The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-04
CITY NEWS.

Buy your horse a fly net at sher-
woods
Quick shoe repair work done
neatly at Karle's, S14 Main.
The program changes tonight at
the Air Dome.
Fresh cat fish at Joe Haubert's
l709 Main street
Jack Davis. black face comedian,
don't fail to see him tonight, at the
big Air Dome
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Benevolent Union will be held at
the home tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock.
On account of the illness Of DR..
Morse's mother Mrs Sarah Morse,
Dr. Morse will not leave the city i'm
mediately, but will remain for several
weeks
Regular meeting of Puckecaetuck
encampment No. Z. |. o. @. F., at Odd
Fellows hail at o'clock tonight. Wis
ng brethren fraternally Invited to
attend.
Literature has been received in
! keokuk Of the fifth annual open ten
MS tournament of the Iowa Lawn
Tennis Association, which will be
held in Des Moines August %. 1t
| will be played on the courts OF the
Golf and Country club. The winner
of the singles will play the present
state champion, Fred Bradley, Of Des
Moines, Iowa. The winners Of the
doubles will meet w. F. Gilman and
/ G. $. Carey of Sioux City. One OF the
entertaining features of the tourna.
! ment will be a fifteen mile automobile
ride to the new Hyperion club, where
a stag dinner will be held.
The Carthage Electric Light Com
pany has let the contract for an en-
tire new equipment to their plant
The present rating In electrical
terms is IS K W., and this will be
increased to 125 K. w. This system
will also be changed from a direct to
an alternating current of $500 volts,
which is today considered the stand
ard. BY this system, when the water
power dam is completed the company
will be prepared to use current direct
from that power; and in case 1t Is
The colored foliSe OF Quincy and
vicinity viii have big time today at
Baldwin park in celebration of Eman-
cipation Cay. The organization known
as the United Brothers in Friendship
have planned for big picnic at the
park, with dancing end other fea-
lures. The show begins at / o'clock
in the afternoon and will be a con-
tinous performance until ~ o'clock
j midnight An effort is being made to
interest the members of the order In
a street parade which may be held
uptown some time during the day.
+! Colored folks are expected to be there
from Keokuk, Hannibal and smaller
towns in this vicinity.
"A new postage stamp has been or
dered printed. 1t will be used by
4 postmasters in connection with postal
savings banks. Instead of using the
ordinary ranked or penalty envelope
for official postal savings bank mail,
special stamps will be issued enabling
the postal authorities to accurately
record the expenses of transmitting
postal savings bank mail 1t is the
purpose of the law that the postal
savings bank should be self-support-
Ing. pay interest to depositors, all
clerk hire and mall transportation
. Until tie postal saving system has
been installed the new stamps will
be used only on the official mail OF
the board Of trustees The stamp WI
be about the size OF the present 2-cent
stamp and will be printed in a darl
8 color and will bear the inscription
~. s. Postal Savings, Official Mai,
cents" The first issue will be 500,
t. 600