The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-14

recently nearly fifty were in Nauvoo
and on any Sunday you can see more
than double fifteen in Nauvoo.
Hamilton's band gives concerts on
the business street every week and
Is drawing many farmers within ..
radius OF four miles OF Nauvoo who
go down to hear the music. What ara
Nauvoo's merchants going to do about
attracting our rural brethren to the
city this summer?
Nauvoo will soon have q picture
show. The new lsssees OF the opera
house Will install hne movie when
they take possession.
Mrs. lou Argast entertained the
Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club this
Thursday afternoon and the members
enjoyed the meeting 40 only ladies
can. Fancy needle work with consid-
cradle gossip mixed in between was
the afternoons pastime and excellent
culinary art viands grsced the tables.
to which the ladies did ampls Justice.
Nauvoo's fruit prospects, ut the
present time could not be better and
II nothing interferes from now until
ripening time, No will surely have
banner crop. SD
You may talk shout Nanyoo being
beautiful dead town but nearly
every man in business here 10 get
ting rich. However. we can cay that
Nauvoo Il rather dead town az far
as increasing her population and
boosting her to the front az she de-
serves ON account Of its beautiful
locations, but the latter does not
make q town boom. It's the business
m IN who retard its growth.
There isn't anything we don't eat,
or feel, or sit around and think about
that hasn't been In some way adver-
tised for as. A surprise Is about the
only thing shy on publicity.
The Nauvoo promoters for Moose
lodge here now have the promise OF
about eighty membercs It looks like
a Moose lodge will be organized here
II tn. Eagle members IN NAuvoo had
got busy they could have succeeded
In establishing an order here In this
beautiful town
Once there was time and but
short time ago when the farmers
complained about the automobiles
tearing along tn. country roads and
frightening their horses and raising
Cain with their new and old vehicles
and seeking damages. It Is long
road that hasn't turn to It. Now
adays, wherever we look, It seems
that 1t is the farmers who appear to
be buying all the buzz wagons. They
are not finding any more complaint
about the city cousins.
Nauvoo people are still waiting to
see one OF those three interurban
lines to begin construction work
through our city. It looks like Nau-
VOC will get one OF the lines.
A Nauvoo bach slor was heard say.
ing that he believed to get net re-
suits nowadays. It won't make much
difference whether you weigh the
girl In her stocking feet or dikeG mp
in her best NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Nauvoo's public school will close
next week, but st. Mary's academy.
Spalding institute and the high school
will trot along until next month.
Nowadays it don't look like sport
uni sss somebody gets killed. bruised
or the automobile busts IN
The house cleaning season IN Nau-
VOC IS about at an end and the hus-
band can live in peace once more.
The wheat crop about Nauvoo is
looking splendid and thu pea crop for
cur canning factory. which consists
OF nearly 100 acres, l. going to be =
hummer. The farmers are ali busy (.
planting corn. Country roads are IN !