The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-22
LARGE Crowds Arrive on Boats From
Quincy and Burlington
on Excursions
Yesterday.
MOONLIGHT TOMORROW
Several Excursions Out Of City This
Week-iroquois Club Moon
light Wednesday
Evening

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waiting. excursions on the river proved
to be very popular yesterday. A num-
Der of boats arrived here with large
crowds aboard, while quite number
OF local people enjoyed trips on the
boats yesterday. The steamer St
Paul carried over three hundred Keo-
kuk excursionists to Burlington and
back yesterday. An excursion OF the
T. P. A. from Quincy. aboard the
over 200 aboard. Both the Black
Hawk and the Keokuk brought in
large crowds on their regular Sunday
excursions from Burlington and
Quincy.
With the ~ase. stage quite TAR
above the normal, the boats have no
difficulty in making all the landings.
The weather has been almost ideal
for trips on the river. A number OF
excursions are booked out Of this city
for dates in the near future The
Ladies' Auxiliary. of the A. o. H. will
give an excursion 70 Quincy on the
steamer st Paul tomorrow. A num-
Der OF special entertainment features,
such as Irish music and Jig dances.
promise to make this most enjoy
able trip.
Moonlight Tomorrow Evening.
The excursion to be given by
Messrs. Morgan, Stafford and Angle.
on the st. Paul tomorrow evening is
another trip that, taking early indica-
tons in view. will be largely attend
ed. Contests for prizes In the new
dances will be one of the popular en-
tertainment features Of this - and
promises to attract large share Of
the young people OF the city.
The Iroquois club will give their
excursion on the following night.
Wednesday. Dancing contests will
also be held on this trip and It will
be left to the people on the boat as
to who wins the prizes. The boat will
not leave until after the Eagles pa
rade and it is anticipated that many
visiting members Of the order will
take this trip.
Baseball Excursion July IL.
On Sunday. July II. the bartenders
OF the city will give their annual ex-
cursion, the trip to be made to Bur-
lington and return. The boat will
leave here In time to get in Burling-
ton for the baseball game. the Keo-
kuk and Burlington teams meeting for
their last game OF the year on that
date The boat will come back in the
evening after the game. making the
trip down on Lake Cooper by moon
light. It is believed that the trip will
prove one OF the most popular river
attractions of the year. number OF
inquiries having already been receiv-
ed by the Streekfus agent, T. s. Har-
rington. regarding the trip.
Father GisIincer Plans Trip.
Father Giglinger will give his ex-
cursion, which he expects to make an
annual event on July 9. As his ex-
cursions usually attract greater
crowds than any other during the
year, it is expected that It will be
largely attended. The Carthage Com
mercial club will give an excursion on
the Sydney to Fl Madison on July %.
The shoe workers Of Warsaw will
give an excursion on July % on the
steamer W. W. The Quincy, due here
Wednesday on its trip from st. Louis
to st. Paul, is expected to break all
records for both freight and passen-
ger trafic on one single trip OF this
kline. This will be the third trip Of
the year for the steamer.