The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-06
CITY NEWS.

Snow mellow at Immegart's.-Ad
vertisement.
Patrons OF the classified column
should be sure to call for answers to
their advertisement.
800 yds. linoleum only SOC yd.
Holland & Miner, S24 Main. -Adver-
tisement.
You can't go wrong when You fol-
low The Gate City want ads to posi-
ton.
Fresh fish and oysters. Keokuk
Market & Produce Co.-Advertise-
ment.
DIR. D. P Breed Of Grinnell, iden-
tilted with the Congregational church
missionary department, was In the city
today visiting Rev Williams.
See Sherwood's auto robes.-Ad.
vertisement.
"A fair-sized, brown colored dog
was run down and killed by an auto
mobile this forenoon on Main street
between Ninth and Tenth The name
of the owner of the animal was not
known by anybody in the crowd
which was drawn to the vicinity OF
the accident.
Let Sherwood repair your har-
ness. Advertisement.
Although the thousands OF notifl-
| cations sent out by the state automo-
bile department to automobile owners
have hardly more than reiched their
destination, renewals Of licenses for
1914 have already commenced pouring
into the proper officials at Des Moines.
The remittances have averaged about
one hundred dollars per day. Owners
are expected to profit by their experi.
ence OF last year and avoid the watts
for their numbers by sending IL the
| fees early.
Buy blankets at sherwood's. -Ad-
! vertisement.
| President Walter /. Biering and
Secretary G.. H. Sumner of the state
| board of health, are arranging for a
state health conference to be held in
Des Moines about February first. and
kuk physicians will attend. Several
physicians OF nationwide reputation
on special subjects will be invited to
address the conferences and physi.
clans and others from every county
in Iowa will be present DR.. Evans or
Chicago, DR.. Russell, the famous army
man, and others of equal prominence
will be invited to speak.
Owing to the increasing number
of automobiles being purchased by
KeoFuk people all movements in the
direction Of better roads is being
watched with interest. Shenandoah is
coming into the limelight as being the
first to plan for the construction of a
cement road in southwest Iowa. To
do this they will raise $4,000 to he
spent on one and three.fourths miles
of highway southeast of the city This
/ highway was put to grade this wear
and all cement BRIDES and culverts
are In. While the roadbed is twenty.
six feet wide these bridges and cul.
yerts have twenty-five foot road bid
over them. With the building of the
cement road the Shenandoah people
expect that this will be the finest
highway in the state.
Freak addresses on all mail
matter will in the future be frowned
on by Postmaster General Burle .on
and postal officials all over the coun.
try. Mr.. Burleson has directed post.
masters to use every proper means
OF educating the public in the cor.
rest method of addr ssing mail The
campaign was decided upon when a
recent Investigation in Chcago show
ed that Of $3.50 pieces of fi.st-class
mail handled 204,9aO, or "A per cent.
were insuficiently or improperly ad.
dressed. It is estimated that to sup
ply correct addresses costs the postal
department about $4,000 annually in
Chicago alone This is in ADDITION to
the expense of re-handling. forward.
Ing and returning large percentage
Of this mail
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