The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-29
CITY NEWS.


at Sherwood's.
Phone 81 for a case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
Don't wait-order Gaze OF Puri-
tas dark lager beer. delicious home
drink.
Work on the third floor OF the
Masonic temple is being carried on as
the weather permits.
Only about four and a half months
until the baseball season will start. In
the meantime the stove league Is
working overtime.
Each member of the fire depart
ment was presented with fine pair
of heavy gloves by J. B. We'll, Of the
Well and Company store, as Christ
mas present.
Christmas day at the cemetery, is
able to be at his Office In the court
houes but his wrenched knee is giving
him considerable pain.
The exodus of college students
home for the Christmas vacation will
begin next week. Most of the col
leges will take up the work OF the
year commencing next Monday.
One man remarked the other day
that it was easy to tell who the good
citizens are, when the first snow
falls. The good citizen is the one
who shovels the snow off his walks,
he said.
Yesterday was the last Sunday OF
the old year and In most OF the
churches OF the city some cognizance
of the fact was taken by the pastors
in their sermons or In the music OF
the choirs.
Order that case OF Puritas dark
LACED beer; it's delicious and just the
thing for home.
E. j. Baxter OF Nauvoo who at
tended the meeting OF the State Hor-
ticultural society at Champaign last
week, was again re-eleced vice presi-
dent of the society. Mr.. Baxter was
awarded four blue ribbons and one
red one on his display OF apples, AMI
also got three blue ribbons on grapes.
p. H. McClelland, who has beel
deputy internal revenue collector for
Hancock county for thirteen years.
has resigned and Robert D. Hill OF
McDonough county, was appointed In
his place, and not ]. F. Scott OF Car
thage as first reports had 1t.
Nauyoo Independent: Mrs. Fred
Salm, Jr., was taken to st. Joseph 5
hospital in Keokuk in an auto yes
terday morning where she will under
go delicate operation. DR.. Gray was
called here Thursday night and his
opinion conceded with ether ply
sicians that an operation was impera-
tive. The lady's many friends hope
| for the best.
The Montrose Journal says thai
the new hotel for that city. which j.
w. Reimbold of Nauvoo expects to
erect, is to be located on Main street,
across the alley from the ra lroaG
Montrose citizens have raised $500
with which to buy the lot. Mr.. REIN
bold expects to have the building COM
pleted by July 1st He will not con
duct the hotel himself but will lease
the building.
/ Quincy Wing. Miss May NJ
Crockett, of 1923 Broadway went to
Keokuk Thursday for house party
Iof relatives at the home OF her cous
Inns, the P. C. Haydens Mrs. Hayden
ST., is there from the south and Raj
Iston Hayden is home for the holidays
from Ann Arbor where he is teachins
and finishing his studies for univers
ity degree The younger son. Van. II
in Quincy today and Monday for Mis-!
Mildred Mckee's house party.
-Nauvoo Ind spendent: The govern
ment has offered Mail Carrier j. "
Reinrbold the munificent sum OF
cents a trip increase as pay for tn
additional mail carried by him sine
the parcel post went into effect. Johl
has been sending all vouchers back
refusing to accept same on tn
grounds that the increase In pay
not proportionate to the increa'e
mail weight. John doesn't feal Xix
, loading his wagon with parcel PCS
I packages for little of nothing an
: we don't blame him.
Carthage Republican: George an
Clarence, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Cha
: les Alexander of Hamilton, wee o
last Friday declared dependent chi
dren in Judge Baird's court and wer
remanded to the state training scho.
at Glenwood. The father begged tn
court to permit him to take the chi
dren home to bid their mother soot
bye. Permission was given and tn
father spirited the boys across tn
!. river and outside the Jurisdiction c
this court. The father ana boys wer
located at Keokuk Sunday an
brought to Carthage, where the fail
err was fined Monday by Judge BAR
! so and thirty days in Jail for col
temot and the boys taken to Gler
wood
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