The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-18
CITY NEWS.

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Let Sherwood sell you buggy.
703 Main.
Cut your ice bills in two by using
an ice blanket from Weisman's
! M. P. church ice cream social 20
morrow night on lawns of Mrs. Furt-
ney and Mccoy, T27 Exchange.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Koch OF 9l4
Morgan street are the parents OF
nine pound baby girl born this morn
ing.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk
lodge, No. 106. B. p. o. g.. tonight at
s o'clock, Elks' hall. Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
Quite a number of G. A. r. vet
Grams who have been attending the
state encampment at Burlington
came to Keokuk today to see the wa
er power.
-Excursions Sc I'm to be keokuk's
mode OF recreation this summer.
There has never been season when
the town was SO generously placard-
ed with advertis sments of river trips
as it is this year.
Preparations are being made to
entertain the state aerie of Eagles
here next week. The decorators will
be on the job tomorrow. The streets
will be handsomely decorat sd, and
there will be plenty OF music as
nine bands will be on the job.
Travelling men have quit wearing
silk socks and real thin cotton ones,
remarked one Of the fraternity last
night. The reason is the mosquitoes
which seem to be able to find ths real
thin hose and act accordingly. Cast
iron or leather anklets might help In
the estimation OF this man.
Buy harness at Sherwood's.
The fruit season is evidently go
ing to be a short one this summer.
The drought the early part OF the
month has been effective in keeping
the supply down to minimum. Black
raspberries have appeared on the
market but some OF the growers be-
live the season will be short one.
The swimming campaign at the
r. NJ. G. A.. is proving a success.
Some Of the youngsters have already
manager to learn to keep up in the
water, and the bigger boys are mas
tering the strokes In fine fashion.
River towns are taking up the matter
Of teaching the boys to swim in the
hopes of lessening the drowning acct
dents Of the season.
Regular meeting Of Puckechetuck
encampment No. Z, l. o. O. F. at
Odd Fellows hall at s o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to attend.
ftors who are in Iowa City have
planned to stay over for the Elks pa
rade. The city is gaily decorated In
preparation for the convention which
is. expected to be the larges. ever en-
tertained by Iowa City. Keokuk's
delegation will reach the convention
city tomorrow forenoon in a special
train carrying some Elks.
Hires Root Beer Extract. Imme-
CARTS.
Although there is law prohibit
ing the shooting Of fire crackers and
fireworks in advance OF thu Fourth /
of July, some of the youngsters are
unable to repress their patriotic feel
ings and already are celebrating. The
neighbors arg considering entering a
complaint, however, in one residence
portion of the city where the boys
are keeping the noise up throughout
the day.
Boy run over by his mother who
was filling his picnic basket so he
could go on the Christian church
Sunday school excursion to Bluff Park
July 1st. Adults Csc. children free.
AT the meeting of the board OF
education held Tuesday, Professor F.
A. WEIGH of Hampton, Iowa. was
elected to succeed Professor E. F.
Schall as superintendent OF the Fort
Madison schools, says the Fort Madi-
son Democrat. Announcement was
also made that the contract for the
general construction of The new
school building had been signed by
Frank L. Griffey and Son of Keokuk.
These contractors built the Elks club
at Keokuk and are we'll known, they
having been in business for the past
thirty years. The ground has already
been staked off for the new building
and the excavation work will begin at
once.
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