The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-19

trlct deputy OF Quincy, and several
other people will be present to as
sist in forming an order here. A
banquet will also be one of the in
teresting features of the meeting.
The Civic league May day will be
observed Saturday afternoon in Maui
voo's city park. A fine program will
expected to play.
The Luther league of Nauvoo will
meet tonight (Friday) in the church
basement in a business and social
meeting and all members are urgent
ly requested to attend.
Those who intend taking part In
the all-home talent minstrel show
met in rehearsal last Wednesday
evening.
The Keokuk retail merchants visit
ed Nauvoo last "Wednesday evening
and upon their arrival here were
wined and dined by the ladies of st.
Rose society In the X. G. hall, and
after the banquet these merchants
held business meeting in the same
hall There were about fifteen
autos filled with members OF the
association that came to Nauvoo to
partake of one of the best dinners on
earth, prepared and served by experts
in the culinary art, and none OF the
viands served ever saw cold stor-
age palace, but fresh and homegrown.
1t no doubt was a meeting which will
long be remembered by the Keokuk
retail merchants, and they evidently
enjoyed the trip to Nauvoo for they
were loath to depart and did not be-
gin the home trip until about 11:OO
O'Clock. Come again, boys, and
often.
Mrs VIM. Dachroth has been a
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. James
Faulkner. near Ferris, Ill.
Jas. Farren and family OF Nauvoo,
who have been making Kansas City
their home since last fal, will return
to this beautiful and grand old town
in the month OF June. Everybody IN
Nauvoo will welcome this excellent
family to their home again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noidine Falk and lit
tie son Of Colorado Springs, Colo,
are visiting his brother and wife in
Nauvoo this week.
Some OF Nauvoo's people are going
to Burlington Saturday to see the
Sells-F1oto circus. Two steamers
touch Nauvoo's port on that day at
7 and o'clock in the morning, to
take OUT people to the big show and
return after the performance.
Roy Jemison, alderman from Maui
voo's first ward, had the misfortune
to sink a barge loaded with rock last
"Wednesday. He was taking the load
from Nauvoc to Montrose with his
launch. from the quarries above the
city, and struck submerged tree
butt at one of the late islands. The
barge settled in about eight feet of
water.
With the baseball season well I'M
der way and the circus coming, the
next thing to look forward to is the
summer vacation.
When hard times come, old clothes
can be patched and cleaned. The
burnt-out stove can be made to do
another year. A carpenter will mend
the broken furniture for few cents,
another cleaning will make the old
walls bright; but let the times be
good or bad, every household must
make its regular calls at the grocers
and merchant. While there is cash
to pay, it is paid, but the time often
comes when nothing stands between
the family and public charity except
the credit which the grocer and mer-
chant is ready to advance. The
grocer will be the last to claim that.
he is philanthropist, but neverthe-
less his willingness to carry an non
est man over rough spot In the
financial road is force for good in
our modern life. Although the grocer
is accused Of being factor in the
high cost Of living, It is a fact that
his profits are pitifully small upon
many Of the things ne sells, and for
much of the trade which is most
profitable, he must fight mail order
houses, dealers in specialties, chain
stores and canvassers sent out by
large concerns. He takes veritable
gamblers chance upon the perish
able goods which he handles and the
small grocer is often the victim OF
price discrimination.
Nauvoo's Ladies' Priscilla club did
not meet in regular session this week
The ladies are evidently too busy
with their garden and housekeeping
work to give their club duties much
thought.
Mayor Baxter, it seems, thinks 1t Is
a pleasure to hold the office. In time, |
perhaps, the public in Nauvoo will
find it pleasant to have him there.
Today (Friday) is scheduled as
good roads day in Illinois.
Ollie Koechli and wife and G. r. |
and wife have moved |
TO 'SPonty." Ill. where they have a
contract in rip-rap work for the Keo-
1uk water power company.
In a church in a neighbortng town |
t is to have a room in which brides |
may attend to the final details Of
heir toilet, but the other party to |
he contract is left out of the consid- |
grafton, as usual.
The dance given by the Hertenstein |
boys in the Nauvoo opera house last |
Tuesday was attended by about forty |
couple Agnes Keokuk orchestra |
furnished delightful music and those |
attending pronounced it one of the |
finest social events of the. season.
II the rebels of Mexico keep up |
heir present gait, they will not need !
o worry over whether they are to !
,e recognized or not.
Most of the keeping up with what's |
going on in the daily news now is !
who's going to win out in the Europ- |
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