The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-18
CITY NEWS.

-Eou6TWO Ou SNliE Ou6SASo.
The shop early sign is out.
All kinds fresh fruits. 622 Ma n
The classified ads deserve careful
reading.
Sherwood sells auto robes AMI
blankets.
Hear some of the new 1000 vic
trola records. Piggott's, tonight.
Eastern Star card party, |. Q. Q.
F. hall tonight, refreshments, 25c.
Buy your Thanksgiving turkey
and then do your Christmas shopping,
is good advice.
Best Springfield lump coal 1926
per ton in load lots, J. c. McManus
& Co. Phone 215.
Homemade mince meat just fresh
made at G. NJ. Laubersheimer, the
grocer, SIT Main. Phone IS.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Waldo Williams, 80, OF Fort
Stockton, Texas, and Miss Olivia p.
Stricken, 90, Of Keokuk.
Wanted: ESQ people. Where?
Christian church. When? Nov. 20
Why? Chicken pie supper. Price? Only
35 cents. Hours? SIS to p. m.
Examinations for the railway mail
service will be held tomorrow in the
federal building. There are four APP
plicants who will take the examina-
tions.
Before the freezing weather, have
all the rubbish removed from the
premises. Enough will accumulate
during the winter without leaving
any hang-overs.
Keokuk furnishes plenty OF
amusement, having four regular places
of entertainment-the Colonial, the
Grand opera house, the Hippodrome
and the Orpheum.
Regular meeting Morning Star
ledge No. 5, Knights Of Pythias to-
night. at 500 o'clock at Castle hall.
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
| invited. John P Hornish. c. C.-Adv.
Main street looks like real city
street when the lights are on. A Wis
/ itor to the city who had not made
Keokuk for almost year remarked:
why, this town is getting better all
the time Sure.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 704. to-
night at O'Clock in Moose hall. visit
ing brothers cordi.lly invited. A. L.
Laubersheimer. dictator. Ed. 8. LOT
ten, secretary.--Adv.
1t is noticeable that the window
/ displays are taking on the holiday
aspect. Some beautiful merchandise
is being displayed There will be nc
difficulty for those selecting presents
to find what they want The range
is wide and the character OF the mer
chandise first class.
a "A. R. Corey, secretary Of ths
state board of agriculture, issued yes
terday the joint program OF the lows
association of county and district fai
managers and the state agriculture
convention The meeting of the form
er will take place December 9 an.
will be followed by the agriculture
meeting December 10.
ALL of the papers published Il
the cities near Keokuk are makinl
) complimentary reference to the open
ing of the new Hotel Iowa in thi
city. The publicity end of the er
terprise is all right and it is sure tn
management will not be disappointing
The hotel would be a credit to a cit
of half million people.
The Gate City is running each il
sue small paragraph section of tn
, booklet recently issued by the ket
! kuk Industrial Association settin
;. forth the advantages of this cit,
Each statement is worthy Of caref,
thought Keokuk has advantages an
they ought to be published and in sue
manner as to attract people to TIL
city. People make cities.
A number of Keokuk Elks al
going to Fort Madison on Thursda
} to attend the meeting and banquet t
the lodge Of that city A banquet wi
. be served at $50 o'clock, followed |
8 the regular lodge meeting at which
class of twenty candidates will be /
D. itiated DR.. F. G. Smith OF this cit
II deputy grand exalted ruler for Il
southern half Of Iowa, will pay h
e official visit at that time.
t. Fort Madison Democrat: Sund;
II night, along with number Of inv
le ed guests, at Fort Madison, Charl
Bocock, of I'LL Front street, was G
ot joying the hospitality OF J. E. Nyyna
e. of 1901 Eighth street. During t
Y evening music. dancing and 9th
W amusements were enjoyed Charl
who is a proficient jig dancer, W
V prevailed upon to dance one of /
as favorite jigs and while doing So s
q. fered fracture of the patella of t
~ right knee, tho break being the
ns suit of muscular strain, not fro
u contact, the manner of its occurren
- making 1t a vc-y odd accident