The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-26
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You will find the hat you want at
Ewe.s-Mc Carthy Co. Advertisement
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. Bert Meredith
are rejoicing and receiving the con
gratnlations Of friends over the adj
vent at their home OF bright little
eight pound baby boy. born Wednes-
day morning.
Now is the time to buy warm win
ter shoes at Ludwig's 1904 Main
street.
Several members Of the Shrine
went to ottumwa today to take part
in Shriners' meeting to be held
there today. The Keokuk delegation
expects to return home Saturday
| morning.
Choicest roasts OF beef, veal and
pork and spring chickens at JOS.
Haubert's, 709 ain.-Advertisement.
Edward Mott Woolley, we'll known
magazine writer, is coming to write
about the pearl button industry on
the Mississippi river for an eastern
magazine, especially its origin at
Muscatine and rapid growth
Place your grocery order for your
Sunday menu with Edward c. Renard,
the grocer. He'll save you money.
Phone 52-Advertisement.
The work of placing the new track
LOT the Keokuk Electric company on
South Fifth street is progressing rap
i idly Very heavy ballast is being
used and with the pavement the new
tracks will make fine roadbed The
new line runs down the middle of the
street instead Of swerving to one
side at Palean.
Every time you drink a bottle Of
Puritas beer, you help Keokuk In
lntitution. Order case today fresh
/ from the brewery and have It In your
home Phone 139.-Advertisement.
The hunting licenses for this year
are now overdue and any hunter
caught without one Is liable to heavy
fine. 1t has also been claimed that
some hunters have been shooting
quail and prairie chicken. This is
not believed so except in a few cases
where the hunters were ignorant OF
| the law but IL the reports can be
traced down there will be some hunt
ers prosecuted.
"A magnificent showing OF Boys
Suits at Ewers-M Carthy Co.'s.-Ad-
vertisement.
Copies OF the annual edition OF
The Gate City can be secured at this
office, ten cents per copy The mall
/ ing charge is three cents. Be sure
and get a copy and send to your rela-
itives or friends or any one whom you
think would be interested in Keokuk.
The annual edition is replete with In
formation about the city and the wat
er power.
II have retired from the firm Of
Hawkes. & Holbrook and wish to hank
my friends for tie confidence they
have had In me for the past twenty
seven years. E. E Hawkes.. --Adver-
| tisement
To-day was another quiet day at
the police station. Two DRINKS were
taken in last night With the ap-
proach of the cold weather the usual
number of vagabonds which float from
one city to another will be here They
1 will be sent out OF town as fast as
possible, however. To keep them
would necessitate an enlargement Of
| tho jail.
/ Men like the distinctive look given
them by the clothes they get from
/ Ewers-McCarthy Co.-AdveT isement
Members of the state fish and
game department are now cruising
along the Iowa shores of the Missis-
sippi looking for fish locked in Inland
lsloughs. It is the purpose to remove
all the fish possible to deep water be-
| fore freezing weather comes, which
causes thousands of fish to perish by
the freezing tight of the shallow wat.
ers. This has been done In the cases
of several sloughs that have been re-
ported to Deputy Game Warden Reich
mann here and is necessary for the
preservation of the fish.
Spring chickens and choice roasts
from Markley's will please you.--Ad
lvertisement.
The Streckfus steamer Dubuque
will continue to make Keokuk on sail
ings out of st. Louis on Tuesdays at
p. M. arriving at Keokuk Wednes.
day night. She will make one trip
to Keokuk and one to Quincy each
week, on the same schedule as before.
the only difference being that instead
of going through to Burlington on Sat
urday. the trip will be cut short at
Quincy. The company will render
freight service between Keokuk and
ST. Louis as long as possible.