The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
CITY NEWS.

Buy harness of Sherwood.
The gymnasium classes of the Y.
NJ. c. A. open this week.
Plaster and lath Keokuk Lumber
Company.
The annual meeting of the Keo-
kuk baseball association will be held
this evening.
The body of the late L. T. Pyles
will arrive this evening at 1855 from
Houston. Texas. and tomorrow morn
ing at ten o'clock, funeral services
will be held for the deceased in the
First Christian Church.
Special meeting of Eagle Lodge
No. IL, A. F. and a. NJ Tuesday even
ing. Sept. rs at 7:30 p. M Work on
third degree. Visiting brothers frater-
nally invited. BY order of the w. NJ.
S. H. Johnston, Sec'y.
Masonic Special meeting Hardin
Lodge No. % A. F. and A. NJ. tonight,
1880 o'clock. Work on the first degree
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to attend. BY order of the w. NJ. c.
NJ. vogler. Sec'y.
"A Nauvoo grape grower has just
completed making about 1900 gal
Ions of wine from his product, the
figures speaking well for the thriving
industry in the Hancock county city.
The big free fall celebration will
start one week from today and 1t is
hoped that the weather will be favor
able If fine weather week is provid-
ed the expectations are that the at
tendance will be the largest in the
history of fall celebrations.
Sunday was not very favorable
/ time to inaugurate the Mems Forward
Religious Movement. SO far as this
particular locality was concerned, as
the rain interferred very seriously
! with the attendance. A commendahle
showing, however. was made by the
/ Mems Glass of the First Christian
church, which had an attendance OF
close to half hundred.
The Nauvoo independent sees a
chance for Cheap Tail,-.ad. 1t is
summed up in the following para
graph: The water power company
has over ten miles of railroad track
and lot of engines, at their works at
Keokuk and Hamilton, which, when
the work there is completed. can be
bought cheap. Here win be Nauyoos
chance to get railroad cheap. We
can "pick 1t up and put it down be-
tween here and Niota.
The mystery concerning the find
ing of the unconscious form of Thos.
F. Hardin, mail clerk on the Wabash
train running into keokuk Saturday
evening, on the floor OF the car as the
train was coming into Versailles, was
cleared Sunday 1t developed that Har-
din. who is subject to severe head
aches had one of them which caused
him to fall and strike his head
i heavily. He will be able to resume his
run today.
( Have harness repaired at sher-
woods.
That Iowa cities on the west bank
of the Mississippi river are be-
ing Disseminated against in freight
rates was a charge preferred TO the
interstate commerce commission by
tine DOaFu VI ldiiloau commissioning VI
Iowa. The petition was fled on be
half of the state of Iowa and alleged
that between all points in trunk line
and central freight association terri
tory and the Iowa cities west OF the
! Mississippi the rates are grossly ex
cessive and unreasonably discrimina
tory. The rates affected by the com
plant are practically all in effect east
4 Of Iowa to the Atlantic seaboard. The
complaint was directed against the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
and approximately $50 other carriers
/ 1t is requested that the rates be 81
adjusted as not TO be higher thar
those conveniently in effect to ant
from Quincy, Ill, and st. Louis.