The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-15
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo. ILL.,, April IS, 1915

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Ieral numbers and most OF them stayed
nearly all day. trading and jollying
around. The farmers who come to
Nanyoo are a good, sensible, whola-
souled set and they seem to enjoy
meeting here to transact their business
and to visit each other, Nothing 10
too good in Nauvoo for the farmers,
and 1t looks good to see them drive
in and use up all the hitchtng racks
and I'LL our business houses ana
streets with their stalwart forms.
| 1t would be a grand thing II the
state of Minnesota would seriously
think OF connecting the great lakes
with the Mississippi river via the 81.
Croix That would make fine river
traffic from the lakes to the gulf.
The Knights Of Columbus held a
meeting followed b. social, Tuesday
evening.
Nauvoo's library officials held al
entertainment in the opera house lass
Tuesday evening. attended BY fair
sized crowd. The house should have
been crowded.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Gallagher OF Buff
falo, N. Y, received visit from the
stork on Easter Sunday, when TINS
popular bird left them a little boy
baby. Mrs. Gallagher Is sister OF
Mrs. Geo. A. Bruegger OF Nauvoo.
Another meeting was held by pro-
! moters of grape juice factory. "
was held in FIT. Madison Tuesday ar
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wolf OF Nauvoo
were married fifty-nine years ago
Tuesday and this venerable COUPE
still enjoy excellent health.
herman, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
JOS BERGER OF Goole, Utah. died at tha
home of his parents last Sunday. The
family resided In Nauvoo about hve
years ago. Herman Berger. ST., Oh
this city is the grandparent OF the
young man.
Baby-bye. here's fly; let us swat
him, you and 1, will soon be sung py
Nauvoo Inhabitants.
The Ladies' Industrial society of the
Presbyterian church meets on Thurs
day evening of this week at the
home of Mrs. Peter McGary.
At the Nauvoo Lutheran church next
Sunday there will be no services, Tor
Rev. VIM. Hertel has been urgently
requested to occupy the pulpit IN the
Fairfield, Iowa, religious temple.
A fellow who is of statistical turn
has figured that II we go back hfty-
six generations to the beginning OF
the christian era, by method OF
tarithmetical retrogression, SO to SPEAK,
we shall find that each of us has hal
I138, 235, OFT ASS, 1896 ancestors, mae
and female, since the birth of Christ.
land just think what would have hap
pened if one of them had died at an
Iinopportune time or married some ona
else!"
Nauvoo's Luther league meets next
Friday evening.
| At the school election in Nauvoo
last Saturday afternoon. two mem
bers of the board OF education were
selected Mr.. E.. ]. Baxter and Mr.. Al
Rain were reelected and just seven
votes were cast Next Saturday after
noon another school election will be
held to select two directors and
president for the district school.
Rev. H. j. Reimbold was In Peoria
! the past several days for visit win
Bishop Dunno.
Maurice .jeiglemeyer will hold p D
sition on one Of the government river
Improvement steamers the coming
summer Maurice's father Is captain
iof the steamboat.
Will Farren OF Kansas City, was a
Nauvoo visitor over the Sabbath and
was the guest OF his brother, James
and family.
Though this is the season for fish
stories to begin coming in, we viii
ignore the fact and tell Nauvoo Gate
CITY readers that an east county farm
er has fished out of his well a quart
Jar partly filed with fine quality OF
butter. A year ago his wife accident
! ally dropped the jar, which was full
| of cream, into the well. Who did the
churning? All fish stories retired.
Nauvoo's Young Ladies' Sewing so
lciety will meet on Thursday evening
OF this week after a two weeks vaca-
ltion. The girls will no doubt have
much to tell one another after ]
much quietness.
/, In some places, strawberries ara
| sold by the pound in the first part Of
the year. The price is usually high
but where they sell by weight, none
Iof that false bottom business goes.
II fellow kept on having the sams
Feelings for his wife like he had when
he Popped the question to her, most al
LOT this talk about divorce would de
over night.
! Our people should not forget the city
election next Tuesday.
| Friday OF this week is Arbor day an
no doubt number Of fruit trees VII
ibe planted in Nauyoo, but very few
ishade or ornamental trees.
Nauvoo's Royal Neighbors will have
a social meeting Thursday evening o
this week and each member has thu
privilege of inviting friend.
/ Mrs. John Wiegand of Warsaw, pre-
scented her husband with fine little
) boy a day recently. The lady was
formerly Miss Ida Bechtold of Nauvoo
4 Between the two, it's a toss-up whicf
lis the worse-the woman who can
lgo anywhere because she hasn't any
! thing to wear or the fellow that's ell
rxot IN cfnn and uaf shave first