The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-25

George Rain. Nauvoo township tax
collector, has received his books and
Is now engaged in receiving the an
nual taxes from Nauvoo personal prop
erty and real estate owners. His
bond is placed at nearly $4,000.
Build the Nauvoo interurban by the
P. D. @. route.
The summer vacations of the public
schools should be filed in with voca-
tional training. fishing and BASEBALL.
Nauvoo's "Skiddo or %" club did
not give their social dance last Thurs
day evening as stated in our last let
ter. on account OF the damp weather.
Occasionally you hear well-to-do
that may be only another Of these
imaginary ills.
The Nauvoo Ladies Aid society Of
the M. e. church will serve their
splendid chicken dinner and supper
in the church basement next Thurs.
day.
Those who are fighting for better
highways maintain that there should
be more digs on the roads and fewer
on the movement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Smith OF Nauvoo's
first ward, received new son at their
home last Friday morning.
In keeping with the statistics on
chance and hazard, there's 10000 to
bet that you'll get run over by an
automobile in Nauvoo during 1916. But
don't worry about this.
George Anton, who recently re-
turned from an embalmers' college in
the Windy city, is keeping his
eyes open for a good business point
and some believe he can find a good
place in this town for Nauvoo is with
out an undertaken. 1t looks like this
year will be good one around here
for an undertaken, coroner and doctors
on account of the increase OF automo-
bile owners and visitors from prohfb
Iowa. Plant right in Nauvoo. George.
Some few of Nauyoo's people are
opposed to the park site plan. We had
no idea 1t was as bad as that.
There isn't anybody who knows
more about the science Of Nauvoo's
government than the fellow who is
always smoking a cornc6b pipe and
hanging around a blacksmith shop,
while the boss is shoeing some horses
or mules.
A Nauvoo husband pleads to his
wife to be consistent. He tells her
that many women have boycotted GER
tain kinds Of foods because the COM
bination controlling them have raised
the prices away out OF sight. Now that
Easter is coming on, the mill-onaires
may plan to form combine and the
sensible thing to do Is to swear off a
little in the millinery line. He tells
her to encourage all other Nauyoo
women to do it and then invest their
savings in some Nauvoo property. But
he'll never get 'em to do it.
The Nauvoo NJ. w. A. members
have changed the date Of the masquer-
ade ball again. 1t is now scheduled
to take place in the Nauvoo opera
house on February 8. The I. o. o. f.
lodge members of Nauvoo will give
their annual masquerade ball In onr
opera house the evening of February
Is. Both of these balls promise to be
events of the season in Nauvoo.
One OF Nauvoo's citizens was ex-
hibiting some angle worms right after
the rain storm last week, which he
lad found on the top of the pavement
where little dirt had been scraped
up. They were alive and kicking and
were fat enough to make a catfsh's
mouth water. several of the oldest
inha bitants in Nauyoo say this is an
other indication of very early
spring. We are waiting for some more
home-spun weather prophets.
Do any of Nauyoo's chronic violat-
ors of the speed law ever stop to
think that If through misfortune, they
happen to kill some person during
1916, their previous convictions for
speeding will weigh heavily in favor
of the theory that the killing was
murder?
The late Henry Pitt OF the east
country, left an estate of over 10000
and Fred Salm Jr., has been appointed
executor.
A young man in an Illinois town by
the name OF Goodbread, is student
in one OF the big colleges and will
graduate this year. About this time.
also, is some young girl going to