The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-09
nAuvoo, ILL, FEB. ..

Last Sunday Nauvoo people were
deprived OF their Sunday fayorite
newspapers on account of the dis
agreeable crossing on the ice bridge
on the big lake at this point. All OF
cur citizens were anxious to get the
Sunday papers on account OF the
war news and Saturdays Keokuk
Eaily Gate City did not arrive IN
Nauvoo until Monday. 1t is the first
time in our recollection that we fail
ed to get the regular mail from Mont
rose when crossing was considered
absolutely safe, but very disagree
agile and uncomfortable.
Nauvoo Boy Scouts will give So
cial and an exhibition of their pro-
gress in scout work on March 8 and
are going to invite the public to
come and see them.
Nauvoo has a fellow who is the
head of family who says that a man
Las right to regulate his own Rome,
but this very man does not care to
insist upon his rights.
John Koehler of Nauvoo has been
saving logs at Yves. Millers place
below Nauvoo and at the Addie Ham
burg farm III Sonora township.
Many of Nauvoo's people are COM
planning of being afflicted with the
grippe and this column has not
escaped the rayishes of the disease.
Our doctors are as busy as ants.
Submitted without argument by
several Nauvoo girls as another rea-
son why certain school ma'am Is
glad that 1917 is not Invisible by 4.
She is going to get married after
Easter.
A farmer near LaHarpe in this
county, found half dozen cows and
a yearling heller dead in his stock
field few days ago. victims prob
ably Of the corn stalk disease. The
Illinois live stock commissioner will
again be issuing warnings to farm
ers and stock raisers against the
feeding Of corn stalks to cows and
horses during the winter. good
many deaths have been caused in
winter heretofore through the poison
GUS fungus or cornstalk. So far as
they have yet been able to determine
there is no remedy for such poison
ing except to keep the stock out. of
the stalk fields. AS has been stated
before, the prevalence of the fungus
growth on the stalks is always there
and more some seasons than others.
There is a division of opinion as to
what damage the severe cold weather
did to the wheat crop hereabouts
because it was devoid of covering
and moisture for protection. Some
hauvoo fellows claim that the peach
crop for 1917 is entirely ruined for
the trees can't stand the 16 degrees
below zero weather and 1t was two
degrees colder than that In Nauvoo
this winter Others say these foro
casters know nothing whatever about
tie peach crop at this season be-
cause they don't know what conai-
tor the wood is in and can't tell
urtil the budding season arrives this
spring.
Mr.. C. j. Baxter Of Nauvoo was in
Des Moines, Iowa, recently to visit
hearing of the Iowa state commerce
council regarding rates Of feright
shipment on fruits
Mrs. Mike Baumert has been a
grippe victim for several days, but
is much better now.
Erwin Reimbold lost nine fine
chickens by someone entering his
hen roost last Monday night and
carving the fowls away without his
permission and left no clue. These
night providers know how to reduce
the high cost of living at someone
else's expense.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza REIN
bold was held this afternoon (Fri-
day) from the residence to the Pres
,byterian church, Rev. Berryhill Off
eating. Burial in the Nauvoo city
cemetery. :,
VIM. P. Hall, the well known mil
lionaire horse and mule buyer of Lam
caster, Mo-, has announced that he
will be in Nauvoo next Monday for
the purpose of purchasing horses:
Mr.. Hall was also a Snowman and
owned a circus and menagerie and
negotiated for the services OF the