The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-16
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Mrs. Jos. Carroll ana Mrs. Maud
Ross entertained the old civil war
veterans Of Nauvoo at the homo OF
the latter last Tuesday afternoon IN
honor Of their father Mr.. John Ken
dalls birthday anniversary. The
gentleman was 80 years OF age at
this date and his two daughters
thought It fitting time to have his
old friends gather at his home to
celebrate the event. There were
bushels of good eats and after the
feast social good time was had.
| The boys In blue present wished Mr..
Kendall many more happy birthdays
before the final roll call.
Rev and Mrs. Hurt Of the Nauvoo
NJ. e. church, entertained the church
choir at 6 o'clock dinner on FIJI
day evening Of last week at the par
sonage and all those present had .
delightful time.
The Hancock Mutual society Of
| Nauvoo at their regular meeting last
Monday evening selected officers for
| the ensuing year. After Aall business
was transacted. social followed.
Cards were played and an oyster
| supper served.
Alphonse hnge, a French gentle
man of Nauvoo. left last tuesday
morning for New York and arriving
there boarded the steamship Chicago
enroute to France, to remain several
months in the country of his birth.
HE expects to return in March and
when he does we can learn all about
the great war going On there.
Nauvoo st. Rose society Of the
| Catholic church will indulge In .
| market day sale In the Z. @. hall
next Saturday.
| The hardest part Of some Nauvoo
wives Christmas shopping Is about
over. Some Of them haven't bought
anything yet. but they have priced
ton Of buying.
There 10 an awful expanse Of
desert between TT. Madison and Maui
voo and Kookuk and Warsaw, md
Nauvoo II getting ready for another
local option election next April 80
report has 1t.
| Fred walther was In Keokuk
Thursday to have his tonsils re-
moved.
Miss Wayne Huntley Of Nauvoo
and Mr.. Chas. Hackett Of Browns
wife, Mimi. were married in this
city last Saturday evening at the
home Of the brides parents, Rev.
Neve, an uncle of the bride off1ciat-
ing. The happy young couple left
Immediately for few OF the north
ern cities for their honeymoon trip.
and after the expiration of this old
year will be cat home" to their
friends In Quincy, ILL.,, where thu
groom has a government position.
The Nauvoo proposed interurban
10 al ho0
already begun and no telling where
it will end. II Is already planning
to extend line to Keokuk II the
business men Of TT. Madison don't
come across with the Tong green" to
assist IN completing the original line
a. planned. II Fl Madison loses this
line from Nauvoo she will lose the
best paying railroad line to its bust
ness poopIe that runs into that city.
waks UP. yoa fellows up there. and
raise that paltry sum OF e15. 900 OF
SO. 900 asked Of you and secure this
most important Of all business entsr-
prises that ever entered or proposed
to enter your penitentiary city.
A good thing cannot last always.
Last Tuesday night and the next
morning the tail Of northern bliz.
zard wound itself around Nauvoo and
tsent down the mercury in the Their
Imometer dangerously near. the zero
mark. Farmers had to put on extra
clothing. beat It out to the barnyard
the troughs 40 that the stock could
drink. Well, 1t can't be summer all
the time.
Nauvoo's king stock buyer again
shipped about half dozen car loads
of live stock to Chicago last Tues
day and nearly half Of them were
Mr.. Geo. Boegner's own feeders and
Ia bunch of fine cattle.
Miss Zelda Walther has been hay
Ing q russell with facial neuralgia at
her parents home IN Nauvoo, but is
on the road to recovery and may be
well by the time this gets into print.
Nauvoo's Priscilla club ladies are
to meet one day next week, but the
time and place has not yet been set.
They may not meet at all again unit.
latter the holidays because some of
the ladies do not belong to the do
your Christmas shopping early club.
| Nauvoo's little ferry boat went into
winter quarters last Monday after
noon and was housed in her last win
/ ter's harbor down near Mt. Moriah
in Waggoner's creek Crossing the
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launch which is just as convenient
and safe as the ferry. but not as COM
Portable on account of old Boreas
blowing his ice house breath.
| Mighty few II any in Nauvoo VIII
admit they are mossbacks.
Chas. Kraft, manager Of the Leisy
saloon stand in Nauvoo, has at last
succeeded in purchasing the Brigham
Young property in Nauvoo's first
ward. It consists Of something over
an acre Of land with two-story
brick residence and an additional one
J story brick building attached to the
main structure. 1t is the original
brick residence In which Brigham
Young, head of the Mormon church.
lived while resident Of Nauvoo
when the people of that faith lived
in this Illinois city before their de-
parture for Salt Lake City. Utah. Mr..