The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-21

up III D. COuLSSL WHICH ID NY lug W w
eide on the most popular girl for May
Queen. UP to the present nothing
much is being heard regarding the
of the annual Juneibride crop. Never
theless If indications are true there
will be fair crop Of them, just the
same. AS soon as the May Queen fes-
tivitfes are over with we hope to be
able to publish some of the announce
ments. For the benefit OF the read
ers of this column we wish to state
that these girls are laying low
Just at present and don't seem to care
whether there is a May Queen in Maui
WOO or not.
The "Skiddo" club dance occurred
in the Nauvoo opera house last Tues
day evening and was attended by an
even dozen couples of lads and lassies
who had most enjoyable time dane
ing to the tunes Of Simmons orches-
ira
There isn't month goes by but
what you can depend on some Nau-
VOC fellow hopping up and saying
what he could have done il he hadn't
been so alfred smart when he was a
kid.
John Koehler OF Nauvoo and one Of
the staunch subscribers OF this great
family newspaper, has force Of half
a dozen men at work assisting him
with his steam saw mill converting
logs into lumber. He is stationed at
HANNA Bros timber, few miles be-
low Nauvoo.
There is not anything prettier and
perkier than little girl just begin.
ming to know she isn't a little gin any
longer.
The Wonderland floating theatre
will be at Nauvco's landing next Sun
day evening, April %.
The boat will land at the edge of the
city limits, opposite Geo. Marzlow's
residence in the south end Of the city.
Some prominent gents furnishers
are showing a line of straw hats and
neckties this spring that some men
wouldn't wear to dog fight
Same of Nauvoos old people are
poorly with rheumatism and unable
to get out and up town to- the business
section as is their wont, likewise their
want
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kraus of Keokuk
visited relatives in Nauvoo last Sun
day.
Chas Reimbold, Nauvoo's popular
hardware merchant, has returned
from a weeks visit with his daughter,
Mrs. w. s. Warder and family at
Friend, Nebraska.
DR.. w. M. Haggett was in Hamilton
last Tuesday to attend the Rushville
presbytery which held a two days
session in the rapids city. He was a
Representative of the Nauvoo presby-
terrain church.
l.. b. Hobbs was in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, where he went for new Buick
auto which he sold to Allie Dachroth
He returned with the car last Mon
day.
This United States knows more
about the technical differences be-
tween salutes and salutes now than it
did a. year ago.
Nauvoo Is never bothered with those
pay day payroll robber-ies that are
altogether Sc popular in the large
cities.
]. H. Lloyd, county soil expert, was
in Nauvoo last evening to meet with
our members of the county order. He
also gave a lecture on matters per
tanning to his line of work in the agri-
cultural world. The meeting was held
in the council rooms.
Although Nauvoo had to spend a
good many dollars in the elections this
spring it was better than letting the
bosses fix it all up in the back room.
Nauvoo's Civic league ladies have
distributed flower seeds to children,
urging them to plant and farm flow
err beds with a view to securing prize
in a contest which will be conducted
by them.
Nauvoo's newly elected mayor, Mr..
E. J. Baxter. spent last weeks end in
Peoria where he attended a meeting
of the executive committee OF the ILL
nois Bee Keepers association.
A farmer in this state has married
lhis sons widow Figure out the re-
Ilationship for yourself
While there may be some rough
spots that ought to be smoothed down.
we are inclined to agree with Evan
gelist Scoville who is not sure that
the world should be destroyed to make
room for a better one.
Here is a good way to make your
self feel thirty years younger: When
YOU are tired in brain or body go out
doors or to an open window and draw
ten full breaths. Draw them SLOWLY
through the nose. endeavoring to fill
but the upper. middle and lower por-
lions of the lungs and expel the breath
slowly through the mouth with the
lips puckered close together as in
whistling. Do not hold the breath in