The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-06
CITY NEWS.

See the big line of lap robes and
horse blankets at Shervood's.
DIR G. E. Ruth will be in the of
fee OF " C. Howell. attorney, 9 to u
a m and to p N. No. Is North
Fifth street.
-Keokuf lo1ge. No. 25s. A. o. G.
", meets every Thursday night at
100 o'clock at hall over Keokuk Saw
ings bank corner Fifth and Main
streets Visiting brethren cordially
invited c. ". Trott. NJ. ". Ed. ".
Moore, Recorder.
Next week Keokuk merchants viii
make special Inducements to make
out-of-town patrons remember their
visit to this city. They will not only
show fine lire OF merchandise but
VIII make attractive prices. II viii
be bargain week.
For the past two months all Of
the local bound passenger trains
have been from five minutes to one
hour late upon their arrival In the
city The cause for the delay has not
been given, but the supposition Is in
making connections.
The fire department made run
this morning to Eighteenth and Full
ton street. the residence Of Chas. An
derson, where little boy Of the
family in attempting to reach up to
shelf for something or other, acct
dentally upset the gasoline stove.
Outside of little smoke no damage
resulted from the slight mishap.
The steamer Wenona arrived in
the city last night at $50 and depart
ed this morning at $3.50 The Keokuk
arrived at 9:35 and left this morning
at $50. Both boats carried extra
large consignments of freight to and
from this city. The Carnival City
Packet company. owners OF these two
active steamers are very well pleased
with the business they so far this
season have attained.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: EP Nc
Manus. of Keokuk. former state SEN
ator was visitor in the city yester.
day. Mr.. McAfanus has great faith
in the Keokuk water power project,
and stated the big undertaking was
certainly go. I'VE can furnish
power as cheaply to Burlington man
ufacturers as to those In Keokuk,'
Mr.. McManus said. There is no cues
tion but that the promoters are thor
oughly IN earnest and YOU can say
the dam will be surely built
Burlington Gazette; Former
State Senator f. P. McManus of Keo-
kuk, and reasonably proud of It, was
in the city today on business mis-
sion When the season was ripe YOU
could always get Senator McManus
to say something interesting about
baseball but it's a rather sore sub
iect with everybody around the Cen
trail Association Just now. so the SEN
ator was asked concerning the outlook
for democratic victory in the First
district and around the state general
II to the best Of his observation you
must know" said the senator, chat
gum shoe lockjaw, soft pedal polit.
ical methods have supplented the old
hambeau. fish horn, vociferous street
corner discussion style of business.
BY that I mean that the people are
not shouting their political convic.
lions from the housetops and more,
but are sparing their breath and doing
more thinking Party fealty is be.
coming thing of the past to great
extent Blind LOYALTY to party is be
ing succeeded by eminently proper
loyalty to ones own interests. The
people are getting more and more In
the habit Of casting their votes for the
candidates who will represent their
interests LOYALTY and honestly