The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
CITY NEWS.
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DRINKS, r. A. Williams, p. Noble and
p. Welsh, the latter a Hamilton junk
er, the limit today for their inebriety
All of the trio will be "blowed" out
of the city as they are mo good" citi-
zens.
This paper Is informed that an
excursion will be run from Niagara
Falls to Boston on August 18th, for
s11 the round trip. Wabash excur-
sionists to Niagara Falls will no
doubt take advantage of the reduced
fare.
The Keokuk & Western road is
doing neavy passenger business, as
evidenced by the full coaches which
leave the city every evening for the
west. Keokuk merchants are bene-
fitting as never before from the pat
ronage these visitors who live within
seventy-five miles and more, are
giving them.
Regular meeting of Keokull
lodge No. LOG, B. P. O. E., tonight at
Elks' hail. Sixth and Main stree.
Visiting Ell1s invited
Post card dealers In water power
dam views are selling hundreds of the
souvenir mailing cards every week to
persons interested in the sights to be
seen by q visit there. The post Of
fee department handles several thous.
and cards month, which are sent to
all parts OF the universe.
Keokuk Lumber Company handle
rarle flooring in car lots
Come enjoy plate Of reckless
chicken with other good things at the
annual Chicken Fry, Sandusky, Aug.
5. Supper served from $50 p. m. un-
til 900.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has made ruling that the date
stamped on railway ticket is the
time of its expiration; that is, the
date does not signify the last day on
which the ticket expires. Should a
journey be begun before midnight of
the date with which ticket is stamp
ed, the passenger will have to pay adj
ditional fare after that hour. This
ruling will affect chiefly those going
on transcontinental trips, as they are
,, accustomed to delay the return jour-
ney until the date with which the
| ticket is stamped.
Fresh catfish at Jos. Haubert's,
| 709 Main street.
Our shoe repair work will stand
the test Of hard wear. Karle.
All members of former lodge,
Order of Owls, also all new members
Independent Order of Owls, are re-
quested to be present Sunday, $50
a. M, at the hall. % North Sixth
| street F. NJ. Ballinger, Pres.
Considerable progress Of a com.
| mendabie kind has been made in
Main street business buildings. There
yet remains number of Buildings
that could be greatly improved by the
liberal use of paint.
The clerical department and ju-
dicial departments of the city hall are
keeping in touch with progress on the
| power dam. Yesterday afternoon at
| $3.50, a party of three, Miss Mabel
Fuerst, Commissioner Thos. P. Gray,
| and Judge w. L. Mcnamara, made an
excursion to the Illinois side Of the
| river to note work that is now going
| on. They tried to secure the services
4 OF Officer William Wilson as body
guard, but that well proportioned
peace preserver had something else
to do. All Of the city officials, more
or less, are keeping up with happen.
| ings where the concrete finger will
span the big river.
| And Fang, first clerk OF the
steamer Keokuk, which plies between
here and Quincy, is making himself
greatly popular with hundreds of peo
pie down the river by acting as a
guide to the excursion crowds which
come here each Sunday to. see the
dam. Clerk Fang as soon as the boat
touches the local pier is off and away
toward the works on the Iowa side
with scores of followers. Mr.. Fans
is SO we'll in touch with all matters
| pertaining to the present construction
work that his descriptive talks are
interesting. He is doing a good WORK
and his services which are worth
dollars are cheerfully given gratis
Clerk Fang says that after people have
once seen the dam the always wan
to come again and he has known per
sons to come two and three times
within couple of weeks to see the
giant engineering works.
The count at the Iowa state re
formatory at Anamosa now stands a,
an even 600, the highest for man
/ years. 1t was claimed by some tina,
when the law was changed to the in
termediate sentence that 1t would
lower the population of the prisons
/ but on the other hand it has material
ly increased, as the count at the Ft
Madison penitentiary is also high
above the average, being SIS. It was
also claimed by opponents Of the law
1 that the law yiolators would not have
1 to serve as long sentences as under
the old plan. This idea has also
| proven to be wrong, as the majority
! qrQ nnu oay, ,aI14J ~