The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-13
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special ICf FRIDAY, one dozen
Standard peaches. s1.e5. at belongs.
Good roads will help bring trade
to keokuk as well as good train ser
vice
A large crowd attended the Fred
Hilpert sale today. The bidding was
quite lively.
DIR. c. E. Ruth will be in the Of
fee of W. c. Howell, attorney. to II
a. N. and 4 to p. m. No. is North
Fifth street.
-sherwood's specials for this week:
A 81 good Atwood ga horse blanket
for s1.5o. A $500 good chase lap robe
for $500. 7o3 Main.
-Messrs. Cameron, Joyce and Max
well took a trip into Hancock county
yesterday and purchased fine team
for use at the quarry
The beautiful weather and the
merchants bargain week attracted
many people to Keokuk this week to
trade. The visit proved to be most
pleasant and profitable.
Masonic: Special meeting of Har-
din Lodge No. %, A. F. & A. NJ, to-
night at T:30. Work on first degree
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to attend. BY order of the W. NJ. c.
NJ. Vogler, secretary.
Charles Dickinson of Hamilton is
just recovering from an illness of
several weeks duration. Mrs. Dick
inson is just able to leave her bed
after four weeks seige of rheuma-
tism.
-Keokuf locge, No. 25s. A 0. q.
W. meets every Thursday night at
f:30 O'Clock ct hall over Keokuk Saw
ings bank corner Fifth and Main
streets. Visiting brethren cordially
inTited. c. ". Trott. NJ. w, Ed. ".
Moore. Recorder
j. A Hummer has conveyed to
Albert I. Rockefeller the southeast
! 80 feet of lot 9. block II. George F.
! Witch transferred to Isabelle Wit
itch, his wife. 1-3 of IL of lots and
s, block &c. This property is near the
/ corner of Third and Johnson.
The steamer Keokuk did not
leave this port this morning until
O'Clock on account of the dense fog
| which settled over the river last
night. The reason that this boat is so
cautious in the recent fogs is the
low conditions OF the big stream.
Lewis D. Sheppard has transfer
red to Hannah Blaisdell Robinson the
rear fifty feet of lots and 2, Reds
addition. Chas. E. Coins has con
veyed to Theodore Peterson lot II
blck 49, Reeves, Perry and Williams
addition. The property is on Frank
lin street between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth.
A big argument was held this
morning at the Rock Island freight
house between James Fulton of the
Wabash railroad and Ferdinand Bear
of the Rock Island as to which com
pany does the greatest volume OF
business The argument was trifle
too lengthy for the reporter OF this
paper to remain and hear the final sc
it was postponed until tomorrow
morning.
), Visitors to the dam site on the
. Illinois side are surprised over the
changed appearance of the place. The
topography has changed greatly with
in the past two months and prepare
tons for enlargement are apparent or
every hand Increased activities are
apparent and the work of building the
dam will continue undated through
the winter with increased activity il
Z the spring. Engineer Hugh L. Cooper
who is in the northwest looking aftel
business matters is expected TO AGAR
4 visit Keokuk or his return trip.
/ Addicted to the subtle influence
of the morphine pill a New York
drummer is lodged in local hospi
tai undergoing treatment that will
make ii possible for him to resume
his work, although his condition dur
ing the past few days has been re
Il garded as serious. He came to Keo
kuk a week ago Tuesday and soon
was almost deathly sick, after in
I jecting into his system many grains
of the soothing drug. A slave TO such
an extent is he that at the hospital
!. il was learned that one pocket OF his
8 trousers was out SO that he could ad
minister the injection while walking
along the street. A dose for him has
!, been fourteen grains.
Quite stir was caused in color
I ed circles last night when Scott White
and Mary Thompson were united IL
marriage at the home Of the bride
No. "a North Ninth street. The
marriage ceremony was performed II
the presence of over sixty wedding
guests. Rev. Hellorn pronouncing the
service. Miss Matte Hinton served
as bridesmaid and Phelps Jones wa'
the grcomsman. Following the cere
mony at $50, big wedding feast was
served and all made merry until
late hour Mr.. and Mrs. White vii
make their home for the present a
"a North Ninth. The groom is thu
obliging and attentive porter at tbs
. Osborn tonsorial parlors.
The Dodge Bros, Chas. II. Dodg