The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-18
CITY NEWS.

II
Westminster Presbyterian church
4 bazaar Tuesday, December TO-
Six Fort Madisonians have formed
club and bought the Brewster build
ing and tract Of land In the Green
Bay district, and the same will be
converted into private club grounds.
If your harness comes from Sher-
woods it's the dependable kind
lily Brown, the farmer from Tay-
lor, Mo-, who Sunday night fell from
the bridge spanning the Quincy bay,
Is slowly improving at ST. Mary's hos
pital IN Quincy. Mr.. Brown, was in
ternally injured and it was feared that
the result of the accident ~oul.i prove
fatal.
Don't forget the day and the date
OF the millinery opening at La Vogue,
Saturday, Sept. 81.
Fire Chief Anderson suggests
that there be careful preparation
for winter in regard to the cleaning
OF fiues. repairing same, and inspec-
ton of furnace pipes. Such a precau-
ton will no doubt save many fires
The time to take the precaution is be-
fore the winter fires are built. This
is good advise.
The latest ideas in fall millinery
Will be on display at La Vogue Satur-
! day.
Members of the fire department
are preparing to issue warning to
the citizens Of the city regarding start
i fro xx,ffh
ton OF the chimneys. furnaces and
crates. One of the heads of the de-
partment said today that many fires
are started merely because people do
not take the precaution to inspect
chimneys and see that they are free
from SCOT and other trash that may
have accumulated during the summer
Sherwood is selling buggies at
low prices TO3 Main.
-Keokuli Camp NJ. w. A. No. 62s
will hold Its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members ara
requested to be present.
AS stated In last evenings Gate
City the new Elks home will be open
to the public Friday afternoon and
I
hours are from 8 to 5 and the even
\ ing from 1880 to $50. The Elks will
be glad to have every one visit the
new home and see for themselves just
\ how enterprising the members of that
d organization were, for they believe
! they have one of the finest homes in
the country. Arrangements will be
/ | mo do rs <1,rt r. -
4 shown all over the building and it is
! hoped that the public generally will
accept this opportunity to visit the
Elks home.
Best Springfield In. lump coal,
$3.25 per ton, in quantities OF tons
l. or more. ]. C. McManus Construction
Co.
The entire fire fighting force OF
the city was called out this morning
to extinguish a dangerous looking fire
& at the barn in the reatof the Auwerda
home on Seventh ana Timea streets.
When the department reached the
scene the entire barn was a mass of
flames and only the hard work of the
tiremen saved the building from total
Z destruction. How the fire originated
is mystery as the barn had been
! cleaned out yesterday and everything
of an infamable nature had been
: removed. Two lines Of hose and the
chemical engine were brought into
:. play by the fremen. The damage will
be several hundred dollars
/ FIT. Madison Democrat: On ac-
: count Of the absence from the city of
4 some of the members of the CONNER
cial club committee on Montrose-Fort
!. Madison road, and because the com
mittee needs more time in order to
! prepare the printed information rela-
Tive to the proposed road It has been
deemed advisable to postpone the
4 meeting which was to have been held
II at Jefferson Center school next Sat
II urday evening, the 21st instant No
tice OF the next date at which the
II committee can meet the citizens OF
II Jefferson township will be given
n through the press.
III Work is proceeding very RAPIDLY
on the Illinois river road boulevard,
says the Nauvoo Rustler, and the road
III will be a beauty to travel when COM
H pleted A big steam shovel is tearing
out the rocks and roots of Mt. Moriah
II hill, where the grading was too heavy
for the road graders. The Hamilton
VI Press says: "The rock character OF
: the road assures hard road bed.
even without the nine inch layer of
broken rock and macadam twelve
4 feet in width. which will be added to
B the center of the road later. It is
y authoratively learned that the diff
\ ference between the Water Power
\ company and the Sonora commission
\ ers relative to the bridge and fill at