The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-14
CITY NEWS.
Sherwood for harness.


Brick in any quantities Keokuk
Lumber Company.
The butter house Of the 8. p.
Pond Co., Is being painted, decorators
commencing work on the large yellow /
frame structure last week.
Sherwood for delivery wagons.
Mrs. Kate Garrison who was tax
en- seriously Ill, Saturday, Is recover |
Ing
The Columbia brought its regular
Sunday excursion from Burlington to |
Keokuk yesterday. The boat stopped |
at the first lock and many of the pas |
sengers got off and surveyed the
works.
Sherwood for buggies.
Frank Wahlgren has conveyed to
A. N. Morgan, lot 9, block 40, Kill
bourne addition. The property is be-
tween Seventeeth and Eighteenth on
Timea street
Leslie NJ Hackett, formerly with
| the Sam Miller shoe store In this city
has gone to Chicago where he has &C
cepted position In the shoe depart
ment of the Nnrshall-Field & Co.'S
store. Leslie's many friends wish him
continued success In his line Of busi-
ness.
"A jolly outing party who have
been camping at Bluff Park for
| the past ten Days, have returned
home. Those who composed the par
ty are. Mr. and Mrs. G. ". Dfckin-
son and son. Beverly, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. L. Daugherty. and son, Kenneth, and
Mrs. NJ. G. Baily.
IN. d. Pound, the interurban rail
way promoter is expected to arrive in
1 the city In few days to further his
work of interesting this section In the
/ building of electric lines. Mr.. Pound
has been In Chicago and other points
east for the past several weeks.
H This morning at 3 o'clock, the
steamer Dubuque arrived from ST.
Louis with good sized cargo of
freight and a large passenger list.
The boat was here for more than an
hour. unloading wares for this place,
4 and left after four o'clock on the re-
turn trip south.
u. c. vanAusdall. a farmer living
near Keokuk. brought to this office
today several speciments OF his fine
China beans, which had grown to the
length OF thirty-two inches. Mr.. Van
Ausdall has been growing these beans
for a number of years and says that
next season he intends selling them
blythe yard
Travelling statesmen of the Huis-
kamp Shoe Co., will be in the city
this week. The large Keokuk shoe
mandatory has In its employ be-
tween twenty-five and thirty represen-
tatives on the road in all sections OF
the country The commercial travellers
will receive their winter and spring
lines and depart in two weeks for
their territories.
George W. Charnier, charged with
assault and battery, entered plea of
guilty in the justice court of John
Leindecker, and was fined s25 and
costs, the fine being suspended. The
information was filed Saturday by
Charles Hennemann. Jr.. neighbor.
According to the story told to the
justice, Hennemann was persuing
some OF his small chickens which had
gone into Charnier's yard when the
latter SHE'D brick at his head.
Il Messrs. ]. e. Witaker and Gregg
of Montrose with the members OF
their families and friends, composing
party of about sixteen In all. came
TO Keokuk Sunday in large launch
belonging to the gentlemen. The trip
was made for the purpose of seeing
the water power works The party left
here about FIVE O'Clock Mr. Whitaker
is the proprietor of the Bluff Park
onting resort near Montrose.
Sherwood for harness repairs.
The veterans taking part in the
recent First Iowa infantry reunion
held In Keokuk last Thursday and
Friday to commemorate the f1ftieth an
niversary Of Wilson Creek battle, we're
pleased with the manner In which The
space given to special articles. Both
the home and visiting veterans were
profuse In their compliments OF The
Gate City reports.
President Taft will designate
Thursday, November 30. as Thanks
giving day this year It always has
been the custom to fix the last Thurs
day in the month. This year there had
been some doubt because November
happened to include five, instead of
four Thursdays. The white house has
been besieged by theatrical managers
and those in charge of college foot
ball games to settle this doubt 80
that definite arrangements could be
made for the usual array OF special
performances and sports that mark
the day.