The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
ELvAsToN, ILL.
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Our first cold weather arrived on |
the 18th when our first killing frost |
came and Wednesday. morning the
mercury stood 210 above zero and the |
trees which are in full leaf are loaded |
with the beautiful snow which began
falling about II a. M, Wednesday and
covered the ground with It's whiteness.
Everyone is hustling up the heating
stoves as the weather is too cold for
comfort without fire.
Quite sensation was caused in this
city Saturday last. when it was an
nounced officially that Rheuben
| Strongquist of this place was married
on Tuesday Oct 5, to Miss Mabel Con-
rad of Pittsfield, Ill. Strongquist used
| the name of Ralph instead of his own
name He has wife and three small
children living here, the youngest be-
ing only few days old and they are in
1 destitute circumstances and are being
taken care of by the people here. Miss
/ Conrad, whom Strongquist married, is
reported to us as an estimable lady,
4 twenty-three years old and telephone
dispatcher at Pittsfield. They were
married on two or three weeks ac-
4 quaintance, Strongquist was arrested
at Mt. Sterling, Ill, and is now in jail
in Pike county, awaiting trial for Big.
amy, he claims he was drunk when he
married Miss Conrad and remembers
nothing of the incident. The wife here
in Elvaston is being cared for by her
sister, who is with her and friends
: and neighbors and much sympathy is
extended to her and the three small
children Her folks who lived at
: Abingdon have been notified of recent
e developments
s Miss Goldie Leach and Mr.. Jesse
d Beer of Camp Point. H.. visited Sat
y urday and Sunday with Mr.. ard Mrs
e George White and family of this city
Mr.. and Mrs John Roseberry lef
for Peoria Saturday for months visi
J. L. Baldwin, VIM. Gable and Ly
man Watt were state fair visitors las
week and also took in several days a
the st. Louis centennial exposition.
Charles N Martin met with a yer.
painful accident Tuesday Will
DT6dkl1lS d SlOup piVSC nv
and struck him on the ball of his lief
: eye. fortunately his eye was shut 0
). it would certainly have destroyed
as it is he is suffering greatly with Il
The cemetery association is havln
!. quite little inconvenience in tn
l matter of a mistake by a party bur.
ing a corpse on another mans famil
lot, the members of the associatio
have used every means to settle tn
matter by rectifying it but all Offer
J. seem to be of no avail.
Mr.. Hugh Alton of Fountain Gree
: has been visiting several days wit
q his sister, Mrs Murtland.
Mrs. Alice Garard who underwel
an operation in Keokuk hospital ov
a week ago is reported as gettir
q along nicely.
John Brant is moving into the pro
erty vacated by Dr. w. G. Runyon, al
r. Samuel Kinkade will move into Il
: property vacated by Mr. Brant whi'
e Mr.. Kinkade recently purchased fro
5. Mrs. Abbott
II Miss Elizabeth Huston of Co
II Hope, ILL.,, spent Saturday and Sund
with her cousin, Miss Laura Campbe
Mrs. VIM Dowdall is seriously 81
3 with Pneumonia and not expected
live.
Miss Geraldine Marshall who h
the misfortune to have her ankle bro
en- is getting along very nicely.
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No Time for Repining.
Sioux City Journal: With abo
ten weeks more of autumn and all