The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-29

Adams house, was quite i'll from an
attack of heart failure, but is now
convalescing.
1t is said that logs from the officers
quarters of old FIT. Edwards are on a
OF the farm buildings. This fact has
been generally known for many years
and it is strange they nave not been
preserved because of their associa-
ton.
Thirty-two representative business
men of the Retail Merchants associa-
ton of Keokuk dined at the Hotel Grant
Thursday evening and had a royal
time. After dinner an informal BUSH
ness session and smoker was held.
Warsaw should appreciate the broth
erly hand held out by our sister city
for our interests are common when
the growth OF this section is consid-
cred.
Capt. ]. R., Williams is SO years OF
age today, Saturday, March %. He
is enjoying good health and only suf-
fers from the necessary infirmities
Of his advanced age. He is the old
est person in Hancock county and
possibly the Oldest living Mississippi
river steamboat captain. He was for
over sixty years captain on the river.
NJ. c. Eckbohm is raising tomato
plants in hot beds on the property IN
the rear of his garage, which he recent
ly purchased There are twenty large
beds. These plants will be sold to
gardeners who will raise tomatoes
for the canning factory.
Clarence Hambleton Of the Tri State
Traction Co., was a Warsaw visitor
Saturday.
Walter Dross has installed an auto
matte tire filled, just inside the front
door OF his garage. 1t is a great &C.
commodation to his patrons.
HarveysK. Blake has sold to Gus
tave Plume lots 3, 4, 5, and 10. block
II in the city of Warsaw.
The Women's Relief Corps will
give a luncheon in the little brick on
Wednesday evening, April 1, from 4
to 7 o'clock. These luncheons are
largely patronized and are worth four
times what you pay for them.
w. S. Nelson bought of Della May
Nagel lot 2, block 8 and lot 7, block
90, all in the city of Warsaw. Mr..
Nelson expects to build on one of the
lots this spring
Requiem high mass for the repose
of the soul Of Heinrich Schauer OF
'Punzendorf. Bavaria. father Of Rev.
Father Sohauer Of the Church OF the
Sacred Heart, Warsaw, was celebrat-
ed in that church Tuesday morning
last, at $50 o'clock. Nine priests
participated in the celebration. Mass
Celebrant Very Rev. Dean Greve of
Peoria, Deacon Rev. M. Gensler OF
Henry, ILL.,, sub deacon, Rev. J. Schaaf
OF Lourds, ILL.,, master Of ceremonies,
Rev. Father Davis. Keokuk, attending
priests, Rev. H. Reimbold, Nauvoo,
ILL.,, Rev. j. Gillespie and Rev DIR.
G. Giglinger, Keokuk. Ia, and Rev. w.
O'Brien, Carthage. Mr.. Schauer was
81 and died March 10th, after an i'll
ness of only two days.
Miss Emily Hill has returned from
NAALAO1pOAio -"hCiS DIG NioAISu NhiSS
Mary Hill for several weeks.
When the machines were being I'M
packed in the shoe factory six years
or SO ago. preparatory to beginning
op srations, leading knocker on the
enterprise said, that factory win
never start, unpacking those machines
is only bluff When the Hamilton
piers for the dam were being built, a
knocker said; they'll never build a
dam across the Mississippi, only a
bluff" and on Friday the ten cars Of
grading outfit and stock were being
unloaded on the levee, a bystander
said, "this is only a bluff, the Marsh
road will nevar be built Pretty
expensive bluff. I should say re-
marked another man within hearing,
and nothing to be gained by such q
so,called bluff, and everything to lose.
IF such fellows ever are so fortunate
as to enter the Celestial City" they
and golden streets ara not studded
with diamonds and say that st. Pet
er's invitation to enter is "only a.
bluff"
There was good crowd at the
dance Of the Jolly club Wednesday,
evening and a happy evening was
spent 81 s .as. r.. ...l,
W. A. Dodge has been elected treas
urer Of st. Paul's Episcopal church,
succeeding the late C. E. Eymann.
The farm ar's elevator has installed
a feed grinder for cracking corn, rye
and wheat for feed .s.. ar---. !
Geo. J. Bellersheim, now IN St.
Augustine. Florida. kindly remember
ed Capt. J. r. Williams with a birth
day card. This is his annual custom.
Drs. Thos. A. Hartley and G. NJ.
Lark attended the b0th anniversary
of the Illinois Dental society at Hotel
La Sale, Chicago, the past week. Dr.
Jno. w. Marsh of Keokuk was on the
program.
Mrs. Rufus Mcconnell and son