The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-19
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, May 1s, 1912

NAUvOO, H., May 1S.-This year
had no spring. We only hope sum-
mer will not be omitted.
Mrs. ] o. Boyer and children are
visiting relatives in Carthage.
j NJ. Schmidt, the alderman from
the third ward has improved his
premises by building new cement
walks.
Next Thursday night. May %, Mark
Hudson will give another social dance
at the Nauvoo opera house and Agnes
S-piece orchestra of Keokuk will fur
nish the music.
Our new cigar factory is now al
most ready for business. PRAISE and
Kraus, two gentlemanly appearing
young men, are the operators and It
is predicted that they will do sue
cessful business.
Ed Bicker's new Nauvoo bakery,
has received its new and up-to-date
oven which is 6eing placed in position
He is selling Keokuk bread until he
gets ready for business which will be
some time next week.
Only two weeks until Memorial
day and it looks like no observance
of the important event will be public
~ made In Nauvoo. A public demon
stration of the day here this year
would attract large crowd. good
speaker, band, glee club and short
program by our G A. r. Post would
be all the arrangements necessary to
a fine observance in honor OF the de-
parted boys in blue,
Several new monuments were placed
in our cemetery over the graves of de-
parted ones in the past few weeks.
These membranes should be
thought of in every household.
It is said beer will go up in short
time. IT'S said in Nauyoo it has been
going down for years.
Nauvoo was visited by a floating
palace last Sunday night. The boat
and floating theatre did not arrive I'M
til late in the evening. The band came
up town and played awhile to attract
the crowd TO the river. The show
was fairly good and received gener-
Gus patronage.
The cement Wallis on John REIN
bold's premises west of the Spauld-
ing Institute are completed.
Nauvoo's high school commence
ment exercises were held in the Nau-
VOC opera house Thursday evening.
Salem's home orchestra furnishes the
music and D. Ed Mack of Carthage,
was the speaker.
Mr.. l.. Erger, an extensive wine
dealer of ST. Paul, Mimi. was Nau-
VOC visitor during the week and was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Tan
ner during his stay.
Mark Hudson intends operating
pool hall in Fowellton soon. This burg
will be suburb of Nauvoo when the
trolley comes.
| Mrs. VIM. Argast and daughtef
Frances are visiting relatives in Madi
son, Wis.
We sometimes get the peoples pop
ular paper, The Keokuk Daily aGte
! City. in the evening now. through the
generosity of Mail Carrier joint
Reimbold when he makes the late
train trip at Montrose. Nauvoo peopif
flock to the postoffice when the,
know that the Gate City has arrived
so as to read it before morning.
There was no baseball game il
lNauvoo last Sunday on account of thu
rain interfering, The Fit. Madison clul
was expected and later the keoku'
club. The Nauvoo club will go dow
to Warsaw next Sunday to meet
fast bunch down there. Goodbye Va
saw.
Mr.. Chas. Hudson and Miss Louis
Schoell of this city were married las
Sunday afternoon at the home of tn
brides sister, Mrs. John Bertschi
Rev. H. j. F1entji of the Lutheral
church officiating. The CONTRACTING
parties are two of Nauvoos most es
!. Unable young couples and their jour
, lney through matrimonial life prom
ises to be happy one. They will re
| side with the lady's mother for tn
time being.
: Mr.. George Burk, the salesman TO
, the popular carbonared waters. 0
) the Keokuk Burk factory, was a MAI
VOC business visitor last Tuesday an
the way he boosted Keokuk and TIL
2 Daily Gate City we were under tn
= impression that he had a financial il
3 terest in the paper; but found that
! is way OF his TO boost for home en
i. terprises all the time
5 We understand that the two cloft
: ing merchants who we're in Nauyo
few days ago are anxious to begi
store here and have suitable roor
in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Benne are tn
proud parents of baby girl whic
made its advent last Sunday II !
their first and Ed is awfully proud c
l this little bunch of humanity.
Mark Hudson attended banquet i
5 Dallas City last Tuesday evening Tn
banauet was given in honor OF tn
recent marriage Of college friend c
his.