The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-13

and sister, the former being in very
Epoor health
Carl Pfaffe, the cigar dealer of Keo-
kuk, was Nauvoo business visitor
| Monday.
Mr.. Ellis Daugherty who conducted
a meat market in Nauvoo for a couple
of years and moved to kirksville, Mo-,
has purchased meat market in La
Harpe, Ill. Mr.. and Mrs. Daugherty
are expected in Nauyoo for short
visit next Thursday and will be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Welter
Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club held
a delightful and interesting meeting
at the beautiful and comfortable home
Of Mrs. j. Nj. Schmidt, last Thursday.
Before the departure of the guests,
delicious refreshments We're served
The ladies will meet again Thursday,
July %, at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Mulch.
Messrs. o. e. Babb and Bert Briggs
| of Carthage were in Nauyoo last Mon.
day and made arrangements to start
a moving picture show in our opera
house, beginning next Saturday even
| ing. With shows like the one that
visited Nauvoo for six days last week,
and good crowd at every perform
ance, 1t looks like good moving pic
! ture show ought to receive a gener-
GUS patronage here. The gentlemen
promise to place none but good pic
lures on the canvas and II they do
this our amusement going people
should give them good crowds.
Nauvoo people are looking for a
visit from the High Tension club on
July "a and are anxious TO see the
Electrics and water power ball teams
clash again in Nauvoo for that loving
cup. The game these two clubs put
up in this city last year Was the best
ever seen in Nauvoo. And then that
crowd of ladies and gentlemen that
made up the excursion are visitors
that Nauvoo citizens never get tired
of entertaining. Welcome to Nauyoo.
High Tension club.
The weather Is anything but what
is desired in and around Nauvoo and
IL the rains don't let up in few days
many Of the crops will be entirely
ruined. The oat crop is now ready to
cut but farmers can't get into the
fields. Sunshine is what we want for
week or ten days.
Nauvoo's business street last Satur-
day evening presented busy appear
ance. People were out in crowds do
lnR tuelT SHOppiAS pCioAS Iiie I'LL SoI-
ening storm.
Lots Of our people are going fishing
these days and many of them don't
even bring story back.
| We have not heard anything of the
peach crop lately OF course the crop
is dead, but there may be one or two
| raised.
After harvesting, threshing, etc,
will be finished, the farmers are able
to enjoy a short vacation, but this sea-
son they had number of forced vaca-
lions on account OF the continuous
rains ~ r = ~ = ~
Only about fifteen percent Of all the
people in a small town is worth while;
but you cant prove it because the
other IS percent are always around
and making so much noise.
The Nauvoo Moose lodge, it is said,
will move from its present quarters
soon. The price of rent is little too 4
high for the members.
A family with two teams loaded
with household goods and number
of children passed through Nauvoo
from Des Moines on their way to
Quincy to locate on farm. The gar
den spot Of the world lays in Illinois.
The First National bank directors
Of Nauvoo held business meeting
Monday afternoon.
Marriage engagement responsible
ity has SOLDERING effect. Several
Nauvoo young ladies wear nothing IN
iewelry now except diamond and
ruby rings and not more than one OF
them.
The Electric ball team of keokuk
is coming to Nauvoo next Sunday art !
ernoon and cross bats with the Nor
mons in our local yard, and a red hot
contest is expected for the former is |
sore over a previous defeat and the
Nauvoo Mormons have not yet cooled /
off over the game lost by careless /
ness last Sunday when those bue I
Labels of Keokuk took the game. |;
Every fan should go down and root
as they never rooted before.
Halton Poweil's dramatic COM
pany which showed in Nauvoo all OF
last week had good crowds at every
performance but Saturday night,
when the storm interfered. They
gave excellent satisfaction and will
be warmly welcomed should they /
come again. The company departed
for Canton Mo-, on the steamer
Black Hawk, Sunday morning.
AS soon as the weather gets hot
you can glance at the front page of
some newspapers published In this
section and nearly all of them picked
up at random will show drownings
within the week preceding, which
brings us to the conclusion that, aft
er all, the boat-rockers, canoeing-ty
ros and the can't-swimmers are still
at it.
Last Sunday afternoon in the Maui
VOC ball park was witnessed one of
the greatest games Of baseball ever
seen played by amateur players. 1t
took nineteen innings to decide the
game. This phenomenal game was
played between the Nauvoo team and
the Blue Labels of Keokuk. At the
end Of the ninth inning, the score
stood to 4 and then for nine more
innings, neither side was able to
score and the same pitchers carried
the game through. In the nineteenth