The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
Weekly Budget Of News From the
Mormon City, Telling What Has
Been Doing the Past
Few Days.
ARE CROSSING THE RIVER
Doctor and Minister Headed for the
Undertaking ParIors Together
Gave Rise to Talk of
Merger

NAUvoo, H., Feb. 12.-There viii
% services in the Lutheran church
every Friday evening and in the
lashoile church every Tuesday and
rriday evening during Lent
he revival meetings held in the
PRESBYTERIAN church during the past
week were fairly well attended. They
We're conducted by visiting minister.
Messrs. Herman Berger, Sr., Leon
ard Hudson, Fred Bechtel and John
schmidt, Jr., drove down to Hamilton
ffiday to get peep at the dam site
aud perhaps get acquainted with the
Ireeks and other foreigners who are
engaged on the water power down
there
Sheriff Bertschi came in from Car
image the fore part of the week and
returned with an occupant of ST
Mary's academy who is slightly de-
mented. She was placed in the state
institution where it is hoped she
VIII meet with speedy recovery.
Marshal Berger will sell all his
household goods and may go to Colo
RADIO to make his home for the bene-
Mt OF his wife's health.
Parents ought to instruct their chill.
ofen not to roller skate in the busi.
ness section of the city on the cement
walks. 1t is annoying TO pedestrians
as We'll as property owners.
Nsuvoo will have another black.
smith, shop next week. The gentle.
man comes from Ft. Madison and
VIII open UP in the frame building on
+ the corner just north of the CITY hall,
IDS will make three shops for Nau.
vGo.
Wm. Weber. one of our prosperous
farmers. underwent an operation at
Dl G. Feger's hospital last Wednes-
day and is getting along fine. Maui
VOC is fortunate in having an institu-
ton of this kind where the best of
medical and surgical treatment can
DC had and trained nurses in attend
ance. DR.. Fegers made the hospital
paying venture from the start and
says he win be compelled to get adj
ditional rooms.
The St Rose society of the Catholic
church gave rendition of the comedy
drama Brother Josiah" at the acad.
envy auditorium last Tuesday evening
to large crowd
Everybody in Nauvoo seem to be
anxious for more dam news from the
water power city and anxiousIy look
Tor the coming of the Keokuk Daily
Gate City. Nauvoo visitors to the
scene OF the dam site during the
spring and summer will be numerous
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Pikert cele
brated the 50th married anniversary
few days ago This venerable
couple formerly lived in Keokuk
where the husband conducted shoe
shop before removing to Nauvoo.
Have you paid your taxes yet? is q
question asked in Nauvoo now quite
frequently Tax time should bt
changed in Hancock county to mid
summer or early fall. As it is nov
1t comes at season or the yea,
when it works hardship on some t,
pay their taxes in the worst tim,
Of winter.
e. Fl. Munger, the humorist and i'm
personator. will give the next nun
Der OF the lecture course at the cit,
hall next Saturday night.
Or. J. A. Bortz has not yet sold hi
Telephone ard electric light plant
but negotiations are still on.
Aau,o has not had mucn troubl,
this Winter with crossing the hi,
creek as in former years and hav,
not been deprived of our mails up t,
the present time.
Mrs. Whiteield is still very low a
tie home of her daughter and not ez
pected to recover.
An unusual sight was seen at tn
postoffice last Friday morning. doc