The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-08
CITY NEWS.
Picking vinegar at Immegart's.

Picking vinegar at immigrants.
The forty-first annual fair of the
West Point district agricultural So
lciety will be held this year on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, September "a, 25. 26, 81. This
lis one of the old-time fairs of Lee
county and always attracts a large at
/, tendance.
Selling buggies at reduced prices
at Sherwood's. 703 Main.
| Company I. leaves for the brigade
encampment at Iowa Falls this COM
ing Monday. Keokuk should send a
full company as our city Is now in the
llimelight and should take pride not
only in this splendid organization. but
make a good showing in everything
that boosts Keokuk.
/ The choicest fresh catfish at Jos.
duabert's, 7o9 Main street.
| -Auctioneers from all over the
state were in Des Moines yesterday
attending the sixteenth annual con-
vention OF the State Auctioneers' as
ISOLATION which opened there In the
afternoon. The society was prepared
to ask legislation which will put their
i profession on a par with many others.
Keosauqua Democrat: Mr.. John
French OF Keokuk visited his old
friend j. NJ. Morrow of Douds-Leando
h Thursday. They are both staunch re-
publicans and the opinions they ex-
pressed In regard to T. R. and his
third party, ii they could nave been
faithfully reported, would probably be
found to be more forcible than ele-
CANT.
-Harness-We can save you dol
lars on set Of harness at Sherwood's 3.
The next sessions Of the Iowa gu
preme court will commence Septem-
Der IT, when all criminal and certior.
arr cases filed thirty days before and
all general cases filed to March 15
last will be heard. The second period
commences October is, the third on
November IL and the fourth on De.
cember 10.
Natural brown rice at Immegart's
Mrs. John Holimeyer OF Quincy
was recently bitten by snake Of the
spreadhead adder variety and Is In a
critical condition. She lives near q
pond at 22d and Ohio ST., and an In
yestigation shows that pond to be 8
breeder OF snakes, the gardens anc
lawns in the neighborhood being over
run with them.
John n. Anderson former Bon
aparte boy is forging to the from
down In Oklahoma. For several years
past he has been the publisher OF thu
Kiowa County Democrat, at Snyder
but has recently acquired two mort
newspaper properties, the Jackson
County Democrat and the Tillmar
County Democrat-all In southwestern
Oklahoma. That is going some, sure
III. G. Cupp, the apple king o
!, will have the banner fruit crop in hi
/ experience. One of his orchards, con
sisting Of ninety acres. is figured t
/ yield 100 per cent crop. while he ha
] another of $50 acres estimated a
| about 65 per cent. He attributes hi
| immense yield to spraying and clos
| attention to keeping the trees In
I thrifty condition.
Jos. S. Collins electrical hous
wiring and job work. Bell phone Al
Black.
Mr.. and Mrs Ransom Ingrahar
OF LaHarpe celebrated their sixtiet
wedding anniversary and Mr.. Ingrs
hams Saith birthday anniversary o
Sunday with a family gathering an
: dinner at which over forty member
OF the family were present. Mr.. an
4 Mrs. Ingraham were married at s
/ Patrick's cathedral, New York Cit
+ in 1852 and have made LaHarpe the
home ever since, with the exceptio
of one year spent in Burlingto
h Seven of their children are living bl
+ only four were present.
4 The United States department
4 agriculture has just issued bullet
4 addressed especially to Gamers
\ fruits and vegetables, laying down Il
h rule that the addition of water whe
X this is not absolutely necessary
II adulteration. Cans Of tomatoes, 4
example. must not contain any wate
. Cans Of peas may contain only s,
ficient liquor to fill the interstices |
tween the peas, which must of the
selves fill the can.
Des Moines Capital, Aug. 6: CT
ernor B. F. Carroll Is going to ia
himself and the other members of t
state executive council on an auton
bile tour next week IL the weather
fine. The council has been invited
attend the unveiling of a monume
to the unknown dead at Keokuk ne
Thursday. Governor Carroll plans
set out with his party on wednesd
morning, lunch at Ottumwa and rea
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