The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-06

united IN the molly bonds or wedlocR
on Wednesday, August Is. at o'clock
a. M, In the Nauvoo Catholic church.
They are two Of the most popular
young people in this neighborhood ani
their numerous friends are Offering
congratulations In advance of the
happy event.
At last, after the crying warning
from time to time in this column,
that serious accident may occur in
Nauvoo's business street If the laws
not rigidly enforced, the powers that
be have published q notice that own
ers of the buzz wagons must hence
forth toot their horns at street cor
ners, drive slow and have the machine
properly lighted at the right time IN
the evening. Now we will see If thu
laws will be enforced.
The Nauvoo city council met in reg
ular session last Monday night AMI
concluded to have Mulhalland, our
business street, repaired and cutters
cemented. This is wise move and
should have been attended to long
ago. The present condition of the
street is q disgrace to our beautiful
city.
Chas. Hudson has been granted a
building permit to erect a modern and
handsome six room residence on lot
north Of the Schoefl home on Main
street down in the first ward
Chas. e. Bidamon, a former Maui
vooite and now resident of Chicago,
was witness Of the steamer East
land disaster and jumped into tho
Chicago river and saved a number Z:
women and children. He also brought
to shore the dead body of a woman and
several children. Charles IS an expert
swimmer, having been raised in Nal
WOO on the bank of the great Missis-
sippi river and proved himself quite a
hero at this great steamer disaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz Russell will
| leave Nauvoo soon and will locate in
| the state Of Georgia for the benefit IT
| his wife's health. Mr.. Russell has
made arrangements with some gentle
man from an outside city to take over
his stock Of jewelry and repair shop
and will continue the business II
Nauvoo. Our people are sorry to lose
this excellent couple and hope the lady
will speedily regain her health and
return to Nauvoo to make their fu-
ture home again.
| The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Brown
1851 MOuudy uOl ulA6 lIo-A
the Nauvoo Catholic church Of which
Father Tholen officiated and remains
to the church and cemetery was fol-
lowed by large concourse of SYM
pathizing relatives and friends. The
pallbearers were Jas. Farren, DR.. l..
B. Hobbs, A. J. Beger, A. J. Schneid-
/ er, Rudolph Leppert and w. G. REIN
bold. Those from out Of town who
attended the last sad rites of the de-
ceased were Phillip. Swiggert and
daughter, Mrs. C. Hiatt. of Pontoosuc,
! ILL.,; U. S. Swiggert Of Galesburg, Ill
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Long and daughter,
Mrs. o. S. Avis, of Centralia. Mo-,
Troy Gracey of Stockport, Iowa; Mrs.
~. C. Scuras of Keokuk.
The squirrel season opened August
and not over fifteen Of these litt.e
wild animals can be killed in any
one day. WE'LL that's enough for any
hunter to slaughter. Rabbits cannes.
be killed until August 81, and 1t is
said that the cotton tails will not be
very numerous around Nauvoo this
fall, for many of the young ones are
found dead from some disease, in the
fields.
The Hamilton chautauqua begins
today (Friday) and continues ten
days. The managers have fine pro-
gram and Nauvoo will send down quite
large delegation In fact ten times
more than Hamilton sent up here to
Nauvoo's chautauqua last week.
Somebody is making great mis-
take financially in not renewing the
jitney line between Nauvoo and Keo
kuk The former iitney could have
been made a paying venture had the
price been a shade or two higher. It
certainly was a convenient way of
reaching Keokuk from Nauvoo and a
benefit to Keokuk retail merchants
for Nauvoo is a great Sauer-Sawbuck
mail order town.
Louis Hohl, mail carrier on route
No. 1 out Of Nauvoo, is taking va
cation lasting two weeks and his son
Alfred is substituting during his alb
sence.
Public Library.
The Nauvoo public library is now !
comfortably located in rooms over j
John Pauls clothing store. This free !
library is largely patronized and has |
one of the most popular and accom- !
modating librarians in any town !
on the map The librarian is Miss !
Daisy Masberg.
The NJ. E. church Ladies Aid held !
an all day quilting bee and business |
in the religious temple base
ment last Thursday and there was a /
good attendance.
Last Tuesday night fine boy baby |
was left at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. /
Earl Laubersheimer by the popular
bird. the stork, and it weighed just |
eight pounds. It Is the first VISIT of |
the bird and after Earl recovered from
the occurrence he was able to go to .
his work in the Taber Lumber com
panys office where he got things
mixed now and then, being so anxious !
to return home and coo over his little ;
son. Grandpa and Grandma VIM. Pitt.
Sr.. are equally as proud over the. !
stork's visit as is mamma and papa.
There came near being fire in the
Nauvoo Model restaurant last Tuesday /
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