The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-01

citizens. It wouldn't be surprising
to see them move back to Nauvoo IN
the coming late spring when his chill
dren finish their school term.
Several Nauvoo fellows when they
die. will have cigarettes on their lips.
It Is fatal habit with them.
Are you aware that only twenty
more shopping days remain? We are.
/ II the women could only clip the
wings OF the egg trust. il such an en-
/ theological figure Of speech is allow
ed.
/ There will always be room at the
top (of the barely for the big potatoes
and the big apple but Nauvoo people
are thankful that they don't have to
buy any Of the shipped in stun this
year.
/ The Ladies' Industrial society OF
the Presbyterian church will meet at
Mrs. P. McGary's home in Nauvoo,
Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
e. church meets this Wednesday after
moor at Mrs. ]. g. Schneider's Nauyoo
home at a quilting bee and with MRS.
~. F. Argast Thursday afternoon for
la business meeting.
4 If some of Nauvoo's parents would
begin right with their children at
sixteen months, then they won't have
Ito thrash them at sixteen years.
A Nauvoo street leading to the
canning factory has recently received
q spread Of gravel. which 1t needed
badly.
! Many of Nauvoo's people are now
killing their swine for their years
meat and lard.
i A Nauvoo lady received letter
from a small town in Germany, Tues
day. and the postage for delivery cost
twenty marks or ten cents. The let
tier looked like it received consider
able handling before it reached Nau-
WOO.
!. There is considerable sickness in
iNauyoo now and much care should be
taken for ones health during the
sudden changeable weather.
4 1t seems much easier for the aver
tage Nauvoo young lady to muster up
courage to face a mouse than openly
defy fashion.
This is the season Of the year when
you think what kind OF Christmas
gift shall buy. Hundreds OF dollars
! are wasted annually in the dlstripu,
! ton of useless Christmas gifts. Anu
4 il is now time that movement was
begun to set the people to thinking
about this folly. More than that, 1t
i is also true as it is unfortunate that
countless people have degenerated
into the custom OF commercializing
\ Christmas giving. They give with the
hope of getting something In return
4 This is all wrong. 1t is contrary TO
the spirit Of the occasion. It IS
1 mistaken idea to suppose that useless
giving is approved in any way to the
4 giving Of Christmas presents. That
is wide Of the mark. Indeed, it would
be unpopular should that be the aim.
1t would attract the attention only OF
j. a few cranks of the stingy type.
There is so much that is good In the
spirit and custom of giving and ex-
changing gifts on Christmas day that
its appeal is as wide as the limits Of
Christendom He would be fool
who would urge it's discontinuance.
But there is giving and there is CIV
ing the right kind and the wrong
kind, the useful kind and the useless
kind It is the latter that the people
: should frown upon. 1t is the former
they encourage People should use
intelligence in giving. They should
do the giving in spirit Of good will.
emblematic, indeed. Of the signifi-
canoe of Christmas and distinguished
from the giving that is compulsory OF
with the hope of receiving more
valuable gift in return. People should
be urged to decrease the cost OF their
{ gifts and increase the good will In
: them. That's the idea. A useful gift,
expressing good will and freely given
out of Kindness of heart, and with no
thought of getting something in re-
turn-thats the ideal Christmas gift,
the real Jewel of its kind. And 1t is
equally essential that such gift
should be received in the spirit with
which it was given. Why not give
= this serious thought This is the &C
, cepted time, right now when It is In
, order to do your Christmas shopping
> early. Become dispenser of kind
7 ness and good cheer in your Christ
, mas giving. Throw away the idea
that you must spend more money
; than you really can afford In an effort
, | to make a showing with your Christ
, mas gifts. Enter into the real, the
true spirit of Christmas giving and
, receiving. You'll he happier all
!, around. You'll be doing little more
!. good in the world. Your useful gifts
, will bespeak Of your thoughtfulness
land good sense. And above all, read
the Christmas advertisements In the
. Keokuk Daily Gate City and do your
: shopping early.
4 o.
, been visiting for a number of weeks
, in st. Joseph, Mo-, have returned to
their Nauvoo home. While in the
I, Missouri town they passed and OBJ
served their fiftieth marriage anniver-
, sary and received a handsome recog-
, milton of the event, a number Of gold
coins issued by this government.
In collision between horse and
an automobile few days ago In a
closely town, the article Of the &C.
currence read like this: "A car driven
. at good clip ran into horse yes
=. terday. The impact was terrific. The
horse was killed and the autos en-
: CINE was killed also"
When the time comes for purchas-
ing and identifying a park site in
, Nauvoo, monument to the Nauvoo
mayor and councilmen som ewhere