The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-19
CITY NEWS.

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The United Presbyterian church
OF Burlington will give an excursion
to Keokuk on the steamer Columbia,
Wednesday.
4 Roy Hodge, Fred Kirchner and
Delbert Chute, three Keokuk boys,
compose the orchestra that is playing
on the steamer Morning Star.
Owing ito the band concert at
Rand Park Sunday afternoon the Y.
4 M. G. A. open air meeting was de-
layed for about an hour and did not
start until 4:30 o'clock. The speaker
of the day was j. o. Boyd.
Masonic: Special meeting of Eagle
Lodge No. IL, A. F. & A. NJ, 7:30
Io'clock Tuesday evening, June goth,
1911. Work on second degree. Visit
ing brethren fraternally invited. BY
order of the W. M. S. H Johnston,
secretary.
Harness repairing done at sher
woods.
DR.. H. A. Kinnaman who recently
purchased new automobile. lost con-
troll of the steering apparatus after
having lot of difficulty in getting
started near Seventh and Fulton last
night. The machine ran into a tele-
phone pole and tree but was not
damaged by the impact.
knights and Ladies OF Security,
Keokuk council No. 1889. will meet
in regular session at s o'clock at A.
o. U. w. hall Monday evening. viii
initiate a large class of benefit candi-
dates. All members are earnestly
requested to be present and give the
candidates most cordial welcome.
The steamer Dubuque arrived in
port from ST. Louis last night at half
past ten At midnight the freight on
the boat was unloaded. Six or eight
Keokuk passengers left this morning
for ST. Louis on the boat. There
were large number of round trip
passengers aboard last night.
Let Sherwood show you his line
of delivery wagons.
Captain William Burke, master OF
the Streckfus liner, Dubuque. was
taken Ill when the boat arrived here
last night. physician was called
and the veteran river man given at
tention Captain Burke said that he
ate something during the day that
did not agree with him.
The "Flirt," an eighteen foot.
nine inch launch stolen from Rock
Island. H., Is being searched for by
police authorities along the river. The
boat which was recently stolen. has a
four foot. eight inch beam, three
horse power Smalley engine, and is
slightly decayed around the combing.
The craft was made at BAY City, Mich. /
Any one finding is requested to in
form local police headquarters or Jas.
w. Brinn, chief of police at Rock
Island.
Read The Daily Gate City Want
Column for bargains.
Believing the project of an equal
importnce as the water power, Bur-
lington paper says: Drainage In Hen
derson county, Illinois. will be dis
cussed at the meeting of the CONNER
cial Exchange Monday. There are
many who incline to the belief that
this is a subject of much greater I'M
portance to Burlington than is the
big dam at Keokuk 1t is hoped that
each and every member of the orga-
nization will be present. Other mat
tiers of interest are going to be
brought prominently before the meet
ing
New potatoes are becoming lux
ury. The price jumped from 35 to 10
cents a peck within weeks time
and the prospects are that the charge
will mount higher The price of pc
tatoes is an importnt item with the
housekeeper and this doubling of the
price is not appreciated, The increase
is due to the fact that there has been
drought in the potato raising states.
Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas
The same shortage OF moisture Is AZ
I fecting the Iowa crops. but the tubers
raised in this vicinity are only drop
in the bucket compared to the supply
which usually comes from the above
named states. The failure OF rain
/ is costing the state of Iowa thousands
/ of dollars every minute and is fast
/ sending the crops, which looked very
favorable. TO ruin About ten days
more will finish the fruit, potatoes
corn, hay and other crops. which are
in a poor condition.
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