The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-07

Elmer Bruegger of Nauvoo has
gone to Chicago for a visit of few
weeks, after which he will go to the
remain if he likes that section.
Our old soldier boys received their
pension money last Tuesday from
Uncle Samuel.
There will be number Of repub-
lican meetings held in Hancock
county the first three days of next
week and number of candidates will
speak at the different towns to be
visited. The politicians will make the
tour in automobiles and will be ac-
companied with band that will fur
nish music to attract the people to
the meeting place. The party will
arrive in Nauvoo at 11:10 a. m. and
leave at / o'clock p. m. The COM
mitteeman in each township is re-
Quested to look after and attend meet
ings in his township.
Health in Nauvoo for this time Of
year is exceptionally good. Everybody
active, bright ana clipper.
Any stranger who comes to Nauvoo
protests citizen can organize
secret society, sell life, cyclone, light
ming, plate glass and suffragette in
surance, or pick up the best jobs to
be had in this town and sell anything
he has to peddle to the households,
yet somebody who was born and
raised among us can't sell half
dozen clothes pins to one of us with
out an investigation as to where they
came from and all about it. He
wouldn't be able to sell them then if
there was stranger in Nauvoo sell
ing the same thing. 1t takes the
stranger to knock off the persim-
mons. Why not give the home talent
the first chance?
Miss Hazel Hudson visited the Keo-
kuk festival last Friday and Carthage
Saturday and Sunday, the guest of
Miss Gertrude Fulton.
Mrs. Lou Argast and daughter Miss
Grace, went to Keokuk last Friday
and remained until Monday, and while
there are the guests of Mrs. John H.
Wolff.
There isn't anybody that's poor but
what would do just like the rich are
doing II the poor were rich. Sociology
has never claimed it could correct
the kinks in human nature.
Raymond Herbert of Nauvoo, while
coming home from the Keokuk fes-
tival last Wednesday night, was held
up on the dyke at the Keokuk and
Hamilton bridge and relieved of about
SO. He claims the highwaymen were
in an auto and there were two of
them.
Have you ever noticed that there
are more sobs over the heroes than
the heroines?
Well, Nauvoo people are glad it is
over with, or will be before this issue
of the greatest family journal on
earth reaches this town 1t is be-
lieved that over five hundred Nauvoo-
ties attended the Keokuk festival and
all returned we'll pleased with the big
doings. Some Nauvoo people were
not satisfied with one visit, but went
down several times.
Mr. H. Payne of the Nauvoo-Ft.
Madison interurban line was Maui
VOC visitor last Friday.
Mrs. Ruth Orr of Lincoln, Neb, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. II. Teesdale
in Colusa, Ill.
The Ladies' Industrial society of
Nauvoo met in the Presbyterian
church basement last Thursday after
noon.
Apple picking and shipping in Nau-
VOC came to a sudden stop during
the week just passed on account Of
nearly all of the employees wanting
to attend the fall festival In Keokuk.
This weather can't be beat for rip
ening corn. If Nauvoo's vicinity don't
have a corn crop this fall it will not
be the weathers fault
man in an Illinois town adver-
tises that he has a fine Ole Bull vio-
lin to trade for a fat pig. Wonder
if he offers am boot2
Nauvoo now has business college.
We are getting more and more met
ropolitan in appearance every year
This institution is called S. s. Peter
and Paurs business college and Rev.
Father Tholen of the Nauvoo Catholic
church is the instructor It's place
of residence is in the Masberg build