The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-21
CITY NEWS.
DIR. Colby. Dentist. over Younker's.
Chicken pie Wednesday noon. Y.

DR. Colby. Dentist. over Younker's.
Chicken pie Wednesday noon, Y.
W. C. A. Don't miss this.
Regular meeting of knights and
Ladies of Security. Keokuk Council
No. 1889 at A. o. U. w. hall at
o'clock. Meet the first and third
Monday OF each month.
The fourth class postmasters Of
the First Iowa district will hold their
semi-annual meeting at FIT Madison on
Tuesday. July 18th. The headquarters
will be at the Anthus hotel.
p. ]. Kieran, the eastern financier,
who returned to the east from Nauvoo
last week is expected to arrive today.
He will probably visit Keokuk later in
the week.
The annual commencement Of ST.
Mary's academy at Nauvoo will be
held Tuesday evening. An interesting
program has been arranged for the oc-
casion and number Of Keokuk people
will attend.
Warren Dickinson, secretary OF
the Trans Mississippi Golf association
Is sending out notices OF the tourna-
ment to be held In Des Moines next
month. 1t is not Thought that any
Keokuk golfers will attend.
Word has been received OF the
death of Rev. E. P. Willard at Cayuga,
New York, father Of Mrs. N. A. King
of this city. Mrs. King is visiting at
her home in Cayuga and was at the
bedside OF her father when he passed
away.
-Nauvoo Independent: The straw
berry harvest will close this week.
There was a fairly good crop and the
berries were unusually large and ex-
cellent, but the acreage here was very
small this year. 1t is a good season
for berries, and some Of our fruit grow
ers are sorry they didn't have larger
acreage. s1.50i per crate delivered at
Montrose has been paid.
At the third annual convention OF
the Iowa association Of local fire in
surance agents held last week in Wa
terloo, L. w. Klein of this city was
elected delegate to the national con
yention. Tie next convention of the
4 association will be held in Des Moines
4 An important change was made in the
constitution of the association in thai
; the legislative committee was greatly
increased
Word comes from Des Moines *
. the effect that Iowa railroads are pre-
pairing to comply with the new stat
law which requires the placing of |
telephone in every depo.e in the state
! There was at first disposition to figh
4 this law, but there will be none Of thi
I and all roads will be in a position t
comply with the law by July 4. TIL
law also provides for bulletin boards
the new statute in full being as 70
lows: Section two thousand sevent.
seven A GOTTA )of the supplement
the code of 1907 is hereby repealed an
the following enacted in lieu taeroi
1t shall be the duty of all railway con
panies on all lines of railways operate
by them to install a telephone In eac
passenger or freight depot, in any Gil
or town where telephone exchant
!. is maintained for public service, sa
OF telephone to be connected with and f,
u the use of the patrons of said e
40 change. and 1t shall be the furth
- duty Of all railway companies on q
~ - lines operated by them to keep post
~ in the waiting room OF each passeng
- station, a bulletin plainly showing Il
10 time of arrival and departure at su,
stations of all trains carrying passe
at gers.
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