The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-03
CITY NEWS.
ASK for Puritas beer.

Sherwood sells harness and bug
gies. 703 Main.
The Willing Workers OF the Sec.
ond Presbyterian church Ice cream
social West Keokuk park Thursday
evening.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Goodwin and
daughter Inez who ara at Lake Oko-
boil for vacation, report having q
/ fine time.
4 Drink Puritas beer In your homes.
j None better and it's good and fresh.
Phone 1879.
/ Owing to the q. C. T. convention
being held in Keokuk this week there
4 will be no noon day luncheon OF the
!! business men tomorrow at thu Hotel
! Iowa.
Silk hosiery. Csc. SOC and 500
per pair, white and black. The Cen
trail.
The Sunday schools are beginning
| to plan for the annual picnic. These
are events always looked forward to
with considerable interest by the
| scholars
| Regular meeting OF Keokuk aerie.
No 6s3. F. 0. E., tonight at Eagles
i hall, 523 Main at o'clock. Visiting
| brothers always welcome. Chas. A.
Noekes. secretary.-Adv.
Puritas beer Is the beer for the
home drink. It comes to you direct
from the dark cellar to your home.
Puritas is not shipped from place to
place Patronize home industry. Phone
139.
Local members OF the Eagles have
received word that Creston will send
a large delegation to the Keokuk con-
yention and that an effort will be
made to capture the 1915 convention
for that city.
| The practice of leaving automo-
biles stand in front of the Grand
opera house will probably be stopped
by the commissioner OF public safety.
Sixth street is not SO very roomy at
best and when the Warsaw car is
standing there. very little room re-
mains.
James c. Davis returned to Des-
Moines last evening after days visit
with relatives and friends. Mr.. Davis
says the voting in the primary cleo
ton at Des Moines was slow on &C.
count of the use OF voting machines.
the voters not being very fast in
their operation. Mr.. Davis is like
many other voters-not enthusiastic
over the primary law.
A special train. having aboard
Vice President H. 2. Byram. General
Manager e. p. Bracken. General Sup
erintendent Robert Rice and other c.,
B. & @. officials, arrived here Tuesday
forenoon on an inspection trip. The
special left Keokuk at Z o'clock this
morning, via Donnellson and Mt.
Pleasant, and left over the Carthage
branch for Quincy. From there the
officials will stop at Galesburg, ter
mfnating the tour at Chicago.
Phone "a for case Of Leisy
beer when you're out.
When the state convention Of the
United Commercial Travellers con-
venes in Keokuk tomorrow q commit
tee OF Muscatine knights Of the grip
will be ready to extend an invitation
to the "drummers" to come there In
1916. Muscatine branch OF the q. 9.
T. will be we'll represented and the
Muscatine Commercial club will also
send committee to bid for the honor
OF entertaining the convention in 1915.
With the completion OF the new $780,
600 hotel in Muscatine It Is felt that
the accommodations will warrant the
Invitation.
Let Sherwood do your harness
renairing. 703 Main
On Thursday evening the First
Christian Sunday school will present
to the public an instructive motion
picture entertainment consisting Oh
rip Van Winhle," THE Merchant
Of Venice and Scenes In and Around
Los Angeles" These entertainments
are calculated to present a wholesome
entertainment to those Interested IN
the welfare Of the Sunday school ana
church. and no admission is charged.
The public in general is cordially In
ytted to attend. The entertainment
Thursday evening will begin at eight
o'clock and promises to be very IN
teresting
The Wabash had quite An expen-
sive wreck about o'clock Monday
evening. The accident happened on
the Keokuk- Clayton branch bstween
CLAYTON and Blacks Station. A
freight had stopped on a grade to
kill a calf that had received q broken
leg by being hit by the train. The
engine was unable to pull thu train
TO the top OF the hill and left part on
the grade. A second train came along
and crashed into the rear of the STALL
ed train with the result that a loco
motive was smashed, SIX cars wreck
ed. two OF which were burned. The
o1caraN t,y finn nYnR