The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
CITY NEWS.
Sherwood for harness.


Good resolutions are about ready
for adoption.
See Mrs. Ella Wise for dressmak-
ing, 9o2 Main street
The temperature has taken per-
ceptible drop in the last twenty-four
hours, and from warm, rainy weather,
the return Of winter is felt in the
sharp air.
Sherwood for auto robes.
Some of the retail stores of the
city will remain open for while on
Monday morning. The majority how
ever, viii be closed and another holt
day following Sunday, will be spent.
Sherwood for harness repairs.
William Simpson of independence,
brother of the late Andy Simpson, ar
rived in the city last night, registering
at the Hotel Keokuk. Mr.. Simpson
will look after funeral arrangements
for his brother.
Sherwood for blankets and whips.
Doctor Frederick A. Cook, the
arctic traveller. has accepted an inyi-
tation to lecture IN Des Moines in
February under the auspices of the
Press Club of Des Moines. The pro-
ceeds will be turned over to charity.
Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash SC cigar
Next horse and mule auction at
Hamilton. H., Jan. G. Have about $50
head horses and mules; all classes.
II you have anything to sell, consign
to this sale. If you wish to buy, can
supply your demand. B. w. Elder.
Dressed chickens and sealshipt
oysters at Jos. Haubert's.
There will be numerous watch
parties throughout the city on Satur-
day night. In several of the church
es, the members will watch the infant
II come in and 10 wane as midnight
comes. Social events of various ma
lures will keep the watchers awake
dancing and other pleasures to be in
dulged in.
Comb honey at Immegart's.
Effective Sunday, January /, 1911.
train No. 10 on the Burlington will
arrive S:25 p. M. and leave s:35 p. m.
instead of arriving and leaving at
$40. Train No. Is will arrive and
depart at 1885 p. M, instead of 1920
p. m. These two trains are literally
patronized by Keokuk people and the
changes mentioned will be of interest.
The mangled body of negro
man was found on the Burlington
tra cl-c ~ IIopp;ha1 I,<o uyndrogdaxy
night. The wheels had passed over
the unfortunate fellow a short dis
lance below the waist cutting the
body in two pieces.
Moline and Rock Island, Illinois.
will adopt the commission plan OF
government this coming spring at
election time, press notices from
those two cities saying that speakers
on the form of government Keokuk
has taken up, are working there at
the present time. Burlington is as
sisting Rock Island in the new move
ment.
DIR. Frederick A Cook, the north
pole explorer is to give lecture be.
fore the Press Club of Des Moines
some time in February. the date not
yet having beet set The doctor. il
to receive no compensation whatever
for his lecture in the state capital,
and has written those in cnrage OF
the event that if 1t can be SO arrang-
ed he wishes the proceeds to be turn
ed over to hospital o. charity.
Suffering from dependency,
nervousness and i'll health, Mrs. Geo.
Ham, of Hannibal attempted to COM
nit suicide yesterday afternoon by
cutting her throat with razor. She
has been very Respondent since her
husband met with severe accident
on the 22nd of ,ast September. She
has also suffered from nervousness
and broken-down health, but no one
ever suspected that she would at
tempt to take her own life.
Iowa was sixty-four years old
yesterday and celebrated the day
with a monster conference to discuss
the problem of better roads in the
state. As part of the celebration the
state legislators are also being urged
to give the state publicity bureau
so that the people of the older state;
may know that this 81 year old child
of the union has the best soil and
the best climate, the best roads and
the best people in all the states of
the union. The act of congress author
izing Iowa to become a state was
passed December rs, 1916, and the
propositions Of congress were accept
ed b. the general assembly in SEES
sion at Iowa City OH January Is. 1S49.
Few people who know mistletoe
only as q desirable feature of Christ
mas decorations understand that the
plant is a parasite, dangerous to the
/ life of trees in the regions in which
it grows. II is only question oil
time after the mistletoe begins Il
grow on tree before the tree Itself
will be killed. The parasite saps the
life of the infected branches. Forum
ately it is. of slow growth, taking
years to develop 10 large proportions
but when neglected 1t invariably
ruins the trees it reaches. The only