The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-14

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| Sollars and his crew this week. AS
soon as the debris is cleared away,
Mr.. Hicky will have a concrete one
story building erected, in which the
movie show fixtures will be installed.
Lee Ewing is having a cement silo
built.
Miss Myrtle Rehner returned to her
home Tuesday morning.
To help the fellows to spend their
winter. evenings pleasantly. Harry
| Whitcomb has installed several game
| boards in his barber shop.
| Saturday was the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Barnes. Saturday night
friends to the number of sixty-fve
called on them unannounced, and
spent the evening very pleasantly. Mr..
and Miss O'Haver entertained during
the evening with instrumental music,
games were played and an exception
ally pleasant time is reported.
| Mrs. P. H. Hart who has been ailing
for a time, was taken worse Tuesday
afternoon and the children We're sent
for. Ellen Of Powellton and Earl OF
Mccall got home Tuesday night. Mrs.
Hart Is better this morning.
Mrs. Maggie Cochran Of Biggsville
! is visiting at her sisters, Mrs. Frank
| Urton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Godfrey Of Mon
mouth, came to Elvaston in their Cole
! 6 and visited the Cochrans over Sun
| day.
We were misinformed as to the ma.
ture Of Yves Ewing's illness, that took
him to Excelsior Springs. He is suf
fering with eczema. He is reported
as improving slowly.
The chimney on the Masonic temple,
, recently shattered by lightning, is
being rebuilt
! Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ellison entertain
ed a large number of Mrs. Ellison's
relatives to big dinner last Sunday.
| The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Roseberry, Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Rose
berry and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Whit
comb Of Elvaston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
| Strader and Miss Erma Of Carthage,
Mrs. Ella Church Of Peoria and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Publisky, Mrs. Maud
Rumbold, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Schweete
and Misses Pearl Roseberry and Char
lotte Schweete of Keokuk. After a
big dinner the guests were loaded into
large wagon and driven around over
Georges estate. On the trip, apple
blossoms were found on some of his
| trees.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Kerr will occupy
the Emma Carr property.
! A new porch is being built on the
Fred Grauff house. 1t Is to be large
colonial porch.
! o. P. Pennington is in Elvaston for
/ visit with old friends.
| Mrs Bert Cochran left Wednesday
for few days visit in Monmouth.
| Elvaston is seven times as good a
place to live as Chicago. Chicago is
dry one day a week, Elvaston Is dry
seven days a week.
The Gate City is to be congratu-
lated on its splendid reports Of the
worlds series this week. 1t was a
great service, we'll rendered and we
assure them heartily appreciated by
us to be able to read at 80 p. m. all
about a worlds apologies to the
Feds) champion ball game played In
Boston or Philadelphia that same aft
ernoon.
Miss Laura Campbell, the popular
dry goods clerk Of our village, spent
Sunday with friends in Carthage
Mrs. Fred Fisher will leave Thurs
day night for visit in Kansas City
Earl Kerr did not take possession
of the restaurant as announced be-
caues Of the work in connection with
getting his household goods moved,
etc. He will not take possession until
next week
! The local Baptist church is to begin
a series Of evangeEstic services in the
near future. little time will be
needed to finish the correspondence
with the evangelists being considered
and then the time to begin will be an
nounced Rev. Henry will fill his ap-
pointments here next Sunday. prob.
ably a definite announcement will be
forthcoming at that time.
Fall blowing is being done with diff
iculty. owing to the ground being
very hard.
Rev. Todd preached to two good
sized audiences last Sunday. Mr..
Todd is delivering short sermons at
the morning services. After the Gus
tomary opening part of the service
which takes about forty minutes, he
breaches twenty minutes. last Sunday