The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-05
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL, June $. 1914

John Koener of Burlington visited
the Leppert family in Nauvoo last
Sunday.
Roy Argast, a Nauvoo boys, was
married to Miss Emile Doerlam, of
Chicago, in the latter city on Thurs
day OF last week. They will make the
windy city their future home.
Last Tuesday morning in the Maui
VOC Catholic church, occurred the
marriage of Mr.. John Krause and
Miss Minnie Brueggar, popular
young couple of this city. They will
reside In Nauvoo The groom con-
ducts cigar factory and pool room
here. They have the best wishes OF
their many friends for pieasan.
voyage on the matrimonial sea.
The feathered songsters are more
numerous in Nauvoo this year than
than have been for many years. The
cause of this probably lies in the fact
that the law against shooting them
and robbing their nests has been
stringently observed here.
We ale going to have two more
weddings to announce before June ex-
pires.
a Several more business houses We're
attached to our municipal water works
plant the past several days.
Nauvoo's city council members
have not yet elected new officers for
the ensuing years. Some Of our citi-
zens wonder what they are going to
do about it.
The Keokuk Wholesale Consumers
lsupply company has leased the west
room of the independent building and
will start a branch store there about
July 1. Mr.. w. j. Spencer will have
the management It was through tie
untiring efforts of Mr.. George Eaton.
the genial solicitor for the company,
that Nauvoo gets the store.
VIM. Henning returned his assess
ment books to Carthage last Monday
and ! reports $3.50, 900 more property
valuation this year than last.
Frank Rheinberger OF New York
City is in Nauvoo for visit with his
aged father and other relatives. The
gentleman was 81 years old last
Thursday.
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Four Nauvoo young men returned
Sunday from visit to the automo-
bile races in Indianapolis. Ind. They
went out in Ford auto and returned,
reporting a pleasant trip. Those going
were Elmer Fisher, Mayor Hobbs, G..
r. Montgomery and Fred Walther.
John Seiglmeyer of one Of Uncle
Sans river fleets, visited his wife
and son in Nauvoo for several days
during the week.
1t is rumored that Nauvoo will
have another meat market soon.
Mr.. D. Lyons, the accommodating
and pleasing manager OF the Nauvoo
opera house and movie show, has
placed some fine pictures on the can
vas, but the attendance has been
very small. The latter part Of the
week he placed the Adventures OF
Kathleen in three reels each evening
| which were pronounced the best pic
lures ever shown in Nauvoo. 1t Is
hoped that the attendance will grow
larger from now on.
Nauvoo's canning factory intended
| to begin canning the 100 acre pea
crop this week.
If Nauvoo is going to celebrate the
Fourth of July it would be a good time
| to begin making arrangements now.
It's only about four weeks off.
A Nauvoo citizen has over 600
young chickens which came by the
| incubator route.
Our old soldiers will again be re-
membered the fourth OF next month.
1t is then they will receive orders for
their quarterly pension allowances.
/ Summer begins on the 22d of this
month but it felt like we had several
touches of it already.
The river road matter with the