The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-22
CITY NEWS.


sued today on account of holiday.
Frank Spring, former resident of
Keokuk, was In the city Sunday and
today renewing acquaintences.
AT the opera ouse Friday even
ing, ]. Caveny & Co. will appear in
the Y. NJ. c. A. entertainment course.
Regular meeting OF Keoknk lodge
No. 13, l. o. o. F.. Monday night. at 8
o'clock. Visiting brethren fratern-
ally.
-washington's birthday bein~ a
legal holiday. all of the banks of the
city are closed today, likewise the
county and city offices. The post Of
nee observed holiday hours.
The funeral services of Elisha
Coins were held at $3.50 o'clo ok this
afternoon at the Bethel NJ E. church,
Rev. w. A. Searcy officiating. The
funeral was quite largely attended.
-Busts of Washington, draped in
colors of the American flag, took the
place Of the Lincoln busts today, the
decorations being in honor of Wash
ington's birthday
Mrs. H. C. Brown was the speak.
er at the Y. W. G. A. on Sunday after
noon. The meeting was an interest
ing and helpful one. Special music
was rendered and large number were
present at the meeting.
The Friday evening entertainment
at t. Grand opera house promises to
be one of the most enjoyable ones in
the Y. M. C. A. entertainment course
this season. J. Caveny & Co., will
give program Of music and art.
The funeral of the twenty-one
month old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Brown of st. Louis, was held
at 2:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon
from the undertaking parlors of I. s..
Ackley. the Rev. ]. Wesley Potter, Of
the Trinity NJ. E. church officiating.
Among the bankers in Keekuk to-
day to attend the convention of Group
eleven of the Iowa Bankers Associa-
ton was Ed. French, formerly with
the State Central Savings Bank, and
now located at Collins, Iowa. He found
time to shake hands with man, OF his
old time friends.
Tomorrow evening at the Y. NJ
&c. A. the Business boys class will
have an outdoor athletic contest which
is expected to prove interesting. The
affair is one similar to that held by
the intermediates several days ago
and will consist of the standing board
jump, running high jump and fence
walt. The meet is one to which the
public is invited.
AT the Keokuk Club this EVENING
the Recalls and club team will clash
i in what promises to be good con
/ test. If the Recalls are defeated the
pennant will be practically cinchet
for the Keoknk Club men, but on the
other hand should the Rexalls be vic
torious there is chance for tie al
the close. To make tie the Recalls
and Grand Leaders must must de
/ feat the club. 1t is not expected thai
any of the other teams will turn the
/ trick
The pool tournament which ha.
been in progress at the Keokuk Clut
for some time past. was brought to {
close by the defeat of F. H. George
by E. R. Cochrane Cochrane was tn,
victor by score of 100 to So and has
little difficulty in winning. .eorg,
had handicap Of twenty balls an,
I Cochrane was scratch man, The vic
tory of Cochrane is one which wa
looked for by those in the tournament
but George played his best game ii
/ the preliminaries.
Hugh L. Cooper, the Keokuk wa
ter power engineer, was in Chicag,
last Friday on his way to Montana
where he is giving some attention tt
! the reconstruction of big dam TIA
! was washed out about year ago dur
ing the high water. Mr.. Cooper vii
1 be in the west for week or two Re
garding the Keokuk enterprise he Il
sail to have expressed himself in thu
most hopeful manner and report.
making satisfactory progress. Keo
kuk people lock for activities Of :
local kind in the power this summe
and the Indications are they will no
be- disappointed.
/ Special song services were he'll
in the Congregational church las
evening at the regular services. TIL
music was beautiful and a number @
voices from other chores of the cit
churches were present. A quartet
composed of Mr. and Mrs. G. r. 10
and Miss Lorene Townsend and Nj
Henry Young rendered number c
the opening pieces. The Baraca elias
had charge of the opening and closin
of the evening services, Messrs Pal
sons, johnson and Brown havin
charge. On next Sunday evenin
memorial services for A. J. Mathia
will be held. the G. A. r. post havin
charge on that date.
The Burlir gton Hawk-Eye of Sur
day. published the following littl
notice beneath a photograph of Law
renee F. Reiner of this city: Law
renee Frederick Reiner, of Vincenne:
Iowa who has been apnOinted as