The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

1 III Is SdlO app1cS Will eAiC SPhAh6
decorations on women's hats. The
Plan to use hard boiled eggs and
| Lotatoes had to be abandoned on ac-
count of the high prices.
Warnings to the public and banks
were sent out few days ago from
| the United States secret service
against counterfeit half dollars
which have been placed in circula-
ton. Two specimens, one counter
feiting an old style half dollar and
another the new coin of that denomi-
nation recently issued are circulated
1t is said the designs are almost
perfectly initiated, but that the spuri-
GUS coin can be detected because
they are heavier and ring more
loudly than the genuine ones.
Nauyoo's city council will meet In
regular session next Monday evening.
Nauvoo's high school literary so
Getty wants to negotiate for a saacnd
| land piano. They want an instru-
ment to liven UP things in the must
cal line.
Yes, it is pretty much like al cid
/ fashioned winter with the absence OF
snow.
Mrs. Jos schilsunE. a Nauvoo
lady, fell on some ice at her home
on Thursday of last week and
sprained her ankle quite badly.
Have you paid your taxes?" is
| quite a common question in NauFo,
nowadays.
Miss Leota Walther. one of Maui
voo's popular young ladies. enter
tanned, number Of her young friends
at her eighteenth birthday anniyer-
sary last Friday evening. Games
were played and = dainty luncheon
served and all who were present had
an enjoyable time.
Some are thinking about moving
the official straw hat day from May
80 to Easter Sunday. But as Easter
Sunday falls on April s. very early
date, Nauvooites may defer 1t until
rexI year. Still IL the weather we
had the forepart of the week keeps
up we Will have to admit that we
will have TO do something.
There will be held horticultural
short course in the Nauvoo opera
house next Thursday and Friday ami
| Professor Pickett of the state uni
versity and Professor Flint, stats
entomolcgist, will be present to de
| liver lectures on subjects that will
interest Nauyoo fruit growers. The
program VIII be as follows: THURSDAY
| at 1880 D. M, Insect Enemies OF tn
Horticulturist and Their Control, b.
Prof. W. p. Flint On the same
evening at 1886, beneficial AMI In
furious Insects" illustrated lecture.
/ by the same gentleman Friday AT
40 D. M, Factors Affecting the
Yield of Grapes" by Prof Picket;
/ and AT 7::3U on the same evening.
protecting Grapes from Their Nat.
ural Enemies" These lectures VIII
ibe OF great benefit to all growers Of
fruit IN Nauyoo who will attend.
Mrs. Louise Bosch ID making ar
raneernents to 90 ta st Louis 9es
| visit to her daughter and other relA-
tives. u, -,
father what a sunny disposition was
and he was told that 1t Is something
| uossessed by man who points OUT
! the silver lining in the cloud and
then 'borrows your umbrella before
| it starts to rain.
/! Mr.. and Mrs. John Repplinger, Mr..
tand Mrs. Herman Berger, Ed KEN.
Ter and Rev. Berryhill were keokuk
visitors last Monday.
Dan Agne Of Keokuk was In Nau-
VOC Monday. disposing of Seiberts
cigars among his numerous custom
ers here.
Carl Pfaffe, the cigar man of Keo-
,-uk was circulating among NauVoo
retail dealers last Monday.
The infant SON Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Schenk was baptized by Rev.
! Eashe. Thc.ea CT TIC Na2-oo Cath
Ollie church last Sunday.
Mr.. A. c. Maxwell of the C., B. 4.
10. railroad offices in keokuk, was a
/ Nauyoo business visitor last Thurs
day.
and Harry Schmftz OF Chicago. ano
their families were called to Nauvoo
last week on account OF the serious
illness of their father.
one of Nauyoo's citizens who
claims to be authority on feathers,
/ allows that the robins folks discov-
cred every warm day are birds that
hang around all winter and never
get far away.
Next Thursday we enter February
/ Four weeks more and then Lent be.
gins.
Nauvoo ought to have a public Inn
proyement society If the men folks
don't want to organize, let the ladies
organize one The women's clubs IN
other places are doing great work
! The seventeenth automobile show Is
on this week and will continue pnttl
next Saturday There are 400 1na'
chimes on exhibition and ranging in
price from 1895 to $4,000. There
are ninety-two different makes OF
/ gasoline cars and FIVE different types
Of electric cars on display. Several
people from Nauvoo expect to attend
In some small towns in this state
they are enjoying "a backward SO
ciaI' given by the young ladies. The
members all wear their garments re
yersed and announce that those visi
TORS who will do the same win be
admitted for half price, otherwise
for full fare.
Several automobile loads of Nau
VOC city folks sripped the light fan
Elastic toe with one hundred and
twenty couple in the Niota hall about
1 nine miles above this old Mormon
city last Thursday night Mr. VIM