The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16


returned from two weeks visit wit
ST. Louis relatives. They arrive
home Tuesday.
VIM. ]. Singleton OF Quincy. cam
up to Nauvoo Tuesday to attend tn
meeting of the Nauvoo State bank.
The Flora Devoss dramatic com
pany will make weeks stay at TIN
Nauvoo opera house, beginning Mon
day evening. January q. They de
lighted Nauvoo theatre goers year o.
more ago and gave splendid satisfac
ton. 1t is believed they will be greet
ed with crowded houses.
Dan'l. Kelly will be united In mar
riage to Miss Clara Wilson OF Fori
Madison on January q at the home o!
the bride. Daniel is one OF the most
popular young men in this district
and the bride is one OF our neighbor
ing city's most accomplished young
ladies. The happy couple will depart
Immediately after their marriage for
Vancouver. British Columbia. where
: the groom will go into the mercantile
business
Wi iSO 0Cdi0A6 udN . NV OS8u0
harvesting the crystal blocks. The
best ice bed found is about six inches
thick.
Revival meetings are being held in
the NJ. f. church IN Nauvoo during
this week. Rev. T. F. Maitland OF
Winfield, Kansas. is conducting the
work.
Mr.. Hugh I. Cooper, the greatest
engineer OF the present age. who de-
signed and IS building the biggest wat
err power dam ever heard OF at Keo-
kuk and Hamilton, delivered his long
promised lecture in the Nauvoo opera
house Wednesday evening. with ster-
eopticon views.
Walter Bros, our butchers, slaugh-
tered hog for T. n. Mo1itt which
weighed 776 pounds, few days ago.
Elmer Wilson who is conducting a
livery stable in Nauvoo, will discon-
tinue the business about March /, and
again take UP farming. He will re-
side on the Friday farm in Niota We
did not learn who will take up the
livery business in Nauvoo after VIII
sons release. It looks like a paying
venture In Nauvoo.
Nauvoo Odd Fellows viii give their
annual mask ball in our opera house
on Monday evening, February 8. 1t
will be the twenty-fifth annual mask
ball given by this secret society in
! Nauvoo.
Many of our secret orders were
teaing and cakeing in their lodge
rooms during the past several even
iDgs.
Claude Easterday. who is employed
in Jos. Welter's shop Is splendid
tonsorial artist. He is from Missouri
and certainly shcws patrons of the
shop. We heard some say it is Ger
tainly worth your time to have Claude
cut your hair.
The ladies' Priscilla club will meet
with Mrs. NJ. Baumert, Jr.. at her com
Portable home in the third ward, on
Thursday afternoon OF next week.
The chief difference between Nau
VOC and California is that We don't
try to grow oranges around here
The recent snow was said to be
good for the coming wheat crop. but
some of our farmers say that the fiy
Is in it and doing considerable dam
age.
Nauvoo grape growers held meet
Ing in the council rooms last Saturda,
night to talk about moving the com
ing crane crop. A committee was
s-ro;,xr
fruit associations for information re
garding fruit shipment and what sue
cess attained. The meeting was ad
iourned to two weeks from last Sat
urday evening.
Louis Schoell, our tax collector, Il
now receiving the annual taxes from
Cur people. He will be stationed a
our two banks three days during tn,
weeks of collection.
j. NJ. Gross, Nauyoo's popular win,
manufacturer, is housed with a bat
case Of infiammatory rheumatism. Hi
many friends here will hope for hi
speedy recovery.
air. W. f. Porter, the Nauyoo car
ming factory promoter, treated tn
directors and executive committee o
the company to an oyster supper a
the home of Mrs Fred Salm ON Frida
evening of last week 1t was an er
3oyable affair. All honor is due to Nj
porter for landing a canning factory 4
Nauvoo
Mr.. Frank Childres Of Nauvoo die
in q Fort Madison hospital last Wee
nesday morning at o'clock, aged fit,
two years. His remains were brough
to this city and the funeral held fro,
the residence on Friday morning q
9 O'Clock. Mr. Childres leaves wifi,
two sons and a daughter and his mott
er to mourn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Brown cell
brated their golden wedding at the
home in this city last Tuesday. TIL
couple have been residents OF Nauvo
for nearly forty years. When the
were married Mr.. Brown was b,
eighteen years CT age and his goc
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