The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-05
CITY NEWS.

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clothing store e. T. Bartruff.
Handsome orange spoons free
with every dozen oranges at Wcis- |
mans.
After an attack OF the grip which (
kept him in the house for several
days, T.. ]. Hickey is able to be out
again.
-Snit for divorce was filed today
in the district court by Minnie Pow !
ell VS.. Albert Powell. Plaintiff charges |
cruel and inhuman treatment.
The registrar Of the state board |
of health has just issued the report /!
on deaths in Iowa in October. and I
the number was 1890, of which SIG |
were due to old age.
Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets |
every Friday night at s o'clock. All
members requested to be present. By !
order of noble grand, Geo. Immegart I
secretary. Work in the first degree.
Relatives this morning received
word from Los Angeles, that six i
home of MT and Mrs. Stanley Hess \
Mrs. Hess was formerly Miss Vera
Van Sittert Of this city.
The many friends of Miss Clara
Fry will be pleased to learn that she
Is recovering from her recent illness
which extended over several weeks
and is able to be about the house
again, with splendid prospects of en-
tirely recovering her usual strength
within short time
James Morgan was appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of Sarah E.
Bruner.
Monday evening James A. Quick
of Warsaw, heard commotion in his
hen house and when he went to inyes-
tigate he found possum In posses
sion, manifesting the socialistic ten
dency to divide up, especially when
it was the other fellows property to
be divided Mr.. Quick couldn't agree
to the divvy, and consequently made
prisoner of dat possum. Tuesday
the boys at Paar's barber shop had
him in a cage and palmed him of on
the unwary as Mr.. Grounding.
The following from Washington
Paper will be of interest here.
Sweet Alice" is the title given
beautiful photograph of little Alice
Josephine. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. H. Rankin of Fort Madison, Ia,
which exclusively fills a big show
window in Washington today. The
+ father is secretary to Senator Ken
=
/ princess" herself a native of Iowa,
+! who has won the beauty sweepstakes
/ in the studios OF the national capital.
| A car containing four large ele-
/ plants passed through Fort Madison
/ Yesterday afternoon on Santa Fe train
/ No. 9, enroute for San Francisco
where they will be put On exhibition.
4 They were unusually large and hao
been shipped direct from India, where
! they had been captured They were
watered here and furnished a great
I amount OF speculation as to the
amount Of water consumed by each
elephant. One party who helped at
! tend to the watering stated this morn
| ing that each one drank a little bet
! ter than 500 gallons and he is willing
| to ewear to this. This would be six
large barrels for each animal.
The following is from the War
saw Bulletin of 1869: Between twenty
| and thirty couple went to Keokuk on
| the steamer Eagle Thursday night,
| July 1. to hear the Blind Tom concert.
/ Warsaw Bulletin: The T., P. & W.
| brfda, crew is here tearing down
! portion of the stock sheds at the heaG
! of Fourth street for the purpose Of
building an automobile chute. The
yards stand partially on public prop
erty and partially on private property,
but the railroad officials arbitrarily
! occupy the ground despite advices as
! to the rightful ownership. This is the
attitude often assumed, by railroad Of
ficials, and to it is due in large meas
ure the public prejudice against them.
! An effort is to be made to organ
lie a musical club in Warsaw, and
for that purpose dozen young ladies
met at th., home Of Miss Edyth Dali.
lam, Saturday evening, and informally
discussed the proposition, says the
Bulletin. 1t is probable the club will
start with modest beginning, meet
ing from time to time at private resi-
dences, until musicians in general
may be interested in the enterprise,
when larger accommodations will be
required. Warsaw has considerable
musical talent, ano' such a club as is
ultimately contemplated should be-
come strong in number and capable
/ of high class concert work. Moreover,
(. it should be source of much social
+, enjoyment for the members.