The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-13
CITY NEWS.
Double header tomorrow.

Double header tomorrow.
-Jr Colby. Dentist over Younker's-
Bargain day Saturday at Hubinger
! park. Waterloo and Keokuk play a
double header for one price.
! .-Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets
] every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
w. E. Rokey, N. G.; George w. Imme-
CART, secretary.
The ultra superstitious will sit up
4 and take notice that today is Friday,
the thirteenth. There are two full
moons this month, the second one be-
| ing due the last of the month.
I Quincy journal: Mr.. and Mrs,
Arthur Purpus of 1885 State have re-
turned from Keokuk, Iowa, where they
/ spent few days visiting friends.
/ They made the trip overland in their
Ford car, making the trip in about
| three hours.
The waterworks engineers report
great increase in the consumption
OF water In the past week or two, the
hot dry spell which is being exper-
! fenced at the present time being ac-
c
water being used.
in the third round of the Iowa
state golf tournament at Ottumwa
Dwight Baker defeated Warren Dick
inson, Sheehan defeated Gordon.
Smith defeated Friend. and Rider de-
feated Cummins Baker and Sheehan
are regarded as likely final and semi
f1nalists.
Those wishing to attend the Uni
tartan excursion to Burlington on next
Thursday from Warsaw can board the
boat at the first lock, the boat leaving
shortly before the arrival of the inter
urban car but ample time being allow
ed for excursionists from Hamilton or
Warsaw to get the j. S. at the govern
ment lock.
During the week In Hancock coun
ty III, the following marriage licenses
were issued: Clarence E. Alton, Fl
Green, NJ. Edith Worrell, Bowen; Del.
phine Sionecine. Basco, Emily Bruhl,
Basco; William c. Bondreau. Katie
May Rairdon, Warsaw; John M. Pay
ton, Hannibal, Mo-, Mary B. Stops.
LaHarpe; w. w. Nichols, Dallas, Isa-
bel Cochran Carthage.
Ralph Bell of Kahoka, Mo-, who is
remembered here by some of the
players on the old boys Y. M. c. A.
team of two or three years ago when
he pitched for Kahoka team is now
twirling in the Three-I league and do
ing good work. The Clark County
Courier has the following item con-
corning his work: Ralph Bell contin.
ues to win his games for Springfield
| in the Three-I league. He won 8
! to 2 game few days ago. and Wed
| nesday shut out Peoria 6 to 0.
Mrs. r. T. Burgess who resides
in West Keokuk. 'phoned The Gate
City this morning that five-months-
old brown leghorn pullet had laid five
eggs, the fowl being one of a number
Of fine chickens belonging to the Bur.
CESS family To those who know about
the breeding OF fowls 1t will be known
/ that five months is an early age at
which pullet lays eggs, six months
being considered very early for lay.
! ing. The valuable little pullet an.
nounced her triumph on the nest with
much clucking and going to the sheds
/ the family found the cause for the
merriment O Madam Cluck. This ia
the second occasion on which the
| young pullet has laid five eggs.
The sale of cigarettes has once
more been resumed In the state Of
Iowa. Acting upon the advice and &C
cording to an opinion rendered b,
John Sullivan. attorney for the ciga,
dealers Of Des Moines, in which h'
said that cigarettes could be sold Ii
retail In the original packages, man.
Of the capital city dealers have place.
the pills on sale again, and their act
ion has been followed by simila
move in other large Iowa towns !
has been five weeks since the attorne
general ordered the sale stopped B.
selling the cigarettes In the origina
packages, the statesmen of the natural
believe that they can defeat the pun
pose of the law and many think the
can escape the payment of the $50
license. II such Is the case, tn
"tailor-mades" will be sold in large
quantities than before the enactmen
of the new and supposedly prohibitiv
measure.