The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-04
CITY NEWS.

Buy storm buggy of Sherwood.
]. One week from today primary
election.
Both city and county and state
and national politics are warming up
and with every Indication OF remain
| ing warm until each contest is settled.
knights and Ladies OF Security,
, Keokuk council No. 1899. will meet
| in regular session at o'clock at A.
o. U. w. hall Monday evening. A
large attendance is desired.
James W. Huiskamp and wife
have conveyed to DR.. Robert M. Lap
sley a piece OF boulevard property.
the deed being filed for record in the
recorders Office today.
There will be meeting OF the
boys work committee of the First
Christian church this evening at 7:30
The meeting will be held at the
church, corner Of Tenth and Blondeau.
Have harness repaired at Sher-
woods.
John De Rosear Of Harrison town
ship, republican candidate for super
visor. was in Keokuk today in the in
terest of his campaign. He spent an
hour or more in discussing county at
fairs with politicians at the court
house.
The article appearing IN Sunday
mornings Gate City under the caption
"a Civic League and What 1t Stands
For should have been credited to "E.
B." as 1t WIS contributed article
and written by lady who is deeply
Interested in the welfare of the city.
The republicans of Keokuk will
| assemble tomorrow evening at the
county court house at 1880 p. m. to
select thirty-one delegates to attend
the county convention to be held at
Donnellson Friday. March 8. 1t is
urged that all republicans who can
possibly do SO attend the city conven-
ton tomorrow evening and take part
! in the deliberations
Sherwood leads in the harness
| line.
Dumping hot ashes in the barn
came near proving costly to Thomas
Rovane, who resides on Des Moines
between Ninth and Tenth. This morn
ing at $50 o'clock the department
was called there to put out fire which
had started from that cause. The
4 loss was very slight Yesterday even
ing a defective f1ue at GIG High street
brought the department out. There
was no damage done in this instance.
Transfer OF nearly $4,000 worth
of farm land in Lee county was re-
corded on the books Of Ed. G..
Vaughan, county recorder. here today.
i A. B. Gillaspey conveyed to Dennis
Morony of Henry county, 240 acres Of
land in Van Buren, township, the con-
sideration being $4,000. Samuel e.
Wharton sold to William Hoenig 100
acres in Jefferson township for $1,000.
Mary Elizabeth Potter transferred to
Joseph Bihn eighty acres Of land in
Charleston township. The Gillaspey
farm brought 1925 an acre.
The registration SO far has been
comparatively light and 1t is thought
that the voters of the city do not un.
L uclSIdu LIE real Stlud llUu. luC ic&o
istratfon books for this election were
! made up from the election books Of
last year and as there was very light
vote cast then many names are not
on the new books. If a person did moi
vote last year or has changed his resi-
dence in the last year he will have t.
register or lose his vote in the city
election.
The local Elks will give Al
Fields minstrel nice patronage mex
Wednesday evening whe1 the SHOW
!, appears at the Grand opera house
i, Members of No. 100 have purchased
about $50 tickets for the performance
AL Fields is an Ell. and has OF
. other occasions visited the local lodg
and entertained the members after tn,
), performance and the local order feel
, under obligations to him and his com
. pany and he will be greeted with
i fine bunch of Elks when the curtain
. goes UP next Wednesday evening M,
: Alton Robertson, son of Mr.. and Mrs
: j. Ross Robertson, Is member Of A.
Fields Co. and also of No. 106.
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