The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
CITY NEWS.


per week
Christmas approaches. Have you
done that early shopping?
Attend Royal Neighbors card
party at M. W. A. hall Thursday
night, Nov. IS.
Leisy's bottle beer for home use
has no equal Phone 81 for case
Advertisement.
Some of the youngsters are Won
dering if there will be skating by
Thanksgiving time.
II will be in Argyle on THURSDAY
OF each week. to practice veterinary
medicine. DR.. F. v. Helsel, Donneli-
son, Iowa.
--Keokull Camp n. ". A. 40. 62s
will hold It's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman nall. All members are
requested TO be present-Advertise
ment
What more could anyone ask for
good fellowship than a bottle or two
OF Puritas beer2 Ask for it every
place you go and have it in your home.
Order case today. Puritas, the beer
made In Keokuk.
The store windows have begun to
take on holiday appearance The
displays are tempting enough to PRO-
woke early buying. ample provisions
has been made to satisfy the demands
Of holiday buyers. So shop early and
shop in Keokuk.
VIII S. Neal, formerly city editor
Of The Gate City. now employed by
the Omaha Daily News, writes to keo-
kuk friends that he is familiarfzing
himself with Omaha newspaper work
and believes he will soon grow accus-
toned to Omaha ways.
One Of the reasons why trains are
so nearly on time these days is be
cause business Is light and SO much
time Is not consumed at station stops.
another reason Is the favorable wealth
er. The late train will be announced
little later in the season.
* eokuk and Lee county have a
number of hunters who are out after
game but Wisconsin puts everything
in the shade when it comes to sending
hunters after game A Duluth dispatch
of yesterday says forty thousand
/ hunters are out in Wisconsin after
/ deer
The Iowa Telephone Co. has cut
down the number of districts in this
state from six to four and the Bur
/ lingtcn district has been discontinued
and the force sent to Davenport. The
move is in the interest of moe e~o-
nomicai administration OF the affairs
OF the company.
/ Have your house reshingled this
month. VIII make special prices and
guarantee roof and protection Best
5 to 2 red cedar put on and furnished
for s5.75 per thousand, best to 2 red
cedar put on and furnished for $3.50
|per thousand Estimates given on full
Jobs. Call Black-1595.
Dependable buggies at Sherwood's
The Quincy Wing of Tuesday
morning contained the following item.
The steamer Keokuk carried over q
passengers Sunday to Keokuk on thu
last Sunday excursion trip that will
be made this season. The boat vii
leave today or tomorrow for Daven
port where 1t will be harbored for tn.
winter
Complete harness line at Sher
; woods.
Some one tried to poison Pau
Pechstein's fine hunting dog a fey
. days ago by throwing piece of mea
into the yard. The action of the part
was observed and the meat was take
to a. chemist for analyzation 1t wa
: found to contain poison. A few year
ago number of fine hunting cpg
, were killed by the poison fend. TIL
party who endeayored to remov
Pechstein's dog is known and had h
I been successful in his attempt to XII
the animal he would have been prose
cuted.
! has no equal. Phone "a for case
Advertisement.
In the future old and bad order
cars marked Destroy" will not b
burned by the Burlington road as ha
: been the custom for years. The car
8 will be torn to pieces and the lumbe
& will be conserved. Large destro
+ yards are being constructed at Mon
I, gomery, just south of Aurora and job
8 Beebe, foreman of the car repair dt
!, partment of the Aurora shops, Is to b
$ In charge of the yards. The plan
k to save the lumber and then ship 1t t
d various cities where engines are KEEP
i, for use in starting fires in the engine
:. The officers figure that they will b
r able to save much money that woul
@ be used to pay for kindling. When tn
e car destroying was first started, lun
n Der was given to anyone who woul
0 haul it away. The officials declare
g this a nuisance and the burning wa
e done for many years.