The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-18
CITY NEWS.

Ewer's Grand leader. best sc cigar
Sherwood will save you money on
blankets. lap robes and harness,
We have some choice lots that We
reserved in our addition to Hamilton
that are now on the market. Buy
now and make a profit, Conklin 4
Joyce
Regular meeting OF yeokuk Aerie,
No. 6SS. F. o. E. tonight at Eagles
Hall. Sth. and Main at S O'Clock, visit
ing brothers always welcome Chas.
A. Noakes. Secretary
Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash sc cigar
The effectiveness of the want
column was again proven in several
instances from advertisements in.
serted in the Sunday issue of this
paper. There's a reason The Gate
City's circulation keeps growing.
Regular meeting OF Hermann
lodge. No. 1ls, l. o. O. F.. tonight at
1850 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordial.
ly invited
Mrs. Mary j. Whitney. resident
of Keokuk thirty years ago, died on
January 12. at her home at 6412 Wood
lawn Ave, Chicago She leaves a
daughter, Miss Clara B. Whitney. OF
Chicago. Her husband was manager
in Keokuk for the American Express
company and the family is well re.
membered by many of the older resi-
dents. Mrs. Whitney was eighty-two
years of age at the time of her death
and a woman of rare beauty of char
acter and keenness of intellect
Our blankets and lap robes are
the best in quality and lowest in
prices at Sherwood's.
We have some choice lots that we
reserved in our addition to Hamilton
that are now on the market. Buy
now and make a profit. Conklin &
joyce.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. w. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall All members are
requested to Re present
A measure has been introduced
in the Iowa senate exempting all
soldiers property to the value OF
$1,000 from taxation This includes
veterans of the Mexican and civil
wars.
Miss Rachael Clark of Des Moines
has been elected director of the
University State bank Her election
makes her the only woman director
OF large bank in the state of Iowa
President George MacLean of the
state university at Iowa City has sent
in his resignation to the state edu-
cational board and will continue his
work with the Carnegie Foundation.
w. E. Blake of Burlington has
been appointed by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson of the United States district
court of the southern district special
mastery-in-chancery to take evidence
in the injunction suit brought nv the
Des Moines Gas company against the
city of Des Moines to restrain the lat
ter from carrying out the ordinance
for cheaper gas.
Michael Kunberger of Burlington
has sold his farm of about $50 acres
lying west of Charleston to William o.
Helm. The deed was placed on file
in the recorders Office here today The
consideration was 5000.
John S. Ferguson of 1901 Carroll
street, the war veteran who sustain
ed severe fall last week on the icy
pavement which resulted In a disloca-
ton of his right shoulder, fell again
the other day in coming out of his
house. The fall did not prove as Sc
we're as the first one, however.
One thousand men are said to be
out of employment in Des Moines. An
army is tramping the streets of the
city looking for work ard there is one
job for one man out of every fifty who
apply for it. Because of this tremend
Gus fact that Associated Charities are
holding meetings to plan action to
meet the sudden emergency.
The lone bandit of Ottumwa is
still at large and working Industrious
~ Monday night six persons were
held up and robbed in a grocery
store in East Ottumwa He calmly
searched the clothing of all present
and succeeded in getting away with
s22 in cash and gold watch. The
robbery occurred in the early evening.
After taking the money he walked to
the door of the store and disappeared.
The police believe they have a slight
clue and win try to run down the
man who has been terrorizing the
town by his open robberies, and who
has apparently no fear of being cap