The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
CITY NEWS.

Everything at cost at the Horn
aday closing out sale.
Cephas Harrison has been esri-
ously sick for several days.
Born. Monday morning to Mr.. and
Mrs. A G. Davis. l.i4 Fulton. a i
daughter.
Mabel Schroeder. public stem
ographer and notary public Hotel
Keokuk.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. D. W.
Dwight, 1916 High street, a son, Sun
day morning. Nj. Dwight is teach-
er In the high school
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 John p Johnson, c. c.
Cards received from Ed. 8. Lotion
who Is attending the Moose conven-
ton Ia Kansas City report the Keo-
kuk party enjoying the meeting but
encounteriRg very warm weather.
Regular meeting Of Loyal Order
Of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7o4, to-
night at o'clock In Moose hall. vfs-
iting brothers cordially invited Ed.
G. Vaughn dictator. Roy 81. Martin
secretary.
Have harness repaired at sher-
woods.
The parsonage Of the Episcopal
ian church appears from the outside to
be nearing completion. The front
porch is now being added. When
this stone building Is finished 1t win
make . commanding and hitting COM
Ipariscn to the other stone structures
forming Z group Of handsome build.
tnga on the Episcopalian grounds at
Fourth and Concert streets, extending
with the exception Of one lot to Fifth
street.
BUY buggies at Sherwood's.
My inquiries from out-of-town are
increasing. . said q real estate dealer
this morning when asked how the
business looked for the coming fall
and winter. This real estate dealer
Was positive that Keokuk would take
big leaps forward and that q steady
increase In the population would re-
| suit. His opinion was that this city
had not az yet even Witnessed the
slightest approach Of a boom and that
when the old town did really start
there would be something for the peo-
pie to thing about and something for
them to take unlimited pride In.
Fly nets are selling for little
money at Sherwood's.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending August IS has
Just been issued from Des Moines as
follows: Showery weather continued
during the week with the average
Temperature about normal, but the
week closes with much warmer wealth
Ter. Showers were frequent. and the
rainfall heavy over the western two
thirds Of the state; the largest
amounts OF rainfall being reported
from the Missouri slope. where many
Istations received more than three, and
q few more than -four inches. Slow
progress was made in threshing and
stacking, and some grain IN shocks
was more OF less damaged by wet,
cloudy weather. Corn has made fair
growth. and over the western half of
| the state has received sufficient mois-
lture to mature the crop Pastures and
Iaftermath in meadows have been re-
vfved, and are now in fine condition.
Late potatoes also give promise Of q
good crop. Telegraphic reports In
dicate heavy rains in northeastern
part OF the state during the "a hours
ended Z q. M. August is. Dubuque
reports, SIC inches, and Waterloo
Black Hawk county, 400 inches.
-Excursionists from the south TAX
Ing the Keokuk trip to see the dam
Sunday were treated to real live
exhibition OF the Sir Walter Raleigh
type, transferred to modern day sur
roundings. While DISSEMINATING from
J the boat at the landing, large sailor
hat OF the Merry Widow variety, worT
J by woman who was In the act Of
crossing the gang plank, was caught
by the wind and swiried merrily away
into the waters OF the mississippi
Nothing daunted, one OF the chiyal
rous deck-hands, who operates tbs
donkey engine, Ieaped fearlessly into
the watery depths and as skillfully a:
lady milliner, rescued the floatini
bonnet before 1t had been damaged 4
any extent,
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