The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-06
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There ID only q short time left IL
which to organize D. Y. c. S. e
club. Only sixteen days left to dc
that shopping.
Nauvoo's Ladies' Priscilla club will
be entertained by Mrs. Fred Schoell
Thursday afternoon of this week.
| Many of the old historic buildings
are gone. In fact all but few OF
them. Unless Nauvoo people hurry
up, all these Mormon landmarks will
have disappeared before we make an
effort to preserve one or two of them.
They say that the food cost sky.
| rockettng is just starting. If you are
in difficulties now. watch your step
next spring. Feed is SO high people
cannot afford to keep their stock and
they are throwing everything on the
market now. Hens won't lay this
time of year, and it's too costly an
experiment to winter them. Next
spring will not only have fewer eggs,
but fewer hens to lay 'em. Prices
now aren't a marker to what they
will be in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Dachroth have
returned to Nauvoo from their st.
Louis visit.
Miss Mary Bottens of Nauvoo has
gone to Denver, Colo, for visit with
relatives.
VIII Reimbold who is attending
Knox college in Galesburg. spent
Thanksgiving vacation at Nauvoo's
Oriental hotel with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Heitzman Of FIT.
Madison were guests of the lady's
parents Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Baxter.
Thanksgiving day.
H,,;k ne ynar ~.
voos vicinity are attending the big
stock show in Chicago.
Miss Leona Case Is spending q
week with her friend Miss Emily
Hudson. She will soon depart for her
home in Lewistown, Mo.
Several of Nauvoo's young men at
tempted to raise mustache, but
have lost them again. An election
bet, probably.
Another of Nauvoo's young men is
looking about for a cosy little home
in different sections of Nauvoo, and
pleasant Nauvoo young lady Is
going to superintendent the furnish
ing arrangem ents. So we may as
well have our congratulations ready.
Wise birds build the nest first.
Pensions for ex-officials might be a
good idea. But some officials have
been known who preferred to make
sure of their pensions before leaving
office.
The United States minis have been
busy turning out new silver dimes
which can be used for Christmas
gifts. Those who intend to use them
for this purpose may as well shop
early, for they are not over plentiful
and there will be no bargain sale on
these articles.
AS we predicted at the opening Of
the hunting season in and around
Nauyoo, people would forbid tres
passing and hunting on their prem
Uses and notice has been given by
nearly all property owners to that
effect.
the Civic league ladies in Nauvoo in
the rooms over the postoff1ce build
ing last Saturday and Monday was
well attended. There was an inter
esting collection of art loans and de-
licious refreshments served and sold
The ladies were well rewarded for
their efforts.
One of the wise men from Fl. Madf.
son or Keokuk says all the letters
in the alphabet are in the following
sentence: Pack my box with five
dozen liquor jugs And the Nauvoo
saloon man proceeds to do 1t.
Jos. Ochsner of FIT. Madison shipped
something like fifty tons of old iron
from his Nauvoo premises day last
week.
Some rich people attribute their
good health and long life. their thief
assets in making money, to the habit
of chewing onions. II chewing onions
be the price of riches. poverty ;p-
peals to us as never before.
The ladies of Nauvoo who belong
to the Domestic Science club will
hold q market day sale in the
Nicaise building, where the public
library was formerly located, and the
date will be next Saturday, Dec. 3.
VIM. Pitt, Jr., has sold a fine new
1917 model Buick touring car to John
Laubersheimer Of Nauvoo.
Nauvoo's evening mails will hence
forth leave our postoffice at AIS
O'Clock instead of $50 as was the
schedule during the summer and fall
III, nths, and will continue so for the
entire winter. 1t behooves our people
to get their letters and other mail
matter in the postofice receptacle
before the above time to insure IT
getting into the mail bag.
1t has been said that the most dan
gerous wild animal in the United
States is tame deer, but what about
the fool deer hunter?
Another basketball game took place
in Nauvoo's orera house last Friday
night between the Nauvoo and Colusa
high school teams. The Mormon city
team won by score of 48 to 10.
There is a great deal of kicking in
Nauvoo about the raise in telephone
rates and some have discarded their
phones and llore threaten to follow.
Some Nauvoo women have decided
to support the party that promises
most in it's platform in 1920. There
is a chance for the G. O. P. to come
back.
Sunday in Nauvoo was most beau
tiful day and automobiles were num-
erous passing through the city.
Some people claim the fame of
Nauvoo is based on foam, but they
1l,h oh hot