The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-09
CITY NEWS.

"a marriage license has been -
sued to Harvey =. Skyles and Fanhle
E. Bullard. of Warsaw, Ill.
Edna May Williams and husband
have transferred to Eva Baumgarten'
lot s. in block So, Reds Addition.
Look: Best Springfield lump coal
$3.50 per ton j. C. McManus Con
struction Co. Phone 2l5.
The churches of the city are pre-
pairing the usual Christmas exercises
in which the children will take part
Select harness from complete
stock at Sherwood ADV.
Not long until Christmas. Buy
your presents early and advertise IN
The Gate city and you will be happy
Congregational bazaar, coffee and
market Dolls, baskets. etc. Tuesday,
Dec. 10, 3 p. m.-Adv.
/ Deputy County Treasurer REIN
bold says that the proceeds OF the re
cent delinquent tax sale amounted to
sa1s.76. Sixty-three pieces OF prop
serty were sold.
/ &C. ]. Carr has removed his groc-
1 cry stock from 619 Main to 11o2 Main
street where he will be glad to have
] his old customers and new ones call.
ADJ.
4 The work of clearing up the Iowa
hotel site is rapidly progressing. With
the numerous conventions to be held
here next year the hotel will be badly
needed.
Lap robes make a suitable gsf'
Sherwood has a pretty line.-Adv.
The officer with the big shotgun
was out on the streets toc~y again 70
enforce the dog muzzle order. Most
of the owners have complied with the
! order but there are number OF
homeless dogs that will be killed.
-Blom's soap for general use
Adv
j 1t is hoped that It will get warm
enough once again to permit the com,
missioners to carry on. their inten-
| ton of cleaning Main street. The dirt
| is rendered about as obnoxious by
] the wind as 1t was by the rain.
-Nicholaos Lenardakis has taken
l out his first naturalization papers
1 and renowned his allegiance to King
George I, of Greece. He came to
/ America in 1907 and is working in a
pantatorium in this city.
Two or three more lieutenants
have reported upon their canvass for
the Nolen fund but the majority of
] them are sill slow in reporting. They
!. are all urged to finish the campaign
before the winter sets in and makes
I it more difficult to do SO.
1T is thought that number OF
people in this vicinity will go to Des
Moines on the nth and 18th of this
month to attend the good roads con,
ference With the influx OF automo
biles the Lee county farmers are be
] coming enthusiastic advocates OF good
a roads.
Work on the streets OF the city
has practically been ended for the
winter as has much other outside
. work. This winter has been very fay
III orable to contractors and there have
! been but few days that men could moi
! work. The concrete foundation at the
n new Y. w. c. A. building is nearly
u finished
Il. Mrs McLane has opened hel
Z house for cottage prayer meeting
a next Thursday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
3 p. M She lives on Williams street
:, near G. On Wednesday afternoon a
8 o'clock prayer service for the sicl
and troubled at the Upper Room Nils
!, sion in Estes building. room 5. Meet
! ing every evening at 1880. God says
~ Let everything that hath breatl
praise the Lord" f. A. McGaw
- If the party who found the los
:. purse last Saturday will request 1t. ac
:. curate identity can be furnished b.
the owner The owner would like 4
81 recover the purse and money and tn
= finder would no doubt like to fin
- the owner provided 1t was certain
~ the property could be returned to tn
= right party Definite information ca,
% be supplied.
Sc Charles S. Medbury. pastor O
y Iowa's greatest church, will lecture a
:, the CHRISTIAN cnuTcn THIS evening. At
IN mission will be free Dr. Medbnry |
~ man of truly wonderful platforr
ability His message will be Of spec
- ial interest to young people an
9. :. school workers AS chaplain OF Drak
- university. he is greeted by the mos
enthusiastic audiences of student.
ne Week after week they gathered t
hear him in larger numbers tina
: greet many OF the worlds table
- who frequently appear on the unive
~ sitv platform. It Is hoped that Ke'
~ kuks young people will throng tn
- - church this evening. 1t is hard to To-
- get one of Medbury's lectures.