The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-10
CITY NEWS.

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the foot of the Country club grounds.
Fresh fish. Keokuk market and
Produce Co., Twelfth and Johnson
streets. Phone s9.-Adv.
&C. w. Randall has been suffering
with rheumatism for the past three
weeks, but is improving and will coon
be out again.
Fresh catfish, choice ones, at
Haubert's, 700 Main street. Adv.
The builders are ready to begin
the construction Of the freight house
extension at Sixth and Johnson, the
concrete foundation having been COM
pleted.
Colfax mineral water. Imme-
CARTS. ADV.
DIR. Frank NJ. Fuller leaves Friday
morning for Chicago. where he takes
the steamer for Buffalo and return,
going through the great lakes. He
will be gone about ten days.
Stop at Sherwood's for everything
in the harness line.--Adv.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen of Burling-
ton, gave an excursion to Keokuk to-
day on the steamer Sidney, the boat
bringing In large and good looking
crowd OF people.
Sherwood for bargains in fly nets,
harness and buggies. 703 Main
Adv.
"A load of macadam hauled over
Main street early this morning, from
which some of the rock fell to the
pavement, occasioned many COM
plants from autoists. They may start
a movement to prohibit the hauling
of macadam over the street. One
mans machine suffered punctured
tire on the sharp rocks.
Although the Country club mem
bers had expected to get into their
new club home some time this month
and the Fourth of July had been set
as the date for the grand opening OF
the quarters, 1t will probably be a
matter of a month or more before the
house now in construction on the
new club site is completed.
1t will be the custom Of the fire
men to use the old hose instead of
the new in putting out dump fires
In the future The chemical engine
which was damaged some time ago,
when it was overturned at Sixth and
Main street, will be out Of the repair
shop in short time and the borrowed
engine from Quincy returned.
In short time 1t will be possible
to open Belknap boulevard, extending
from the north entrance to Rand
park to the first turn. Builders are
now matchmaking this piece of road
which will be one of the best thor
oughfares in the city when completed.
The rock has been placed on the road
and the roller will be at work in a
few days, 1t is expected.
One small boy has established
himself in the refreshment business
along the lake shore drive, short
distance above the point where the
old second lock formerly stood. His
wares are peanuts, popcorn, cracker
jack and the usual line Of varigated
soda waters. The youngster picks up
quite few nickels by his enterpr' Sc.
The stand Is built inside an old piano
box which serves the store" purpose
admirably.
Because Of the nearness to the
bluffs the rising of the waters which
form Lake Cooper seem to have
caused less trouble by washing away
the banks than at any other point
along the lake. At Fort Madison the
motor boat men have held meeting
and will petition the power company
to protect the banks there. 1t is said
that they have washed away and
are causing the boat men much CON
Germ over their boat houses.
E. c. Coulter, formerly OF Clark
county Mo, was through the city
yesterday driving a party OF six from
Fresno, Calf, in an automobile to
New York. The party left the Pa
cific coast about fifteen days ago and
expect to arrive in New York on July
i22, having completed their trans-con
ltinental tour in little more than
three weeks. Little trouble was ex
perienced by the autoists while ccm
ing through the mountains, although
some bad roads were struck through
! the western plains. The party put
this city on their itinerary because
they wished to see the dam.
The Upper Room Mission, open
every evening at 81 North Fifth street
God says that the evil tongue lis sci
| on fire of hell The evil tongue
utters blasphemies and cursing and
swearing. It utters lies and Islander
and gossip and obscenity and vulgar
ity. 1t kindles the fires of hel. II
many young persons heart. AND
God will Judge the evil tongue. Goo
! will Indigo the s1anderer and tho feI]a,