The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-04
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The wet-spell the first Of the week
tied up all farm work. but all kinds Of
work was booming again by Thursday
of this week.
Grauffs resumed clover hulling,
Bernstein is threshing, Denton, Eickert
Ebaling hay, Fred Marshall, Jas. New
man and Lynn Campbell putting up
second crop hay and Cliff Baxter, with
q crew OF men whose combined wages
iare costing about $500 day, are
filling Cliffs four big silos. Geo.
/ Thomas is also filing his Any man
who Is idle out here these days, is idle
by choice, as telephones are kept busy
every night, rallying help.
While the men are SO rushed, the
women in large numbers, took adyanta-
iage of the fact and went to Carthage
for the celebration Thursday and Fri
day, in large numbers
j. g. Gabel had a close call for a
disastrous Are Friday night. Mrs.
Gabel started the IRE in the heatin:,
stove and forgot that when they
ipapered the parlor last spring, they
had failed to put the stop in the iue
in that room. so after time the fire.
burned the wall paper from the ffue.
and burning paper was soon dropping
ION the couch cover. It ignited the
cover and after little time they
;smelled the burning cloth and 1t was
found just as, it was burning good and
plenty. to have soon had the whole
room on IRE. Had 1t occurred twenty
minutes later they would have been
/ on their way to Carthage to spend the
evening.
/ AS we beheld the town Friday after
moon, deserted, the only thing we could
think OF was the description Of west
Tern town just after a report had ar
rived that Indians Were coming, with
iaH the men gone, the schools closed,
THAT all the children might so to Car
thage, the only human beings we saw
were Geo. Wallace. asleep in the gar
age. j. w. Campbell swatting flies,
and Harold Garyey devourine Latin.
i Clark Webster graciously entertaiE-
ed few Of his friends to a ride to
1.-THE country and nutting party Thurs
day afternoon. The merry crowd con
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Webster. Daisy
Duncan, Lille Kessler, Edith Bren
ming, Grandma Day and the Enslows.
i Martins timber was their destination;
Enuts were gathered. the Martin saw
mill investigated and a general good
thine was enjoyed and at 5 p. m. sup
per was announced. After good
feed we loaded party, nuts and some
\ souvenirs in the way of chigger gnaw-
tings, into the wagon and returned tn
the village.
Graz dina Day left Thursday for a
six weeks trip. She will visit at points
in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri be-
fore returning.
1 Chas. Webster and wife went to
Quincy yesterday.
Mrs. Myron Church OF Peoria !
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. l. ]. Roseberry
Grandma Kirkpatrick is very poorly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Marshall and
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Crank autoed to
Quincy Friday. Harve reports having
made the trip down from Hamilton to
Quincy in two hours and fifteen
minutes:
4 Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson OF Bow
en- are visiting Mrs. Nelson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Walker They
went nutting Thursday
w. E. Gabel, while at the stats
fair recently, purchased fine set OF
\ harness for his coal team. It arrived
i the middle of the week and "a the
SWEETEST harness that ever appeared
on our street, being tan color with
brass tips on red names and the
tugs are a wire cable covered with
tan leather.
Arthur Thresher Of Golden is visit
ing Ed Rachman.
/ The B. w. A. U. gave farewell
/ picnic dinner to Miss Rehner Satur-
day at Rand park.
The Hartford Insurance company,
through their agent ]. Cochran, have
adjusted their part Of the claim Of
the Masons for the damage when the
lightning struck their temple recent
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Campbell will
leave for Chicago tomorrow. Mrs.
! Campbell who is w. NJ. of the local
10. E. 8. lodges will attend the
4 grand chapter sessions. They will
stop at Peoria on the return trip.
j Herman Bachman helped fill thu
air with music at Carthage this week
having played with the Carthage
band there.
These cool Days the school chill.
4 dren ard enjoying greatly the warm
base1Ient rooms as play grounds at