The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-02
CITY NEWS.


Sherwood for new delivery wag-
ons
William Jennings Bryan will be
the speaker at the chautauqua at Mt
Pleasant tomorrow. His subject will
be 'sThe Passing of Plutocracy.'
st. Paul's coffee Thursday, Aug :
"A number of Keokuk golfers will
go to Quincy Saturday to participate
In an afternoons play with members
OF the Quincy team. The list of play
ers who are going has not yet been
completed.
| Sherwood for new buggies.
Pat Jacques, the well known Keo-
kuk semipro twirler, pitched for
Pennington Sunday and lost to Bona
parte, to /. Five years ago Jaques
was one of the most feared twirlers
on the lots of Keokuk. but OF late
has lost some of his cunning.
| Watches greatly reduced at Ayres
DIR. W. w. Cameron is quite seri-
ously Ill at the present time and is
being treated at the home of his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Cameron,
ST., ZIG South Seventh Street
Watches greatly reduced at Ayres
Business men, automobiles and
farmers In and around Bonaparte have
organized The Bonaparte Commercial
| Association" to encourage the build
ing of good roads and to take care OF
matters of general interest to the
town and community.
Keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. 622
will hold It's regular meeting tonight
/ at Woodman hail. All members are
requested to be present.
| The contract for building the one
room, frame school house for Jack
son township (outside) has been
awarded to George Kirchner, the
! lowest bidder. Work will start at
once and the school house will cost
81, 1854.
Regular meeting Of Hermann
lodge, No. lie, I. O. o. F., tonight It
( 7:30 o'clock Visiting brethren cor
daily invited.
4 For harness and repairs Sher.
4 wood
Mrs. Clarence Warburton whose
/ husband is lying in the hospital
/ slowly recovering from fearful burns
he received while dressed in cotton
/ preparatory to plunge into the
Mississippi river from the Keokuk and
Hamilton bridge, today is soliciting
means for livelihood from the good
people of Keokuk. The county is Civ
+ ing her what assistance the law al
! lows, but this is inadequate for her
wants. Mrs. Warburton has two chill
dren. She is frail little woman OF
about thirty and is scarcely able to do
! anything. The family live at 617 South
Fifth Street.
-Sunbonnets worth up to 25c, all
I go at 10c at Central Store
Regular meeting of Keokuk Aerie,
No. 6s3, T. O. e. tonight at Eagles
Hall. 523 Main at o'clock. Visit
1 irg brothers always welcome. Chas
\. Noakes. secretary.
The big transport steamer, "B
600 for the southern trade is still at
1 Dubuque, Iowa, harbor waiting for
high water. She has been at that place
since April list, ready at any time
the stage of water permitted to pro-
coed under her own head of steam to
the gulf. But at no time since her
completion has there been water
enough over the rapids at Keokuk
to admit her safe passage. In the
| meantime there is an interest loss on
the investment in the boat of 81 600
a month, at five per cent, or loss to
date of over $500. And there is no
telling how long the loss will CON
tinue.
Save money now on summer
goods at Centraps clearing sale.
1t will be up to Attorney General
Cosson to decide whether the grocers
must sell vegetables by the measure
or by weight Commissioner Barney of
the state food and dairy department
believes that under the provisions oil
the new weight law he can compel
| the dealers to sell by weight instead
of by measure. There Is enough doubt
in the law to warrant him in asking
the opinion of the attorney general
His decision to take this step is the
result of numerous complaints which
are being filed with him every day
charging short weights in vegetables
Yesterday morning F, D. Hubbard OF
Sheffield wrote him that he is pay
ing 80 cents peck for potatoes and
that when he weighed them the peck
only weighed 1914 pounds. He put the
question up to Commissioner Barney
to say whether or not the grocer who
sold him that short weight can be
prosecuted under the state laws and
also whether he can compel the groc
ers of Sheffield to sell him vegetables
by the pound instead Of by the meas
ure.
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