The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-27

the United States district court In
New York that a trustee has prayed
tfor special meeting to be held foI
lcreditors of Patrick j Keiran, the
bankrupt. Well. this may be the last
|of him after he was going to do such
great things for Nauvoo several years
ago.
! We received an invitation to attend
the twenty-seventh annual mask ball
j of the L. O. o. F. lodge members
i which will take place in the Nauvoo
opera house on Friday evening. Feb,
ruary -. 1915. Salm's Nauvoo Or
i chestra will play. The committees
appointed will spare no pains to make
this one Of the finest affairs OF the
kind ever given by the order.
Last Saturday morning reliable
thermometers in Nauvoo registered
s to 10 legrees below zero and sun
day morning, below.
! Nauvoo at one time had law that
4 was not enforced, but not repealed
/ that We ever heard Of It was cur
| few law. 1t has been so long since
| the ordinance has been carried out
| that there is some doubt as to wheth-
er we have such a law yet or not.
This law provides that children shall
be off the streets by o'clock. What
! would some of the Nauyoo KIDS do
/ II this law should be enforced?
/ No longer do the electric lights in
!. Nauvoo indulge in mild flirtatious
conduct, winking with the eye. so to
speak, since the plant has been con-
nected with the Keokuk water, power
dam All the flicker has been taken
out of the lights which makes our
plant second to none in the United
States.
Mrs. Ed a. Walther was down to
Hamilton last week and installed the
hofficers Of the Rebekah lodge. Misses
Gertrude Bechtel and Edith McGreg-
OF were present.
The NJ w. A. lodge OF Maui
! VOC gave mask ball in the Nauyoo
opera house Friday evening to which
a large crowd was invited There
was splendid music and many COR
tunes of pleasing character. All IL
ALI those present had a most delight
full time.
| Oscar Haas was given surprise
party last Saturday evening by a
crowd Of his young friends.
DR.. j. A. Bortz and DR.. L. B. Hobbs
have purchased new Ford cars from
tOchsner and Weber's Nauvoo agency
to be delivered this, coming spring.
Mr.. John Seigleineyer arrived In
| Nauvoo last Saturday and will remain
about ten days visiting his wife and
son. John is one of Uncle Sans most
+! valued employees and remains very
busy the entire year.
James Schilson and his three broth
ters were Peoria visitors last weeks
| end They went over to make nego-
itiations for new threshing outfit.
/ Miss Fred Gehring who departed
last fall for the southern country and
with the intention of going to Cali
ifcrnia, has again returned to Nauvoo.
Miss Esther Wallet departs this
| week for Grand Ledge, Mich. to visit
iher aunt, Mrs. Mary Wallet. Brunger.
/ George Reimbold of Denver. Colo.
| is back in Nauvoo for visit, and
perhaps may remain.
Jake Boyer spent last weeks end
| in. Keokuk and Warsaw on bust
ness mission.
/ Nauvoo Odd Fellows will hold a
social Thursday evening OF this week
and invite the Rebekah ladies to par
take of a fine luncheon like mother
used to make. Well bet the ladies
! WHO are undDle 10 dltcuu VIII WISH
/ they had been there.
Have visions and be loyal to them.
Many of the more seriously practical
! things of today were the dreams OF
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Bicker, the re-
cent new1y-weds, received several
rousing charivaris both in Nauvoo
and In the country.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Berger OF
| Crescent City, Ill, are parents OF a
4 fine girl. They are former Nauvoo
young people, the mother being the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. John Hohl.
There are quite a number OF sick
(, people In Nauvoo and the complaint
| is bad colds, coughs and sore throats
and the doctors services are in great
demand
| Isn't it queer that fellows grow up
with girl pal One day she up and
| marries a fellow of her liking and
moves away 500 or 1000 miles. Lots
Of times afterwards you want TO write
her and find out how she Is setlins
along, but you don't just because you
have been raised up to know IL ain
the proper thing to do.
/ Our tax collector has received MS
books and will be at the State oanK
every Friday and at the First Ma
tionaI bank every Saturday until the
time comes to close his books.
Jesse Nelson. a Nauvoo young man
is now assistant wireless operator on
the battlesnip Oregon at a salary OF
/ s125 per month. His ship VIII De