The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-29
CITY NEWS.


1 Go to Hannibal on the steamer
&c. w, Hill'' Sunday. June 1.--Adv
About 100 people patronized the
excursion given last night from this
city on the steamer w. w.
Sherwood for buggies ADV.
The city council of Clinton. Iowa.
has ordered an ordinance prepared /
prohibiting steamboat calliopes from |
being blown on Sundays while on the /
llevee
Colfax mineral water. 1mme.
i CARTS
The event of the season will be
the excursion to Quincy and Hannibal
Sunday, June !, on the steamer &c. |
W, Hill. ADV.
A call has been Issued in the Los
/ Angeles newspapers for an all.day |
basket picnic and reunion of former
Lee county. Iowa, people at Sycamore
Igrove tomorrow
Go. L. moonlight tonight on
steamer G. w. Hill. Tickets, Soc
ADV
Sherwood for everything In the
harness line.-Adv.
The Daily Gate City will be is
sued tomorrow as usual. Arrange |
ments will be made to advance the
Il press hour as much as possible. Mer-
L chants having advertising announce
ments should get their copy in the
hands of the printer as early as pos
sible during the forenoon.
,or ~ ~, a eyo ~ "a
ADV.
Good country butter. soc. Keokuk
Market and Produce Co.-Adv.
Masonic: Special meeting OF
Eagle lodge No. -. A. F. and A. NJ.
$3.50 O'Clock Friday afternoon, May
so. 1913. Work on second degree.
Visiting brethren fraternally invited.
By order of the w. NJ S. H. John
ston, secretary.
Hardware bargains at auction
sale. Everything at your own price.
Attend tonight at 7:so 725 Main
Adv
Have cup of G. Washington cot
fee made without boiling. Demon
stration at Winger Bros. -Adv.
Gels Botsford state secretary OF
THE United Commercial Travellers,
has sent copy of the official pro-
gram to be used by the state conven-
stion in Des Moines next week, to The
IGate City. The expectations are that
something like twelve hundred mem
bers of the order will attend the SEES
sions in the capital city. Several will
go from Keokuk
Sherwood for harness.-Adv.
Go. L. moonlight excursion to-
might on steamer G. w. Hill. Street
cars will meet boat on return. ADV.
Engineer John A. White, one OF
the most widely known railway men
in the west. died yesterday at his
home in Creston, Iowa. He was a pic
neer with the Burlington road and
until q few years ago had important
passenger runs between Creston and
& Lincoln. He suffered stroke Of
paralysis from which he gradually de-
clined. Mr.. Whites ability as a loco
motive engineer was beyond question
and his selection to take care of Off
ciaI trains was frequent He knew
more railroad officials than almost
any other man in the ranks. His
death will be greatly regretted among
Il the older railroad men.
Special low prices at hardware
sale. 725 Main. Auction sale tonight.
store open tomorrow morning. ADV.
DECORATION day being holiday,
. no deliveries will be made. Pechstein.
Nagel Co.--Adv.
e. b. Ringland OF McAllister, Okla,
is visiting friends in this city and Mt.
Pleasant. Mr. Ringland left this city
for the southwest about seven years
ago. broken in health and many OF
. his friends did not recognize him on
his return. He has been in the real
estate business in Oklahoma and
much outdoor life has completely re-
!. stored his health.
Dance every Friday night at Bluff
park given by Wolfe and Allison
Adv.
Choice fresh catfish at Jos. Hau-
bert's. 709 Main street.-Adv.
The Quincy Herald says that
Cant. Wisherd telephoned the Stone
; e Webster people at Keokuk, Monday
evening. to ascertain If possible, when
the new government lock will be open
< ed. but he did not get the desired in
formation. The reply vas that the
lock would be opened to navigation
some time next week, but just what
r dav could not be said. The opening.
t quite likely. will be the latter part OF
n the week. Above the dam are the
e steamers Quincy and st. Paul, the lat
e ter having been operating in the ex-
cursion business for some time. The
e pIair lines packet Black Hawk is
r also above the dam, and when the
..aa .ha now schedIrle for