The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-01
CITY NEWS.
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Ewsrs Grand Leader. best &c cigar
Hear Mrs. Tucker sing Songs OF
Dixie at Y. M. C. A., May $, 25c.
Regular meeting Of keokuk lodge
No. Is, l. o. o. F.. Monday night. at s
o'lcock. Work in first degree.
Miss Eva Holdsworth is danger
ousiy i'll at her home, No. 1907 High
street.
Denny Harrington was given Ave
days in Jail this morning for being
drunk, sentence to be suspended on
payment of the costs.
". Jones, who was picked up last
night by the police for night prowling,
was sent over to the county jail to
serve out the balance of his time on
an old thirty day sentence.
AT last evenings MT ing OF the
city council, there was a republican
majority. the first time for many
years. Aldermen Mccormick and
Tigue were absent, leaving the council
with five republicans and four dem
ocrats
The evening church services of
the city will begin at s o'clock tomor-
row evening instead of at 1880 as
formerly. The Sunday Schools will be
opened tomorrow after being closed
for two Sundays by the board of
health.
Ed. Vinson, the we'll known paint
err and decorator will leave the
city on Monday for Mason City, Ia,
where he has accepted position and
will probably take up his residence
there. Mr.. Vinson is musician we'll
known in several organizations in this
city and should he decide to locate
elsewhere will be missed by large
number of friends In this city.
Judge Smith MCPHERSON of the fed.
eral court, district of Iowa, and Presi-
dent Frederick w. Lehman, of the St
Louis Board Of Freeholders, will be
among the speakers az the dinner OF
the Traffic club to be given at the
Hotel Jefferson in st. Louis next
Tuesday evening. Dinner will be serv.
eG at tables seating from six to eight
members and their friends. There will
be large attendance.
Prof. p C. Hayden, supervisor Of
music in the public schools will leave
Tuesday for Indianapolis to preside
as president at the National Super
visors Conference which will open uI
next Wednesday. This organization
composed of school music supervisors
from all over the United States, was
organized in Keokuk in April, 1907
by Mr.. Hayden and the meeting OF
next week will be the first one since
the Keokuk meeting.
AT the corner of Tenth an. Pa.
lean streets is an uncovered sewer, nc
fender being over the hole and dan.
gerous place on dark night. The
other afternoon a youngster was play,
ing around this sewer hole and acct
IDENTIFY slipped III and had it not been
for the timely rescue of his small self
by a lady passing by he might have
had an unpleasant journey down the
main sewer to the river. He was
pulled out after crawling to the open.
ing of the sewer.
The Mississippi river rose tenth
of a foot in the past twenty-four hours
the stage now reading 49, feet. The
river this morning resented very
ocean-like appearance with the large
breakers dashing across the shore and
white capped waves as big as a house
out in midstream. No small crafts
were seen on the river today unless
necessary to make trip by river
The Wenona and Keokuk both exper.
fenced rough voyages on leaving this
morning.
Burlington Gazette: Rev. and
Mrs. W. G. Williamson left last even
Ing for Monmouth, where they will
visit their daughter, Mrs. Soule, for
two weeks before going to Clarinda
Iowa, where DR.. Williamson has &C
cepted charge as pastor of the Unit
ed Presbyterian church. Mr.. and Mrs
Williamson have made many friends
in Burlington during their residence
here, who part with them with much
reluctance. A very delightful recep
ton was rendered them this week al
the home of Mr.. A. S. McIlhaney
which included the pastors of the city
and their wives with the members oil
the congregation.
"A Fort Madison paper saws of the
funeral of Mrs. Zerr, whose remains
were brought here for burial yester
day: The funeral service for the late
Mrs. John Zerr took place this morn
Ing at 10 O'Clock at st. Joseph's
church and was largely attended By
the many friends of the family. Rev
A. j. Iaiser, pastor of the church. of
hclated. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful. The body was
taken to Keokuk on the noon train
Tor 1nterment, accompanied by the
family and other relatives and
friends. The pallbearers were: Steve
Schier, L. H. Rump, John Troja
Theo. Nabers. NJ. H. Amborn and H
c. Steiner.
-Centerville Citizen: I. S. Lane