The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-21
CITY NEWS.

Supervisor D. a. Young went L
Montrose this morning to close ou'
\ the Moon estate by public auction. He
! Will return this evening.
-keokulS Camp NJ. w. A. No. So,
VIII hold Its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hail. All members are
requested to be present.
There will be little activity a,
the court house tomorrow on account
of 1t being the birthday anniversary
| Of George Washington.
Have harness repaired at Sher
woods
Charging desertion. Henry F. Van
denheyden has brought suit for di
vorce against Carrie yanderhayden.
The couple were married April s, 1899
Marriage licenses we're issued to
Edward P. Waters and Rose c. Law.
lor and Charles NJ. Macmillan and
Margaret /. Winger.
Buy harness at Sherwood's.
The Lenten season opened today,
this being Ash Wednesday. All OF the
churches Of the city have arranged for
special services during the forty days
of fasting.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk Aerie
! No. $50. =. o. E. tonight at Eagles
Hall, 523 Main at s o'clock. Visit.
,rg brothers always welcome. Chas.
A. Noakes. secretary.
Articles Of incorporation OF A.
Weber Company have been renewed
for a period OF twenty years. The
president is Alois Weber and the
treasurer is John Cosgroye
George. Abraham, Taft and wives,
First Christian church Friday evening.
Regular meeting of Loyal Order
OF Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7o4, to-
night at S o'clock in Hawkes. hall.
Visiting brothers cardially invited. Ed.
G. Vaughn, dictator. Roy NJ Martin.
secretary.
The early morning reports at the
union station this morning state that
seven inches of snow fell at ST. Louis
last night and that 1t is showing
heavily in Peoria. Trains were re-
ported from one to two hours late on
account of the heavy fall
Stephen Schultz. of Chanute
Kans., was awarded the Fort Madison
contract for paving several streets
in that city at meeting of
the council held Monday night.
His bid was s4S,4SS.1O, while
the next nearest bid was that of the
Burlington Construction Co., $50,
so. Keokuk contractors We're bidders.
-Keokuk shooters will journey to
Donnellson tomorrow to engage in a
shooting match with Donnellson's
best shooters. The match is for the
championship of Lee County. Keokuk
will be represented by Gus Azinger,
William Mullikin, James Woodbury.,
Henry Kesselring. George Pechstein
and Ed G. Vaughan Each man will
shoot fifty birds
AS safeguard against possible
shortage in the local coal supply, Su-
pervisor D. A. Young has ordered an
additional car of coal which will be
placed at the disposal of Fred Korsch-
gen, superintendent of the poor. The
Keokuk superintendent has plenty of
coal at the present time, but should
the weather continue cold and the
supply become exhausted, this extra
car will meet the demands OF the poor
for some time longer
Wesley Merritt, superintendent of
the industrial department of the Santa
Fe, is expected to be in Fort Madison
within the next ten days to confer
with the Fort Madison First Associa-
ton regarding Industrial develop
ment. Engineer Cooper is expected
to meet Mr.. Merritt and assist in the
Fort Madison program. Mr.. Merritt
Twill come to Keokuk and get a per
sonal look at the big water power.
Michael Shoemaker, brother OF
Mrs. Katherine Laubersheimer of this
city. who died last Saturday at his
home in Sonora township, near Nau-
VOC, in 1868 was once resident of
Keokuk, coming to America from Ger.
many. The funeral took place Tues.
day afternoon from the Lutheran
Church at Nauvoo. The pallbearers
were Casper Englehardt, Chas. Wiki
ins. Robt Datin, AL Balmer, Eugene
Ed, Gottlieb Boegner.
/ Burlington merchants are prepar-
ing for the Boulevard lighting system
for Jefferson street The little objec-
tion that has developed to the plan is
disappearing. Keokuk is now consider
ing the lighting plan for Main street
negotiations now being on between
the Stone & Webster people, the mer.
chants and the city. The Boulevard
system is favored. While it is of the
old style the merchants argue that the
4 system gives the best satisfaction as
I the streets are lighted all the way and
the walks are used and the Boulevard
4 system together with the additional
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