two and half
cents per mile.
! MIR. and Mrs. Henry e. Statesel
1872 Park. street, are the proud pa
rents of a nine pound baby boy, born
yesterday morning.
Officer Fuqua killed mad dog
on North Second street today. The
/ animal had caused no injury as yet.
Tie work of cleaning out the
home of Mrs. Grimsley on the corner
+. oF Cavoptb owl Mor1,r ,,od,, AZ -,
| pervision of the board of health is go
ing on rapidly. A bonfire has been
burning continually for tnirty-six
hours and several wagon loads of rub
Dish has been carted off to the dump.
ing grounds.
/ Grand, tomorrow night, 1.-THE
Man of the Hour Seats now selling
/ H C. w. Eppers has been sworn
in as special policeman to serve at
Fifth and Exchange streets where the
boys have been making nuisance of
themselves along tle uptown switch.
Charles w. Yant of Kahoka, pros.
ecuting attorney of Clark county was
In the city yesterday being one of the
witnesses in the French case In the
district court
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Adolph H. Rokey of Donnell
son.
"A marriage license was issued
Monday afternoon to Abb Nelson OF
Keokuk and Viola Stoffer of Warsaw
The will of the late Andrew G.
Leaf has been filed for record in the
district court and October s has been
set as the time of probating the instru
ment.
Joseph Billiard of the fire depart
, ment was discharged last evening fol
lowing a meeting of the fire commit
: tee. The cause was INSTRUMENTATION te
the mayor. Hank Tigue has taken hi:
, place on thirty days trial, goiN
to work at noon today.
The Red Cross ambulance of F
, e. Hawkes. was taken to the home 0
L. H. Doherty yesterday afternoon
three miles from Summitville, an
Mrs. Doherty was brought to 81
Joseph's hospital in this city, suffer
ing from appendicitis for which sh
will be operated on.
The high school athletic associa
ton will get out the Street Fair pre-
grams and are around getting ads tc
day.
For home killed meats, buy o
M. l.. Hoffman. Both phones.