The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, April 3, 1913.

Some say it's all right to love your
neighbor as yourself when you make
your garden and IL you keep shy of
the women folks.
Two fellows have opened a new
kind of hospital in Nauvoo where
they cure all such ailments as rim
cuts. blow-outs. surface cuts. pune
lures, retreads and SO forth. They
also make old tires new.
Vegetable growers in Nauvoo are
preparing for large crop # tomatoes
this season. Several hundred acres
will be planted and all will be used
up by our canning factory. The build
Ing is going steadily on and will be
completed in plenty OF time to receive
the coming crop
The electric railroad from FIT. Madi.
son through Nauvoo to Keokuk will
not be completed by July 1, 1913, by
a company that raised 100000 for the
enterprise, but as the dam begins
operations at Keokuk 1t will not take
some other company long to build the
roadbed, bridges and power house
and installation OF machinery and
overhead work and then we can ride
on the cars by Jan. 1, 1914.
Nauvoo has one case Of measles in
addition to her many cases OF beer
Beer doesn't cause measles.
Book beer Is now on sale in Nauvoe
just month ahead of time.
This is an extra good year fol-
peaches III Nauvoo according to the
statement OF one of our fruit growers
Ordinarily about 70 per cent of the
buds are killed by this time. but this
year only a very small percent have
been destroyed. If we have any more
severe weather it will not kill enough
of the buds to make full crop i'm
possible.
The township election occurred
Tuesday in Nauvoo and but a Sigh
vote was polled There were only
four minor offices to be filled. Al
saloons were supposed to be closed
Many were April fooled by trying the
doors of the wet goods houses.
Our citizens are now busy makins
garden. Keep your chickens LOCKED
up.
Many auto owners were ridin'
about Nauvoo last Sunday.
VIM. Kenny, Nauvoo's assesso
was In Carthage last Monday and re
ceived his books and will begin worl
In a few days. Real estate will b.
re-assessed in Nauvoo this year.
Nauvoo has one of the best lad
gardeners In the state She says
there's a whole lot more to gardenin
than simply knowing your favorit
seed catalogue by heart.
1t seems 1913 is an unlucky yea
thus far. Yet it is cheering though
that long and tiresome March
over
Doesn't this make you mad? In
town down in Missouri merchant
ad reads: Bring us all your eggs
We are paying the top prices. w
will pay you 10 cents dozen. n
matter whether you bring in one dol
en- or thousand Dozen"
4 Last Saturday was a splendid bus
ness day in Nauvoo and merchant
were happy.
Some of our farmers have begu
sowing oats.
4 The Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla clu
meets Thursday afternoon at the HON
! of Mrs. Theo. G.. Ochsner down !
the first ward.
Nauvoo's winters purchased larg
4 lot of hedge posts to replace tn
old ones in their vineyards. Thos
people possessing hedge fences rea
quite harvest raising trees TOR post
and find a ready sale for them at
good price.
d Some of our people have alread
gathered dandelions for table us
this spring.
i The members Of the Nauvoo ban
may be called together soon for r,
hearsal If any encouragement is al
corded the members they may civ
7 several band concerts in Nauvoo du
Z ing the summer.
/ Chas. Pitt is excavating for ne
cottage and barn on the old Tepfe
place on South Thirteenth stree
With the large number of residence
going up and the bank building an
canning factory much of the filth
lucre which has been horded for year
will be flooded about Nauvoo an
make our people feel much ',etter an
. the town grow more beautiful
1t will not be long now until tn
fruit trees will be in bloom and the
Nauvoo will look most beautiful an
1.-The air filed with the perfume of I'll
blossoms. Nauvoo is paradise
. the blooming season of the year
L. L. Hudson has at last come to
sale agreement of his island posse
sion In the big creek opposite Nauvt