The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
CITY NEWS.

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.Lowitz's fur sale tomorrow. New
York representative here. 612 Main
Photos of yourself make very &C
ceptable gifts for Christmas. Made by
Rehmeier.
Best Springfield lump coal s3.2o
per ton in load lots. ]. G. McManus
& Co. Phone 215.
ATTEND card party and dance by
Ladies of Maccabees next Tuesday
evening, Hawkes. hall Tickets 15c.
Work Of painting, and papering
the office of County Clerk Curtis M.
Hart will begin Monday morning. The
board Of supervisors decided to start
in with the office of Clerk Hart and il
any Of the other officials want their
sanctums re-decorated they are sup
POSED to make a request of the board.
Fur sale tomorrow by New York
representative. Lowitz, 612 Main.
Quincy papers are announcing the
arrival there of Professor q. w. Mitch
ell, the eminent colored race special
list who has been working in Keokuk
recently. Professor Mitchell will en-
deavor to start his plan at Quincy in
much the same manner in which he
conducted his short campaign here.
When you want cigar stop where
it's handy. City Drug Store cigar count
er. All 10c cigars 3 for 25c.
General Traffic Manager Maxwell,
of the Wabash, has gone to Washing
ton to attend the hearing before the
interstate commerce commission on
the proposed advance of 5 per cent in
freight rates by the eastern lines. Mr..
Maxwell has been asked to make an
address before the commission in the
interest of the lines interested.
Photos for your friends as Christ
mas gifts made at Rehmeier's.
Mary Elizabeth Peterson, aged
thirteen days, infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Peterson, died at the
family residence a short distance out
on the Hilton road, Saturday morn
ing at $40 o'clock, after an Illness
of four days of commissions from
hemorrhage of the brain. The sim
cerest coincidence and sympathy is
extended to the bereaved family by
their friends and neighbors.
Fur sale by New York represen-
tative tomorrow Lowitz, 612 Main.
Clifford Thoine, chairman Of the
Iowa board of railroad commissioners,
has forwarded to the interstate COM
merce commission the formal pro-
test of Iowa traffic men against rates
submitted by the carriers for traffic
between Iowa and eastern points
The protest will carry with it state.
ment OF the specific objections of Iowa
to the rates. IL the meeting when
( this matter was discussed OB. Towne,
of this city, was present
! The Des Moines Tribune
says: The Industrial Association
of Keokuk has written to
Councilman Van Liew asking
4 for information which may aid that
city In solving the garbage disposal
problem. Many other Iowa cities have
recently sent here for information,
Indicating that the disposal of gar
bage is an important problem In
Iowa. Des Moines will begin next
year to plan the construction of a
1 municipal garbage disposal plant.
I I'm mentioning the funeral of Mrs.
Sophia D. Duncan Friday afternoon,
several regretted inaccuracies crept
in. The funeral was held at the resi-
dence, us Morgan street, instead of
at the Trinity NJ E. church, as before
stated. Mrs. Duncan was an old and
earnest member of the First Baptist
church and at the time Of her death
was the oldest member of that con-
gresation. TIE funeral services were
conducted and the sermon preached
4 by Rev. ] F. Sanders, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
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