The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-30

oAiSS liDLu IHdI Oh united states sen
ator down to small city Offices would
be asked to state their positions.
You could not blame the thermom'
eter much these days II 1t asked to
have its mercury in the bichlorido
form.
Curiosity is often mistaken for
courtesy. For Instance when a new
want to rush to see her and come
away full of information which they
readily tmpart to others and then the
stranger receives many calls from the
girls.
G. o. Starr, representing The Keo-
kuk Gate City, was a business visitor
in Nauvoo last Monday. He came up
to take care Of the large and in
creasing subscription list of Keokuks
popular daily newspaper. The Gate
City. Everybody in Nauvoo and our
two rural routes read it and Keokulr
merchants who are looking for a
newspaper in which to place their adj
vertisements which will bring results
should make a note of this.
Some of Nauvoo's young ladies are
talking Of giving soap bubble party
in honor of one OF their lady friends
who may get married soon. Now some
OF the rest OF the girls wonder what
IN the world they do at soap bubble
party besides blowing bubbles
A number OF farmers in Nauvoos
vicinity are having extra wells dug
on their farms. The water question
among many Of our rural brethren Is
becoming serious one. 1t will take
several soaking rains to replenish
their wells.
e. Bakers sons are having over
100000 grape baskets manufactured
to move the coming crop. They ex-
pect to ship about fifty car loads Of
the luscious fruit this season.
Quite a number Of young ladies are
over on Blur Park, Montrose's sum-
mer resort, and may remain there for
the season. To all Nauvoo male
eligibles We would say: Now don't
jump at conclusions. You can't tell
II all Of them are rolling in wealth.
Pick out some soft moonlight night
and HE yourself to Bluff Park. II
there are any songsters of our forests
left that the bad boys haven't killed,
get one of these in the scenery some
where. Who knows what will happen
and how 1t will turn out? Besides
only rich girls knock around the sum-
mer stamping grounds anyway Ro-
nance is capricious in the choosing
Of its soft DISCUSSES. Our advice is
to our boys to tune up on the old, old
story and pull out all the stops.
Warsaw's fast ball team will come
UP to NauvooUext Sunday and cross
bats with Mormonites. Lively ball
tossing is expected and - the fans
should turn out and encourage our
boys on to victory.
Mr.. J. E. Spencer, manager Of the
Consumers Supply house in Nauvoo,
was presented with fine girl baby
which came to live with him and Mrs.
Spencer for an indefinite stay. The
little maid was born on Friday OF last
week. Mother and babe doing splen-
d1dly and Papa Spencer is able to
be around again, Weighing out groc-
cries and doing odd jobs about the
store. He will be his usual self again
in few days, for he has about re-
covered from the pleasant shock.
Frank Wiegand, a peculiar character
living in the third ward. was fined
n one Of our justice courts last Mon
lay for using obscene language and
oud and unusual noise.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Giebe of st.
.ol1is, are visiting relatives in Maui
90.
Nauvoo will lose several more fam
lies in a short time. They are going
O move elsewhere to seek a livelihood.
The late potato crop will not
mount to much in Nauvoo this sea-
on. Corn in Nauvoos vicinity is
bout gone, but hurried rain might
10 some patches good. Nauvoo's to-
1ato crop is going to be short if not
ntirely ruined unless a soaking rain