The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-22
CITY NEWS.

The Christian church Christmas
ex ercises are to be given Thursday
evening.
The Christmas exercises by the
various Sunday schools will be held
either Wednesday or Thursday even
ings. There are few exceptions.
Bath robes. travelling bags and
suit cases. Jones, the halter.
Judging from present activities
the community Christmas tree is going
to be big success. Have you some
part in it?
The trade at home spirit is good
one to develop for next year--provid-
cd you did not help in this cause last
year.
Grimes Golden, Jonathan and
Wine Sap apples, at Renard's grocery.
There is altogether too much
newspaper space begging in this city
as well as in every city. People seem
to forget that the merchandise of
newspaper consists of its white space
and unless the space can be sold for
advertising the newspaper cannot eN-
list. lnasmuch as space is merchan-
disc, isn't it rather out of place to ask
that this merchandise be given away
for this or that proposition, unless it
is entirely charitable one No one
thinks OF going to the grocer, the dry
goods merchant, the clothier, the shoe
dealer or any other merchant and ask
ing merchandise as a gift Please
remember this and also remember
that the newspaper is business
and not very profitable
one at that
-Mincemeat, plum pudding, cram
berries, celery, olives, oysters, pre-
serves, oranges, figs, dates and nuts
lat Immegart's grocery, FOG Main
street. Phone 43.
Allen Woolley, son OF w B.
Woolley of this city, has recently
been made manager of the Swift &
Co. branch house at Nashville, Tenn.
Allen left Keokuk not so long ago to
enter the service of the company at
Philadelphia being transferred from
Keokuk. He was later sent to Chi
cago and now assumes the manage
ment of the Nashville interests Of
the company which is fine position
and indicates that he is making good
There will be no issue Of The
Daily Gate City Christmas day. 1t
has been the custom of this paper to
suspend publication for that day in
order to give the force full opportun-
lity to spend a merry Christmas and
that is what the management of the
paper wishes, not only to The Gate
City force but to the patrons Of this
paper.
1t might not be out of place to
state just at this particular time that
the city circulation of The Gate City
is larger today than 1t was six weeks
ago. Subscription records open for
inspection of patrons.
Tomorrow, the second shopping
excursion train on the Rock Island
will be run into this city, starting
from Eldon. The train leaves Eldon
at a. M, arrives IN Keokuk at 10 a.
M, and departs at 600 p. M, thus
giving the shoppers eight hours time
in this city. Last Tuesday this spec
ial brought a large list of holiday paS
rons and the excursion tomorrow Ii
expected to bring much larger mum
Der. The excursion was arranged fol
by the Keokuk Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION.
An exchange says not to worry
about what will please him. II he is
the right sort, anything you select
will please him. If he is not the right
sort, nothing will please him.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye, com
menting on the origin of the kiss I'M
der the mistletoe, says: There exists
in some places the traditions that the
girl who is not kissed under the mis-
tletoe will not be married for year
With us the old significance ant
sacredness of the mistletoe have gone
leaving just charm enough to give
the well known privilege to the mar
who meets the girl beneath. We tool
this custom from the beautiful ole
Scandinavian lore, where the kiss was
originally of the apostolic variety.
BY a warranty deed filed in the
office of the recorder today, Merton G
Morris and wife have conveyed to w
j. Nolkemper, Lot 3, in Chatham
Square, the property being on Fulton
street between Sixth and Seventh
streets,
The number of people from the
country coming to Keokuk today to dc
holiday shopping was quite large, du,
to the fact that the weather of las
Saturday kept many away.
If arrangements could be made
whereby the North road train could BIZ
held in Keokuk until $50 every after
noon the number of people coming t.
this city from North road points would
be considerably larger. The patron
age today of more than hundred
people indicated that North road pas
sengers will come to this city wher