The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
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Shaving sets, travelling sets, at
Englehardt & Co., 900 Main street.
Don't forget Ayres & Sons cost
sale on cut glass, hand-painted china,
fine lamps, chatting dishes.
Il Citizens of Hamilton are very
sanguine that the water power is going
to be built and the transfers in real
i estate in the town across the river is
lively.
An order was fled in the district
court this afternoon setting December
81, 200 p. m. as the time for hearing
and probating the will of the late Mrs.
Tabitha Patterson.
-keokuk is all right Don't knock.
Just boost. You never helped town
by insinuating remarks. There is no
city in the state that has so bright a
future as this one-Keokuk.
The executive committee of "a
Night in Bohemia is to meet this
evening at 1880 o'clock for the purpose
of winding up the business and making
final report to the baseball directors.
In the district court this morning
the guardians report in the estate of
Hugh j. Robertson, minor, was ap-
proved, also the report of the admin
istrator of the estate of the late w.
S. Robertson
The Gate City will issue no paper
Christmas day. giving its employees an
opportunity to enjoy the Christmas
time as best suits their DESIRES Mer-
chants will kindly take notice and
i govern their advertising accordingly.
Fort Madison had tag day last
Saturday for the benefit of st. Eliza
beth hospital and the amount raised
by the young ladies on the street. was
S76S.5O. This is more than was raised
IN keokuk on tag day when the
amount secured was $617.79
The several express companies of
the city are also having their share of
the Christmas rush and the drivers
and clerks are beginning to have their
worries and troubles with the Christ
mas shoppers who forgot to come
early. The Christmas rush can be
said truly to have begun.
SuOicS oranges at IL, JOINS.
An intervening petition has been
flled In the superior court in the case
OF Kate inland VS.. the Iowa Telephone
Co., by r. c. McIlwain, interviewer, al
leglng that he is the owner of lot G in
block a, having bought the property
at tax sale and asking that the title
be quoted
Swell neckwear and suspenders in
daily Christmas boxes at Jones, the
Halter.
Prof. Katherine Lee Bates of
Wellesley College, department of lit
erature, writes to Mrs. We'll: Your
reading of the Servant in the House |
found thoroughly effective; at once
dramatic and controlled / congratu-
late you on your success. At Congre-
gational church. Monday, Dec. %.
Some one left the water running
in the hall of the lodge room in the
Craig building last evening with the
result that the ceiling in the hall OPP
posite Justice Burrows Office was drip
ping this morning and there was dang
- VI SiS PieaotCl uS water
was turned off before the building had
been flooded
Mrs. c. B. Young, secretary of the
Woman's club, Aurora, Ill.,. says: The
Servant in the House. is to me the
greatest thing of the day, as it reveals
In such simple way. what past ages
have taken SO much time in trying to
teach US and with which all things will
be righted. Congreg church.
J. Monday, December IS.
Christmas Special-ReguIar $500
72x36 in. Administer rugs at 1897
each. Limit of one to d customer.
Duncan Schell Furniture Co.
The following officers have been
elected by st. Johns branch No. 50.
Catholic Knights of America: Presi-
dent, John Cosgrove; vice president.
Lawrence Culkin: secretary, VIM.
Reimbold; treasurer, NJ. j. Burke:
sergeant at arms, N. Mckenzie; senti-
mel, Hugh T. Mckenzie; trustees. Jas.
Sullivan, Jas. NJ. Cody and D. A.
| Trieber.
r Dul ~ ing Ton Gazette. with the
!, March elections in all of the
cities of the second class in Iowa
marked change in the method of mu.
;, nicipal government will go into effect
These changes will conform to the
state law, which was passed year
ago, and which becomes operative with
the next city election. These cities. a;
the next election, instead of selecting
two councilmen from each ward will
elect but one from each ward and two
. at large. In every city an entirely
new council will be chosen The city
!, instead of having ten councimen, will
have but seven. Much additional au
!, thority is also given into the hands Of
the mayor. To his is delegated, in ad
dition to the usual executive powers
: the authority to make all appointments
: of city employees, and to be the pur
chasing agent for the municipality
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