The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-13
The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, ILL.,. April Is, 1916

cinity girls vail give heap year
dance in the Nauvoo opera house on
Easter Monday evening. April "a. and
it will be one of the gala social events
in society. The music will be fine.
The girls will pick out the best look
ing boys for their partners and there
will be, angel cake galore for refresh
ments. Boys. have you gotten bid
to this great event?
Nauvoo held another election. 1t
was the primary election and but lit
tie interest was manifest, only fifty
one votes being cast, thirty-two demo-
Gratis and nineteen republicans. Post
master George Hart was selected pre-
cinct committeeman for the demo-
Gratis and Wesley Schneider for the
republicans.
In bad crop years the cheerful OPP
tiniist who sees good in everything.
generally winds up their comments
upon the shortage OF foodstuffs with
| the reflection that, after all, the farm
err did not suffer, because what he
lost In quantity he made up in the
high prices he received.
! With all regard for the farmer and
| his interests, the Nauvoo, Keokuk or
any other man finds it extremely diff
| ficult to extract any considerable de-
gree of comfort from this line of
thought He may try to console him
I! self with the reflection that the
farmers ability to buy city-made
goods has not been lessened, but that
| hardly reconciles him to a market in
which potatoes are worth $3.50 per
bushel.
1t is much more pleasant to rejoice
| with the farmer when the crop re-
I T. t. A..
| big yields of farm products all down
per;ty for the farmer, work for the
! railroads, a brisk demand for labor
busy times for the merchant and meal
! in the poor mans barrel. Only the
produce market bulls shed any tears
over the present agricultural outlook.
Fred Wolf Of Omaha, is visiting his
parents in Nauvoo.
!! Rev. and Mrs. VIM. Hertel ST., and
| son of AtaIssa, Iowa. have arrived in
Nauvoo to make their future home.
The family will occupy the Lutheran
congregations old parsonage which
the gentleman purchased some time
ago and in which he made his home
when a resident of Nauvoo many
years ago. Nauvoo people bid this
family welcome to our city.
Mrs. George Kimball Lubbe Of
Peoria, ILL.,, and Ethan Kimball OF
Bushnell have been visiting Nauma
Kimball in Nauvoo at the old home
place. They also visited other rela-
tives in Nauvoo.
! We will have a new moon next
! Tuesday. Just at preesnt, however.
folks about Nauvoo are more con-
cerned about sunshine than they are
about moonshine.
Mrs. Mae Schwartz and daughter
Louise, of Oakland, Calf, who have
been making their home with their
mother and grandmother, Mrs. Phil.
Kimball during the entire winter, have
departed for the golden state to re-
main.
One hardly ever reads of a divorce
in Nauvoo. This is quite an improve
ment over other places. A few years
ago we read in paper that there was
| one divorce for every twelfth mar
| riage. Now, you must remember, there
are twelve divorces to only one mar
riage.
| The steamer Dubuque is slated to
begin making trips from ST. Louis,
Nauvoo to Burlington, May 1.
| Nauvoos Civic league ladies are
trying to select some young girl to
| act as May queen on the feast day
next month. A ballot box is placed at
Lou Hudson's grocery store every
! Saturday and votes can be thrown in
at five cents throw. The votes are
counted every Saturday evening and
indications point to a warm contest.
! One week from next Sunday win
be Easter, the most joyful day Of all
| the spring time. The little folks will
be made happy with the beautiful
colored eggs and the older ones with
spring suits and new hats.
! Mrs Charles Mulch and daughter,
| Miss Airline are in Chicago for a
visit with relatives and friends.
1t is claimed that Nauvoo's dry
forces will make another attempt next
spring to make this city dry territory
Let US rest In peace over this ques-
ton until the spring election Of 1917
rolls around.
'Tafnt wet enough to go fishing,
Lou. A Nauvoo man says he has tried
the ground at his place and finds it
| a little damp and full Of fish worms;
that farm work in earnest is at least
another week off, even If the best of
weather continues.
Several high officials OF the G. B. &
! @. railroad were IN Nauvoo last Tues
| day to take look at our beautiful lit
tie city and Investigate the condition
| of things in freight matters. They
think Nauvoo needs a car service and
may recommend a railroad ferry for
Nauvoo to the railroad company If
| a ferry Of this kind Is placed in COM
mission here, cars loaded with freight
would be run onto the ferry and
brought across Lake Cooper and into
Nauvoo on tracks to some part of the