The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30

news about railways that are built
and enter our city on paper only.
Hurry up Mt. Richard Marsh, and
construction work through
Nauvoo for most OF our people still
have confidence In your interurban
proposition.
The pea crop in Nauvoo is lookns
fine since the late rains. Several
copious showers during the first part
of the week. which was great bens.
At to all kinds OF vegetation. oats,
wheat and corn planting.
An attempt 10 being made to organ
lie q Moose lodge In Nauvoo. Work
OF securing enough applicants is be.
Ing done and the outlook looks bright
Nauvoo's city council met last
Monday night and canvassed the bal.
lots OF the city election. The meme
bers decided to havs constructed :
stand pipe for our municipal water
works plant which speaks we'll for
our councils enterprise. A tower OF
steel will be erected ut q height Of
fifty feet and capacity OF 10000 gal
Ions OF water. A large motor will %
placed in tho pumping station.
good sewer system will be next 10
order. The council also decided on
location for . regular steamboat land
ing. It will be- placed At the foot OF
Fifth street, ono block west OF Main
street. Na1voo will own the ware
house and wharfage will be charged
the steamboat companies landing
there. At the, next meeting a new
marshal, sexton and street boss viii
be selected. r
The little Misses Marguerite, Rose
and Ida Walther entertained a NUM-
Der OF small friends at party IN
honor OF their, birthdays. The form
er invited for last Saturday and the
latter for last Monday. There was
fun galore at both GATHERINGS for tho
kiddies 80,
Fred sarm j.. was Chicago bust
ness visitor for several days last
week.
Mrs. John Bertschi had PLEASANT
visit with Keokuk relatives rev
days in last weeks end.
Miss Ellen Stroupe is an inmate OF
a Keokuk hospital. Her Nauvoo
friends want to hear OF her quick 70
covery.
Mrs A. ]. Beger and two children
left Monday for Dyersville, Iowa, los
visit with her daughter Mrs. VIZ.
Hertenstein.
Nauvoo,s automobile dealers say
the orders for machines in 1914 VIII
beat all records.
An expert says thu use OF cosmetics
destroys the sight, but even that Wiz
not make Nauvo girls quit 1t.
Let us be thankful That We can
point to r. O. Marsh's proposed inter.
urban through Nauvoo and say tnao
II will be built without q contributors
being asked OF US.
It is an awful waste Of time anu
much labor to keep your friends posi-
ed on what is going on back IN 'no
old town"--Nauvoo. To send your
friends fifty-two letters year woue
cost you besides your time. ailov1ns
TWO C9nl8 TOT Lu0 otahilp 0uN - llass
OF cent for the envelope and paper.
1927. Then add half hours tins
for each letter. or twenty~six hours.
Your time is worth % cents per nous
OF $3.50. Total cost. $7.77. lnstead
of all this, suppose you forward your
Nauvoo friends the Keokuk DAILY
Gate City, get first class genera
news medium and all the Nauvoc
news! Good! Money saved, 1917.
A food inspector ought to WISH
Nauvoo, and II he did there would DO
something doing.
Eight steel barges were tied up on
this banks of Lake Cooper last FIT
day afternoon on account OF the nisn
winds. The barges were taken to tne
Missouri river and built at . cost On
$4,000 each The steamer Marquette
was towing them
Nauvoo could attract an immense
throns Of p.ople by getting UP 2