The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-29
CITY NEWS.

hedd Inc Daily Gate City.
EARLY Christmas shopping is the
theme
/ so pair boys shoes s2.25 and SIS
values, special at s1.95. Star Shoe
Store.
-Autoist blankets and lap robes,
selling at low prices at Sherwood's.
| 7o3 Main.
Tomorrow is Bank Street Chris
tian church day at LeBron Jewelry
Co., and DuncaI-Schen Furniture Co.
Fort Madison citizens will hold n
meeting this evening to discuss hav-
] ing recount of the towns popula-
ton. The census count showed a de-
crease OF over three hundred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Laubersheimer
of this city are at Rochester MINI,
where both have recently submitted
to operations. Mr.. Laubersheimer
was operated on Monday for append
citis and Mrs. Laubersheimer submit
ted to operations several days ago.
Both are getting along as we'll as
could be expected and their hosts of
keokuk friends will wish for them
prompt and complete recovery.
Fort Madison Democrat:-Ch Charley
Dodge of the new Crown theatre, left
for Chicago on business at p. N. He
will return Saturday Mr. Dodge has
engaged the celebrated tenor, Billy
O'Brien of New York City, for an IN
definite period IS singer at the
Crown. beginning next Monday, De
cember 5. A new machine will be in
stalled in few days. Mr.. Dodge has
made alterations in the proscenium,
giving an increased height of thirty
inches. Other minor changes will be
made as will be deemed necessary N
furnishing superior and laudable at
! fractions at the Crown
Fort Madison Democrat: Thomas
Pankey, of Marceline, aged about n,
Santa Fe brakeman running be-
tween Marceline and Kansas City,
was injured at Floyd. Mo-, west OF
/ Marceline Sunday morning and died
on board special train which was
rushed to this city in vain race
with death. The remains were brought
on to Fort Madison, prepared for bur
ial by Sternberg &, Lehman and TAX.
en- back to Marceline on Number g.
The accident occurred about $3.50 4.
m. when Pankey was in some I'M
known manner caught between the
/ station platform and the moving cars
of the train on which he was braking
an extra east pound freight with Con.
ductor Staples and engine 1925
( When picked up he had been fright
fully crushed and mang.ed.
The increase in Illinois is some.
what greater than that OF any of the
middle western states whose popula-
ton so far have been announced
| Michigan showing only a little over
| 16 per cent, Missouri per cent, III
diana somewhat more tnan pei
cent, Kansas 10 per centaOhio not
quite 10 per cent, and Iowa indicating
/ a loss Even illinois is, however, out
distanced by the larger EASTERN
states for which figures nave been
given rev York. Massachusetts
Connecticut and Rhode Island all
show larger percentages of gain. The
announcement for Illinois merely en-
I phasizes the fact that the greater
gains are in cities OF the S17041 al
ditions to the population of that state
4 4S6,70S were in Chicago alone and
study OF the map of the state shows
that the principal counties in which
Z increase was indicated were those
containing cities of 10000 and up
wards Chicago is shown to possess
about two-fifths of the state populd.
ton. Forty-nine of the 102 counties in
that state showed decreases in popu.
lation during the last ten years, while
the twenty other counties showed
gains Of less than 1000 during the
decade. The loss in no instance ex-
ceeded 1000. The state should gain
at least four congressman if the pro-
posed new apportionment law should
be based as at present.