The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-11
CITY NEWS

New dutch collars at Central
Reduced prices on fly nets at |
Sherwood's.
Notice the mortgage sale ad on
page s. Shaeffer & Saunders.
Harry Federer, ventriloquist, car
rying his own special scenery and |
moving pictures at the big Air Dome
tonight.
Three shows were given at the /
old reliable Dodges last night and |
three packed houses represented I
persons who said Lets go to Dodges
tonight" The last Sunday evening
that Sunday theatres are to be open /
was night of best patronage for the |
several amusement houses of the
city and the bills were at their best.
Over 1000 people attended the
Air Dome last night.
Aurora Beacon: Howard Carroll, /
eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Carroll, of Wilmette, Ill, |
we'll known in Aurora, was drowned
in the drainage canal near his home
while launching boat his father had
bought him instead of fireworks July
4. The father promised the boy that
/ If he would refrain from shooting off
i fire crackers and spend a sane
Fourth he would buy him the boat.
| The boy obeyed and yesterday he
was drowned while getting ready to
launch the craft in the canal.
The Masons of Quincy have made
great preparations for the laying Of
the corner stone of their new temple
there, the goth of the month. The
Wing says of the coming event: Elk
tenslve plans have been made by the
Masons of Quincy for the laying of
the cornerstone of their new temple
July 20, and 1t will prove one of the
biggest days in the history of Quincy
Masonry. Prominent Masons from all
parts of the state will be In attend.
ance, the ceremonies being performed
by the grand lodge under the direc
ton of Grand Master Ashley. The
placing of the stone will occur al
!. 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, and the
impressive ritual of the Masonic or
der will no doubt attract large
1 crowd
Harvey G. Hull sings at the Ali
$ Dome every night.
Up in Davenport, bananas, the
J. soft mellow fruit contained inside {
: yellow jacket, is hereafter to be solt
: by the pound instead of by the count
. Keokuk lovers of this particular des
). sert can picture their future in tn,
following from the Davenport Time.
should the same method of sellinl
u the banana be attempted here
- Henceforth bananas in the retail gro
y Gerry stores in the city will be sold b,
= the pound instead of by the dozen
- This announcement was made thi
10 morning by number of the mer
chants. They claim that their profit
. are eliminated in the way in which
they have been buying and disposin,
i of the fruit. They purchased tn
bananas from the wholesaler by tn
pound and sold them to the retaile
by the dozen. The argument is thus
The mrchant in buying bunch of ha
nanas buys them and also the heay
stalk which weighs about ten pound
and which he cannot sell. At one en-
of the stalk the bananas are large 4
size and draw a price OF IS or 2
cents a dozen according to size. A
the other end the fruit is small /
size and the dealer is obliged to Gu
down the price to about ten cents
dozen and occasionally lower ~
a consequently he makes very littl
a profit on bunch of the fruit. Til
q dealers are acting accordingly In tn
81 matter and from now on banana
q viii be purchased by the pound. Thi
n change does not apply to fruit stand
q Attend Centrals fancy hosier
y sale.