The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-30
CITY NEWS

Use Gate City want ad.
--Dr. Colby. Dentist. over Younker's.
Smoke Moeller's Silver Arh cigar
Buy your Springfield coal Of
Sint0n.
Boost for Keokuk merchants and
Increase the home trade.
Letter Carrier, p. J. Mcnamara,
Is enjoying two weeks vacation.
This is the last week OF vacation
for the public schools will open next
Monday morning.
"A number OF Keokuk people spent
Sunday afternoon at the different
glens across the river.
~ am still In business selling rugs.
carpets, linoleums and mattlngs at
manufacturers prices. wholesale and
retail carpet house, corner Fourth and
Johnson streets. F. A. Wedler.
Read the advertisements appear
ing in this paper. You want to save
money and you can do so by consult
Ing the advertising columns. Keo-
kuk merchants are ready to serve you
with the latest and best merchandise
at reasonable prices.
Saturday evening at about 500
O'Clock, the chemical engine was call.
ed to Third and Timea streets, where
some rubbish was ablaze in the dump
at that place. 1t was soon extinguish.
ed by a stream from the chemical, and
m dAmaun roa,sytod
Masonic: Special meeting Of Eag-
lie lodge No. Ia A. F. and A. NJ, 500
o'clock Tuesday evening, August 81,
1909 Work on first degree. visiting
brethren fraternally invited. BY
order Of the w. NJ. S. H. Johnston,
secretary.
Rev. E. B. Newcomb, who has
been on his vacation through August,
will return during the week and re-
sumo the usual services In Westmin-
ster church next Sunday. a consider
able portion OF hts vacation has been
spent at Lake Forest. near Chicago,
and Winona Lake. Ind.
The Woodman camp Of Carthage
will have big log rolling on Sept. 10
and IA. when Head Consul Talbot,
General Attorney Truman Plantz, O.
E. Aleshire, s. S. Tanner, and other
prominent Woodmen, have promised
to be present. They expect to have
one Of the best drilled teams in the
state to give exhibition drills. there
will be plenty OF music and general
good time.
Articles of interpretations were fill
ed this morning by the Thomas Broth.
ers company, builders of engines and
other machinery and proprietors OF a
general machine and repair shop.
The authorized capital stock of the
company is $4,000 and the officers
are w. H. Thomas, president; William
NJ. Thomas. vice-president and j. A.
Patterson. secretary.
Quite large number of Keokuk
people attended the evangelistic SER
vices being held at the Melrose
church on the st. Francisville road,
last evening. The services are being
held under the auspices OF the Swe-
dish Methodist church and the church
Is packed at each meeting. Rev. Nels
Pearson Of this city is assisting with
the services.
Fort Madison Gem city: Barney
Mertens of West Point brought bott
his wife and little IA months old son
William to st. Elizabeth hospital from
that city Friday evening. Both moth
er and child were severely scalded al
$50 O'Clock Monday morning. While
Mrs. Mertens was doing the family
washing the little fellow pulled the
plug out of the washing machine and
the boiling hot water poured out over
him, scalding him very severely on
his hands and limbs. Mrs. Mertens
had left the machine a moment to add
more hot water. She was carrying a
bucketful when she saw what had
happened to the child. The bucket
struck against something and she, too
was badly scalded about the arms and
breast. A physician was quickly
summoned and attended to their in
3uries and they were made as COM
Portable as possible. The child's con.
dition became critical and II was
decided to bring both mother and
child to the hospital.