The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
CITY NEWS.

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o'clock. Work on first degree. Wis
iting brethren fraternally invited to
attend. BY order OF the W. M. q.
@. Meister, secretary. ADV.
Freeman Griggsby. who was ar
rested yesterday for entering the tail
oring shop on Main street, will be
committed to the home for feeble
minded children at Glenwood, on
complaint OF his aunt.
Select your driving and heavy
team harness at Sherwood's. Adv.
Mrs. F. Kitterman who has been
seriously i'll at her home SIG Des
Moines street, is reported greatly Inn
proved, and hopes to be out in a few
days.
For the Mhllin line OF motor
boats and canoes, call on or write
Hamilton Auto & Garage Co, Hamil-
ton, Ill.-Adv.
G. w. Mckee. Industrial fuel en-
gfneer and vice president and gener-
al manager Of the Eclipse Fuel Engi-
neering Co., OF Rockford, H., was in
the city today making an investigation
iof fuel conditions.
Alec w. Rakow. of West Point,
Is making arrangements for the estab-
lishment of a banking institution at
Argyle. He was formerly superin-
tendent Of the Lee county schools.
-Keokuk Camp M. W. "A. No. 81
Will hold ita regular meeting tonight
at woodman nall. All members ara
requested to be Observation-Disclosures.
ment.
Rev. NJ. Engel, pastor Of the Eng
lish Lutheran church, has refused a
call extended him from LAGRANGE,
Mo-. and at the earnest behest Of his
congregation will remain here.
Chief Engineer Hugh L. Cooper
left the city last evening for an east
ern trip. He expects to be in the east
several days comforting with water
power operators.
Arthur Robinson has sued his
wife, BERTHE, for a divorce, alleging
desertion. The petition states that
they were married on November %,
| 1899, at Gamma, Mo-, and that they
/ lived in Keokuk since 1901 until 1908
when he says she wilfullN deserted.
| STORMS keep wires working over
time giving details of accidents ana
damage and death. There is hardly
an hour in the day that The Gate City
does not receive an inquiry from some
/ source, local or. otherwise.
Regular meeting OF Hermann
Lodge No. 116. /. o. o. F. tonight. s
o'clock. Visiting brothers cordially In.
MISUNDERSTANDING
Tho Upper Room Mission, open
every evening at No. 81 North Fifth
street. Continued prayer is requested
for the meeting at Alexandria There
| is some opposition but Jesus Christ is
able to give the victory, and will give
1t. This is the victory that over
cometh the world even your faith"
F. A. McGaw
Rev. ]. o. Ledbetter leaves today
for Ferris, H., to attend the North
Illinois Sub-Dis srict conference of the
Methodist Protestant church Heswill
deliver talk before the conference
of the selection of text and prepa-
ration of DISCOURSE He will also
/ preach at one or two services.
4 Iowa is literally supplies with
automobiles but California is said to
have more automobiles per capita
1 than any other state in the union,
with Pennsylvania next New York
has the highest total CALIFORNIA; per
capita lead is due to the fact that the
climate and roads contribute to pleas
3 ure riding and no one denies that an
i automobile is a pleasure machine.
For the information of those who
4 pay taxes and the number is consider
i able it might be well to know that
county taxes become due the first day
iof January and delinquent March first
following. If the first half be paid be-
8 fore April first, the second half will
run to September 80 without interest.
lIf the first half be not paid before
April first, the whole amount Is due
with penalty of / per cent added for
each month tax remains unpaid.
Chief of the Fire Department An
derson, of Keokuk, passed through
the city last evening enroute to Omaha
where he has daughter living. says
, the Burlington Gazette. He had re
ceived wcrd only few days ago that
, IFS daughter, whose husband is a
, travelling man, had gone to another
part of the city to visit friend
, which proved to be the part in which
THE storm did the most damage. Be
fore leaving Keokuk he exerted every
effort to communicate with his daugh
, ter, but was unable to do SO.