The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-26
CITY NEWS.

Fresh rabbits, Tisues. s22 Main.
Unitarian market tomorrow ~
Keokuk Electric Co., 9Th and Main.
Miss Denmire IN recital, Sandusky
church. Sat. Jan. ~. 8 p. N. 10 & 16c.
The offices Of Drs. Arnold ana
Slnotte have been removed to the sec
cua t.oor oe the <. n. G. 4.
DIR. T. II. Phillips will occupy tho
pulpit at both morning and evening
services Sunday. january .. a. FL
grims Rest church.
Esucketchetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening At 500 O'CLOCK.
s. Pemberton. N. g.: George w. im-
megart, permanent secretary.
Mrs. r Leroy Steffey was opef-
ated on yesterday ct Graham ., nos.
pftai for appendicitis. Her condition
today was reported - being salts
factory. y
"A f1ue fire called the fire depart.
men to the home OF Mrs. Carrie
Biddenstadt, 2023 Exchange street,
this morning about 10 O'Clock There
was no damage.
Tho following acted - pal1bear.
ers at the funeral Of five year old
Arthur Cajhill. held yesterday after
noon: Edward and James Cahiil,
brothers, and George and Joseph MIL
ier. cousins.
-B. Usher fell distance Of thirty
feet from q crane ct the American
Cement Machine company's plant
Wednesday, but fortunately sustained
no broken bones in the fall. HIS
condition today was reported = luz
proving.
Tho new Quarters arc making
thedr appearance in Keokuk banks.
They arc very ornate and the face OF
the coin has q design OF liberty with
the motto In God we trust. !" on either
side Of tho figure with border OF
stars. The reverse side has . figure
of q flying eagle and the denomina-
ton Of the coin with Q border OF
stars.
The Lecture Club choir meeting
was held last evening .: the home OF
Henry Clearinghouse, 1917 Morgan
street, with twenty-six members
present. Mrs. Anna Holmes Is direc
tor OF the organization which Will
have program at the Bethel A. N.
e. church Sunday afternoon at 400
o'clock, and Mrs. George SnoddJ is
president.
The body Of william Patterson,
tho former Keokuk resident who died
in Zion City, Illinois, Tuesday night,
arrived In Keokuk at 9:05 o'clock this
morning. and was taken direct to
Oakland cemetery, whore interment
was made. Services were held 1t the
grave by Rev. H. B. McE1ree, pastor
OF the United Presbyterian church.
The bodybearers were Burton Wiki
inson. II. T. Graham. William S1nton,
]. J. Ayres. A T. Marshall and Ezra
Starkwather.
Special Omcers Walter Weed,
completed their duties on the police
force and have been discharged after
serving two months. When named
by the city council It was with the
understanding that they were to serve
only one or two months. The specials
were hired largely to Investigate boot
legging activities, and AZ conditions
have become normal again, author
Titles feel that the regular force will
be SUFFICIENT to cope with the situa
tIon. -.
LIN the IN Days Beyond Recall
column Of the Warsaw Bulletin Is
!! the following item under the date
1876: One Professor Wilson adver-
Used to swim from Keokuk to Quin-
CIV, using one Of Captain Boynton's
rubber suits, and . large crowd gath
erred ct the levee to see him pass
Between 9 and 10 o'clock he hove in
sight, comfortably seated in skiff,
and inst above the levee rolled into
the water, swimming as far as Fox
Island, where he was taken up by q
skiff, and then by the steamer Eagle.
He repeated this performance at ev-
cry port until the Quincy bridge was
reached, when he jumped from that
st -ucture into the water. distanc,
of sixty feet, and SWAN on to Quincy
He lacked only thirty-eight miles OF
swimming the forty between Keokuh
and Quincy.