The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
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CITY NEWS.

Mr.. Silkin Of New York City will
hold special fur sale at Nathan
Lowitz's store all day Wednesday.
This line represents the greatest fur
house in the United States.
u. Bullock has received a new
Ford auto and has joined the ranks
of the Keokuk automobilists.
Hear Seumas MacManus at st.
Peters hall tonight.
Better get busy and think about
that Christmas shopping.
Early Christmas shopping is
more satisfactory and it is a kindness
to the clerks.
First program starts promptly at
s7:45 at the Bon Ton theatre tonight.
j. S. Means is night clerk at the
Hotel Royal, having been on duty
about week.
The government steamer Henry
Bosse suffered an accident to part OF
her machinery Friday afternoon
While running along near Rush Island,
place shortly above Burlington her
main shaft broke. The steamer Grace
was sent UP to tow her to .keokuk.
When the steamer Keokuk pulled
in Friday morning, all of the roust-
abouts were asleep kept one. Cap.
tain Dipple was too kind hearted
to awaken the sleepers and so with
the aid of the one who was awake
and the night watchman he moved an
automobile from this boat. The rest
of the freight was removed later
when the slr-abering laborers had
arisen.
There was an erroneous report
about the city today that Rudolph
Burke was held up last night while
counting the cash, when about to close
the store. He declared this morning
that there was nothing to it. The
facts in the case, however, are that
his father heard some one moving
about in the rear of the store and
when assured that some one was
there, telephoned to the police sta
ton. Officer Freeman searched the
premises, but found no one.
w. R. G. Kendrick, secretary of
the Commercial club, has the honor
of being appointed one of the COM
mittee of five hundred to present
formal resolutions OF the deep water
ways convention to cong -ess. The
appointment was made by w. K.
Kavanaugh, president of the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf deep waterway association.
There were two parties of Quin-
cy people in Keokuk Saturday who
made the trip to this city in automo-
biles. After dining at the Hotel Keo-
kuk, they returned home. One party
was composed of Miss E. Rothgeb,
Miss June Tompkins, ]. w. Critten-
den and r. F. Carely. the latter be-
ing from Galesburg. This party made
the trip to Keokuk last Sunday and
being caught in the storm, they eft
their machine here, making the trip
back in it last night The other
party came to this city yesterday in
two autos, and also returned last
night. 1t consisted of Mr.. and Mrs
Fosgate, Mrs. Ellis, Ray Bar .holemew
Mr.. and Mrs. M. K. Weems, c. E
Lionbeyer and F. Moulton.
Owing to the fact that the second
of the Star course lectures of the Y
NJ. C. A. will be given on tomorrow
evening. there will be no meeting oil
the Young Peoples Guild of the Con
gregatio.4al church, the meeting hav
ing been postponed until next week
Hiram Dart, the old man connect
el with the recent disturbance al
Alexandria, in which some of the fai,
ones of the town We're tarred and
feathered, is now in Keokuk, the
citizens of the Missouri town having
warned him never to come bacl
again. He is staying with nephew
/ in this place.
Commencing next Saturday, tn,
| Burlington city ticket office will b
| open hereafter on Saturday after
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