The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-23
CITY NEWS

heInomDer the Qate6 SILK SAFE
Feb. 25-26. Megchelsen's.
Wholesale coal. D. q. Reeves, Agt.
Let Sherwood repair your harness.
Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
Entire change OF program at
Dodges tonight
Stirn's mirage silk on sale at 50
cents, Friday and Saturday. Meg
chelsens.
The standing of the babies in the
contest will be announced at Dodge's
tonight.
Remember that $1.35 a yard silk
at SO cents, Friday and Saturday.
Megchelsens.
-Keokuk Camp M. W. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.
"A marriage license was issued to-
day to Miss Minnie B. Martin, aged
81. of Prairie City, H.. and William
F. Adams, aged "a. of Arbela, Mo.
I Students at Iowa Wesleyan, Mt.
Pleasant, went on a strike yesterday
/ and refused to attend classes because
it was Washington's birthday ami
versary.
Father W. Guipan of Abba,
breaches the lenten sermon at st. Pc
ter's Catholic church this evening, at
1880 o'clock; subject, God, the Happi-
ness of Man"
| Word was received in this city to-
day saying that George Wycoff, son of
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Wycoff, had passed
away in Baton Rouge, Miss. The an
inouncement came in the form of a
postal card and the message was not
in detail.
Figures today show that the total
receipts for the baseball minstrels last
/ evening were $486.75, the expenses for
the affair, S148.38, and the amount that
will be given to the baseball associa-
ton fund will be $33S.37, figures that
those who assisted. can well be proud
lot.
There will be a game OF indoor
baseball this evening between the
Congregational and Methodist teams,
which will be played in the Y. M. G.
A. gymnasium. This game is one
postponed from last week. The two
teams which are to play are regarded
as the strongest aggregations in the
indoor church league and much inter
est Is conferred in the contest. Other
games of the week will be played Fri
day evening.
Come early and get your choice
from 26 shades of mirage silk, price
s1.35. on sale FRIDAY and Saturday at
S9c. Megchelsen's.
4 -Bonaparte Record: Politics is
beginning to get interesting. There
are now four candidates for sheriff
one for treasurer, one for county
superintendent, and three for record
er on the republican ticket. No re
publican has yet announced himself
for representative. Others are think
ing of getting into the race and II
promises to be interesting. The men
who are nominated on the republican
ticket this year at the primaries will
stand good chance of winning at the
polls. The place for the republican
candidate to spend his time and money
| 10 Ill luC GdCO III Tic lOullldtlOA 1Ce
into the game Advertise A. L.
Heminger says he is progressing
nicely in his campaign for state super.
intendent
More than 10000 boxes of oranges
will be sold in this district during the
Special Orange Sale advertised by the
California Fruit Growers Exchange
If these boxes of oranges were placed
end to end they would measure five
miles. r requires -orty cars to make
up train load There are four hun
|: dred boxes in each car and the boxes
. will average 100 oranges each. Up
wards of two million oranges will be
transported on this special train, and
il orders from the trade indicate any
thing this immense quantity will be
disposed of during the week. 5000
orchards have been stripped of their
choicest fruit, wrapped in Sunkist
wrappers, placed in these great re
frigerator cars and are running under
schedule time, just as passenger
| trains are run, that there may be nc
| delay and that every dealer may be
| supplied.
This evening, something new, that
| has never before been put into action
| in Keokuk, will be done, and if sue
| cessful, will be continued. At the
Olympia Roll-a-Way skating rink
| which is under entire new manage
| ment, tonight, the LeGeres, sensation
| al acrobats, will make their appear
| ance and besides enjoying good
skate. those who attend, will be treat
ed to scnc rare vaudeville perform
ances, in three superb acts, on rings
trapeze, and as contortionists. The
admission will be only five cents and
the skates, fifteen cents. Hours. after
moons, 2:30 to o'clock and evenings
from Z until 10. Everyone should at
tend the new and up-to-date rink this
evening, as guarantee of full even
ing of pleasure is given with each ad.
mission, day or night.
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