The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-02
CITY NEWS.

i A marriage license was issued
i late yesterday afternoon to Hugh
lO'Blennes and Miss Kate Klyn, both
OF Keokuk.
Sherwood is headquarters for ev-
erything in the line Of harness, bug
giles and light delivery wagons. 703
Main street.
The Black-Hawk brought in q
record crowd from Burlington yester-
day who enjoyed the trip and viewed
with pleasure the big dam.
The burial OF George Hill, the old
man who died last week. took place
| from the undertaking rooms OF
Crimmins & Chase yesterday after
moon at 2:S0 o'clock.
/ Regular meeting Of Morning Star
/ Lodge, No 5. at Castle hall Tuesday
evening at o'clock Visiting broth
| ers invited. NJ r. Montague, c. c., ]. A.
Burgess, x. OF r. & s.
AT four o'clock yesterday after
noon Ira B. Cooper. %, OF Burlington,
and Bertha G. Schneider, is OF War
saw, Ill.,, were united in marriage by
James S. Burrows, justice OF the
peace.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
| Of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 704, %
night at o'clock in Moose hall. Wis
/ ting brothers cordially invited. A. L.
Laubersheimer, dictator. Ed s. LOT
ton. secretary.
The impression prevails quite
generally among the Keokuk voters
that the primary is useless and ex-
pensive and it is the opinion that it
will either be changed or abandoned
by the next legislature.
-Masonic-Special meeting OF Har-
din Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. nj. Wed
nesday evening, June 3, 1914 at 1880
o'clock Work on Third degree. Wis
iting brethren fraternally invited. BY
order Of the ". NJ, L. N. Hahn. Sec'y.
The funeral Of Charles Lackey
who died Saturday night at his home.
No. II Main street, was he'd at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon at the Pilgrims
Rest Baptist church. Rev. James T.
Helm conducting the services.
The merchants have begun to
decorate their places Of business for
the U. C. T. convention which official
ly opens in this city Thursday for a
three days session. Keokuk will
look inviting when the commercial
travellers arrive.
The Burlington Gazette of Mon
day evening said: The ST. Paul had
a big crowd Of excursionists today
who crowded her decks to capacity. |
The big boat was chartered by the
members OF st. Paurs Catholic church
for trip to Keokuk and tonight will
finish her big day with moonlight |
trip.
The Quincy Journal Of Monday |,
evening said: Today in Burlington,
Iowa. there is being held a tri-state /
golf tournament in which there are /
entered representatives from Burling- |
ton. Dubuque, Davenport, Keokuk,
Hannibal. Galesburg, Moline. Rock Is
land, Quincy and other TWINS Among /
those who are entered from Quincy |.
are E. B. Hillman. John Guinan, /
Frank Sinnock, Will Sinnock and AL
fred Botsford.
The steamer Majestic which the |!
Quincy Press club used for its excur-
sion last night, has the whistle Of the |
packet Capt D. w. Wisherd ever /
owned. The boat was about 100 feet
long and piled for some time in the |
Quincy-keokuk trade. 1t was de- /
stroyed by fire in Quincy bay, about 1
fifteen years ago. The only thing !
saved were the whistle, the safe and I
the bell, and the latter was cracked. /
so was sold for junk. i
The Iowa weather and crop bulle /
tin for the week ending May 81, is as !
follows: Warm, growing weather e
vailed during the past week. The 4
temperature was about 8 I
degrees above the normal, anu the I
daily maximum temperatures were
near or above 80 degrees on several
days. The rainfall was considerably
less than the normal, but showers oc-
Cured in nearly all parts of the state |
on Thursday or Friday, being tepious
in the southeastern counties. The !
heavy showers, referred to in the /
last bulletin as having OCCURRED on |
the night of the 23d. were quite gem
eral over the northern half % Sc |
state. Rain is badly needed in the |
southern districts, yet up to the pres /
ent time corn is making rapid growth |
and is in good condition. Much of 1t I
has been cultivated once and some of /
II twice Small grain and grass show !
the effect Of drouth to some extent, I
and winter wheat is seriously dam
aged in Fremont and Page counties by
Hessian fly. Many fields have been
plowed up and planted to corn. Over
the northern half Of the state all crops
are In extra fine condition. Fruits,
except apples. are still promising. but
berries must have rain soon.