The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
CITY II EvVS.

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Let Sherwood repair your harness.
| Governor Carroll yesterday reap
pointed ]. C. Sanders as warden of
| the state penitentiary at Fort Madison
-Louies shoe repairing lasts like
new shoe SEA Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Banghardt are
rejoicing over the birth of nine
pound baby boy. who arrived Sunday
noon.
SEQ Lawyer Williams for advice.
Figures cleaned from the books Of
the county treasurer show that total
Of sac, ST school fund has been dis
tributed to the various school dis
tricts OF Lee county.
| Commissioner Frank Schmidt
will engage in the grocery business,
having bought the Hess stock. Mr..
Schmidt says he wants to be active
and Is better satisred when he is
busy.
We will give a clothes brush to
any one bringing bundle OF Laundry
to the Gate City Laundry office this
week.
Get your yard In good condition
before April 80 It will be to your
credit to help make cleanup day a
success. This cleaning-up campaign
should be made the biggest success
possible and can only be made 30 by
the cooperation of every citizen.
Sherwood is selling more buggies
In Keokuk than all others. Why
Because he makes close prices.
The Burlington officials succeed.
ed in locating Mrs. Charles Schumach-
or, OF that place, In this city. Her
husband committed suicide Saturday
when his wife, after a quarrel, told
him she was going to Keokuk. Mrs
Schumacher returned to Burlington
when the coroner told her over the
telephone that her husband had end
ed his LIE. Schumacher left note
! saving he was going to quit living in
this world on account OF his wife"
1t Is very difficult matter to get
small repair work done. The me
chanics are 30 busy on large work
that contractors dislike to take them
of for smaller tasks yet they get to
them Just as soon as 1t Is possible
This is very gratifying condition at
I i, shows Keokuk to be lively and there
lis not the slightest Indication thai
this condition will diminish for 8
long time. It has been many, many
years since Keokuk In the building
line has shown her present activity
and well informed men predict thai
she is just starting. that the building
will increase and that there Is goins
to be no diminution in Keokuk's pros
iperity. That is also the impression O
l visitors who come to this city, take
a look at the dam and go over the
city to see whats doing"
The committee from the manu-
facturers who have been soliciting fol
a few days to get a delegation to &c
to Sioux City to attend the Iowa Man
ufacturers convention have been very
successful and Keokuk will send ;
large delegation, requiring two Pull
man cars which will be chartered TO
the special use of the Keokuk crowd
This bunch intends to go to Siou,
City not only to attend the convention
but to get the next meeting Tor Keo
kuk Between four and five hundre,
/ delegates have been attending thes'
meetings usually but 1t is believes
that when they meet In Keokuk a
many as six hundred delegates will b.
present as the Iowa manufacturer
will want to see the biggest waite
power on earth and they are tn
class of men that Keokuk wishes t
interest. The spirit Of Keokuk in re
spending to the appeal for a larg
delegation to go to Sioux City ind
Gates that the people here are awak
to the benefits to be derived from Sc
curing this body Of men for visi
1t is hoped that the hotel accommf
dations will be enlarged before tina
time and those who are acquainte
with conditions say they will be.