The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-03
CITY NEWS.

Read on page I. Don't be
krcoker.
Fort Madison citizens held mass
meeting last night to further plans Tor
street carnival and aviation meet
to be held there this summer.
-Ewers-McCarthy Co. clothes al
wars fashions latest and authentic
decree.
-Puckechetuck lodge No. 4S meets
every Friday night at s o'clock. mi
tiation All members requested to be
present. BY order of noble grand.
Geo. Immegart, secretary.
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 1871.
Regular meeting Keokuk Council
No. 5S6 tonight at o'clock Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. c.
N. vogler. regent: J. I. Annable, sec
Your horse win look good with
a set OF Sherwood's harness.
Delegates from the rural districts
and the suburbs, who are supposed to
be authorities on the subject, find that
the fruit prospect is again good one,
and that there win probably be plenty
I of cherries and everything else. The
single exception is the peaches, and
there may be quite a few of them.
-Messrs. Cooper and Trawick were
/ in Quincy last evening meeting the
business men Of that city. with ref
! erence to the action Of that city re-
garding the commercial development
expected from the water power They
returned to Keokuk this morning.
Always on display at Ewers-Mc-
Carthy Co, the latest things in suits
and haberdashery.
The street force was engaged to-
day removing the small piles of dirt
that had been placed near the curb,
/ Fart of the evidence of cleaning up
day. The response to the appeal of
| the committee of thirty-five to make
cleaner city out of keokuk was re-
/ sponded to most heartily and as s re-
suit vast amount of accumulated rub
bish was removed and this city pre-
sents a neat appearance. Keep 1t go.
1 We are right In the electric wir-
/ ing business. Will you let US place
/ your wiring for you? Butcher, Carpen-
/ ter & Butcher 1904 Main street. Bell
I phone 1917.
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knocker.''
Again this summer Keokuk Will
be the mecca for thousands VINO will
come to see the big water power and
! they will be surprised over the prog
ress made on that greatest of cleo
trcia1 enterprises. Excursions win
run to this city bringing thousands
and thousands of visitors who cannot
help but be favorably impressed with
the biggest dam in the world. One OF
the first, If not the first excursion, will
come from Burlington next Sunday on
the steamer Morning Star.
Ride away In one OF Sherwood's
new buggies.
Spring lamb for Sunday. Excel
lent quality. Order early tomorrow.
when you get rest OF your meat order
Haubert, To9 Main. Both phones.
Next week Burlington will enter
tain the Iowa state Medical society
Two weeks later, in the eternal fines,
OF things, SAYS the Burlington Hawk
Eye, there comes the state convention
OF the Iowa Funeral Directors associa
ton And If the tombstone men have
an association they ought to be alons
week or two later. The convention
dates of the Funeral Directors is MAJ
q. % and %. Some 400 member:
are expected TO be present. Charles
Emerson, secretary of the association
Is well known TO the Keokuk members
of the association.
The quality of Ewers-McCarthy
Co.'S boys clothes is the best
There was not much of session
OF the superior court this morning
The only offender was none Other
than Peg" Collins, colored charac
ter who enjoys more than speaking
acquaintance with the police. Collin:
was guilty OF nothing more or less
than intoxication, his old failing He
was taken back to the city jail and his
appeal for mercy will be heard later
Read On page Z. Don't be E
knocker :"