The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-29


name implies-the giving of the news.
| The power to tell story-whether 1t
be tale of achievement, of discov-
cry. of gain. Of folly, of disaster or Of
disgrace-and to tell 1t accurately,
clearly, tersely and alphabetically Is
the thing on which the newspaper as
an institution Is founded. In the
journalistic cosmogony the newspaper
and all its activities rests literally on
the heads of the reporters The desk
man" may do something to furnish in
SEPARATION and much in regulative
way; but the reporter is eyes and
voice for his paper. after all. and
his paper is blind leader Of the
blind unless he does his work, and
does it well. Just at this season. with
the beginning OF new year at hand
the time when newspapers pause to
take account of services and to GER
tify to the value of themselves and
their policies to the community
gives this column pleasure to pay the
tribute OF a passing word to the KeO-
kuk Daily Gate City's news staff. This
paper during the past year has gained
in influence and power in this COM
munity. This Is not the result of
few happy inspirations communicated
by the heads OF the organization or
of the application Of the acid of edi-
torial criticism to the raw material
ure which only newspaper men fully
appreciate. to the intelligence. the
fearlessness, the tact. the fidelity of
the men who.s on 365 days thus far
in 1915. who are out OF the Daily
Gate City office and got the news.
St Rose society of the NauvoO
Catholic church with numerous
friends enjoyed card party and So
cial in their rooms in the X. c. hall
Tuesday night.
Temple camp Of the Nauvoo M. w.
A.. selected officers for the ensuing
year at their regular meeting last
Thursday evening. After the business
session the members enjoyed an oys-
ter supper.
II you, have not reserved your New
Years resolutions yet. now Is the
time to make up your mind to.
Nauvoo's new "13" club members
will give another social hop Thurs
day evening Of this week and would
like to see all their friends come and
dance with them 1t will be the last
dance In Nauvoo Of this 1915 year
and all are assured delightful time.
While the most Of us are calmly
waiting for the wave OF prosperity
there are still few who insist on
trying to rock the boat
Ed. Bourgoice, manager Of the Maui
VOC opera house. spent several days
Of last weeks end at his Kahoka,
Mo-, home.
Miss villa Nelson is visiting home
folks for the holidays. She is attend
ing Quincy business college.
James Farren, who has been assist
ing in the First National bank in
Nauvoo, ran over to Kansas City to
spend Merry Christmas" with his
family who reside there.
There was just as much Christmas
spirit this year in Nauvoo as there
was last, and Just as much drank up.
A marriage knot was tied in Keo-
kuk on Wednesday Of last week and
the contracting parties were Delbert
Stevenson Of the country east Of Maui
VOC, and Miss Ethel Sheriff. of Maui
VOC. The young people surprised their
many friends around here by their
secret marriage for they did not think
they contem plated marriage SO soon,
but all wish them happy welded
life
The height Of fashion nowadays is
for young lady to go get a feather
and see how high It'll stick up in
her bonnet
We may not agree about arbitrary,
but at least the two sides in Nauvoo
can bury the Ratchet on the ques-
ton where the Nauvoo postoffice will
be located.
There is whole lot Of "simp" in
this here matter Of getting simple
Justice, come to think Of it in Iowa
in the matter Of throwing out the
wet goods after the first of the
year. think the people who live over
in our sister state. And think Of 1t
only two more shopping days left.
About the 10th Of January another
thing as bad as Christmas presents
will bother Nauvoo people. The tax
collector of our township will make
his rounds. But then, Nauvoo per-
sonal and real estate owners will
have until March 10 in which to liQui-
date.
We are all In Nauvoo WONDERING
what has become Of that iitney bus
line from Ft. Madison to Nauvoo that
was to have been inaugurated in q