The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
CITY NEWS.

The Sylvia Musical Trio at the
Grand tonight.
Are YOU in line for the biz mas
eueraoe at the Roll-a-way Friday
nights
Not shoes at half price, but all
SHOES at reduced price. at Bode-Lar-
! son annual shoe sale,
Mrs. Laura H. P. Robinson has
written another lovely violin and piano
solo, entitled, In the Shadow"
A number of deputies for differ
emf lodges are il the city at the pres
! emf time talking lodge with business
men and others.
Another large crowd was delight.
cd with the moving pictures at Dodges
Iheatre last evening. Matinee every
; day. snd souvenir checks for the
ladies every matinee.
Francis NJ. Damon voted for Lin.
coin IN 1860 and also lii 1864, the last
/ time while at Mobile Bay. j. S. Fersu.
son voted for Lincoln in Iowa in 1860
and in Louisiana in 1854.
ne case against Joseph knight.
! charged with assault and battery. is
set for 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in
the superior court The case against
sam Bower. charged with breaking ana
entering was set for o'clock this
afternoon.
Frank Arnold and Nellie Greer.
who have caused considerable trouble
during the =. few days, promised
Yesterday afternoon that they would
leave town today and go to Marceline.
Mo- The case against Arnold for dis
turbing the peace was continued III
the superior court On this promise.
If the weather continues warmer
the river will likely break up very
shortly row. 1t has been frozen over
at this place for about week and a
half now but mary are of The opinion
! that the backbone winter is brok-
en- and that the cold spell of two
weeks ago is the last one for the
present season.
Managers of various teams il the
Commercial league last season are
ALREADY busy and league meeting
will soon be called by Secretary n. A.
King. The Standard Oil manager has
been busy and will soon have team
ready for spring training. S. Hamill
Co. will likely make application for a
berth in the league.
A telegram has been received by
Roy King from frank wilmering, who,
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis several days ago at Rochester,
Wis, saying that the operation was
successful. His many friends will be
pleased to learn of this good news
and it is expected that he will be
able to return to Keokuk very soon.
One hundred and sixty cars of ice
were cut by the ice men yesterday, Sd
of these being company ice eight OF
the being for the two ice houses be.
longing to the %" in this city. On.
of the houses is at the foot of Bank
street and the other one is farther
down the yards. At the upper ice
house bunch of Greeks are engaged
in filling the house.
Every citizen can assist in way
that may not be tangible, but a. the
same time will work out a great good
Study our city and the different ;lan-
ufacturing institutions, large and
small Have Ct the tip of your tongue
the things that are Made in Keokuk.
and the names of the concerns that
make them. Know the number of emf
ployes and the average wage paid Al
ways be in position TO talk and boost
for keokuk wherever you are ana nc
matter who asks YOU One word
spoken in South Dakota in the ini,s.-
est OF a keokuk product would I'M
doubleday mean its sale. It is the lit
tie boosts in the aggregate that re-
suit in the big boost. and big boost
is what keokl needs
The thaw of yesterday did not al
feet the ice business in the least, as
might have been expected. The men
are continuing with the big harves-
the same as ever and thousands o,
tons of ice are continuing to be hauled
out by the ice men and loaded into
cars or put in the ice houses of the
city. This morning while coming from
the second locks, No. IL, the Kline
passenger train, struck one of the ica
chute struck the baggage car OF the
knocked out Of the way, part of tins
cthue struck the baggage car of the
train and knocked big hole in the
side of the car. No one was injured
BY the slight crash but the car will
have to be taken to the shops for re
pairs. There is slight danger in hay
ing these cnutes across the main line
tracks but it cannot be avoided. as
there is no other possible way of han
ding the ice except across the tracks.
When the train approaches the men
at the chute usually lift cut the section
of it which lies across the tracks. but
the train was late this morning as
usual and the workmen not looking for
It, the train ran into the chute with
tho sb1ye reSi1l+