The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
NAuvoo, ILL.,, DEG. 2.


Nauvoo's hisn school basketball
team went out to Ferris and played
team of that place on Friday night
of last week and defeated them by
score of II to Is.
When the season ends, by the way,
to what incinerating plant are the
/ football uniforms sent? After next
Thursday you may stow the footballs
in the moth balls.
Junk dealers are gathering all the
old paper and magazines they can
| find in Nauvoo and SINE OF our
people are shipping TO city markets.
For old magazines thew have been
Foffered one dollar per hundred pounds.
/ BY going at it now you Will be aoie
to finish your Christmas shopping
early in December.
The honkers are getting less in
Nauvoo right along now on account
| of bad roads and cold weather. Auto
owners don't enjoy joy rides at this
season of the year--unless the wealth
er keeps ON as good as it has been
this weeks end.
| There were fifty-three couple at the
Score clubs dance last Thursday
night and all present had a most en-
! joyable time.
/ Tomorrow is the first Sunday in
advent and the amusement season Is
supposed to come to an end for the
religious inclined people.
Nauvoo's banks were closed
Thanksgiving and our rural route car
riers delivered 10 mail. Most all or
our business houses closed at noon.
| Our streets presented holiday APP
| pearance.
| Nauvoo's Civic league ladies will
Satlr-
| day, and Monday in the Odd Fellows
rooms above the postot1ice. There
will be refreshments and pastry on
sale.
The big cream cheese that Ellis
Daugherty had on exhibition and sale
for Thanksgiving, weighed just 29l n
pounds after the crate was removed.
Many of Nauvoos people as well as
from the country purchased several
pounds of it, because it was nov
city on account of it's imm ense size.
Nauvoo's stockholders of our can
ming factory will hold their annual
meeting Wednesday, Dec 6, and will
assemble in the council rooms.
Nauvoo's high school teachers and
scholars enjoyed a vacation from last
Thursday until Monday.
AS we go to press the quail and
rabbit hunting casualty list is incom-
plete, several precincts yet to be
heard from Several victims are in
the hospital and some are dead. And
still hunting game goes merrily on.
The League lacies of the Nauvoo
Lutheran church held their annual
dinner and bazaar in the church base
ment last Thursday and proved a. sue
cess and the ladies reaped a hand
some sum for their labor.
A statement of Nauvoo's First Ma
tional bank has just been issued
which shows a Gain Of about $4,000
over the last report, which is crafty
ing to stockholders, bank officials and
our people.
Nauvoos council members will
meet in regular session next Monday
evening, it being the first Monday in
the month, the official date for their
N ceilings.
| Preston, a son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
is better now.
The shooting match held in the
northeast section of Nauvoo last
Tuesday was attended by large
crowd and all the game disposed Of
| The G.. A. R. members held their
regular monthly meeting last Sunday
afternoon and after the business
forms had been dispensed with
social meeting was enjoyed and the
refreshments were furnished by Jake
Kennler and Leonard Hudson in
honor of their birthdays, their ages
being so years fol the former and 20
for the latter. All present had a
good time and Hoped that more birth
days will come along.
Love is Blind quoted wise guy.
We suppose that accounts for the
fact that whe1 q fellow is stuck on
himself he can't see his own faults.
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Bruegger who live down in Nauvoo's
first ward was kicked by a horse on
Saturday evening Of last week and
cash was cut on his person which
| took five stitches to close
| A hobo was in Nauvoo the fore
part of the week who was obnoxious
| to everyone with whom he came in
contact The marshal overhauled him
after he tried to gain admittance to
the residence OF one of our ladies
who called for Geo. Herbert who was
nearby, for assistance, when the
knight of the road pulled knife and
threatened to carve George if he in
terfered with him. George telephoned
Ed. Boedecker who wears the big
star spangled insignia of authority to
chase down, arrest and land into
court all violaIors hereabouts Of our
state and city laws, gobbled the fell
low and placed him in our great jail
where no damage could he do. The
nent day he was told to fly from the
city or crush tons of rock, which was
not to his liking and he flew. A good
radiance.
| Nauvoo's opera house has been en-
gagged for one week by Gays Enter
tanners of seven people who will pre-
sent pictures and vaudeville. The
admission Monday night will be free
| to all adults and the children will be
charged 10 cents The company is
said to be a good one.
! Mrs George A. Bruegger of Chi
cago has been visiting relatives and
friends in Nauvoo during the past
week
! AInhonsa Ijnge Frenchman who