The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-21
CITY NEWS.
Buy harness at Sherwood's.
Smoke Moelle..s- Silver Ash cigar

Conklin & Joyce addition to Hamilton,
while the prices are reasonable.
Several good lots in Conklin &
Joyce's addition to Hamilton. they
wish to sell in the next ten days.
Conklin & joyce.
Miss Margarete Mckenzie, the lit
tie daughter Of Capt. Hugh McKen-
zie, is confined to her home by a
spell of sickness.
Mrs. Cortes Maxwell. 71S High
street. began her primary music class
for piano. on November L. Graded
pupils two weeks later.
Regular meeting OF Knights and
ladies OF Security. Keokuk Council
No. 1859 at A. o. o. ". hall at s
o'clock. Meet the first and third
Monday of each month.
The two days old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Curtis died Sunday
morning at the, family home, sos Des
Moines street Burial of the infant
took place this afternoon.
Prom Boone comes the following:
Mr.. Hurst of Luther and his six sons
have started to st. Louis from here
in boat They will travel along the
Des Moines river to Keokuk and down
the Mississippi from there. A late
report from them say they are get
ting along nicely.
The mist and slight rain that
trickled down from the gray yester-
day, froze up during the night. and
gave the appearance of heavy frost
this morning to the early risers The
FIRST inch or SO of real snow is about
due, or is past due, according to last
years schedule
The cartoons in the metropolitan
papers of the country in every in
stance. show the turkey rare bird
and hanging exceedingly high Local
marketers Of the bird say that there
will be no decrease in the price of
this species of light and dark meat
here, any more than elsewhere. The
holidays would see a drop in price
per pound of turkey and other fowl
flesh though, 1t is reported.
This week will see many of the
college students home for Thanks
giving. Others who have remained
away for time will be here to sur
round the festive board the middle OF
the week. Several of the schools and
colleges of the country have closed
for the week.
Sherwood for harness repairs.
The roof of an ash shed between
Twelfth and Thirteenth on Seymour
street, caught fire yesterday morning
early and the fire department was
called out at 4.40 to extinguish the
blaze with q line of hose. The struc-
ture which is brick with the exception
of the roof, had been used as re-
cepticle for hot ashes and the place
caught fire from live Goals. The
property belongs to party by the
name Of McCutcheon. The entire
covering was burned off and made
quite blaze for a little time.
Waterways Journal: Citing the
numerous deaths that result from the
operation of motorboats in the Unit
ed States, Inspector General George
Uhler of the United States Steamboat
Inspection service recommends re-
vision Of the motorboat law, so that
a more. rigid inspection can be made
of this craft in the future. During the
year ending June 80, last, Inspector
Uhler'ss report says, 32S,666,255 pas
sengers were carried on vessels of
ell sorts. OF this number 119 lost
their lives because of snags, 119 from
accidental drowning, IS from fire and
Al from miscellaneous causes.
The furniture and other personal
property of st. Mary's Academy,
Nauvoo, will be sold at sheriff's sale
on Nov. &C. The Academy realty
properties were sold at chancery sale
several months ago but the judgment
was not entirely satisfied. The Sc
curity Life ms. Co. was behind the
first action. The Western Trust &
Savings Co.. of Chicago, who were in
terested with them in the first suit,
are behind this one. 1t is probably
the last legal step tending to place the
entire Academy property in the hands
OF above parties in lawful manner.
-Des Moines Capital: Funeral
services for Mrs. Alice Cheek
wife of Jesse w. Cheek, $50
Sixth avenue, who died No
vember is, were held at the Cen
trail Presbyterian church. Interment
was private in Woodland cemetery
! The Central Presbyterian church quar-
tet sang. The Rev. George P. Magill
pastor, conducted the services. The
pallbearers were Senator Lafayette
I Young. Carol Wright. John Chase, w
/ II. Lehman w. II. Sheperd and Simon
! Casady. Mrs. Cheek has sung at more
than $500 funerals and helped ease
the sting of death by the sweet and
sympathetic tones of her voice. Every
where civil war veterans talked OF
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