The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09
CITY NEWS.

this week March 18th. Be there.
"A five-dollar gold piece for yours
if you have the best costume and mask
on Friday evening at the Roll-a-Way
The superintendent of the poor
has a number of articles of clothing
to be given away to those in need of
them.
The prettiest event of the season
will be the masquerade party on Fri
dy evening of this week. Don't miss
out on this one.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the st. Joseph's Auxiliary will be held
at the hospital Wednesday. March 10.
at $50 D. M. Friends of the hospital
are cordiall, invited.
Mask and come to the rink Friday
evening as Managers Wilmering and
King have three grand prizes which
they will give away as mask prizes.
20. E. Newton, in --r;ting to the
Fort Madison Democrat from Los
Angeles, regarding the Iowa picnic
there on February %. says: About
the first to greet us was the genial
Bob Ransom in looks and general be-
havior not day older than when he
left Keokuk.'
Willis Moore, chief of the weather
bureau has come forward and states
that he is at loss to explain the
blizzard in Washington on Inaugural
tion day. The day before, he had pre-
dicted that it would be pleasant day.
all indications pointing to such. His
records show that never before has
such a blizzard come unannounced
Mrs. J. L. Brayton of Jefferson
township was found dead in bed yes
| terday morning. having passed away
during the night from heart failure.
1 She was seventy years of age and had
4 been a resident of Lee county for 40
Years. She is survived by husband
and number of children, including
VIM. Brayton of Montrose, Mrs. Ed.
H. O'Conner of Vincennes, Mrs. A. H.
Kennedy of Fort Madison and Mrs
John Deklee of Jefferson township.
If dead horse comes floating by
/ Keokuk. it will be that of Will Ne
/ land of Dallas City. who narrowly es-
capped being drowned in the river Sun
lCly morning. He drove the animal in.
to the stream for IL drink and the
horse became unruly and ambled out
| into the current. The driver had a
narrow escape in swimming to shore
and the horse and buggy sank out of
sight The current brought the outfit
to shore in less than a half hour, but
the horse was drowned. The buggy
was saved and the horse pushed out
into the river for fish food.
There has been steady increase in
the demand for seats for ''Th, Three
Twins" until now at this writing it
looks as if all seats will De sold by the
close of box office this evening. and
therefore many who desire to see the
i performance would be disappointed in
obtaining seats. In anticipation of
this condition Mr.. Hughes has wired
Mr. Gaitis at the New York office.
asking if it might be possible to give
Keokuk matinee in addition to the
evening performance. At this hour
there is no certainty regarding the
matter and he will have no way OF
reaching his patrons tomorrow ex.
4 cept by dodgers. bulletins, etc. Those
interested may be informed by calling
up the box Office of the theater this
evening.
/ Up at Des Moines the city physi.
clan has served notice on the school
board that he will not stand for all the
children in the public schools using the
same towels indiscriminately. He
argues that disease can be more easily
communicated by towel than almost
any other means, as towel is a
regular culture for disease germs. He
calls attention to the fact that a
towel is generally moist from repeat-
ed using, and that in this moist fiber
which often hangs in lavatorv
heated to high temperature. all sorts
OF iurkingbacillyi may live. move and
nave their being. He further calls at
tention TO the fact that the hands lins
and noses of children are liable to s,if.
fer from abrasions of tn skin or
mucous membranes, and that germs
may enter the circulatory system with
comparative ease.
The fifth annual ten-pin tonrna
ment OF the Western Illinois bowl.
/ ing association will be held on Opt
ems alleys, Quincy, from April II to
the 10Th inclusive, and there is consid-
cradle talk going on among local bowl
ers as to the advi-ability OF going
down to compete IN the play. Bowlers
from various leagues of Quincy. Han.
nibal, Macomb, Mt. Sterling. Plymouth.
keokuk, Palmyra and Barry vii. par
ticipate in the tournament for the
championship OF western Illinois and
the affair promises to be the biggest
enc OF its kind ever held in that CITY.
The events will be for five men teams.
doubles and singles. If the above sew.
en- towns send teams there will be
about four from Quincy, making in
all eleven teams The alleys at OIip