The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-22
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, Ill, Sept %, 1915

Eauvoo is getting quite metropolitan
in its ways. Last week a blind man
occupied our street corners with
grind organ and a tin cup to receive
the coin The fellow hailed from
Hannibal. but didn't find very prof.
table visit here.
Sanitation is only the community
name for good housekeeping. Ouf
great sanitary experts did not receive
their first lesson in this most import
ant OF au practical arts from bespec-
tacied professors with impressive
strings of degrees: they got them IN
early childhood from the example
and precept of mothers who under
stood the value of fresh air, abundant
sunlight pure water and clean hands
and faces. Practical sanitation hncs
its greatest field within the Nauyoo
home. and the mothers OF the people
are the high prfestesses OF sanitary
science This is the age Of scientific
housekeeping. Children are better
fed, more nationally clothed. BETTER
cared for than ever before. The Nan
VOC kitchen is today the abode or the
spirit OF efficiency Labor-saying
tools haze transformed its activities.
And noE. the .Nauvoo housekeepar, so
successful within her own domain, Is
beginning to cast searching eye up
on the housekeeping of the Commune
ity. In the hands of mere man" II
Will be better for her scrutiny. The
women OF Nauvoo can transform sani-
tary conditions that sometimes resist
our health officials and the force OF
masculine public opinion
One Of the pupils in Nauvoo's Spaid-
ing Institute. got hoDesick and start
ed for his home In Chicago by the
footpath route last Thursday. but
when he got es far es Niota, Ill, about
ten miles from Nauvoo. he decided to
return and enter school In the above
institution again.
Mrs. W. E. Beckhart of Eenver. Colo,
visited her brother, DR.. ". n. Hag-
CART and family IN Nauvoo last week.
The lady was formerly Miss Jessie
Haggart CT this city and resided with
the doctor and wife when young lady
and taught school In Nauvoo.
Mrs. Charles Welter visited her son
Leland In Quincy last Saturday. and
also visited her sister in Jacksonville.
Ill. before returning home
Miss Alice Baxter has gone to Chi,
cago where she expects to remain dur
ing the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Salm ST.. have
gone to Aberdeen. South Dakota to
look after farm interests there. and be-
fore returning to Nauvoo viii visit
relatives in Montana
Dick Spain and family We TO
Nauyoo from Ncntrose- He b rented
the Fuchs residence in the third ward.
Several Mormon elders OF Utah.
were Nauvoo visitors last week
Miss Ida Beecher has purchased the
heirs interest in he Old home place Cd
posite the city park The consider
ton was 5000 The young iady VIII
occupy il for her home.
At the county convention Of the W.
&C. T. T. held at Carthage the first o.
the month. Mrs. Louis Hudson Of NarI-
700 was elected vice president OF the
society. She was also selected as sti-
perinteEdent Of Sunday school.
Nauyoo's several Catholic societies
are making extensive preparations for
the big picnic to be held in George
Marzolfs grove next Saturday. The
entire congregation OF the church wi
be invited.
The public library officials WIN g1y
miscellaneous entertainment il The
opera house some time soon. II " II,
be a great event because inc tcss
and actresses Will be selected from
Nauvco's talent
George Rut1edge OF Keok1k vas a
business visitor in Nauyoo last Mon
day.
Miss Mary Rraus of Keokuk Is VS.
iting her brother and family in Nau-
roo. The lady came up to this city
last week TO welcome her new niece
who arrived at the John Kraus home
Last Thursday
Elmer Argast OF Basco. visited with
home folks over Sunday.
Il Will not be long now until the
farmers will begin telling OF the size
OF the pun pkins they raised this fall.
One farmer says he believes he has
one that will weigh fifty pounds and
mar measure about FIVE fees one
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