The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-06
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, Jan. 6, 1915

Jos. Ochsner will conduct large
automobile warerooms in his mann
moth building In Nauvoo this season.
He is now making arrangements to
stock the building with machines.
Wonder who will engage in the
agricultural implement business In
.Nauvoo since MI. Ochsner IL selling
out to discontinue this business which
he conducted for many years In Maui
VOC. 1t looks like this ought to be a
good point for this business and one
that will keep our farmers coming to
Nauvoo to trade.
II we started out to givetsome Of
the ~wickedness Of Nauvoo, we'd get a
good lambasting, so we'd rather
change our items into a pretty happy
New Year message to all.
Al Nauvoo woman has batch. of
chickens Matched from tho incubator
at this early season. BY the time she
gets them to grow as large as the reg
ulation springer" they Will be worth
81 q pound II the work, care and feed
Is taken into account.
Already a Nauvoo citizen got a seed
catalogue out OF the postof1ce this
year announcing the seeds for the
harvest and he say the book
Is without any pictures In IL.
NauvOo's council members me In
session last Monday evening
and transacted but little business. The
mayor was urged to write the Keokuk
water power company to at once re-
pair the Nauvoo river front, which Is
being badly damaged by the tapping
waves caused by the rise In Lake
Cooper. It Is hoped that the Keokuk
dam people will look into the matter
and satisfy our powers that be with
out any litigation.
In this season Of self-scrutiny by
men and communities. this column de
.sires to point out several incontro-
.vertible facts which constitute a solid
foundation for honest pride in Nauvco.
Let the Nauvooite face the new year,
square his shoulders and initiate his
lungs as he remembers that-no city
in the United States of it's size has
better schools. Nauvoo school build
.ings are unmatchable for monumental
beauty, uniformity OF architectural
style, comfort and convenience. Maui
WOO has had no bank failure. While
in many other cities the operations OF
Legitimate business have at some time
been halted, the thrifty beggared and
the scanty savings OF the poor swept
away by bad Judgment Or bad faith
on the part of the f%inanciers, Nauvoo's
banks have kept faith with the de-
.positors. Losses there have been;
but they have, fallen always OF the
stockholders, to whom banks are a.
source OF profit, and never on the de-
.positor, to whom they are a e Of
security. All these things have In
them elements OF moral greatness.
They do not concern the mere bigness
of things. The soundness Of Nauvoo's
banks IL infinitely more important to
Ius all than the mere volume Of their
|clearings. Nauvoo may utter frank
ness In the confession OF faults and
shortcomings and stir have left a
comfortable standing ground for hon
est pride.
The "1s- club gave q social dance
In the Nauyoo opera house or Thurs
day evening of last week TO which
about forty couple responded and the
was . delightful affair. The
have changed the name of
"13" to "skiddoo, or 20" club, and
their next dance will occur on the
evening of January 20. to which they
invite their friends.
Nauyoo judges Will soon have to
decide that "soused" is a proper word
and doubtless win be used to describe
the effects Of Nauvoo lightning when
those Iowa water wagon fellows visit
INauvoo, in a short while.
Junfus Beger was II years old on
New Years eve and a number Of his
young friends called on him to help
celebrate the event. Games were en-.
lJoyed and a dainty luncheon served.
Nauvoo's Ladies' Priscilla club may
meet again On Thursday afternoon OF
next week and Mrs. NJ. Baumert will
have the honor to entertain.
MI. and Mrs. Geo. Marzo1f invited
10 number Of friends to q watch