The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
CITY NEWS

Bessie Evans, singing and dane
ing soilbrette. At the Air Dome.
swedish Lutheran social at Aug.
Johnson's, 1905 Franklin tonight.
Harvey G. Hull in character
songs, every night at the Afr Dome
The greatest sale of the season.
Bode-Larson's dollar day sale satur
day.
Tonight the bill changes at the
Air Dome, big vaudeville acts,
songs and pictures.
"A number OF colored people of
the city enjoyed dance last night
in Schoutens hall.
Don't forget the auction sale of
(! Crandall music stock on Friday and
Saturday at COZ Main.
Just think of it, three big vaude-
vile acts. motion pictures and char
acter songs at the Air Dome to-
night
500 pairs Of oxfords and pumps at
s1.Go pair, Saturday. $50 pair at
! s1.5o, at Bode-Larson's final wind up
/ SALE
Al Warde. the sensational female
impersonator THE Belle of Kanka-
kee''. This is great act at the Air
Dome tonight.
/ Pianos, guitars, mandolins etc,
at public auction on Friday evening
/ at 1880, and on Saturday afternoon
and evening. 607 Main.
| Entire change of program at the
Big Air Dome tonight. Three big
vaudeville acts, character songs and
latest motion pictures.
Keokuk louge, No. 256, A. Q. q.
W, meets every Thursday night at
1880 o'clock ct hall over Keokuk Saw.
ings bank corner Fifth and Main
streets. Visiting brethren cordially
i invited. C. ". Trott, NJ w, Ed. W.
/ Moore. Recorder.
The congregation of the Betncs
African NJ. E. church will hold bas-
ket meeting at Wild Cat Springs
next Sunday, Rev. B. c. Anderson OF
i Canton, Rev. C. H. Thomas of Burling-
ton, Rev. l. A. Joplin, Rev. Eli
Grant, Rev. H. P. Jones and others
will make short addresses. Refresh
ments will be served to those who
do not care to take baskets.
The Thief at Dodges last night
proved to be one of the feature pic
lures that Manager Abel has been
able to secure during the present
season. Three shows were given and
the coy theatre wss filled at each
performance. The Thief, is a thrill
ing picture and proved a treat
for those who saw it.
The Warwick's, Comedy trick
mouse acrobats. A great act for la
dies and children at the big Air
Dome tonight.
Il When the clock reached the half
nour after midnight, stiff breeze
sprung up from the west which later
developed into young gale and con.
tinued until almost one O'Clock.
Many citizens who had left their
doors open to let the gentle breezes
blow through their rooms after sui
try day, jumped hastily from their
couches to close windows and other
exits. The sky was clouded for a
time and a storm looked imminent
for time but the llack heavens
parted and the wind proved to be all
there was to the impending storm.
i Keosauqua Republican: A quail
took possession of a hens nest a
few weeks ago on the G. D. Higdon
farm in Henry township, laid some
/ eggs OF her own In with four or five
the hen had deposited and then pro-
! ceeded to do the Matching stunt.
/ Chicken eggs hatch in three weeks,
but quail eggs take four weeks. OF
course the chicken eggs Matched first
1 for Mrs. Quail and as soon as this
| was done she left the nest with her
three or four chickens and is raising
them. 1t is certainly a rare procedure
but Mother Quail is reported as prov
ing a good parent to her unnatural
1 children.
-Des Moines News: Apparently
demanted and under the hallucina-
tion that he was John Junkin, the
negro who will hang at Fort Madison
next Friday, Roscoe Edwards, ne
/ gro. was taken into custody by the
/ police this morning and placed In
steel cage at the city jail. Beside
| himself with groundless fear, the ne
gro covered in the cage and cried
that he feared mob. He repeated
| that he was the negro murderer. All
| efforts to quiet him were Of no avail.
Until exhausted he kept up his pro-
testations against being hung. The
negro will be held in jail and inves-
tigated by the city physician.
"A little child from the Children's
Home in st. Louis was a passenger
for Kahoka this morning. She was a
bright little girl of eight years and
would answer quickly all questions
asked of her. A heavy card board tag
was tied around her neck. The card (
told the little ones name and to
whom she was going and the request I
that she be looked after This is her I
second trip to KaholSa and she stated I
that she would stay as long as the I
people to whom she was going would
I.