The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-12
CITY NEWS.

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western University track and field
meet. to be held May %. All depends
upon the showing made by the Local
schoolsat the University of iowa meet
next. Saturday whether he will con
slider entering. The entries do not
close until May 81, which will give the
men some time to put in in good hard
practice, in the event they decide to
enter.
Quincy Herald: R. E. Dumon OF
3237a North Ninth street, linotype
operator, left this afternoon for Keo
kuk, Iowa, where he will take posi-
tion on the Keokuk Gate City. His
wife and baby have been up there for
a week visiting with her parents
They are to return to Quincy In few
days to remain here for time when
they will remove to Keokuk, where the
family will reside.
About one hundred and twenty
members of the Y. M. G. A. will sit
down tonight to the banquet which
will be served before the annual meet
ing. Warden j. C. Saunders Of Fort
Madison will make the principal ad-
dress to which the public are invited
to listen. He will begin talking at
8 O'Clock
The city will no doubt be visited
by several hundred rural folks to-
morrow from Iowa, Illinois and Mis-
souri,, and next week. during the car
nival to be given by the local nest of
Owls, Keokuk merchants will benefit
by the large numbers who will come
here from surrounding territory.
Tonight will be the annual meet
ing and banquet of the Young Mems
Christian association. A large num-
Der of invitations have been issued for
the affair and an interesting program
of music, addresses, stereopticon
views, ETC., will be the order of en-
tertainment for the evening, following
the bountiful spread which will be
served by the Ladies' auxiliary. War
den James G. Sanders of Fort Madison
will make the principal address of
the evening in the auditorium, which
all are invited to hear.
This evening in the resding
rooms of the Youn. Woman's Chris
tian association, "A Geneva Evening
will furnish entertainment for many
members of the association and their
friends who are invited and every one
is made welcome to attend and partici-
4 pate in the pleasures of the evening.
The association rooms have been neat
ly and attractively arranged to repre-
sent as nearly as possible, lake front.
campers tent will lend effectively
to the scheme and will be decorated
with pennants and surrounded with
green boughs. Different ones will rep.
resent the states of the union repre-,
scented at the Geneva meetings during
the evening. A good night spread will
be enjoyed and the entire entertain.
ment will be free to all those wish.
ing to attend
I'm the Dark Valley Colonial
theatre beautiful, tonight A great pic.
| ture.
See Harry Du Barry, Colonial, the
atre beautiful tonight. Female i'm
lpersonator.
-Keokul. lodge No. 256, A. o. U.
W., meets every Thursday night at
1 1880 o'clock ct hall over Keokuk Saw.
ings bank corner Fifth and Main
streets. Visiting brethren cordially
invited. C. w. Trott. NJ. w. Ed. w.
Moore. Recorder.
Davenport Democrat: Eighty
brewerymen and workmen employed
by the Davenport Mating company
and the Independent Mating company
walked out this morning when the as
sociation IF brewers refused to sub
nit to their demands. This includes
all the workmen employed In the two
breWeries, consisting of brewers, driv.
ers bottle house workers and engi
Ineers. Philip Markham, secretary OF
the union. declared that they h<d Civ
en- the masters ample time to grant
their requests, the old contract hav
ing expired on May l, and that the
men We're determined to stay out unit
such demands were needed. The
wages paid have been grossly made
quate,'' said Mr.. Markham and We
have determined to make item suffi
cient to answer to our necessaries O
life. We asked for raise of from S:
to 81 and closed shop but they re
fused to grant this They have man
aged to get one strike breaker in the
Davenport Mailing company, but this
is all the opposition we have-oul
ranks are unbroken. We have asked
for no change in hours or conditions.
/ "A. N. Whsle of Hannibal, super
intendent of the Hannibal division O
the Burlington" was in the city to
day comforting with local officials.
The Des Moines Commercial clul
boosters excursion is today over tn,
O. road, maging the trip from Clar
linda to Centerville. This trade boost
er crowd has been distributing thu
praises of Des MONIES over the stat
for the past several days Tomorrow
they will take to the Rock Island lines
r. @. Webster of Peoria, agent 70
the Traders Despatch, was in the cit
, today calling on the railroad officers