The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-15
CITY NEWS.
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Buy Blom soap made in Keokuk.
Dance Woodman hall Thursday
night, Nov. 10. Agnes orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Doherty OF
Vincennes, Iowa. announce the birth
OF son. born November 18th.
Chaser for sheet metal and tin
work. 81 North Sixth. Phone 345,
-Keokuk lodge No. Is, 1. O. o. F..
meets every Monday night, at 1880
o'clock. Visiting brothers invited to
attend.
"A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Harley McCarl. 81 Of
Hannibal. and Mildred West, II, of
Keokuk.
Geo. Dimond will deliver fresh cat
fish to customers for 15c per pound
until further notice. Order one day
ahead. Phone Red-7s2.
The fire department answered an
alarm at, 5:45 last evening when a tar
pot used in the paving Of Commercial
alley, caught fire. The blaze was ex-
tinguished by the use OF the chemical
engine The damage was slight.
Expert sheet metal work and tin
work done by Chaser, the timer, q
North Sixth Phone 345.
"A wire barrier has been placed
about the gridiron at the baseball park
for the purpose of keeping the crowds
back from the playing field. The wire
is>stretched at a height Of about two
feet from the ground. Not minute
was lost in yesterdays game on &C.
count OF the crowd collecting around
the field.
For sheet metal work. spoutins
and guttering call on Fred G. Chaser,
timer, 81 North Sixth. Phone 345.
Masonic: Special meeting of Har-
din lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. NJ, Mon
day evening, Nov. 16, 1914, at 1880
o'clock. Work in F. G. degree. Visit
ing brethren fraternally invited. BY
order OF w. M. l.. N. Hahn, secretary.
Ralph e. Cushman will leave Keo-
kuk for Davenport, where he will go
into the office specially and supply
line similar to the business which he
conducted here. His friends in Keo-
kuk will regret to see him leave Keo-
kuk, and will wish success to him In
his new venture.
The Mothers club under the sup
ervision Of the child welfare depart
ment Of the Visiting Nurse association
will meet in the Peoples Institute on
Thursday afternoon at half past two
O'Clock. A program will be given and
light refreshments served by COM
mittee from the board of the Visiting
Nurse association.
-Eben Carter, a former resident OF
Keokuk, is dead in Pasadena. Cali
fornia, according to word received by
Puckechetuck lodge OF Odd Fellows,
OF which he was a member. He had
left this city many years ago, but
will be remembered by some of the
older G items.
One year ago today the key to
the front door Of the Hotel Iowa was
thrown into Lake Cooper. The formal
opening of the new hostelry occurred
with considerable ceremony. Since
it's opening last winter the Iowa has
been the scene Of number of import
ant meetings and conventions, and
has been the headquarters of nearly
every convention held in Keokuk in
the year it has been in existence.
Don Forquer, II, who was run
down and injured by an automobile at
the corner of Fifth and Main streets
Friday evening, is improving as well
as could be expected, and is said to be
in no danger. Bystanders who saw
the accident, say the boy ran into the
car as it turned the corner and the
driver OF the car was in no way to
blame for the accident The boy was
taken across the street to McGrath's
drug store, where a doctor was called
and his injuries attended to. He had
received severe cut over his eye.