The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Feb. 18, 1915

NauVOO needs commercial cluO.
Nauvoo needs a live commercial club,
cries an enterprising Nauvoo citizen,
and many other small towns are in
need OF the same thing. This state
has many towns in which commercial
clubs flourish, but there can't be too
much OF a good thing A live club
could make a booming town out of
Nauvoo.
It don't look like hard times in
Nauvoo when over 150 couples attend
ed the 1. O. o. F. mask ball in the
Nauvoo opera house last Friday even
ing. 1t was the largest ball ever given
by this order in Nauvoo.
The Moose lodge has reopened its
charter in Nauvoo and will let 1t re-
main so for several weeks.
For many years Nauyoo homes we're
without bathrooms, but now many of
them are supplied with fine rooms
and all accessories and yet We have
no sewer system.
Mrs. Lou Argast will have the
honor and pleasure of entertaining the
Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club on
Thursday afternoon Of next week.
Nauvoo has about 1000 Inhabitants
now, against 1900 several years ago.
II you have never heard OF Nauvoo,
we will inform you that this town lays
on the east bank of Lake Cooper on
the horseshoe bend. 1t has canning
factory, newspapers. hotel, restaur-
ants, fine public schools, banks, etc.
There may be several dwellings erect
ed but we have not heard Of any i'm
mediate prospects. And we have no
railroad, but the papers now state
that we are going to have railroad
this year, but It Is only on paper now.
The read is to be built from Fort Mad
ison to Keokuk and through this
town and is expected to reach it's
terminus by January 1, 1916. 1t will
be either the R. o. Marsh or Petsch-
Payne interurban line. Journalism
beats a railroad to town any old
time and especially to Nauvoo.
The Gaule sisters, Misses Anna, En-
ma and Lucy, have been in Quincy at
tending the millinery displays and to
purchase goods for their fine empor-
ium in Nauvoo.
John Repplinger and family were i'll
Keokuk one day last week. where they
attended the wedding of cousin.
Jacob Haessig of Nauvoo. has been
in Keokuk on business few days
the fore part of the week.
Sid Fowler attended the cement
show in Chicago during the week.
Miss Emily Hudson has been the
guest of rural friends for the past sew
eral days.
Mrs. Phineas Kimball who has been
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Lubbe, in Peoria, H., during the win.
ter, has returned to her Nauvoo home.
Mrs. John Carskaden of Keytesville
Mo-, is the guest of the Walther fam
lilies in Nauvoo.
John Koehler of Nauvoo, was down
in Warsaw a few days ago and Dick
Marsh told him that Nauvoo will gel
the trolley line this year and work
will commence some day in next April
Isn't that encouraging news for us
Nauvooites7
Dr.. VIM. Herstein of Dyersville
Iowa, visited old friends and relatives
for one day in Nauvoo last SATURDAY.,
He is a son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
J. Begar Of this city.
Rev. and Mrs. Latham of the Pres
byterian church were in Stuteville,
Mo-, last week, where they attended
the funeral of a grandchild.
F. ]. Baxter is In Denver, Colorado.
attending the national bookkeepers
convention.
Mrs. Carrie Knoust and her. sister,
Mrs. Fanny Baumert, Of Kansas City,
are guests of their sister Mrs. Jos.
Nelson, in Nauvoo.
Jas Farren just recently returned
from his western and southern trip.
James may move away from Nauvoo
unless we get a railroad soon. Thus
one by one, families say and intend
and do move away from this grand
old town unless something stirs soon.