The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-07
Mrs. Fred kruskoff, Wife Of Veteran
Hardware Dealer, Was for Years
a Sufferer From
Cancer.
OTHER WARSAW NEWS
Mercury Falls to Eight Below on Sat
urday and Citizens Are Having
Hard Time Keeping
Warm.
Tspecia, to The Gate City.1

Especial to The Gate City.]
WARSAW, ILL.,, jan 6.-Mrs. Fred
Kruskoff, wife of Fred Kruskoff, the
i Thursday, January 4th, in her eighty
lsecond year For years she has SUI
| fered from cancer and recently be-
came much worse, resulting in her
death a few days ago Miss Anna
Eymann was born in Rheinbayern,
Germany, December 10, 1881, and in
1852, with her brother, Abraham came
i to Warsaw.
In 1854 she was united in marriage
to Mr.. Geo. Scott, who died in 1875.
In 1882 she married Fred Kruskoff.
She is survived by her husband, three
stepdaughters and one stepson. Her
funeral occurred at p. m. today
Rev Kaisiske of the German M. E.
church officiated Burial in Oakland
Cemetery
Died January ), at his home in this
lcity. Mr.. Fred Gruble who has been
ill with consumption for some time.
He was born in Warsaw January 4,
1866, and was 46 years and one day
/ old Ali his adult life he has been
/ in the employ of the Popel-Giller Co.
and only ceased his labors when COM
PEELED by the encroachment of the
disease. On April Z. 1890, he was
united in marriage to Miss Allie Con-
over, who bore him three children,
Willie, Cora and Dewey; these with
his wife survive him together with
a brother, VIM. G. Gruble of Sheldon,
H., and two sisters, Mrs. Fan ingalls,
Iof Warsaw and Mrs. Heisen Choulet
/ of Downing, Mo- Mr.. and Mrs. John
i Conover OF Rock Island, Ill.,, parents
/ of Mrs. Conoyer and Mr. and Mrs
Loushe of Summit Hill, ILL.,, are ex-
lpected to attend the funeral together
with the brother and sisters before
named. The funeral will occur from
his late residence at 2 p. m. Sunday,
January It'll, Rev. Popping of the NJ.
e. church officiating. Burial in the
Oakland cemetery
Warsaw is getting her share of the
cold snap, and is enjoying it. The
mercury is eight below zero today and
the sun shining. 1t has been fourteen
below several mornings this week.
Mail is much interfered with because
of the floating ice which is broken up
! by the big dam Just above us,
which makes crossing with skiff haz
ardous.
Capt Geo. w. Redeforth has again
: ~, e.,
: mail between Warsaw and Alexan-
: dria, with extra pay, and also help
er allowed him, at which our people
are much rejoiced, for surely there
could not be an ADLER or more accom-
modating government agent anywhere
: as our people have had abundant op-
portunities of testing for years past
Should the cold weather continue
for time, ice cutting will soon begin.
1t is now about fourteen inches In
thickness and very clear
There was a good crowd in attend
ance In spite of the cold weather at
the Measuring social last night at
: the home of John Kiser of Wythe
! township A pleasant evening was
spent and dainty luncheon enjoyed
Everyone in attendance had to pay
: five cents for every foot Or fraction
of foot of his or her height, which
caused much sport.
u Geo. Frazer of Rocky Run township
has received word of. the death Of
his grandson, five weeks old, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs McAdams of Albu
lquerque, n NJ
superintendent Russell of the T
p &, w railroad was a Warsaw visi
tor Tuesday.
L Miss Hattie Wolfenoarger the new
u local editor of the New Era is provini
well fitted for the position and Is
hustler in getting up news in an in
teresting form She is very brigh
and quick, and will make a success
IS OF her new undertaking. But thel
e nothing strange. ninety-nine per cen
y of Warsaw boys and girls max
e good It's in the air, if you don't be
y lieve it come and try it in our queel
. city lust below the dam"
o Rev. John F Mitchell spent Frida
y in Quincy calling on Bishop Fawcet
Q Of the Quincy diocese.
= On Tuesday the claricus vlu
= composed of the rectors of the Episce
:, pal churches of Iowa and Illinois
- viii hold its regular monthly meetin
in Burlington, iowa. Rev. T
Rudd Of Fort Madison, Iowa
is president, and Rev John Forbe
- Mitchell is secretary and will
. present.