The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-09
CITY NEWS.


When you have harm sss troubles
go to Sherwood.
Travelling bags and suit cases
Jones, the halter.
1T takes some frost to make the
right kind OF holiday weather.
See our line of bath robes, prices
$500 TO $500 Jones, the halter.
Attend Piggott's victrola concert
tonight. Come and go when you like
Attend Degree of Honor card
party and dance Wednesday, Dec. 10
at Hawkes. hall. Tickets 15c.
If you are making your money In
Keokuk all the more reason why you
should spend it in Keokuk.
Send the gifts for friends now.
While you're at 1t clean up your list
You'll be happy If you do your Christ
mas shopping early.
Let those who are not forehanded
wait until the crush and rush of late
buying is on-but as for you--do your
Christmas shopping early
We have the largest and most
complete line of neckwear in the city
All prices, 25c to $500. Jones. the
halter
The Christmas buying has IN
creased since the arrival Of the cold
weather. The change was agreeable
from almost every standpoint.
Owing to the liquor agitation in
Des Moines the dry forces ars urging
Billy Sunday to advance his dates and
commence his evangelistic efforts
earlier than the contract date
The funeral of Mrs. James Scott
was held at the family residence, 1902
Orleans avenue, at 10 o'clock this
morning and the remains were taken
to New Boston where the burial took
place.
Regular 1eeting 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.. Elec-
ton of officers.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
Of Moose. Keokuk lodge No. 7O4. to-
night at O'Clock in Moose hall. Visit
Ing brothers cordially invited. A. l..
Laubersheimer. dictator. Ed. S. Lof-
ten. SYSTEMATICALLY.
1t will be necessary for merchants
to furnish copy for large advertise
ments to the printer the day before
publication in order to insure appear
ance. Copy received after the noon
hour cannot be guaranteed space.
The Rock Island is going to spep d
sl0,OOO,0O0 in betterments during
1914. The company can make lot
OF friends in Keokuk and along the
Des Moines line at least as far as
Keosauqua by lettering the train SER
vice
Masonic: Special meeting OF
Eagle lodge No. -. A. F. & A. NJ,
7:3o o'clock, Wednesday evening. De-
cember 10, 1913. Work on third de-
gree. Visiting brethren fraternally in
vited. BY order of the w. NJ s. H.
Johnston, secretary.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Hem
ingway whose death was announced
in The Gate City yesterday afternoon
was held at Ga1land at 10 o'clock this
morning and there was large at
tendance Of her friends of that y.cin.
ity.
A fire alarm was sent in at 1855
last night when wood and coal shed
belonging to Mrs. Alice Clark, 324
South Eleventh street, caTeht fire
from a barrsl containing hot ashes
The damage amounted to about 500
the shed being valued at $50. The
fire was extinguished with the chemi
cal engine
Give him an auto robe for Christ
mas. Buy now, assortment is com
plete. Sherwood.
%. R. Johnson, deputy sornty
clerk, was in the city yesterday Wis
iting with County Clerk Hart He re
turned home on the evening train. Mr.
Johnson reports that two promie EN-
Elks of Fort Madison, Mr.. Joe Pollard
and Mr.. Joe Frailey, delivered me
mortal addresses last Sunday rhe
former at Galesburg and the latter a,
Omaha. Both having on former occa
sions delivered the memorial ad
dresses for the Keokuk lodge it goes
without saying that both Galesbure
and Omaha lodges were given a feast
in the way of memorial remarks.