The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, I'LL, March 2, 1913

t. Suppose you were to select the frs
fifty persons You encounter on, say
Mulholland street, and ask them t
form an opinion on opening sait
street west to the river. Have yol
! Nauyoo people any notion of wha
/ answers you would get? Perhaps not
except tina. the result would almost
certainly be open it at once.
It is too early. anyway, to look FOL
harbingers of spring.
The Nauvoo city council members
will meet in regular session next Mon
day night
Occasionally parties in Hancock
! county leave to make their abode in
other states. Their idea SO it is I'M
derstood, was to better themselves
Every once In while we read OF
such migrations from this section
Within year we also read that many
have returned and that Hancock
county is the only place to comfort
ably live in, only folks have to travel
to other states, live in them a while
and come to themselves before they
find it out.
The best thing Nauvoo ever had is
a Commercial club. Everybody in
Nauvoo and civic enthusiasm ought
to run high For 1918 long list of
improvements is contemplated and
every member ought to pledge them
selves to make good before winter
months again make their return.
Geo. Schmidt, former Nauvoo boy
who has been making his home In
Keokuk for several years has taken
charge of a saloon in Keokuk and will
dish out grape, hop and corn juice.
George has many friends in Nauvoo
who wish him success.
Some of Nauvoo's citizens are
away ahead of the times. They have
their summer wood cut ready for the
stove.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church held
a market day in the Benson Sisters
ice cream parlors Saturday
John Reimbold, our mail and ex-
press agent, is having a neat little
cottage built on knight street.
Kerl Bros. have the contract for
erecting Yves. Schneider's new resi-
dence on Knight street.
Our fire laddies were called out on
Saturday evening of last week to the
Herman Schenk residence near the
Catholic church where a chimney fire
was raging. 1t didn't amount to much.
There is no kecner brand of dis
appointment to some folks than when
the fire bell rings out a false alarm
There are few residents of Nauvoo
who. have lived in one place as long
as Uncle Paul Bechum. He has liveo
here for many years and bids fair to
reach the 100 notch His many friends
in Nauyoo sincerely hope that he will
be here when Gabriel blows his horn
for the resurrection.
1t is reported that hen roost rob-
hers are making visits to our poultry
yards.
Subscribers to the Nauvoo library
fund were called together to decide
on the best plan to organize an asso-
citation last Tuesday evening. Com
mittees We're appointed to formulate
plans to organize
Any of you people who want par
ticular favor, right now is a good
time to get busy on the matter, and
the party to see concerning the same
is Mr.. Geo. Hart. The reason for the
sudden display of liberality on the
part of Mr.. G. H. is the mention of
the fact that along about 7:30 and
$3.50 a. m. last Sunday the stork got
to fooling around his comfortable
nice homes row. and left twin girl
babies at his respective place of
abode and domicile. Mrs. G. H. and
the young twins" are doing SPLEEN
did Mr.. George Hart is now life
sized, full-fledged member of the com
munity of the 'Bigges. Little Nau-
VOC"
The doctor is the first person we
meet when we come into this world,
and, unless We go out by accident or
other unexpected summons, he is the
last with us when we leave 1t. Such
devotion is worthy of the highes,
praise, and that is often about all the
doctors gets for it. Still, he keeps
at it because practice makes perfec.
and a doctor without practice isn't
worth much.
Last Sunday evening Mr.. Ellis
Daugherty, our butcher, was treated to
a very pleasant surprise party by a
bunch of two dozen of his friends. !,
being his twen.y-ninth birthday ami
versary. All who We're fortunate
enough to be present report scrump
tuous time. Mr. Daugherty was pre-
sented with a fine rocking chair as q
| remembrance of the day. His good