The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
CITY NEWS.
Christmas cigars at Jos. Moeller's.
-Keokuk National bank Christmas

Christmas cigars at Jos. Moeller's.
-Keokuk National bank Christmas
Savings club.
Tho students are arriving home
for the holiday vacation
"A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Carroll Taber.
Put some Red Cross seais on your
Christmas packages and help fight the
tuberculosis plague.
Make 1t happy Christmas for
one unless you make 1t so.
Buy coal, wood and feed OF VIM.
Mullikin Large or small orders de-
livered promptly. Phone 1860.
10, 25 and SO size Christmas
boxes cigars. 8. W. Brinkman, 713
| Blondeau street. Phone Red 639.
| "A card from Col. w. P. Hepburn
brings the good news that he is re-
covering from his recent severe Illness
Xmas cigars packed in Is and so
boxes. ]. J. KILLER, Mfg. Phone B,
| 1104
The Christmas rush at the post
Office is heavy but arrangements have
been made to take care of it by the
addition Of extra clerks.
| Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704, tonight
at 8 o'clock. in Moose ha1l. VISITING
brothers cordially invited. John q.
Stadler, dictator. Ed. s. Lotion. sec.
retary.
The many friends OF Clyde G..
Martin, who has been in serious
condition in a hospital at Des Moines
following an operation for appendicitis,
will be glad to know that relatives
here have received encouraging news
from him.
/ Read Gate City advertisements
and If you are late Christmas shop
lper you will receive great assistance
| in making a selection. The adver-
itisements appearing in this paper are
an aid and an advantage to your
holiday trading.
Full dressed chickens, zoe H.,
pigs feet, Csc dozen. F. D. Haubert,
t140S Main.
Ii. n. Fisher Of 111s Fifth street.
| Fort Madison. was passenger on the
street car which was struck by the
runaway car here on Thursday, &C
cording to the Fort Madison Gem City.
The Gem City in its report says that
Mr. Fisher sustained several bruises
and that he is showing the effects OF
! the collision.
Carriers from the postoffice, de-
| livery clerks and those who transport
! packages about the city are having
their hands full Of holiday parcels
and can be seen late in the evening
gathering up bundles or delivering
them and their labor has been greatly
increased by late Christmas shop
ping, which calls to mind that next
year it will be nice act to begin
your shopping earlier.
The Quincy Journal says that the
! Miller Bros. Sand company of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, have their barge, boats.
etc, safely in winter quarters in the
Quincy bay. Workmen are engaged
in setting up big hosting machine
which will be used in the work Of the
company in the spring. The Keokuk
firm is going into the business in an
extensive manner and expect to ship
out many car loads of sand and gravel
next year.
Quincy Herald: Lee Roberts, a
private in Company F, was arrested
on the street Saturday night by Cap
tain Ernest Wingerter, the company
commander, and taken before Lieuten-
ant Colonel C. D. Center, acting rs
summary court officer under regiment
al orders, for trial. Private Roberts
had been ordered by his commanding
officer to report at the armory for
drill on Monday, December IS. The
order was ignored. He was then or
dered to report to the summary court,
and that order was also ignored. His
arrest followed He was charged with
having violated article 20 OF section
of the military code OF the state Of
Illinois. was found guilty and was
fined SO, in default of which he was
to serve three days in the county jail.
He refused to pay and was remanded
to Jail to be confined for seventy-two
hours.