The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-21

been in Rochester, Mimi, in consulta
ton with the famous surgeons Their
regarding their health.
Nauvoo st. Rose society's care
party given in the Knights OF 20
lumbus, rooms last Friday evening
was attended by fair sized Grove
and enjoyment reigned supreme. he
freshments were served and the even
ended in dancing until about the mio
night hour.
Nauvoo people ought to write hel
boys in camp often.
How many of you Nauvoo folks are
on the Y. nj. G. A. roll of honor?
JOS Nelson was in Carthage las
Saturday where he attended meet
ing of the Red Cross society, he De
ing one of the officials.
All Nauvoo people ought to ex
! anime the flues in their buildings
) carefully now while the weather l.
not at its worst, for blaze may star
soon after midnight, and to quote the
words of bystander, and in few
minutes your building is blazing
furnace. BY being careful, you will
also save a trip to the scene by our
volunteer fire iaddies, who will be
compelled to turn out of their warm
trundle bed.
| Harry Steffey, teacher in one OF
the grade departments OF Nauvoo
schools, has rendered his resignation
to the board of education and asks
for release of contract, giving as
his reason that he has secured g Pc
sition with the Taber Lumber COM
pany of Keokuk to manage their
yards in Basco, Ill. The clerk Of the
| Nauvoo board is advertising for an
instructor.
| The laying of brick for the new
Ford service station in Nauvoo was
begun Tuesday and if pleasant weath
| er Continues for eight or ten days,
the brick will be finished. 1t is in
tended to put on large force OF
brick masons so as to complete the
| Job as quickly as possible.
On Thursday evening Of next week
Nauvoo's Red Cross society will pre-
sent their old-time dance in the Maui
VOC opera house, and the proceeds
will be used for the work of the or
der. There will be good music and
| the admission will be only rs cents
per couple. There Is going to be
| large crowd present.
| The Illinois Cook county court mas
appointed A. j. Beger Of this city 10
appraise the Nauvoo property belong
| ing to Ada and Lulu Sleight, former
Nauvoo ladies, but who married since
their residence here. The former died
some time ago and the latter married
Edward Knaust, former Nauvoo
resident, and who are now living In
Chicago. The property to be apprais-
! ed is situated in Nauvoo's Flat" sec
| ton, or first ward, and consists OF
! four acres, less a school house site on
/ the southwest corner, which we be-
|lieve was again purchased by the
heirs to complete the block. The
building is an old Mormon structure
and was occupied by the Slelght
family for a number of years, the
husband owning and running horse
power ferry between Nauvoo and
Montrose until up to the time OF his
death, which occurred in the latter
part of the sixties or early seventies.
Nauvoos Red Cross officials have
everything ready for the ladies In the
library rooms to push work on all
kinds of apparel to be sent to- head
quarters when finished. All ladies IN
Nauvoo are requested to come ana
assist in converting goods into useful
and needy articles.
Several colored men from the pen
city up the creek. were in NauVoo
last Friday evening, coming here IN
an automobile. While in Nauvoo they
proceeded to fill up on the blooming
booze that this town is noted for, be-
sides carrying goodly amount to
their home city. When they started
for home they went out of our bust
ness section at a speed forbidden by
our officials and without the lights
of the machine turned on. Chief or
ficer Ed Boedecker ordered them to
stop but they paid no attention to
his mandates and kept on going. His
highness and those colored fellows
may meet again.
Dame Rumor has it that some more
real estate deals will be consummated
in Nauvoo before the new year is
ushered in.
A teamster driving for G.. NJ. Mont |
gomery, drove his outfit off the ferry
docks at Montrose last Monday and
landed in seven feet OF water, and |
the harness had to be cut from off
the animals before they could be
rescued from their perilous position
Mrs. Anna Trott, an aged lady or
Keokuk, who died in that city last
Saturday, was sister Of Mrs. FRANK
Pikert, who resides with her daugn'
fer. Mrs. Fred Tanner, in Nauvoo.
|
ner of this city, attended the funeral
in Keolkuk last Monday.
Leo Mcbride and Miss Virginia
Owings of Colusa. Ill, will be united
in the holy bonds of wedlock in the
Nauvoo Catholic church Wednesday
morning of next week. The bride-to-
be is a niece of Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr.,
II Nauvoo.
We are informed by Captain Rein
bold that his ferry in the trade here
will not go into winter quarters until
,bout the latter part of next week in
rider to get over from Montrose suf- {
icient coal to last Nauvoo people
Turing the winter, if the cars bring
hat much to the town across the !
.reek by that time. Our merchants
ire receiving a considerable amount
# freight by that route, too, since I
he steamer Keokuk went to her win