The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-06
CITY NEWS.

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1 Two beautiful new pianos special
1 price. Cash or time. Piggott. 626 Main
| The will of the late Francis NJ
Smith has been opened and read in
the district court
| &C. H. Dodge yesterday took NOV.
ing pictures of the suffrage breakfast
Ito be used in "The Heart of Keokuk.
| Ida Human has conveyed to John
Meister, the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section in town.
| ship 65.
"A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Craig R. Oldt. %, and
Goldie Mae Rogers, %. both of Mt
Pleasant.
Regular meeting Of Morning Star
lodge No. 5, Knights Of Pythias, at
X. p, hall, Tuesday at p. m. Visit.
ing knights invited R. s. Ulrich, c.
c.; ]. A Burgess. X. of r. & 8.
| Yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in the office Of John Leindecker, JUS
| tice OF the peace, occurred the mar
riage of Craig R. Oldt and Miss Goldis
Mae Rogers, Mt. Pleasant couple.
| Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704. tonight
at o'clock, in Moose hall. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John g.
Stadler, dictator. Ed. S., Lotion, Sec
rotary
Many compliments were paid the
committee In charge of the Fourth Ct
July celebration yesterday. 1t was sug-
gested that such celebration could
be started earlier another year and
could be made more pretentious.
Many automobile parties from
Keokuk drove into the surroundirg
towns during the day yesterday. There
were quite few autoists from other
cities here yesterday to celebrate the
day with the local people.
The steamer Black Hawk did a
good business yesterday afternoon,
carrying good crowd On its speciai
lake trip in the afternoon, making
Bluff Park, Montrose and Nauvoo. the
| Hill took a good sized crowd to Han
lnibal Yesterday for the regatta there.
there.
William J. Awkward, writing in the
current number of Harper's Magazine,
speaks OF Captain Blair and his
steamer, and also Of the packet Keo-
kuk. The subject on which Mr.. Ayl-
ward writes is The Waterway. 70
Dixie" He writes interestingly Of
Captain Blair, and Of the river and
some of the interesting spots along
the Mississippi.
! The danger of shooting sky-rock-
let's in city was ably exemplified
! Sunday evening and last night. Sky
rocket sticks struck houses all oye7
1.-THE city, some of the sticks carrying
sufficient fire to have started q con-
migration had this been dry season.
| It is expected that there will be some
prohibition of this form OF fireworks
in the future, for city.
John A Hamilton, a deck hand on
THE steamer Morning Star, struck q.
1.-THE mate in a fight Monday and ms
blow missed the mark. The force OF
the blow caused the deckhand to lose
his equilibrium and fall into the water.
! It was said that Hamilton had peen
drinking and was ordered off the boae.
came back later to get the mat
land made his wide swing which ende"
| in ducking, and the police court.
Mrs. F. E. Stannus and daughter,
/ Miss Eta c.. Stannus, teacher In Qu1n'
CIV public schools, leave tonight for an
extended circle tour Of the west. MISS
! stannus while in the west will speni
Ia few weeks at some large school for
teachers. The trip will take at least
two months and will include such
inoints as Denver, Salt Lake City, Los
angeles. Berkeley, San Francisco, Port
land. Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and
will end with final rest-up on the
stannus ranch In the picturesque
BACK Hills. Miss Stannus will return
in time to attend the Adams County
ETeac Institute held In Quincy the
last of August and first OF September.