The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
CITY NEWS.


our prices. Sherwood
The Galley Slave is the headline
picture at Dodge's tonight.
Fresh buckwheat and pan cake
flour. Reck's grocery. Both phones.
The first OF the Star course lee
lures at the Grand on Thursday even
ing when katherine Ridgeway appears
in her famous readings.
Rev. /. r. NJ Beeson, represent
ing the Christian Home Orphanage
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, is in the city
on business pertaining to the organ
ization
Gov. Deneen of Illinois has ap
pointed the state delegates to the /
waterways convention at New Orleans /
In the list is Lyman E. Cooley of
Chicago who made one of the Keokuk 1
water power surveys, also Perry c. /
Ellis of the Quincy Wing.
There are only two men in the
whole United States who were not
complaining about the weather to-
day. They we're DR.. Cook and Com
mander Peary, both of whom thought
the drop in temperature was great.
Two packed houses greeted the
fine entertainment at Dodge's theatre
last evening one of the best programs
ever seen in the pretty picture house
being put on by Manager Abell
-Comforters. 75c, s1.0o and up
to $500 each, at the Central
My Wife's Gone to the Country
is one of the songs at Dodge's tonight.
One of the coal offices this morn
ing was unable to promise to deliver
any coal until tomorrow, the rush
orders having come in so thick and
fast yesterday afternoon and early to-
day. People have to wait until
tomorrow to have their orders filed
The ten-mile f-ee-for-all boat race
for $500 at the ST. Charles, Mo-, Cen
tennial yesterday. in which the Fort
Madison Mascot is entered, was called
off yesterday and was to have been
run over today at 10 o'clock The
entries are the Mascot, Red Top and
Independence.
The next regular teachers exam
nations will be held at the county
court house in Keokuk, October 81, %
and 30. There are seven schools In
this county now that are not able to
| find teachers. and any one securing a
certificate at the October examina-
/ ton win have good chance for
! position for the rest of the school
year.
in returning from Chicago B. B.
i Hobbs encountered heavy rains and
/ was compelled to leave his automo-
+ bile in Kewanee, H. He will go to
/ that place to bring it home.
For 81, ard other considerations,
! Nicholas Mckenzie and Grace McKen-
i zie, his wife, have transferred to Jas.
4 K. Galloupe. lot 9 in block II, the pro-
4 perty being between Fifth and Sixth
on Palean streets.
! Don't miss the first and one of
! the most entertaining of the Star
course entertainments at the Grand
on Thursday evening Miss Ridge
i way will appear at the Grand on
/ Thursday evening, assisted by Miss
Evangeline Bridge, the famous pi anist
The Westminster Brotherhood
will be entertained Friday evening by
! DR.. and Mrs e. B. Newcomb, al the
Manse, 712 B'ondeau. Rev. j. A. VIII
er of China will speak on New Move
ments in Old Lands" and there will
be other attractive features of the eve
ming All men of the Westminster
church are invited by the hosts of the
| occasion.
There is a possibility that there
VIII be no school at the Carey during
the entire week, although repairs to
the boiler may be completed by Fri
day in time for the pupils to have one
day in school. 1t was found neces-
ry to make repairs to the boiler and
several parts were needed which had
to be sent for These parts will not
be shipped until Wednesday and pos
sibly later The school is cold and
Superintendent AIdrich has found 1t
necessary to dismiss the pupils.
AT the Keokuk club Thursday
Bowling Association will be held, the
meeting to be the annual fall ore. 1t
Is expected that there will be present
representatives from every club
last season and also any clubf which
wish to become members and enter
team In the league. The meeting is
an open one and all who wish to at.
tend may do SO. There is extensive
work ahead OF the organization and
the meeting will be an important one
from several standpoints The meet
Z Ing has been officially called by
President Leroy Wolf.