The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-06

Nauvoos old soldiers had a pension
day again the forerart Of the WeeA.
| Mr.. Geo Boegner, Nauvoo's popular
live stock buyer, shipped two car LOADS
of hogs to the Chicago markets tne
ionepart OF the week. George Keeps
the live stock supply around heFs
pretty well cleaned up.
Our Nauvoo township collector VIII
soon begin making his annual rounds
among property owners.
Hail and farewell to 1915 and 1Sl4
When the men In Nauvoo who de-
sire to see this town get ahead, come
to care enough about the matter 70
go and meet personally the peopla
whose ideas, in their opinion, stand IN
the way, then and not till then VIII
conditions begin to get better.
Mr.. Frank Moeller. one OF Keokuk,s
most popular cigar dealers. was
business visitor In Nauyoo last Thurs
day.
John Meyer OF Kahoka, No., visited
relatives over New Years day In Nau-
voo
DID you swear OH? II you did, 1t
did no harm even ii 1t did no good.
Each succeeding day is about three
minutes longer than its professor
There were a large number OF
watch the old year out and new year
in parties in Nauvoo last Thursday
night.
Mrs. John NJ Schmidt will have the
honor Of entertaining the Nauvoo
Ladies' Priscilla club on Thursday
afternoon OF next week.
Our secret societies are not doing
much work in the initiatory degree
now.
Ground hog day and tax paying are
the next two important events on the
Nauvoo calendar.
Dave Houghton Of Montrose caught
with hook and line a black bass weigh
ing nine pounds about ten days ago
in Lake Cooper. A Nauvoo citizen
wagered cigar on its weight and
lost his bet.
Installation season is now here ana
delightful social times are anticipated
By our secret society friends.
The first mask ball Of the season
will occur IN the Nauvoo opera house
next Friday evening. Several prizes
are offered for the maskers and SPLEEN
did music will be had. It being the
first dance of this kind in Nauvoo this
season large crowd will be present
to enjoy the festivities.
Nauyoo is burdened with flood OF
almanacs and calendars for 1915.
Two automobiles raced over Lake
Cooper from Keokuk to FIT. Madison
last Sunday. They were seen by some
Of Nauvoo's citizens.
Those of our young people who are
attending the seats Of learning In
and out of the state have left to re-
sumo their studies after an enjoyable
vacation with home folks.
Louis Hudson is making arrange
ments 10 have chopped 100 cords OF
wood from his partly submerged is
land opposite Nauvoo IN Lake Cooper.
The Ice bridge is the inducement.
Jake Hummel of near West Point
Iowa, spent several days OF the past
week with Nauvoo relatives.
Our ice men are now through can
ming the crop for 1915 and fine lot
of the crystal blocks have been stored.
/; TIE crop harvested was about ten
inches in thickness. There Is never
any trouble over ice fields In Maui
VOC The big lake furnishes plenty
of room for all our ice harvesters.
Nauvoo's Rebekah lodge members
are talking o; giving play In the
near future.
The Ladies' Civic league met at the
fine, large and comfortable home OF
Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr., last Tuesday
afternoon.
Nauvoo's young people ha6 a splen-
did field Of ice on Lake Cooper here
and enjoyed the skating to their
hearts content the past several days.
Nauvoo merchants have settled
down to their normal state after the
big holiday rest. All are pretty well
satisfied for that time and now can
taxi, rest.
One thing can be said OF the auto
mobiles and that is they have killed
the livery business In Nauyoo.
Thursday afternoon Of last week
was busy time in Nauvoo. Every
body and his dog was on our business
street. Mulholland street near Thir-
teenth was crowdea with people while
the hitching racks were damned with
vehicles. It was caused by John Paul's
free distribution OF $50 worth OF mer-
IT HE.
posed of nearly $4,000 worth OF goods
in several weeks Of the drawing an
nouncement.
Gossip consists of the affairs OF
others discussed with superb fmag-
ination and with the brain thrown en-
tirely out OF gear. Gossips hav., won
derful detective ability and it Is n
Pity it cannot be used to better a.
vantage After a gossip Is qualified