The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-04


will be meeting on a certain night
soon for all those who want to try
out" to be sure aid be on hand. That
would surely be sign OF an early
spring.
Rev. Latham of the Nauvoo Presby-
terrain church has been in Biggsville,
ILL.,, where he went to assist in spe-
cial meetings of the congregation
there.
Geo. Boegner has been in Chicago
during the week. He took four car
loads OF stock up there.
The Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club
will meet at the home Of Mrs. Michael
Baumert on next Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. ]. W. Reimbold sets forth the
news that he may bring out his ferry
boat about the middle Of the present
month This would be glad news to
the travelling public II the report is
true and the trim little boat begins
making regular trips.
This Nauvoo lady must have patron
lied department store: She visited
neighboring town recently and
bought some nice dress goods and also
brought back cat to eat UP the mice
at home.
Mr. and Mrs Ed. Dusenberry of
Nauvoo are rejoicing over the advent
to their home Of fine little girl baby,
which arrived last Tuesday.
Max Burmeister has built himself a
fine little launch and will soon be
ready to give his many friends ride
over the smooth waters of Lake Coop
er.
Ellis Daugherty and wife entertain
ed company OF friends at 600
o'clock dinner last Sunday evening.
This popular couple will soon leave
for kirksville, Mo-, to make their
home Their many friends will hate
to see them leave grand old Nauvoo.
The Keokuk Daily Gate City Will no
doubt follow them. for Mr.. and Mrs.
Daugherty think there is no better daily
newspaper published in this section.
ALI right, Mr.. Ellis, we will try and
keep you posted on Nauvoo news.
Hymen is always trying to entice
la Nauvoo young girl with a sweet
voice and that is the reason many or
our girls are in demand.
Many of the farmers in the vicinity
of Nauvco are busy with their spring
work which makes business dull in
this city at present.
The Nauvoo Civic league met at the
home of Mrs. ]. w. Rein1bold last
Tuesday afternoon. This league has
partly decided to use the second ward
school grounds for their coming chau-
tauqua this fall. Some think it a very
undesirable place.
| Nauvoo has many grip victims at
present.
/ We understand that at least two
weddings will occur in Nauvoo right
after Easter. Here's go. fellows.
Get out your bells and make ready.
boys.
An old fashioned dance will be CIV
en- in the Naluvoo opera house March
III.
! The Nauvoo Ladies' Aid society Of
the M. E.. church will give bazaar
and fair on the evenings of April
! Ia and Is in their church basement.
peach crop. We forgot just who re-
ported the news first last year, but we
| got a crop just the same.
! Mrs. j. M. Schmidt, one of Nauvoo's
finest entertainers, invited number
of friends to a splendid o'clock din
ner last Sunday evening It was given
in honor Of her popular husbands
birthday anniversary.
| Just lays back and hollers.
| 1t will not be long now until the
man with a garden in Nauvoo will be
going four blocks out of his way to
tell somebody that he has a plant up.
The Nauvoo state bank has just is
sued another flattering statement. 1t
has a resource Of sS60,74O and de-
posts of $723,324. But that is moth
ing strange when this bank has such
popular officials as Art Schneider and
Elmer Fisher as cashiers. We be-
ilieve that this popular and safe bank
i ing institution will reach the million
| mark at the end of 1915.
The prospects for fried chicken in
Nauvoo the coming summer is very
good Well, most all people don't
think much OF a menu unless there Is
plenty Of good fried chicken on it, and
we joyously agree with them.
Some time on a Sunday evening our
men folks should put On their high
top bee-gum hats and their new scis-
sor-tail coats and go to the Nauvoo
i Ialthe ran church, where they can
hear Rev. VIM: Hertel deliver one Of
his beautiful services in English. He
can give you a splendid lesson from
st. James, first chapter and twenty
seventh verse. and if you don't 60
there you will miss a first class ser
mon.
| Miss Hazel Hudson, one of Nauvoo's
most popular young ladies', has the
honor Of entertaining the Young
Ladies' Sewing society on Thursday
evening Of this week.
| Mrs. VIM Dachroth entertains the
Industrial society of the Presbyterian
church this Thursday afternoon.
! A boy from the country came to
Nauvoo recently with a number of
rabbits in a sack. Ha fingered around
town for 9 number of hours and went
home without selling them. When
asked by his father why he had not
sold the rabbits, he said no one asked
him what was in the sack. How many
of keokuk's merchants are like this
little boy? They have plenty Of goods