The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-11
CITY NEWS.

Auto robes ut Sherwood's.
Mrs. s. w. Cochran is recovering
from a severe attack OF tonsilitis.
karle's shoe repair work is always
the best. Try him next time.
A marriage license was issued
Saturday to w. j. Waymack and May
Mckay, both of Keokuk.
See those storm buggies at Sher-
woods.
Special sale of hair goods at tho
La Vogue. all next week.
Dedication tickets for st. Mary's
tomorrow can also be secured at
church door.
lap robes and horse blankets at
Sherwood's.
Judge W. S. Hamilton adjourned
district court Friday afternoon and
will not reconvene it until Tuesday
morning. Monday being a legal holt
day.
Richard G. Evans made trip on
the Adams Express run on the Bur
lington yesterday morning. Richard
wlh act as express agent today from
ftSu O'th 10 OnGnd.
Loyal Order OF Moose dance Tues
day evening. Feb IS. at Hawkes. hall.
The old CO. depot that burned at
West Quincy Friday was formerly the
g" depot at Keokuk opposite the
canal from 1868 to 1892. 1t was franz
ed in Burlington in '6S and brought
BY boat to Fort Madison, thence by
rail to Keokuk.
If you want to buy or sell real
estate or insure your property cali on
Wedler & Ralston, AL johnson. Bell
phone
Chris Rokey. a farmer residing
near Donnellson, suffered a third
stroke of paralysis early Saturday and
his condition is regarded as critical
His con, William E. Rokey, OF Keokuk,
has gone to Donnellson.
Best deal ever offered BY Keo-
kuk grocer A beautiful orange or tea
spoon free with every dozen oranges.
Weisman's.
w. II. Palmer, formerly of Keo-
kuk, now of Los Angeles. Calf, writes
that California is having fine weather
but that rain is badly needed. He
closes very interesting letter by ex-
pressing pleasure when The Gate City
arrives TO give him the Keokuk news.
Why not patronize home industry
by sending your laundry to the Power
City Laundry. Bell phone 1880.
Masonic Regular meeting of Har-
din lodge No. 90. A. F. and A. NJ. at
K OF P. hall. Fifth and Blondeau, on
Monday evening, Feb. u, at s O'Clock.
Visiting brothers frateraally invited
to attend. BY order of w. ". C. G.
Meister, secretary.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk lodge
No IS, I. o. o. F., Monday night at
E::S0 o'clock. Visiting brethren fra
ternally invited Work in initiatory
degree
The Des Moines County Medicaf
society will meet at the Hotel Burling.
ton on next Wednesday. DR.. E. NJ.
Hanson will give a paper on "The
Relative Value of Tracheotomy and
lntubation,'' and Miss Mary c. Jack
son will deliver a paper on THE Nurs-
ing of Medical Case
Miss Hatch. an expert operator
from Marinello School, Chicago. has
been secured by the La Vogue. Make
your arrangement for a facial-shanl-
poo-manicure or hair dressing Phone
1887.
Mrs. f. ", Moore. who under
Went an operation at the Mercy hos
pital in Chicago week ago, is very
much improved, and hopes to be able
TO return to her home here within the
next two weeks. Mr.. Moore returned
last week. after accompanying Mrs.
Moore to Chicago.
After due consideration Mr.. John
R. Dimond has decided to become
candidate for city commissioner at
the coming election. He will get his
nomination papers Monday and his
friends will circulate his petition the
first of the week. Mr.. Dimond is an
old citizen of Keokuk. former city and
county assessor, and is well and IA
vorably known.
An election rather unique in the
way of elections was held nj Gutten-
berg, Iowa, yesterday. ss..fs nberg is
a town OF less than 1000 d, abitants.
located on the Mississippi river So
miles northwest of Dubuque. In to
this time it has had six saloons. but
under the operation of the Moon law
is entitled to only one The six have
been doing a paying business and
none of the half dozen cared to drop
out voluntarily. The question of who
should be permitted to continue and
which five should be ordered to close
could not be decided by the council.
and to settle the momentous question
it was decided to call a special cleo
ton The six saloonkeepers were the
candidates voted on, and the one re-
,ceiying the highest number of votes
was given permission to keep open his
establishment, The election is said
to have been the most exciting ever