The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-23
CITY NEWS
Looks IKE . white Christmas
-Eigazl'z Grocery open C1riszEazs

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Looks IKE white Christmas
/ -HtghzI's Grocery open C1risSzszs
morning
. :a 70 Cas- CO. .sss EE:-s nc s $500
Monday eTsning-ChrsStnzs DAY
The last word In Christmas shop
ping, ~HuyIers.- al zfeGrarh Bros
Cord wood cut TO store lengths,
$3.50 Per load Ksokuk Box Co. Tel
Black 1ST.
Those merchants Eho hare been
interviewed. report q Tey hs-sy
Christmas trade
La Rtcs. San Luca. and Round
Oak Cigars IN Christmas boxes Ward :
Cigar store Get the best
ii Is expected mat the small lads
Efu be. attentive listeners at the
Sunday school entertainments
We VIII take orders up TO $50
Christmas morning for delivery before
noon. Wu- Schaessr Coal Co.
The kids are In their elements.
With vacation days at hand they are
facing the prospect OF coasing and
we win serve q turkey dinner for
SOC and a chicken dinner for zoc,
Sunday and Monday Keokuk Lunch
Club
The local pos-once has beer
damned for several Gays with mail
and the express companies ana parcel
post departments sTamped
-Keokuk Lodge No. 10. l. 0. O. r
meets regularly every Monday night
at 500 o'clock John ]. LinquisI =.
G: 2 " pugh. Rec Sscy.
There viii be many late deliveries
OF Christmas packages and all due TO
late shopping and late sending You
can avoid this next year-if you shop
early
Big reduction sale on our entire
stock Of overcoats and winter suits
Sale viii continue until entire lot Is
closed ont Call and get prices. The
d. & n. Clothing store 5l4 siain.
The sunday school OF Pilgrims
Rest Baptist church viii render Its
annua. Christmas exercises under the
direction OF It's suDsIfntendsnt. MTs.
Ia. p-:a TIE program III cc-
mence At 500 D. m. The public Is cor
daily invited to the exercises.
The Christmas savings funds
helped to make a magnificent success
OF Christmas in Keokuk this year.
There is no better way Of making sure,
that Santa Claus Is not going to over
look you next year. than by getting
into one OF these Christmas savings
clubs for 1s17-do 1t right now.
Railroad men not only have
the cold weather and heavy express
business TO overcome to make sched-
uIe time, but the passenger travel Is
unusually large and delays are en-
countered at stations by passengers
getting on and leaving the cars All
this takes time and trains are very
late.
The Burlington Gazette says that
Luther Burbank, the wizard. who, II
is believed, could cross prune with
soda cracker and make new board
ing house course, is about 10 wed his
secretary. This Is the second mat
ing of Mr. Burbank, the first one not
being successful. But Luther always
was a great hand to experiment.
-Thirty-seven dollars was con-
trfbuted to the Co. l. Christmas fund
and a Christmas treat was forward
ed to the soldier boys at Fort Des
Moines. Manager Williams Of the
Iowa Telephone Co. Mr.. L. A. Harnill
OF the s. HarnilI Co, and The Gate
City received contributions Mr..
HamilI attended to the purchase and
shipment OF the treat and gave con-
siderable Of his personal time and
not a small personal contribution to
the movement which Will give to the
Co. L boys a happy Christmas and a
pleasant emembrance OF the home
town.