The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-28
NAUvoo, ILL.,, DEG. %.

| nobody IS going to weep much when
our citizens Who use them at Christ
mas are called on to pay their income
tax.
All the time the women and girls
are taking domestic science lessons
to make better wives, what are the
Nauvoo men and boys doing to
make better husbands?
You've forgotten this year; but
nett year try and see if you cannot
do your shopping earlier.
| When the SLOW is on the ground
a foot or more thick it is about the
big the next wheat and corn crop Is
going to be about Nauvoo.
| Gossips are more hated in Nauvoo
than gossip.
Whatever you do. now, remem-
Der not to confound the Christmas
and New Year spirits any more than
you can help.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Childres Of Ft.
Madison spent the holidays with the
lady's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. c.
Schaefer, in Nauvoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Safer of Keokuk
ate Christmas dinner with the missus'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Guilliam,
i'll Nauyoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Hudson Of Chi
| cago were Nauvoo visitors over
Christmas, the guests of the hus-
bands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hudson.
Geo. Hudson of Oden, ILL.,, came to
Nauvoo for Christmas to visit his
son and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hudson.
New begin writing It 1917 Hare
you made any new resolutions and
are you going to stick to them dur
ing the new year?
All Of Nauyoo's banks and stores
will have closed doors next Monday
and our rural route carriers will en-
joy holiday. .....
This is our last appearance for
1916. We will endeavor to make
this column more interesting and
newsy during 1917.
Nauvoo's sodality ladies of the
Catholic church give a fine entertain
ment in the opera house tonight
(Thursday) and conclude the event
with dance.
This column wishes all readers of
this greatest Of all great family news
papers happy and prosperous new
year.
on. One or two OF our dealers have
already finished.
On January 2, Nauvoo's Score club
will give another social dance in our
opera house and Ed. Simmons fine
orchestra will play.
Miss Nora, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Hudson Of Nauvoo. will
be united in marriage to Mr.. Oscar
Otterson of Flint, Mich, next Satur'
! day.
4 Orville Hummel and Miss Alma
: Ourth were married at the home of
the brides parents in Nauvoo last
Monday evening. The happy couple
| will reside on the farm Of the
groom's mother, Mrs. Chas. Hummel,
just southeast Of the city.
The old time dance given by the
old members of the old Union brass
band last Tuesday evening was a de-
cided success, about seventy couple
attending Old time music and old
time dances were on the program and
the old married people enjoyed the
Evenings pleasure.
Nanvoo's council members will
meet in regular session next Tuesday
evening instead of Monday evening
ION account OF the latter date being a
legal holiday.
Emil Baxter and bride. the newly
weds, will occupy the Geo. A. Brueg-
ger residence in the northeast end OF
Nauvoo after March 1.
Nauyoo's l. o. o. F. lodge men,
bers with the several other secret
society orders in the city, have
moved into the formers new rooms
over the postof1ice building.
Mr. John Seiglemeyer, valued
employe of Uncle Sans river fleet.
was a Nauvoo visitor over Christmas
with bis wife and son.
Friday afternoon of this week the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
will meet at the home of Mrs. Hurt.
On Thursday Of next week NauVoo
old soldiers will receive their quarter
" pension vouchers, a glad begin
ming Of the new year.
Watch parties will be numerous
about Nauvoo next Sunday evening
to see the old year depart and the
new year enter.
Ezra, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Hertenstein. of Nauvoo, was brought
TO this city from Keokuk last week
to be nursed from sick spell and
| after the attending physician dag
nosed the case, he pronounced the
Young mans ailment as smallpox,
and the residence was Immediately
ouarantined No new cases OF the
disease have developed in Nauvoo at
this time.
Mrs. Jos. Welter entertains the
Nauvoo Priscilla club at her home
this Thursday afternoon.
| Fred Pitt, a we'll known farmer
who lives near Powellton. died sud
denly Of heart disease last Friday
morning. He was in Nauvoo on the
afternoon before his sudden death
and appeared to be in good health.
Mr.. Pitt was about to enter his for.
tv-fifth year when he died and had
lived in Nauvoo and vicinity all his
life. His wife and six children sur
vive him, besides numerous refa-
tives.
! Sidney Fowler will conduct repair
shop in the old Rustler building in
Nauyoo in a short time.
! Miss Jennie Burt OF Chicago Is
spending the week with her mother
in Nauvoo.
/ Professor Drake OF the Nauvoo
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