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

another year or two?
With the mercury feeling it's way to-
ward the top of the tube, just what do
you think Of the ground hog as fore
caster?
VIM. Reimbold, the genuemanly
cigar manufacturer of Keokuk, was
among his 4>auvoo customers last
Tuesday.
The ice in Lake Cooper at this point
is gradually melting away. Captain
Reimbold is now doing his ferrying in
skiff.
\ The Nauvoo Industrial society meet
at the home of Mrs. w. H. Bicker
Thursday afternoon.
Rev. VIM. Hertel was in Bentley, ILL.,,
the fore part Of the week. He was
called there to officiate at funeral.
Ash Wednesday, the first day OF
Lent, occurs this week, the 18th, and
services in the Nauvoo Catholic
church during these forty days devo-
ton will be held every Wednesday and
Friday evening.
NJ. d. church Ladies' Aid society
will meet Thursday afternoon in the
beautiful and comfortable home OF
Mrs. A. ]. Schneider and social will
follow the meeting.
The coal man and the plumber will
soon be through dancing the JOY
tango
The ladies of the Nauvoo Presbyter-
ian church are going to furnish an ex-
cellent dinner in their church base
ment next Saturday. February 20. in
stead of on Washingtons birthday,
which was their annual custom.
Washington's birthday occurs next
Monday and II no other demonstration
is made to honor the event in Nauvoo
the stars and stripes should hang out
from our business houses.
The Nauvoo and Warsaw high school
basketball teams will meet in a game
in the Nauvoo opera house Thursday
night OF this week.
We will have another marriage to
report In a short while. The young
couple Is preparing a residence at the
present time.
1t seems that the dog poisoner Is
abroad in Nauvoo again. Two dogs
went by the poison route on Ellis
Daugherty's premises last Sunday
night and one OF them belonged to
him.
There is much talk about grape
juice factory being started in Nauvoo,
but like the interurban line it takes
more than mere talk to get 1t here.
1t will take much push and energy,
backed by hard cash IL we wait for
out-of-town people to come to Nauvoo
to build up the town; we are afraid
we will have to wait a long, long
time.
Another theatrical company was ad-
vertised to appear In the NNauvoo
opera house for Monday and TUESDAY
nights Of this week, but failed to show
up and may play here later in the
season.
At the I. o. o. F. lodge room in
NaIvoo the district assembly officers
OF the Rebekah order will meet next
Friday night and make arrangements
and set date for holding the 18th
annual meeting in Nauvoo. After the
meeting a social will follow.
The Luther league OF Nauvoo gave
box social in their church basement
Tuesday evening for the congregation
and it is said that a splendid social
time was had.
Four young men composing the
Hawkeye Glee club will appear in the
Nauvoo opera house on Friday even
ing, Feb. &c. for the benefit of the
Nauvoo public library. 1t is said they
are a fine quartette and it will pay
our citizens to go and hear them as
we'll as assisting the library associa-
ton. -
Mrs Jacob Leininger died at 6
o'clock last Saturday evening after a
lengthy illness of Bright's disease, at
the residence of the family in Maui
VOC. Mrs. Leininger was one OF the
venerable mothers Of Nauvoo and was
a resident here for thirty-1ve years
and held the highest respect Of every
one here. The lady was IS years,
months and 2 days old at the time of
her DEATH Her maiden name was
Margaret Marzolf and she was mar
ried to Jacob Leininger on March 10,
1872. The following members of her
family survive her: Her aged husband
and four children, Mrs. Geo. Rohn,
Miss Katherine who lives at home,
and Geo. and Ed, all of Nauvoo. The
funeral occurred Wednesday after
noon at 100 o'clock from the family
home and proceeded to the Lutheran
church Of which she was a devout
member. Rev. VIM. Hertel offlciated
and a large number Of relatives and
friends attended the remains to their
last resting place In our city GENE
terry.
They are talking SO much in the pa
pers about the immodest spring styles
that are coming. Bring them on! The
horrors limited concerning feminine
styles cannot be any worse than what
we have endured
Mrs. J. 3. Risse Of Carthage. ILL.,,
intends making Nauvoo her future
home so as to be near her two daugh-
tiers Mrs. Nina Rheinberger and Mrs.
A. j. Berger. She will reside with the
latter.
number of our people who have
been very i'll are now on the road to
recovery, which Is glad news to their
many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Datin, veneer
able and highly respected Nauvoo
couple have been married sixty years
and seem to be quite we'll and healthy
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