The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-14

| The government has q force OF en-
gineers surveying the levee between
here and Quincy.
The following school teachers have
been elected, subject to the usual
teachers certificate from the county
superintendent: Miss Lydia Jotter,
Miss May Floto, Miss Nellie Loudon.
Miss Ethel Brown, Miss Stella Rife,
Miss Lulu Spinanger, Miss Mary
Johnson.
| The board of education has decided
to increase the number of studies in
| the high school and thus increase its
efficiency, and put 1t in position to
be properly accredited; to this end a
science teacher is desired, and it is
suggested that the state high school
examiner be invited with the board,
and advise it as to the new course.
| Warsaw is to have visits from two
floating theatres, one on Thursday,
June is and one on Saturday. June
, 20. ut never rains, but 1t pours."
The finance committee upon whom
devolves the responsibility Of secur-
ing the funds for our great fall festi-
val-the monument unwilling. and
home-coming-is composed OF the fol-
lowing we'll known citizens: Geo. J.
Risto, chairman: VIM. A. Dodge, A. J..
Buckert, VIM. G. Fenor, DR.. Thos. A.
Hartley, Ebert Kraechling, John
Kesper. The committee has a big
task before it at best and as every
citizen will want to assist as far as
his means will permit. voluntary
contributions are solicited.
Hon. Truman Plantz is in Rock is
land attending to some court business
of the M. w. A. From there he goes
to Toledo, Ohio, where the head
camp will meet on Tuesday, June 1G;
1T is possible the session will be .
hot one the fight being to throw OUT
the present head officers.
Misses Gussie and jeanette Cress
OF Warsaw, teachers in Oklahoma.
City, Okla, and Herman. Mo. schools
respectively, are visiting the Misses
Kate and Pauline Bellersheim Of the
Knox Flats. 630 South Seventh ST..
Springfield, Ill.
Miss Eunice Edwards, daughter OF
Hon. John 3. Edwards Of Forsyth.
Montana, is member of the gradual
ing class of Milwaukee Downer col
Ilege, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Anna e.
Edwards, grandmother Of the young
graduate, has gone with her daugh-
ter, Miss Julia, to be present at the
graduating exercises.
The mems forward movement
Warsaw and Hamilton-will hold its
first picnic on Thursday, June IS, af-
ternoon and evening at Cedar Glen.
10. B. Towne, of keokuk will make
an address: there will be music by
the Hamilton band and also athletics,
not forgetting an appetizing picnic
dinner.
orchard is himself again" in the
person of our old friend Capt. j. r.
Williams who has fully recovered
from his fall.
Miss Mabel Nagel returned Monday
from Des Moines where she has been
visiting for several weeks at the
home of her uncle. Frank Nagel, dean
of the musical conservatory. Her
cousin, Richard Simpson. accom-
panied her. visiting here for several
days.
The full flow of the artesian we'll
21h inches in diameter, discharges
continually into handsome cement
urn. and from there through the
waste pipe it goes to the watering
tank which discharges its waste into
the sewer. The water is colder than
formerly and seems more highly
charged with sulphur and salt;
true sulph-saline water. This well Is
ono Of Warsaw's blessings and should
Away prove an attraction.
A trio composed of Misses Laura
Fry. Mary Baird, Mildred McKinney.