The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-10
The Dampness Of the Weather Has
Created Havoc in the Nauvoo
Vineyards and But Half Of
Crop is Predicted
THE NAUvoo LATE NEWS
Interurban Men in the East Are Elk.
pected Home Soon When Con-
structon Work on the Line
Expected to be Started,

NAUVoO, Ill.,, Sept. 1o.-The Perry
tneao0cal company viii treat our peo-
pie to a two-nights' entertainment on
! saturday and Sunday nights. Septem.
Der IL and II. On Saturday night
they will present kidnapped for a
Million the Pe-ry's latest success.
The company comes well recommend
ed and no doubt will meet with crowd
ed houses on both evenings.
irwin Hudson has returned to Nan
VOC after river seasons absence. he
ing engaged on the Steamer st. Paul.
MT. j. B. Rise who died in Car
thage last Sunday afternoon was
/ brought to Nauvoo and his remains
inferred in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. RISE Was resident of Nauvoo
Tor a good manly years number of
years ago, moving to Carthage, where
he has resided ever since. He has
two daughters here, Mrs. John Rhein-
burger and Mrs. A. j. Beger.
The grape crop in Nauvoo is receiv-
ing a black eye on account OF the
dampness of the weather. It is said
that not one-half of the crop is gath
cred at this writing, and even at this,
the price offered is 11ac to &c per
pound anG fruit scarce at that. Water
melons grown on Iowa soil solo here
brought large prices and the crop was
enormous. one of the largest crops
ever raised over there. Can our
I VIII,
bring better prices when watermelons
and cantaloupes bring such good
prices and the crop is large and other
fruit is scarce? The growers in
Nauvoo always receive the short end
of their seasons labor and the ship
pers, SO it seems. get the cream, with
little or no risk to run. When the
trolley is built. condition o. things
/ will be changed.
Hancock county old settlers meet
| day and Tuesday. September IS and
ia. The Nauvoo band has an appli-
/ cation to furnish part of the music.
Everybody is looking for grape
pickers while writing this commune
/ cation. They all want to get their
crop off their hands for fear OF worms
! and rust on berries. AS usual when
! the crop is good and weather condi-
tions unfavorable all the growers
want to get their crop out first.
/ Wages for this kind of work is Sloo
i per day and you fine your food. The
growers cannot afford to pay more on
account of small price paid for their
crop. It. is estimated by reople who
should know that over 100000 gal
! Ions of wine will be manufactured Dy
/ Nanvoo winters this year Wine ought
to be cheap if this amount will be
manufactured. but the "boozers' will
have to paw the regulation price or
20 dry How is this for home con-
sumption and local prices. The old
saving. Ego away from home to buy
goods cheap is verified by this state
ment.
1 Another free open air concert will
be given by the Nauvoo Military
band Saturday night in our little city
park. Large crowds attend these
concerts every Saturday night.
Julius F. Brauner went to York
state to visit his family. He will re.
turn by Sunday. Mr.. A. r. Tibbetts,
who has the interu-ban proposition
in charge is also in the east, is ex.
pected daily. and with Mr. Brauner
who is the head civil engineer. will
probably begin operations in the very
near future Our people are anxious
for construction to begin
There is rivalry in real estate
firms in Nauvoo at the present time
The price of real estate is "sky high
in Nauvoo at the present time and
little or nothing doing in sales.
The Benson sisters who occupy the
IL. F. Ochsner building now, will soon
move into the east room of the Nau.