The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-05
Nauvoo's mail In the evening now
departs at 1870 and this schedule may
continue all winter


continue all winter.
These are different corns. In a
recently we notice two
advs.. one adjoining the other. They
read Buy your seed corn; the best
in the state" Come to the city drug
store for your corn plasters the best
to be found anywhere"
Nauvoos electric light transform
er is expected here in few days and
will be connected UP with the Keokuk
water power dam.
The Ladies Aid society OF the Luth-
eran church held a business meeting
In the church basement Wednesday
afternoon.
Nine auto car loads of water power
officials. supervisors and highway com
missioners inspected the new Maui
voo-Hamilton boulevard and bridges
last Wednesday and came to Nauvoo
at about ESQ. Four of the cars were
supplied by VIII Pitts garage In
Keokuk. who ia Nanvoo vicinity
boy. The company held meeting in
| the First National bank rooms upon
their arrival here
Our rural route carriers are having
a muddy time of it now delivering
mail. 1t Is not necessary to say build
good roads now.
!. A Nauvoo citizen declares that our
people should eat more cheese and
less meat, as 1t contains an equal
amount of nutrition and is much
lcheaper. Undeniably this is true, bu!
If people were induced to take up a
cheese diet 1t would only be little
while before the cheese manufacturers
would chase up" the price of cheese
and then we would either 60 back to
beef or embrace beef diet. If a fell
low wishes to live cheaply nowadays
he must sneak out and get on a die,
that price-raising manufacturer
don't suspect he's going UP against.
There is talk of giving an old time
dance in the Nauvoo opera house
about the latter part of December
John Brant's orchestra OF those days
or what members he can pull together
will furnish the music for the occas
ion. Mr.. Brant informs your report
er that he has lot of the music O
the old days, such as was called heI
trash, Turkey in the Straw, etc.
which he will bring to Nauvoo for thu
old time dance. 1t will be one of tn,
largest balls ever pulled off in Nau
VOC.
In the past week or more 1t locke
like the melancholy days had gon
and nothing but real gay springtim
, around Nauvoo. Pastures are gree
and dandelions and some wild flower
were In bloom Thermometers regis
! tered over 10 in the sunshine an
: everybody felt as if summer was no
J. far off. AS regards wheat, heav
: frosts have preceded all this sprina
time weather and we have the fines
{ stands ever known in Hancock cour
: ty. The way things have been goin
/. folks In and around Nauvoo feel as
Christmas has come, had its littl
fling and passed US all along int
, bluebfrd weather.
Christmas occurs just three week
from Thursday of this week and
locks like there has been but littl
shopping done so far in Nauvoo.
Considerable pruning of vineyard
. has been done In Nauyoo this fall 0
, account OF the pleasant weathe
which place our winners ahead {
q their work next spring and fall prul
/. ing is considered Just as good II ne
e better than that of spring.
r Bicker & Arsast have succeeded
disposing of the Reimboid property
t the first ward for farm near Adrian
!. which some say was lucky deal.
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