The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-10
NAuvoo. ILL.,. AUG. 10.

Ed Ferguson's Uncle Toms Cabin
will be produced In Montrose on next
Saturday evening. August IL. It is a
great play, properly presented, and q
play that you have all seen once be
fore and a play that showed exactly
what slavery was back in that year
1860 and the north got busy and
showed we didn't want slavery in this
country. Now remember nothing like
this has ever been seen before, and
The company carries a fine band
and orchestra and that's proof that
the show is good. A large number
of Nauvoo people. will go over to see
the show. II the company would
come to Nanvoo and stretch their
tents we could almost guarantee them
1000 people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer are in Chicago
this week Tor a visit.
Miss Pearl Dundey Of Keokuk was
a Nauvoo visitor recently and a
guest of Lou Hudson's family.
Miss Gladys Ross entertained her
friend, Miss Louise Spencer, OF Mont
rose, several days recently.
Miss Emily Hudson was recent
Keokuk visitor at the home OF her
cousin, Mr. Rollie Bentz and family.
Little Francis Argast was a Keo-
kuk visitor a few days ago and q
guest of Herman Afeinberg's family.
Seigmnnd Hertel of Atalissa. iowa,
spent last Sunday in NauyOo, visiting
his parents while here.
Miss Elizabeth Christen and Miss
Lucille CORNER Of st. Louis, are guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dachroth this
week.
Miss Mary Boegner who has been
in Rockford, Iowa, has returned to
Nauvoo and will remain here.
Mrs. Lou Datin OF Nauvoo was a
Quincy visitor few days recently
and the husband went after his help
meet and children and brought them
all home in the auto.
Art Schneider, wife and son, Rich
ard, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Schneid-
er, parents OF Art, took an auto ride
ate chicken with Gabe Seibert and
family. Mrs. Seibert came back
with them.
Mrs. Alex Paul and children OF
Quincy, H., and her sister, Mrs. w.
NJ. Donahue and children, of Fort
Madison. enjoyed several hours with
the ladies' mother, Mrs. @. Scanlon,
in Nauvoo a few days ago.
We are reliably informed mat
the tomato crop for the Nauvoo can
ming company consisting OF about
200 acres, looks well and promises to
give the company all they can do
until the crop is exhausted.
Watermelons and all home grown
from the sand prairie over al. Mont
rose, as well as sweet potatoes, will
be in Nauvoo's local market in about
two weeks.
Louis Hohl, the Nauvoo rural car
rier on number one, has purchased a
Ford auto to deliver the mail. Lou
has been in the service for goodly
number of years and the government
should provide him with this sort OF
conveyance.
Misses Hazel and Magdalen Argast,
cousins Of this column, were visiting
their relatives in Basco, ILL.,, during
this week.
We see automobiles from Atlanta,
Georgia, Schreevport, Louisiana. At
lantic, Iowa, and one or two other
places in these United States.
Mrs. Anna Newland from Minneap-
oils. Mimi. was in Nauvoo Monday
to visit her father. Mt. Jacob Schini,
and was pleased to see him after
twenty-five years or more. The lady
will visit relatives in Keokuk and
Nauvoo about week and spend the
most of her time with her father.
Rev. Father Tholen was Dubuque
and Peoria visitor recently. Bishop
Dunno wants him to open parochial
school in Nauvoo. and to start IN
September. The Masberg building
will be used for the purpose. We
can't understand what will become
of the Spalding Institute boys school.
Don't that cover the parochial school!
The Nauvoo baseball club Is going
to Lomax, Ill, next Sunday to play
the aggregation there. Hope they
will come back with winning honors.
Walter Reber and mother. Mrs.
Will Reber, of Keokuk, visited in
Nauvoo last Saturday.
What about the Nauvoo Priscilla
club in Nauvoo? Are they going to
meet any more?
Ed Dusenberry was overcome by
the hot weather the fore part of the
week and medical aid had to be call
ed to relieve his sufferings. Ed Is
all right now and as good as ever.
John Reimbold had skiff stolen
last Monday evening and the thief or
thieves got DIS ldf Us 0failoHQ WACA Y
they broke an oar. They attempted
to get another when some one heard
them and made "whoop' and scared
them away The parties who made
the noise to make them skidoo, took
the skiff to Nauvoo and found it to
be Captain J. w. Reimbold's skiff.
Nauvoo's city council met last
Monday evening and passed two more
ordinances One was n remOdeled
wholesale liquor license and the fee
placed at $500 instead of s100, which
gives our saloon men the privilege of
selling all kinds of wet goods In
quantities up to eight gallons. The
other ordinance introduced was one
regarding the speeding of "mechani-
cal grasshoppers" and other motor
vehicles within the corporate limits
of this great city of ours. A great
many of Nauvoo's people were under
the impression that we already had
an ordinance regulating the speed of
autos passing through the city.