The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-15

BUZZ wagons Will Sst huAsh'' ~ :.
ious in Nauvoo as soon as the Wea'ne'
gets warmer. ,aas
Geo. Boegner shipped another larse
lot of live stock to Chicago last Wees
George picks up all the best ana IA.
test stock he can find to fa1ten VI
those city CHAPS.
The glow on the Nauvoo horizon Is
due to the approach Of those Easter
hats.
Some wonder If Nauvoo is COINS to
organize a ball team for the comlns
summer. 1t is rumored that there is
some strong talk going on that q
nine will be selected for active prac-
ltice before long.
Nauvoo fishermen are making some
pretty good hauls in Lake Cooper
now. They say that the weather
ought to warm up considerable to
make large and profitable catches.
ITO the farmers of Nauvoo's vfcin-
ity and throughout Hancock county,
should be the form of greeting en-
ployed by our business men and issue
a cordial invitation for the country
PEOPLE to consider themselves at home
when in Nauvoo. Community inter
est is the life of any community, and
the welfare and progress of this COM
munity depends on the farmer to
make Nauvoo and Is of the greatest
Importance to us.
Mrs. VIM Kimball will have the
honor of entertaining the Nauvoo
Ladies Priscilla club on Thursday
afternoon of next week at her splen-
did home near the steamboats, old
landing. If the weather is. pleasant.
the ladies could enjoy a launch ride
on the smooth surface of Lake Cooper.
The man whose lips never touched
liquor or tobacco usually is not I'M
OF his exceptional good
ness; the man who never uses pro-
fame language generally has a pretty
fair opinion Of himself; the man who
never fails to attend church and Is
chosen to pass the contribution bas-
ket is not much given to feeling
ashamed of himself But none of these
no, not one-totters under such j
load of virtue. or appreciates his own
of character half so much IS
the Nauvoo man who swears off drink
ing and smoking fo- two weeks and
is sticking to his pledge.
House cleaning and garden making
is now on in Nauvoo in all Its glory.
Some people seem to think that We
have only three seasons now, July,
August and winter.
Fifty-four years ago this month the
first shot was fired on FIT. Sumpter.
startling the world and marking the
beginning of the civil war. And April
% will be the seventeenth anniversary
of the declaration OF war with Spain.
A professor claims to have fattened
dogs by feeding them chemicals. Their
are a great many Nauvoo dogs that
ought to be fed on chemicals, but for
their lethal properties only.
A man in a neighboring town drop
ped dead while building the kitchen
fire. He reversed the old custom.
Heretofore il has been the cook, AMI
she didn't drop. She went up through
the roof.
Now the quail will begin bob whit
ing
Every one should have touch OF
chivalry toward old PEOPLE and chill
dren When you see an old woman
struggling to get across the street,
think of your mother. If necessary,
jump out of your car and help her
across the street.
If Nauvoo peoples neighbors keep
chickens. 1t is very easy matter to
make their spring truck come right up
to the scratch.
Marshal Herman Berger is razing
his property, the old John Schleicher
home, near the Schenk brewery prop
erty.
DR.. ". NJ. Haggett has purchased a
new Maxwell five passenger touring
car.
There is rumor afloat about Maui
VOC that the Pechstein & Nagel Brew
ing company has purchased the
Schenk brewing plant in Nauvoo. We
all up here hope it is true and Maui
VOC people will extend this popular
firm the glad hand and bid them well
come
One of our farmers reports twins at
his house-twin calves.
Last Saturday was another fine da5
and the farmers came to town In lib