The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-12
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, May IL, 1915

Frank Pitt Of Tulsa, Okla, who has
beon visiting relatives mere, re-
turned home Friday. Frank is becom-
ing a millionaire with his oil fields
down there.
Last Sunday afternoon the Dallas
City ball tossers came down to Nau-
VOC and played with our homo team:
The American show peoples band
played in our business portion OF the
city and then went to the grounds be-
crowd present and all expected to
see q good game. but 1t was all one
sided and in favor Of Nauvoo, tho
score being is to 0. The Keokuk Blue
| Labels will come up to Nauvoo and
play next Sunday and fine game Is
expected. Nauvoo rooters should be
| out in full force. One week from
next Sunday, our boys will go down
to Hamilton and play return game,
the first played In Nauvoo resulted
4 to 8 in favor of our neighbors.
| Miss Augusta Gutherz, q promising
and popular young lady of Nauvoo
was called to her death by that
dreaded complaint inflammatory
rheumatism, Tuesday morning. The
young lady was fifteen years OF age
when death claimed her. Her par
ents at one time lived in Keokuk
and conducted a grocery store. Her
father died several years ago. Her
immediate relatives have the SYM
pathy of the entire community IN
their sad bereavement. The little
lady. with her mother, Mrs. Bertha
Gutherz, and family, resided with her
grandmother. Mrs. George Hauptman,
in the north part Of Nauvoo. The
funeral will occur Thursday from the
Lutheran church.
The steamer Dubuque arrived at
Nauvoo for her first Sunday excur-
sion trip to Burlington last Sunday,
and was joined here but by few. Too
many attractions here: the game OF
baseball and the American show.
An excursion will go out Of Maui
VOC at $3.50 p. M. on June IL, on the
steamer Sidney, and will be given by
the X. C's of Fl. Madison.
Ed Kelley and A. L. McCafiister
last Saturday came near having
collision with their autos. They were
coming around a corner and almost
came together with their machines.
The former ran his car into gutter
and the result was a torn wheel and
bent axle.
French's river show boat vii; come
to Nauvoo on Thursday Of this week
and produce the play ga Long Way
to Tipperary." It Is one of the best
shows afloat. They have fine beauty
chorus and their splendid band Will
treat Nauvoo to street parade.
And still there are many Ford cars
sold to Nauvoo people and our farm
ers. This does not look like hare
times in and around Nauvoo.
A force Of men are at work In Nau
voo's quarry below town, getting ou
rock. Amos Roberts has the contract
Nauvoo will not observe Memoria
day in a public manner this year. The
soldiers who occupy our cemeteries
will not be forgotten by our &. A. r
Post and a committee will be appoint
ed to visit and decorate the graves.
AS usual, Nauvoo was filled with
automobiles last Sunday and Will
continue to be every beautiful Sunday
during the summer.
Nauvoo's grape growers union are
making arrangements to erect an
addition to their warehouse down In
the first ward. 1t will lie 20xS0 feet
in size.
c. R. Montgomery was in Wiscon.
sin for a few days recently.
Our friend George Rutledge OF Keo-
kuk was In Nauvoo one day last
week.
Mrs. Nina Rheinberger who has
been in Carthage with her mother
has returned with her parent. who
will make her future home In Nauvoo
and reside with her other daughter.
Mrs. A. J. Berger. The lady is Mrs.
+. B. Risse her husband being county
Judge and a well known lawyer, now
deceased.
Miss Minnie Guilliam was given a
fine surprise party last Friday even
ing In honor Of her birthday. Miss
Minnie is one Of Nauvoo's popular
young ladies' and the young folks
present had a most enjoyable time.
The American floating theatre
which showed in Nauvoo last Sunday
evening, gave splendid satisfaction
and large crowd attended, showing
that the majority of people In Nau
day night shows
The steamer Dixie towing the Amer
lean floating theatre opera house
barge. played in Montrose Monday
night On Tuesday morning about
O'Clock the boat and play house pulled
out Of the latter city to proceed tc
Dallas City where they were to play
last night. The captain, thinking tc
save time with a short cut, ran the
crafts through shoot. or what is vel
known as Dudlay's island near Mont
rose and just opposite Montrose. The
steamer struck one or more OF the
old tree stnmps that are submerged
there and began to sink rapidly. The
engineer blew the distress whistle
rapidly and all on the boat got on the
barge safely. The play house escap
ed any damage, but the steamer sanl
until only the upper part OF tins hurri
cane deck, smoke stacks and pilo
house is exposed. The barge was
towed ashore by two launches ant
propelled by Lester Reimbold anc
Roy Jenison, two Nauvoo young men
A pet monkey was drowned. The pla!
house was towed to Dallas City b,