The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-29
The Nauvoo Gate City



enth and Mulholland streets. A de-
lightful evening was spent in social
| pastime and refreshments.
! The Keokuk Reading club came up
to Nauvoo last Monday in the after
noon and enjoyed a meeting on the
hotel lawn, coming UP In four autos.
The party consisted of MesGames D.
!, A. Collier, j. A. NJ. Collins, WINS, Ham
! ill, Upham, LsBron, Rubidge, Diver,
Blood, HILLS, Townsend, Cole, JAZZ
| ger, Titus, Misses Parsons and Fetch
| er. The ladies spent delightful
| afternoon and no doubt the sun shines
brighter, the breezes blow softer and
life seems sweeter to all who had
the pleasure to visit this beautiful
4 city on their outing.
Mrs. Phineas K1mball and Mrs. Lou
Datin entertained a large number OF
guests at the home OF the last
named Monday afternoon. Mrs. JOS.
Ochsner of FIT. Madison and Mrs.
Bertha Horn Of Keokuk were present.
Games and refreshments wers the
pastime, and all present enjoyed the
afternoon meet.
| A number Of Nauvoo Eagles have
had measurem ents taken. for uniforms
! in order to take part In the large pa
| rade at the convention in Keokuk on
! June "a.
Just think Of large mellow bananas
selling at 10c per dozen in Nauvoo
during this week. Strawberries are
4 CT OF fvsy1 ~ ,Ao,p
and the berries are twice as large as
the southern variety that sold here at
the same price. This dry spell will
curtail the crop considerably
This country knows more about the
technical differences between salutes
and salutes than 1t did few months
; ago.
1t is interesting to know that Maui
VOC us IS many more gallons of gaso-
line now than It did few years ago,
and 1t would be still more interesting
to know how much OF it is burnt up
by the JOY riders.
Nauvoo's ferry boat is now making
Sunday trips for the accommodation
of auto parties. The boat leaves
Nauvoo at 1880 and 5:15 p. M. This
ought to be great accommodation to
the travelling public.
Somebody In Nauvoo ought to
bride the stork to make more visits
to this beautiful town.
| Gosh, but doesn't time fly? Here
| it is still May yet and all the June
magazines have arrived"
| twenty-five young ladies were en-
tertained at the large and comfort
able home OF Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr., last
Monday afternoon at miscellaneous
!, shower in honor of Miss Minnie
Bru sigger who will be married next
week to John Krause, former Keo-
kuk cigar maker. The young lady
was the recipient Of many valuable
and needful presents. A fine luncheon
was served. Mrs Salm knows how
/; to mako the young brides happy.
Quite number OF Keokuk mer-
chants are expecteG to visit Nauvoo
shortly, possibly next weeks end.
They will receive royal welcome.
Miss Nora Dachroth has BEEN visit
ing Keokuk friends during the past
several days. It is said the lady will
/ become a bride before the summers
end.
Farm Whitcomb OF Carthage was
visiting his daughter Mrs. VIM. Kim
ball the forepart OF ths week.
DR.. l.. Davis and family went to
Moulton, Iowa, the forepart of the
week for visit with brother resid-
ing there. They took the auto route.
Miss Hazel Hudson, ons of Maui
vco's beautiful and accomplished
young ladies is visiting relatives and
friends in Chicago and Detroit, Mich.
In the cabaret show that accom-
panied the st. Louis visitors was a
young lady by the name of Miss
Stella Pfeffer who is a relative of
Mr.. Ed. Argast, Sr's., family In Maui
VOC. The show gave high class per-
formances to entertain the gentle
men and their wives who came up to
Keokuk to visit the big dam.
The merchants of Nauvoo ought to
try this experiment: "They ought to
make one day of each week special
sales day. Each merchant should ad-
vertise some special bargain for that
day which would attract lot of wish
tors to Nauvoo. At least it would be
getting the women folks
Here's a homily on the advantages
Of ccnnubial bliss as handed by one
of Nauvoo's married men to one Of
our bachelors: IF you would live to
a riDa old age get married That
lodging the rolling pin, hustling for
grub and fuel, working and padding
the kids and tending to the thousand
and one other things that go with a
husbands and wife's daily routine
tend to prolong life and is borne out
by looking at me-"
In the ball game last Sunday after
noon, Nauvoo beat the Lomax, ILL.,,
team on our hons grounds, the score
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