The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-05
CITY NEWS.


see Louie. s2s Main street.
They came By rail. water. auto.
wagon horse and foot yesterday
Get the habit OF buving harness Of
Sherwood and save money.
SFas she-not III. but the man
whc says. Is il hot enough for ron -
The Christian church SUNDAY
school picnic viii be held June 18th,
At Wild Cat Springs
- me new awning has been erect.
I'd IN front Of the Keokuk National
Bans. the first OF the kind in the city.
Six or eight automobile parties
took dinner Al the Hotel Keokus res
ssrday- Three registered from Quin-
CO and three from Mount PIeasan.
during the afternoon.
For sale-Three round trip .ics-
cts from Ksokuk TO ST. Paul on
Streckfls Line steamers. Must he
used this month Can at The Gate
Csy ONCE for further particulars.
One week from, toaay. special cleo
ton TO vote on the street car and
lighting franchises and the publicity
bin. The success Of these measures
means big advancement for Ksokuk.
No services were held al the
First Congregational church last
eFening Reverend Williams. pastor,
conducted the morning services and
svo funeral oesequ.es in the after
neon.
One week from TO-DAY. special
election 70 vote on the street railway
and lighting franchises and the pub
liciry bill The success Of all three
questions is essential to the future
Welfare Of Keokuk-
Masonic: Regular meeting OF Ea-
gle lodge No. -, A T. & 4. NJ. al S
O'Clock Tuesday evening, June sth,
1871 Visiting brethren frste-nally in
vtted- By order o, the ". VI. S q.
Johnston. secretary.
More than 80 visitors from Bur
EEgton, Fl Madison and Montrose
came 20 Keokuk By rail YESTERDAY. The
Wabash carried some forty-fre or
ffty persons and the day vas big
hot one for excursions
The soda fountain ice and drink
dispensers we're kept hustling on the
Sabbath afternoon II would be an
. impossfbflity TO observe scriptural
teachings regarding the six days
shalt thou, etc when several thous-
and Individuals are painting for some
thing cool and refreshing
Mr.. and Mrs. WIN. F. Scott ar
rived in the city SATURDAY. night from
the east. TO make their home here
Mr. Scott /; president Of The Scott
Madden Iron works ard al who knew
him and his wife when they formerly
resided here, will be glad 10 welcome
them back
Knights and Ladies OF Security.
Keokuk council No. 1893, viii meet
IN regular session az s O'Clock at A.
o. e. ". 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
One water power man, unused to
this hot middle western cline, which
seems to be trying 10 Guido itself dur
ing the past few days, remarked yes
terday that he had heard the temper
AZURE mounted to 125 degrees during
the hot months here, but said that il
gets any more like the under world
in feeling than 1t did yesterday, he
didn't see how be was going TO stand
1t. OF course the thermometer hasn't
reached 125 in decades in Keokuk and
the water company man was given the
wrong impression by some one who
thought to mislead him.
Irwin Ellis writes an interesting
story for the Sunday Chicago Tribune
on the high price being paid magazine
j writer's Of the present day for short
stories, and mentions a long list of
/ the highest paid authors. They all
receive from $500 to $1,000 for story
of 5000 words, and there Is a scramble
4 for the stuff at that price. The writer
has this reference TO make to Rupert
Hughes; Rupert Hughes receives
$500 each for his short stories, and
not long since one Of his tales made
SO splendid an impression upon the
/ readers of certain magazine that two
I weeks after It's publication the editor
sent Mr. Hughes supplementary check
for 5000 with his compliments as a
bonus for having sent him a story
that 80 many Of his readers liked SO
well. Yet Rupert Hughes has pub
4 hshed several books with moderate
success, and after meeting failure as
"a dramatist again and again has re-