The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-20
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Ferndell coffee at Immegart's.
satho Eyourfh Estafnss fnuight

w. c. A.
Glad to show you our new line Of
auto robes. Sherwood's.
The prevailing warm weather still
makes the river attractive.
Fresh fish. Keokuk Market &
Produce Co.. 1900 Main. Phone 80.
Shopping early and shopping in
Keokuk are very good rules to follow.
Remember early advertising copy
is help both to the printer and the
merchant
Turkeys for Thanksgiving. Plenty
of them. James Shelton, Ills john
son. Phone 5s5.
The holiday bazaars will soon be
demanding the attention of the people
Of this city.
Thanksgiving is not far away. The
display Of ducks and turkeys is evil
dence Of the fact.
Best Springfield lump coal s3251
per ton In load lots. j. C. McManus
, & Co. Phone 215.
"A powerful message in the drama
tization OF 4The Fourth Estate" Y. w.
y.
Miss Celia Doherty and S. McCar-
ty, an Argyle couple. were united in
marriage yesterday afternoon by JUS
tice of the Peace John Leindecker
The illustrated weekly section of
the Los Angeles Times contains the
article on the Mississippi River Pow
er Co. dam at Keokuk, written by
Frank G. Carpenter.
Harness, buggies, auto robes and
harness, blankets at Sherwood's.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk
lodge, No. log, B. P. o. E., tonight at
S o'clock, Elks' hall, Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Initiation and social
session. Visitors invited
Regular meeting of Puckechetuck
encampment No Z, l. o. o. F. at
Odd Fellows hall at 8 o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
to Standardization
Merchants who put on Saturday
specials should not fail to use the
Friday evening issue of The Gate City.
The paper carries your news into the
homes and the information is thereby
placed before the buyers.
The Gate City is running occasion
ally a fashion page giving the latest
/ styles that is proving very popular
! with the ladies. The illustrations are
the product Of the fashion department
4 Of the Ladies Home Journal
Masonic: special meeting of Eagle
4 Ia or "a A u A nj -,
Friday evening, November 81, 1913.
Social and educational third degree
work. Visiting brethren fraternally in
\ vited. BY order of the w. NJ. S. H
4 Johnston, secretary.
"A number Of Keokuk people are
watching with interest the case OF
John Rowley and others to prevent an
extension to the state capitol grounds
t at Des Moines. Arguments have beer
, presented by the plaintiffs and the
81 case is now UP to the supreme court.
: The Keokuk hotels are doing {
] nice business and the number of trav
cling men coming In from all parts O.
the country is large. The visits from
!, the statesmen will continue up to neal
J Christmas time and then trade viii
!, fall off some. At least that is the usua
Z custom.
81 classification of Iowa points TO
, interior traffic has been under discus
/. sion at conference held in De
E Moiens, attended by many of the rep
: resentatives of Iowa commercial clubs
oil tn a
up the Mississippi river case involving
tolls across the Mississippi.
The Knights of Columbus OF Bul
: lington will hold an adjourned meetin
at their hall next Friday evening t
. initiate some candidates into the OF
der The remainder of the work will b
II put on at big celebration to be hel
: at Keokuk on next Sunday, Novembe
70 30, at which knights from larg
d number of local organizations will b
U in attendance.
~ A coal Oil stove exploded in tn
u kitchen of a house at 524 Morgan 0,
u cupied by Harry Gaines, street ca
y motorman and his family. The fir
a which resulted from the explosio
: burned the inside of the kitche
- = while the smoke deposited a layer
~ black SCOT all over the house Th
- damage to the house is covered b
= insurance. but the furniture is not Il
sured. The house is owned by Mis-
!, O'Brien.
~. The Quincy herald, referring
sc the experiments being made by COVER
=. ment engineers to ascertain wnat {
feet the closing and opening Of tt
gates IN the dam may have on Il
= stage OF water, says: The official 7
port on the rise and fall of the riv
from the local observer, Engine
Binkoetter, at the water works pun
= house, shows rise Of is inches in
hours ending at I O'Clock Tuesdi
y morning, but in the next five hours t
river fell nearly three inches. Mond