The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-30


announcement that the frost is all out
of the ground.
Geo. Burk. the genial soda waite,
man OF Keokuk, was business yisi
tor in Nauyoo last Friday.
It's all grand and glorious to talk
ABOUT spring being with us and
everybody being wrought up about
the nice picnic weather and fellows
getting ready to go fishing, and ali
that butswe mustn't forget that mos,
quitos will be with us before long.
The mushroom season will, soon be
upon us and some OF our citizens are
sorry that the timber on the islands
opposite Nauvoo has been cleared
spelling the finest mushroom grounds
in these United States.
Women, said one Of Nauvoos old
maids. will do anything for love. In
a few weeks couple of our young
ladies Will give UP their harmonious
and 1oy-inspiring surname to become
Mrs.
This spring, summer and fall will
4 be busy times in Nauvoo Just 70
show the confidence some of our citi.
zens have in this town they have let
contracts for the construction of sew
eral residences. Our canning factory
is nearing completion and the bank
block is ready for its foundation Nau-
WOO is perking up.
There wouldn't be such an almighty
kick about the high cost OF living II
most of the old time necessities
were not in the luxury class.
A Keokuk gentleman was in Nau.
VOC last Friday and wondered why
| Nauvoo didn't have picture show
He was confident that movie show
would pay In this city. OF course It
would. If someone would start a
1 first class 10c moving picture show in
Nauvoo 1t would be we'll patronized !;
but 1t would have to be good one
The Keokuk gentleman said he would
try the experiment later on.
i Commercial clubs in some neighbor
ing towns are deciding to celebrate
the glorious Fourth of July this year
AS s. ]. Rov said t. our Commercial
club when he lectured before them
last winter, get up things" to attract
people here to Nauvoo Nauvoo ough,
to celebrate the Fourth this year and
also observe Memorial day and the
~ ol,, tr
take the matter in hand.
Your reporter was permitted tc
cross palms with Messrs. E. H. Tom
iinson and G. E. Swenson of Junction
a City. Kansas, who are walking from
that place to Rochester, New York
on a freak bet where they will attend
the grand lodge session of the Order
of Elks in June They arrived in Nau
VOC last Saturday morning at about
10 o'clock from Keokuk and purchas
ed several Nauvoo postal card views
and spent few hours sight seeing In
this old Mormon town. They look
we'll and seem to enjoy their hike and
are dressed in khaki suits from head
to foot One Of them is over 6 fee
4 tall while the other measures only 4
j little over five feet The pair left
their home town on April and are
:. averaging about % miles day. They
are pleasant conversationalists and
we had a nice little talk with them
and wished to know when they could
secure a Gate City of Fridays issue
in Nauvoo. 1t was secured for them
This odd sized pair attracted good
deal of attention while in Nauvoo
They hiked for FIT. Madison after
their short visit
Ellis Daughter, our meat market
proprietor, delivered good bunch 81
meat to a working force near Niota
last Saturday.
Frank Kerl has purchased his bro
theirs interest in their grinding feed
| mill in Nauvoo.
A shipment Of pheasants were re.
ceived in Nauvoo few days ago and
we're distributed among some OF our
farmers Another shipment Is expect
/ ed soon.
VILLA. the popular young daughter
4 Of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Nelson, Sr., was
pleasantly surprised last Friday even
ing by host of her young friends, il
being her birthday Toothsome re-
freshments were INDUCED in and the
evening was passed in various games
Ellis Daugherty will occupy the
Bossler building on corner Eleventh
and Mulholland streets with his fam
ily as soon as repaired. This is the
building that was erected out of stone
IN the Mormon temple after 1t was
| burned.
Hon. NJ. P. Berry OF Carthage will
deliver free lecture in the Nauyoc
onera house next Thursday evening
! His subject will be about his late trip
- the Panama canal and given under
tho direction of the Nauvoo Ladies
Ala society of the NJ. f. church. A
collection will be taken for the church
building fund.
Major Dundy. former Nauvoo
man. who is now located IN Lake
p,ovidence. Louisiana, was recently