The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-14
CITY NEWS.

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Ralph Smith went to Hillsboro
this afternoon as a representative Of
| the Masons here to attend recep-
ton given to F. B. Whitaker, grand
master of the Iowa Masons. The re-
lception is given by Mr.. Whittaker's
home lodge.
The fifty-ninth annual convention
| Of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod OF
| Iowa will convene at ST. Johns church
| In Des Moines, October 16, and con-
! tinue in session four days. The place
of meeting was to have been Iowa
City, but the Lutherans Of that city
found they were unable to entertain
the gathering this year.
The Masonic building committee
is real busy organization these days
The work OF erecting the new temple
at the corner of Seventh and Blon-
deau streets is progressing rapidly
and the committee must necessarily
give considerable time to the construc-
ton detail. The new temple will be
handsome addition to the public build
ings of Keokuk.
The Weekly News, published at
st. Paul, Kansas, the official publica-
ton of the Anti Horse Thief Associa-
ton, in its issue Of October 9th, pub.
fishes the proceedings of the national
convention held in Keokuk October
End, taking the report from The Daily
Gate City The association was well
pleased with the accounts of the con-
vention appearing in this paper
& Hickory nuts are plentiful in the
bottoms and along the hill sides south
OF town, and walnuts may be found
in profusion near the city, but pecans
are scarce. There are few hazel nuts.
The nutting parties are most numer-
Gus of all, and the sport is worth
while, whether the nuts are procured
or not.
"A large force is working on the
street railway track on the south side
of the city to get it in good condition
before freezing weather. The new
line is a great improvement over the
; old one. The Stone & Webster Co,
! is steadily improving all of the public
utilities they own in this city.
Thomas Wilkinson, president of
) the Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment Association, in letter to L. a..
/ Hamill of this city, who is a vice
president of the organization, notifies
! Mr.. Hamill that he will be unable to
2 reach Hannibal until late this even
! Ing owing to the death of Mrs. Wilk-
/ inson's mother, Mrs. Mary Sherfey,
who died at her home in Burlington.
: Sunday Mr.. Wilkinson will reach
:, Hannibal in time however, to preside
i at the meeting of the Upper Missis-
| sippi River Improvement convention.
He also states In his letter that Cen
eral Vim. II. Bixby, formerly chief OF
/ engineers of the war department, now
| retired, will be present. Mr.. Hamill
/ goes to Hannibal this evening and
/ the rest Of the Keokuk delegation rep
resenting the various commercial In
| terests of the city, will leave for the
convention city tomorrow morning.
/ -Keokuk grocers will be interested
to know that the state inspector of
weights is busy and as a result of his
| investigations p number Of Burlington
grocers we're fined for not complying
with the law. Eleven of the number
pleaded guilty and pad fine OF s1470
each. 1t Is claimed that the gro
GERS. who we're arrested at the insti,
| gation of a state inspector of weights
i and measures, sold the products by
the old plansof measuring, instead OF
| by weighing, as required by the new
| law Inspector Boyle founG, upor
/ weighing the articles he had purchas
| ed, that he had received under
| weight" and hence the informant n:
! were obtained.