The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-25
CITY NEWS.

of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. n. Moore, 71s
South Fourteenth street, shows litt.r
signs OF improvement
-Markley has choice chickens
roast OF lamb. veal, beef and pork
ADV
You get the best style IN Ewers
Mccarthy Co.'S boys Norfolk suits
ADV.
The steamer Dubuque had diff.
cult time landing when she arrived
here from St Louis yesterday owing
to the high swift water and the seed
OF improvements to facilitate river
traffic were clearly shown In this
case
Wanted-o once boy at Keokuk
Electric Co.-AdY
The fabrics In Ewers Mccarthy
Co.'S spring suits are handsome, thc
models are new and classy.-Ady.
The first straw hat OF the season
outside OF store window was seen
last night worn on Main street by
some advance model Of the seasons
styles. He walked along unmolested
and unconcerned as II 1t were the
middle OF the summer.
Sherwood sells everything in the
harness line-Adv.
w. S. Whitehead, painter and pa
per hanger. Phone 1891 black
Forty Of fifty Austrians who came
to this city from Kansas City two
days ago left last evening. There is
little use for such labor here Just now
although two or three construction
jobs in this city have standing signs
for laborers at good wages.
Entirely new and altogether diff
erent Ewers Mccarthy Co.'S clothes.
ADV.
Let us care for your Sunday
wants in meats Choice chickens,
roast of lamb. veal. beef or pork. Hau-
bert's, 70s Main street ADV.
-Arbcr day was not especially OBJ
served in this city today except in
some OF the schoolrooms The COVER
ncr's proclamation set the date 1T
southern Iowa and this is the reason
for the absence OF the usual exercises.
In the ad of the keokuk Bar.
gain store yesterday an item read SO
values ladies serges. This should
have read ladies serge dresses at
So 4S.-Adv.
Masonic Special meeting OF
Eagle lodge No. IL A. f. & A. NJ. 1880
o'clock Saturday evening. April IS,
1913. Work on third degree. Visiting
brethren fraternaily invited BY order
of the ". NJ, S. H Johnston, Sec'y.
"A train working at the gravel pit
just below the Des Moines river
bridge had three cars of sand dumped
off the track yesterday but the en-
CINE remained on the track No one
was injured but considerable delay
was incurred.
Have harness repaired at Sher-
wood s.-Ady.
The guarantee money for the
white way system of lighting for
Main street from Third to Twelfth
streets has been all paid in to the
city clerk with the exception OF two
blocks. The quick payment of the
money means an early installation of
the system
BENEFIT market for worthy
widow will be held Saturday. April
&c, at Wallberg's furniture store, sos
Main street. Committee in charge,
Mrs. T. F. Richards Mrs. L. A. Ham.
i'll. Mrs. j. p. Mcdonald, Mrs. Wm.
Blom.-Adv.
Karl Fritz, of Burlington, travel
ing representative of the Iowa Biscuit
company OF that city is in the city. He
vas passenger on the T. P. & w.
train which left the track on the Him
up things between Hamilton and War
saw and interrupting traffic on the In
terurban between Keokuk and War
saw A general shaking up was the
extent of the injuries he is reported
to have received in the accident.
Mems, ladies', misses and chill
dren's low shoes. A special fine line
at Ludwig's. 1904 Main. ADV.
Two members OF the local fire de.
partment can retire any time under
the new Iowa firemen's pension law
which provides that all firemen who
have served over twenty-five years
and are fifty years old shall be given
a pension OF one-ha1f their salary and
that If they are not fifty years old
they may retire and receive the pen
sion when they reach that age. Chiet
Anderson has served thirty-six years
and Harry Watson, If his services as 9
/ volunteer are counted. will come un
der the new law. Any fireman who
has served five years is eligible tt
4 pension for permanent disability re