The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-17
CITY NEWS.

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evening. the rain starting to fall
shortly before ii O'Clock.
Nauyoo Rusiler The friends OF
! Miss Isabelle Luddington OF the
southeast country surprised her with
post card shower last week. She IS
still in Graham hospital in Keokuk.
but improving nicely. which is good
news to her many friends.
The commission plan OF govern
ment for cities. which is to be voted
on BY the people of Keoknk at the
special election on July 1. is current
topic of conversation and the major
ity of citizens are in favor OF the plan.
There are some people who are not
in favor OF the plan and they are work
ing hard to defeat I at the polls.
The food danger is thing OF
the past now for the two rivers are
falling at rapid rate. the Mississippi
going down another half foot during
the past twenty-four hours and the
Des Moines river making drop OF
over foot yesterday at Ottumwa-
BY the end of the week the water will
have receded from the lowlands and
the farmers can possibly get into their
fields next week and plant new crops.
The proper way to look at the
eclipse this evening. VIII be through
piece of smoked glass. for the sun:
will be too strong to look at with the
naked eye. To make piece OF
smoked glass, q small fragment OF
window glass can be smoked By burn
ing a bit OF paper beneath 1t and let
ing the flame come in contact with
t the glass. When the sun Is seen
through the glass it appears as red
ball upon a black background and the
eclipse can be plainly seen.
"A number of travelling representa-
tives OF various railroads we're in the
city on business yesterday afternoon
and among them were the following:
w. II. George, travelling freight agent
for the peoria, Chicago and Milwaukee
with headquarters in st. Paul: ". =
Blair. travelling freight agent for the
Kansas City Southern railway. with
Headquarters in st. Louis; w. H.
Burke, travelling agent for the Lack
awana-Grand Trunk line. with head
quarters in Chicago: and A. B. Ayres,
travelling passenger agent for the Rio
Grande system, with headquarters IN
4 st. Louis.
The thirty-sixth annual session OF
i the van Buren, County Teachers nor
nal institute convened in Keosauqua
on Monday afternoon for an eight days
session. Hon. John F. Riggs, state SUI
perintendent of schools being present
on the opening day. Among the IN
structors are R. L. Reid of Keokuk
PHYSIOLOGY, physiology and physics
Mrs Alice Immegart of Keokuk, gram
mar and photography, and Mrs. +. l.
REID of Keokuk, music. Besides these
Miss Ethel Browning of this city Il
attending the sessions. There ar
over 100 enrolled at the meeting.
Because Of the fact that It looked
like rain the baseball game yesterday
afternoon was called at $3.50 o'--eck
Quite number Of fans were delay
{, ed in reaching the park by the SLOW
service Of the street cars. The excur'
. sionists from New London took 9
, street car ride and the regular base
hall cars were delayed by the cars
! CARRYING the visitors to the park anc
return. owing to the improvements
J being made on North Thirteenth stree
the service has been very poor @
!, late and those going to the gams
!. should leave early as to reach the pal
park before the game starts.
There will be an eclipse OF thu
sun this evening, visible in Keokui
as a partial eclipse, but in many part
of the world as total one. Tn
first glimpse to be had from keokul
Q will be at 6:04 o'clock, this evening
! and from that time until the sun dis
arpears in the west, the obstruction
> on the face of the sun can be see
) from this point. The sun is scneo
/ uled to set at about T:40 this evening
g thus giving over an hour and hal
for it to be watched. The day bein
n a bright and clear one, the peopl
s. will have an opportunity OF seeing tn
e phenomena and not be disappointe
y as they were during the eclipse OF tn
e. moon early this month.
a. The postofice department is pr
G. pairing to issue a new postal carr
IN Postmaster General Hitchcock hs
# called in the expert chemists of II
IS department of agriculture and hs
!. instructed them to work out formul
a. that will give much better paps
ar than can be made under the contra
now In force. He says the post
q. cards issued by this government al
~ inferior to the product of aimo
a every other country and that it
~ contemplated to make improvement
r. in the general style OF printing ar
r. arrangement of the type and design
r. Ii may be decided to change also u
ID color of the ink and the tint OF u
a paper. The government issues q
n 0oO, 900 postal cards a month.
lie A Quincy woman found moui
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