The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-14
CITY NEWS.

>SSe NleTWOOu 5 new line Dug SleS.
Attorney j. R. Frailey of TT. Mad
ison was in attendance at district
court here today.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to John Writ, Jr., and Alma A.
Schard. of this city.
POO pairs boys and girls school
shoes at low prices. Star Shoe Store
726 Main street.
-Keokuk put another one over
her jealous rivals Sunday when the
city was named in the comic section
of the Chicago Record-Herald in one
of the cartoons.
Geo. Hubbard, the genial pop corn
man, with the pretty wagon, will be
glad to meet all his old customers as
well as many new ones, at the City
Drug Store corner
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge, No. 5, knights of Pythias to-
night at 500 O'Clock at Castle hail.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting Knights
invited. C. c. Koepf, C. C.
Manager Morley has new stage
settling for the Grand opera house
which was seen for the nrst time
last night at the lecture of Senator
Gore. 1t is a mark-- improvement
over the old setting that has been
seen for several years past.
The Lee County Sheep and Wool
Growers Association, recently organic.
| ed, will hold meeting at Donnellson
on March "a, to which all wool grow
ers in the county are invited to at
tend. AT this meeting permanent Off
GERS will be elected, bylaws adopted
and the organization placed on firm
footing for the benefit of the mem.
bers.
"A number of West Keokuk people
who find it convenient to use the
street car provided for that end oil
the city, have complained much OF
| late because of the equipment put on
that end of the line. The time SEIZED
ule the.y say, is all right, but the cars
1 In which they are forced to ride OF
walk, are old dereIicts of by-gone days
that are ramshackle and flimsy ex
cuses for a street railway carriage, is
generally conceded by West Enders
Does any one in Keokuk remem
Der Major Henry King who liveo
here more than sixty years ago? DR.
2. K. Norman, a relative of his. with
offices at 40 Central Bank Building
memphis, Ten, writes the police Of
this city that he is anxious to find
4 mira King, Aivira King. twt
daughters of Major King, or descen
dants of theirs. The letter indicate.
that DR.. Norman is particularly de
slrous of locating some one of them
/ Up to the present time, no one is abl
to relate any information that nigh
lead to enlightenment for the south
ern doctor. The letter stated that h.
wished to get in toucn with som
OF those mentioned or their progen
for the purpose of settling some fam.
~ affairs. Whether a vast estat
hinges on the outcome of the scare
for the right parties, Dr. Norman di
not state.
"A Keokuk business man has sue
gested plan which is being partl
worked at the present time, that o
having dam advertisement on al
stationery sent from the hotels an,
wholesale houses of the city. Hun
dreds of travelling statesmen visit Keo
kuk during the course of a month. i
Is stated and this fact could be turne,
into invaluable worth to business in
forests and the city generally if tn,
writing paper and envelopes they u.s.
could be appropriately stamped witt
the fact that we are the uam town.
The citizen believes that the Indus
trial Association could accomplish
much If they would supply this kin,
OF printed stationery for commercial
men who in turn would send it t
their respective houses in oraerin
/, and the very men whom it woul
benefit and would benefit the cit,
would be reached through this met
ium.