The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-26
CITY NEWS.

contains large number of wants.
Sherwood sells auto robes.-Ad-
vertisement.
II you are looking for furnished
rooms. house to rent, want to buy
or sell, read this mornings classified
page.
All the latest patterns In ladies'
made-to-measure suits can be seen at
Whats, the ladies' tailor, 1105 Main
street.-Advertiseme
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Gustafson
o. Twenty-frst and Palean street are
the proud parents OF ten pound baby !.
boy born to them Friday morning Of
the past week.
Ladies, we especially invite you
to call and see our patterns and styles
for made-to-measure suits. Wilbat,
the ladies' tailor. 11o5 Main.-Adver-
tisement.
Early Christmas shopping Is be-
ing endorsed by many of the women's
organization. AS the buying largely
comes from the woman side the move
suits.
I'm this issue many classified ad-
yertisements appear. Read them.
Often the very article you have been
looking for, the very want you have
had longing for can be satisfied by
one of these little liners.
Father Joseph r. Nugent, Of Des
Moines, we'll known in this city where
he has delivered lectures, has been Of
fered the position as United States
consul at Jerusalem. Ills friends say
that he will decline as he would hard
Ily like to give up his life work in Des
Moines.
The Royal Neighbors of Warsaw
will give masquerade dance Friday
evening, October 81, at Odd Fellows
hall. Spectators 25c, tickets, soc.
Music by full orchestra. Rights OF
admission reserved Advertisement.
Following the announcement yes
terday that he would introduce bill
appropriating s1,O0o,000 to suppress
hog cholera, Senator Kenyon today
wrote to all county auditors III Iowa,
asking how many counties would CO.
Operate with the federal government
and pay half the expenses of county
expert.
Sherwood sells harness. -Adver-
Itisement.
News has been received In tho
city that Noah Branson, formerly a
resident Of this city, has accepted a
position with the Wyaconda Telephone
CO., to take charge Of the entire sys-
tenn on November I. Mr.. Branson Is
la telephone engineer and thoroughly
Icapable in every department. He will
no doubt be successful in his work.
The Quincy traffic officers are
finding It about as difficult to train
pedestrians to cross the streets at
fright angles with the intersections as
they did to train the drivers of We.
hicles to quit the practice OF making
short cuts across the same intersec-
lions, says the Herald. The schooling
will pay, though, and when people
learn to cross the streets properly they
will wonder why they for so long con-
tinued to cross improperly and in
proportionately greater danger from
accident.
The Federation Of Women's Clubs
Of Burlington last evening participant
ed in a luncheon at the Burlington
m 80 al ~
gested that one of the topics that
would be profitable for discussion
would be the patronage of home in.
dustries. Such kind Of loyalty will
build city Prosperous retailers
make snappy town.
The county convention of the
Christian church was held in Keosau-
qua Wednesday and Thursday of last
week. Rev. R. w. Lilley of Keokuk
was on the program Wednesday even
ing he delivered the convention ad-
dress. He said every preacher and
Sunday school teacher ought to teach
the history of the church, how marvel
ously 1t had grown and what wonders
1t had accomplished. He also deliver.
ed an address on ''The Efficient Rur-
a, Ministry" and said the rural min
lister must understand his problem,
must understand agriculture, the soil
the stock, etc He must appreciate
: the bigness OF his task and recognize
1t as the Lords work. The conven-
, tion throughout was an exceptionally
, interesting one. Visitors were in at.
, tendance from Bonaparte, Cantril
Mt. Sterling, Milton, Keokuk, Abba
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. The
officers elected were: Sherman Stone.
braker, Cantril, president; d. A. Mil
Ter, Milton. vice president: o. c.
Petit, Mt. Sterling, secretary; S. L.
Fellows, Keosauqua, treasurer.