The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-13
CITY NEWS.

Jay or night service.
| --Workmen are laying the brick
paving between the car tracks al
Sixth and Main streets.
baggage. day and night service
Sinton. Phone Is.
Work will commence very soon
on the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge
| reconstruction. The machinery fol-
some Of the work is already at hand
baggage. day and night service
Cali Sinton, phone Is.
The regular meeting Of the board
OF education will be held this evening
in the Office OF Superintendent Aldrich
at 1880 o'clock. There will be the
usual routine matters to consider at
this meeting.
gies and harness. 703 Main.
m embers OF the Junior class OF
Keokuk high school have already be-
gun to make preparations for the an
nual banquet for the seniors. The
juniors have been granted the privi-
lege Of using other than the school
for the affair.
For your baggage day or night
service, phone Sinton, No 10.
The visit Of Miss Crandall, nation
al secretary of the National Nurses
association. is quite an event in the
history of the local Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION. Miss Crandall was greeted
with a good crowd at her lecture this
afternoon.
Stop at Sherwood's for harness.
The announcement made yester-
day in The Gate City concerning the
securing of the Standard Four Tire
company met with much favor all
over the city. The citizens are begin
mig to look to the era of Industrial
prosperity promised. Now that one
factory has been located for the indus
trial tract, others are pledged to fol-
low.
Hear Miss Reinsberg, Christian
church, May IA. "Daddy-long-legs."
10 and Csc
The proposition to cut out the
heavy grade now encountered on the
Main street hill, will no doubt meet
with tho approval Of most Of the peo-
pie who drive into Keokuk. The plan
also will be of benefit to the people
of the city In driving to and from the
levee. Reduction Of the grade from
10 to 8 percent as contemplated will
make the hill much easier to climb.
Canned lunch tongue. Immegart's.
The following from the normal
training classes in the local high
school took teachers examinations
yesterday. These examinations were
conducted by County Superintendent
Lynn. Those taking the examinations
In Keokuk are: Misses Elizabeth
Laws. Marie Whitmarsh, Elizabeth
Bland, Jane Sutherland. Beatrice
Akerson, Mae Bonnsey, Elizabeth Nc
Kee. Gertrude Stevens and Elizabeth
Whitmarsh and Harschel wahrer.
The show boat American passed
Fort Madison Tuesday afternoon
bound for Dallas City from Montrose,
the scene OF the sinking OF the tow
boat Dixie, which was used as power
boat and sleeping quarters. The
barge was towed by the steamer Mary
K, and the troupe on board gave a
performance at Dallas City last night.
The performers lost practically their
entire wardrobes and many valuables
besides. No further action has been
taken as yet In regard to the sunken
craft.
The Iowa weather and crop bull.
letin for the week ending May 10 has
just been issued as follows: With the
exception OF the last day. the week
was COOl, tlS dfSlaSS u1llS uShSpShSy
OF temperature being about 6 degrees.
Light to heavy frost occurred on the
morning OF the 7th and heavy to kill
ing frost on the 9Th Considerable
damage was done to truck and in some
localities fruit was injured. especially
on low ground Ice formed in many
localities on the morning Of the 9Th.
Showers occurred on five days, but
the rainfall was much below the nor
NAL except IN the northeastern coun-
ties. wfler, the amounts exceeded two
inches. Corn planting was retarded by
the cool, showery weather. but every
thing is in readiness for planting and
that work will be rushed during the
coming week. The wet. cool weather
was. however. beneficial to grass and
small grain, which are in excellent
condition.
The Nauvo Independent gives the
following version Of the sinking Of the
Dixie across from Montrosa Tuesday:
The Dixie Is an old Ohio river boat
of s5 tons. 1875 feet long. about the size
of the Black Hawk. She is owned by H.
r. Steiner. owner OF the floating
theatre. We did not learn II he had
her insured. The captain Is John
Brown and the special pilot Harry
Deitz of Quincy. We understand that
Deitz wanted to go around below the
! island, where a government light was
burning, but that Captain Brown
thought he could make it through the
shoot and was at the wheel himself
when the boat struck the stump. At
the time 1t was still dark. The boat
is sitting evenly in the water, but is
apparently greatly damaged. 1t is said
hole seventeen feet long is rent in
her bottom. Should a storm come be.
fore she is raised she would suffer
considerable additional damage. A
government boat came up yesterday
afternoon and will assist in raising the
boat. It is hoped to take her to the
dry dock at Keolsuk INA few days.