The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-27
CITY NEWS.

-DAuIeS VI Dduh SCIeSL CuuICu VIII
give their bazaar Thursday, Dec. 1.
"A son has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Daggs of Alb Palean
street.
Christmas photos at Foley's stu
dio at reduced rates, Sixth and Main
street.
Saturday morning nine pound
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. H.. q.
Dunlavy, 626 South Ssoonc.
We sell all kinds of coal, Spoon
River Coal Co., 100 South Third. Both
| phones. Carl Boyd, Mgr.
Tomorrow is Unitarian church
day at LeBron Jewelry Co. and Dun
| can-Schell Furniture Co.
H. H. Grow has been appointed
| special guardian Of George F. David
son on the application of Clara NJ.
Percell, sister.
| We want to supply y.u with
Ellisville coal, the coal that's better.
Call Spoon River Coal Co., 120 South
| Third. Both phones.
Mrs. Cortes Maxwell, 713 High
street, began her primary music class
for piano, on November 1. Graded
pupils two weeks later.
Bazaar at ST. Peters hall Nov. %
and so, afternoon and evening. "The
Country Store,'' a play, will be given
on the evening of the goth.
Only four weeks until Christmas.
| Now is the time to have your pic
lures taken before the rush. An
schultz new studio, Is North Fourth.
Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
No. 10, l. o. o. F., Monday night at
7:3o o'clock. Visiting brethren fra
ternally invited. Work In the second
degree
-Croton lodge No. 500, /. o. o. F..
of Croton, Iowa, filed articles OF in
corporation here Saturday. The trus-
tees named are A. e. Walker, Allen
Raines and Harry ]. Wilson.
Sunday evening, Nov 27, the
Equal Suffrage club Of Hamilton will
hold public meeting at the Christ
ian church in Hamilton. Rev. Ellinor
! Gordon will preside. There will be
music and addresses No admission
charge. Everyone welcome.
20. A. Talbot, Keokuk's representa-
tive at the deep waterways conven-
ton in st. Louis, has returned home
and reports very successful gath
ering. The convention selected Chi
cago as the next place for meeting.
Yesterday Orville Publisky and J..
Ross Roberts were busily engaged
painting their boat house the regu-
lation colors of the Motor Boat club,
green and white. 1t is hoped that this
will inspire the other members of the
club who own boat houses in need of
paint.
Monday evening the report Of the
years business at the draw of the
Keokuk and Hamilton bridge will be
published in this paper, giving the
number of times the draw opened
during the year. the dates. and the
boats that passed through and their
direction. The report will be issued
by Engineer James Wilson.
&C. Henry Fosgate. the successful
Quincy hotel man, who Is well &C
auainted in this city. has placed an
additional hotel to his list. He has
purchased the Whitcomb House in
Rochester, N. Y. This purchase will
cause Mr. Fosgate to depart from
Quincy as it is one of extent and will
necessitate constant attention. MT.
Fosgate has the best wishes OF his
many Keokuk friends.
Have harness repaired at Sher-
woods. 7O3 Main.
Capt. H. N. Dcdd, one of the old
est and best known rivermen OF Kan
sas City, was drowned in the Mis-
souri, river at the foot of Delaware
street. in Kansas City, on Wednes-
/ day afternoon, at the age of 6s. He
5 fell from the Pilot. a towboat. OF
which he was captain and pilot. It
is thought his head struck a rock
as he fell. stunning him so that he
was unable to swim out. The body
has been recovered. He was well
i, known in this city by old time river
men.
/, Nothing Of extraordinary in.
portance developed in the water pow
: er matters Saturday. In fact nothing
Of extraordinary interest is expected
, 10 develop. The work of building the
:, dam will go forward until its com
pletion. which is scheduled for July
;. DIST, 1913. Machinery will continue
: to arrive from time to time and ad
litions to the force will take place
The remodeling of the office building
at the corner Of Third and johnson
: is going forward and will be com
pleted within the next few weeks ant
will be the finest and most conven
lent of its kind in the city. Mr.
Cooper will return to Keokuk, or al
least expects to-, the latter part o.
this week.
! A dispatch from MI Pleasan
says: Perhaps the most gruesomt
tragedy that has ever occurred II
| Henry county was enacted early this
Afternoon, when the home of Mr.
Charles Mabeus, well-known farm