The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-15
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, June Is, 1913.

then rolled repeatedly by ten ton
roller. In the seven years 1t has had
no general repairs and the few slight
; depressions in 1t have been caused by
plumbers tapping the water main.
Fifty dollars per year spent in re-
pairs would make the street last for
( fifty years. Our business men have
no criticism to make of 1t and the
only regret they have is that they
did not adhere to their original idea
and have a brick street, but they did
not want Anything SO expensive. All
of our visitors remark about our good
streets. better, they say, than those
of many larger towns. This is good
pointer for those who wish to cast
their lot with us.
w. H. Bowen and Chas. Dickinson
of Hamilton were Warsaw visitors
Friday
| Clark Ayers of Boise City, Idaho,
son of Mrs. Mary Ayers and brother
of David and VIM. G. Ayers of Wythe,
was on June 18th united in marriage
to Miss Bertha Oshlo of Omaha, Neb..
in the latter city and Immediately
after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Ayers
left for Carthage where they will
make short visit with the groom's
mother and then leave for Boise
where the groom is employed in the
Offices of the Boise Interurban Co.
! Truman Plantz, Jr., was brought
home by his father yesterday with a
badly fractured right ankle, the acct
dent occurring during a game of base
ball on the campus at Knox college.
Galesburg, one day this week. It will
lay him up for some time; he moves
i around on crutches.
Farmers of this vicinity report light
4 frost one week ago and noted the
/ blackening of the corn shortly after.
No frost noticed in town.
Mrs. Otto Wendorf and son have
/ returned to their home in Wycoff.
Mimi, after several weeks visit with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Frank.
! Through the efforts of Senator
! Compton, the Illinois senate has pass
I ed the bill appropriating $500 for a
marker of some sort to mark the site
of old Fort Edwards on the bluff AS
soon as it passes the house, as it
probably will, it may be possible 70
erect the marker before the centen.
NAL of the fort and home coming IF
/ 1914 The original bill called for
! $4,000.
The doors of the Warsaw Cash
! store had to be locked this morning
SO great was the rush. Mr.. Frank
Moore, the recent purchaser is clos
i ing the stock out at sacrifice.
All the old teachers Of the public
schools were unanimously reelected
by the board of education. Miss Liz
| liam Lapsley and Miss Edith Jones
did not apply; the latter was married
June 9Th
Jay Walker, son of Mrs. Mary
Walker of Warsaw is climbing up.
About year ago he was appointed
/ manager of an oil well supply store
in a town near Tulsa, Okla, and gave
such satisfaction that he was recent
4 ly promoted to the management of 4
larger store at Cleveland, Okla. own
ed by the same company. JAY has
the right stuff in him; merit will win
every time.
i The church of the Sacred Heart will
celebrate July 4th at Ralston park.
Thursday evening the young friends
j of Miss Penelope Allen surprised her
I at her home on Jackson street. The
party was given as a farewell to
Miss Allen as she will soon leave
4 with her mother and brother for her
new home in st. Mary's. Mo-
/ LAUNCHED; WHITTIER BOUND.