The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-29

ways busy thinking what next TO 90.
The business street OF Maui
WOO needs improving. There Is hardly
an auto driver or vehicle owner but
what condemns this thoroughfare from
the top OF the Martin hill out to the
Taber lumber yard, a distance OF about
ten blocks. II Is full OF bumps and
holes and keeps driver OF vehicles
lodging from one side of the street TO
the other lodging them.
Only q short time until the schools
VIII be opened again and the Toices
OF the children will again MARBLE in
morry notes OF laughter rs they go
to and from school.
Mrs. VIM. Sellers and children OF
Alma, Wis. arrived In Nauvoo for .
visit with relatives.
Miss Eunice Walther, after plea
SAINT visit OF several weeks with rela-
tives In Keytesville, No., has returned
to her Nauvoo home.
Miss Elsie Dachroth, a former Nau-
VOC young lady has been visiting rela-
lives here.
Tuesday afternoon the Nauvoo chau-
tauqua opened with the Dixie Jubilee
Singers, composed Of colored people.
and the company consists of three
ladies and four gentlemen. 1t IL q
strong organization and they pleased
the large crowd present at the first
session with their latest songs and
were frequently recalled. In the even
ing they appeared again to another
large assemblage and pleased all with
their melodious and harmonious sing
| ing. Ash Davis also appeared in the
evening. He Is one Of Americas
greatest cartoonists and we are sure
he pleased all who saw him. The
Civic league ladies' went to an enor-
nous expense to provide Nauvoo peo-
pie with frst class chautauqua and
they are to be congratulated upon the
success OF their first venture Strange
to say that the expense OF their under
taking has been met before the flrst
session and before the Jubilee Sing.
ers sang their first note on the chau.
tauqua platform, by disposing OF sea
son tickets for this educational and
entertaining project. Sauvoo can boast
Of as fine chautauqua AZ there IL In
this circuit and there are many OF
them this season The large tent Will
be crowded at every session and the
Civic ladies will be- handsomely re-
warded for their efforts. Neighboring
towns should send large delegations
to Nauvoo this week to visit our FIRST
annual chautauqua.
Geo. H. Harris oats averaged sixty
bushels TO the acre; his wheat TWEEN
ty-fve, and rye. twenty-one. Geo.
MartzoIf had six acres OF barley
| which averaged forty bushels to the
acre and all this IN Nauvoo
| Robt. McConkey and family have
again moved to Fl Madison to make
their home. They have moved back
and forth several times IN the past
few years and think there Is no place
like grand old Nauvoo.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Headdy receiv.
ed ninepoound boy at their home
In Nauvoo Tuesday morning.
The stork made pleaasnt visit to
the home OF Rev. and Mrs. VIM. Her.
tel during the night last Thursday and
left fine boy baby. Rev. Hertel was
able TO continue his chautauqua man
agement after he became acquainted
with this little mite Of humanity and
seems TO be as spry as ever. Mamma
has TO be careful and watch papa go
he won't feed Il fruits and vegetables
wi1ea the boy cries and he thinks his
son 10 hungry.
Or. Davis. one Of Sauvoo's dentists,
df5posed OF bis professional business
to waldmar Kruger, Sauvoo young
man who graduated IN dental col.
lIeee in ST, Louis this spring. DR..
Davis will take two or three months
vacation and VISIT county fairs and
will enter HIS race horse that has
some speed.
Sonora's home-comers association
swfli hold meeting for ton days the