The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-19
CITY NEWS.

"A mdITldScE iiSShoo ihoo 1870 -
sued to Wencil F. Douda %, OF keo-
kuk and Grace Gay, 20, Kahoka.
-E. R. Taft grocery store for fresh
country eggs and butter, vegetables
fruits and choice groceries. $40 Main
street. Phone 1914.
When you buy chickens or cuts
Of meat at Jos. Haubert's, you can
rely that they are the choicest fresh
est and best. 100 Main.
w. ]. Pilkington Of Des Molnes,
will deliver an address TO the men 81
the Christian church and others who
may be invited. Tuesday evening,
March 2, nj $50
-Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday night at o'clock. All
members requested to be present. BY
order of noble grand. Geo. Immegart
secretary Work in the first degree.
Regular meeting Keokuk council
No. $50 tonight at 8 o'clock, Hawkes.
hall. Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. z.
NJ. Kingman, regent; J. |. AnnaDle'
secretary.
The fire department this morning
answered an alarm at zoos Reid ST.,
where small fire had started in the
roof OF a house occupied by w. II.
Keppel. There was no damage.
The many friends of Frank
Spring will be pleased to learn that
he is recovering from his automobile
accident which took place several
days ago near Bluff Park when the
car being driven by Mr.. Corsipeus of
Fort Madison, sktdded.
Burlington Gazette: The first
steamboat will land at Burlington on
March % and the first excursion out
will be on May IA. according to Cap
tain Kinnear, who is very busy at
the preesnt time getting everything
in shipshape for the opening OF navi-
cation.
FIT. Madison Democrat: Rev. J.
Nuesch of Los Angeles Calf, former
pastor Of the German Evangelical
church at Keokuk, spent Wednesday
with Rev. P. c. Ke.nath on his way
home from st. Louis. DIR. ii.
A. Gray of Keokuk was a business
visitor in the city yesterday.
An appeal from the judgment of
tbs ccurl OF John Leindecaer, justice
OF the peace, in the case CT Frank
Price VS.. the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway has been filed in the
district court Price claimed the rail-
way company struck and injured his
horse. He asked damages OF $95 and
was given same in the justice court.
The conviction is growing strong
err and stronger every day that the
circulation of The Gate City is not
only extensive but effective. A patron
of the classified column reports to
this office that for one insertion of
fifteen cent want ad. he sold
typewriter and cornet. He received
more than twenty replies. There are
few homes in the city that the Gate
City fails to reach. These facts are
worth careful investigation and con-
sideration by business men.
The linotype or Two column
OF the Chicago Tribune yesterday in
dulged in some profanity at the ex-
pense OF Keokuk, as the following
shows: We have no more information
of the intentions of Germany and
England than, probably, Harper's
Weekly has, but we are willing to lay
the stereotyped odds Of to 5 that
neither nation cares keokuk dam
how much American commerce suf-
fers because of blockades and ship
seizures. Neutrality, like virtue, is its
own reward.
j. s. Morrison, engineer under the
state III Charge OIL TOdQ
and bridge work in southeastern Iowa
has just finished an inspection trip
through Lee county lie found road
and ether work in satisfactory con-
dition Some gravel work in this
county that was begun last fall in
now under way Bridges and grading
probably will continue to take first
mace for time in improvement work
in this district. OF course, grading
has to precede permanent improve.
rent of the roads. Whether or how
son permanent Improvement will
follow grading in this district is
c"estion that cannot be answered at
the preesnt tine
Fort Madison Democrat: Work
V ii soon commenced on a pretty
cub house at Mormon Springs to be
escted on the Schultz property over
Looking the Miesissirr Tho brild-
i'g will have two rooms and large
1nrch around the sides so as to af-
fH-d open air Quarters. The club will
he owned by 4. B. Schultz, William
bergman. Joe Doering. Pen Schultzn
and c. V. Lantz. 1t is their intention
to have nur1ber of camping trips
end week ends during the coming
season, and as the spot where the
building is to be erected is an ideal
one. the owners and their man.
friends are loking forward to many
pleasant outings down the river.
Fort Madison Democrat: Wednes-
day two representatives of a large
manufacturing enterprise were at
Fort Madison Investigating local con
ditions with a view to location here
They were favorably impressed with
the situation and have taken up with
the Fort Madison First association
the matter Of establishing a factory
that will be the largest acquisition in
its line Fer the CITY in years. The
visitors represented interests which
are going to start a rubber and rub.
Der tire manufacturing plant. 1t will
require ten acres of land, a building
to cost in the neigh horhnnd of SAC.