The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-17
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Dec. II, 1914

And now It Is said that marriage
licenses are not taxable. Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue Osborn
has ruled that 1t is not necessary for
prospective brides and grooms to pay
tax on their marriage license. II
brides want certificates, however,
they must pay q tax to obtain the
certificate and the stamp must De
placed on the instrument In proml
nent place.
AS long as neighbors quarrel and
fight, nations will quarrel and fight.
There is no excuse for not doing
your Christmas shopping today # you
have no already done 1t.
Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club will
meet at the home Of Mrs. Fred SchoeH
on North Fourteenth street on Thurs
day afternoon Of this week.
Mr.. A. ]. Boyer of Carthage was
Nauvoo visitor last Friday and Satur'
day. the guest Of his son J. O. Boyer
and family. Mr.. Boyer Is one OF the
county seats most pleasant and sub
stantial citizens whom one is always
glad to meet and he has many friends
in Nauvoo. IN
Messrs. Geo. Boegner and VIM. Pitt
shipped car load Of cattle to Chi
cago last weeks end and accompanies
the shipment.
Miss Sadie Jibbens Of Pekin, H., is
guest OF her sister Mrs. o. Boyer.
Henry Reed who has been working
on a telephone line in the vicinity OF
Donnellson, Iowa, is visiting friends
In Nauvoo. 4
A fellow in this county has been
arrested for selling hard cider. Inc
Jury failed to agree and some Of the
cider has been held for the inspection
Of an analytical chemist. If the clder
is held long enough it will probably
be hard by the time the chemist gets
ready to inspect it.
About five couples went down to the
Chas Wilkins home in Sonora town
ship, about nine miles below Nals,oo'
last Sunday to enjoy one OF those me
country dinners which consisted OF
chicken, eggs, meats, butter, milk, all
fresh from the barnyard and all pro-
nounced it one of the finest spreads
they had ever partaken OF. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilkens are the finest entertain
ers in this section.
One OF Nauvoo's citizens has added
| to his list of accomplishments that OF
fa weather forecaster. He Is little
Old fashioned and pins his faith to
| the time -honored goose bone. me
| same goose that furnished Thanks
| giving dinner for his family also sup
piled the bone to forecast the weather
| for the coming winter. According to
this particular goose, the forepart OF
| the winter was to be particularly mllo
but the latter part more than makes
iup for the. nice weather We have en-
| joyed so far. ~
| A Nauvoo young lady is soon to be
| married to a Keokuk young man Inn
medfately after the holidays She
lives on South hill, just little south
east of Thirteenth and Mulholland
streets.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Schilsung of Maui
VOC will celebrate their golden ami
I,yersary in married life If they will
live until January 26. and they bid
1alr 10 10 80 lor Ihcy az . "eAi '>AA
hearty.
Our people should not forget the
first number Of the Nauvoo library
entertainment at the Nauvoo opera
house. Clarence W. Wassam will be
the first person to appear. 1t is for
the benefit Of our public library and
all should go. The date is Friday
evening, Dec. IS.
Don't forget the Nauvoo baseball
boys great old-fashioned dance on
next Saturday evening, at the Nauvoo
opera house.
The turkey raffles and shooting
matches are the order of the day IN
Nauvoo and vicinity now. William
and Henry Ronner Of Sonora township
about five miles below Nauvoo, will
give a shooting match for turkeys,
geese and ducks next Tuesday They
will have target and bird shooting for
the popular holiday game and big
time Is expected The Ronner boys
are popular in this vicinity and will
attract a large crowd next Tuesday.
Nauvoo's mayor and chief of police
ought to issue their anti-fireworks
proclamation again this year for the
eve of new year, but they can say no.
body need to mind it If they don't
want to.
Mr.. Arthur Schneider, the genial
and popular cashier Of the Nauvoo
State bank, an Institution in Nauvoo
which will, during 1915, have mil
lion dollars deposit, has inaugurated
a Christmas Saving club which will
be to the interest of all our people to
Since Mr.. Schneider has
announced the starting of this impor-
tant club, many people have made
small deposits and by next Christmas
tide in 1915 they can go to the bank
and draw out their deposits and make
Christmas shopping much easier. No
matter how small the amount you de-
post, leave it in the Nauvoo State bank
until 1915 Christmas time and draw