The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-25

The NAuvoo and Keokuk Overland
ball teams player an interesting game
Of baseball on the Nauvoo diamond
last Sunday afternoon. The Marine
band Of the American floating theatre
| was present and played for the enter
tainment OF the crowd. The game was
ono Of the best played in our ball
yard this season. The score stood s
to in favor Of Nauvoo.
The Nauvoo Rustler In its
last issue says the Nauvoo band
is dead. Now II he Will put up
enough money for an open air concert
he viii be shown how live the band
I is. Just week before last the band
members received about half hun
bred new pieces Of music and may
begin rehearsing soon. II the mem
bers can find anything to play Tor
where they viii be compensated.
On Saturday. June ~. 1914 Jos.
Smith, the Nauvoo Mormon prophet
was shot and killed in the Carthage
jail, and on the 30th day Of this month
In 1882 Guiteau was hung.
Mrs. VIM. Argast has been bedfast
for several days with some slight all
ment.
Tho Nauvoo ball team will play q
fast bunch from Burlington In our
ball yard next Sunday at 1880 p. m.
Another good game IL looked for and
the fans will be out IN great num-
bers.
Mrs. Mike Baumert, Jr., and Mrs.
Lon Argast went to N. Madison to
visit Mrs. Jos. Ochsnef last Tuesday.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Jos. Welter went to
Keokuk last Tuesday for days visit
and attend the Dagles convention.
The Cotton Blossom floating theatre
visited Nauvoo last Sunday and gave
. fine show in the evening. "A Devil
In Petticoatsr was the play presented
and gave splendid satisfaction to the
large crowd Of people who availed
themselves Of the opportunity to at
tend. The entire lower floor OF the
palace theatre barge was filled and
other parts Of the house was liberal
ly occupied. Tho orchestra music ano
speciaaties were also splendid. Next
Sunday evening the management Will
play q return engagement In Nauvoo,
presenting that beautiful play "Thorns
and Orange Blossoms" with an entire
change Of specialties between each
act. They no doubt viii be crested
with another large crowd.
Mr.. Samuel Brown and Mrs. John
seiglemeyer have recently had their
residences newly painted. They pre-
sent q beautiful appearance now.
Some Nuvoo once seekers and hold
ers ought to get tired and retire from
public life.
There was quite large number OF
teams and autos in Nauvoo last Sat
urNay night.
Colusa. a small place with about
fifty houses including business places,
a town about thirteen miles east OF
Nauvoo, Will observe the Fourth OF
July.
Miss Mildred equity, formerly OF
Nauvoo was married to G. r. Kelly in
Oklahoma. The young lady is very
small In height while the groom Is
said to be over six feet tall.
Many OF Nauvoo's vicinity farmers
are busy laying by the corn crop. The
corn never looked better than this
season.
You can hardly pick UP newspaper
but what you see some new joke hung
on prunes, corsets, pumpkin pies, LOUD
socks, some fellow rowing a boat, an
umpire and what's going to happen
Fourth Of July.
Warsaw will entertain the old set
tiers of Hancock county and the date
has been selected as october 1st.
Nauvoo is not going to make an Ell
fort To secure one attraction or get
up any kind Of amusements to enter
tain. The business men are going to
depend on the show boats ana base
ball boys to DO that on sundays.
Rev. H. J. Reimbold has been IN
Chicago on business.
The Misses Nora and Hazel Hudson
who were visiting In Chicago, Detroit
and other points Of interest, returned
home last Saturday evening and their
many lady friends were glad to vel
come them home again.
The Lutheran church congregation
Il arranging a Fourth OF July picnic
for the members.
Nauvoo had two floating theatres
at her landings last Sunday evening
and there was hot time In the old
town between the two show boats as
to see which one would get the lar
gest crowd or il the crowd would
split. Mr.. Emerson's floating theatre
called Cotton Blossom, came out win
ao..oxal h,lndroA maid adIniS. !