The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-08
CITY NEWS.
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sherwood lot everything WduIeu
/ in the harness line 7o3 Main.
/ Considerable new street work is |
lin progress. Keokuk streets are getting /
better all the time. So is Keokuk.
! The river excursions to Keokuk |
are giving thousands an opportunity |
to see the big water power enterprise.
/ first Of next month.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Hagmeier OF Belmont township,
four miles from this city, died Sunday
night at 3 o'clock. The family is
well known In this vicinity.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5, knights OF Pythias to-
night at 800 o'clock at Castle hall.
Fifth and Blonceau Visiting knights
invited. G. C. Koepf, G. c.
j Subscribers who fail to receive
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before six o'clock SO that delivery
can be made. Subscribers are urged
TO notify the Office every time of a
failure
The opera house force has been
busy for few days cleaning the in
terror and also the exterior premises.
The theatrical season will open next
month. Last years season was one of
the best the Grand has had in years
and this season promises to be bet
ter. Manager Morley is expected the
j The steamer st. Paul was in from
ST. Louis little after midnight. A
large crowd of through" excursion
lists were reported aboard. Seven pas
sengers boarded from this city, FIVE
for st. Paul and two for Dubuque The
ST. Paul is doing good passenger
business since handling of freight was
abandoned on the steamer The Du-
buque will arrive in port from St
Louis tomorrow night.
There Is an increasing inquiry as
to whether or not Keokuk will have
some kind Of celebration this fall.
1t has been customary for Keokuk to
entertain for a week during the fall
but whether a celebration is to be
given this year or not Is yet to be
determined Keokuk travelling men
/ say they are being Intercepted as to
what Keokuk is going to do. me
out of town people seem to be of the
usual mind-they want to come to
Keokuk II celebration is on. The
subject is being discussed and some
action may develop later.
"A shortage of canned vegetables
which will reach general scarcity
\ before another crop season is reached
is the forecast of the grocery jobbers.
Reports from the canning districts of
the middle west are to the effect that
. the vegetable crop is the shortest of
| years. The eastern Gamers have not
| been heard from. The crop of peas
and beans for this season have been
| canned. Less than half a crop is re-
| ported. The early advance in prices
| OF canned vegetables has caused the
/ jobbers no little worry, ar each is
/ striving to have his usual orders with
the canneries filed. One grocer hint
| ed yesterday that the packers would
/ not be able to fill their contracts.
! Peas, beans and tomatoes are the ar
/ ticles of greatest shortage and adj
i vance in price Tomatoes that sold for
i 10 cents can month ago are going
i now at Is cents per can or two for
II 25 cents The best grades of canned
i peas is selling at 20 cents per can
II the second grade at 15 cents straight
H and the third grade at two for %
\ cents. Beans have made the same ad
vance in prices. Within the last week
sugar has advanced from $5.75 te
500 per hundred.
! The Iowa weather and crop bull
/, letin for the week ending August 6
II is as follows: With very nearly nor
II NAL temperature and frequent show
Il ers over the larger part Of the state
II late crops generally show an improve
H ment over last week. The rainfall
II was copious to heavy over tie east
II ern and extreme southwestern coun
II ties, and in those sections the ia
II provement, especially in late corn ant
II potatoes, is we'll marked, while IL
II other districts where the shower,
were light to moderate the improve
y ment was slight or the crops barrel!
Z held their own. The rains, however
= came too late over the western two
thirds of the state to be of much bene
fit to early corn, which has been bad
ly damaged by the drought and vii
~ not produce more than half of crop
N Except in the eastern counties lat
ID corn has been in critical condition
Is but with continuance of showers o
m good soaking rain will make fai
a. yield. Pastures and late potatoe
Il. have improved in many sections, bu
: much more rain is needed. Threshin
in from shock has been completed il
~ many localities and a start has bee
.. made with fall blowing in section
"a where there has been sufficient raj
TO soften the ground. The wee
In closed with heavy rains in the Ger
"A trail counties.