The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-27
CITY NEWS.

Visit Centraps bargain basement
Harness and repairing, Sherwood
-15c fiannelettes go at 10c-Cen-
trail.
Two Biograph pictures at the Ma.
jestic tonight.
See Centrals bargain basement;
something new
You can save money If you buy
harness from Sherwood.
Extra! Special! Don't miss It,
Colonial. theatre beautiful, tonight.
Everybody enjoys Biograph pic
lures. See them tonight Dodge's and
Majestic.
Feature night al the Colonial, the
atre beautiful, tonight Two great
pictures and others.
Special! Third series of "The
Life of Moses first presentation in
Keokuk. Tonight, Colonial. theatre
beautiful
&C. Dickson. the Wabash conduct
or, whose run has been changed from
| Keokuk to Bluffs to Quincy to Spring.
| field, is buslly engaged moving his
household goods to Quincy, where he
| will make his home.
| The congregation OF tie Congrega-
tional church in Mount Pleasant has
/ voted to terminate the pastorate Of
Rev. BENJAMIN Stanton after the con-
| stitutional period of three years. A
crisis has been reached owing to the
financial condition of the church and
conservative methods are believed to
be needed.
Mr.. c. R. Drum may have deliv-
cred his address "An Honest Man. a
score of times, still there is no eyi
/ 'ence of sameness or repetition. His
enunciation is clear and every thought
IS clothed in eloquent language. He
speaks to men only Sunday in the
Grand opera house. No admission will
i be charged at this service.
Prof. Drum holds the profound at
4 tention of his audience and moves
them to laughter and tears. He is evi
IDENTIFY a keen student of human ma
ture and has learned his lesson well
He is decidedly original and the mer
of Keokuk should avail themselves Of
this opportunity to hear this man Sun
day at the Grand opera house.
Concerning Mr.. Drums work In
4 other cities, an observer remarks thai
Mr.. Drums visit undoubtedly will be
great blessing to Keokuk. He is
thorough and practical and a hard
worker and one who inspires ant
stimulates The strength of his work
is leaving behind those who will now
be "up and doing" the value of which
is immense. A large attendance at the
Sunday evening union service is ex
pected.
A Davenport paper says of the 20
tirement OF an old time river man:
Captain A. j. Whitney of Rock Island
who was eight-two years old yester
4 day, and one Of the eest known river
men on the Mississippi, has retired
He has sold his contract for work fol
the government at New Boston, Ill.
and is negotiating for the sale os his
boat, A. J. Whitney. which will be
used at Keokuk in river improvement
work.
Miller Brothers, the sand men, are
going to resume operations in thu
business as soon as the ice goes out
OF the river and they have launched
their feet of barges and machiner.
for pumping sand from the rivers bed
One of the Messrs. Miller stated thi!
morning that a new launch will bt
built by them, work on which will
. START early in the spring and the Graf
will be finished by the first of June
The new power boat will be twice tn,
size of the Ethel NJ" the boat uset
heretofore by the sand men, Severa
new barges will be secured and large
operations in the sand business thar
ever before will be made by thu
, Millers. Sand barges, already con
structed, are hard 10 secure at TIL
present time anywhere along TIL
river, many finding renumerative en-