The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-14

NAuvoo, ILL, JULY IA

export, Iowa. He reports delightful
time during his sojourn in the up
river city.
The latest outlying of the palson-
tologist is to the effect that the stem
from which the human race grew
reaches back through tho ages to a
creature which lived in the sea and
was related to the marine spiders.
This column has not made an indie
pendent investigation of this matter
and will not vouch for the accuracy of
the conclusion. but assuming it to be
true, there must have been millions of
years Of evolution between the time
when our arachnoid ancestor flour
ished and that when the first OF his
posterity acquired sense enough to
come out of the wet and live on land.
This brief resume OF certain chapters
in the descent Of man is referred to
here as possible explanation of why
the small boy who hates to wash his
face will take chance of thrash
ing for the sake Of going swimming.
His passion for immersion is an in
heritance from his sea-going forbears.
The theory is offered for what II is
worth, but in fact there is a deep
seated yearning in the hearts of chill
dren, and most of their elders, too,
to get into water where there is
depth enough to dive and room
to splash. That is the reason every
one in Nauvoo would rejoice in a
bathing beach on Lake Keokuk here.
| 1t is all well enough to pirate Of clean
Illness and sanitation as reasons why
the city should make bathing beach
at one of the many beautiful spots
on the lake at Nauvoo, but the real
reason lies in the intrinsic JOY there
is in getting into the water.
Nauvoo and vicinity people should
remember that there will be a fine
moving picture show In the Nauvoo
opera house next Sunday evening. Our
people should patroniZe it and make
the movies a permanent. institution
in Napvoo.
1t will not be many weeks now I'M
til we will be able to cut melon.
| A Nauvoo young man found gar
ter on our streets Fourth of July
night and he said it measured twenty
inches in length. Wonder If he was
sure it wasn't a belt
| The Burlington grocers gave an ex-
cursion on the steamer Sidney to
/ Nauvoo last Wednesday afternoon and
! "a large crowd was aboard the boat
which arrived here about $50 ani
remained until Z o'clock Abaut
| twenty Nauvoo automobiles were at
the landing to receive those people
who wished to come up town to in
1 spect our irrigation plants and other
points of interest. The autos brought
up to our business section over 200
lpeople and it proved to be very
orderly crowd, too. The saloons, eat
ling places and refreshment stands did
Ia good business during their stay
here. Strange to say, out Of the
twenty autos that met the excursion
lists at the landing, sixteen were Ford
/ cars.
Nauvoo's First National bank direc-
tors held meeting last Monday after
noon and found this institution in a
flattering and prosperous condition.
The bank is gaining rapidly under
the able supervision of Mr.. Fred
Salm, cashier, and his assistant Mr.
Geo. Dachroth, Jr. These gentlemen
are conservative and trustworthy and
have the confidence of the entire
community and it will not be long;
until this First National bank of Maui
VOC will be among the foremost in
Hancock county.
All Of our farmers are now busy
as bees in the harvest fields and car
ing for the corn crop, but in the
evening our streets are fairly we'.-
represented with them, especially
those who own automobiles.
Mrs. Ann Reinhart and daughter
Rosemary of Chicago are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Anton in Nauvoo.
Rev. and Mrs Melvin Beger Of
Maquon, ILL.,, are guests of the lady's
parents in Nauvoo. They will remain
about four weeks.
Nauvoo may have a new restaurant
added to her other lines of business
soon. A gentleman from Iowa was
in Nauvoo recently looking over the
field and may conclude to locate here.
Mrs. D. +. Wilson and daughter Of
Tomica, ILL.,, are in Nauvoo for visit
with the lady's sister MIRO Lou Hud-
son and family.
Mike Baumert of the Nauvoo indie
pendent, intends in a short tune to
to some cooler climate If he can fin1
one. During his absence Henry Lem
hart, a young and rising journalist
will occupy the editorial chair and we
venture to say he will make this "old
reliable" newspaper loom up with
news as 1t has never appeared before.
Mrs. Orlando Bossler of Keokuk,
has been visiting friends in Nauvoo
the past week.
A Nauvoo man was asked If his boy
had an ear for music and he answer
ed mo-" but he has a great ear for
wax, In which case he should have
great ear for photograph music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Jemison of Maui
VOC who met with the automobile ac-
cident in this city last Sunday are
getting along nicely now and are on
the road to recovery.
The Taber lumber yard that was
destroyed by fire in Nauvoo, July 4,
is now almost rebuilt and by going
out now and looking at the scene one
would not know that there had been
conflagration there. All of Maui
voo's people are rejoicing that the
Taber people have rebuilt their large
lumber yard in Nauvoo
R. Mcdonald, rural route carrier on
No. out of Nauvoo. has purchased
a Ford auto in which to deliver the