The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-19
CITY NEWS.
Meats the choice kinds. Mars

Lawn kfm0Ias az Te1uced prices
\ a TIRE Central store
| Harvey g. Hull sings al all shows
j 81 the BIZ Sir Dome
Good oxfor6s AZ the price OF poor
cnsS 81 Bode-LaFson : sale.
!! Lawrs &c per yard and inward Al
! reduced prices Central Store.
All big new acts and new pictures
at the big Air Dome tonight
Reduced prices on buggies. See
{ our complete line Sherwood
Orpheum comedy four Hsrmons
singing auartette at the big Air Dome
I tonight.
Parasols and umbrellas. black
white and coloFs, large line to select
] from at Central store.
Two large crowds saw the new
/ bill last night at the Air Dome and
ali pronounced it the best ever seen
| in Keokuk.
While working in the shoe fac
tory yesterday. Cleve Harness met
with an accident to his hand He had
finished sharpening long point on a
lead pencil and in attempting to throw
the pencil onto his bench, ran the
point almost through the feshy part
OF the hand. The wound, although
painful, is not expected TO prove ser
ious. but will require a bandage for
q few days.
Last evening two young Keokuk
ladies were strolIing around the first
lock, taking In the beauties and en-
ioying the moonlight and TO enjoy the
beauties OF the water more closely, at
tempted to step into launch that
was tied above the lock gates. One
Of the girls made the trip with safety,
but her companion decided that a
better view could be obtained from
decent into the water, so she dropped
in without second thought Although
the effects of the plunge did not ex-
cite the girl, several young men
rushed to the waters edge and in.
sisted in rescuing her She was TAX
en- into the engine house and her
clothes partly dried and then the
couple took the back streets for home
Davenport Democrat: The open
!
church, which is situated at the south
east corner OF Eleventh and Ripley
streets, occurred yesterday. The
work on the church has just been
| finished, and services appropriate for
the occasion were held in the auditor
ium OF the edifice. The program which
| was given was beautiful and impress
sive. which consisted OF addresses.
musical selections and readings. There
we're lumber of pastors present from
other cities who participated in the
services, amon- whom were Rev. T.
". Lewis of Moline, H., Rev. s. Nc
Dowell of Rock Island, Rev. ". w
Williams of Washington. Iowa, Rev
B. u. Taylor OF Clinton, Iowa. and Rev
L. ]. Phillips of Keokuk. Iowa.
The body of Rollin D. Matticks, q
brakeman on the Santa Fe road. was
taken to the old home at Augusta TO,
burial. Matticks was killed between
1 and O'Clock Sunday morning near
LaRose, a station on the Santa Fe
about 10 miles east of GaIesburg
Matticks was on top of freight
train and was tracing hot box when
the train passed under bridge He
never noticeI it unit it struck him
One side OF the head and face was
. crushed In and the body was hurled
. to the ground some distance from the
, track. Death was doubtless instan
taneous. The body was taken UP b,
9 passenger train which followed tht
, freight and was left at Chillicothe
from where it was brought to Aug
msta. Matticks was 2e years old ant
was born and raised in Augusta. HI
was the son of Samuel Matticks, VIII
now lives at Galesburg He was un
. married.
The Iowa weather and crop bulle
tin for the week ending July II hal
. just been issued as follows: Though
the maximum temperatures on til.
sixteenth were up TO or near the cen
tury mark, the mean temperature o
the past week was about 2 degrees
below the seasonable average. Tbs
rainfall was decidedly below the nor
nal although heavy showers occurret
In the northwestern, the extreme cas-
central and southeastern counties. ant
light to moderate showers were re
ported from all other sections egcsp
the northeastern counties where ths
drouth has bran the most serere
With the exception Of the northeast
: ern counties the rainfall has been svf
icient 10 keep ZIP the rapid growrf
Of corn btst not enough 70 interfere
with the hay and small grain haryes
nor for pastures and potatoes exceg
3 In the localities where heavy shower
occurred Early corn is beginning II
tassel and practically al of the lats
corn has been laid BIZ wftt TIE field
clean and the Soii In fine tlith lay
q Ing and snail grain haryest ere pro
i crossing rapidly under ideal weataei
!. conditions and tnrashing has begun
: in southern diatrlcts. Winter wheat
early oatg azd bayiey are pFactJcalli
: IN shock a1d late oats and sprfns
wheat are nearly ready to cut. TIE
: quality 81 haY ia excellent, bue IN.
--E,F L.