The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-24

were In Nauvoo last Sunday although
a high wind prevailed nearly all day.
II we should ever get that lake shore
drive Nauvoo will be filed on Sundays
with auto parties
Nauyoo and Warsaw ball teams met
on the diamond OF the latter and
cleaned our boys up to the tune Of 4
to 2 last Sunday. Both teams put up
"a fine article Of ball game. Our home
team will cross bats with the Keokuk
Red Tigers in Nauvoo next Sunday
AFTERNOON and good game is expected
The Ladies' Priscilla club met at the
home of Mrs. John Schmidt, Jr.,
Thursday afternoon and evening. An
elaborate dinner was served at G
O'Clock. The afternoon was DEVOTED
to fancy needle work and the eve ing
at cards. This Nauvoo lady was voted
| q capital entertainer and all present
were loud in their praise about the en-
!, joyable time had.
The many friends Of Messrs. Spence
and McBrown were the instigators of
a bachelor supper given at the home OF
the former last Tuesday evening. The
wives of these two gentlemen were
away visiting and their friends took
pity on them on account of.their long
faces and believed they had not had
1 q square meal since their ;helpmeets
iwere absent and arranged many good
palatable things on the dining room
table. It Is said they consumed enough
OF the eatables to last them for sever.
al days. They look better now.
+ The cigar men Praesse & Kraus
have now placed their goods on the
| Nauvoo market. Tobacco users say
they make fine goods and II they will
continue in this way their cigar fac.
tory will be paying business enter.
prise in Nauvoo.
b Powellton and FIT. Madison played
ball at the former place last Sunday
Afternoon and the score resulted to
4 in favor of Powellton.
Mrs. ]. M. Gross and Mrs. Harry AT
sIgast visited the formers son Carl in
il TT, Madison last. week.
i A moving pIctare chow vas given, ii
Nauvoo by two strangers for three
nights few days ago, but their ma
chine and pictures gave poor satisfac
4 ton. A good show could profitably en-
4 terrain our people for two or three
i nights a week, but it will have to be
a first class moving picture show.
1 Ed Hicker has his new and up-to
date bakery oven placed in position
and expects to bake his first batch OIL
bread next Saturday and the people in
] Nauvoo will learn what kind Of goods
he can place on the market,
i Mark Hudson gives his second invi
tation social ball in the Nauvoo opera
house Thursday evening and Agnes
] Keokuk orchestra played
John Reimbold's team loaded witt
q scement broke through JOS Ochsner'l
4 wagon scales while passing over tn,
outer edge last Tuesday and let on,
4 side of the wagon down about three
fleet with lettle damage done to eithel
wagon or scale.
i It is hoped that the board of super
i visors at their next regular meeting
which occurs next month will act favor
ably on the Lake Shore drive that viii
come before them. An effort is now
being made to get the right Of way fol
the drive through the entire distance
from Hamilton
4 Some of our farmers are through
planting corn and all say that good
rain is badly needed. Nauyoo citizens
lare also anxious for copious shower
4 for their garden truck.
! A meeting of Nauvoo's Industrial
club was to have been held last Tues
j day night but on account OF a scarcity
Of members present the meeting was
called off until some future Cate.
4 At the Lutheran church next Sunday
services will be held at 10 o'clock a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. In tho evening the
2sth anniversary of the church league
will be observed with special music