The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
CITY NEWS.


200 delegates from various parts o
the state will attend and take part II
the meeting.
il Moose excursion Thursday to TT
Madison, w. w. and barge. Music an6
dancing. SOC, children Csc. Leave 1870
The fans whose eyes pierced The
Gate City baseball score board last
fening, took a second squint to see
that their sigh. did not deceive them
!! It was the first defeat for Burlington
Regular meeting OF Morning Star
Tuesday evening at 1880. Work In
first second and third rank. Visiting
brothers invited. N j. Montague
C. c.: j. A. Burgess, K. of r. and 8.
+ Take your harness for repairs to
Sherwood, 7O3 Main.
-Keokuk is not the only city in
this vicinity receiving visits from
thieves. The Fort Madison store OF
Kassmeyer wa; robbed Monday even.
ing.
! j. C. B. Meyers. OF Ft Madison.
who is candidate for recorder at
the republican primary, was in the
| city today.
"A meeting OF the publicity com
mittee of the Upper Mississippi Riv-
er Improvement association will be
held in Quincy, Thursday, .he 2sth
inst, at II q. m. The members OF the
committee are Thomas Wilkinson, OF
Burlington. Iowa, president OF the as
ISOLATION; L. B. Boswell, secretary; J..
{plr -
the ways and means committee; Ed.
E. Egan. OF Burlington, secretary of
the Commercial exchange, and Fowl
er Manning, OF st. Louis, trafIlc man
ager Of the Streckfus steamboat lire.
The. meeting will be held in the Cham
Der OF Commerce rooms. The object
of the meeting is to discuss certain
publicity matters which come up at
the st. Paul meeting OF the executive
council
During the convention of the
United Commercial Travellers in this
city June 4, and arrangements
are being made to have the business
section extensively decorated. Keo-
kuk should look inviting when the
visitors arrive. There will be a large
number Of them and good impression
should be made.
C, B. & @. employees are happy
again as a result of visit of the
monthly pay check.
John G. Scott, Of Mon.rose, was
in the city yesterday looking after
his candidacy for sheriff. He is the
candidate on the republican ticket for
this Office and is splendidly equipped
for the position. Mr.. Scott is widely
known over Lee county. He has al
ways been an active wokrer for The
party and his friends predict his sue
cess both at the primary and election.
The people OF Fort Dodge have
decided to build 100000 city hall
Keokuk should follow the example.
Examinations, class day exercises
and graduation preparations are claim
ing the attention OF the schools ,
Those nearby towns accustomed !,
TO conduct chautauquas are engaged |
arranging for the annual meetings and /
selecting talent for the programs. !
Hamilton and Pennington always en-
deavor to ge. the very best. It is |
presumed the regular chautauquas !
will be held this year.
The Quincy Wing has been sold |
back to the old Quincy Wing com
pany, according to the report pub |
lished in the Quincy Journal. Mrs. |
Anna M. Ellis is the principal owner |
Of the Wing company. and the Won.
ans Review Publishing company .
which has been the owner, relin-
quishes the control OF the sheet. |
Frank o. Balch was the one who had |
charge of the paper under the Re /
view Publishing company's control
The force that draws readers to !!
newspapers is one of the most power
sul and fundamental forces that
moves human beings to action. Where
ever there Is living creature, there
you will find intense and unremitting
lnteres. in what is happening round
about. For man, the circle Of interest
widens and intensif1es enormously.
Only the newspaper satisfies this de-
sire for news; for it alone accurately
mirrors each days events. It's con-
sequent attractive force brings the i
eager attention to the
very pages and columns where the
advertisers announcements appear. I,
Here is pull exerted by newspaper
publicity, powerful as that of gravfta-
ion itself. The Bureau OF Advertis-
ng. American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World building, New
York, wants to help general adver-
Users to use newspaper advertising
o better advantage. Correspondence
S solicited. Booklet on request /