The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
CITY NEWS.
soap, a labor saver.
Ewers Grand Leader. best sc cigar
ST Paul's coffee Thursday

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afternoon.
If you are not registered you can
not vote.
We repair your harness while you
wait Sherwood. 7oS Main.
The kind OF shoe repair work
that's needed. Karle does, s14 Main.
Officer William Shepherd of the
police departmental enjoying weeks
vacation
Sigmund Bros vacuum cleans
carpets, rugs and mattings without re-
moving from the floor.
At the present time the Iowa
telephone has clear ring owing to
the new Bell which has recently been
installed.
-Loeffler & Cook. ladies' and gents
tailoring, also dry cleaning, repairing
and pressing. now located at No. 9o4
Main street.
1t is important to see that your
name is on the registration books.
Next Saturday the boards win be in
session again.
-Bayonets and leggings have bee
received by Company L. The uniforms
are expected to arrive some time dur
ing the week.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. go
viii hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall All members are
requested to .e present
Supervisors Brinkman, Hosier and
scheffler today made trip into the
country for the purpose of viewing
the roads prior to making some decid-
ed improvements.
Regular meeting of Xeolsuk Aerie,
No 6S3. F. o. E. tonight at Eagles
Hail. Sth and Main at 8 O'Clock. visit
ing brothers always welcome. Chas-
A. Noakes Secretary
The Lee County Board OF Super
visors made their annual tour of in
spection to the Lee County Home this
morning and remained there for
dinner. the guests of superintendent
Robert Hart :.
Listen, ii You are live wire and
eniov quiet game of pool, we beg to
meet YOU You are the people we
cater to- "P. s." We have no room
for dead ones. Booster Pool Pa-lor,
sos Main street.
Six prisoners were IN the dock
this morning when the sunerior court
Judge took the bench Three were
up for sleeping and three for drinking
too much of intoxicating lubricants.
Each was made to oay the costs.
MISUNDERSTANDING Post, No. SIS,
Dent of Iowa. G. A R-You will meet
at 1907 Timea street to attend the
funeral Of Comrade Blodgett, at 2:3O
Thursday afternoon. All ex-soldiers
cordially invited L. A, Berryhill, Post
Commander.
Ben Harrison has conveyed to
Simon Smith certain described prop
erty in section 2. township SIS, range
Z west. the consideration being 500.
This land was conveyed by warranty
deed to Ben Harrison in a previous
deed made bv Oscar K. Kinkeade.
When the people were filing out
of the district court room last night
one OF the ladies' present, referring to
the small place III which Senator Gore
was forced to speak, said: cts too
bad keokuk hasn't an armory or some
other suitable place in which to hold
public GATHERINGS of this kind. More
people would attend them
The police aver, and wisely they
do, that it pays to investigate a big
unknown noise, no matter how foolish
the outcome of their probing may be-
Monday night about eleven o'clock, a
man and woman passing the Alonzo
Draine ice cream parlor between Elev-
enth and Twelfth on Main street,
heard noise inside the refreshment
room that sounded like burglars,
jimmying around. The police were at
once 'phoned, the Lucy" gotten out
Main in an awful hurry and three blue
coats tried 70 get in the front door at
ter listening themselves and hearing
nnmistakable sounds of a thief, max
ing thorough investigation of the
unlighted place of business. No key
could be found to unlock the ice cream
peaiio4 ooc-, @AAu dAlci d octii I'll vi zen
minutes, the proprietor was found.
the place unlocked and in went the
officers, prepared to stand by the old
flag, and With billies cooked. There
VAS an uproarious ls--.a when the
burglar was seen, and no one ever
would have guessed that 1t was a
healthy big old rat with mouse trap
fastened TO his muzzle that made such
a big to do Smiles still fit across
the placid countenances OF the blue
coats. as they think of the big scare,
and once in awhile peel of laughter
from one lets the others of the force
know that he is still thinking of a
rat trap leading veteran rodent
around by the ear.