The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-09
CITY NEWS.
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woods.
Building brick in any quantity.
keokuk Lumber Company.
Elizabeth, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Herbner, who was operat-
ed on for hernia at st. Joseph's hos
pital, Is getting along nicely.
-Wanted-Men and women at the
8. 2, Pond Company. Keokuk, to
dress poultry.
&C. F. Conradt, city ticket agent
for the Burlington route, who was
operated on several days ago for ap-
pendicitis, has recovered sufficiently
&c be removed to his home and is
steadily improving which is good news
to his many acquaintances.
lin the next ten days I will sell
best Springfield lump coal at SO % per
ton In quantities Of Ave tons or more.
]. G. McManus Both phones. Office,
Ninth and Johnson.
Visitors to the Iowa side of the
water power construction on Sunday
afternoon we're entertained by small
force OF men who were at work put
ting the wooden forms in place for
the concrete work on the power house
construction and were much interest
ed in the work
I Gate city Auto Livery Co. take
passengers to and from all trains at
regular cab rates. Prompt service.
comfortable cars. Open night and
day. Call Bell phone ss6-Black or
Hub. phone 214. Also general livery
service any time.
After lying idle for several weeks,
Blondeau street between Sixth and
Seventh streets this morning, looked
quite metropolitan. There were Just
three men at work, scraping around
with picks and shovels, getting the
street in readiness for the brick paw
Ing. The citizens are anxious to see
this block completed and the street
opened up for traffic again.
Hugh Robinson. who is to attempt
the aeroplane trip from Minneapolis
to New Orleans, starting from the
northern city on Wednesday Of this
week, gave successful. exhibition
with his hydro-aeroplane at ST. Louis
yesterday and planned to leave that
city today for the north. He will pass
through Keokuk probably this even
ing and il all goes well, will pass
Keokuk in his flying machine some
time next week.
The latter part OF last week, one
Of the pilots OF Taber Lumber Com
pany steamer, ran his boat over the
rapids, the first steamer to cross the
rapids this summer. The trip was
made to see If 1t would be safe to tow
a log raft from the north to the mill.
The current, however, was found to
be too swift for the passage of log
raft and fear of sinking brazil or two
of the undressed timbers, made the
lsteamboatmen conclnde that there
would be danger in using the rapids
for transportation.
Into the Gulf Of Mexico the Missis-
Isippi river discharges one-half more
water than do the Rhine, Loire, 20,
Elbe, Dnieper. Danube, Don, yolga
front Of Europe. Past New Orleans
Its flow is equal to that of the Indus
Euphrates and Ganges combined;
about twice as much as that of the
Nile. equals that of the Rio de Ia
Plata and is surpassed only by the
Amazon. Unlike the floods of the
Nile and the Gauges, which occur an
nually and with chronological precis
ion, the risings of the Mississippi are
irregular as to time and magnitude.
You should see our new buggie'
that we are selling at cost at sher
woods.
Main street was in filthy condi
ton Sunday morning after the carni
val outfit had gone. A force of stree
men were put at work today cleaning
. UP the straw, old boards and othe
accumulations which had been left
Professor Henry Barns. the oil
negro character. chimney sweep, wa
out on Main street early in the morn
ing with his cart that resembles
crazy quilt, hauling lumber to hi
shack. A frame structure that ha
been knocked to pieces was lying a
one place and the professor though
to take 1t away for himself while tn
proprietor was not around. He hal
the knocked down structure on hi
wagon when the owner of the board
came out of store where he ha
been using telephone and Barne
was forced to empty the load
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