The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-11
CITY NEWS.

See Nathan S. Lowitzs big cut
! price cloak add today"
Another big party at the Roll-a
way tonight. You are expected
The majority of lodges of the city
have installed officers for the ensuing
year and are now ready to take up
the work OF the organization.
| "A meeting of the officers OF the
Ancient Order of Hibernians was held
yesterday afternoon at the home of
James Welsh, financial secretary.
: The walks of Keokuk were about
as slippery Sunday and today as they
have been for some time and quite a
number of pedestrians sustained Sc
we're falls.
January 18th of the present month
The Gate City bargain rate closes. Be
sure and get your subscription in he
fore that day If you are taking the pa
per by mail
William Cordes, section boss of
the @. is in the local yards with a
force of men clearing up the yards
and doing such repair work about the
tracks that is necessary.
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cents per week.
Its tonight-the grand concert OF
the Troubadours, at Woddman hall,
followed by a social dance. One of
the events of the season which you
cannot afford to miss. Only 90 cents
couple
Owing to the sickness of Rev. P.
y. McDermott. assistant pastor of ST.
Peters Catholic church rho is at
Council Bluffs, high mass was cele-
brated BY Father Hunt, former pastor
of st. Mary's Catholic church.
The Drexel bowling team will
meet the Keokuk club team at the club
alleys this evening. and the Grand
Leaders and Independents will bowl
at the Dre1el. Tuesday evening st.
peter's and ST. Mary's viii clash.
The ed is the date of the big
masquerade at the Roll-a-way.
Ed Pratt, special officer for the
Burlington, is searching fo- thieves in
the vicinity of Hannibal, who burglar
lied freight car in the yards there.
4 number of CAGES of shoes We're stol-
en- and as yet no clue has teen OBJ
tanned.
Quite number OF Keokuk attor-
neys went to Fl Madison this morn.
ing on No. TO attend the opening OF
court which opened there this morn
ing al 10 o'clock County matters of
business will be attended to by the
assembly Of lawyers and Judge Bank.
These cold nights are delightful
al the RoIl-a-way.
The Harrison and Dietz Ice com
pany Is filing its large house with
canal ice At Fifth and Bank streets.
The house has z capacity of several
thousand tons. The mississippi Coal
an Ice company has large force of
Ken on the canal today marking off
the field and plowing and will begin
the harvest tomorrow. Keokuk has a
number Of large ice houses and the
canal HANDY there viii be no trouSie
IN filing them Is long as this wealth
er lists
- Detroit suto facto is sending
out letters 70 various cities with
REV q seeking Favorable location
for The operation Of lis plant The firm
viii give employment 10 500 skilled
worknen. Wouldn't It be boom to
Keokuk 70 have this factory locate
here. The building Of the water power
would certainly make Keokuk III ideal
location fog this industry. aFording
cheap power and favorable freight
rates. Keokuk should make an effort
TO get this factory.
DO not miss the fine concert of the
Troubadours at Woodman hall tonight.
90 cents couple, which includes the
dance which follows the concert 4
splendid evenings entertainment
ZONE
\ "A handicap pool tournament Is
now IN progress at the Keokuk Climb I
ne games thus far which have been
played off are the following: z P
Cochrane 400 defeated ] A DIM
lap C70) 100 to 81 H. P. Huxley (so,
defeated ]. E. Ellsworth f8ol % IN
81. S. c. Carter 600 defeated a$zob
Buck 600 80 to 80. j. F. Elder lao1
defeated o. B. McNamee f75t IN IN
~ B. B. Hobbs (S0) defeated u
Blood (i5) so to SO And palrar IT,,