The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-11
CITY NEWS.

New buggies at Sherwoods.
Only eleven more shopping days
until Christmas.
Auto livery and city calls. Phone
767. Auto Sales Co.
The Gate City service gets re-
suits for advertisers.
Fresh fish and seal ship oysters /
at Jos. Haubert's, 700 Main.
Edison concert at Edison shop to-
night. 7:30. o'clock, 512 Main.
Trinity bazaar and chicken pie
supper Friday. Dec. ~, supper to
1880 p. m.
Duck hunters report their sport
not quite so interesting. The ducks
have gone farther south.
Buy Christmas shoes at Ludwig's /
for the girls and boys, father and |
mother. 1904 Main street
See our line OF nackwear. largest /
and most complete line In the city. |
Prices, ESQ to $500. Jones, the hat
ter.
The colder weather has brought
suggestion that 1t is time for the
delinquent ones to put up the storm
doors and windows.
You can help yourself, the clerks,
the merchant. the postofice force. /
and everybody concerned by doing
your Christmas shopping early
Copy for advertisements should
be placed in the hands OF the printer
day before appearance in the paper.
This is an. old request but most i'm
portant one.
sherwood's is the place to buy
harness.
Country roads are rapidly imp-oy-
ing, according to reports brought by
the farmers The clear weather is an
aid to rode Improvement and then the
drag helps some.
With the exception of the Denver
storm, railroad operation has not heen
hamp cred much by bad weather and
as consequence railroad operation
has not been unusually expensive and
officials are ccrrespondingly happy.
Judge William Logan left this
morning for Hot Springs, Arkansas
where he will remain fer ssvera
weeks When he leaves Hot Spr n g
he will go to Los Angeles and ex
poets to remain during the winter II
southern California.
The shopper who is wise will d.
his shopping at once. He Will hav'
the advantage OF finding gifts tina
have not been handled, over and eve
again, by shoppers s~,t have visite
the stores ahead of him He will ais
avoid the rush that accompanies tn
last few days before Christmas TIL
Christmas shopper will save m G
time and worry by consulting the al
of the live merchants who off sr thi
year an unusually large number c
q Christmas bargains
Many people seem to have an ide
that because they bought Red eros
seals last year that they are immun
this year Red Cross Christmas seal
are in no sense an investment a
r that word is commonly used. The
h. are not medium of exchange. The
will not buy anything and they ca
not be used as premiums to sell an
thing They represent philanthrop
:. pure and simple. In the best sens
a they are one of the most conspi cuoi
III Of investments because a per NY srel
III / in saving a life m cans hundreds
III dollars to the community.
III The Burlington" route has a
III Iquiesced in request from the Ke k
III / Merchants Association and will on tt
III l 18th and END Of Dec amber hold II
III north road train until $50 p. M, thu
HI giving patrons opportunity to SEE Ke
III kuk and to shop. The north road trs.
II is due here about 10 a. m. and on IL
II dates above mentioned It Is propose
II to hold the train until $50 p. m. tt
n regular tina of departure baing So
H 1 This will give the people along tt
north road coming to Keokuk amp
time to get about the city and to
what Christmas shopping the desir
II see the dam or visit thu theatres.
Quincy nimrods who have take
exceptions to the federal game law
seem to be losing their ginger, a
cording to the Quincy papers. AT
recently attended meeting the ard
ence diminished very percept by fro
the first one that met to condemn IL
- game laws and the papers OF that eli
say unless more interest is mantle
changes in the law will not be mad
Another meeting has been called fl
the 10Th at which 1t is hoped mol
hunters will attend. The doleeatt
who came to Keokuk from Quincy r
VA ported they found much encourag
W msnt, and that the sportsmen hel
II. and at Canton, LeGrange and Warsa
- were willing to work in coniunct {
with the Quincy gunners.