The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-27
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Moei1er's Silver Ash cigar.
Malt vinegar at Immegart's.
Meeting at eight o'clock this
evening at the Commercial club rooms
Of the finance committees of the free
fall celebration.
e. r. Cohcrane made his two low
est golf sores yesterday afternoon. re-
cording a SO on the first round and a
81 on the second.
Montrose Journal: Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Allen and daughter Ruby. went
to Keokuk Saturday afternoon to visit
with Mr. Aliens cousin Mrs Atwood
of Mt Sterling, H., who was visiting in
Keokuk. The cousins had not met for
about thirty years.
Alexandria Sun: E. l.. Aldrich
and family Of Keokuk spent wednes-
day night with relatives in Alexan-
dria Sir. Aldrich expects to leave
Keokuk this fall for Neosho, Mo-,
where they will make their future
home.
The new button factory will start
operations Monday with seyenty-f1ve
machines and twenty-five additional
machines every Monday until 125 ma
chimes are in operation. Experienced
and especially inexperienced help will
both be taken on. This factory will
run steadily the year around and any
man will do we'll to call at the fac
tory and see the management
looking for scores OF them.
Pennington Herald: II believe
A. L. Heminger OF Keosauqua will be
the next state superintendent OF
schools said Prof Owen yesterday.
There is no school man in the state
better qualified for the place He Is
a graduate of the state university and
the only man in Iowa who took his
collegiate work and law course at the
same time and received his two de-
erees the same year He has been
one of the most successful county SUI
perintendents Van Buren, county has
ever had, has held the office six
years and that acne bespeaks for
him the best of recommendation.
Next Sunday at Melrose there
will be three big meetings at 1890
a. M, 800 and O'Clock p. m. The
afternoon meeting win be set aside
for children G-2 hour then Mrs.
Gondrel win tell her Christian ex-
perience. AS she Is wonderful
solo singer the people ought to come
out and hear her. The evangelist
preached strong. heart-searching
story last Wednesday evening. His
subject was The Rich Young Ruler"
He was an earnest, cultured, educated,
humble. rich and moral young man.
He came to Christ but went away.
Where did he go? II he did not accept
the conditions Of Christ he took leap
into the lake Of fire. Two souls have
taken a stand for Christ. We are
An umbrella member who makes a
business Of travelling around the coun-
try plying his trade came near losing
part Of his tools yesterday on the Keo-
kuk and Hamilton bridge Yesterday
while In a drunken condition he asked
the engineer on the bridge II he did
not have an umbrella to mend. An
old rain protector was then produced
which the artist comemnced to work
on. However he was so much under
the influence fthe cooling beverages
of which he had partaken that he gave
UP the job in disgust. In his hurried
getaway he left a pair of pliers and a
| flask Of stimulant behind This morn
Ing the same fellow, sober once more.
again called at the bridge and asked
for an umbrella to fix. The engineer
seeing the fellow was looking around
asked him If he had lost anything and
| II so what, he having picked up the
articles which were left behind the
night before. When the articles were
returned the fellow offered to fix all
the umbrellas on the bridge free CT
charge, so glad was he to gain posses
sion Of the lost pliers and the life pre-
serving liquid.