The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
CITY NEWS.

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Home Tea company will be closed
all day tomorrow.
For Toe cream leave your order
with Burke Bros, 504 Main.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker announce
the birth Of baby boy, Merle Hamil-
ton Walker, December the 5tn.
Apples 60c, potatoes 81 per bushel.
900 High street Phone 7S6-Red.
Phone Burke Bros. for your
Christmas ice cream, 504 Main street.
20. Pfaffe for Sealshipt oysters,
choicest roasts of meats and home
made sausage for Christmas meals.
SIC Main street
Fuel, all kinds. Open half day
! Christmas NJ. F. Eaton. Both phones
| The city firemen are particularly
thankful to We'll & Co., for some new
warm gloves with which the clothing
house presented them yesterday.
Merry Xmas to all and happy New
Year for those who have shoes re-
paired at Karle's.
| The jury in the case of the Dnggs
estate contest returned verdict
against the four contestants Friday
evening after being out less than three
hours. The will will be probated and
! the property given to Ida 8. Wayland,
as provided in the instrument. The
contestants were Fannie Kern and
Dora Sherwood, nieces, and J. W.
Masters and A. A. Masters, nephews.
Buy him lap robe for a gift to-
morrow at Sherwood's
The Bill Board Of December Is
has the following to say of the heavy
loss encountered by Rupert Hughes
through fire recently: A fire which
| is believed to have been caused by a
defective flue, burned the home of
Rupert Hughes, the novelist and play
wright, at Bedford Hills, N. Y. The
silver plate, paintings, rugs and brio
a-brac were saved, but the house de-
stroyed The loss is estimated at
about $4,000.
Regular meeting Of Keokuk lodge
No. 10, /. O. o. F., Monday night at
7:30 o'clock. Visiting brethren fra
ternally invited. Work in first and
third degree.
The case of the Keokuk National
bank against the City OF Keokuk
was settled Saturday afternoon and
will be dismissed in the district
court. The case arose over an effort
of the Iowa legislature to tax govern
ment bonds held by national banks,
while the bonds held by state banks
are exempt. The bank paid the tax
for several years. but instituted pro-
ceedings in 1908 to enjoin the city
from further collection and to recover
| the amount paid since the passage of
the law, some years ago. The agree
ment made yesterday between the
bank attorneys and the city commits
/ sion is that the bank will not seek
to recover the back tax and the city
assessed since 1908, amounting to
$1,000. The supreme court has held
the tax could not be collected.
/ Go to the Christmas after dinner
shoot at show grounds.
See our new line OF blankets
They make suitable gift, at Sher-
woods.
The B. & H., Sic Main will be
open Xmas day till noon
| Everybody jostled elbows on
Main street last night in the last great
rush to do belated Christmas purchas-
ing. The hundreds who thronged up
and down and in and out of the
stores gave the impression that the
shop early appeal had been lost In
4 the craniums of the many who with
packages piled and tucked about
them, surged along. 1t was the final eff
fort to get holiday gift for some for
gotten relative or friend that brought
out the circus day crowd and the mer.
materially. In speaking with num-
Der of stOrekeepers, a pleased express
sion of the business done during the
past two weeks has been unanimously
J made by all of them The 1911 shop
ping season of December has been a
most prosperous one and the Merry
: Christmas" greeting sounds more
musical than ever Many new resi-
; dents are in Keokuk this year and
they have added to the patronage OF
local retailers. Should the increase
in numbers be as large next year as
it has been in that just past, Keokuk
will doubtless be the most flourishing
city In this part Of the state.
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