The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-24
CITY NEWS.

DO your Christmas shopping early
Moving. j. Opstelten, phone R-1542
Colder weather will revive duck
hunting in this locality.
The universal cold weather "start
easy" gasoline, Red Crown"
-F. C. Smith. city editor OF The
Gate City, is in Chicago today.
Automobile owners who take trips
into the country report the roads very
hard.
BE sure and make your Christmas
purchases early and send your pack
ages promptly.
"A number OF the college students
will soon be coming for the Thanks
giving holidays.
Mayor Ed S. Lotion was called to
Kahoka today on account OF the crit
zeal illness of his father-inlaw.
The universal cold weather start
easy" gasoline, RED Crown
Pay your Red Cross, Red Triangle
promptly Money helps win the war.
Louis c.. Billiard and Josephine
Webb were given marriage license
late yesterday afternoon by the coun-
ty clerk.
Russian Pete" was run in last night
for drunkenness, as was also S. Golden
OF Alexandria.
Patrons Of The Gate City cIassi-
fed columns must arrange to send
payment for advertisements when or
dered.
-keokuk merchants have begun
their holiday advertising. Read their
store news carefully and consistently
and your shopping will be easier.
The universal cold weather start
easy" gasoline, Red Crown"
-Keokuk lodge No. 10, /. D. o. F.
meets regularly every Monday night.
at o'clock. Y. r. Mckay, n. G., F. NJ.
Pugh. recording secretary. Work in
the third degree.
Notice to members of camp 622,
NJ w. A. An adjourned meeting will
be held Tuesday evening. Nov. 81, for
nomination OF officers. All members
requested to be present.
The movement on the part Of the
business men to cut down their de-
livery system to something more like
q sensible basis is movement In the
right direction and should be encour-
aged by the trade.
Margaret Shafer was granted a d.
Torce from William Shafer to whom
she was married In May, 1910, and
with whom she lived exactly seven
years to day. She alleged cruel and
1nhuman treatm emit. They have one
child, boy six years old.
joy riders in other peoples cars
are still getting in their work. A car
belonging to J. B. Kerr, OF Alexandria.
MO, was taken last evening from
near the Grand opera house An hour
later 1t was found at Sixth and Con-
cert streets uninjured, but 1t incon-
venienced the owner Just the same.
The universal cold weather start
easy" gasoline, RED Crown"
Herman F1iesbach, the veteran toll
gatherer on the Mississippi river
bridge. has been on the job since 1878
without losing a day from sickness
until now. This week he is suffering
from indisposition. and has been Civ
en- q layof Of two or three days. It
IL to be hoped that he will soon
be back at his post.
Scattered over the state OF Iowa,
particularly In certain sections, there
are over two million acres OF wood
lots that would yield much good fire.
wood IL the waste were gathered up
and cut for fuel. This would relieve
tie present coal shortage and i'm
prove the wood lots at the same time,
according to the forestry department
at Iowa State college,
The universal cold weather "start
easy" gasoline. RED Crown"
Matilda T. Wright and her hus-
band, Wilson H. Wright, have sold to
George Reitz twenty-five acres in Sec
ton twenty-five, lying southwest OF
Sugar creek and another nine acres
in the same section, the deed giving
one dollar as the consideration. The
parties all live in Wyandotte county.
Kansas. The Land is In Des Moines
township.
On Friday evening the men of the
BAPTIST church VIII be given ban
rret by the ladies OF the church. The
banquet is rendered gratis by the
ladies in the interests OF the coming
years work All the men are invited
TO sit at the banquet table, and all the
ladies are invited TO serve. It IS plan
ned to sit down at 700 p. m. a splen-
did program is being arranged with
prominent speakers from out Of town.