The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-26
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL, March q, 1913.

lerect an addition thirty feet long to
1.-THE rear of his business building in
our business section.
AT this season OF the year down in
a Missouri town good. sound Ben
Davis apples are selling at SIS cents q
bushel. This seems to be mistake In
the print or else we are getting soak.
ed here in Nauvoo buying apples at
that old standard price. zwei fur fuenf
| Our city authorities ought to sell
that Nauvoo calaboose for about $40
/ il someone could use it for smoke
house or storehouse for canned goods
It's disgrace to fair old Nauvoo.
Nauvoo's new grape growers ship.
ping association will soon be ready
for business for all OF the capital
stock OF $4,000 has been taken and ii
| is claimed that about two-thirds of
the vineyards of Nauvoo is in posses
sion of the new organization. II this
is true there will not be much grape
fruit for the two shipping firms IN
this city. However. both firms are go-
ing to do business at the old stand as
heretofore. They may be called upon
to administer to the association be.
fore the season is over.
Nauvoo's city council members will
meet in regular session one week
from next Monday evening. After this
meeting one more will be held by the
present council when they will slip
out of harness and let the newly elect
ed one take the reins.
The city election in Nauvoo will be
held Tuesday, April 10. So far there
will be quiet time for no new candi-
dates have announced themselves.
The following is very applicable to
Nauvoo's city council: "All things
come to those who walt, but here's
rule that's slicker; the council that
gees for what a town wants. will get
| it all the quicker"
Report has it. that our little packet
will not run between Burlington, Nau-
/ VOC. and Keokuk before May /. Too
bad. We need it right now.
The Nauvoo baseball boys win give
their grand Easter ball next Monday
evening at the Nauvoo opera house.
They will have good music and the
dance tickets are only SO cents. The
management has received word that
the Nebraska Indians, ball club
travelling about the country during
the ball season would like to visit
Nauvoo during the summer. This club
may be invited to visit Nauyoo about
the second Sunday in May.
1 Nearly every family In Nauyoo
shows appreciation OF poultry by
keeping some" 1t is suggested that
an association might be formed and
draft code of poultry ethics, reuuir-
ing each fancier to keep his or her
! particular breed in his or her own par.
ticular back yard as soon as spring
comes in real earnest.
st. Rose Society of the Catholic
! church will hold card party in the
/ Nauvoo opera house Friday evening
March %. After the party dancing will
be INDUCED in.
Mr.. Fred Boedecker, one Of Nau-
voos highly respected citizens passed
h this life at his home on North Thir-
teenth street ON Thursday afternoon
OF last week. Friend Fred had been
alIlng for over year and it was be-
lieyed that he would survive his all
ment, but towards the last after sew.
eral physicians had been consulted it
was learned that 1t was almost i'm.
possible for him to get well. Mr..
Boedecker had many friends In Nau-
VOC who were shocked to hear OF his
demise. He was 70 years and s
months old at the time of his death.
leaving his good wife and sons Ed
ward and Carl of this city and Emil of
Portland, Ore, besides two sisters
Mrs. John Hauptman and Mrs. Ru-
. dolph Anton Of this city to mourn.
The funeral occurred from his resi-
dence last Monday morning. Inter
; ment in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Stephenson of Nauvoo
died at the home OF her daughter
. here on Thursday afternoon of last
: week and the body was taken
to Lincoln, Illinois, for interment.
She came to Nauvoo last year
, with her daughters family to
, live. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Crew ac-
comDanied the remains to Lincoln as
J. also did Rev Latham of our Presbyter-
[ ian church. The lady was almost "a
, years of age at the time OF her death.
Leslie Reimbold who is attending
! college in Des Moines. Iowa, is VISIT.
ing at the parental home.
A minister who announces at East.
er services or for several Sundays
thereafter that ladies need not re.
move their headgear is a shrewd stu.
dent Of human nature.
There is no show in Nauvoo this