The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
CITY NEWS.

Der heels that last 814 Main.
AT the present time Iowa is dis
counting California weather
Sherman Williams Floorlac makes
old floors look like new. For sale by
Sbith Hdw. Co.
II you intend to mail copy OF
this issue to friend 1t will take three
cents postage.
New fall dress goods now on dis
play. SOC to $3.50 per yard, at the
Central Store.
Rev. I. H. Angew will preach at
129 Main st. this evening at 7:45
o'clock. All are welcome.
III you want the best, use Sherman
Williams paint. For sale by Smith
Hdw. Co.
"A marriage license was issued
late yesterday to Jesse R. Fowler and
Emma D. Groth OF Moline.
For metal ceilings, skylights, gut
tering, spouting and all kinds Of tin
work see us. Our prices the lowest.
Settler & Cherry Co.
This forty-eight page special edi-
ton will be sent into all parts of the
United States and thereby do its
share toward distributing water pow
er information.
Call Leming for painting and wall
papering 904 Main street
Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, the old
est woman in Nauvoo, and perhaps
the oldest in Hancock county, died at
her home in Nauyoo Sunday at the
age of ninety-nine years. She was i'll
only week, taking sick the day
following her birthday.
The Gate City regrets that the
architects were unable to furnish the
perspective for the new Elks Club
and st. Mary's church SO illustrations
of these two new buildings for Keo-
kuk could accompany the articles
that appear in this issue.
Nauvoo Independent: Elder Eph-
Ram White, president of the East
ern Iowa conference of the Utah
Mormon church, has been in the city
| the past few days making arrange
ments for conference of Mormon
elders and Saints to be held here on
| September 16, II and 49,
Let Sherwood repair your har-
ness.
Burlington Gazette: Mrs. Lucy
4 Palmer, who lives on Washington
street, filed a novel action in the dis
/ trict court today. She seeks damages
in the sum of $500 from Boniface
Suffer for her 10-year-year son, al
leging that Mr.. Suffer sold the boy a
toy pistol that exploded and injured
1 his hand
The expenditures for buildings in
Keokuk this year will total up hand
somely. Adding the water power in
vestment, the street railway expen
ditures, new hotel. Elks building, st
Mary's church, Decker building, Meg
i elschen building. private residences
ETC., the amount will go into more
than a score of millions
i Insure your property with Hobbs
-Keokuk's Industrial Association is
doing things They are proceeding
/ carefully and intend to make as few
errors as possible. The latest i'm
portant action is the employment of {
secretary. With Mr.. Dewitt in place
the campaign for Greater Keokul
will go forward with added zeal.
Exclusive insurance agency
Hobbs.
Extra copies of this issue of The
Daily Gate City will be sold for five
cents per copy Extra copies will b.
saved for those sending in orders bu
purchaser must call for the papers
and must also mail them as the post
office rules prohibit newspaper from
mailing papers to others than the reg
ular subscribers.
Subscribers to The Gate City wht
reside in Illinois will endorse the fol
lowing statement which appeared re
Gently in the Bushnell Record: Coo
is good to Illinois. 1t is one Of Hi.
garden spots. In the hundred years
since the first settlers broke the vir
gin sod there has never been cror
failure The farmers always have
enough to eat and wear, and also
grain to sell for money wherwith tt
acquire more s2o0-an-acre land.
General insurance. See Hobbs.
The Quincy Power Boat club, ar
organization which has been needed
for many years to develop and arouse
interest in the sport In Quincy, wai
formed last evening, when 25 enthu
siastic motor boat owners of the city
met at the boat house Of J. A. Moritz
Front and Oak streets, and effected Z
permanent organization by the cleo
ton of the following officers: Com
modore, J. L. Hase; vice-commodore
B. w. Bartlett; secretary, George H
Timmerwilke; treasurer, Harry Whip
pie; board of directors, ]. A. Moritz
A. w. vanDoorn, G. B. Horton, Ray
Stewart, c. V. Andrews and Billy
Evers.