The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-19
CITY NEWS.

You can buy fine piano at Ayres
Music Store at almost cost till Xmas.
Learn? Of course you can learn
to skate. They teach you how, at the
Roll-a-way.
No. IL was over an hour late go
ing south at $40 this morning, not
arriving until after $40.
You will find at Ayres & Sons
largest assortment of watches, dia-
monds. jewelry and silverware at very
reasonable prices.
Henri F. Loewstein has accepted a
position with the Adams Express
Company, entering on his duties this
morning at the local offices.
A. F. Burger was the only poultry
fancier of Keokuk who had an exhibit
at the Lee County Association show in
West Point this week. There were
315 birds entered.
Remember the cost price Ayres G.
Sons are selling cut glass, hand paint
ed china, electric lamps and chatting
dishes
The railroad tracks at the inter-
section of the interurban and @. tracks
between Main and Blondeau streets
are being raised on account of being
too low at this intersection.
Pretty calendars for the new GEAR
are making their way to homes in the
city, the presents of local merchants
and manufacturers. Among the many
calendars are some handsome ones.
The river which has been clear
for the past few days of ice which
formed during the last cold snap, is
full of the floating ice again and win
ter mas oce more returned as far as
the river is concerned.
shaving sets, travelling sets, at
Englehardt & Co., 900 Main street.
"A number of the merchants of the
city have begun already to keep their
stores open after supper and the early
Christmas shoppers benefit by the
stores being open until 10 o'lcock each
evening.
Funeral services for James Ford
were conducted at 2:3O o'clock Friday
afternoon by Rev. ]. G. McCaslin, at
the undertaking parlors of E. E.
Hawkes.. Interment was made in the
national cemetery.
Every one speaks most highly of
the Roll-a-way. Are you enjoying the
evenings there?
Engine 219 on 81 broke draw bar
at Mooar this morning on the North
road and the train was taken on
through to Mount Pleasant by switch
engine 1877 which is doing work at
| Mooar. The crippled engine was
brought to the shops for repairs.
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nois people to the city these days and
the weather being unusually fine for
! this season of the year attracts much
trade for keokuk's enterp-ising mer-
chants from the interurban source.
Drivers of buses and carriages
who it Inconvenience to wait in tle
union depot and leave their teams out
side say that they would be greatly
benefited if a shed could be erected
some where near the depot grounds
under which to shelter during the in
clement weather
Special devotional services or
Christmas morning will be held in q
number of the churches. Christmas
entertainments in all of the Sunday
Schools of the city are being planned
and the children are faithfully prac
ticing their parts for the different
cantatas that will be held on 1,x
Thursday and Friday evenings.
Many new homes have gone up II
the city during the past fall month.
and large number are under con
; struction at the present time. 4
walk or drive over certain districts
where one has not been for some tim,
j would surprise a person with the va
cant lots that now are the yards ant
residence places for fine homes. Sew
, eral fine office buildings are at pres
ent under construction and VIII b,
ready for occupancy some time soon
, Enjoy yourself this evening W.T.,
the merry crowd at the Roll-a-way.
The little city of Warsaw ha
about fifteen arc lights. No acces
load was made on the Hamilton en-
CINE at the plant with these turnet
on because of the small number O
: arcs used by that city Many nev
and better changes are being made a
i keokuks electric plant which has tn,
best equipment of any in the countr,
for plant of its size. In less thai
two months after the accident at tn,
plant, the cars were running again al
| ter supper, the arcs We're turned Of
and everything in better shape thai
| it ever was.
-Tuggles is not guilty accordin.
TO his grandfather who came here t,
| investigate. The Kahoka Gazette
| Herald says: Geo. Murphy wen
down to Keokuk Tuesday to investi
gate the charges duplicating his grand
son. Howard Tuggles, in an allc
: hold up in Keokuk Sunday. Mr.. Nun
ply made a careful investigation an,
] says he is satisfied there is no founda
ton for the charge and Is certain tn
boy will be exhonorated when the cas-
comes up for hearing. The MAJ
preferred the charges acknowled 20
he was drunk at the time of the a,
legged hold up and admits no none
was taken Tuggles is bein- held TO
: further investigation
j West Point Bee: The German
American Telephone Co. is spreadin