The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

In some cities they do not observe
! the Lenten season which begins one
week from next Wednesday. In Nau.
VOC our society people will repent in
sackcloth and ashes.
| An edict has gone forth that hell
will be like cold-storage house to
any who smokes in the hall way OF
the Nauvoo opera house. 1t seems
the fact was overlooked that a man
would have to smoke In q place like
that.
| A party Of gentlemen friends were
entertained by r. r, Mcdonald. the
rural route mail carrier on No. 2. at
his home in Nauvoo's first ward, last
Supnday afternoon, ana those who
called on him brought we'll filed baS.
kets containing lunch. Games were
played and all present enjoyed a pleas
ant afternoon in his company. Mr..
Mcdonald certainly enjoyed the visit.
| VIM. Kimball spent part of the week
| in Chicago.
! Geo. Boegner has been in Mime
sofa looking after stock purchase.
| Mrs. Theo. Christen of st. Louis.
arrived in Nauvoo few days ago to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Dachroth,
and numerous friends mere.
| 1t is said q Nauyoo young man and
young lady were in Carthage the fore
part OF the week for the purpose OF
securing the necessary document
| which entities them to enter the mat.
rimonial state The next term OF
court convenes next month in Car
thage. It should not last longer than
one week and "clean up" docket
should result The taxpayers would
save much money by this celebrity OF
movement and the litigants and the
accused likewise benefited.
| Rev. l.. C. Tholen, Ed Bolin, Harold
Rheinberger and Raymond Schaefer
of Nauvoo received the first degree
in the K. c. order at FIT. Madison last
Sunday afternoon.
! r. Anton Of Nauvoo, has been In st.
Joseph, Mo-, attending the convention
of fruit growers association of the
middle west He was selected by the
Nauvoo Fruit Growers union to rep
resent the members at this meeting
and report anything beneficial that he
may learn at the convention.
There will be no services in the
Lutheran church Sunday on account
of the absence Of the minister, being
away on lecture tour.
Fred Haas. the genial clerk in one
OF Nauvoo's cothing stores and who
has been ill. is now mending rapidly
and will be at his place of business
soon. -4.. ..~. ia .--..-
There will be fine musical pro-
gram rendered at the Young Ladies'
sodality box supper in the Nauvoo
opera house next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. E. D. Reimbold, living along
the Schenk hill, in Nauvoo, has been
very sick-a trained nurse is attend
ing her.
| E. J. Baxter, who Is an alderman
from the third ward in Nauvoo. has
filed a petition to allow his name to
be placed on the city election ticket
as candidate for mayor Of this town.
John Koehler has been purchasing
many walnut logs around this section
end it will not be long before this popu-
lar OF all nuts-the walnut-will be-
come extinct in Nauvoo's vicinity.
He has this winter cleared over TWEEN.
ty acres of different kinds Of timber
northeast Of Nauvoo and converted 1t
into lumber.
Spring begins on the twentieth OF
next month, but from indications now
lit may come at any time before the
regular schedule.
There has not been one lonely case
in our police court for some days.
Several years have passed and con-
trary to all predictions the grip visits
us nearly every season, but 1t has
caught more victims this year than
for a number of years In Nauvoo.
st. Patrick's day is the next import
ant holiday on the calendar.
It will not be long now until you
will see about Nauvoo the usual trash
fires Of spring.
! A little over four weeks until the
Nauvoo township election occurs and
If will be one Of the most interesting
and exciting IN the history OF the
city. because the "wets' and "drys"
will hold the bill boards and decide
which will rule the city for two years
hence.
The situation for good spring busi'
ness in Nauvoo for the coming sea-
son never looked better.
| Some Of Nauvoo's young men are
attempting to raise moustaches, while