The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-18
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauyoo, ILL.,, June Is, 1915

/ Miss Hazel, who has been there for
some time, and together the young
ladies will go to Tonica ILL.,. for a
visit with an uncle and aunt before
returning to their Nauyoo home.
i The pesky little fly will soon be-
come troublesome. Swat him now
and often.
The excursion and picnic season
will soon be well patronized. Warm
weather is all that Is needed.
Oysters have shut up and departed
for the coast and the spring chickens
have succeeded them.
Don't forget that Nauvoo is going
to celebrate the Fourth OF July on
Monday July 5. The Nauvoo base ball
boys are arranging the event.
Nauvoo's city dads will meet next
Monday night. 1t Is an adjourned SEES
sion.
The school building in Nauvoo's
second ward will receive a heating
plant, something that was badly need
ed for many years.
Some towns are Dragging that they
had six inches of rain, but that Is
| nothing to brag about in June like
this.
This is the time OF the year when
our farmers begin to worry about
their corn. Some OF it was not look
ing very WELL Now they think there
will be too much rain and may injure
the crop But let US cheer up. There
have been many early summers as
wet as this which were followed by
good corn crops Generally speaking,
summer worry about corn goes con-
siderably beyond anything that could
be justified by the autumn harvest
The sun is still doing his best to dry
up the ocean and the winds are still!
carrying moisture over the land. And
the history of Illinois shows that it gen.
orally dries up enough to give corn
chance and the necessary refreshment
! when needed.
The big lake has not yet been pat
ronized as bath tub. 1t takes a
number of hot days to get it down
to normal condition for pleasant
bathing. Most of the swimming holes
about Nauvoo wouldn't know them
selves IL they should appear like they
were before the Keokuk dam was
built.
Next Tuesday is supposed to be the
longest day of the year and the be-
ginning OF summer.
This is muzzle-the-dog season In
Nauvoo, but we fail to see any of the
purps muzzled, 1t is a Nauvoo law.
Is our marshal going to enforce il?
This year promises to go on record
in Nauvoo for the sidewalks that are
going to be built.
The Hamilton business men gave
an excursion to FIT. Madison last Tues
day on the steamer st. Paul and land
I'D OF he ruh "a H,nv cifi-
zens who wished to enjoy few hours
with them A small number got on
the boat here.
Nauvoo may have domestic science
club composed Of about dozen of
our young ladies'. One OF them said
when they meet the feature Of the
evenings sessions will be pleasing
piano selections and vocal solos by
some of the members present. These
domestic science clubs are always
very instructive and increase in popu-
larity as the years drift by.
The steamer Black Hawk will
probably run an excursion from Dallas
City and keokuk to Nauvoo on July
5 to allow people to attend our cele-
bration in a convenient way.
Merlin Farren and VIII Argast. Jr..
will arrive in Nauyoo this week from
ST. Mary's, Kan, where the young
men have been attending Catholic
school,
Nauvoo's State bank declared semi
annual dividend Of six percent at a
meeting last week This bank is one
of the most safe and solid institutions
in these United States.
Nauvoo business men ought to
! boost two propositions for the benefit
of this old Mormon town. The one
| is for the organization OF permanent
body Of Boy Scouts, the other for the
lettering Of roads and highways in
the vicinity of Nauvoo Why not or
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