The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-10

The problem of paying of Nauvoo's
debt is resting so lightly on our pres
ent city council members at this time
that they ought to dabble with sort
of an amateur marriage buraau. as
sisting lonely Nauvoo bachelors to
find "congenial wives" in this town.
Nearly everybody in Nauvoo is
glad to learn that the Keokuk Gate
City and observation-disclosures have
consolidated. These two papers since
the consolidation into one, is typo
graphically very handsome, but this
is by no means it's sole merit. Its
matter speaks on every page the pro-
gressive spirit and its managers
seem to understand that a newspaper
is just as big as the sympathies Of
its editors. The Keokuk Daily Gate
City and Constitution-Democ gives
all the news and will get better and
better as time rolls by and the new
management gets accustomed to the
new conditions. The days when the
paper in an agricultural community
simply chronicle personal doings.
comment on political happenings and
then fill up with boiler plate" are
past.
Nauvoo's district school election
will be held Saturday, April Is, in
the second ward school building.
Recognizing the special problems OF
the smaller towns, Nauvoo's Civic
league ladies are bending their efforts
to awaken Nauvoo to the need for
better sanitation. They will wage
the destruction Of disease-carrying
insects, protection of food and water
supplies, systematic garbage disposal
and all of the many precautions
necessary to keep down disease One
feature Of this campaign is a con-
certed movement now under way to
make the day April IA, a cleanup"
day in Nauvoo. 1t is a movement for
happier. longer and richer life which
should meet with a response all over
Nauvoo commensurate with the high
Importance of it's aim. :
One Of Nauvoo's pioneers said the
o1d-fashioned girl who used to sleep
in a room where the frost was on the
floor in the morning and who washed
her face in cold water never had to
do much worrying about her COM
plexion.
Ben Wharton of Montrose came
over to Nauvoo last Wednesday and
began to fill up on the 20 be joyful
stuff on sale mere and when refused
more liquor at one of our saloons,
began to get ugly" when the mar
shall was called and when the officer
attempted to arrest him he made a
slash at him with a knife which he
had concealed up his sleeve and
barely missed the officials face. He
was tapped on the head and foored
and then taken to the lookup. 1t was
intended to bring a state case against
the offender, but the matter was fin
ally compromised by hning Wharton
$40 and costs which was paid and
he was released
A Nauvoo young man quarreled
with his girl, went home and tore her
picture to pieces. He went further
than the Keokuk young men go who
erely darn" it.
A loud rumor has been going about
Nauvoo's streets that an attempt was
going to be made to contest the dry
and wet election held last Tuesday,
but we were unable to trace the
cause for such an action. There are
no grounds for the dry faction to be-
gin a contest on for everything was
conducted in fair and square man
ner throughout the campaign and
election. If the disappointed ones
will be good and stop crying, they
will get another chance to make Maui
VOC dry town sooner than they ex-
pect 1t. The legislature make take
the matter up at their next session.
Some of the Nauvoo gossipers are
circulating report that Nauvoo
married couple have become peeved
and separated, for a while at least.
1t is hoped the report is without foun-