The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-24
The Nauvoo Gate CITY
Nauvoo, Ill, May "a, 1912

syou,re going to get q rail-
-,.d at last said stranger
: one of our old and wealthy
e,t,zens by way Of Introduction. Yes,
!. III Last You've been to Nauvoo be-,
FIRE? We'll your find the place chang
- indeed in a year or two II you come
srain.. said the NRuvoo citizen. 1T
Iii, sill be pretty hard for an old slayer
IKE me to get used to such changes.
We'll be like great city then. Well
have ten thousand inhabitants against
ano thousand now. held out as long
20 could to keep railroad from com.
~ to Nauvoo. but 1t looks now like
i 'e i no use and 1t will not be long
,,ntil we have the vile thing schreech-
~ and believing in our ears all the
tine tine and there will. be no longer
n ~. in Nauvoo.' You must be pro-
sressiye,p said the stranger. There
"a many people who now know the
haauties Of Nanvoo who will know 1t
hstter when the interurban comes
~ 81 would be better satisfied to
have less beauty and inhabitants and
more peace" said the Nauvoo old
,opey. "In a few years wou will never
.now the place. Many factories and
nusiness houses will be built and big
rotel will 20 up to accommodate the
r;ch city hloods who must be well
unused when they come to this beauti-
nj summer resort, !" said ne.'' 4 lived
here for many years and have no
neehbors and the travel to Nauvoo is
small We have good times and my
w,fe and /, our children are gone to
other parts, live as well as we could
wish We never thought 1t would
come to this Il am afraid you are
MT appreciative,' said the stranger to
tbis Nauvoo wealthy citizen who would
not contribute dollar, and they part
Cd
Messrs. C. H. Petch and w. H. Fisher
Of St Paul, Mimi, and Mr.. H. s. Payne
81 IT Madison were in Nauvoo Tues
day morning and drove over the inter
urban survey route to Carthage. TT sc
gentlemen speak encouraging words
about the proposed interurbAn line
from Hamilton through Nauvoo to Eft
Madison. There is a considerable
amount Of the 100000 to be subscrib
ed and the gentlemen say that az soor
as taken just that soon work OF con
struction will commence. 1t is UP t
those people who live in towns and
along the line to hurry matters b,
placing their names for. stock subscrip
ton and when the last .of the necess
ary amount is taken then work of con
struction vii be pushed rapidly to com
pletion.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Miller OF Carthage
visited Nauvoo relatives and friends
during the week.
Mark Hudson took hurried bust
ness trip to Burlington Wednesday.
VIM. Floto OF Warsaw was among
our cigar dealers Tuesday.
Len Hudson, Luke Brown. godfrey
Bolin and John Bennett attended ar
encampment meeting of the G. A. r
In Peoria during the week
Some Of the little kids find pleasure
~ htillH5 tucs opdTTOWSs Will al Ill
rifle thse days. They get about one
hundred shots to getting one sparrow
Ed. Beyering of Keokuk was Nau
700 visitor on business for his cigar
house Tuesday.
There will be no public observance
OF Memorial day in Nauvoo this year
It would have been good year to OBJ
serve the day for it is legal holida,
in Iowa and large crowd could have
been attracted here. The saloons oil
Iowa have closed doors on this date.
A game of base ball is being arrang
ca for Memorial day in Nauvoo with
come neighboring towns club.
The public street combination sale
held here last Saturday afternoon was
poorly attended on account Of the bus,
season among our farmers and citi
zens.
Many strange automobile partie.