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

Sherwood sells buggies. --Adver-
tisement.
The beautiful days are being en-
ioyed and If they continued through
out the winter California woul6l get
black eye so far as tourist trade is
concerned,
Phone 1857 for reliable auto livery
/ and. taxi service. Smith & Cox.-Ati
I vertisement.
j %. B. Towne. new manager of the
Industrial Association, has leased
house at 92G Leighton avenue, AID
will move there Immediately.
Sherwood sells auto robes. -Adver-
tisement.
Marriage licenses have been grant
/ ed to Homer R. Iwine, 81, Mussan
NJ Hairelson, 20, Louisiana, Mo-.
John G.. Rand, Is, and Amy Root, 1G,
both of this city.
Moose dance Wednesday evening
at NJ. w. A. hall. The Citizens band
! twentyfour musicians will Fay
Tickets sec, Ladies free.-Advert Sc
ment
The Gate City appreciates the
many news items and news articles
that are furnished this paper but
would most respectfully urge that the
!, copy be sent in during the early fore
noon SO as to give the operators time
to handle it and not crowd on. any
other important matter.
Sherwood sells harness Adver-
tisement.
! The Black Hawk, the well known
White Collar line packet, has retired
from the service for the season and
will be taken to Davenport where she
will be put in winter quarters. The
steamer Keokuk is now the only
packet regularly touching at the local
port.
i Regular Teeting Morning Star
ledge No. S, Knights OF Pythias to-
night. at 500 o'clock at Castle hall.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited. John P. Hornish. C. C.-Adv
4 The steamer Keokuk carried 15S
people into Keokuk last Sunday. big
crowd taking passage from Quincy.
4 \
and everyone had an enjoyable outing.
4 Captain Hugh Mckenzie expects good
crowds for some weeks yet providing
the weather stays nice.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
of Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 7o4. to-
might at O'Clock in Moose hail. Visit
ing brothers cordi-.lly invited. A. L,
Laubersheimer, dictator. Ed. s. Lof-
ten, secretary.-Adv.
Numerous housewives report SER
ious damage to winter clothing by the
buffalo moth, an insect that is more
voracious than the ordinary moth.
Conditions seem to have been very
favorable for their propagation this
year 1t is also reported that very
many fruit and shade trees have been
killed by worms the past summer.
-Puritas beer is fine home beer
It's fresh and pure. 1t Cones from
the Keokuk brewery to your home.
Call phone 139 for a case today.-Ad-
vertisement.
i "A trip into the country reveals
the fact that much work has been
done on the roads during the present
fall. They have been graded In a way
to cause them to drain good, which IS
probably responsible for the excellent
condition 30 soon after the recent
rains.
Burlington is circulating a petit
ton asking that train service be
inaugurated on the Carrolton branch
that will put train into Burlington
in the morning and have it depart in
the afternoon. the purpose being to
give people more time to trade In
along the same lines An improved
train schedule means an improved
business
Capt. D. Walter Wisherd will take
the G. w. Hill to New Orleans and
will probably reach that city about the
middle of November. The excursion
steamboat Sidney. of the streckfus
. line, left st. Louis early in Septem
Der for the south, and was due te
reach New Orleans last Saturday
.. The Hill and Sidney will be rivals II
. the excursion trade out OF New Or
leans, during the winter.
. The condition of the roads is
quite satisfactory to automobilist,
. and numerous trips into the country
. are made. Since the recent rain.
some of the roads are not in this
best Of condition but few hour
work with the King drag will pu
them in shape again. Since the ad
vent Of the automobile, and more es
pecially since the farmer is becoming
large automobile owner and enthus
last, the highways have improved
considerably.