The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-01
CITY NEWS.

1909.
Happy New Year to all.
Read The Daily Gate City.
Smoke AIoeller's Silver Ash cigar.
This is the year Keokuk must get
the water power.
Everybody skate at the Roll-a-Way
tonight. Coming?
Spend the evening at Dodge's thea.
ire. It will be pleasant evening.
There were no local freights
through this place today on account of
the holiday.
There was a slight fall of snow
during the night but not enough to be
hardly noticed.
Here's to the new year. With the
Aope that it will be the best one III
Keokuk's history.
If you wish to sell your property,
rent one or make an exchange use
Gate City want ad.
No. ~ @. was almost two hours
| late in arriving this morning, Starting
/! in the new year the wrong way.
To-day was observed as holiday
in Keokuk, the majority Of the busi-
ness houses being closed for the day.
/: Many a man who turned over
new leaf this morning and made
good resolve has already broken his
promise by this time.
If you did not attend the matinees
at Dodges theatre this afternoon, go
\ tNn irb%
bill. See Veolette and Prof. Old.
The jury in the District court was
excused yesterday until tomorrow
morning when court will resume bust
ness, after vacation of today.
Bert Reynold who has been driv-
ing the bus for the Grand Hotel has
, resigned his position with hosiery and
will return to his former position on
the railroad.
-Puckechetuck lodge of the Odd
Fellows will hold installation of of
ficers this evening at the regular
meeting. A social session will be en-
joyed after the ceremonies.
Beat time always at the Roll-a
Way. Get the habit.
The hotels are very quiet today
travellers are not in the Hobbies. The
first of the year and new year bust
ness will see many names on the reg
: listers however
5 AT the Congregational church
last evening, every seat was taken fol
=, ts,,,f
every seat was taken at st. Peters
school for "a Night in Bohemia" The
public turned out in great shape tt
: these two events.
= The Quincy lodge of Elks is t.
have an initiation on the evening o
January and has invited the officer
of Keokuk lodge to go down and TAX
charge of the work The invitation
: had to be declined this time on &C
l. count of the absence from the city o
d one of its members.
& The Gate City has been able t
e purchase an interesting short seria
< story, entitled "The Redfield's," whic
$, will be published in this paper in
short time. Watch for it. Be sur
and get the opening chapters as yo
will wish to read the entire story.
The new year was ushered in a
= midnight last night by the firing o
,, shot guns and revolvers in many part
: of town. For five minutes before an
five minutes after the town cloc
had struck the hour of twelve, the dis
charge of firearms could be heard il
various parts of the city.
x There were a number of peopl
n travelling this morning but not a
&c many as on Christmas day. On Nor
~ day the students will all have return
A. ed to their colleges, most of ther
= leaving tomorrow and Sunday.
large number of Keokuk college stl
I dents have spent the holidays at HON
this year.
-Montrose Journal: The t---o-stor
dwelling house on the Bryant Carte
farm near Sandusky burned to tt
ground Sunday afternoon. The fire WE
first discovered by Mrs. Mary Ann Ca
ter. widow of the late Bryant Carte
and her granddaughter, Hazel Carte
While they were eating dinner, b
tween 9 and o'clock, they heard
noise up stairs and upon investig
ton, found the entire upper story
the house on fire and the roof fallir
in The rest of the family were aw;
IL, from home. and by the time help a
I. rived, but little of the furniture al
+ bedding was saved. The loss will reat
: early $1,000. and is partially cover
:. by insurance. The cellar contain'
+ about seventy-five bushels of potato
;; and 700 cans of fruit, all of which is
j. total loss. The building contained
: new steel range, and furniture, cookil
j utensils and thousands of articles tn
: have been collected for the past for
i years or more. The family are nc
i making one of the Denmire teneme
e houses their temporary home.