The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Feb. l8, 1916

, Nauvoo's loss Is some other city's
gain and we wish the doctor. the
missus and their little child well IN
the new home they have selected
One suffragist insists upon paying
an income tax though she is exempt,
while another insists she will not pay
the tax though she Is liable. And
yet there are those who fear that II
the women are enfranchised they will
vote as a unit. Groundless fears.
VIM. Guilliam. meat dispenser in
Ralph Hudson's meat market. has
been i'll with the grip, but is able to
be around again.
Jake Walter, who has had a long
siege of illness, il getting along fine
now and able to leave his couch for q
while every day.
It Is hard to believe the market re-
ports OF eggs falling eight cents in
price In Chicago In one week recently
when Nauyoo market reports didn't
fall more than one-third that much
They are twenty cents, though In
Nauvoo, now.
"A fellow down in Missouri bought
for S. piano formerly owned by
General Grant. He didn't buy 1t mere
ly for it's historical association. He
had it refinished and tuned up for
use in his own home. This fellow
should have got Blind Boone to play
it, (By the way, is Blind Boone still
doing his sweet musicianing, or has
he wooed the silence? The music
ianer is the main thing In musfc-mak-
ing, anyhow, the instrument being
secondary. Some people have heard
sweet music evoked by skilled plan
list from little old pianaforte IN
Nauvoo, though the instrument, II
around here yet. would be nearly a
hundred years old. Lapse Of time
has not dulled the edge OF that music
enchantment.
The Pilgrims Progress which will
be shown in four parts In the Nauyoo
opera house next Tuesday evening.
will be pictures well worth going to
see and the movie show management
should receive q liberal house.
Nauvoo knights of Columbus held
card party and social in their rooms
last Tuesday evening. There was a
good crowd present and all enjoyed
themselves hugely in progressive
eucnre, dancing and refreshments.
Carl Pfaffe. the cigar dealer OF Keo-
kuk. was making his business rounds
in Nauvoo last Wednesday.
Nauvco fer the average traveller. for
the average intelligent American, Is an
undiscovered country" The cultt-
waited Iowa city dweller knows more
about the lovellness of Nauvoo land
scapes now, the beauty of this city's
vine-hung cliffs, the deep blue-green
of Lake Cooper, the wonder OF our
fruit lands in blossom time. 1t has all
been brought about by the Iowa pro-
hib law. This column is anxious to
do its share to make known the vast
resources OF Nauvoo - agriculture,
scenic, climatic, human and wine eel
lars and saloons-to the uniformed
public In our sister state which should
be familiar with it. Come over, boys!
Mr.. and Mrs. John Repplinger were
agreeably surprised last Monday night
by about half hundred persons from
the rural districts calling at their
Nauvoo home and proceed to make the
evening merry one by playing games
and partaking of refreshments. The
crowd surely had good time and tse
host and hostess enjoyed the event
fully as much as their visitors.
Mr.. A. ]. Boyer Of Carthage. was a
Nauvoo visitor for several days this
week. the guest of his SON Jake and
family.
Mrs. Joseph Ochsner OF Fl. Madison
was Nauvoo visitor during the week.
Madison Wyles OF Bushnell, ILL.,,
visited his parents In Nauvoo several
days this week.
MIR. and Mrs. Kari Sauer Of Keokuk
spent last Sunday with the lady's
parents In Nauvoo.
Art Schneider, cashier OF tie Maui
VOC State bank, was county seat
visitor last Monday.
Nauvoo's Priscilla and kensington
clubs were entertained by Mrs. VIM.
B. Kimball last Wednesday afternoon
In a hospitable manner and the ladies
present were loud in their praise at
the treatment received at the hands
OF the hostesses. The guests were
served with a delicious luncheon be-
fore their departure.
We are looking for another OF those
marriages. that of a Nauvoo good look
ing girl to foreign city young man.
These splendid Mormon town girls
are always in demand, but the Nauvoo
young man in many instances Is too
slow and the foreign chap picks them
up.
1t Is reported that Floyd Heberer
will assist Joseph Ochsner in the au-
tomobile business in Nauvoo the
coming spring The business will sure
ly be prosperous one.
Part OF the old Mansion house that
was built IN the year 1845 still stands
near the foot of Main street, and
stones throw to Lake Cooper. and
like many other land marks, 1t is a
wonder it has not been razed. This
h,t1dipp hos a highly Interesting his
tory. The Mansion house was one Of
the first built in Nauvoo by the Nor
mons, and IN the early days, was the
meeting place for prominent men, con-
tanned many rooms and was q fine
hosiery in it's time. Many OF the
most noted men Of seventy years ago
were entertained there when they Wis
tied Nauvoo and Governor Ford OF
this state was one among the number.