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

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Fort Madison citizens held mass
meeting last night to further plans lot
street carnival and aviation meet
to be held there this summer.
/ --Ewers-McC arthy Co. clothes al
ways fashions latest and authentic
i decree.
i -Puckechetuck lodge No. 4s meets
every Friday night at s o'clock mi
tiation. All members requested to Dc
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 1477.
Regular meeting Keokuk Council
No. 5s6 tonight at O'clock Hawkes.
hall. Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. z.
M. vogler. regent; ]. |. Annable, sec
Your horse will look good with
set Of Sherwood's harness.
Delegates from the rural districts
and the suburbs, who are supposed 10
be authorities on the subject, find that
the fruit prospect is again good one,
and that there will probably be plenty
OF cherries and everything else. The
single exception is the peaches, and
there NAV be quite few of them.
-Messrs. Cooper and Trawick were
i'll 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,
rart 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 re-
suit vast amount of accumulated rub
Dish was removed and this city pre-
sents neat appearance. Keep 1t so.
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
phone 1877.
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h knocker.
| Again this summer Keokuk Will
F be the mecca for thousands who VIII
\ come to see the big water power and
n they will be surprised over the prog
n ress made on that greatest of cleo
n trcia1 enterprises. Excursions will
run to this city bringing thousands
\ and thousands OF visitors who cannot
/ help but be favorably impressed with
H the biggest dam in the world. One OF
N the first, if not the first excursion. will
HI come from Burlington next Sunday on
III the steamer Morning Star.
III Ride away In one of Sherwood's
III new buggies.
Nj Spring lamb for Sunday. Excel
III lent quality. Order early tomorrow
N when you get rest of your meat order
III Haubert, T09 Main Both phones.
III Next week Burlington will enter
III tain the Iowa State Medical society
III Two weeks later, In the eternal fitness
III Of things, says the Burlington Hawk
HI Eye, there comes the state convention
III OF the Iowa Funeral Directors associa
N ton. And If the tombstone men have
Nj an association they ought to be alons
Ill a week OR two later The convention
III dates of the Funeral Directors is May
I'LL 81. % and %. Some 400 members
III are expected to be present. Charles
III Emerson secretary of the association
III Is we'll known to the Keokuk members
HI of the associa ton.
HI The quality of Ewers-Mc Garth,
Nj Co.'S boys' clothes is the best.
NJ There was not much of a session
III Of the superior court this morning
III The only offender was none othe
III than Peg" Collins, a colored charac
III ter who enjoys more than speaking
y acquaintance with the police. Collins
was guilty OF nothing more or les
: than intoxication, his old failing. HI
! was taken back to the city Jail and hi
y appeal for mercy will be heard later
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knocker"