The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-16
CITY NEWS.

in price.
Just the thing! Boy Scout shoes
at Miller's.
The inquiry for Keokuk real es-
tate is on the increase.
-Harness-Buy of Sherwood.
Cars will meet the Sidney on its
return from Quincy tonight. The
boat will be back here about 1900
o'clock
Sacred concert at Rand park Sun
day. given by Citizens band
Miss Sallie Jones suffered a stroke
of paralysis yesterday morning at her
home On High street.
Buy delivery wagon at Sher-
woods.
Local railroad agents report pas
senger traffic on their several lines,
exceedingly light at the present time.
/ June this year is not alive with the
usual amount of travel at this season
/ of the year.
Boy Scout shoes are now to be
had at Miller's.
Attorney Joe Tall of Kahoka, Mo-,
was in Keokuk yesterday calling IN
friends and looking after business
matters. Mr.. Tall is one Of the we'll
known members of the Clark county
bar and no stranger to the legal fra
ternity Of Lee county.
/ Buy one of Sherwood's buggies
The Gate City this evening re-
/ produces the cartoon recently appear
ing in the Des Moines Register and
Leader in which Dr. G.. Walter Barr
OF this city appears in the role of star
The cartoon is by Ding
For Sunday buy choice roast of
lamb, beef Or veal of Jos Haubert
B. J. Kirch of kahoka, Mo, has
been in the city for few days. He
/ came to Keokuk to submit to an oper-
alton for the removal of small
/ growth on the left eye Mr.. Kirch is
brother of C. ]. Kirch of this city.
Fresh vegetables Saturday at
! DeYongs, 24-2S South Fourth street
The chautauqua season will open
next month and be quite lively during
/ the month of August a number of the
/ towns in this section annually hc..
chautauquas that are real entertain
ing and instructive.
Eat Burke Bros, ice cream when
you want something good Stop at
504 Main street
July /, 1911, the Alexandria post
office will be terminal for mails west
and the railroads will be required to
carry the mails from the station to
the postoffice, thereby eliminating the
star-route class for Alexandria.
Get the habit of stopping at Burke
Bros for your ice cream and ices.
5o4 Main street.
The question of adopting the COM
mission form of government in pref
erence to the present system of gov
mitted to the voters on Friday. July
81. The mayors proclamation to
that effect is being prepared and will
probably be issued today.
New grocery opens tomorrow
morning at 22S B. street VIM. Lucas,
proprietor
This morning at s o'clock, large
crowd of Congregational Sunday
school picnickers left for Wild Cat
| Springs to spend the day on their an
nual outing. Excursion cars for the
/ entire party, were used in conveying
/ the members across the bridge to the
4 big summer resort of Homer Brown.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
4 Schmidt, a girl baby.
-Epworthians of the Burlington
4 district will gather in Burlington this
evening for the opening session of a
three days convention. Y. R. Mckay
of Keokuk will open the general dis
cussion in the department of literary
and social work conference Saturday
morning He is third vice president
E G. Younstrom, recorder from
Des MONIES county, visited with Re
corder Ed G. Vaughan yesterday
When shown the books here he was
surprised at the business done, sayinl
it was fully equal to that done in tn
recorders office at Burlington. Com
bining the Fort Madison and Keokul
business much more is done In lie
. county than in Des Moines.
With the Fourth of July less thai
three week distant it may not be gu
of place to state that Section 502S-i
of the Supplement of the Code of Iowa
makes 1t unlawful to use, sell and Of
fed for sale or keep for sale within
. the state of Iowa any toy pistol, TO
!. revolver, caps containing dynamite
blank cartridges for toy revolvers %
toy pistols. or firecrackers more tina
!. five inches in length and more tina
). three-fourths of an inch in diametel
I the law further provides that any pc
]. son violating the provisions OF tn
foregoing act shall be fined not e
|, ceeding one hundred dollars or D
4l,o county Jail not G,