The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-11
CITY NEWS.


afternoon and evening.
-keokuk banks will be closed to-
morrow on account of Lincoln day.
-Four or five sleepers were given
/ a nights lodging at the police sta
I ton.
Secure seats for the matinee and
! evening performances of Facing the
Music"
| old Timers night at the Roll-a-
/ Way Friday night. Be sure and at
/ tend
DO not forget the Facing the
Music" matinee at the Grand next
Saturday, o'clock.
Lincoln day exercises are to be
held in all of the public schools tomor-
row afternoon.
Don't fail to attend the Roll-a-way
on Friday evening az enjoy yourself
with the old timers.
Carl Busch is confident of VIC
/ tory over Voss at the Grand opera
house this evening.
Paul Richardson, Jr., has been
called to Fort Madison by the serious
illness of his father.
-Corbett in Facing the Music" is
supported by an excellent company.
A complete scenic production is offer
1 ed
Ernest Brunat is able to be down
town these days after being laid up at
home for several weeks with a severe
sick spell.
The grand march on Friday even
ing at the Roll-a-way will be a feature
which you should all leans not
fail to see.
old time Keokuk skaters will be
no no1e an he "a or tnD
row evening. Come and skate with
them an enjoy pleasant evening.
Mr.. Albert Zoellner will appear in
two numbers at the concert to be Civ
en- at the Baptist church February 10.
under the auspices of the Young
, Ladies' Society of that church.
Mrs. M. Corsea dancing school
! opens Feb. 18th. Dsn~ing every
! Thursday evening, s to u o'clock,
! Hawkes. hail, gentlemen CSC, ladies
loo. Music furnished by Mrs. Marder.
4 Mr.. Zoellner makes his first pub
!. lie appearance in concert before
I Keokuk audience and all lovers of the
: violin will recognize in Mr.. Zoellner,
the true artistic spirit manifest in his
violin work.
Il The following sons of veterans
will assist John Z. Craig tomorrow
! evening at the opera house as ushers:
} w. G. Blood, E. f. Remand, j. A. Bur-
CESS. II. r. Collins, Frank o. Wright
5 and ]. C. Thompson.
{ The seniors of the Y. W. G. A.
!, who were thinking of giving a Valen-
4 tine party on Monday evening have de-
j eided TO postpone this social event on
: account of a number of other things
l occurring o. the same evening.
. Senator e. P. McManus arrived
+ in the city last evening from Des
: Moines in order to be present tomor-
row evening at the Lincoln days exer-
. cises at the opera house. He Will de-
n liver one of the addresses Of the even
Y ine.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary
of the birth of Lincoln, legal holiday
: in Iowa. The banks of the city viii
he closed that day and the public eX-
ercises will be given at the Grand op
era house beginning at O'Clock IN the
evening.
An error occurred in this paper
!, last evening when it was stated that
..Old Timers" evening would be on
: Saturday. The old timers will have
Friday evening in which to show the
Younger generation how roller skating
was done twenty-fi-' wears ago.
Up at burlington on Tuesday
evening. the play. 1.-THE County Sher
iff" was given and there We're only
nineteen paid admissions. The cold
), wave kept the people from ATTENDING
:. and the opera house record for small
= attendance was thus established.
H. II. Layton and J. B. Carries
\ are energetic and up-todate farmers
who have the good will of the rural
route carrier and everyone who
) drives past their farms. On Tuesday
!, morning these two were out with road
drags and dragged the road in front
: of their places, making an excellent
e roadway. for when I , freeze came
e there were no ruts and bumps. II
| everyone would follow the example the
roads would be in good shape all the
year.
: ID. T. Hughes, manager of the
/ Keokuk Grand opera house is in pos
session of very interesting old pic.
y ture. The photograph is one taken al
:. the time Of the funeral at Lincoln S
$ old home in Springfield and shows
: plainly the Springfield home of the
0 martyred. president. The house is
a draped from top to bottom in crepe
o which is shown plainly in the picture
The honorary pail bearers can be not
e ed plainly standing on the outside of
o the house and the picture is a very
l. interesting and good one. The photo
graph was bought by Mr.. Hughes par
v ents who were in attendance at the
y Lincoln funeral and which were sold
n as souvenirs at the time of the flu.
neral.