The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-31

/, mobile and will drive it back to
Nauvoo Sometime in June he IN
\ tends to drive the car through to the
i San Francisco exposition Monty"
4 will sure have a fine time.
Nauvoo women folks can't be ex-
pected to take much interest in our
4 township election this year. Election
| day Is too close to Easter.
Hen fruit in Nauvoo is no longer
4 classed with the luxuries.
Home grown new potatoes in Nau-
WOO will be late this season.
j One hundred years ago on the third
/ day of December next, Illinois was
admitted to statehood. Elaborate
4 plans to celebrate the Tooth anniver-
! sary Of the admission of Illinois to
statehood are before the legislature.
! AS outlined by the Illinois centennial
/ commission, the celebration VIII
/ come under the following heads:
First, celebration to be held
in all counties throughout the
state; second, grand celebrations at
I the capital; third, dedication Of
| centennial memorial building to be
added to group of state buildings at
Springfield; fourth, publication of
4 centennial memorial history Of the
| first 100 years Of Illinois statehood;
1 fifth, statues and markings to be
I, placed at Illinois points of extraordin-
airy historic interest. The centennial
4 commission has former Senator H. s.
/ MagilI, Jr., for chairman, and includes
!, President James and Prof. e. B.
Greene and ]. w. Garner OF the Uni
versity OF Illinois. and Mrs. Jesse
1 Palmer Weber, secretary OF the ILL
/ nOis Historical society.
/ II is lucky thing that all had .
/ chance to save money during Lent.
Fresh strawberries from the south
Twill soon be in market, but their sill
very flavor will prevent many from
INDUCING.
/ Winter as all right for legiti-
mate run IN season, but it Is bit
hoggish to insist on holding the stage
i when spring was to enter.
/ At store in Nauvoo man bought
| Eve pounds Of coffee for so cents and
paid 20 cents for four dozen eggs. A1d
then he bought gallon Of whisky, on
credit, too, for 20 cents. But 1t was
! away back in April, 1845. These
i items are taken from an old account
book found In the garnet OF an old
building in Nauvoo.
Last Tuesday, April %, deputy
sheriff was in Nauvoo and summoned
Peter McGary, Adolph Amsler, John
Repplinger and Rudy Leppert to ap-
pear as jurors in the Anderson muir
der trial in Carthage. After appear
| ing. the three latter were at once ex-
cused but the former held for three
DAYS when he was also sent home.
/! The attorneys evidently did not want
any Nauvoo jury talent on this muir
/ der case.
In nearby town they have almost
as healthful climate as has Nauvoo
i They have, It IL, believed, the oldest
goose on record, big white gander,
| which has crossed the goose divide"
at the extreme old age of 30. The
average life Of goose that is permit
! ted to squawk unchallelged is twelve
to fifteen years, This extraordinary
i fowl lived through eight presidential
/! terms and died happy in the know
ledge that the country at last is safe
Ily democratic.
/. Nauvoo's city council members will
meet in regular session next Monday
! evening.
Our people are now gathering the
dandelion that grows so numerous
about Nauvoo. 1t is used for salad
and greens. One of the best physi-
/ clans Nauvoo ever had, now deceased.
/ said this plant is one Of the best
i spring medicines person can take
and that is the reason SO many OF our
people use this plant in the early
/ spring.
4, some few OF the farmers in the
! vicinity Of Nauvoo have planted oats
and some are getting uneasy about
the lateness Of spring. They say that
IL they can't plant their oats by April
J Is they will not SOW any.
! April /, 1899, just sixteen years ago
in Nauvoo 1t was only 10 degrees
above zero. The last week In March
we had big snow storm and the
I Jingle of the sleigh bells was heard
on our streets for couple of days. z
}! The kids and young men. too, are
anxious to get an opportunity to
charivari some Nauvoo young coupe
|. soon. Hurry up, you prospective can
didates for matrimony. There are
three Nauvoo young couples booke
to get spliced right after Easter.
Mr.. Louis Frank of Chicago, was a
Nauvoo business visitor last Saturday.
He represents the northumberland
company, wholesale importers of that
city. Mr.. Frank is one of the most
! valued statesmen on the road and in
him his company has gold mine for
he is genial, popular and knows how
, to sell the goods. He visits Nauvoo
: about every sixty days and at his next
, appearance In Nauvoo, about June,
his many friends here will get him to
!. remain day or two and arrange a
fish fry along Lake Cooper and sho n
him what good time really is.
| Nauvoo's Ladies' Civic league ought
| to rent building and maintain rest
room for women and children from the
, farms, who visit the city for a day.
!, Tney should solicit subscriptions from
: our business men to pay the cost for