The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-15
NAuvoo, ILL., AUG. is.

of Nauvoo's lads and lassies al
talking of attending colleges an
seminartes in neighboring and dis
ant cities the coming college term.
The Misses Gladys and Willm
Englehardt OF Keokuk. were visitor
last Saturday, Sunday and Monday
and guests OF their cousin, Mrs. job
Krans and family.
The city jail was occupied by
plain drunk last Monday, the frs
inmate of that hostelry for SOM
time, which speaks well for tow
with five saloons and the city largel!
patronized by visitors from many DIR!
zones every day.
Nauvoo has forty-five autos placed
! to her credit on the assessors books
Mrs. Anna Jackson, deputy circuit
clerk at Carthage, is enjoying vaca
ton and visited her mother in Nau
VOC. Her sister, Mrs. Grace Shep
herd, OF st. Joseph, Mo-, is also Wis
iting her mother here.
| The canning factory may begin
preparing the sweet corn crop by the
end Of this week. Tomatoes may also
be canned at the same time. Both
crops look promising and a large
yield is expected.
G. ]. Baxter of the Nauvoo Fruit
Shippers company. says the inter
state commerce commission has re-
fused to grant the request of the
western trunk lines for permission
to raise the freight rates on certain
commodities, one OF which was a
raise on freight on grapes against
which the gentleman protested at a
meeting he attended some time ago
In Kansas City. He says that the
commission has allowed the railroads
$40 car for icing refrigerator cars
and that the charge will hit Nauvoo
growers and shippers pretty hard.
Chas. Peters. a former Nauvoo
resident. died at Lincoln, Neb., last
week. When boy he made his
home with his aunt, Mrs e. Knithan,
who died number Of years ago In
this city. His cousin, Mrs. c. ].
Baxter, resides here. He was fifty
seven years Of age at the time of his
death.
An ice cream social was given on
the Presbyterian church lawn Tues
day evening by members OF the Sun
day school, to which the public re-
sponded quite literally.
VIM. Reimbold and Chas Miller Of
keokuk, were business visitors last
Monday.
The Powellton Royal Neighbors
and Woodmen picnic will be held In
that place one week from next Sat
urday and a grand and glorious time
Is expected. Nauvoo will be well
represented.
The gossiper has 1t that two Nau-
VOC lassies are soon to wed. The
Indispensable are residents Of
$nu
Carl Rose, Elmer Steele, Carl Deer,
Herold Hart and John LANCE were
those here who were exempted by
the board at Carthage for war serv-
ice. Nauvoo sent out twenty young
men for the exam and all but the
above named passed and will be re-
quired to report at Springfield when
summoned by the greater powers.
It will not be long now before big
ears Of corn and mammoth pumpkins
can be seen In the Nauvoo show win
dows and read about in the rural
newspapers and they are going to
be the biggest ever shown this fall.
Today, Wednesday, is Nauvoo day
at the Sonora home corners reunion
and splendid program is being pre-.
scented by Nauvoo business men.
The Colusa, H., band was present
to furnish music.
joey Ochsner. former Nauvoo
boy, who married Chicago lady,
informs friends here that they met
with heart-rending loss by the
death OF their three year old son,
last Saturday, at their home in the
windy city. The parents have the
deepest sympathy of their many
friends in Nauvoo
Henry Dacnroth, who has been in
the south for number of months,
was NauVoo visitor last Sunday.
He is making his home with his
daughter. Mrs. H. F. Stemple, in Fl
Madison. for the present.
VIM. J. Dachroth is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Florence Reiner. in
Keokuk. this week.
The Reverends Fitzgerald OF Ar
lington. H., and O'Brien of Chicago.
were the welcome guests OF Nauvoo's
popular pastor, Rev. L. Tholen, last
Saturday and Sunday They came
by the auto route. Rev. Tholen left
today to attend the silver anniversary
OF st. Bede's college, which occurs
tomorrow
Today b the big day at the Nauvoo |
M. e. church and a fine dinner was
served free. Rev C.. F. Smith a |
visiting minister, was present and
delivered an uplift talk to the con-
gregation.
Carriages Catholic church congre-
cation held a picnic at the fair
grounds at that place today. and |
among the sports was baseball |
game between the male members OF /
the above place and Nauyoo. The
score may be printed later. II Maui
voo's army OF selected ball tossers
are not defeated too badly.
Not a trace OF the beginning Of the
construction of the Nauvoo interur-
ban line has yet been found but OF
course Aat luck can't last.
John Savage OF Nauvoo, has gone
TO Edmonton, Canada, where he will
homestead $50 acres of farm land
Fred Wolf Of Omaha, Neb is visit.
ng his father, mother and sister in
Sauvoo.
John Hf1lesheim and daughter Of