The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,, April S, 1916

When is Arbor day? ask some PEG
pie in Nauvoo. There isn't any
Arbor day-as yet. The governor
names the day.
Miss Bertha Gutherz received word
of the death Of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Sherman Haigh of Gardena, Calf
Gutherz of Appanoose township, a
few miles above Nauvoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Sauer of Keo.
kuk visited the lady's parents in
Nauvoo few days recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Latham have left
| Nauvoo for Woodson, ILL.,, where the
gentleman will have charge of the
Presbyterian congregation there.
Mighty few Nauvoo girls grow up
without knowing bit, more or less,
about the language of flowers.
Mr.. Henry Summers and Miss Viii
eta Schilsung Of the rural districts
southeast of Nauvoo were married on
Wednesday of last week. They are
splendid young couple and have a
host of friends who wish them all
kinds of happiness during their jour.
ney through the sea of matrimcny.
Nauvoos Civic league ladies met
at the home of Mrs. Lou Hudson,
| Tuesday evening.
Several fellows in Nauyoo in the
last part of the winter season pre-.
dicted peach crop failure in this
! town this year. There is nothing
better than this sort of pessimism to
bring about peach crop. Usually
when there is nothing else to talk
about in a rural community some
calamity bowler Is bound to hop VI
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going to be a fizzle. Knowing ones
peaches raised in Nauvoo this year
One fellow broke off peach limb
the other day and stuck it in a glass
of water in warm room and buds
! bloomed out full and strong. There
is no telling what may happen tC
them, however, until ripening time.
! There will be considerable sickness
| in Nauvoo in short time. Baseball
fever will be running high and every
one will be wondering who is going
to get on the Nauvoo team.
Nauvoo's Priscilla club ladies viii
meet at the home of Mrs. Louis
SchoeIl on Thursday afternoon Of
next week.
Nauvoo's State bank and Ed Wal
theirs barber shop are sporting nea
new awnings.
/ About the time all the signs O
spring get in, it's too hot to go fish
ing except in the shade.
The case against Chas. Kraft, man
ager of the Leisy saloon in Nauvot
was continued from last Friday t.
next Saturday. The defendant II
charged with selling booze to drunk
ard or providing booze to one VIII
was already intoxicated.
His many Nauvoo friends are glat
to know that Chas. Henneman wa
selected as chief of police of Keo
kuk. He held lie position once be
fore and came through with a splen
did record. We predict that ou
friend Charles will keep Keokuk ;
clean and orderly city during his ad
ministration.
Dame Fashion has bafffed the car
toonists this year. The widest vaga
ries of their pencils fail to MAKE
spring styles Of 1915 look any worse
on paper than they do in reality.
John Johnson. Nauvoo's presen
chief Of police is operating an autt
bus to and from all boats and pro
vides other livery business as occa
sion demands.
Nauvoo ought to have a comm ercia
club made up exclusively of women
An organization of this kind would b.
unique The women could put thei
shoulders to the wheel Of progress!
and boost the business interests o
Nauvoo with enthusiasm.
Nauvoos "Skiddoo" club gave a de
lightfui social dance in the oper;
house on Thursday evening of las
week and the young people attending
had such an enjoyable time that 1
was decided to hold another dance
at the same place on Thursday even
ing, April 10.
This is the time Of year when some
enterprising Nauvoo merchant could
at least have one local exposition o
the live and active sort. IT should
comprise Matching of chickens IL
their show windows. The fluffy little
fellows in these windows would draw
a bigger crowd than a picture show
They represent a Nauvoo industry
which earns many dollars a year fol
housewives through the surplus eggs
We asked Nauvoo business maj
the other day if anything was going
on and he answered Yes, my ex
penses. Perpetual motion"
Farmars hare ara all wishing .thai