The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-28

T. j. Neves, travelling representa-
tive for the Keokuk Daily Gate City
was a Nauvoo business visitor Thurs
day, gathering new subscribers for
this great family newspaper. that
gives all the news all the time as
well as all the Nauyoo news.
1t is hot enough now to form some
conception OF what It will be where
some people say where other people
will go.
Nanvoo's city council viii meet
one week from next Monday night.
It is believed then that there win be
something done about the reckless
handling Of automobiles in this city.
There seems to be little regard for
lights, open exhausts,. speed, and in
some instances license numbers.
Mayor Baxter threatens to call halt
since his experience with his car al
most coming in contact with another
the forepart Of this week.
The philosopher who dares to as.
sert that the time Is coming when our
days will be much longer than the
usual length has considerable nerve.
For most people the hot summer
days we are having with the Their
mometer up close and above the 100
notch these days are plenty long
enough.
The weather has been all that
could be desired for haying, stack
ing of grain and threshing this sea
son In Nauvoo and vicinity.
CroQuet is game that was for
merly extensively INDUCED in here.
Now one seldom sees the game play
I'D In Nauvoo.
The county fairs and chautauquas
now are kept before the public.
The automobiles will finish the
horse and rubber tired buggy in q
year or two. but not in Nauvoo for
they are too many who are unable
TO buy mchine yet awhile.
II the interurban line is built to
Nauvoo we will have the largest grain
and stock market In the world, or
IN this section.
Yesterday. Thursday. was another
very successful day OF Nauvoos chau-
tauqua. In the afternoon over six
hundred people braved the. extreme
heat to hear the Dixie Jubilee Sing
ers, a colored organization consisting
Of seven persons, three ladies and
four gentlemen. in concert, as wen
as In the evening in a prelude to
'Catch-My-Pal" Paterson, the famous
lecturer. There is no necessity Of
y
Eixie songsters for they were with
the Nauvoo chautauqua last season
and gave the greatest satisfaction to
the audience as they did Thursday
and will do again this afternoon and
evening. Rev. Robt. J. Patterson, the
lecturer, appeared at his best In the
evening and told great story that
interested the immense thrOng OF
people present. He is minister con-
nected with the Presbytery of Belfast,
Ireland, and is of pleasing personality
and at once held his hearers spell
bound with his fluent delivery of
speech. This Friday evening besides
the Jubilee Singers, James McLaren,
the dramatic orator Of California, will
appear on the Nauvoo chautauQua
platform and deliver one Of his fam
GUS lectures that will thrill the great
audiences now attending daily and
nightly. On Saturday afternoon the
Howard Quintet will appear in pre-
1l!de to DR.. d. Waugh and in an en-
tire concert in the evening. Sunday
afternoon they will again appear in
prelude to Rev. VIM. Sturgeon, an
other famed lecturer and finish their
reasons Nauyoo chautauQua In AL
grand concert in the evening. So far
It is believed Nauvoos chautauQua
has been the most successful one in
this section for many miles around,
and it Is believed Nauvoo will have
another one next season with more
extensive talent and will make it
one Of the best produced anywhere.
Chautauqua Notes.
It is estimated that over one thou
sand people attended the Nauvoo
chautauqua last Wednesday evening
and it was well behaved crowd, too.