The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-09
CITY NEWS

tuS CudpeI Cat0EUSy aItSIuOCu-
Dressed chickens at John Mark
ley's. Try our choice hame. thy're
fine
The St Peters high school viii
probably meet Memphis at basket ball
week from tomorrow in this city
The Chapel Fund society will hold
an Easter market at tae home of Mrs.
W. H Titus. Sas North Second ST.
Saturday afternoon at $3.50.
Special for Saturday from till
9 p. m, regular $500 and $3.50 a
dozen Haviland & Company's finest
decorated bread and butter plates at
23c each. Limit of six 10 a customer.
Duncan-Schell Furn. Co.
To-day is Good Friday. the only
day in all the year that the mass is
not celebrated in the Catholic church
es of the world. Services were held
in all of the Catholic churches of the
city and on this day is commemorated
the climax of the church's sorrow and
grief at the death of her Lord upon the
cross. The services on this day are
entirely different from those at any
other time during the year The vest
ments worn are of black and the cele-
brant reads numerous prayers for all
classes of persons The services as
carried out are quite lengthy.
Ed. McManus, who is home from
Iowa City to spend Easter, speaks OF
nothing but work and activity at the
State University at the present time.
There is class of about forty law
students who complete the course this
year beside numerous graduates in
other branches of the work Ahllet-
les VIII soon have an inning, he says,
and the baseball squad under the di-
rection of Coach Kirk is fast rounding
into shape He thinks the team will
have successful season, but as yet
very little is known of its strength.
A series will be played with Davenport
very soon. Kirk is under contract to
Waterloo, but McManus expresses
some doubt as to his making good
in faster company and organized BAN
The Knights of Columbus lodge
of Fort Dodge has purchased valu-
liable piece OF property in that town and
will build fine three-story brick
building for its own use II is planned
TO arrange the first story for some
business house, and 1t is rumored that
there are hopes OF securing the con
tract for housing the post Office force
during the three coming years, which
will be consumed in the building of the
new post Office structure The second
floor will be the lodge quarters for
the K. c. organization, and the third
floor will be a gymnasium and club
rooms, to be dedicated to the use of the
lyoung men and boys OF the city.
/ -Des Moines News: Il am enjoying
life" Stranded in Des Moines without
enough money to get even one OF his
eight children or his wife through to
Fonda. their destination, John Hill
scontentedly lounged on a couch at the
Volunteer Mission this morning. rumi-
aatiyely gazed at the ceiling and de-
clared he wasn't worried a mite Tir.
ing of their home in Golden, H., with
the most optimistic faith in the world
the Hill family broke up housekeeping
s-d started for Fonda The went
broke at Burlington and were sent as
far as Des Moines by that city. In
rags and tatters. the mother carrying
a six-months-old baby, the youngest
OF eight. all under - years of age, the
happy family landed in Des Moines
yesterday and are being cared for b.
: the Volunteers. They want to be sent
on to Fonda. Maybe they can ge'
there. maybe they can't But it does
mt worry John Hill mite.
or, ry<,-
: train conductor from Galesburg stated
this afternoon that when the new tim'
! card goes into effect on the Galesbu-s
/ division on May first. the train from
[ Galesburg that arrives here ever.
: morning at 1:45 o'clock, is to b
: changed back to her old time. and vii
! arrive after that date at 1875 O'Clock il
the afternoon. This information. h,
said. came direct from Supt E. r
Bracken himself If it is true. the
, Quincy after il is very much interest
r ed in that new time card. Quinc.
e merchants in particular and many Q
I the resident in the smaller towns be
: tween here and Macomb will be dis
: appointed over such change. TIL
present service was obtained onl
: after strenuous fight for it BY Quinc
merchants and the Chamber OF Con
nerce and now il seems probable tina
! azother fight will be necessary TO kee
0 it. The reason for the change, 1t
e said. is that the present service PR
Q vents suitable connections at Gale
: burg from different directions, and !
! other respects has not proven SO sa
: isfactory as the previous arrangement
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