The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-06
CITY NEWS.

Cnlcken pie supper Y. w. G. A..
Thursday. Thirty cents.
Phone "a for case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
See our window display Of Moth
ers day cards and folders. Cushman
Stationary Co.
Chicken pie supper 7. w. G. A.,
Thursday. Thirty cents.
Iowa rural carriers will hold q
convention In Des Moines on July 20
and "a. r. w. Ford Of Storm Lake
and o. w. Bryant of I.orimor we're In
the capital yesterday arranging for
the event. Among the speakers will be
w, D. Brown, prominent publisher
Of Washington, d. c., Congressman s.
F. Prouty and Attorney Howard Clark.
The big rug and mating sale
will commence Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock. This is an entirely new stock
OF goods and great bargains. F. A.
Wedler. Fifth and Johnson streets.
Next Sunday is Mothers day.
which will be celebrated In several
churches. The custom of wearing a
white flower that day is very general.
ly followed hers, as everywhere.
Those who intend to be present
at the banquet to be given tomorrow
evening at the Elks club should notify
Harry Culkin before 10 q. m. tomor.
row. 1t is important that you send
in your name SO that preparations
can be made to give you place. Do
not delay this matter but send imme-
date notification to Mr.. Culkin at 3.
Hamill & Co., II you have not already
done So It is expected there will be
large attendance at the nesting
tomorrow evening as the question OF
employers liability will be discussed
by George Wrightman and Mr.. Eddy
OF the Iowa state Manufacturers asso-
citation.
The building committee OF the
board OF education met last night to
consider the new school plans. To-
night tho teachers committee will
meet.
Moving the Wabash ticket ONCE
to the new iowa Hotel is one move IN
the right direction. Now II the Wa
bash will move its train schedule 30
II will better accommodate the people
in and out OF Keokuk It will be an
other move in the right direction.
Mrs. VIM. Reed, formerly MISS
Hazel Sargent, who underwent a
surgical operation at st. Joseph's hos
pital, is improving nicely.
There were few cases OF hockey
or "sick grandmothers" today. as a
number of the schools dismissed at
three o'clock In order to allow the
pupils q chance to attend the base
ball opening.
Quite q number OF stores ana
busin sss houses we're closed during
the baseball game this afternoon 70
allow the employees to attend the
first game OF the season. Among
these we're the Consumers Who'll ssaie
Supply company, and the Keokuk
Electric company, both OF which
closed their doors from l O'Clock 70
s: 80. Many ohter stores remained
open but allowed all employees who
desired to attend the game.
The Burlington Gazette makes the
following comment concerning the
Sunday school contest between the
Keokuk and Burlington Christian
church Sunday schools which closes
next Sunday: The Sunday school con-
test between the First Christian
church OF Burlington and the same
church at Keokuk is drawing to q
close. as next Sunday will be the
last. Burlington has total OF 1913
points to its credit. while the keokuk
school has few hundred more. The
local people are determined to WIN
this week, and with just little enort
on the part Of its workers they can
easily do so, that next Sunday will
see them on top. They only need
about 125 more people than usual
n sxt Sunday in order to be the final
yictors. They have made splenoio
record SO far, as the Keokuk school
Ia considered ono OF the strongest
among the Christian church in Iowa.
PERSONALS.