The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-08
CITY NEWS
Head the want column.


The handsomest line of wash
waists ever brought to Keokuk at
Miss Ella Fanning's.
BY order of the secretary, the Lin
coin Club will meet this evening at s
p IN. Geo. Mott, pres, Geo. Mckee,
sec'y
The steamers Wenona and Meo.
kuk arrived on time last evening, after
a fair days business. The Wenona
arrived in port at $40 and left this
morning at $3.50 for Burlington.
Some beautiful Easter music will
be heard by Keokuk church congrega-
lions in the different churches of the
city. Choirs are practicing this week
on special music TO be rendered on
Sunday.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Capt.
William Burke has been selected as
master and Kelley King and Charles
Martin as pilots of the steamer Du-
buque for the season. The Dubuque
will make her first trip Saturday
Emil Kapp we'll known Keokull
boy has returned to the city after sew
eral years absence. during which time
he has been in the U. S. navy. Recent
ly he has been making his residence in
Denver and has probably returned to
this city to reside.
ID. B. Hamill will be the speaker
at the Y. w. G. A. OH Sunday after
noon Only short service will be
held to permit those who attend to go
to the churches of the city which hold
special musical program On Easter
afternoon.
"A meeting of the alumni associa-
ton of the Keokuk High school was
held last evening with almost the en-
tire membership OF the organization
present. An effort will be mi.de to
give some kind of social entertain
ment for the 1909 graduating class be-
fore the close of school. Several plans
have been proposed and are be ng in.
lvestigated.
-Keokull which is protected by the
high bluffs from wind and escapes
many a storm by its geographical DO
sition did not receive much of the
wind storm that blew into the other
Mississippi Valley cities on Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morning
Much damage was done in several cit
les from the wind which was blowing
gale at over fortyfive miles an hour
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The
/ freight on the Carthage branch of tsly
Burlington road, arriving here at moor
4 from the south, jumped the tract. al
/ Ferris. ILL.,. four miles north of Car
thage yesterday forenoon. causing
4 considerable wreckage. wrec,Sinf
crew was sent from here to clear rho
tracks and the freight train did mo-
arrive here until late in the afternoon
Memphis Reveille: BY superior in
divdual playing and faultless team
work the high school girls defeated
the st. Peters high school team o
Keokuk at basket ball at Ress' hall il
this city last Saturday by a score o
80 to 10. The locals outclasse6 thei
opponents at all points ana AT no TIME
in the game were they in danger o
defeat. The visitors did their utmos
to win and took their Waterloo phil
osophically -admitting they had me
their masters in basket ball Will
the entire home team showed UP to ad
vantage, Miss Dois Jones was perhaps
the star of the team. She was re
sponsible for sixteen points, her bas
ket throwing was fine She was abb.
assisted by Miss Lillian Moore who's,
accuracy scored eight points. Thu
work of our girls was great and will
the speed shown and the fair refere'
they had on Saturday they would have
defeated the Keokuk Highs with per
fest ease