The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-06
CITY NEWS

M. w. A. dance Tuesday night.
New shirts, Ewers-McCarthy Co.
"A tip--Get Sherwoods prices on
harness before buying elsewhere.
All suits and overcoats reduced
20 per cent at Ewers-M Mccarthy Co.
The committee composed of D. w.
McElroy, DR.. j. M. Shaffer and Ed. S.
Lotion, have secured e. w. NlicManus
as speaker for the Memorial day eXer-
cises to be held the last of May.
Rev. H. B. Foster has been i'll
for the past several days, but feels
he will be able for the morning SER
vice at his church. No evening prech-
ing, however
Stove room special for Monday
from a. M. to p. m. Regular s1.Oo
and s1.25 large fine clothes baskets
at TIC each. Limit of one to Gus
toner. Duncan.Schell Furniture Co.
w. c. Thon was called to Mooar
last evening by the serious illness OF
his father, Herman Thon, who has
been sick for the past several days.
Mr.. Thon is employed at the DUPONT
powder mills at Mooar.
The lecture given Friday evening
by Henry Clark at the high school was
greatly enjoyed By all who attended.
The subject was play Ball. and
baseball fans found it quite interest
ing although it was not a baseball
lecture by any means.
Among his many old relics j. e
Cooney of Montrose has copy of the
Gorget Journal, printed in Boston
March IL, ITO six years before the
revolutionary war and a rare copy OF
| a newspaper. His copy is in COCO
preservation.
1t is understood that Senator
John Watson has signed with the
Drexel bowling club and that Nichola:
Lambrikis has annexed his signature
4 to Seal Skin paper. Both men arr
new at the game, but have displayed
considerable form during the past few
weeks.
/ Miss Ora v. Davis of No. II!
Morgan street has received word tina
4 her cousin. Hon. Antoine Joseph, i
dying of Bright's disease at Ell Pase
4 Texas. He was delegate to congress
from New Mexico from 1884 to 189
and highly prominent citizen of tn
southwest.
Catherine, the three year oil
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M
| lone Of HOS Palean street had tn
misfortune to fall from a chair at he
home on Friday, breaking her rigt
arm. This is the second mishap {
the same nature with which the littl
girl has Let within short while, sl
having broken her left arm recently
Owing to the condition of til
corn in Iowa and the necessity f
immediate shipment, the Iowa Ra.
road commission issued notice on Fe
I ruary 4. to all railroad companies
Iowa to move corn in preference
!. all other freight, except perishab
:, freight This to be in effect uni
/ elevators are relieved and farme
able to dispose of their corn.
Quincy journal: Invitations ha
been issued by Mr.. and Mrs. Edwa
}. E. Hawkes. of Keolsuk to the maria,
e of their daughter. Miss Angelil
e Hawkes.. to Mr.. Arthur Samuel N
If Lean of Chicago, which will tai
q place on the evening of Wednesda
r Feb. 16, in the Westminster Prest
terrain church at Keokuk at s.:
] o'clock The bride is a belle of Ike
kuI, and is friend of Will Gardner
7. daughters, having been here only !
t. Gently with her parents and sister
"a hear her uncle's wife, Mrs. Frank
al Hannah, sing at the Empire.
II But one indoor baseball game W
played Friday evening in the openi
of the indoor baseball church leag,
The Congregational team defeat
n the ST. Johns by the score of 10
a. 9. The game between the Nfetnodi.
j. and the Presbyterians was forfeit
e. by the former team, which had /
III five men on hand to play. The rul
e. of the league will not permit of b
rowing men and thus the game W
lost. There was good sized Gro
present and considerable interest m;
lg Tested in the opening. The seas
e. promises to be very successful a
I'd several new men appeared in
bit games. who will be fixtures on
several teams.
Members of the Elks club were
tertained By Joe Hood of Boston, "
OF gave pool exhibition that was tr
lie marvellous in its character. Mr.. HI
ds performs many difficult shots and p
ps on a number of trick stunts that
IN light and amaze an audience.
e. holds medal for pool performanc
or One of the most difficult shots
ID. evening was shooting ball from
pool table and making it land in
pool rack on the wall, putting
ct ball il TIE rack and in the mum
en- called for by the spectator. He ha
sh number of shots that one would
ie- were impossible, but he executes til
TO with precision and accuracy
sn- certainly makes him wonder in