The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
CITY NEWS.

Party dresses $40. Monday. Low
itz.
Read the want ads What you
want may be there.
For that tango sole and heel, see
Ed ". Moore, No. % 8. 9th.
Open evenings until after New
Years. ]. F. Daugherty & Co.
-Sfgmund Bros. make specially
Of packing household furniture. Phone
3sS.
I'D. w. Moore NO. IS. 8. 5th.
makes = speciality Of tango rubber
heels.
Many watch parties are being
planned for Wednesday evening OF this
week.
Sermons appropriate to the dying
year are to be delivered in . number
Oh the city churches today.
The Anal meal from the Christmas
turkey will form the chief item OF to-
days menu In many home.
Spend your Christmas money for
an auto robe, whip or a set OF harness.
Sherwood has fine assortment
A marriage license was issued
yesterday to George Walter and Miss
Fay Lawrence. both OF Keokuk
After the flrst OF the year, parcel
post packages can be sent In the first
zone. weighing up to fifty pounds.
Postoffice employees and express
men are beginning to catch their
breath again after strenuous week.
Party dresses $40. Monday. Low
itz.
Telephone black 2S6 and wen call
for and deliver your shoe repair work
promptly. Ed. ". Moore, Is South 5th.
christmas cards no sooner make
their disappearance from the mails.
than the New Years cards make their
debut
Regular meeting Of Keokuk lodge
No. Is, I. o. o. F. Monday night at 8
o'clock. Visiting brothers cordially
invited. Work In the hrst degree.
The reason SO many men swear
off smoking at the beginning OF the
new year, is because of the brand OF
cigars they receive as Christmas
present.
The Keokuk theatres did big
business last week and expect to con-
tinue the same this week. Everybody
wants to enjoy themselves during the
holidays.
-Keokuk people responded nobly
to the call Of the Good Fellows and
the community Christmas tree COM
mitteee. Keokuk always did have a
big heart.
The community Christmas tree at
Fifth and Concert streets IS lighted
each evening until midnight and viii
be illuminated every night until the
old year has passed.
The brick masons got in another
days work on the new Masonic temple
yesterday. The building is going up
rapidly and is source Of admiration
as the work progresses
There lie an old saying that when
the days begin to lengthen, the cold
begins to strengthen Real cold
weather is liable to make its appear
ance almost any day now.
Every hill in the city which Of
fers a good coasting surface was in
use yesterday by the children of the
city and the cry of Track" was the
popular slogan of the day.
-Keokuk lodge No. 106 wifi enjoy
stag watch party on New Years
eve when the new year viii DE well
coined, Refreshments are to be served
and musical program given.
Quite number of sleighs are
seen on the streets these days. The
1 sleigh is not back number by any
means and many people derive great
deal of enjoyment from them.
A warranty deed was filed yes
terday with the recorder by which
Mary A. Weyan.f conveys to leonard
Pelgen Lot IN block 163. the nroper-
ty being on twelfth md High streets.
The small boy who found a new
4 pair OF skates in his stocking on
Christmas morning, is casting anxious
eyes in the direction OF Lake Cooper
and wondering il 1t will freeze over.
Party dresses SO. Monday. Low
its.
Miss Gibson has sold her dry
cleaning business to the G. & J.
cleaners and will be employed by them
hereafter. She will be glad to have
her friends and patrons call. s14 MAR
street.
The season has arrived when tn,
public should take every precautior
against fires. These chilly day
tempt people TO build roaring fires an,
an ounce of prevention often saves
the department run
Clark County Courier: Miss Maj
garet Devalt, daughter of Mr.. anl Mrs
Samuel Dayalt. Of this city. las iii
distinction of bang lie f1rst woman I
be employed IN the big power fous
] OF the Mississippi water Power Co
! at ,Keokuk. She ,s engaged as steno:
> rapher at an office in the great bunk
ing out In the river.
During the month of Decembe
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