The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-19
CITY NEWS.

-Ferndell wheat bran. lmmegart's.
For the championship OF western
Illinois, Hamilton VS.. Warsaw. Sum
day afternoon, Csc. Baseball park.
The torpedo boat somers which IS
stationed At Quincy. win be inspected
~ government inspectors August %.
Lieutenant W. A. johnson, command
ing ohcer OF the local division Of
naval reserves, wanted 20 have the
date changed AZ he viii be away with
the division on its annual cruise on
the great lakes on the ISLE Of Luzon on
that day. II was decided that the In
spection would be made on the da.s
originally chosen, however. and Lieu
tenant J. Earl Caldwell will remain
to represent Lieutenant Johnson 1T
the inspection
Residents saw . bunch Of Wild
ducks flying north yesterday. and ac-
cording to old traditions there II 70
be warmer weather. Doubtless the
water fowls changed their course last
night and ought 70 be enroute 70 The
south 30 as to escape the low tenn
perature which has swept the central
states. While dwelling on the subject
OF the weather at the court house.
yesterday. farmer who has seen
more than seventy summers, declared
that the time for warm weather has
passed. He based his assertion on
the cool temperature Of tho FIRST
three days in. August.
James Hirst formerly OF Keokuk.
agent for the New York Life instr.
Ance company, has received the plans
and views for beautiful fifteen room
bungalow which he Will have erected
between Pine and Market streets on
Sixth street, It Fl. Madison, AZ soon
as the paving IL put In. The home
will be known as the Nylic home a.
II IL to be constructed with Nylic
funds which Mr.. Hirst receives from
the company for the work which he
has done. says the Fort Madison Demo
crat. Mr.. Hifst has been In the EN-.
ploy OF the New York Life Co. for
twenty years and for the past eighteen
years has been a member OF the
Nylic and In two more yeers will be
pensfoned. The pension ID given BY
the company to all Of their agents
that keep an unbroken record for TWEEN.
ty years, which IL no small thing to
accomplish.
in Its account Of the death Of "a
ward Grahsm, Of Creston, mention,
Of which was made in last evenings
issue OF The Gate City. the Crestot
Advertiser has the following: Mr..
Graham was born n County Down,
Ireland, and came 70 this country NJ
the age OF twenty-one years and set
tied &C Keoklik, lows. There he was
married 70 Miss Florence Saxby, Of
Trenton, Mo-, In 1881. aand in that
year moved to Creston and has since
made this his home. During the
years from 1881 to. 1893 he wac en-.
gagged in the Wholesale grocery bust
ness, and at the time Of his death.
was . travelling salesman for the Nc
Cord Mercantile Co., Of St. Joseph,
Mo. During the nrst few years Of his
residences IN this city he WAS m &C
tive member OF the Creston volun-
seer FIRE Department, and for seven
years was chief Of that organization.
He was also quite prominent In city
affairs. Besides his wife, deceased
leaves four daughters and one son to
mourn his death. The children are
VIM. s. Graham, OF Kansas City, Mo-,
Mrs. Josephine LeBron, Of Fl. Smith,
Ark; Sister Mary Lourdes, of
Guthrie, Okla; and Kathaieen and
Sappifo. both at home.