The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

The latter's husband is going to join
our batch club during the missus'
absence.
Mrs. John schneider was in Kahoka,
Mo. and attended the funeral OF her
isister-in-law, who died after an oper
alton in a Keokuk hospital.
Already two weeks in advance OF
the opening of the schools in Nauvoo.
citizens are beginning to exercise an
active interest in their welfare. The
public school building in the second
ward has been equipped with fine
heating plant and the teachers who
have been assigned for the seasons
work there, are looking forward to the
largest attendance in the history Of
Nauvoo. Har.'ly have the children be-
gun to enjoy their summers vacation
days before there is talk Of going to
school again. To some, this tends to
throw BLANKET over what fun they
are having but to the boys and girls
that make it point always to hea
their classes, the opening of school
again is just as much fun as catching
fish or playing dolls out in the hay
loft. According to all reports, the
Nauvoo kids are not the obtuse ones,
and will be ready with shining faces
when the gong sounds its first taps
These are the acute school kids In
Nauvoo who we are writing about.
Nauvoo's cattle king, Mr.. Geo.
Boegner, was in Omaha, Neb for
several days last week, looking over
marketable cattle and better Judge
was never known to exist In this sec.
ton. He purchased two car loads anil
brought them with him and when he
sends these beeves to Chicago. the ton
notch in price for him. Would we had
a stock yard in Nauvoo with George
at the head of 1t ana then VIC could go
down on the electric car and get
column of news.
Miss Marie Boquet, one Of Keo-
kuk's most pleasant and popular
young ladies', is visiting In Nauvoo.
She is the guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mar. and Mrs. Mike Baumert, Jr., ami
her grandpa, Mr.. M. Baumert; Sr.
The young lady has delightful time
visiting back and forth and making
friends with all the Nauvoo young
ladies whom she meets.
Nauvoo's police courts are very
quiet now and that Is as it should be-,
Nauvoo don't need state ferrets to
come within its borders and arrest
people for running red light district
or conducting blind pig as her sister
Keokuk does, and we have only one
man on our police force. Come UP tn
Nauvoo, you Keokuk police force, AMI
learn or city ways.
Rev. VIM. Hertel left Sunday for
Chicago and from there will go 10
Clinton, Iowa, to attend the southern
district synod Of the Lutheran church,
iota =, A,,r, 4
to %. George Boegner is a delegate
and will attend the conference.
It is one of the most pleasant
things in this life to the reporter OF
The Keokuk Daily Gate City in Nan.
VOC to be favored by friends who hand
him news items, either Of themselves,
their neighbors, telephone or telegraph
or of local nature. Such assistance
is of untold benefit to the Keokuk
Daily Gate City and the Nauvoo col
umn in paper that is read by nearly
ten thousand subscribers, not men
tioning ten thousand borrowers Of the
paper that is read by the masses.
why in Keokuk alone and neighbor
ing towns the wives of husbands grab
for the paper and ask their help
meets: is there any Nauvoo news to-
day?
The Nauvoo Invincibles are going
to Llomax today Sunday and they ara
at the head Of all games played SO
far this season, too. Moreover, any
one who says the Mormon boys cam.
play ball, hasn't seen them play.
The recent visit of the Keokuk mer-
chants retailers to Nauvoo ought to
dlffuse good deal OF information
through their vocabulary minds as to
that most interesting product, Ameri-
can culture. 1t ought to strengthen
the movement for this local purchase
of the mound and land surrounding
Nauvoo. Nothing else will prevent its
conversion. sooner or later, into fac.
tory sites or town lots
The merchants of Keokuk enjoyed
greeting and hospitality was
the retailers by the ladies OF
st. Rose society of the Catholic
church on their recent visit to this
grand old town, and every citizen is
glad of it. We would be glad to sec
them come again. The Nauvoo brand
of hospitality never wears Off: come
up and arrive here at about 300 p. M
and a hot dinner in hot town will
make you think of the event for years
to come again We are going to speak
again about the ladies that served the
dinner and the vfsl- of the retailers
to Nauvoo last Tuesday evening. This
column is looking forward to the visit
of the travelling men next Friday
afternoon.
1t is too bad that there is not
town in Hancock county that does no.
want the old settlers meeting for
1915. The old people ought to be
honored and revered once a year and
Nauvoo could entertain them in
hospitable manner. Let us take q
date and show them how we can en-
terrain the "old folks" and young
folks. too, some time this fall.
Most of the farmers say that the
corn has developed wonderfully in the
last few weeks and will make a good
crop If we have late crop.
Our farmers are awfully busy now
and you very seldom see any of them
in Nauvoo. They are busy In the fields
80 $50, lau-- and have no time for