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

tend the Laurant matinee at ths Grand
next Saturday.
w. S. Phillips is moving from his
| present home. 227 High street to 72S
Franklin.
Rural Carrier Luman Van Aus
dali is i'll at his home
/ Letter Carrier Ruger Rollins is
i'll at his home at the present time,
The funeral of Mrs Mary McMa
hon was held this morning at st. Pc
ter's Catholic church, services being
conducted by Rev. Thos. OReilly.
A couple of freight cars We're brok-
en- into during the night and some
/ goods stolen therefrom.
The little frame building at No.
920 Main street, recently occupied as
a resident, was moved off the lot to-
day.
-keokuk is rather quiet in a social
way at the present time but the week
following Easter will see lively times
again
The Southern Iowa Editorial Asso-
citation will hold meeting in Des
| Moines on April | and 2, a call for the
meeting having been issued by secre-
tary o. e. Hull of Leon.
For the consideration OF $l65O the
~. G. Hubinger Co. has decided to
James Young, lot | in block 16 of
Mason's Upper addition. the property
being on the corner of Eleventh and
Grand Avenue
For the consideration of $1,000 the
~. c. Huhnger Co. has decided to Nancy
keppel lots 5, and Z in block % of
Leighton S addition. the property being
on Twelfth street between Seymour
and Grand Avenue.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Hollie c. Lewis, aged 20 years
j of Lafayette, Ind, and Miss AIDA -
fers, aged is years of Keokuk Taey
are to be married tomorrow at the
home Of the bride near the city.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday afternoon to Charles Andrews.
aged 10 years, of Sandusky and Miss
Mary Wooster. aged Is years. of Lee
county Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Andrews,
parents of the boy. gave their consent.
Mrs. Jennie Williams. a colored
woman who lives at the rear of No.
907 Main street is in a pitable condi.
ton, being sick and in need of assist
ance She has three children who had
to go to school this morning without
any breakfast.
"A humane society was organized
last evening at Fort Madison by Mrs.
Reed The meeting was held in the
opera house with an interesting pro
gram of music and addresses, includ-
ing talks by Joe Frailey, Father ais
er, Mayor Finch and others.
--keolluk' S delegates to the Lay.
mems Missionary Movement conven
ton which opens today in Des Moines
departed this morning Keokuk is to
be represented by four churcaes and
the delegates from this city will prob
ably remain during the entire session.
Among the keokul delegates are the
following: Norris A. King, Rev. j. Wes-
ley Potter, Rev e. B. Newcomb, e. w.
Pierce and S. B. Stahl.
Fort Madison Democrat: The
Savings Realty Co. of indianapolis,
Ind, write County Recorder +. G.
Chambers for information about land
near Fort Madison. They want to
buy tracts of from 90 to 100 acres.
suitable for sub-dividing. They wan.
to purchase, evidently, for speculation.
and doubtless on the strength of fav-
orable reports from the dam power
project at keokuk. Such inquiries
from eastern realty spectators indi-
cate that they have learned favorable
news and it is hoped that their infor-
nation is well founded.
in this issue Mayor W. e. Strim-
back announces himself as candi-
date for the denomination of mayor
on the Republican ticket Mayor
Strimback has filled the office one
term, making the race two years ago
when the party was having difficulty
in getting candidate. He led the par
ty to success and his many friends be-
: lieve he deserves a second nomination
anu die NOi hliS IGIl iOl liIo 0iStIlOIl.
) If re-nominated he will be reelected
and his friends are active in his be-
half and say he is entitled to the
place.
Work was begun in earnest this
morning of permanently repairing the
cables and telegraph wires on the
: keokuk and Hamilton bridge. owned
and controlled by the Western Union
Telegraph Company p. j. Mccain,
foreman OF the gang of wiremen, and
l.. his crew of nine men, who arrived
from Chicago on Sunday evening, be
gan work on repairing the cables this
: morning and will probably have the
) job completed in several days. Super
intencent of Construction Kasdorff OF
! Chicago, arrived in the city today to
: oversee the work. An old dead cable
! runnin, down the alley between Main
and Johnson On Third was taken
!; down this afternoon by number of
wiremen.