The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-18
CITY NEWS.
D. E. Reeves wholesale coal.

The stone foundation of the par
sonage Of the First Baptist church at
/ the corner Of Twelfth and Timea
streets, was about completed yester-
day afternoon.
Let Louie half sole or mend your
shoes at s26 Main.
IA wedding license was issued yes
terday to Charles Keenan,, of Rose
vile, Ohio, and Miss Harriet Gray, OF
this city. The wedding Is to take
place Tuesday morning in st. Francis
de Sales church.
All unredeemed pledges will posi-
lively be sold at once. Keokuk Cloth
ing and Loan Company.
West Point fair last week in Sep
TENDER, "a. rs, 26 and 81.
Today is the last day that the
Eagles will be in camp and the ladies
will be entertained all day. Nearly
all the Eagles in town will be on
hand for the festivities this afternoon.
Pond apartment saves $12 to SIS
monthly, no worries. Baker r. E. Co.
Many people have admired the
beautiful pansies grown on the lawn
of c. w. Dickinson, BIT N Fifth.
Along the front Of the porch is a row
OF pansy plants many of them thirty
six inches high. They are fastened to
stakes and have been bright with
blossoms all summer.
How well your shoes look when
repaired by Karle. Try him next
time.
Local Knights of Columbus have
received invitations from the Quincy
knights Of Columbus to attend the
dedication Of the K. G. building in
that city The Quincy building is to
be dedicated September %. and a
number of local knights will probably
attend.
Tubes and castings vulcanized by
steam method. Tri-State Garage.
! Miss 3eulah Well who is visiting
in New York has sent picture post
cards to several of her friends illus
! trating the new double deck stree,
cars put into service in New York a
/ few days ago. They look somewhat
like steamboat on wheels: they are
/ open cars and seat ITO.
California residents boast that
they have strawberries eleven months
out of the year. Paul Marie of Ham
/ ilton has his second or third crop OF
! strawberries ready for market now.
4 The berries are just as fine in flavor
as those which ripened in June.
Buy harness and have harness re-
paired at Sherwood's.
Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
No. ID. !. o. o. F., Monday night at
Is O'clock. Visiting brothers cordially
invited. Work in second degree.
| Ida Pauline Skinner, infant daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. Skinner
aged four months died of pneumo-
MIA shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday
morning after a short Illness. The
remains of the baby girl were taken
! to Palmyra, Mo-, on the noon train
yesterday for burial
When your electrical work has
been done by Arthur W. Schmidt you
have the reliable work backed by his
guarantee. Is South Eleventh Bell
phone 655.
Ralph B. Smith of this city, sold
to the Mississippi River Power Com
i pany, forty acre tract of land in the
city of Fort Madison, Friday. The
land will be covered by water when
the lake formed ~ the big dam is
completed.
You can buy new buggy at low
4 price at Sherwood's.
The eighth annual Kilbourr
picnic will be held next Wednesday
4 Aug. 81. in the Minear grove as usual
! Indications are for larger attendance
j than that Of last year when the crowd
was estimated from three thousand tc
five thousand The train schedule is
excellent permitting people from the
east of Kilbourn to be present from
| 1000 a. m. to 5:17 p. M The Douds
/ Leando brass band will furnish con
cert music and regular dinner will
be served. Rev. G. L. Minear of Knox
! vile, a., is the speaker of the after.
noon together with good local men
The sport of the day will be the ma
tional game, baseball.
Mr.. L. D. Guest, of Burlington
was in the city Saturday looking after
the interests OF his firm. Mr.. Guest
is one of Burlington's most enthusiasts
tic boosters. He says that the Com
Imercial Club under Secretary Egar
has been productive of great good and
h that the Monday noon lnncheons in
stituted by Secretary Egan have prov
en- not only social pleasure but q
commercial asset. Mr.. Guest pointed
to the new hotel. new bank building
~ w. c. A, the improvement of the
streets and the installation of tbs
electrolier lighting system as a few
of the more recent improvements thai
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