The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-07
CITY NEWS.

Phone 767 for auto livery.
Calendar and place cards. Foulkes.
We have all the latest styles IN
photography at Rehmeier's.
The classified section Will Turn
ish you interest and profit. Read It.
DO your Christmas buying this
week ut LeBron's sale.
Subscribers who fail to receive
their paper before 6 o. clock should no
tify the business office.
Moose dance M. w. A. hall Wed
nesday.
For the love OF dear humanity, for
your own convenience, for the sake
Of everyone concerned-do your
Christmas shopping and do 1t now.
Cloudy days as good as sunshine
for making photos at Rehmeier
studio.
A few days of sunlight will dry
up the country roads. Rural carriers
are not enthusiastic over their pres
ent condition, nor are, automobile
owners.
Shaffer self filing, non-leakable
H fountain pens, $3.50 to $500. The
best fountain pen made. LeBron's.
At the recent meeting OF the Iowa
Implement Dealers Association meet
ling held in85Des Moines, Lee county
man was again honored with an Of
fetal position, e. p. Armknecht. of
Donhellson, being reelected secretary
and treasurer for another year.
Buy your wood, coal and fuel OF
VIM. Mullikin, successor to G. Schaef-
! err I'LL Main street.
This week is your last chance to
do any Christmas gift choosing with
real comfort. With next week come
the crowds. Do your Christmas shop
ping and do it now.
Less than three weeks until
Christmas. A nice photograph would
make very appropriate gift and be
very much appreciated by your fam
lily and friends. Let Anschutz make
them now, before the rush.
The big Sunday Gate City contains
a vast amount OF interesting adver
Using, telling the store news OF
keokuk. You can lessen the task of
holiday buying if you read the adj
vertisements.
People residing along the Rock
Island road between Eldon and Keo-
kuk will on the 10th and 23rd OF De-
cember get an opportunity to come
to this city to trade and to see the
dam and to visit friends or to be en-
tertained at the theatres or put in
the day as suits their fancy. The
Keokuk merchants have made ar
rangements with the Rock Island to
run a special train on the 18th and
one on the 23rd. AS the Christmas
goods will be On display 1t will be a
most unusual opportunity to make
purchases of holiday goods. The
train will arrive in Keokuk about 10
O'clock ami depart at o'clock, which
will give( ample opportunity to visit
the stor,4, the dam and the amuse-
|ment placAs.
Auto rkery and city calls. Phone
7e7. Auto les Co.
This cityld section is always in.
terested in movements that are cal
culated to improve the Des Ioines
river. A. G. Miller of Des Moines. has
recently been in Washington and con-
ferred with Senator Cunmins and
others of the Iowa delegation and urg-
ed that steps be taken to get the riy-
ers and harbors committee to report
faVorably an appropriation to begin
work on Des Moines river improve
ment in accordance with the plans
worked out some time ago by Major
Richie, army engineer These plans
comprehend navigable channe. and
levees which would reclaim much
waste land Mr. Miller is anxious tc
have congress start the work and
says it should be finished inside oil
ten years The estimated cost is $12,
100000 and Mr. Miller says it would
mean enormous development in south
eastern Iowa.
Twelve photos will go farther FOL
Christmas presents than the same
amount spent otherwise. Let Reh
meier make them.