The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-07
here, as the skirt allowed . liberal
amount az hosiery display.

AT meeting Of the Ladies Civic
league last Tuesday afternoon, Two
prizes will be awarded to the lassles
and ladies who will kill the most
flies up to certain date this sum-
mer. When the Civic league finishes
the proposed clean up. our, city VIII
have less Of these germ spreaders.
| Our fish market was pretty well
supplied during the pas. two weeks
by three dealers and all had quite
variety of them and buyers were num-
erous. Most of the fish were shipped
to Nauvoo from other points.
The building fund of the Presby:er-
ian church is gradually growing larg-
Ter and It will soon be enough for
all purposes.
The regular meeting Of the Nauyoo
city council was held last Monday
evening and finished all business for
the past year. The newly elected
members then took oath OF Office and
picked up the reins of city affairs.
According to the city laws the new
council should appoin. and approve
city officials at this meeting, but de-
ferred acting.
Paul Becker of Appanoose township
met with break in his left arm
day recently. It was caused by get
ting tangled in runaway.
We desire to remark In passing,
that The Keokuk Daily Gaze City
gives the news, local. general and
Nauvoo news. No wonder The Gate
City secures results for its adver-
tisers. After all. a newspaper must
begin by giving the news.
The Nauvoo and vicinity hen is
world-famous, but we should not
ignore the Illinois COW. She also is
in the running. Last week at an
auction sale in Hancock county.
milk COW brought nearly $100. Thirty
years ago one could buy fine mixer
from SIS to s25 around here. Cow
values have gone up with land values
in this section.
Pete McGary found a relic which
he things has some date attached to
it, 1t is knife with hooked blade
about five inches in length, with a.
copper handle. Probably the Smith
sonian institute will offer him large
sum to gain possession Of it.
Mrs. Adelaide LeMatty, formerly O:
Nauvoo, died at the home OF her
and her remains were brought to this
city for burial Tuesday afternoon. Sh.s
was seventy eigh: years old. Her
husband died here number Of years
ago.
Mr.. G. E. Eaton Of the Keokuk
Consumers Supply company, is In
Nauvoo this week, attempting to dis
pose of enough shares to enable his
people to establish a store in this
city. If any one can meet with sue
cess in an enterprise OF this kind,
Mr.. Eaton will plan. the store, for he
is fine gentleman whom one likes to
meet.
Mrs. Ellen Stroup Of Nauvoo, who
was taken to the st. Joseph's hospital
in Keokuk, a few weeks ago, died in
that institution last Monday and the
remains brought 70 her residence.
from where the funeral occurred last
Wednesday morning. Her daughter,
Miss Mary, and two sisters and one
brother survive The lady was forty
five years Of age.
It is said that Mr.. and Mrs. Grew
will open hotel in the old Window
house, opposite the city park. This
couple ought to secure house full
Of summer boarders, as the park
place.
The strawberry fields IN Nauvoo
are in bloom and next month we will
feast on this lucious fruit Nauvoo
can beat any southern strawberry ever
grown.
! It is easy enough to understand
how "swarms of flies" so easily ap-
pear where filth invites. A half dozen
female flies and garbage cans or man
He or she who would swat well must
swa. early. We shall be helpless
against the grandchildren of the early
fly Our only chance is to swat their
ancestors.
Nauvoo's city council ought to pass
an ordinance compelling owners to
muffle their autos. A great deal OF
this unnecessary noise can be heard
during the day time and during many
hours of the night. But then, il our
council should make this law, II
would be ignored like the speed limit
and lite" the car law.
) The Nauvoo baseball club gave an.
other social dance in the opera house
last Tuesday evening. On up until
200 o'clock were subjects to the
king OF happiness" Gradually the
dancers departed. all intoxicated with
the Joy CT the event, which will hnger
long in the memory Of the ffty-three
couple as an unforg etable event OF
social import. Such parties come all
too seldom, but are the milestones OF
the social world, marking as they do
the times Of keenest enjoyment 20 the
socially inclined. Agnes orchestra OF
Keokuk furnished the delightful
music