The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
CITY NEWS.

Toilet sets at Engelhardt's.
Don't delav longer your holiday
buying.
Everything In the harness line at
Sherwood's
Phone 81 for case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
All our SIS to $50 party gowns
tomorrow choice. SIS. Lowitz.
New styles and DESIGNS In elec-|
trio table and floor lamps King
Plumbing Co
Unitarian bazaar and market, 5
o'clock. Turkey dinner. 6 O'Clock, 50c.
Thursday. December is.
With good roads, the Christmas
shopping by the country people ought
to be brisk this week
Try Puritas dark lager beer,
something delightful. something good.
Order case for the home.
Special bushes. mems lunch
served daily 12:oosto 2:so, fifty cents.
Also special music. All welcome.
Hotel Iowa.
Contribute something to the COM
munity Christmas tree movement
You viii enjoy your Christmas the
better for the giving.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Carlson, re-
siding ON South Fourteenth street.
are the proud parents of a fine baby
boy, born Saturday, December IS.
Business on the railroads in the
passenger department into this city
las increased during the past few
days. due to the holiday visitors who
come to Keokuk to buy
Electric devices o. all kinds.
] King Plumbing Co.
Electric lights for Christmas trees
/ is suggested as being the most cor
rect and safe Illuminating process.
increase during the next few days.
If you do not want your Christmas
packages opened until Christmas,
you have the privilege of so marking
them.
The appeal for early shopping"
is noticeable in that many shoppers
ere down town during the forenoon.
which goes a long way toward reliey-
ing the afternoon congestion in the
stores. Keokuk merchants were busy
yesterday and will be until the close
Iof the holiday buying.
Burlington is complaining because
the T. P. & W. proposes to take on
one Of the passenger trains running
into that city. The Gazette In coz
Guiding an editorial finds fault with
4 the ..tipup' because it runs two pas
sengers trains into Keokuk. Why not?
Keokuk is on the map.
The Rock Island shopping excur-
sion train into this city yesterday was
well patronized and the visitors en-
ioyed the day and the city. If Keo-
lkuk had train on the Rock Island
about 10 a. m. and the departing time
about 4.30-well, il would be good
thing for the Rock Island and Keokuk
The high school seniors won thu
annual class game with the Juniors
at the base ball fiald yesterday after
noon by score of to 4. About
twenty-five boys on each side took
part in the game, which las ed but %
minutes. No injuries resulted from
! the contest, which Is considered 9
: great improv sment over the old style
class fights which were supplanted By
I the game for the first tire this year
-Purltas dark lager beer is mighty
fine. Something new. Order a case
today and have 1t in the home
AS you glance through your ia
vorite daily newspaper You get 9
pretty fair glimpse of the days trag
edies and comedies. The newspaper
brings the whole world to your door
and holds 1t up like a great framed
picture. But do you give the adyer
Using columns their proper value as
4 news factor2 Do you realize tina
these are the modern ambassadors o
commerce, bringing to you the news
of progress and achievement? Th.
advertising tells you of the rug woyer
in the orient, the shoes made at you
door, the gowns designed In Paris
the furs caught in Alaska.