The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
CITY NEWS
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See the Hand Painted China exhib-
1t tomorrow at lie Bron's.
Two things to remember. Register
and patronize home industry.
F. S. Gcsselin. the travelling MAJ
who was taken i'll here several weeks
ago and removed to ST. Josephs hos
pitai is able to be out again.
Registration boards will be in SEES
sion today. Friday and Saturday from
S a. m. until 9 p. m. Be sure and reg
lister. If you are Keokuk voter you
must register if you vote.
How about it. Forget it? Well,
the registration boards will be in ses-
sion again tomorrow Go and regis
ter.
You MUST register If you vote and
reside in Keokuk. The registration
boards were in session today, will be
again tomorrow and again Saturday.
/ Go and register.
Friends of Bert kellogg will be
pleased to learn Of that gentleman's
rapid improvement. He expects to be
able to resume his duties soon, at the
wholesale house of Kellogg-Birge Co.
The Fifth ward Bible l.udy class and
military organization was drilled last
evening at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium
by c. e. Motley, who is to take charge
of the ward military squads of the
city. Mr. Noble has seen service in
the PHILIPPINES and is wei versed in
this work Eight members of the Fifth
ward class were present and from s: sc
to 900 o'clock were drilled.
A scene OF common occurrence on
the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge these
days is that of Illinois farmers bring
ing many loads of the finest kind OF
apples and pears and garden vege
tables to the city to quickly dispose OF
them. This morning farmer came
across with pears of exceedingly large
size and tempting yellow look in a
large farm wagon.
The speaker at the Sunday after
noon meeting of the Y. M. C. A. on
October 25, will be James A. Whit
more, state secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Iowa.
The meeting is expected to be one of
the best meetings of the year and the
address of Mr.. Whitmore would be a
good one as he Is one of the leading
Y. M. G. A. men of the state. Pre-
ceeding the meeting will be a half
hour orchestra program.
The young ladies of st. Mary's Cath
Ollie church are being entertained very
pleasantly every Wednesday even lg
in the large auditorium of the school
and the winter novelty is being great
~ enjoyed. The new departure is
roller skating and every Wednesday
evening the large hall is the scene of
many merry skaters. The pastime is
one which doubtlessly will be greatly
enjoyed during the winter.
When the members of the Keokuk
Club resume their attendance at the
club rooms about the middle of No.
vember wonderful Transformation
will have taken place within the walls
The entire club house with the excep.
ton of few rooms is being papered
and painted and will be put in excel.
lent condition An effort is being made
to have the down stair completed as
soon as possible in order that the club
members may occupy that part of the
house.
Hon. E. P. McManus Is still in the
dark as to whether George S. Tracy
spoke in all seriousness the other
evening at Doddsville, Iowa where he
and Mr.. McManus were speaking to-
gether at a political meeting. Tracy
introduced McManus as the eloquent
speaker from Keokuk and went on
about his ability in this line. In his
closing sentence he said: why it is
actually a fact that when it is known
that Senator McManus is to make 8
speech all the bells in the city begir
tolling"
Registration boards will be in ses
sion today, Friday and Saturday from
a. m. until 8 p. m. Be sure and reg
ister If you are Keokuk voter 70,
must register If you vote.
County Auditor w. H. South has
compiled from the report of the
township assessors of Lee county {
list of the citizens subject to mill
tary duty. The law requires the re
compiling of the list on every ever
numbered year. The present list il
two thousand names short of the lis
of 1906 In that year over 5000 names
We're reported, while the present lis
numbers only 4,312. 1t is a heav,
falling off from two years ago and sc
far cannot be accounted for.