The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-21

SASSAAS
crop is as good as usually gathered
here. both in quantity and quality
The farmers short course will be
held in the Nauyoo opera house for
four days next week. beginning on
January 25 and the program to be pre-
scented will be an interesting one. The
Nauvoo State banks prize corn con-
test will be decided on one evening
of this meeting.
Wouldn't it be nice II Nauvoo had a
railroad running through the town and
connect at Keokuk with the through
lines? And then you would find you
would be afraid of the superior wom-
an who could pick up the railroad
time table and put her finger on Just
the dope you were looking for.
While Mr.. Ellis Daugherty was in
Nauvoo last Tuesday he leased the
Walter Bros old meat market and In
tends opening up first class meat
emporium by the first of the coming
month. Mr.. Daugherty was a former
meat dispenser in Nauvoo and is we'll
and favorably known in the Mormon
city and needs no introduction from
this column. The family will move to
Nauyoo as soon as possible and will
receive the hearty welcome Of their
many friends here. Mr.. sDaugherty
will not discontinue his meat market
in LaHarpe for the present unless he
can dispose Of It advantageousIy.
Carl Pfaffe of Keokuk was a Maui
VOC business visitor last Tuesday. sell
ing cigars to our dealers.
Geo. Anton OF Chicago. has re-
turned to Nauyoo for a visit with
his parents and may conclude to re-
main here.
Miss Elizabeth Christian Of st.
Louis is in Nauvoo for visit. the
guest Of her sister Mrs. Ed Dach-
roth.
Arch Weber is in Blackwell, okla.
looking after some farm interests
down in that state.
Nauyoo is getting to be mOre.metro-
politan every year in appearance.
Greek popcorn man has serious frf-
tentions Of locating in N1uyoo in a
st ort time. We have had German
popcorn man for some time in Nam
VOC. but lately has discontinued to
pop and now UP pops the Greek pop
corn fellow to pop popcorn in Maui
VOC.
The Moose lodge members OF Nau-
WOO viii direct a big class of candi-
dates into the mysteries of the order
on Friday evening of this week and
the FIT Madison team will do the
work If nothing interferes. This is
the third attempt to initiate the class
and should be the cause Of the charm
being broken and let the billy goat
get in his work.
Travelling men were more numer-
GUS in Nauvoo the past several days,
caused by the crossing being good on
Lake Cooper.
i Geo. A. Bruegger held public sale
of his personal effects at his prem
Uses in Nauyoo last Wednesday. He
and his wife will leave Nauvoo soon
to make their home in Chicago.
Every once in while NauvoO does
something that puts it in the metro
politan class. It is now learned that
one of our lady church goers sug-
gests that one Of our congregations
should devise means for mothers to
go to church and take their babies in
such way that the congregation will
not be disturbed by the crying young
sters. A nursery should be estab-
/ lished In one part of the church or
parsonage. 1t should be in charge of
a competent superintendent who will
take cars of all infants, crying or
otherwise, until the services are
through with.
Very few private card parties are
held in Nauvoo this winter. What
'smatter, ladies':
This item is quite interesting: A
Nauvoo young man came home from
distant town and his friends thought
he came home sick, but he said that
he (be) came home sick. But wheth-
er he became homesick or came home
le,;o ryl,o hz 20 Sic
and did not become homesick, the
fact remains that he is home. and
that, also, he has been sick since he
has been nome, homesick or not.
Now that the holiday season Is
over, what are you going to do to
kill time? asked one Nauvoo young
lady of another. Answer about one
busheI Of post cards that / received,
wishing me happy New Year.
Some Nauvoo people are now busy
looking through all the new almanacs
received from the drug store, to see II
there's any new ailment going that
they hadn't got yet.
An aged lady living in Nauvoo says
she is able to look back at the times
when just plain waltzing was thought
to be invented by the devil.
The county court was in session at
CaTlQdKe ILLS WcChs OuI IhCAO WSAO
no cases from Nauvoo.
One objection to the civil service
is that some office holders become
uncivil, but that cannot be said Of
any Nauvooites that come under this
rule.
Some eating places that you prob
ably know of are not bothered much
by the high cost OF living. When you
eat there once. you don't care to go
back there again.
The Mayhall show company that
played a four nights engagement In
the Nauvoo opera house. gave their
concluding show last Wednesday
evening. 1t is one of the finest COM
panies that has visited Nauvoo for
years and should they favor this town
with a return date they will be greet
ed with crowded houses. On two
nights during their stay here they
treated our young people with COM
plimentary dances of about an hours