The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
CITY NEWS.
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--Doie's plneappie Jui'O.
CARTS.
The regular monthly meeting OF
thu Benevolent Union will be held to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clck at the
home.
Fresh catfish. choice ones at JOS.
Haubort's, 7os Main street.
Read the big special cash rug sale
ad. on page 4.
1T Is the concensus Of opinion that
the cleanup day was very gratify-
ing success to all those who had
charge of the arrangements and they
feel especially grateful to the citizens
in general for their efforts and CO.
operation which went to make the
event so successful. There is no ques-
ton but that the cleaning-up day will
become an annual event
We are right in the electric wiz
Ing business. Will you let us place
you wiring for you! Butcher, Carpen-
ter & Butcher, 1904 Main street. Bell
phone 1477.
Many citizens are out on their
lawns, sowing bit Of blue grass seed
here and there. The past winter
seems to have been hard on the blue
grass in spots and some OF the lawns
look sort OF moth eaten. And, OF
course, the good citizen Is anxious to
have his lawn as near perfection as
circumstances and small army OF
dogs make 1t possible. Hence the
sewers.
Get buggy at Sherwood's.
Joe Fry, president Of the Lee
4 County Farmers Institute and one Of
the foremost agriculturists In this pars
of the country, is in the city today.
Mr.. Fry is negotiating with the water
power people for the sale of three
hundred acres of land near Viewer.
After the business is settled up, Mr.
and Mrs. Fry and their daughter
will take trip through Kansas with
view to investments.
You'd better be glad you did than
mad you didn't let us do your electric
wiring for your home. Butcher, Car
penter & Butcher, 1904 Main street.
Bell phone 1477.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk
lodge No. 106. B. P. o. E.. tonight at
4 Elks' hall. Sixth and Main stree'.
Hugh L. Cooper is quoted by this
mornings Burlington Hawk-Eye as
telling that community to get busy
or Keokuk, Fort Madison and Quincy
would defeat her in the industrial
race due to coming development on
account of the water power dam at
this city. He told them to get rid Of
the fantasy that power could be serv-
I ed as cheap from coal as from water
and he told them some other truths
about the water power development
and Burlington's opportunity.
BE sure and attend the special
cash rug sale at John Wallberg's
Furniture Co., 6o3 Main street. See
ad. On page Z.
Eggs are very firm at prices In
clined to advance. This is in sym
patty with the rise in the price OF
meat, people being inclined to substi
tute eggs for ham and beefsteak
wherever it is possible to do SC. The
| retail market in Keokuk has ruled the
past few days at 20 cents per dozer
but sudden fly upward in the whole
sale market to practically 10 cents
makes it doubtful if the retailers car
maintain twenty-cent price.
In an adjoining town, while {
ladies' card club was playing for a 5.
! book as prize, the sons of these sam,
ladies, small boys, were arrested II
hay NOV while playing for 90
prize. They had organized a club lik
! their mothers. The mothers cried an,
H said: What q terrible place this tow
II is to raise boys, anyhow" Serve
H them right. They might have know,
II the difference between hay NOW an
II parler, and 50 and so cent prize
II The Fort Madison commercie
II club has decided to decorate tn
n walls of the headquarters with map
II and pictures of the Keokuk dam an
II other interesting scenes connecte
II with 1t. At the recent meeting of tn
| club, communication was read frol
H the Continental Foundry company. S
II Louis, which is to locate In Fol
Madison The communication said til
II company had doubled Its origins
capital stock.
II sherwood's, 7os Main, is til
II place where the people of Keokuk al
ii buying their buggies.
II The weather summary for Il
month of April, just issued by Obse
yer Gosewisch shows that there wei
II clear days, II partly cloudy da.
and cloudy days, with 10 days
rain, the total precipitation beir
al The mean temperature was s.
u The warmest day was the 9Th at
degrees while the coolest day was Il
: 3rd at 30. There was six inches
snowfall during the month and 70
I frosts were noted. two light ones,
heavy one on the 10Th and killil
frost on the LIST. There were 70
thunderstorms and the heaviest vii