The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-11

: er the holidays. Some Of our young
men said their girls said' yes"
A Nauvoo woman while talking te
J a neighbors wife who owns an auto
said: "Of course, We can AFFORD ar
automobile, but my husband thinks q
! horse and buggy much safer to travel
in"
i A number of Nauvoo vicinity farm
ers have been losing considerable
stock from the foot and mouth dis
ease in the past few weeks The
{! stock had TO be killed to arrest the
4 spread Of the disease.
i Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walther of Nau,
VOC were given pleasant surprise by
a number Of friends in honor of their
4 nineteenth marriage anniversary last
Sunday night. Good eats were brought
by the merry party and jolly time
had until late hour.
Mr.. E. j. Baxter OF Nauvoo was in
Rockford. Ill, during the week. attend
ing the Northern Illinois Horticulture
society convention and gave an inter
esting talk On grape culture
There hasn't been anyone poisoned
i by eating oysters SO far this season
4 in Nauvoo, caused no doubt by many
4 OF us being unable to purchase them
] On account Of the high price and high
\ cost OF living.
A Nauvoo grandpa says Christmas
i can't come too fast and neither can
the carpet slippers his relatives usual
ly send him.
Y =,
Mrs. NJ. Baumert. Jr., spent several
days last week with her friend Mrs.
Jos. Ochsner In Ft. Madison.
NJ Baumert Jr., arranged to pub
| lish fine holiday edition OF the Maui
VOC Independent for this Saturday,
! Dec. II, which shows much hustle
and enterprise.
| The Nauvoo and vicinity climate
has finally recognized its Christmas
shopping obligations. The tempera-
/ ture, you will observe, has got down
! to business
/ Nauvoo's Civic league has booked
! the following attractions for their
chautauqua the coming season: Caps
+! Orchestra, Dixie Jubilee Co., English
/ Opera company, Harold Kessinger. a
Z
Bob Seeds. lecturer Two entertain
ments will be given each day.
| Carl Marzolf is happy man again.
| Last MonGay his dear wife presented
him with big healthy boy. It's their
+, second child.
I Several of Nauvoo's citizens went
to shooting match last Tuesday sew
| eral miles southeast Of the city. A
few OF them were fortunate enough to
get goose and duck or two They
! say they did not cost them over Is
cents pound for the shooting.
Miss Nellie Haggerty who has been
in Quincy for some time, has return
! ed to Nauvoo for an indefinite stay.
! Did it ever occur to you, reader,
what we will eat in fifty years from
now when the population of this coun-
try has increased to 2o0,000,000? At
the present time We are consuming
81 percent Of all the wheat that is
raised in the United States and 90
percent Of all the corn. Our export OF
lcatt1e has fallen Off In the past ten
years the wheat yields, farm average
in this country has been fourteen
bushels per acre. Think this over and
then make up your mind what we are
going to eat in fifty years from now.
OF course it won't worry many Of us
for We won't be here.
Nauvoo Grape Growers union held
a meeting last Saturday afternoon
and elected directors The members
Of the union seem to be well satisfied
with the seasons business and will
work the coming season with renewed
energy
! Nauvoo's city council met In regu-
lar session last Monday evening and
transacted what business came before
them. The present body spent only
$4,000 since the first day of May last,
quite neat little sum for town the
size Of Nauvoo and little over four
months to go yet to complete the fis-
cal year. At this meeting J. o. Boyer
was granted permission to rebuild his
Ice house on the saloon building lot
I Two weeks from Friday of this
week is the happy day for the ma.
| tons children.
! The Nauvoo Woodmen meet this
| Thursday evening and selected new
officers for the coming year.
Mr.. Selwyn Wyles of Nauvoo re-
| ceived the sad intelligence last week
from England that his father, Mr..
! Thomas Wyles died November 16, at
! the age of 96 years.
! Santa Claus will never suspend op-
Grafton as long as the little chaps
suspend their stockings on Christmas
eve.
Strangers will not be numerous In
! Nauvoo from now on on account OF
crossing Lake Cooper, unless it gives
solid ice bridge.
Martin Miller, an aged Nauvoo man
recently fell heir to something like
| $4,000 by the death of brother. 1t
will come handy for this Nauvoo citi-
zen for he has been unable to work
for some time.