The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-14
CITY NEWS
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Open evenings. Hornaday S.


The Rolla-way, where your time
is best enjoyed.
Unitarian ladies bazaar and chick
Ell pie supper Friday, December 10.
Bazaar opens 3 p. m. Supper 35c
Several changes in the clerical
force OF the G. B and Q. freight office
as mentioned in The Gate City of last
week went into effect today.
Holiday Special Sale for Tues
day from a. m. till 8 p. m. Regular
2Cc latest novelty in tomato, peppe.
and apple salts and peppers at Sc
each. Limit of one pair to custom
er. Duncan-Schell Furn. Co.
Shop at Hornadays this evening.
The painters have finished their
work of painting the metallic ceiling
in the large new Office of the Grand
Hotel. When the interior is finished
the hotel will be credit to the city,
being entirely on an up to date plan.
In the business boys league at the
Y. M. c. A. Saturday evening the Hum
mers were defeated by the Candy Kids
by score of 10 to IA, and the Rough
Necks defeated the Cubs by a score of
Is to IS.
We can and will save you money
on diamonds. Hornaday's.
L. E. Lowery has been appointed
to help the regular clerical force at
the post office during the holiday
rus.l
George Flood, collector for the c.,
B. & O.. has been promoted to bill
clerk. The vacancy left by him has
been filled by Earl Gibson.
George Hoots, night driver at the
Grand Hotel, had his furniture moved
from Nauvoo today to this city where
with his wife he will reside
This evening-read the want col
umn.
Want advertisements appear on
pages eight and three OF this issue.
Be sure and read all of them. Per-
haps you found lost article. If you
did you can find the owner by reading
tle want column
Peacock china appeals to the
women. Hornaday's.
Prices slaughtered on everything
in the store at Cooks.
See what saving YOU can make
by buying your furniture at Cooks.
Everything on special sale this
week at Cook Furniture Co.'S
James Wilson was up in the SUI
perior court this morning on a charge
of disturbing the peace. He was re-
leased on his good behavior with a
thirty day Jail sentence hanging over
him in case he cuts loose again.
You can buy cobs ali winter, ST.
per load, delivered to any part of the
city. Bell phone, 263 R. Clemenson.
The Paddleford case was resumed
thus afternoon in the District court
and will occupy the attention of the
court for part of this week.
The body of John Conkev. whose
death occurred very suddenly Satur-
day afternoon, was sent. to Clarks-
vile, No. Sunday afternoon at 1:25
o'clock accompanied by two sisters,
Mrs. 1dler and Mrs. Norman, both of
that place. A brother RolNert was in
the city Sunday to view the body
Clarksvlle is the former home of Mr..
Conkey, and is the present home of
his motaer.
The executor of the estate of the
late ]. c. Hubinger has filed a report
I which has been approved by the court
stating that lots "a and % in block As
Mason's upper addition have been
Z sold to George W. Weismann for So
! 900. that contract for deed has been
made with Mamie e. Mcfarland for
4 lot % and the north half of lot % at
! S2,250 and one to Mrs. Gertrude H..
! Collins at the same price for lot u
and the south half of lot %, all in
7 the same block.
! The Daughters of the American
/ Revolution met Saturday afternoon
with Miss Elizabeth Dunlap at her
/ home and discussed the post office
! department of the United States. Miss
Gage reading a paper, published else,
4 where and Postmaster Moorhead MAX
/ ing an address. The next meeting
will be held on January at the home
of Mrs e. B. Newcomb, at which the
Department of the Interior will be dis
cussed, papers being read by Mrs.
Charles Smith and Mrs l.. Victorine
Bonney.
"A couple of men from Ferris, lll.
are in the city today trying to locate
a young man named Hughes, who is
partially demented and who left that
place last Friday. They had been tc
Fort Madison, hearing that he was
there on Saturday and thought perhaps
that he had come to Keokuk. Marsha
kenney found out that a dementee
man had been locked up at Yves
Point and telephoned to that place
but they had released the man, wht
was the party being searched for ant
he had left that place on Saturday
The following arrangements hav'
been made by the local Y. w G. A
: for the coming of Miss May Blodgett
the bible study teacher, to the cit
who will be here from January 3 t
the Dist of the month. On January