The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-02
The Nauvoo Gate Civ
Nauvoo, ILL.,, May 2, 1916

The Nauvoo Civic league ladies
have postponed the date of their May
day celebration to May 20 on account
Of an epidemic of measles in Nauvoo.
| The voting for the queen of the cele-
bration will continue for some time
and the four girls receiving the high
est votes to the queen will be her
majesty's attendants.
! Mrs. Lou Argast has been visiting
relatives and friends in Keokuk the
past several days. the guest of her
| aunt, Mrs. John H. Wolff.
| One of Nauvoo's old soldiers was
asked if he intended to re.enter the
service in the event Of war with
Mexico. The old veteran replied:
Immediately and forthwith
Mrs. A. J. Boyer an son Sidney Of
Carthage, ILL.,. visited her son j. 0.
Boyer and family in Nauvoo last
weeks end.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 2 Riley and In.
FAINT son Of Keokuk VISITED in Maui
WOO the latter part of last week and
were the guests of Len aTker and
family.
John Leisy, Ben Rabcr and Ed. Hei
Ter of Keokuk and Fred w -sman of
FIT Madison were business visitors in
| Nauvoo last Friday.
| VIM. Reimbold, Jr., Chas. Miller,
! VIM. Reimbold. ST., and j. II. femme
of Keokuk, were in Nauyoo last Fri
day.
! 1t is said the Nauxoo delinquent
tax list is unusually large this spring,
which has just recently been pub
! lished.
The Wonderland show boat did not
play return engagement in Nauvoo
as promised, on her way south. 1t Is
said the boat pushing the floating
theatre was in bad condition and was
in hurry to enter the dry docks for
repairs.
i 1t is said by one who seems to
know, that one of Nauvoo's saloons
does business of nearly 5000 a day
with it's mail order and home con-
sumption trade. There is room here
for one or two more saloons.
i The dandelion and Nauvoo's inter
urban line-on paper-arr1ved at
about the same time this spring.
i If we cannot have any, wagon roads
leading from the country to Nauvoo,
we would like to suggest that few
of the active patriots get together
and build chain of wheelbarrow
4 roads These would beat no roads
4 atlall.
4 The best father is the one bring
! ing up the children to believe mother
is the whole works.
The Wear-Beucke show company
| that held the bill boards in Nauyoo
for the last nights of last week, was
good one but received short houses.
Some suffragists are adopting
pockets in place Of hand bags and If
the dressmakers will trim them. with
lace, put them in the wrong place and
i spell it poquette, their fashionable sis
tiers will probably follow.
! If Germany must have a fight with
the United States she will find the
/ people here with coats off, sleeves
rolled up and generally stripped for
action.
4 On account Of the disagreeabIe,
damp weather the first ball game of
the season between Nauvoo and the
Keokuk Electric teams last Sunday
/ had to be postponed.
! Many country newspapers ere fol
lowing the lead Of small dailies and
getting the linotype machine. The
old hand compositor Is losing caste
| everywhere.
Last Saturday was another good
business day in NauvOo.
1t is estimated that 100000 children
l
die from preventable causes every
year War is not the only thing that
| is what General Sherman said it was.
Will Pitt, Jr, has leased the Salm
garage in Nauvoo and will put an ex-
pert machinist in charge. This makes
three garages for Nauvoo.
F.! Reports say there are no politicians
/ scurrying around the war department
! trying to influence military appoint
ments That sort Of thing went out
of style in 1898.
| John Koehler who is doing all the
! log saving into lumber around this
section, has been busy all winter with
! his saw mill and is now at Chas. Will
ken's farm down in Sonora township,
after which he will go to Keokuk to
| saw lumber for box factory. He
| has purchased barge to use in haul
! ing ties down Lake Cooper to Keo-
kuk
When you meet some fellows in
Nauvoo you can have strong suspi-
cions as to how they voted at the
local option election last month.
Can social service be used to bet
ter advantage than old-time methods"
A good many people have asked this
question from time to time.
Nauvoo's new and old council mem
bers held a meeting last night when
the old council turned over the
municipal government to the newly
elected members.
Devotees of Izaak Walton in Maui
VOC are in the habit of hieing them
selves to Lake Cooper at this town,
celebrated for good fishing, when they
wish to acquire string that will
look well in photograph.
The man would be adjudged insane
now by an unofficial board, if he used
black walnut log for backlog fire