The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-20
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The big minstrel show tonight.

The big minstrel show tonight.
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The board Of education will hold
a meeting on next Thursday evening.
Ray Downing, engineer at the
waterworks is getting along nicely
from his recent illness.
The meeting of the Wednesday
Reading Club has been postponed for
one week.
The river has beer going up for
several days and the people in the
lowlands south of Keokuk are begin
ming to wonder whether or not there
will be a flood this spring.
The Gate City has received two
additional pocket handbooks from the
Sporting Life of ST. Louis which con-
tain valuable information and records
of the season of 1908 and 1909 One
is for the American league and the
other for the National league
The funeral of the late Mrs.
Margaret NJ. Morris was held at $50
o'clock this afternoon from the home
of her daughter, Mrs. N. D. Pitzer,
services being conducted by Rev. Con-
Moran, in the absence of Rev. Lilly,
pastor of the Christian church.
The two large baggage and COM
partment cars of the AL G. Fields
minstrel company arrived from the
north this morning attached to train
NJ V,I,o toron ~ &c y,-aro y,laoad IN
the union depot spur and work of un-
loading was begun by the army OF
stage 'supes'
Work on the new public school
building being erected on the corner
of Ninth and Concert streets, is going
ahead these days, large force of men
being at york. The cement flooring
of the lower story is being put in now
and after that is completed the walls
will begin to rise and the building
will begin to look like something.
james Hughes and Albert Carlson
both charged with disturbing the
peace, have entered pleas of not guilty
in the Superior court and an investi
cation is pending. An information
was filed this morning against Mrs
Nancy Keppel charging her with dis
turbing the peace and quiet OF Addie
Fox.
} The Mason City Globe Democrat re
Gently published a most attractive in
dustrial edition, showing the various
industries of the place and giving it!
growth and prosperity boost. TIE
r manager OF the paper is D. NJ. Conroy
: an old Keokuk boy, Familiarity known
y as Mike" and who is making sue
Z cess Of good newspaper in a goo'
: city. The edition just published i
5 a great credit to the publisher and t
Y Mason City.
2 Carl Busch, the rock of the Rhine
I who wrestled in several bouts at TIL
2 Grand in this city some time ago
wants to make match with Free
: Bartl of Quincy, who seems to have
on mat artists in this vicinity accord
ing to his recent matches. Busch i
i now at Bloomington and issues the fol
2 lowing challenge through Quincy pa
pers: Il am informed that you ha
a wrestling match recently in You
city of which Mr.. Bartl was the wir
ner. If he would like to take me Of
the mat in Quincy l will come an
: time he is ready for me. My weigh
is 1853 pounds. Will wrestle him catcf
as-catch-can any style, best two out 0
three. If he is not afraid to meet ms
VIII be glad to have you publish thi
letter. Will be glad to hear from yo
in the near future in regard to this
My address is General Delivery
Bloomington, III. Carl Busch.
MARrrTTA.