The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-16
THE NAUVOO GATE CITY

According to the almanac. spring
arrives next Monday. March 20. in
stead OF March u, as 1t ordinarily
DEGREES. but it comes no earlier than
usual. IT'S Just trick leap year is
responsible for Last year March l
was March 1 and March 81 was 81.
This year March 1 was FEBRUARY 2s
and March 81 is March 20. So, al
though the sun is scheduled to cross
the equator at 6:55 D. m ON March
20. as against 1851 a. N. on March
a last year, 1t really Is coming into
the northern hemisphere 1t the same
time.
The Nauvoo NJ. E church ladies VII,
| serve fine fish dinner In the base
ment OF the church building Friday
few days ago fourteen sacks of
mail was received In one mail in the
Nauvoo postofice. Most Of the mail
was catalogues from Chica go
cheap goods house at cheap prices and
by distributing these books Of tnfor-
nation which tries to induce Nauvoc
citizens to purchase goods from them.
They help to build up Nauvoo." and
don't pay a cent to accomplish 1t.
Deal with the mail order houses and
kill your town.
Spring is coming as sure as shoot
in and there is only one thing a fly
IS good for and that is to swat.
Nauvoo has a young man who IS
member Of the U. s. infantry and now
stationed at Eagle Pass, Texas, and
may be called on to go through Mex
leo TO help find the bandit Villa. His
name Is Albert, son Of MI and Mrs
Chas. Steiner. of Nauvoo, and has
been a member Of the infantry for
some time. Who knows but that
Albert may be one Of the first to
find and take shot at or bring in
this notorious devil as prisoner
and receive great praise, promotion
and gold medal for his bravery.
The Nauvoo pessimist has already
reach crop, but we should worry.
Miss Mary Tholen OF Quincy. has
been a guest of her brother, Rev
Tholen Of the Nauvoo Catholic church
| for several days during the week.
! Ferd Masberg of Waterloo, Iowa
was a Nauvoo visitor for a day or
! two the first part OF the week, the
| guest Of his mother and sister.
! Miss Ewing Of Quincy, came up to
! Nauvoo last Monday to take charge
; OF the millinery department in J. NJ.
/ Fishers store.
| Mrs. Geo. E. Layton Of Galesburg,
! H. IL IN Nauvoo, called here on ac-
count OF her very sick mother.
I A Nauvoo hen sat on nest full Of
snowballs that the mischievous small
| boy Of the house prepared for her.
She was probably trying to hatch out
plate of cold chicken.
| The Nauvoo ferry may begin max
ing regular trips about the 2sth inst,
or q few days sooner IL the weather
will permit.
/. Mrs. John Buckert Of Nauvoo is con.
| fined to the house with severe case
Of Illness.
The dry" petition that was fled
10 bring the question to a vote at the
coming township election was so
Inumerously signed. twenty-five being
the number, that it will be entirely
proper for somebody to make it un-
animous that only that number vote
for dry Nauvoo.
Nauvoo people should not forget
the free lecture in the Nauvoo opera
house next Monday evening. Arthur
Burt, Nauvoo boy. will be the lee
turer and is working for the NJ. w. A.
The lecture will be free TO all who
wish to 20 to hear a Nauvoo product
talk to them
II the proposed baseball league
spoken Of in this column several
times, goes through, possibly Nauyoo
will win something more than cellar
! championship.
Recently this ed appeared In a
neighboring town paper: Wanted
steady. respectable young man to
,ook after garden and care for COW
who has good voice and is accustom
ed TO sing in choir" No doubt
| uoh an unusual position has been
grabbed up. but we produce the ad