The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-01
CITY NEWS.

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Unitarian bazaar tomorrow. Chick
en- pie supper s p. M SOC.
| For health eat Wilson's butter.
milk cookies. Large pkg. SC all gro
GERS.
December first and the 25th OF
| this. month Christmas. Have you
bought those holiday gifts?
The whole force OF clerks and
carriers will be on duty at the post
ONCE during the Christmas season.
No layons will he granted except in
cases of extreme necessity.
Regular meeting OF Morning Star
Lodge No. 5. Knights of Pythias. at
X P. hall Tuesday at s p m. Visit
ing knights invited. n. J. Montague.
G. c.: J. A. Burgess. x OF R 4 S.
Regular meeting Loyal Order
OF Moose. Keokuk lodge No, 704. o
night at o'clock h Moose heH. Wis
iting brothers cordially invited John
G. Stadler. dictator Ed S. Lotion.
secretary
Regular meeting Of Elmira chap
ter No. 80, o. E. S.. Thursday even
ing, Dec. 5. 1914, at 1880 o'clock. Elec-
ton. BY order OF the w. NJ. Ida
II. Meister, secretary.
Buy those Christmas presents
early and avoid hare work for your
self and the clerks
Miss Peet will bake ice cream this
evening at the Masonic temple BAN
quet room, entrance Seventh street
side This is the only session to
which the ladies are permitted to In
vite their husbands The session will
begin at s o'clock. The fine Masonic
ball and banquet room Is proving to
be an ideal place for this popular
Home Economies School
II have disposed Of my popcorn
wagon to Mr.. Kiser who vii conduct
the same hereafter. George Hubbard
The following item from the
Quincy Herald will be of interest to
the Keokuk friends OF Mr.. Pringle:
The Herald says: ". E. Pringle, for
mer editor of the Wing, passed
through Quincy yesterday afternoon.
on his way from kellogg, Iowa. back
to Poplar Bluffs. Mo-, where he has
been located since leaving here some
months ago. He had been paying a
visit to his mother whose health is
quite impaired Mr.. Pringle was in
the city only about an hour. and what
visiting he did with his friends, was
done by telephone. He did not leave
the c., B. & Q. station.
"A new feature on the checks Is
! sued by the Burlington route this
month is the slogan printed on the
back OF the check pertaining to the
old familiar saying on the Burling-
tom Safety First Members of the
bridge and carpenter gangs have diff
ferent slogans written on their checks,
/ It being the idea Of the company to
carry the safety first" slogan in vary
ing degrees. according to the amount
OF danger that daily threatens the
workman The Burlington. In the past,
has been one OF the advocates OF this
movement among its employees and 1t
has resulted in less loss of life through
pure czrslessness.
Fort Madison Democrat: As one
u their frequent pedestrial diversions,
J. G. Sutton and daughter Miss
Helena. walked from Keokuk to Fort
Madison Saturday. They left here on
the morning train. returning afoot
TIA HszElion and Nauvoo. Their re-
rzrn trip. timed from their departure
f-u- z1e Eeokrk union depot to the
Ms-ropoistaa hotel. was just seven
hoaz Mr. Sutton's pedometer regis.
-srsd rwsnty{our and three-fourts
miles for the trip, or an average OF
-hrss and one-haIf miles per hour. It
Is Ssi5sTed that in cross country work
Miss sEuon has established record
sor Eoea5 ladies'.
For Madison Gem City. Robbers
o- ro55er we're unsucoessful ). last
evening IN obtaining anything of value
from the trstgh. station of the c.. B.
"a @ railroad, when they en-,
tered II sometime between the fall.
ing Of might and o'clock. the time
waica .asF we're discovered. Although
the entity one had thrown things abou,
81 Ef56 contuEfon. had torn loose the
lock u the roll top desk of Agent
Craser and had broken OF the money
drawer and scattered fits documentary
contents upon the floor, nothing was
obtained Police officers were mott
get snS arrived quickly upon the
soeae. 5u. the bird had flown and moth
ing brt the evidences OF his visit await
ed the guardians Of the peace.
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