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Nguyen i hanh Le. spokesman for the Hanoi delegation, accused the Americans of deliberately “spreading rumors of private meetings like straws in the wind.’’ If the United States has anything it wants to discuss, heitary and political issues. But later in the meeting Kiem called on Lodge to answer two fundamental questions,” whether the United States intends to withdraw its troops and to dismantle its military bases.Vito Genovese 'KingRacketeers' diesBy WILLIAM BARTON Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - Vito Genovese, a diminutive Italian who became the nation's most notorious underworld figure of the 1950s. died today at the medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Mo.The Justice Department said death at 2:30 a.m. EST resulted from congestive heart failure for which the 71-year-old Mafia chieftain had been undergoingtreatment for more than two months.He was indicted 13 times.But even in prison. Genovese's power in La Cosa Nostra, or the Mafia, was so immense that federal agents suspected him of continuing to run the far-flung crime syndicate.Once called “King of the Racketeers’ by former New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,he emerced as the Ma-Genovese was serving a 15-year sentence for trafficking in narcotics— the only major charge on which the government was ever able to convict him desDite numerous arrests.fia's dominant figure in the mid-1950s after reputedly ordering the assassinations of two major rivals, Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia.An attempt on Costello’s life failed, and Genovese's bodyguard. tried for attempted murder. was acquitted after Costello testified he had never seen the accused assailant before.It happened in Keokuk100 yaart agoFeb. 14. 1869 Concordia Maenner Choir to present concert.75 years agoFeb. 14, 1894 — Man known only as Old Man Holmes burns to death when fire destroys his home near Vincennes.. . . Keokuk Repuolicans petition the legislature for local option bill on liquor to replace the Mulct law. . . Wabash is delayed 12 hours in snow drift at Elvaston. . . Hundreds enjoy the heavy snow by going sleigh riding.50 years agoFeb. 14, 1919 — City council and Civic League plan to set out colonade of forest trees along upper Main as soldier memorial. . . Ice men worried as lake shows no sign of freezingover.25 years agoFeb. 14, 1941 — Mrs. Allie Scott dies. . . Messiah Lutheran church damaged in Sunday fire.10 years agoFeb 14. 1959 — Joseph Heevner dies. . . Labor dance produces $1,400 for March of Dimes.ATTENTION SERVICEMEN!Ar /LEAVEA-ViLet Us Make Your8 flitX.Connections to YourNext Duty Assignment.WEEK WE CAN MAKEConnections for you anywhereyou wantDaily Flight ScheduleVll; lilLeave Keokuk at 2:30 p.m. Arrive Peoria at 3:15 p.m. Leave Peoria at 4:15 p.m. Arrive Keokuk at 5:00 p.m.Jets Leaving Peoria ForChicago ....... 4:05 p.m.Minneapolis ... 3:47 p.m. Kansas City .... 4:00 p.m.PHONE 524-6203Authorized Cessna DealerFAA Approved Flight SchoolLINDNER AVIATIONTownship Rd.Keokuk, la.Aby Mrs. C. H. GraceResearch from the files ofStvle Presbvtorian Church,later used bv the First Con-R. J. Bickel, Lee CountvHistoriangregational Church In theThe time has conic to invitereaders into niv own OldVmM'-1-.Landmark at 126 ConcertIt is continually pointed out as the only house in Keokuk that faces north. Keokuk is utterly confusing where bearings and directions arc concerned. Main Street actually runs on a northwest tosoutheast direction, though lo most people it seems to run straight north and south, but in the numbering of streets it is indicated as running west and east! what an inestimable blessing to live in a house where all I have to do is to face mv front door and know when all else seems to be out of kelter. that at least I am straight with the world.This is not one of Keokuk’s oldest homes. It was built 90 years ago in 1879 on a site first occupied by the Newpioneer years, 1830’s, 40 s. The builder of the elevenroom brick home was Abraham Martin Hutchinson, asteamboat man in the palmiest years of steamboating. He filled every imaginable position on steamers, probably no one on the upper Mississippi river was better known or enjoyed a more extended reputation than he. He started out at the age of 18 on the Ohio river but soon transferred to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. He was the first manto navigate the Yellowstoneriver, commanding the first steamboats to reach Ft. Benton. He and his associates in the boatlines he superintended on he Mississippi alongin the earlv 1870's orderedwthe bars taken o/f all the company owned boats and what intoxicants remainedThi* hall piece wst not a Hutchinson house furnishing but came from the home of Gen. Wm. Worth Belknap, Sec. of War under Pres. Ulysses Grant, who lived in Keokuk at 511 N 3rd. Mrs. Carl Schmidt, former owner of 126 purchased i.’ from Bertha Walcott, niece of Belknap.in their possession after the order were dumped in theMississippi!One of the great boats Captain Hutchinson was master of was the “Gem Cite. OnTaK- :June 2. 1881. it arrived in Keokuk on it's first run from St. Louis, where it was built to be the fastest boat on the river. The boat was 300 ft. long by 36 ft beam, and drew less than 30 inches ofwater. It had 42 staterooms,berths for 300. and could accomodate 700 to 1000 passengers. It boasted the first electric spotlight. It could make M miles an hour against the currentCaptain Hutchinson moved to Keokuk in 1875 from St Paul with his wife, two sons, Charles and Hard, and daughter. Effie. Charles assisted his father in managing the coal and ice business hen* in the attic at 126 when the Grace family moved here letters were found written to Bard Hutchinson from his father and brother when Bard was a student at I,a Grange College. La Grange. Mo. One written In 1879 (Nov. 24) by Captain Hutch inson asking permission of “Dr Cook’’ that Bard he allowed to come home and participate in the firstThanksgiving dinner in the new home.Other letters were to Bard from brother Charles and told all the social and sporting activities in Keokuk in his absence. for example, shell racing on the canal, and crosscountry walking. He comments on the presence in town of the notorious Wm. Young of Clark County. Young had been tried for the sensational axe murders of the Spencer family (five persons i on August 2, 1877 in n. Clark County Mr Young had evidently been framed bv his• Wjealous housekeeper and an ex-convict named Lane who passed himself off as a detective and came to Clark County to collect the big reward for solving the Spencer mur ders. Young was tried andacquitted on Saturday, October 25, 1879. On Sunday, at Kahoka's Tremont house he married a 21 year old girl from Ohio, and brought her on Monday to Keokuk's finest hotel, The Patterson House at 3rd and Johnson for a honey-' In-moon. In the letter to Bard dated October 27, Charles Hutchinson says:I suppose you have been considerably interested In the Spencer Murder case lately, if so, and you are aware of Wm. •J. Young’s acquittal, you also will hear to your interest that directly after he (Young) was acquitted he came to Keokuk having been married and brought with him his wife Today lie has been the main feature of interest on our streets, Promanading up and down Main St. much to the pleasure of sight see-ers and gossips. On several occasions he was implored to sing his lovely song “Mary Ann” and responded quite vigorouslyHe is a stout looking man (41 yis, old), wears a short stiffbriery beard, and looks like lie was just from the “Black Hills14 ftFrom R. J. Bickel's files 1 have discovered that the song of Hill Young's was one 1m composed in jail in memory of his first wife, and which ho sold 3000 copies of at 10c each. Also that on Wednesday, October 29, Young and his bride left by train for Lurav, despite warnings of a mob forming. Arriving in Lu-ray and at his farm where they were dining with the rest of his family, the mobw If --W;of 200 rode in and proceeded in charging the house, shooting Young, and hanging himtil dead from his owq, bam yard gatepost, 'f'lje Spence* murders were never solved.But back to the house at 126 Concert It still has 5 of it’s original 7 fireplaces. The Kitchen, and quarters for th# “mammy” were in the finished basement. Food was elevated to the dining room bydumb waiter. A billiard rooni-library was in a separate building at the rear of t^ie lotas was a carriage house. A glasshouse, for growingplants was attached to the east rear of the house.The original furnishings were elegantly rich. A fine hall piece with a carved boars head, a 12 foot pier mirror in the front parlor, and a 5 hv 4 foot mantel nurror framed in walnut, m the second parlor, a lovely cherry mantel ctalgere, brass, chandeliers with etched globes, and the Captain's massive bedroom set remain in the houseThe Captain died in 1884 at the age of 53 His funeral was at this house and a long cortage proceeded by a “band of music” took his body to Oakland Cemetery. The Charles Andersons bought the house from Mr Hutchinson's daughter in 1932. Mrs. Anderson. now Mrs. Carl Schmidt, has several pieces from the house the beautifulcommode of the Captain’s bedroom set, dining room chairs, and her daughter owns gold plated brass andirons from the front parlorfireplace.Sponsors of this feature are L1NQUISTS, 518 Main. Keokuk. and .1 AND S PHARMACY. INC., 600 Main, Keokuk, who help to bear the cost ofits preparation and publication.■imA decorative wall gat light fixture from the 1880 * found in the attic and restored.SEITHER CHERRPlumbing unit Heating 96 Year* Keokllkw.L. MILLER COMPifilar Mop Contractor* Ftvaston, IllinoisHILL DODGE BANKINCfllnee 1AMWaraaw, IllinoisSTREETERSPaint* — Wall eoverlngs — Draperi406 Main KeokukMacMILLANS INSURANCERonald K. Greenslaug Real IsUte Insurant* lean Hroaduay llamlltovWISS A WISS INC“Our 4*th Year-Allla Chalmers Rahoka, MissouriGREENING PHARM/Preacrlptlons Rahoka, MissouriDANIEL CHEVROLRa Umar! lie flu re Huy CRahoka, MissouriPISH APPAREL AND SPCClalhH fee the entire ! Rahoka, MissouriKARLE SHAFFER FUNERFstabllshrd I myDelbert Shaffer KahokKEOK-UK MATTRESS \Kiprrt t'phnl'trrlniMain SI Krf KrokiTHE STATE CENTRAL SAVYour f amily Hanking (Mrmbrr I DIG KeokulHILL PRINTING CI olor Is our Specialty MTlie House of Graflsm 111 N. 51 It Keokuk. IVEITH - BRAMHAlReal Fatale A Insurant 110 N. 4th Keokuk. 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Keokuk Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1969
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