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

Next Tuesday, April Is, the Nauvoo
city election occurs, when a mayor and
three aldermen will be selected to rep
resent this great municipal corpora
ton. rNauvoo saloons are supposed
to have closed doors on that day and
the thirsty ones had better stock up
on the evening previous to that date.
The difficulty of worshiping God
Easter Sunday I'm last years hat is
never truly appreciated by the dull
masculine mind, is the opinion of a
Nauvoo Philosopher.
They have 1t circulated in this town
that Ed. Boedecker will be candidate
for marshal when the new council of
Nauvoo takes its seat at the first meet
ing in May.
Columbus council in a short time.
here who belong to the order in neigh
boring towns.
No matter what the measure may be,
If it be a good one, 1t will win in
time, and whatever is bad for the peo-
| pie, in time it must be wiped out of
Nauvoo. Nothing is more ephemera1
than opposition which sets itself
against the path of righteousness.
Tomorrow (FTiday) is designated
as Arbor day and the schools of Maui
VOC intend to observe 1t with approp-
r1ate exercises.
The Rebekah assembly will meet in
Bowen, Ill.,, April 26 and 81 and num-
Der of Nauvoo members expect to at
! tend the convention.
| John Barley Corn is getting the best
of one of Nauvoo's champion young
| fellows who defied him to deliver a
knockout blow after being introduced
to him several years ago.
! Next Sunday will be one of the most
notable religious days in Nauvoo. 1t
is notable as Palm Sunday and blessed
palms will be delivered to the faith
full in the Catholic church.
| The case brought by Marshal John
son against Chas. Kraft, manager OF
one of Nauvoo's saloons for selling
liquor to an intoxicated person and
which was to have been tried in our
police court last Saturday, was dis
missed by Nauvoo's city attorney after
two continuances, for want of suf-
ficient evidence.
Score one for Nauvoo. She has had
already a snake yarn. The reptile
was probably serpent-like critter coil
ed around one of the leaves Of a vine
which was large enough to gain news
paper mention in Nauvoo week or so
ago.
| Dirt was thrown on the lot on which
Nauvoo's new postoffice building will
be erected, Wednesday morning. Ex-
Postmaster A. ]. Beger is having the
new building built for the postofhce
and it will be one-story brick in
stead of two stories as first intended
and will be 26x60 feet in size. The
postoffice has been conducted in a
room connected with other business
in Nauvoo for years and when the Of
flee is placed in it's new home we will
present a more metropolitan appear
ance.
There isn't any surer signs Of spring,
barring everything from digging bait
to bee martins. than the fact that the
weed crop is sprouting.
| Rev. ]. T. Mitchell OF 1ronton,, Mo-.
delivered a sermon and conducted SER
vices in the Nauvoo, Presbyterian
church last Sunday morning. There
is talk Of retaining him as the resident
pastor
The Queen Esther" new society
formed in Nauvoo, will meet at the
home OF the Misses Ruth and Clara
Horton next Saturday afternoon and
all members are kindly asked to at
tend.
Rev. Father Tholen of Nauvoo has
been in Keolsuk the past several days
assisting Rev. Father Gillespie In the
forty-Sour devotion services in the
CatholN> church.
Some Gys have elapsed and no an.
nouncement has been made yet of the
engagement of the Nauvoo young girl
heroine of the late dry campaign to
millionaire We are getting impatient
Surely, we must live UP to the tradl'
lions in cases Of this sort.
! The millionaires seem sleeping IN
! their rights.
Nauvoo's Skiddo club dance occurs
this Thursday evening and fine time
and good attendance Is looked for.
/ The Nauvoo pea crop is being plant
ed and it is said that over 100 acres OF
/ Nauvoos soil will be utilized for that
purpose for our canning factory.
This is almost the time Of year
when a little hail does thousands OF
dollars worth of damage-1n the news
papers. We are ready to write the re-
! ports for this column after the 1rst
| hail storm and the damage is mailed
to us.
Nauvoo's school election will be held
| in the second ward school building on
South Thirteenth street next Saturday
afternoon from IL to 4 O'Clock A
president and two members or the
board of education will be selected.
! Friday of this week is clean up
day in Nauvoo, so designated by the
Ladies Civic league of this grand and
beautiful town.
! Wilbur Austin, who worked IN JOS.
Welters barber shop in NauVoo III
tie over a year ago is in the United
States infantry under General Perish
ing and is pursuing Villa and his
bloody gang of Mexfcans.
| Irwin Hudson had the misfortune to
f,11 fro,,, heavily loaded wagon last