The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-10
WINK R|CHTMAN
JOINS THE NAVY
Nauvoo Youth Has Signed Up With
Uncle Sam to Become
One Of His Jack
Tars.
SLEIGHING PARTY HELD
Nauvoo People Are Anxious For Mr..
Cooper to Come Up There and
Give His Lee
ture.

NAUVoo, Ill. March s.We have
all there was of February and fore
part of March we had cold lamb. /
Some of Nauvoo's ladies' have or
gained another fancy work club and
have christened It the Kensington
club.
Another public sale is announced
for the coming Saturday afternoon.
1t will be held on Mulholland street.
VIM. Hutchinson left for Los An
geles, California, Wednesday. where
he has position doing concrete work.
His family will follow later on.
The time for Nauvoo's tax collector
to close his books ends March 10.
Some few of our taxpayers think we'll
let some other fellow pay our tax and
then have trouble and expense to re-
deem.
Wink Richtman Of this city has
Joined the navy. He enters as yoe-
man, or as It is called in the army,
commissary sergeant He must at
tend school of instruction for six
months when he becomes an officer
in the navy. Wink has many young
friends in Nauvoo who wish him all
sorts OF good luck. He held the posi-
ton as a clerk on several Diamond
10 steamers few years ago.
Our people are trying to be lenient
with March. It has to maintain a
reputation as winter month until
the twentieth, at 5:29 p. M.
One Of Nauvoo's citizens said that
| in a household where there is a new
baby an alarm clock is totally useless
and absolutely unnecessary. Besides
being altogether needless, wholly SUI
perfiuous and of no account whatever
| Robt. Hubbard. formerly of Nauvoo
intends going out west where he has
| a position as time keeper in mine.
Owing to the big snow we had and
a number OF other pressures on things,
some doings in Nauvoo that expected
to happen were postponed.
Nauvoo's calaboose is seldom &C.
oupied now and when it is 1t is some
wayfarer who drops into Nauvoo,
looking for meal Or two and q
nights lodging.
| 1t is said that Nauvoo has one fam
lily that is in want, caused by illness
OF the head of the family. What has
become of our overseer of the poor
and charitably inclined people?
James Westfall of Carthage was in
Nauvoo the fore part of the week and
his many friends were tickled pink to
see him. He is working on the trans
mission line for the Keokuk Water
Power company. Jim is looking as
fire. as ever or better than when he
was court clerk in the county seat.
j. NJ. Fisher and Rudy Leppert were
4 in Chicago during the week purchas-
/ ing spring goods for their respective
stores.
! One of Nauvoo's popular married
i ladies was given shower one after
noon last week and number of ladies
were present. After being welcomed
4 by the hostess, and removing their
wraps, the guests were received in the
parIor, and the reception of the many
/ unitarian and ornamental articles
lcaused much merriment and mirth
Sewing was then INDUCED in and re
freshments served, after which the
guests wendell their way to their
home, all having a lovely time, be
cause several Of the ladies took les
sons in making dainty articles fol
which so far during their married life
they have not had use for
There were numerous sleighing par
ties out during the week and the
merry jingle of the sleigh bells could
be heard far into the night. st
Mary's and Spalding's institutions hat
!, several livery teams with hobs en-
: gagged to treat the pupils sleigh rides
| OH several days during the week.
One year from last Monday tn,
/, weather in Washington probably will
be what it usually is in Washington
on the fourth Of March.
The Nauvoo Catholic church vii