The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-22
CITY NEWS.

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There will be holy communion at
ST. Johns chapel tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
Love, Courtship and Marriage"
lecture by Father Fleming at st.
Francis de Sales church Thursday
evening. May 90.
New cement sidewalks recently
ordered by the city commissioners are
being constructed in all parts OF the
ity.
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Curran. H.
s.. Evans, w. NJ. Gegner and F. l..
Garrett. all OF Des Moines were in
Keokuk few hours this afternoon en-
route home from Fort Madison where
they escorted twp hold up men who
had been sentenced to serve twenty
years in the penitentiary for highway
robbery, having committed the Of
fence in Des Moines. The party got a
birds eye view OF the big water power
and called on The Gate City, Mr..
Garrett having in years gone by learn
ed his trade on this paper. They left
for home via the Rock Island. The
Des Moines party reported that Bill
Richards, who has been an inmate Of
the penitenitary for several years, was
released at o'clock this morning.
The Walter Rayburn-Samuel
Chapman suit in the district court, is
nearing an end. The arguments of the
attorneys were made this afternoon
and the case went to the jury.
Mrs. Nancy Keppel has complain
ed to the police thav her daughter.
Della Keppel, has skidooed. Della, who
is about seventeen years of age. is
thought to have left with a young
fellow named Samuels.
| The Gate City would deem it a
courtesty if subscribers would men,
ton this newspaper in answering ad-
vertisements.
This town will go so fast with the
next six months that it will be hard
to keep up with it. That's what Wis
itor said this afternoon discussing
keokuK's prospects.
-Rey. j. F. Sanders, pastor of the
First Baptist church, left this after
i noon for Des Moines to attend the
Northern Baptist convention which
convened in that city today. SeUera
members of the local church expec
to attend the convention.
No registration is necessary t,
vote at the primary election Monday
June 8. Keokuk voters who hav
changed their residences or attaine,
majority since the city election ma
|, swear In their votes. Citizens VIII,
have been in the state six months an
county sixty days may vote at the pr
, maries. Length of time in precinct i
not important. All voters will be re
CURED to register on October 24tr
25th or 26th for the general electio
November 9Th.
!, Mrs. Hugh H. Craig of Riverside
: California, is expected to arrive
!. Charlton this week to visit with he
4 parents. Attorney Craig will reac
= Keokuk some time in July to visit re
. atives. 1t will be his first trip tp tt
old home since locating in California
in which state he has been very su
. cessful in his profession.
A uniform rating book for tt
!, entire state was one of the question
q discussed at the opening session of tt
!. Iowa State Grocers' Association
i Clinton yesterday. The annual CO.
4 vention began Tuesday morning wit
a large attendance. Several of til
cities in the state now have the sam
system of rating customers and til
exchange system, which is being COZ
sidered, is expected to be more e
q fective.
Charlotte M Whitmarsh was r
: moved to st. joseph hospital tn
morning where she will undergo a
operation.
City Clerk Sandberg has receive
the new license tags for dogs and wi
: be ready to issue them tomorro
: morning. Ted" the "houn' DAVIS
that belongs to Mr.. Sandberg wol
a smile Of satisfaction tpday whe
the clerk fastened tag number one G
his collar.