The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
The Nauvoo Gate CITY
Nauvoo, ILL.,, May 3, 1913.

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Geo. A. Ritter of st. Louis, and Mr..
Bicksier of Chicago, were in Nauyoo
last Thursday. They came here to
bury the ashes of the latter's wife In
the grave of her mother In our city
cemetery. The lady is daughter OF
the former and was born and raised in
Nauyoo. Mrs. Irma Ritter Bicksler
was about thirty-five years Of age and
was married about fifteen years ago
In New York, leaving no children
Her father, two sisters and a brother
survive her. She died in Chicago,
where she was cremated The ashes
all that remains of her, is the first to
be deposited in Nauvoo cemetery.
Geo. H. Schmidt, who died in Keo-
kuk last Wednesday morning, was
brought to Nauvoo on the afternoon
train from Keokuk to Montrose and
thence to Nauvoo Thursday and his
funeral held from the Lutheran church
and the remains inferred in o.rr city
cemetery. He was one Of the most
popular young men ever reared. in
Nauvoo and his many friends deeply
Isympathize with the young wife, pa.
rents, sister and brother in one OF the
saddest deaths we were ever called
on to chronicle. His funeral was a
very large one. The Eagles had
charge of the ceremonies at the Gem.
etery of which Keokuk order he was
o member.
If plan of charging telephone rent.
ais in proportion to the amount they
are used should be put into effect in
Nauvoo and vicinity it would be tough
on lot of women folks and daughters
of high school age.
The Nauvoo baseball team and the
Antlers Of Ft. Madison will cross
bats In Nauvoo today Sunday and
a good game is expected.
Claud yesterday and Lou Argast
were Keoiuk business visitors last
Tuesday.
A gentleman from Ohio was in
Nauvoo repairing private gas plants
He is out for the manufacturing
company to look after them and place
the plants purchased of them in good
order.
A girl living in a Missouri town
her her corset torn off by a stroke
fof lightning and was uninjured. A
young man who had called on her had
his right arm shattered and piece
|of corset steel penetrated his liver.
III 1t had been Nauvoo young man
when he came to all he would say,
II didn't know it was loaded
M. P. Berry of Carthage lectured
in the Nauvoo opera house last Thurs.
day evening and interested his hear.
ers greatly. There was fair sized
crowd present and his subject was on
his recent trip to Panama.
Among the familiar faces from
keokuk who attended Geo. II
Schmidt's funeral in Nauvoo las,
Thursday were: Geo. Burk, John H
Wolff, Frank Moeller, VIM. Reimbold
Jr, Ed. Bevering, Ed. Woolley. John
Nagel, Chas. Miller and scores OF
others whose names slipped our mem
DRY. Most of them came by the auto
mobile route
A class of twenty-three young folks
will receive their first holy commun
ion in the Catholic church this (Sun
day. morning.
c. o. Starr, the Keokuk Daily Gate
City hustling man, was among Nauvoc
Ireople last Thursday. Our people
simply can't help subscribing for the
best family daily newspaper publish
ed in the mississippi valley. The
.Keokuk Daily Gate City has got the
list in Nauvoo and our two rura
routes and is keeping it. Keokuk ad
lvertisers should pin this in their hats
or bonnets as the case may be.
Outside capital is beginning to seel
Nauvoo for its own business advant
ages without being solicited. This is
being indicated by the inquiring fol
business houses. Lot owners ought tt
sell at reasonable price which
would make our business steet spread
out. new business fields open up al
to the general advantage of everybody
T. P. Baker has returned from hi
northern trip He was absent lookin'
after his farm interests.
Mark Hudson has received anothe