The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-01
CITY NEWS.
1t a fan at Central store.

Sherwood for fly nets, low prices.
Billy Baker, "the Country Gawk.
singing and dancing. Bill makes you
laugh. Big Air Dome.
The steamer Black Hawk leaves
for Nauyoo's and Burnrgton's big
celebrations July 3rd and 4th at 700
a. m. One fare round trip. Return
checks good both days.
The Central store closed July 4,
The Leisy Brewing Co. ask that
all orders for beer be sent in before
5 o'clock SATURDAY. afternoon. No de-
livery Monday. Phone S4.
Purchase booster ticket and
use it. at Hubinger park Saturday
afternoon. Keokuk VS.. Ottumwa
Edward tombstone, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. e. tombstone, wired yes
terday from Oswego, New York, that
he had reached that point and was
en- route to Keokul with his automo-
bile. He made 200 miles yesterday
The roads are excellent and Mr.. John
stone and his companions are making
good time. They started from western
Connecticut
Keokuk VS. Ottumwa Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev c. C. Galloway of Clarinda,
Iowa, is in the city and will occupy
the pulpit in the Seventh street Bap-
list church Sunday. All are invited
to attend
The Central dry goods house will
be closed all day July 4.
William Cordes, local track fore
man and his force of workmen started
work in the uptown yards at Sixth
and Johnson street this morning in
repairing the tracks and cleaning up"
New ties will be placed in and other
track changes will be made. Some
time next week, Sixth street will be
necessarily closed for a day or two
while repairs to the tracks and their
bed are being made.
Doctors of Keokuk report the
city to be in g very healthy condition
generally, at the present time. They
state that often at this time of the
year, with the weather warm and dry,
there is an epidemic of childrens dis
eases, but that there is nothing of the
kind this year. However, they say 1t
may come little later. At the pres
ent time there is scarcely any sick
ness at all.
The Keokuk Baseball Association
is very thankful to the Commercial
club, members of the ticket selling
committee, citizens who purchased
booster tickets and all others who
helped out in the canvass Of yesterday
which resulted in large number of
booster tickets to the ball game, be-
ing sold.
Summer underwear for the whole
family at the Central.
Margaret Fields has transferred
to Sarah Meyling lot Z, block IA, Ma
sons lower addition. The property is
on the corner of Fifteenth and Carroll
streets
Matilda R.. Ross has transferred
to Emelie Heiser lot and part of lot
Z, block 10, Kilbourne addition; also
part of section "a, township IS,
range D. The city property is on Main
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets.
I. Ida Human has transferred to j.
B. Van Pappelendam lot /, block 50,
Reds addition. The property is on
the corner of and Estes streets.
Officer Frank Baldwin of the Keo-
kuk police force is happy as. a lark
today and the reason for this-an eight
and-a-half-pound bright baby girl, Ida
Beatrice, arrived yesterday morning,
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Bald
win, 100 South First street, to bright
en- their home
Miss Sarah Sample, money order
department clerk, resumed her duties
today after two-weeks vacation.
Letter Carrier Joseph S. WEIGH, of
the postoffice, is taking brief vaca-
ton.
j. b Walsh, city distributor at the
postoffice begins two-week's vacation
tomorrow.