The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-12
CITY NEWS.

i lane 40 S1DcbktlltES.
Train service vas delayed tossas
on account OF the storm
Next Saturday IS Valentine dag
l The mail man will feel IL
Some flags were displayed today
owing to the Lincoln annivezsaTF.
Fresh catfish, halibut and s1nests
al Jos. Hauberi's, 7os Main street
| Fe-ndssIl pan cake aour. buck-
! wheat -four and maple syrup. lraale-
CARTS.
Hart brand Of vegetables arr the
leaders Don't take taose 50 Gales
Just as good.
Fresh catfish and select oysters-
Keokuk Market & Produce Co, 1902
Main street Phone aa
This kind Of weather is not con
due i've to travel and as 8 rssllt pas
senger business Is light.
Joe Hood. who suffered broken
ankle some weeks ago Vie al Bloom
field, Iowa, is improving.
Sold by all first class grocsrs,
Hart brand az vegetables. Bucz-Reine-
Co. wholesale distributors.
LIZ Crosse. Wis. reports eighteen
below zero and the fee men of thai
locality hare ceased TO worry
Sherwood Is the ieaLsng dealer n
harness in southeastern Iowa. Yoa
get the best at his store at the right
prices. Tes Main.
Monday night at Toodman hal
occurs the tenth annual ball OF bar
tenders local Agnes twelve piece
union orchestra viii furnish the
music. Don't miss 1t.
/ The Iowa Factories for Februart
carries page advertisement exploi.
ing thc advantages OF Keohuk as
/ factory center due to the development.
of the water power.
The ice man continues to feel bet
/ ter satisfied with the weather condi-
i tons and is beginning to revise his
opinion of the weather man Looks
4 like Keokuk would get a big harvest
/ this year
Col. Dave Palmer, member of the
/, state board of railroad commissioners
and well known In Keokuk, will be
a candidate for reelection He will
make an announcement OF his plans
in a fey days.
u. II. Ellsworth VINO fell last week
and broke his hip is getting along
nicely at St. Jos Jpfls hospital Re
ports OF his condition are satisfactory
and his many friends are looking for
his early recovery from the accident.
The Christian Volunteers Mission
No. 1o2 Main street is in need OIL
about eighteen chairs and two cots OF
bees and bedding. The attendance
has been good at the meetings and
Sister Cash of Peoria is conducting
the meetings.
Fanny Thomas was granted di
vcrce last night from Abraham Thorn
as. The papers were fled in thu dis
trsct court yesterday, and Judge Ham
iiton heard the case and signed tn.
decree before adiourning last nigh,
The coupIs are colored. The plaintiff
alleged in her petition that her nus
band made her work and that hi
cruelty was the cause of her i'll health
w. B. Barney, state food am
dairy commissioner. has issued
warning TO housewives to beware o
dealing with peddlers at present, ans
that large number of them swindl,
the patrons on short weights. Tn.
commissioner advises every house
wife TO demand that peddlers weigl
produce and that the measures be no
trusted The department is issuin,
cards showing the legal weights OF al
commodities as fixed by the low
law.
Fort Madison Democrat Will.
; seated In his office some time nea
: Tuesday noon. DIR. ". C. HASTEN wa
Il surprised TO find the building shakin,
very perceptibly. He thought little 0
the matter. beyond supposing it tt
have been caused by some heav-
blasting nearby, until he read thi
mornings papers, noticing the earth
4 quake which wag general over tn,
country yesterday noon. The blast
which the doctor felt was probabl,
the one from the bowels of the earth
instead OF dynamite.
The Christian church sunda,
school Of this city Is IN a contes
with the Burlington Christian cllurcf
and the following from this morning.
Burlington Hawk-Eye indicates tina
the Burlington school Is anxious t.
= De victorious. The notice aDpearin,
in the Burlington paneAr r-aadc &c rni
lows: All teachers and workers in TIL
u Christian church Bible school ars ura
ed to attend a workers conference q
y the church this evening. to plan tn
contest for winning from Keokuk mex
Il Sunday All members Of the Bib
4 school are urged to attend by reques
d Of the superintendent rs very definit
n and unique plans must be arrange
a 10 secure attendance before 9:45 q