The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27
CITY NEWS.


mas present. 3O7 Main street.
Dorothy Lenore, week old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schouten,
died last night at the family residence
1902 Timea street at 1910 o'clock.
The little one was born Saturday
noon, November Is, 1911. Funeral
services are to be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at half past two from the res
ioence.
Piano is suitable gift. Buy it
now. Well deliver it at Christmas
time. w. w. Kimball Co.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the
e. e. Hawkes. undertaking parlors
funeral services were held for the
late Mrs. Geo. w. Brown, former Keo.
kuk resident, who died at Randall, H.,
last Friday. Notice was made of Mrs.
Browns death in Sundays Gate City.
Rev. j. c. Mccain, pastor of the Meth
odist Protestant church conducted the
funeral services. Burial was made in
Oakland cemetery. Those who were
the pallbearers are:-J. R. Roberts,
James Wilson, r. A. Trickett and
James Mccullough
Officer Harry II. Weber, day pc.
liceman of the Water Power company
on the Iowa division of the works, has
his hands full every Sunday while
sight seers are crossing the first lock
gates. The officer stationed at one
side of the gates signals crowd to
proceed across the wooden wall, then
checks the visitors going to the dyke
and opens the way for return. The
action is similar to that On a State
street crossing in Chicago or st. Louis
Sixth and Olive busy spot. No acct
dents have occurred while persons
have been crossing the lock gates but
the place Is dangerous and necessit
ates the close attention of the officer
in charge.
The union Thanksgiving services
of the city will be held in the First
Methodist Protestant church, Thurs
day. 1880 a. m. Rev. j. M. Brown oil
Trinity Methodist Episcopal churct
will preach the annual sermon.
The question Of lighting Mail
street and the system to be used is
being discussed quite generally by The
business men. One merchant said hi
was not particular about the method
He wants something done. He wa!
tired of talking and wanted action
That Main street should be generous
ly Illuminated goes without sayin!
and the Improvement cannot be start
ed too soon.
Mrs. w o. Selbert Of 1917 Con
cert street is confined to her hom,
by pneumonia.
Francis j. Turner has conveyed
to Jacob Pearl Cassel lot 2, block 30
Kilbourne's addition. T. l.. Smith ha
transferred the title to lot ~, blocl
1876, to ]. B. Van Pappelendam; con
sideration $l,100.
Place your Thanksgiving orde
with Chas. NJ. Laubersheimer for Seal
shipt oysters, celery, cranoerries
meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and gro
ceries He always has what you want
Call over either telephone
Sylvester Satterly, the man who
was arrested here Saturday evening
for stealing horse from Jacob Abel
rear Donnellson, will probably go be
fore the grand jury for investigation
without having preliminary examin
ation. 1t is believed that the case
can be tried during this term of the
district court and will not be taker
| to FIT Madison.
Five men, arrested for drinking
too much and consequently becoming
intoxicated, were sentenced each to
thirty days in the county Jail. The of
tenders were: Jno. Weber 6. P
Dooley, J. T. Trenton. Hiram Point
and Will Schaefer A negro vagrant
by the name of Robert Anderson
plead not guilty to being a beggar ant
was returned to jail on default o!
laying 500 appearance bond.