The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-11
CITY NEWS
in home. Call Red 1901.
Fresh oysters. Pages. Phone

Bargain in home. Call Red 1901.
Fresh oysters. Pages. Phone
649.
You will be pleased with Kellogg
Klub coffee
Fresh Holly brand chocolates in
bulk at Wilkinson's Drug store, Az
Main You will like them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Robb, 1919
Fulton, announce the birth of boy
Friday evening.
The temperature this afternoon
registered 81, according to the govern
ment thermometer.
No decisions were reached at the
freight and passenger rate hearing
which was held at Chicago and which
Keokuk men attended. There were
Iplenty Of figures presented by both
lsides, but no decision was arrived at.
! Funeral services for the late Miss
Keaturah John were held yesterday
afternoon from the residence, GIG Elk
change street at $3.50 o'clock with the
Rev Frederick w. Long officiating.
Interment occurred in Oakland GENE
terry and the four brothers, William.
Daniel, Thomas and Conner John act
ed as pallbearers. The Central Dry
Goods store was closed Friday after
moon out of respect to Miss John who
was an employee of that concern for
ltwenty-one years.
Fresh oysters. Pages, Twelfth
and High.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis
of Illinois is speaking this afternoon
at Carthage and will speak tonight at
| Hamilton. His Hamilton talk Will be
given at 1870 o'clock. Senator Lewis
will be the guest Of the Hamilton peo'
pie and will be entertained at luncheon
at the Hancock county motor club.
Fresh oysters Pages. Phone
,64e.
Allegretti, Mary Garden, Cranes
Spoehr's and Holly brand chocolates
at Wilkinson's Drug store, 422 Main.
Hamilton Press: Keokuks auto
thieves are skillful mechanics ana
VERY nearly got away with the iru .
imam Hosford's car one evening last
week. Mr.. Hosford was attending one
of the theaters and when he lett MS
car he removed the switch key whlcn
left the car apparently incapacltateo
to travel. On returning to the car
after the show he inserted the Key
4 but found he was unable to start the
car. After working some time WIN
ont effect he called in repair man
and then the discovery was mace
that an effort had been made to steal
the car by cutting wires on the
switch board and reuniting them IN
order TO overcome the absence or the
plug which he had removed me
thief in his haste had made mlscue
/ however. and connected the wrong
wire and was unable to start the car
Had he been more deft the ed hos
FORD family would be out their me
touring car. r.,e.,,
and High.
The crop report for the week
ending September II. issued by q
Chicago firm, says of this secuon o.
the state: Upper Mississippi basin
st.tes (wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois
INDIANA Ohio. North Dakota, Soutf
iDalota Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa
Kansas and Missouri): Pasture ane
Ibavlands reported dry in parts o.
Wisconsin. Michigan. Minnesota ane
Missonri hut in general they are II
,,arv GOOD condition. Threshing con
times in the northern states; rye
giving Ialrly Soou 80,
ipood but wheat is making poo
showinp Sowing of winter Whea
ha hegun in Kansas Corn is IN ex
lcellent condition and will be {
bumper crop if frost holds off unit
Sentember 1920. Potatoes good u
very good. Apples plentiful in Mich
igan and very good in Wisconsin also
Grapes good. Sugar beets, peas ane
beans good. Dairying good in wis
iconsin. but only fair in Michigan
Apples and peaches reported p.enti
full for canneries in western INDIANA
with fair crop of tomatoes alst
available. Very little fax has peer
threshed, rain interfering IN severa
sections. Kansas katir reported soo'
TO excellent.
/ Charged With Murder.
rz.r ooc God Wire Service.