The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-29

is as valuable to land as a coat of
manure, we ought to have a tremen-
| dous crop hereabouts this year.
Frank Weisinger has sold his livery
barn and will again engage in farm
ing. Elmer Wilson is the new pur-
chaser and will conduct the Nauvoo
livery barn hereafter.
! February didn't &c out very gently
around here, but on the whole she be-
haved pretty good.
When 1t was first inaugurated at
1 Nauvoo 1t was said that the rural free
delivery would be a detriment to
small towns, for it would keep the
! farmers at home Nauvoo first had
! one and then we got another free route
and our business people can't see
! where either hurt her business inter
| ests.
Mrs. Patrick Daugherty. an aged
/ lady and a former resident of Nauvoo,
died at the home of a daughter in APP
! panoose township, northeast OF Maui
! VOC, of old age. She was 81 years
old The funeral occurs from the
Nauvoo Catholic church Thursday
morning and the remains inferred in
! the church cemetery.
We are still firm believer In the
gorund hog theory.
4 The people who get the least mail
are the worst kickers when the mail
is late, but here lately no one blames
!. them for kicking Nauvoo gets the
, Chicago mail about three times u
, week in the afternoon If our mail car
" rier feels like bringing 1t over from
Montrose
Just before the big snow storm
your reporter saw a few of our citi-
zens getting their tools and imple-
lnents ready for spring work. They
were making all preparations possible
so as to be ready for the busy sea-
son which they expected to be here
shortly. They have changed their
. minds and will let the tools rest for
while.
Stag parties ought to be popular In
lent as the men are not SO addicted to
religion as our fair sex
: Here are a few Nauvoo spring
!. items: Look out for four or six weeks
. of bad roads. Seed potatoes will be
! awfully high this spring, and YOU
! won't know whether the seed is gooc
: or not. Some are talking about how
= many hens they are going to set
!, Have you set any hens yet? Next Fri
day is March 1st Only twenty day.
g from then spring begins and two
:. weeks from next Sunday is ST Pat
:, rick's day. The new spring hats vii
. be large, curving and masses o
- bloom and color.
A fine public park brings plenty o
public blessing Nauvoo was going I
= have big public park but we stil
" have the one acre with the calaboos
e and fire station at the same old place
- Just as the dam at Keokuk is CON
u, pleted the lake shore drive aroun
- Nauvoo will be dotted with parks, bu
!" we will not have to thank our cit
- council for them.
. The good country roads come an
81 go at this season OF the year. More e
VI. than come.
u Morris Datin of Sonora townshi
50 who has been attending Nauvoo hig
school was in Chicago for few day
and returned home a few days ag
eS He has made up his mind to join til
~ navy and see something of the gre;
I'm world.
'es Now that lent is here from now Q
s, will be an excellent time to save l
'n and on Easter Sunday all will be alb
w 10 have new bonnet. Ii also cause
US the fresh meat and poultry demar
hu to be limited. Fish of nearly all kint
find a ready sale and our merchan
ne are pretty generously supplied to a
md commodate those who fast.
me Several OF Nauvoo's citizens inter
or bringing suit against the water pe-7
set- company for failing TO settle or b,
tal their island possessions at their fl
uid nres. II is hoped an amicable adju.
SCI ment may he reached before suit
700 begun
nee The greatest names in Americ,
left history are Washington and Lincol
Their birthdays have come and co
say and their names will rest anoth
hrs. year. Practically no demonstration
low honor of these great men was ma