The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-24

!, els OF apples to be picked in Nauvoo.
They are to be barreled and shipped
to cold storage houses at distant
points.
In these autumnal days, wherein
the finest stock, and grain and vege-
tables and fruits have been stored,
all this talk the last three months
about the terrible drouth that this
section has suffered has been shame
| fully magnified. OF course there has
been drouth, but II the above indi-
cations count for anything, It takes
more than few rainless, cloudless
weeks to knock out old Illinois in
Nauvoo's vicinity.
The new picture show has not yet
begun business IN Nauvoo. 1t is re-
ported that one of the parties to
launch the show has been very sick,
which Is the cause Of the delay
Nauvoo will soon have three vacant
business rooms.
| 1t will not be long now before all
the swearing of will begin all over
again.
| Dachroth & Hart, one Of Nauvoo's
grape shipping firms, have made
settlement statement with the grow
ers. The highest price for the grapes
shipped was $2.75 per cwt.. and the
rest of the grapes followed with prices
of 500, $2.02. $1.78 and $3.50. The
growers seem to be well satisfied
with the above prices.
Some say that clothes don't make
Nauvoo women folks
Little Vaughn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Davis, who was in Keokuk
hospital last week to have her
tonsils and cinoids removed, was
brought home and is almost we'll now.
4 DR.. and Mrs. Walker of Dillon,
Mont, have bcen visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. S. wyles. The lady Was
formerly Miss Lucy Ford of Nauvoo.
Miss Emma Hauptmnn of Daven-
port, Iowa, is the guest Of her mother.
Mrs Ed. Argast, ST..
The poles for the Nauvoo electric
Light plant are in Niota and Will be
placed in position as soon as possible
so as to procure power from the Keo-
kuk dam.
You have never vet run across a
real wise business man who knew
!, il was time to stop advertising. Keo-
kuk business men should know that
Nauvoo and rural route readers OF
The Daily Gate City read all the ad-
vertisements and consider 1t good
reading matter, too.
: Frank Schleicher, Jr., will begin a
] dairy in Nauv,o soon. TIe is pur
a chasing bovines and expects to deliver
! milk in short time. He will occupy
7 bis mothers property in the east end
/ The Nauvoo harvest social, giyer
/ by the Presbyterian ladies on Frida,
g and Saturday Of last week. was com
plete success and about $135 was
s cleared.
Mrs. VIM. Parker Of Fairfield, Iowa
who has been visiting her mother
s Mrs. l. Kenny, for several weeks
has returned home.
Mrs. Reuben Hummel has been 8
guest of Chicago relatives.
Many OF Nauvoo's people are en-
joying sweet cider. For the time be
ing the leo cream soda season has
c taken back seat.
/ The Nauvoo Rustler has moved itt
' newspaper pres into the basement
9 Iof its new business room. The rest
g of the material may be installed next
week.
The large plate glass windows fo1
4 the banks new business block were
Q broken enroute and others had to be
ordered, which delayed work consider
ably
One of Nauvoo's young men intends
5 making barrel of cider this fall. He
has bung ard as soon as he gets 8
barrel with bung hole to fit his bune
he will make the cider II somebody
0 will lend him the use of cider mill
2 He has the apples.
}. Emil Meyer OF Los Angeles, II
visiting his mother, sister, brother and
other relatives In Nauvoo.
8 Fred Bechtel has returned to Nau
I VOC after an extended visit In on,
: sister city, Hamilton.
Quite number of Nauvoo people
y attended Every Woman in Burling
ton last Saturday and pronounced the
play an exceptionally good one.