The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-19
CITY NEWS.

gies at Sherwood S. ADV.
"A number of people from this city |
will attend the homecoming at Keo-
sauqua tomorrow, going from here In
automobiles.
Miller's milwaukee beer for home
use. j. F. Daugherty & Co.-Adv.
Members and friends of the Swed-
ish Aid Society will go to Burlington
on Thursday of this week on tho
steamer Keokuk, leaving here at 1880
a. m. sharp. 1t is the annual outing
Of the society.
Save money, buy fly nets and
horse covers at Sherwood's. ADV.
yesterday afternoon 1t rained
hard enough at the Hubinger park to
make 1t impossible to play the ball
game scheduled, down town 1t did not
rain as hard while in West Keokuk it
did not rain at all. The people of the
latter section are wondering what the
weather man has against them.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
|of Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704, to-
night at 8 o'clock in Moose hall. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited A. L.
Laubersheimer. dictator. Ed. 8. LOT
ten, secretary.-Adv.
The number of automobiles from
distant states which have been seen
in Keokuk this summer has been re
markable. Yesterday there was ma
chine here from Colorado and one
from Florida. The number seen is in
dicative of the growth Of trans-conti-
mental touring as we'll as the attrac-
| tfon Of the Keokuk dam to the tour
list.
| The board Of supervisors of Lee
county are meeting at Fort Madison
today to confer with the state exam
| liner and to deal with the new bridge
questions. Mr.. Parker, the states
examiner OF the county books which
deal with money matters, is quite
busy and has found plenty to do,
checking up the books of the treasurer
and auditor the past few days. He
will probably look closely into the
accounts and affairs of the supervis-
Tors tomorrow.
Mrs. Ella Marder, who has been
church has resigned her position and
on October will assume charge of st
Mary's choir, Mrs. Joseph Moeller
having given up the position. Both
Mrs Moeller and Mrs Marder are
among the best known musicians and
choir directors in the city. Mrs. Noel
Ter has accomplished much as director
at st. Mary's and Mrs. Marder has
been very successful as leader at st
Francis. /,
Mrs. Harry Y. Watson, who wal
formerly Miss Maize Johnson, o
Keokuk, was killed in an AUTOMOBILE
accident near Des Moines few day
: ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Watson and thei
six year old child were in the ca
e at the time of the accident The ca
was going down hill and at tn
bottom skidded in sand, overturnine
Mr. Watson was seriously injured
. but the child was unhurt Mr.. Watson
is said to have been inexperienced Il
: driving and allowed the car to ge
;, away from him in going down the hill
= Mr.. Watson is editor of the Boutol
Press.
The Iowa weather crop bulletil
: for the week ending August II ha
: Just been issued as follows: The weel
. was excessively hot and generally dr.
but the heavy rains on the night of tn
10th, and the local showers that occur
red on several other days gave suff
cient moisture for present needs. TIL
showers on the night Of the 10th wer
better distributed than was Indicate
by the few telegraphic reports give
: in the last bulletin, but they were. /
? many localities, accompanied by hig
: wind and severe squalls which di
? considerable damage to corn. TIL
worst damage was done over stri
: about ten to fifteen miles wide extend
ing from Guthrie to Jasper countie.
Within that area corn was badl
lodged and some of 1t was blow
down but much of 1t Is up again, an
the final output will not be reduce
s as much as estimated soon after tn
, storm. Damage was also done by tn
wind in other sections OF smalle
:, area, but the injury to the crop as
~ whole will be light in comparison I
:. the vast amount of benefit resultin
- from the abundant moisture. Th
corn crop as a whole was great
benefited, but the rain came too LAT
n improye early corn In the souther