The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-06
CITY NEWS.

lawn, 1916 Fulton Wednesday. Music.
The steamer Dubuque Is expected
in port at 10 o'clock tonight enroute
to Burlington on her regular mid-week
"trip in the st. Louis Burlington
freight and passenger trade.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5. Knights Of Pythias to-
night at 500 o'clock at Castle hall.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited. John p. Johnson. G. G.
| The Iowa delegation to the Roose-
welt convention in Chicago this week
elected J. L. Stevens OF Boone as
chairman. S. C. Westcott OF Keokuk
was named for the credentials COM
mittee.
BUY fly nets cheap at sher-
woods.
Regular meeting Of Loyal Order
OF Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7O4, to-
night at 8 o'clock in Moose hall. Wis
iting brothers cordially invited. Ed.
G.. Vaughn dictator. Roy M. Martin
secretary.
| Jos. s. Collins electrical house
wiring and Job work. Bell phone Alb
| Black.
MIR. and Mrs. Newton Woodford
departed this morning for Hot
| Springs. Ark, where they will spend
three weeks the guests OF relatives
and friends. Mr.. Woodford is a Kline
engineer.
Only few more of those ladies'
low shoes left that Miller is selling at
s1.5O regardless of former price, with
no exchanges.
John Rogan, Kline switchman,
has been granted few weeks vaca-
4 ton, and has departed for Colorado.
Utah, Arizona and New Mexico Mr.
Rogan will visit various places of in
terest and is anticipating an enjoyable
i trip.
i The steamer Quincy arrived at s
i O'Clock this morning from st. Paul
4 with a good list Of passengers and a
i heavy shipment of freight. Several
4 passengers were taken on here for
4 st. Louis and way landings. The
i Quincy will be up again Friday on the
return trip north.
1. Get the habit of trading at Sher-
j woods. You can save money on har-
ness and buggies. 7o3 Main.
4 Local No. 420 l. B. e. w. meets
4 first Tuesday and third Wednesday at
i 8 o'clock at Trades and Labor Assem-
! bly, hall, Tenth and Johnson SITS. WIS.,
iting brothers cordially invited. E. H..
Shilling, F. S.
I Make arrangements to attend the
best county fair in Iowa next week
at Mt. Pleasant. They will have a
great field OF race horses with char
lot and hippodrome races each day.
Each days program good one. Every
day "a big day" at Mt. Pleasant. Elk
cursion over north road Thursday and
Friday.
--Nauvoo and Warsaw, H., says the
Fort Madison Gem City, have joined
six other cities along the Mississippi
river that are going to join hands in
an endeavor to promote the CONNER
cial interests OF each of the cities
!, The other six are Keokuk, Fort Madi.
son, Burlington, Hamilton, Quincy
!, and Hannibal There will be meet
ing held in Fort Madison August 13
!. for the furthering of the plans.
Manager A. B. Miller has perfect
ed arrangements whereby the news
carriers Of all local dailies will get
!, to see the shows with the Snyder
= United Shows, free of charge. To
night will be newsies night-and I'M
der the personal supervision of 9
company representative all newsies
will be escorted through the shows
y and given free ride on the riding de
vices This is move that viii
please the little fellows and should
. anyone desire information about tn,
. carnival tomorrcw-"Ask a newsie."
, The Burlington Hawk-Eye, will
, It's ear to the ground, has reached
= number Of curious deductions con
corning Keokuk's dam. Here is wha
the Burlington paper says: There ar
: a number of curious engineering prof.
:. ositions in connection with the Kec
- kuk power dam that are perplexin
% to the lay mind. Here are two 0
lHTGe Will WHiCH IcduSlo ot tuc I'd
N Eye can wrestle. The great dam whe
completed will form level lake tina
will extend from Keokuk UP river t
point several miles above Burlinf
ton, at a normal stage of water. Her
We are the points that puzzle many PEE
y, pie: /. During high water or lo'
rk water, this lake will maintain tn
same altitude. g. When the foo
is waters come and the river is at Il
tn highest stage, the level lake will
OF shorter. and consequently less in are;