The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-21
CITY NEWS

Ihe meetings at the UnlteQ FTeSDy-
terrain church continue to grow in in
terest.
John P. Hampton of keokuk and
Cora Watkins of Tennessee. both
colored, were married this week at
Kahoka.
The city jail was empty this morn
ing. A sleeper spent the night there
and was released this morning, leav-
ing Jail empty.
With a crowd before him Dr. Orr
is absolutely certain to hold their at
tention from the beginning to the ends
of his sermon.
Tonight is the last chance to buy at
Ayres' big iewelry auction. Don't
miss the last chance
Justice H. C. Landes was still sick
today and unable to come down to
his office. He may be able to again
get back to business on Monday.
Come TO Ayres' iewelry auction sale
tonight and buy goods at your own
price for Xmas.
The Hamilton High school foot
ball team left this city over tie X.
". this morning for Kahola where
they will play the X. H. S. this morn
ing.
Second only to the water power de.
velopement. would be the benefit de
rived to Keokuk. should everybody be
inoculated with the germ of patroniz-
ing home industry in all things and al
all times.
Don't miss the opportunity of hear
DR.. W W Orr in his great sermon
on the Home" Sunday at 2:15 p. m.
This will be talk to PARENTS and
clildren-husbands and wives-and
those who expect to be husbands and
wives.
The Congregational Sunday school
was making inquiries this morning for
worthy poor family of the city tc
whom they wished to give a Thanks
giving day dinner and were given the
name of family by the superintend
ent OF the poor.
Great preparations are being made
in the double vacant building between
Sixth and Seventh streets on Main
for the poultry show which is to be
held next week. The interior of the
building is being decorated with flags
and evergreen.
The season for church socials is
now here. One of the most enjoyable
ones was that given Thursday even
ing by the young ladies society of the
German Evangelical church There
were a number of interesting features
and the social was attended by large
number Of people.
1t is just seventy feet from the side
walk to the roof OF the Estes build
ing. While repairing the cornice
there this week. the distance was
measured by the workmen. who want
ed to find out how far they would have
to go before hitting the sidewalk in
case they fell from the scaffold.
BY building up the present manufac
turing establishment of the city the de
mand would come for new ones. There
is hardly an institution which would
not have to double its force, equip
ment and size of building, were every
Keokuk citizen pledged to purchase
its product instead Of a similar arti
Gle made elsewhere
Constable John Leindecker has no
tilted the president of the Keokuk
Lantern Club that Morgan street and
upper Johnson street are the two best
lighted streets in keokuk. He was
out last evening for promenade ard
reported this morning that no place
was 1t so light as on these two streets
Tonight will be the last chance to
buy at Ayres' big jewellery auction
| sale.
Poormaster Korschgen paid C. w
Wilson's rent yesterday, having secur
ed the necessary amount by contribu
tons. He states that all of the mon
ey was donated by the well to do PEG
pie of the city whom he has always
found ready and willing to aid him in
his work among the needy poor o.
the city.
As No. from the south was pulling
out this morning at 7;35 the engineer
suddenly discovered that the switch
for the norta on tn Q. line of the unior
tracks was not throw. and as tht
train was moving slowly It was stop
ped at once. 1t was backed down to
ward the station again and the switch
was thrown, the train proceeding OF
its way.
keokuk has population larg
enough to support many small inst
tuition if everyone would use that prc
duct II every Keokuk person woul
BUY nothing but Keokuk made ha
it would be demand enough for ha
factory to successfully run In the I'll,