The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-14

She Is what may be termed the incu-
bator queen In her especial neighbour
hood and matches many chickens each
spring. The ones she offers and sells
at eight cents apiece are only few
days old. She guarantees that they
have been carefully born and with
each lot teIsl how they may be raised
to be good layers, or brought to the
fried chicken period. II that isn't In
dustry of a novel sort, under what
classification would you think OF put
ting 1t? This Nauvoo incubator queen
lives in the first ward and last Mon
day sold two dozen chicks to q sec
ond ward citizen.
Some Of Nauvoo's old timers can't
stand it much longer. They will soon
leave for Lake Cooper to try out
their fishing tackle.
w. T. McCune Of Kirksvf1le, Mo-. Is
new housekeeper in Ellis Daugher-
tvs meat market in Nauyoo.
Two years ago this month. hunters
all over the country were preparing to
attack the federal law prohibiting the
slaughter of the remaining migratory
birds, but nothing came of IT, and
congress went right ahead and voted
several thousand dollars more with
| which to enforce the statute.
| Nauvoo's city council should pass
public Improvement measure for the
widening of her streets. II the MEN,
| bers would do so and the measure
| become a law, it will mark the begin
| ming of q much needed scheme for the
! widening of various traffic arteries In
Nauvoo. Nauvoo needs Just such city
| planning. 1t has outgrown the old
traffic lanes created in early days and
| extended in q makeshift fashion as
! the town grew. The widening OF
| Nauvoo's business street should have
| long ago been contemplated and fr
| should also have been the purpose Of
the authorities to follow up the work
with others that are needed to beau
| tify the city.
Captain J. W. Reimbold, owner OF
| our little ferry, will bring the boat
out Just as soon as the weather ana
other conditions will permit, and that
will be in a short time. The Warsaw
ferry begins making her regular trips
| Wednesday Of this week If not pre-
vented by the weather man.
The ground hogs time for six more
weeks Of winter expired today. Now
let us have spring.
Besides the robins, b1uebfrds and
meadow larks, the baby carriages in
Nauvoo will show when spring arrives.
A teacher in one of the rural schools
| who was instructing her class in writ
! ing compositions, told them to be
| simply themselves and write freely
what was in them. One little shaver
handed in the following: "In me there
| Is my stummick, liver, heart, lungs,
| two apples, one piece Of pie, stick
of lemon candy and my dinner"
Mrs. Fred Schoell will have the
honor of entertaining the Nauvoo
Priscilla club ON Thursday evening OF
this week.
AS soon as navigation opens and the
weather becomes spring-lilze, you viii
see many arks bump astr1de Nauvoo-
And with the agility not to be ex-
pected from some in their years, they
will hustle down the gang plank and
indulge in hasty survey. Then beck
onin2 to the rest they viii shout: "Fff
fellows, hurry! This looks like good
! town. Here's where your Uncle Full
er drops off the water wagon"
Today the primary election is being
held for the nomination Of candidates
for city offices and this evening a eau
! Gus will be held in the council rooms
to select candidates for the township
Offices. The results will appear in this
column IN later issue.
Nauvoos favorite newspaper for
Sunday reading, The Keokuk Daily
| Gate City, slipped a cog last Sunday
and did not arrive here until Monday
morning. which was a disappointment
to a large army Of readers in this
| grand old town.
During the past several years, sew
eral rich men died in Nauvoo and left
several thousand dollars. To get the
| significance of this accent left"
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