The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-03
CITY NEWS.


The fair weather flag was hung
out today.
Melvin Breitenstein. messenger at
the Western Union Telegraph office
fer the past eighteen months has re-
signed his position.
You are not experim. It ting when
you buy "kimball,' piano. Ask
about their easy terms. s07 Main,
with Duncan-Schell.
Louis Stevenson, member IF the
Seventeenth Iowa, voted for Lincoln
in 1850 and 1864 at Keokuk. ]. H.
jenkins, member of Co. C, Forty
fifth Iowa, voted for Lincolr in 1864
In Keokuk.
The ST Peters and Keokuk club
bowling team will clash this evening
at the Keokuk club alleys. Should st.
Peters win, the race will be far more
interesting between the three clubs
now fighting for supremacy.
Capt. L. A. Berryhill received a
letter this morning from Gen. John w.
Noble of ST. Louis in which he says:
Don't forget Lincoln's birthday" The
colonel was at the head of the Third
Iowa cavalry and voted for Lincoln in
1850 and 1864
Fred B. Smith, who speaks at the
". NJ. c. A. this evening on South
Africa. arrived in the city today and
was entertained by the local associa.
ton members. The address this even.
ing will be illustrated by stereopti
con views and the public is invited
There will be no admission charged
-Nauvoo Rustler: Grace RIGHT
man, who is making her home on the
steamer Dubuque in the canal at Keo
kuk. came near meeting death by
drowning one day recently. Her father
is Waterman for the Diamond 10 fleet
and his family reside on the Dubuque
while the children go to school in Keo
kuk. In crossing the lock gate, Grace
s'ippsd and fell into the water and was
discovered and saved in the nick oil
time
On February II, 1909, the natior
will celebrate the one hundredth ami
versary of the birth of Abraham Lin
coin. The day will be widely cele
brated-p probably in every city, towr
and hamlet, and in every school house
in the rural districts. 1t will be al
occasion of widespread Interest,"
day for the telling of Lincoln reminis
cences and Lincoln stories. Keokul
expects to appropriately celebrate tn,
i event. and in connection Herewith
| The Gate City will devote consider
able of its space on that day. Specia
prominence will be given to the rem
iniscences any reader of this pape
may have of the great emancipatol
Did you know Lincoln? Did you eve
see him and under what circumstanc
es? Did you ever live near the Lin
coins in Illinois? If in any persona
way you came to know of the Lir
coins, write your story out briefly an
send it to The Gate City.
A prominent Keokuk doctor hand
ed the following article on anatom
/ to Gate City reporter this morning
| for publication: Proceeding in a south
erly direction from the torso, we hav
/ the hips, useful for padding, and tn
1 legs. The legs hold up the body AM
are sometimes used in walking, bu
when riding in automobiles they TAX
up valuable space which otherwis
might be employed TO better advar
/ tage Attached to the legs are tn
! feet Some varieties of feet are colo
Some people are born with cold fee
others acquire cold feet, and still
! others have cold feet thrust npol
them The surface of the body is co,
cred with cuticle, which either hang
in graceful loops or is stretched tigh
/ " from bone to bone On the face
/ is used extensively for commerce.
purposes by dermatologists. painter
and decorators. Between the cuticl
and the bones are the muscles, whic
hold the bones together and proven
them from falling out and littering u
the sidewalk as we walk along. Pacl
ed neatly and yet compactly inside tn
body are the heart, the liver and tn
/ lungs; also the gall, which in Amer
j cans is abnormally large. These o
gans are used occasionally by tn
people who own them, but their rei
purpose is to furnish surgeons a ilvlni
Thomas l.. Mason in Lippincott