The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-23
CITY NEWS.
Hear Miss Stricken tonight.

l>duI dul Mdllue6 ueaL SaluEudy
should be largely attended.
The republican ward primaries
will be held Thursday evening. Else
where in this issue appears the calls
for the various wards, giving the To-
cation and number of delega tes to be
selected.
"A belt and gold buckle advertised
in the Gate City Lost" column last
evening was restored to it's owner ear
ly this morning, only another demon
City special column.
Two Fairfield amateur baseball
, players will try their luck In profess
sional ranks during the coming sum-
mer. They are Pitchers Webb Parr
and H. A. Farlton, who have been
signed by Canton of the Missouri-Illi-
nois league
The Iowa teams entered In the A.
/ A. U. Central basket ball series which
starts Wednesday at Detroit are Des
Moines and Waterloo. Other teams
entered are Evanston, Chicago Cen
trail, West side Chicago, st. Louis,
Racine, Wis, Belvidere, Wis, and
Lincoln Neb.
-Keokuk baseball fans will have
/ to loosen up" quite freely If they
wish to keep pace with fans in other
! towns of the circuit. In Kewanee the
merchants donated $500 worth of ar
! ticles of every description for car
! nival which is to be held, and will
then go and buy back their own goods
for more money than they are worth
Tie Kewanee Star-Courier speaks
quite highly OF the generosity of Ke.
vance fans.
confusing to number of nonresident
people. w. ]. Fulton received let
ter the other day containing the ad
dress of the local firm written as
follows: "Hoehok Canning Co., Koe
hulk" The address within the letter
was the same. The manner in which
the mistake occurred is a matter fol
careful study and figuring. The ad
dress was in a very clear type and the
possibility of poor typewriting ma
chine is almost eliminated. 1t NIGH
have been that the person writing the
name "Keokuk" did not know how te
Il spell it and also forgot how hi
thought he knew how to spell it be
fore he finished the letter.
"A hot contest between the
young mems Carnation class
and the young ladies class o.
the First Christian church Sun
; day school is going on at the presen
time for increased membership. III
to the present time the young mer
are in the lead. The contest will ent
on the last Sunday in April wher
the losers will have to give the win
ming class a banquet. Last Sunday
there was an attendance of thirty-si'
members IN the young mems class
and this Sunday they are trying TO
a membership Of fifty. c. NJ. Crane
president of the Pauline bible class il
sending out $50 invitations today t
prospective class members. This clas'
has the largest attendance OF any il
the school having in the Ifeighborhoot
OF seventy-fye regular members.
-tould better tribute be paid to ;
lecturer than the following from tht
hacine Journal: Eight hundred o
the leading and cultured people o
Racine assembled at Belle City opera
house last evening and listened to {
splendid lecture on the subject. "Tht
Power OF Love" by Father l.. j
Vaughan, 1t was full of power ant
eloquence. and at the same time wi
and wisdom given with great force
and drew the closest attention. Their
was unity and completeness o
!, thought clothed in the language of
} master Nearly two hours we're con
sumed in delivering the address ant
there was but one expression after i
was over, "the finest thing | ever hav'
heard At the Grand opera hous'
Wednesday evening