The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
CITY NEWS.
.Crisco at Immegart's.

FRANK Seth has conveyed to
Samuel Wesley Pearkins, lots 5, 6 and
Z. Croton, Iowa, the consideration be-
ing $50.
Silver teaspoon free with a dozen
oranges at Weisman's.
"A deed transferring 210-acre
farm from Malisa Washburn and 9TH
ers to w. II. Newton, was filed in the
recorders office here today. The land
lis In Charleston township and the con-
sideration was $4,000.
Auto robes at Sherwood's.
Regular meeting of Puckechetuck
encampment No. Z, /. Q. O. F. at
Odd Fellows hall at o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to attend.
Masonic: Special meeting Hardin
lodge, No. 90. A. F. & A. NJ. at *. p.
hall. corner Fifth and Blondeau. Fri
day evening, Feb 16, $50 o'clock.
Work on first degree. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. BY
order OF the w. NJ. c. G. Meister, sec
rotary.
Fresh catfish and halibut at Jos.
Haubert's, 70s Main.
Regular meeting Of Keokuk
lodge No. 1os, B. P. o. E.. tonight at
Elks' hall. Sixth and Main street.
Visiting Elks invited. Initiation and
social session. Initiation and social
session.
Call up King Plumbing Co. We
| thaw out under ground water pipes
by electricity.
/ -Chas, Hahn. who has been EN-.
ployed by Cameron. Joyce and
Schneider for some time, left today
1 for Memphis. Mo-. where he will go
into partnership with Humphrey
Bros, dealers in monuments. Mr..
Hahn's many Keokuk friends will wish
him success in his business venture.
Finnan haddie at Immegart's.
The fifth convention Of the Mems
Forward Movement will be held on
/ Sunday, March 3rd, at the hall of the
/ Evangelical church at Warsaw A
prominent business man Of Burlington
will give heart-to-heart talk to the
business men and others of Warsaw
and vicinity All will be at liberty to
participate in the debate.
Water pipes thawed out by cleo
Etrlcity-King Plumbing Co.
4 THE only thing astute people are
waiting for now, said President Ly-
man Edwards of the Burlington Merch.
ants National bank, to a Hawk-Eye
reporter, is the development of the
Keokuk dam. When that source OF
power is definitely ascertained-and |
feel absolutely sure It is big thing
things will suddenly open up In this
part Of the country. There will be nc
limit to the funds ready for investment
in the sure and safe thing which thai
power will produce. And there is nc
greater region in the world than Iowa
for the development OF such power
Iowa is one of the greatest money pro
ducing regions on the face of tht
earth" And Mr.. Edwards went tt
further length in discussing the devel
opment of the Mississippi valley due
to the Keokuk dam.
On Friday evening at ST Johns
parish house, the Rev. Mr.. Sage will
deliver the second of the course of IL
Illustrated lectures on "The World Wide
Message" the subject being China
the Land of Opportunity These lee
lures are free and have to do Will
the progress of the church work al
home and abroad Owing to the revo
luton in China. the lecture announced
for Friday evening will prove OF ex
ceptional value. giving as 1t does al
intimate view of the life of the Chin
csc. The lecture will be illustrate,
with some sixty views.
Henry Beach Needham, writin-
for the Saturday Evening Post, undc
the caption. The A. B. C. OF Tn
scrambling Eggs in this weeks is
sue brings Keokuk into the article. II
relates story about John W
Gates fighting the barb wire trust, hi
employment of A. B. Cummins to &C
as his counsel. and his visit to KeokuI
to get an interview with Cummins
who at that time was in this cit
| fighting an application for Temporal
| injunction against the Farmers Pre-
/ tective association. He got Cumnin
TO act for him but Gates went brok
] in Keokuk and borrowed money to ge
back to Des Moines. Gates later BIZ
came multi-millionaire. The articl
recounts Cummins fight against til
trust and shows the Iowa senior ser