The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-17
CITY NEWS

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The best show of the season-is
what they are saying of the attraction
at Dodge's theatre this week.
A marriage license was issued late
yesterday afternoon to Samuel L.
Haskin of Lee county, who resides at
Prices Creek, and Louisa E. Orr OF
Chaplin, Ill.
The ladies are especially invited to
attend Ayre's big jewelry auction sale.
Chairs will be reserved for them.
There have been nineteen marriage
licenses issued during. the first six
teen days of this month, an average
of better than one per day, showing
that Dan Cupid is getting quite ener-
getic in this vicinity.
The first game on the Y. M. G. A.
basket ball schedule will be played in
this city on December 4, against the
LaHarpe team.
Use The Gate City want column
Everyone is talking about the Cate
lin players and the wonderful talking
pictures at Dodge's theatre this week
Change of bill daily.
The captains of the intermediate
basket ball teams Of the Y. NJ G. A.
are the following: Ralph McGrath,
Thomas McManus, Otto Klaan, and
Guy Fulton.
The pay car of the c., B. & @. ar
rived in the city on Sunday and the
pay car of the Rock Island arrived to-
day and employees in this city were
receiving their checks.
In the first match game in the Y.
NJ. C. A. pool tournament, Charles
Henneman last evening defeated Rob-
ert Ulrich, so to %. Henneman had
handicap of ten and Ulrich of twenty
| five.
Hear Hon. James E. Watson at the
Grand Friday evening. Seat sale
opens Thursday at a. m.
! An information has been Lied in
the superior court against James
| Williams, charging him with the lar
ceny of a pocketbook from Miss Trie-
| Der. He is the colored boy who is
slated to be sent to the reform school.
Chuck Ead~ was yanked out of the
gallery at the opera house last night
for creating disturbance and taken
over to the police station and locked
up over night. He is said to have hit
another youth in the nose during the
most thrilling part of the play.
George Eads was up in the Superior
court this morning charged with be-
ing drunk and disturbing the peace
at the opera house last evening. He
entered plea of not guilty telling
teh court that he was not drunk and
did not disturb the peace. His trial
was set for this afternoon
See and hear the wonderful talking
pictures, and enjoy the dramatic and
comedy sketches of the Catelin play
ers at Dodge's theatre this week.
At the last meeting of Terrence
post, G. A. R., this city, the initial
steps were taken in the matter of
/ observing appropriately, the one hun
dredth birthday anniversary of Abra-
ham Lincoln, which occurs February
/ u, 1909. D. w. McElroy, F. C. Over
ton, H. B. Blood and A. j. Matthias
were appointed committee to COM
mence preparations.
At the opening of the district court
yesterday, after the docket had been
called, the members Of the bar pres
ent were acquainted with the fact by
a member of the committee that the
last bar picnic was $12 short of pay
ing expenses and that amount would
be collected from the members by an
assessment unless some of those who
promised to attend did not show up,
would pay their 50.
Two good sized households being
towed by good sized launch tied up
at the local wharf this morning for
provisions and gasoline. There are
twelve In the party and a half dozen
small children make UP the number
who are going to New Orleans for
thhe winter and will return in the
spring when the river is clear of ice
! The party has been on the river all
summer, finding it much cheaper to
live thus than to stay on shore and
pay Gil. ue OWlSl vi Tie OuLIlU Is
Charles Han of New Boston, who has
| with him his wife and five children
and another man and his wife with
several other hands to help are with
the party.
Saturday, November %, is the first
game of basket ball scheduled for the
| girls basket ball team of the Keo-
kuk High school. This game is with
Carthage and will be played in the
Carthage college gymnasium The
girls are practicing several afternoons
each week and are fast gaining knowl-
edge of the finer points of the game
Two invitations have been received
for game on Thanksgiving day.
One is at Memphis, Mo-, and the other
/ at LaHarpe. Owing to the fact that
there will be football game in the
/ city the girls have declined both of
this invitations and will remain at
home. 1t is expected that Carthage
i will come for return game before
4 the season is far advanced.