The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Aug. 8, 1915.

, Methodist church Sunday evening
and not in the park.
! A few flakes of snow were seen
! and felt about a. M, August 5. by
three persons, in different parts OF
! Warsaw. No imagination about this,
sure.
| Mrs. D. w. Loomis of Warsaw and
her sister, Mrs. j. Fl. Bohan and Mrs.
Pierce. both of Quincy, drove over to
| La Harpe Thursday, and returned
| Friday evening.
| Many loads OF wheat were market
ed here Saturday. Hay is rotting on
the ground and wheat sprouting in
! the shock.
A human skeleton was found at the
foot OF the F't. Edwards bluff by soma
workmen blowing for the foundation
Of the Standard Oil Co.'S station.
| Only the skull and few bones were
| left The remains were only about
| eighteen inches below the surface,
and a rusty razor was found with
them.
! A mammoth picture Of a woody
dog, sitting UP and begging. may be
seen on one of the galvanized iron
bill boards being erected by Edgar
| Hamburger. city bill poster The
picture has possibly been accidental
| ly formed by laying two plates or
sheets of zinc face to face, just as
they came out of their finishing bath
and the solution stained them. They
were set up, side by side, in the bill
board, each sheet showing half dog.
The likeness is striking to any OBJ
server and needs no stretch of i'm
| agination to see the picture. Another
picture formed in the same way is
that Of an almost complete skeleton.
The board is on the northeast cor
ner of Seventh and Main streets.
No candidate for mayor has been
secured yet.
Mrs Howard Baker has returned
from a ten days visit with relatives
and friends in st. Louis.
Miss NJ. Gibson Hunt of st. Louis
is the guest Of Mrs c. c. Crawford.
Mrs. Joseph Stiffett and son of Mo-
line are here visiting her sister, Mrs.
p. d. Gaunt.
Speaking Of cold years, the year
1888 was noted as the famine year"
all over the United States. Snow fell
some time in every month OF the
year, several inches falling in the
city Of Philadelphia. One thing not
able was the potato crop the coun-
try over was a failure.
Fred S. Rattermann, proprietor of
the Mississippi restaurant, Denver,
Colo, writes Interestingly under date
Of July 80, Of the recent visit of Mr..
and Mrs II. E. Roth of Warsaw, and
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. David Renckel of Wray,
Colo. The party is having a delight
full time sightseeing, and in fine
health
school begins. All the old teachers
are retained.
A w. Ehlebe is home from his Ne
braska trip; Mrs. Ehlebe, Miss Gum
bel and Miss Grimpe will remain for
longer visit.
L. E. Lennon has sold his seventy
two acre farm, known as the Kretch-
man place, for $4,000 to Henry Wem-
haner Of Rocky Run. D. Woods, the
latter's son-in-law, will farm the
place.
DR.. P. D. Gaunt has returned from
short business trip to Chicago.
c. F. Alderman has gone to Mt.
Clemens, Mich, where he will join
Kebbles' Uncle Toms Cabin Co.
which opens the season there.
Guy E Bell was a Canton, Mo-,
visitor the past week.
German school will be held in Evan
gelical hall for some weeks in August,
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Presbyterian social on the lawn
of Joseph Fry, Thursday evening was
well attended considering the GOODNESS
of the weather
VIM. Piedrit of Keokuk is Warsaw
visitor.
Albert Lishen and wife of Peoria
are visiting at the home OF Mr.. Lish-
ems mother.