The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-03
CITY NEWS.

ford, Sugar Creek station, on Decem-
Der 2, daughter.
Wilbat. the ladies taiior. 1105
Main street. Bell phone 1041- Adv.
Weather conditions for trading
purposes have been ideal and the To-
cal merchants are having fne trade.
Look. Best Springfield lump coal
$3.50 per ton C. McAlanus Con-
struction Co. Phone 215.
The message of President Taft
TO the senate and house Of rep
Tesentatives appears in another part
lof this paper.
Don't fail to hear John B. Ratio,
impersonator. at Christian church.
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 8 p. m. He Is a
| fine enterta iner.-Ady.
The hard coal shortage still con-
tinues, one dealer saying this morning
that it is simply impossible to secure
enough coal to supply the demand.
The price continues strong.
w. j. Fulton, chairman Of the In
! dustrial Association committee upon
building laws and housing, left last
night for Philadelphia to attend the
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national housing convention
regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. s, Knights OF Pythias to-
4 night, at 500 o'clock at Castle hail.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited John P. Johnson, C. C.-Ad-
lvertisement
Not much property was disposed
iIof at the delinquent tax sale held
yesterday. A number Of property
Owners paid their tax just before the
sale opened and saved their proptrty.
According to later telegram.
John Nolen, the city planner, will not
/ arrive in the city until tomorrow
morning. few more lieutenants
have reported In the campaign for the
fund. the average still being about
eight dollars.
Local No. 400 I. B. E. w. meets
first Tuesday and third Wednesday at
s o'clock at Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, hall, Tenth and Johnson SITS Wis
iting brothers cordially invited. e. III.
Shilling, F. S.---Adv.
/ Eight men employed by the Keo-
Ikuk and Hamilton bridge company
will be allowed ten day vacations, the
first beginning December 10. The
business at the bridge will decrease
materially during the winter.
Regular meeting OF Loyal Order
If Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7o4. tor
night at o'clock in Moose hall. Wis.
ting brothers cordially invited Ed.
G.. Vaughn dictator. Roy NJ. Martin
secretary -Advertisement
Charles Anderson. who was in
inred in the dynamite explosion above
sandusky yesterday, died last evening
is forecasted in The Gate City. The
'oroner's jury rendered verdict that
he mems death were caused by the
accidental explosion of dynamite
Masonic: Special meeting OF
Eagle lodge, No. 70, A. F. and A. NJ,
40 o'clock, Wednesday evening, Dec.
(, 1912. Work on second degree
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
BY order of the w. NJ. s. H. Johnston,
secretary Adv.
The business men along Main
street can cooperate with the city of
floials and especially the street de
by disseminating the practice of sweep
ing paper into the streets. This is a
very bad practice and should be dis
continued by every one who is guilty
of doing it.
Buggies and harness we sell Sher-
s wood.--Adv.
The two men who were Boosting
Saturday night that they had gone
through the dam in their motor boat
and who were exposed in The Gate
City ON Sunday, have left town on
their way to the gulf The men were
good press agents and expected to see
fine write-up in The Gate City Sun.
day.
Buy a laprobe and be comfortable
| while riding. Get it at Sherwood's.-
, Adv.
w. A. Lalor, general passenger
: agent of the Missouri lines for the
Burlington and W. Gray, general
freight agent in Missouri for the
same system, were in the city today
inspecting the water power, calling on
the Industrial Association officials
and taking view of the city in gen
eral They are both long time of
fcials of the %"
AT FIT. Madison and this city yes
terday jurors were drawn by the
county clerk and auditor from the
lists furnished by the election judges
for the year 1912. The names on
! slips Of paper were placed in three
separate boxes and they will be drawn
lout as juries are chosen during the
year. County Clerk Bruce Lake went
to Fort Madison and County Auditor
: Adrian Meyer came back with him
last evening to do the work here.