The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
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Tomorrow vening at 7:45 at the
Commercial club rooms, there will be
meeting of the street fair directors
and committeeman at which time a
report of progress being made will be
given. The members of the fl
nance committee are still busy So
Letting funds and have been meeting
with good success. Everything looks
good for the best street fair the city
ever held.
General Secretary r. G. Hufstad-
er will have private study in short |
time, the small room adjoining the
wall Of his present office will be fitted
up for that purpose. Some Of Mr.. |
Hufstader's effects have arrived from
the east and were being unpacked to-
day, among them an interesting old
desk, which is over a half century
old. A coat OF varnish made the
desk which formerly belonged to Mr..
Hufstader's grandfather, who was a
minister, look like new. The pool
will be given thorough cleaning, to-
morrow, the water having been let
out of the pool and the sides and
bottom will be secured white. Work
Of cleaning up the gym is on in earn
est and scores of other minor repairs
will be attended to soon.
The police have received a card
requesting them to be on the lookout
for John Beck, who disappeared from
Davenport about August list. He is
German, forty years of age, is 5 feet,
10 inches in height and weighs 40
pounds While he is not wanted on
any charge reward of $50 Is Of
fered for information as to his
4 wherea bouts.
The Bonaparte mills recently sold
to G.. D. Pocock will be opened and
operated soon. The new owner will
start the pants factory in a few days
and the wooien mill before the first of
the new year. Bonaparte people are
glad of the resumption OF the mill.
AT the meeting of the Presbytery
of Iowa at Middletown yesterday, Geo.
e. Rix was made a member of the
, Presbyterial Committee of the Broth
: erhood. DR.. e. B. Newcomb requested
to be relieved of the Craftsmanship OF
. the Presbyterian committee on Home
: Missions because of pressure of 9TH
, err duties. The committee was reor-
ganized and DR.. A. Cardle of Burling-
\ ton was made chairman, DR.. Newcomh
. remaining a member. This will leave
4 Iraim more time to devote to home mis-
, sion work as president of the Board
. of Iowa Presbyterian Home Missions
These delegates returned last night
= from the meeting.
3 Several days ago there was an in
curry made from out of the city by
y woman wishing to learn the where
abouts OF her son. 1t has been dc
- yeloped that she is not the only on
!. in the same trouble. The report
! told in the following dispatch fror
= Dunlap. Iowa, states that there ar
- fourteen boys missing from thei
:. homes in Iowa: A remarkable and II
: teresting fact developing from tn
g death here last Friday of an unknow
!, young man, who is supposed to hav
10 fallen from passing train, Is tina
n. there are fourteen boys missing fro1
rs their homes in Iowa, between the age
Q, of sixteen and twenty years. unde
ed taker Pease who had charge of tn
ty remains and who has been making
e- diligent effort to locate the youn
I'd mans relatives, made this interestln
be discovery. Several people are expec
IA ed here to see If they can identify tn
On body as that of missing son or rel
1T tive.
M Speaking of some of the building
m damaged in the fire and explosion
Is Nauvoo Tuesday morning the IND
pendent says: The residences
George Harsch, A. c. Rain, Jace
Young and Chas. Bicker, across I'll
3 street. were badly damaged. the
had all the windows, sashes and dool
is, smashed out, plastering torn fro
al ceilings. and the household goot
ay were thrown heller SHELTER, from II
ST ;mpact of the conclusion, The roo
on the Harsch and Bicker nous
is were raised several inches and M
G. Harsch's barn was moved eight lnch
81 from it's foundation. Mr.. Harsch
Irn house is in such bad shape that u
ON family was compelled to move yeste
i'm day into the John Dacnrotn nom
of Mrs. Dora Dundv was also compell'
Ich to move out Of the Len Kiechle hous
She moved into the cid Wetzel plae
900 Windows and doors were also smas
-, ed in at the homes Of John Kaufma
,he Theo. Ochsner, w. Lightner,
ate Schroeder. VIM. Bentz, Jos. Jemlse
AZ Chas. Kraft, l.. K. Parker, Chas W.
ter, James Farren, Geo. Buckert, NJ
~, F.. Schoell, Ed. Rain, Mrs. r. Rite
~ ~ Geo. Dachroth, Mrs. G. KRAFT, Oh;
- Koechle. F. Salm, ST., the First wa
:, school house, and in the houses ne
by owned by Jos. Ochsner, Jno. Da'
ana roth, John Fenton and Mrs.
Hodges. Window panes were a
OH broken in other houses, including
srai in the Spalding Institute, one in j
Ochcner's business block ard one
eph' the Independent bulldog. In some OF
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