The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
CITY NEWS.

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Sherwood leads in the harness
and buggy line
The Wednesday Reading club will
meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
". A. Brownell. 81 North Fifth street
Meeting Division !. a, o. II. to
night at st. Peters hall.
"A marriage license was issued to-
day to Joseph F. Druke. 81, and Anna
E. Mccoy. II. OF lleoluk.
st. Joseph's auxiliary will hold
their regular monthly meeting at the
hospital Wednesday. $50 p. m.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge. No. 5. Knights OF Pythias to-
night at 500 O'Clock at Castle hall.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting Knights
invited, C. c. Koepf. C. c.
Clarence Green, of the fire de-
partment. has been removed to St
Josephs hospital for treatment. He
was operated on week ago for a
nasal trouble, which needs additional
attention.
The men of the FIRE department,
including the chief and assistant chief.
have received new caps, which were
ordered from Chicago by the Frank
Jones store. The wear on the head
gear of the firemen during the course
of year calls for new caps about
that often.
Light delivery wagons at little
prices at Sherwood's.
Cora White brought suit for d.
.vorce today in the district court
! against Henry Alexander White, now
living at Diamond, Appanoose county,
! Iowa Adultery and intoxication are
made the grounds upon which the di-
vorce is asked. The couple were
married at Centerville in July. 1905.
| Representative Kennedy has in
| troduced bill for an appropriation
| Of 100000 to provide new govern
ment building at Washington, in his
district. Congress has alreadv ap-
was purchased. He has also re-intro-
duced his bill providing an appropria-
ton of 100000 for new building and
site for Fairfield
Quincy Wing: Charles Coyle, the
stranger who was held here by the
police for couple Of days for being
! demented, came to Sunday night and
| was allowed to go. He seemed to be
crazy with drink or drug and when the
effects wore OF he was able to act
more sensibly. When he was turned
loose he left for Keokuk, where he
i claimed his home was
Ernest E. Crawford has returned
from the south and is at the present
time in Quincy, according to the
Wing this morning. Mr.. Crawford
!. left Keekuk last fall for Oklahoma
and has been following the printing
trade in several of the southern
states during the winter and spring.
The Wing says: E. E Crawford, of
Keokuk. was among the Easter visit
ors in the city. He has been spending
the winter in the south and only re.
Gently returned home.
Supervisor D. A. Young was in
Pennington today examining newly
invented form for making concrete
culverts The form is made of iron
is eight feet long and can be enlarged
by manipulation of gearing at one end
After the concrete has been put over
the form and hardened, the form
Which is collapsih1e, can be removed
running out of the culvert on wheels
If the invention proves satisfactory
several will probably be purchased
by the supervising board of Lee coun
ty
Three DUPONT Powder Mills com
pany representatives of Wilmington
Delaware, arrived in the city this
morning from the east, and made {
trip to the powder plant at Mooar
The three company representative!
here were Messrs. George Patterson
James Rece and Frank L. Connable
The last named was a former keokul
boy and is well known here TIL
visit of the Dupont officials at thi
time is reported to be tentative to
building move of the Mooar propertie
of the concern.
The iowa weather crop bulleti
for the week ending April II has jus
been issued as follows: The firs
half of the week was cloudy an
stormy. with copious rains attended b
thunder and lightning, and in man
localities by high and damaging wind
The last four days were general
clear with cold nights: the minimum
temperature being below the freezin
point over the northern half OF I'll
state on the mornings of the fou
teenth and fifteenth. The cold w
weather retarded farm work. but tt
rain was very beneficial and has p'
the top soil in excellent condition Il
tilling. Considerable progress wa
however, made during the last thrt