The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
CITY NEWS.

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Entire change of program at
Dodge's tonight.
About nine o'clock last evening
some Hallow'ee fun maker rang the
Wells school bell. The sound could
be heard for some distance.
THE Mystery of the Sleeper
Trunk" at Dodge's tonight.
The annual meeting of the Keo-
kuk Club Will be held Monday night
at eight o'clock. Invitations have
been sent to the members apprising
them of the fact.
Entire change of program at
Dodge's tonight.
The city council will meet to-
morrow evening in regular monthly
session, 1t being the first Monday Of
the month.
The Carthage college football
team is keeping up its string of VIC
tories. Friday afternoon it defeated
Iowa Wesleyan to the tune of SS to
nothing.
Capt. A. 9. Decker TOOK crowd
OF gentlemen friends down the river
yesterday evening on a hunting ex-
petition. They expected to go about
sixteen miles down stream.
Next Thursday evening following
the regular meeting of the Elks'
lodge there will be social session.
Tony sansone will have charge of
the spread.
M. B. Gosline junior engineer
and for the past summer head officer
of the dredge boat Hecla is working in
the local government offices as drafts
man. 1t is not known whether he will
be here throughout the winter or II
Theodore Meyling, who formerly held
the position will return to take up
the work.
The authorities at the government
lock office have received telegram
to the effect that Lieutenant Bes-
sons father had died and asking that
the word be made known to him. AS
Besson is on the steamer David Tip
ton which is making a trip down the
river those in charge here forwarded
/ the information to the next stopping
place of the boat. Mr. Besson died in
Amber, Pa. The lieutenant made a
large number Of friends while here
who will be grieved to learn of his
1 fathers death.
/ Word has been received in this
city of serious accident which be-
fell Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Mckenzie, of this city, on
last wednesday while at work in the
shipping department of the Frankel
and Frank, wholesale firm Of Kan
sas City In some manner one of his
fingers was badly lacerated and
amputation was necessary. Mrs. Nc
Kenzie will leave today for Kansas
City where she will visit with her son.
Meeting tomorrow evening at 1890
o'clock in the county court house, cor
ner of Fifth and Concert streets fol
the purpose of talking over the revis
ion of the city ordinances.
Every citizen willing to help
should try and attend the meeting to
morrow evening at the district court
room, when the question of revision oil
the city ordinances will be discussed
Yesterday was a genuine, ole
fashioned Indian summer day and
pleased everyone. That cold wave
promised in a special forecast last
week from washington which was ex
! pected to arrive in the middle wes
on Saturday, must have been waylait
and assassinated in Korea.
The meeting of citizens who viii
take steps to revise the city ordin
ances and submit them to the new
commissioners next spring, is to bt
, held in the district court room tomor
; row evening at 1880 o'clock.
Two more Keokuk people besides
Miss Morrisey, have won farms II
South Dakota in the big government
land drawing which has now come tt
a close Mary G. Collins drew No. 1862
and the last Iowa person to win /;
farm. was Burton Wilkinson, who's
number is $685.
/, Leroy Ware, the Seymour banl
cashier, who was paroled from thu
Fort Madison nenitentiary severa
months ago, has been returned tt
: serve out the remainder of his sent
!, ence. The court held that the boart
4 has no jurisdiction over prisoners VIII,
d are serving sentences for crime con-
a mitted prior to the establishment o
a the board two years ago.
/ p. A. Emmons has resigned a
t city editor of the Fort Madison Dem
!, ocrat, and will go to Kansas City
/ where he has several things in view
$ He is known by number of Keokul
a people.
: Volunteers of America % S. 3r
: street hold meetings in the count
:. Jail every Sunday at 100 p. m. Ho