The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-03


We understand Santa Claus has ar
rived in Keokuk and Nauvoo and Is
making his headquarters in the stores
of the business men who advertise.
One OF Nauyoo's young ladies whn
Is about to be married, wants to con
ceal the fact and asked this column
to have the news suppressed which
we are doing.
Most Of Fit. Madison and Keokuk
male citizens will become well ac-
quainted with the bridges at those
places, seeing as how they will have
to use them after January l. Wonder
how many fellows are thinking Of
Warsaw as the objective points OF In
terest.
Several Nauvoo citizens think
there ought to be more lights in
town. Everybody amt afraid to go
home in the dark.
Turkeys are so scarce in Nauvoo
and vicinity that wherever one Of our
respected citizens from now until
Christmas is seen with fowl, some
of the slickers will ask him If he got
1t in rattle.
The man who will not do his duty
this coming Christmas time, need not
think that he must wait another year
to help the poor.
R. R. Mcdonald, mail carrier on
route, No. 2. after a two weeks vaca-
ton is again delivering the mail.
Tell Steiner who has been in Min
uesota during the summer, has re-
turned to his home In Sonora town
ship, for the winter.
a. e. Murry. the cigar man of FIT.
Madison, was a Nauvoo business visi-
tor last Wednesday. !.
Some burglarizing was done in
some of the residences along the
Lake Cooper boulevard last Thanks
giving. Nauvoo people should look
out for these gentry for they may
make this town visit at any time
without formal notice.
Mrs. c. r. Montgomery of Nauvoo
visited her parents and family in
Hamilton during last week
At the fairs the coming year bet
ter babies contest should be held at
every one OF them. This is a most ex-
celIent and original departure. II we
are to continue to have prize stock,
big agricultural exhibits and shows
where the best OF the community 8
concentrated, and blue ribbons tagged
onto 1t, babies might as we'll be In
cluded along with the rest. For too
long a while have we been showing
off the superior specimens OF what
mankind has raised without putting
sufficient stress upon the particular
superior speciman of mankind respon-
sible for the performance. In other
words, the premium award should be
pinned to the prize winner who raised
the prize pig. Some time In the near
future there is going to come a day
when one may go to the county falr
and see seated on dais, berfbboned.
all the prize men and women anu
babies in the neighborhood- This
should be the main feature OF fair,
the plum Jelly. the chickens, the pigs
and horses and cows and such TO De
OF secondary interest
Nauvoo's ferry boat VIII go into
winter quarters Saturday of this
week and will perhaps make her win
ter home In what is known as Anton
creek. lust above the Nauvoo steam
boat landing. Captain J. w. REIN
bold will then transport passengers,
freight, mail and express over in bis
safety launch as long as Lake Cooper
permits. The accommodating owner
OF our ferry had the longest and
very profitable season this year in
the Nauvoo- Nontrose trade. The boat
has been in this trade since March
ri.
Several young men in Nauvoo are
engaged in trapping and hunting ami
mails for their fur, 'possums and
skunks. with an occasional fox and
econ are the animals they are after.
The skunk is more plentiful than any
of the rest IN the timbers and otner
haunts about Nauyoo.
December ! was beautiful and
warm day last Tuesday. Now we viii
watch and see il the old saying Is
true, that this month came IN ike
lamb and will go out like lion.
Speaking of something to eat. and
editors usually are, did any OF yoi
visitors to Nauvoo ever sample one OF
our housewives mince pies at Christ.
mas time? They are works OF arr
and should be mentioned along with
pictures and statues.
Mrs Art Schneider entertained the
w =. club and dozen lady friends
in her comfortable home on Knight
street last Monday afternoon. The
ladies' present enjoyed delightful
limo in social converse, refreshments
etc.
The League ladies of the Nauvoo
The Upper Mississippi Improve,
ment association met in quincy last
Tuesday and Wednesday, put no rep
resentatiye from Nauvoo was pres