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

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been bright star in our town but the
spiendor of her rosy cheeks caused
many a Nauyoo youth to sit up and
take notice. However, now she has
gone to a neighboring town to reign
as queen. The Nauvco youth is a
slow critter. indeed
] book agent blew into Nauvoo last
Saturday and cleaned up Mulholland
street on both sides in the business
district.
John Monroe, an agricultural inn.
/ PIGMENT dealer In Powellton. sold
j over $4,000 worth OF goods at pub
4 lie sale announced by him last Satur-
day. Ochsner & Weber, our dealers
held a Is per cent reduction sale on
the same date and disposed OF over
$1,000 worth of farmers supplies.
That's going some for one days sale.
None of us are sorry that April is
on It's last pegs for 1t was not on its
best behavior.
DIR. and Mrs. H, ]. stemple OF FIT.
Madison were Nauvoo visitors last
Sunday.
The coming month of May will have
two important holidays. Mothers day
on the 18th and Memorial day on
the 3oth. Many OF our people are
j wondering what our people or COM
mercial club are going to do about
observing the latter day In Nauvoo
/ Some OF Nauvoo's high school schoe
ars will attend the oratorical contest
and track meet at LaHarpe, H., next
! Saturday
Rev. H J. Flentji who received a
| call from Des Moines, Iowa, congre-
/ cation will remain In Nauvoo. It was
! so decided by this popular minister and
! his congregation last Sunday morning
The gentleman will receive an In
crease In salary which goes to show
/ how popular he is with his parishion-
4 ers
Nauvoo's baseball club viii hold a
dance in the opera house We'd
nesday night
1 Manager Fred Salm's bunch of Nor
monites went to FIT Madison last Sun
day and were beautifully trimmed In
what was supposed to be a baseball
game. The Santa Fe's OF that place
did the drubbing by a score of 10 to
] and how the Nauvoo team secured
/ that run to keep from getting goose
egged has not yet been satisfactorily
explained.
In mr. Ind 3pfy, In,
home grown asparagus and rhubarb.
A number of friends and relatives
/! of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Argast, Jr.,
4 planned delightful surprise party in
their honor last Sunday evening, 1t
being their twenty-fifth marriage an
niversary. A handsome silver present
was given them to remember their
marriage party. Toothsome refresh
ments were served at a proper hour.
! 1t Is surprising to see the large
amount of freight that is being
i brought to and shipped out of Nauvoo
at the present time, and yet we have
no interurban line. There Is faint
rumor going around that company
called the TrtState Traction organi-
cation will build line from Quincy,
through Nauvoo to FIT Madison, but
you can't make anyone in this city
! believe 1t until dirt begins to fly, rails
4 and ties laid and the rolling stock be
gin to move. Nauvoo has been get
ting so many trolley lines In the past
\ ten years that If they were all built
we would have complete network OF
railways But still our people have
not yet lost hope Most of Nauvoo
people are looking for the Stone &
A Webster company to provide us with
an interurban Immediately after the
big dam is in operation at Keokuk
/ Several of Nauvoo's citizens were
complaining about spring being too
cool when another approached them
and said don't try to be crochety. In
another week you will see the lambs
gambol and the colts frisk about, the
children jubilant and the young man
| go a-wooing For 1t will be their time
of all times to be glad, and 1t will be
| inhuman for anyone not to want them
i TO De merry anu make merry Win
! them. 1t is counted one of the great
est blessings that their hearts grow
green again with each returning
/ spring and summer.
/ A perfect town is that In which
you see farmers patronizing the home
merchants, the laborers spending the
money they earn with their trades.
men, and all animated by the spirits
that they will not purchase articles
abroad that can be bought at home.
The spirit of reciprocity between
/ tradesmen and mechanics results
every time IN making the town per-
/ feet one to do business in and will
result In general civic uplift. But
the Nauvoo merchants must do some
thing to bring about this result, They
should get up things to attract people
here.
The excavation for the new bank
building is now completed and work
on the foundation will begin this week.
/ An unusually large number of Maui
/, WOO people went to TT Madison last