The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-01
CITY NEWS.
Fireworks at Burke's.

--Wolfes for fire works, 70S Main.
Smoke Moeller's silver Ash cigar
Spring chickens and veal. Mark
ley
Canned picked peaches. Imme
CARTS.
Wanted-men to unload coal. See
D. E. Reeves.
Order your Ice cream for Fourth
of July OF Burke
Baseball at Hubinger Park satur-
day, Sunday and Monday.
Three big vaudeville acts, a great
bill at the Big Air Dome.
For harness and repairing, go to
Sherwood 703 Main street.
Starch, use Bucks its made in
Keokuk. a labor and money saver.
Firecrackers and all kinds fire.
works, selected for safety. Wolfe's
All new motion pictures at Air
Dome tonight. Two shows, 7:45 and 8
p. N.
"A double header Is the bill for
the Athletic park tomorrow after
noon.
Banker Dodge of Warsaw was
transacting business in Keokuk yes
terday.
Order Puritas beer tomorrow. NJ
delivery Monday. Phone 13s. Paul
| T. Pechstein.
Tomorrow will be fannette day at
the Athletic park. All ladies will be
admitted free.
-Shipe's Dog, Pony and Monkey
Circus is a great feature act at Keo-
kuk's big Air Dome.
1T will be long time between
drinks after tomorrow night, for the
saloons must be closed on Sunday and
also Monday.
! No. / on the K. line was over an
/ hour late this morning. No. and No.
12 passed here instead of to the
north as Is the general custom.
ID Barnett has accepted the posi-
ton of fireman on the keokuk and
Hamilton bridge to take the place Of
| A. E. Holzer who recently resigned.
The Baptist Sunday school team
defeated the Presbyterian team in
the Sunday school league. The final
count was is to A. The Baptists have
not been defeated yet this season.
-Four teams Of the Commercial
/ league will play tomorrow afternoon
at the Athletic field. Owing to the
suspension of the st. Peters team
there will be no game a. Hamilton.
-Puckechetuck lodge No. 43. meets
every Friday evening at O'Clock.
Work in first degree. ]. l. Candy,
N. G.; George Immegart, Secretary.
Work In second and third degree.
The water bugs which for almost
week have been congregating about
the street lights, seem to show no
signs Of diminishing Last night there
were several millions of the bugs I'M
der each light.
Twelve members of the Pax In
: dams went across the river this af.
! ternoon in charge Of the big medicine
man, Herman Powers. They will
camp for the night on the Illinois
shore and return sometime in the
morning.
Secretary Hufstader of the local
Y. NJ. C. A. received telephone call
last evening saying that the general
secretary and member of the board
with their wives, of the Quincy Y. M
), C. A. would arrive in the city some
time today.
The Boys Department of the Y
| M. C. A. will hold series of swim
ming lessons for one week beginning
next Tuesday. This is open to every
member of the department and ali
that cannot swim are requested to re
port to Mr.. Herman Powers eact
morning between ten and clever
o'clock. Mothers are requested t
send their boys as the officers are
very anxious that all the members o
the association should know how t
swim for their own protection ant
that they may get the use Of the pool
Coroner Fred Korchgen conduct
ed the inquest over the death of Arth
ur Farnsworth, of Centerville, tn,
Keokuk and Western engineer VIII
met death in the Mississippi b.
drowning, yesterday afternoon at
/ o'clock. A jury composed Of H. ]
Span, James Vermazen and Toy In
man listened to the testimony Of fly
: witnesses and returned verdict Q
] death from accidental drowning. A
the inquest nothing of an unusual ma
| ture in the way of evidence was dis
closed, and the story told was thos
who were heard tallies exactly wit
that published in The Gate City o
the day following the fatality. TIL
witnesses were J. D. Stanton, Die
Hewitt, G. c. Blackburn, w. q. Hal
vey and Harry O'Connell. Farnwort
carried nearly $4,000 worth of insul
ance in two railroad fraternal con
| panies.
What might have been seriou
II not fatal accident, was slight hal
pening witnessed by number {
= passersby at Sixth and Concert street
u shortly after eight O'Clock last ever
ing. Several ladies and children ra
to refreshment wagon stopped in th
n middle of the road One of the ladie