The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-05
CITY NEWS.


twelve inch ice crop.
Look! Best ;pringfleld lump coal
$3.50 per ton J. C. McManus Con-
struction Co. Phone 2l5.
Keokuk this year will entertain
thousands Of visitors, due to the COM
pletion of the water power and the
many conventions scheduled for this
city.
Full line of overshoes and rub
bers at low prices Gibson & Mere
dith 916 Main. ADV.
Clarence r. Sutherland, clerk at
the Keokuk Savings Bank is confin-
ed at his home on the Middle road
near the city limits with a case OF
the measles.
Large juicy sweet oranges soc
peck. Weisman's grocery. Phone IS.
ADV
Miss Anna WEIGH. of TIA Ex-
change street who was operated up
on for appendicitis yesterday morn.
ing. is getting along very nicely and
her complete recovery is expected
soon.
All members of Keokuk Motor
Boat club are requested to meet at
Ralph B. Smiths Office, 51S Blondea'i
street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock to
elect delegates to attend the motor
boat meet at st. Louis. Burton VIII
kinson, president ADV.
Mrs. Jessie Marks has been
granted a divorce from her husband
! Harry Marks. The couple was mar
ried July %. 1912, and separated a
short time ago. They came here from
Nebraska.
Ladies wishing to save 500 bet
| ter see those broken lots of SO and
$3.50 boots that Miller is cleaning up
a. $500 pair.-Adv.
The light fall of snow was a real
pleasure from many points of view
and appreciated as much as any by
the pedestrians who do not find II
necessary to face clouds of dust. The
youngsters with their sleds got the
first opportunity to brighten up the
runners.
| Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
| No. 10, 1. o. o. f.. Monday night al
1880 o'clock. Visiting brothers cor
daily invited. Work in initiatory de.
gree-Adv.
The Rt. Rev. Theodore N. Morri-
son, D. D., bishop of Iowa, who Is
visiting for a few days at st. Johns
rectory, the guest of Rev. and Mrs
Sage, has consented to preach at the
| II o'clock service this morning at
| st. Johns. Bishop Morrison is &C
counted a great preacher, and the
unusual opportunity of hearing him
viii doubtless be taken advantage oil
not only by the members of St
Johns but by the public generally
III. H. Ralston insurance Agency.s
new Office is located in the City drug
store building. 700 Main street
rooms / and 2. second floor. See ad
in this issue.-Adv.
knights md Ladies of Security
Keobuk Council No 1899 will meet in
regular session at 8 O'Clock at A. o
u W. hall tomorrow night. Specia
communication from national council
District Manager Bro. Bailey will be
present. All members are requested
to attend Adv.
The fire department was called
to the home of MIR. Luft on Des
Moines street between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth about four o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Fire had originated
in bed room and had spread be.
tween the ceiling and roof. Two
streams of hose were turned on the
house and the fire extinguished after
the entire roof had been badly damag-
ed by fire. Practically all Of the house
hold goods were taken out. Both
house and contents we're insured.
Some very important changes In
the California train service are an
nounced by the local agents of the
Santa Fe railroad. The changes in,
clude the addition OF another train
Deluxe and an extra section of train
number 3 to the coast, each week
Heretofore two sections of train mum
Der 3 have passed Fort Madiosn every
night to the west with the exception
of Tuesday night, when the Deluxe
made its passage through the city
On that evening one section of trai1
No. departed from Chicago for Cali
fornia. The heavy traffic has now
made it necessary not only to add an
other limited train to leave Chicago
Friday evenings, making two limited
trains on that night to make their de
parture from Chicago for the Pacific
coast but TO also add another of the
magnificent Deluxe trains. which vii
also depart on that night from the
lake city.