The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08
CITY NEWS.

Clarence Dickey, of the Gate Cisl |
force, is confined to his home With |
an attack of the grippe.
Tomorrow is st. Francis De Sales |
Catholic church day at LeBron jew
elry Store and Duncan-Schell Furni |
ture Co.
But few weeks until Christmas
Read Gate City advertisements. fhcy
will help YOU in making Christmas
present selections for him or her.
Rev. W. A. Bruce is the Keoklls
representative at the Muscatine Dean
cry convention of the Episcopal
church, being held at Muscatine this
week.
-Studebaker Junior wagons ana
boys saddles made a suitable Christ
mas gift. You can buy them at Sher-
woods. 103 Main Street
A live Santa Claus will be. in our
window and ST. Nicholas on the sac
ond floor at 2:30 Saturday afternoon
and 7:30 in the evening. The Golden
Rule Store
Fourteen days, two weeks more
of buying days before Christmas IL
linois shoppers are patronizing the i'll
! terurban heavily and are assisting
Keokuk merchants in disposing OF tiaa
] stocks OF holiday goods.
1 Ed Laubersheimer. who was oper-
ated upon several days ago at Rochss-
I ter, MINI. for appendicitis. is impToT-
I ing nicely and expects to be able to
! return home some time next week.
! Mrs Laubersheimer will remain Tor
further treatment
Clinton Herald; Horace Anthony,
( con of w r. Anthony OF Camanche,
although still young man. is one Of
i the leading engineers for a large
western construction company. He
/ has lately been notified that he vii
be resident engineer in the work or
the canal and locks at INeokuk. He IS
brother of Deputy Auditor Gienl
Anthony.
Il So far this year, the keokuk fire
/ department has responded to IT,
1 alarms. The most disastrous fires
4 came probably in the month of Aug
ust when a supposed incendiary was
working on the north side of the city.
The fire year is from April TO April
and Chief Anderson keeps record
of all calls responded to by the de
partment, making his report from
these records.
The Macon County Society meets
this evening at Macon, Mo-, and will
listen to addresses by Judge Robe (
1 H. Kern ana W. r. Compton of st.
Louis and former Governor Dockecy
of Gallatin. Judge William Logan I
this city had been invited to address
the meeting and accepted, but was
forced to send his regrets later on
account of his health not permitting
him to make the trip today.
Miss ENNIS Nfvling, general sec
rotary of the Young Woman's CHRIS
tian Association, contemplates ieag-
ink Keokuk shortly before Christmas.
Miss Nivling intends making weeks
visit in Chi ago and will be ready to
assume her duties as general secre-
tary of the Lansing. Mich, assoeis-
ton the first of next year, announce
ment of Miss Nivling's advancement
in the work of the association having
: been made in The Gate City several
weeks ago.
The Des Moines Register & Lead
er: W. B. Barney. state food AMI
dairy commissioner, is on the trail CT
fruit dealers who are unclean in the
handling of fruit OF late information
has been brought 10 his department
OF alleged unclean methods used BY
dealers in polishing up apples ana
other fruit and he has instructed nii
inspectors to investigate If ain IL
formed correctly. some of the shining
polished apples that look so tempting
on the fruit stands are not fit to cat
unless they have been thoroughly
cleaned" said Commissioner Barney
2 They look so clean that many peop.e
i will proceed TO eat them without
knowing OF the unclean manner III
: which they were polished
of Charles fArchie) Johnson's a.
cident in the Burlington railroad
, yards yesterday morning, the Ga
| zette of last night says: Charles
johnson. an employee OF the North
| western Cabinet Company, was strucs
| by the shop train this morning about
i Gas O'Clock near the Jefferson stree
/ crossing while on his way to WORK
| He was taken to Burlington hospita
\ No serious injuries we're found, bit
i there is evidence of an injury to his
H back. Johnson came to Burlington 6
\ week ago from Keokuk. He says ht
/ was walking between the tracks am
I did not notice the approach of {
train nor did he know what happen
ed until he recovered consciousness.
at the hospital.
Cedar Rapids may also sport {
water power dam in the near future
Although much smaller and only ;
drop in the bucket alongside OF IA
Keokuk dam, the proposition look
good to business heads among Ceda
Rspidsites. the following from the nc
publican telling OF the proposition
TO dam the river there: An eight-foo
dam across the Cedar river. beIo'