The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-19
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Last week of Ayres & Sons great
auction sale Of jewelry, watches. etc.
Remember for this week only.
The Thursday Evening Art class
opens its sessions this evening at the
Unitarian church parlors at s o'clock.
Have you joined the Missouri Club?
Now Is your chance.
Justice H. G. Landes is sick again.
He had to go home from his office yes
terday and was unable to be down this
morning
Christmas shoppers should attend
the B. & H. slaughter sale Friday.
A man named Joseph Smith was ar
rested last night at s o'clock by
1 Deputy Marshal Monogue and locked
up on suspicion over night
Don't put Off buying at Ayres' big
auction sale, as it will continue only
this week, afternoons and evenings.
/ Charles Johnson was arrested last
night at o'clock by officers Malone
| and Dedman and locked up on charge
4 Of being drunk. He was released
\ from Jail this morning.
| B. & H. great slaughter sale tomor-
4 row.
An information was fled this morn
| ing in the superior court by Mrs. G.
/ Holt, against James Wilson, charging
him with disturbing her peace by the
use of indecent, obscene and insulting
I language.
Have you joined the Missouri Club?
Now is your chance.
Subscribers to The Gate City are
urged to make known to this office
! the inattention or imperfect service
of the carriers. 1t is the wish. that the
papers. be delivered promptly and prop
erly.
| One week from today is Thanks
! giving. The union services on that
morning are to be held at the new
Congregational church on the corner
of Sixth and High streets instead of
| in the Trinity NJ. E. church, and the
sermon will be delivered by Rev. j.
| c. McCaslin.
The congregation of the Westmin-
ster church last evening considered
the matter of assignments of seats in
the new pews, and decided that no
position assignments should be made
until January. All members of the
congregation will in the interval have
opportunity to indicate to the, dea-
cons what sittings are desired, and
with all requests before them, to be
acted on together. the assignments
will be made by the deacons.
On Tuesday evening at the home of
Miss Kittie Owens at Thirteenth and
Morgan streets delightful party was
given in honor of Mr.. William Fields,
formerly of this city but now of Cam
eron, Mo. Mr.. Fields was born in this
city and resided here about thirty
years ago This was his first visit back
to his old home and a most enjoyable
evening was passed, whist being the
chief amusement of the evening.
Dainty refreshments were served and
all present had an enjoyable time.
During the last eighteen months
while the two-cent fare on all of the
railroads has been in vogue, the
homecoming of college students and
others at holiday time has not been
SO noticeable as it was two years ago
were the words of railroad official
this morning. This falling off of home
coming during the holidays has been
caused chiefly because of the roads
not offering rates as they did before
the two-cent rate went into effect, as
before excursions were usually run
between the 10th of January and the
10th of December, but have been
abandoned since the lower rate went
into effect.
A Keokuk citizen who has recently
returned from a trip east reports that
in Indiana the development of inter-
urbans is astonishing and that the
equipment and speed are featrues
that are making remarkable develop
ment. He contemplated tle time in
the near future when Keokuk would
be an interurban center. The gentle
man said that he encountered con-
siderable Keokuk water power in
formation and that this city was re-
ceiving much favorable advertising
from the enterprise anC that all who
talked to him about the water power
were positive that the dam would be
built.
The cornice Of the Estes house Is
being torn out as 1t has gotten so
old and rotten that It had become dan
gerous from the fact that it might fall
on pedestrians below. The street be-
low the place where the old cornice is
being repaired will be closed until
the job is complete to insure safety
from any pieces falling during the
replacing Of the old cornice. Recently
the fire and building committees made
detour through the Estes house and
found it in lamentable condition.
poth inside and out and tle cornica
was found to be almost rotted away
and some parts dangerously hanging
so that in storm they could be blown
from the top of the big building and
/ cause an accident The old cornica
/ has been on the buiI6iner for a1n,oe.