The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-06
What is Going on In the City Which
Needs But One Thing to
be Perect-a Rail-
road.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
Holiday Shopping lie on In Earnest
Now That the Thanksgiving
Day Feast Is
Ended.

NAUvOo. IL, Dec. S.-Mr. McGuil-
very of Carthage, H.. was in Nauvoo
recently and circulated among our
people who are In need Of monuments.
He had one large one thoroughly at
tended to that had become unbal-
anced in the city OF Nauvoo's dead.
The Hancock County Teachers Az
ISOLATION met in Carthage last Friday
and Saturday and Prof s. P. Spence
Of our we'll regulated ward schools
was on the program for an address.
He was selected to talk on the possi.
bilities OF organization in common
schools. A better selection could not
have been made.
Surveyors for the water power
transmission line from Keokuk to Fl
Madison were in Nauvoo and vicinity
the fore part OF the week
Our young people had delightful
times skating during the past several
days and the moonlight nights and
weather was simply grand for this
kind OF sport
The young mems club who fnhabit
the upper rooms IN the old state bank
building. Will prepare a feast about
the holidays consisting OF all kinds Oh
good things to eat A fine cook
will be secured to arrange and pre-
pare the menu.
Harold Rheinberger Is making prep
arations to store large lot OF the
crystal blocks for his customers use
during next summer, providing how
ever, the big creek allows the har-
vest
1t would indeed be great convent
ence if our ferry men would put up a
waiting room at the ferry landing
during the winter. People who come
and go like to have comfortable
place to wait for transportation and
at times are SO badly chilled when
arriving at the landing from Montrose
that little warming up would help
matters
The rabbit market in Nauvoo does
not seem to be glutted. The Dummies
seem to be quite scarce around Nau-
VOC and the demand SENS to be great
er than the supply.
Mr.. William Weber died at his
home In Appanoose township about
three miles northeast OF Nauvoo last
Saturday morning, aged So years, 1C
months and 26 days. The funeral oc
CURED from the residence Monday
morning at nine o'clock, and from the
Nauvoo Methodist church at 10. Il
was large cortage that escorted the
remains to its last resting place IL
our city cemetery. Mr.. Weber, one o
the most pleasant and agreeable cftl
zens In this section, leaves wife ant
one son to mourn, besides a numbe
OF other relatives.
One Of NauToo's best and most in
nuential business men informs you
reporter that big business ventur
for the very near future is hangin
fire and may terminate to a success
ful conclusion. We are not let In tn
inside al present, but will be give
particulars later.
The Nauvoo opera house which 1
undergoing repairs, with new stag
and scenery, will be completed b
Dec. IL, or at least 80 that it can b
used for amusement purposes. 1t vii
be fine improvement.
Miss Racheal. daughter OF Mr.. an
Mrs. e. K Parker who is attendin
high school in Keokuk came up {
Nauvoo to eat Thanksgiving Dime
with her parents. Mrs. Chas. McCant
lass of the Dam City, accompanie
her. They remained until Monda
morning.
These days one hears about man
great feats in husking corn abou
Nauvoo One young man husked 1874
bushels in fifteen days and didn't bra
much about 1t either The farmers /
Nauvoo's vicinity are about ha
through and would have finished ha
the soft fields allowed them to ente
Mrs. ]. NJ. Gross of this city wer
to Fort Madison Thanksgiving da
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