The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-04
The Nauvoo Gate Civ
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Feb. a, 1913

gin to lengthen, your good resolutions
should begin to strengthen.
There have been no fires In Nauvoo
this winter and we all hope that there
will be none, but our people should be-
careful and inspect the flues on their
houses to prevent a conflagration and
keep our volunteer fire laddies from
making a run for their money.
Walter Wisher and Capt John
Strekfus are already booking excurs
ion dates for their line of steamers.
The management of the Nauvoo mill
tary band has received notice from
these companies to that effect.
Two of Nauvoos citizens were argu-
ling about what would be good for
Nauvoo and what our moneyed men
should do, when one of them said:
The first thing we notice In other
! people is what we are shy on our.
selves" Neither one of them had too
much hair on their heads.
Jas. Motfitt had the misfortune to
slip and fall, hurting his face quite
badly. last Saturday, while hauling
/ ice. He required the services Of
! doctor.
Mr.. Lorenz Russell expects to move
into his new building with his jew
elry store about the middle Of the
present month. The Reimbold variety
store people have until the tenth inst.
to vacate the present location oc-
cupied by them. We have not learned
where these people will move to-
1t is said another one OF Nauvoo's
business men intends to erect new
building for his business the coming
summer. l.. L. Hudson is also talking
about building a cement business
house on lot he now occupies for
his lumber yard. If all the things
come to pass during 1913 Nauvoo will
Isurely grow some.
The engagement Of three of Maui
yoo's young men to three Nauvoo
beautiful daughters will be announced
Immediately after Easter. There's
three brave girls.
There will be no more shows in our
sIopera house until after Easter. Lent
Begins Wednesday and will last forty
days, is the cause OF It.
4 1t appears that the parcel post act
forgot to include literature or rather,
books. One may send case of eggs
by parcel post, but not a best seller.
4 Naturally we should prefer the eggs,
but why not include both.
i J. M. Schmidt is the only one in
Nauvoo so far among our Ice dealers
who has stored the crystal blocks for
the coming summer. He has his ice
houses filled with six to eight inch
Ice. The rest Of our dealers will he
gin filing their houses before this gets
into print.
{. A good deal of lumber has already
been hauled to the grounds OF our
canning factory and as soon as the
weather permits, work will begin and
pushed to rapid completion. In a
i short time contracts will be made for
the raising of tomatoes in and about
! Nauvoo.
4 The Flora Deyoss Comedy Company
4 closed their weeks stay in the Maui
4 VOC opera house last Saturday night,
and gave splendid satisfaction through
out. At each performance the opera
house was comfortably filled and the
company was so well pleased with
our people and the patronage accord
ed them that they promised us re-
/ turn visit the coming spring.
The Nauyoo Industrial Association
will give banquet in short time in
the l. o. o. F. rooms and invited our
citizens to be present. This banquet
is given in order to get our people to-
gether to talk things over for the
betterment of Nauvoo and the com
munity in general
Mrs. Frank Pikert has an
nounced a public sale Of her
household goods next Saturday. Mrs.
Pikert will make her home with her
daughter, Mrs Fred Tanner, and Bel
Koechli and wife will occupy the home
place.
The comics and artistic valentines
are now displayed in Nauvoo shop
windows and thus another season OF
the year has arrived to get even with
your enemies and get On the good
side of your best girls.
Everybody will be busy In Nauvoo
as soon as spring arrives. There will
lbe plenty Of work and Nauvoo peo-
pie busy in their vineyards and home
and truck patches
Yves Schneider has purchased lot
on Knight street for s4OO and will
build residence the coming spring.
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