The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-08
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First excursion of the season,
Saturday afternoon, May 18th on
Steamer w. w. to FIT Madison.
The street car men of Quincy
want to run an excursion to Kokuk,
but cannot scure boat on account of
the Uncle Sam having been sold.
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news all the time.
The remains of the late Emil Trott
who was drowned at the lake at the
University Of Wisconsin, have arriv-
ed in the city and been taken to the
family home on High street from
where the funeral is to be held tomor-
row.
The little government steamer
Grace" towed a large barge down
from the first lock to the steamer
Keokuk's landing place yesterday and
the barge was taken to Canton this
morning by the packet where 1t will
be used in carrying lumber from an
island in the river near that place
which is being cleared off.
The annual meeting Of the Y. NJ
g. A. will be held on Thursday evening
of next week, at which reports will be
received from the various depart
ments. Dinner will be served at
O'Clock and Rabies orchestra will fur
nish music. A feature will be the
illustrating of some of the work of the
year by means of stereoptican pictures
and an address will be given by Ed.
yryir Gaha11 - <ho
Wesleyan University. Notice of this
sixteenth annual meeting has been
sent to each member who Is invited to
attend and to bring one friend with
them
Fred Kerns who conducts the sa
loon at No. IA North Water street was
taken to the pest house last evening
the physician declaring that he had a
mild case of small pox The board OF
health put card on the building last
evening and the saloon was closed
Over the saloon is disorderly house
with five inmates all of whom are
quarantined in the building to await
developments. Special officers are
stationed at the front and back doors
and no one is allowed in or out of the
building for the present. The case Is
but mild one and similar to many
such as have occurred in Keokuk In
recent years, SO that there is no oc
casion whatever for any alarm over
the matter.
Mt. Pleasant Republican: Harper's
Weekly for May LIST contains reproduc
ton of two life size water color por
traits made by Elizabeth Gowdy Baker
The subjects are Mrs. James S. Clark
son formerly Of Des Moines now liv
ing in New York City and Miss Eliza
beth Penfield. Mrs. Gowdy Baker was
also a former resident of Iowa, her
family living at Keokuk She is re.
membered by many of our townspeople
as Miss Gowdy who taught success.
fully large class in painting under
the auspices of the Old Art society sew.
eral years ago, and won very many
friends by her charming manner and
remarkable abilities as an artist. These
friends will be glad to know Mrs. Cow.
dy Baker is winning recognition and
establishing an enviable reputation as
an artist.
The following from the Burlington
Gazette will be of interest to the many
friends of the former Keokuk citizens
mentioned: Col VIM Mccoy of Rock
ford, ILL.,, compiler of the Burlington
city directory. is in the city today on
business. Col Mccoy had siege OF
hard luck last winter. He was attack
ed by typhoid fever and after recover.
ing from his illness was unable to go
home on account of his children having
the measles. However, he is duly
thankful that the family and himself
got away as fortunately as they did.
Quincy Herald: 1t is understood
that the late Col C. H. Castle carried
life insurance to the amount of s135,
/ 600 and that the death claims will be
the largest the companies were ever
called upon to pay for Quincy citi
zen. Gaylord Davidson of the Mutual
| Life wrote one policy of $4,000 some
eight or nine years ago and the same
company is said to have other policies
Iaggregating $4,000 or more. There is
| one policy which guarantees to the
widow a perpetual annuity of $500 a
year. There are also policies OF s5, 00S
or $4,000 each in several other com
panies. so that the total will reach the
$135,000 as stated.