The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-29
new home for the money it has ex-

new home for the money 1t has ex-
1 pended for rent.
Nauvoo's city council will m set in
regular session next Monday evening.
The members may then select the city
officers for the enusing year, duty
according to law they should have at
tend ed to at the last regular meeting.
/ Nauvoo has three fine building
lots on the north side of Mulholland
street, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth that should be occupied by
handsome and substantial business
structures That would complste the
block with business buildings and
4 give Nauvoo a metropolitan appear
ance
The old corn crop in the vicinity Of
Nauvoo has almost disappeared and
it is difficult matter to secure any
for feeding purposes.
A Nauvoo young lady has very
! intelligent dog, who, whenever
young man visitor stays overtime,
squats down in front Of him and
yawns and shows all the other signs
Of being very sleepy. II the young
man Is half as bright as the dog, he
! takes tbs hint and skidooos. In JUS
tice to one particular young fellow, 1t
lis further chronicled that on Wednes-
day and Sunday nights the faithful
dog is given good supper and chain
I! ed to bed in the dog house.
A number of Nauvoo's young people
! attended moonlight excursion on the
i steamer st. Paul Thursday evening
which ran from Fl Madison to Keo-
kuk. They had splendid view OF
the big illumination of the dam.
Messrs. S. G. Starksy, Gus Gamer
on. Luke Vaughn of Disco, H., and
Edwin Peck of LaHarpe were in Maui
VOC last Friday, guests of Jas Farren.
They are a bunch Of jolly good fel-
flows whom one is pleased to meet.
They enjoyed their visit to our city.
A swell society lady in neighbor-
ing town suggests that hostesses
should let one know what houses to
avoid by indicating in some way on
their invitation cards whether the
turkey trot, bear and the tango will
be permitted. In expressing her dis
/ gust. the society lady said further:
81 need not sscribe the various hor-
rors Of American and South American
dances of negro origin"
A bunch of Nauvoo people went 70
Burlington Thursday on the little
I local packet. Quite crowd intend
! going up Saturday, Memorial day, for
there will be no public observance OF
/ this important day in Nauvoo.
Every business house in Nauvoo
should display the stars and stripes
from their business places Saturday
in honor of our living and dead sol
diers.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ethan kmban OF
Bushnell, ILL.,, are in Nauvoo, their ola
home town for visit with relative rs
and friends. Ethan came here to as
sist in closing the deal for right of
vay for the Marsh interurban line
through the Ki1nball estate along
Lake Cooper in the north end Of Maui
/ VOC.
/ Eo. Bev sring, the Keokuk Bob
White" and paul Morton" cigar man,
was a Nauvoo business visitor Thurs
| day. Eds brands are as popular as
himself among Nauvoo users OF the
weed.
! Summer begins on the 22nd OF next
month, but it has already made itself
known by popping up in places with
! some of last ysar's straw hats on.
i Anent Of hiring farm adviser:
i This much we believe, Is beyond
cavail: II we want to pay a man
$500 to $4,000 a year to come to
Hancock county in Nauvoo's vicinity
and sprout seed corn between two
sheets of plotting board, it's nobody's
busin sss but our own.
4 II June Is the month of marriage,
! then May, OF course, must be the
month of the strenuous part Of the
lcourtship. May, also. is the month
for spring onions.
Nauyoo is flooded with excursion
i bills these days. Hardly day passes
but that there are many of tn =m dis
tributed about the city.
! Mr.. Laurence Culkin, the Keokuk
travelling grocerman was in Nauvoo
Thursday. Mr.. CuLkin has been max
ing this beautiful town for good
many years and sells more goods to
his customers hers thany any man on