The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-15
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W plSdSc 1S llmSell. IL ne does CQlS
with ability and without fear or favor
he will have a great following and
better support, though he be wrong
half the time. than he who trims his
sail to every change of the breeze
and without chart or compass, prin-
ciples or purpose. drifts aimlessly
with every shifting tide.
The medicine show company that
was negotiating for the Nauvoo opera
house for a weeks stand this week.
failed to materialize. owing to the
fact that the company wanted the
long end Of the financial string. The
| company wanted to come to Nauvoo.
pay a small sum for their APPEAR
ance here and take large wad Of
the green with them.
But suppose the total abstainer in
Keokuk and Fl. Madison is likely to
get appendicitis. That is easily cut
out. -5,.5 -
The members Of the Nauvoo Score
club held dahce in the opera house
Tuesday evening and a grand social
time was had by all who had the
pleasure of attending.
Many refuse to acknowledge that
Tammany is dead They insist the
tiger has as many lives as any other
cat
OF course you have seen this fellow
know him personally, doubtless
who goes away from Nauvoo occa-
sionally, sees scne fine public i'm
provements and comes back Dragging
about them and bemoaning the fact
that Nauvoo doe.i not show up as
nice-and yet, wien the opportunity
comes to spend little money for
just such things that impresses the
visitor and progress and push for the
community, he makes a big kick
against 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dachroth of Nau-
VOC are visiting st. Louis relatives.
Mrs. Fred Salm. Jr., entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Shaw and Mrs.
Gates Of Dallas City for several days
recently in her Nauvoo home.
AS soon as the Nauvoo and FIT.
Madison intervlrbang line Is started
and completed, moving pictures
should be used to advertise Nauvoo.
The best film woul! be the one show
ing the cars moving on the rails
loaded down with passengers and
fruit.
The Nauvoo onera house has not
had play or picture show III it fol-
some time and the house IS begin
ming to show an Improbable invest
ment. Nauyoo has SO many people
who enthusiastically stay away from
plays and movies seems to be the
cause Of it.
Several Nauvoo people remind US
that they predicted Woodrow Wilson
would be returned as president to
the white house next March. Even
Some Nauvoo people cannot always
miss 'em.
The snow struck US sooner than
common this year There was not
enough snowfall at the last one to
allow somebody snowballing the
schoolmaster.
In view of las. Tuesdays election
the remark has been made that never
did the American people care more
for parties than new. If this be true,
the democracy of these United States
hopes and prays that it may grow and
increase 1t is probably true that
never before was the power OF
mere party name so large a thing as
= is today. But in this lies the hope
of all true partisanship. The soul OF
a party is a body Of principles.
time Of slight care for mere party
names is a time Of judgment Of par
TIES Oy ISdAly " pAAASARAS oAAA ~
that only. In such a time leaders
are tried by what they have per-
formed of the things promised. Presi-
dent Wilson and the democracy have
been thus triel. The result is writ
ten large on the returns from Tu .s-
DAVIS. Nov. 7, ele ction. The admins
tration has that strength which only
belongs to a fellowship that keeps
faith with it's supporters. Don't you
think it has kept faith?
There will tie q shooting match
held In Nauvoo on Thursday OF next
week for turkeys, ducks and geese:
The sporting fraternity will be out
in large numbers.
Row Jemison, one Of Nauvoo's al
dermen, is employed at the clty,s
mping station at the banks or
Lake Keokuk.
Recently the recS"der's office show
"a that VIM. Eeimbold decided to
VIM q. Webb lots 1. 2, 3 and 4. in
block 80, and lots I, 2, and 4 In
block 10. Nauvoo, for the consIdera-
t;on of $4,000 The property Is To-
cated in the FIRST ward and may be-
come very valuable il the interuroan
strikes this city.
Farmers in Nauvoo and vicinity
,re serving notice that no nunLins
at.,, be allowed on their lands. This
10. been done for the protection OF
their livestock, which they say mas
been injured occasionally by stray
shots from hunters guns. The open
season for shooting quail Is now on
In Illinois, but hunting GROUNDS
around here aTe scarce wnich wiz
give these birds a great deal Oh pro-
lection. ., am vas
It is said that about sl,voo wa
wasered on the results OF tne prss
az h.ts have not been turned ovcr.
M, stakeholders are awaiting the