The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-07
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Af1er reading our items In thu
/ column. one OF Sauvoos nigniy edu
I Gated and intellectual ladies pro
nounce them good She has ven
OF nuInor and way Of telling thing,
that In entirely different from tbs
syera8e person After reading ons
itpstaIiunent OF our correspondence
she satd she had TO agree with the
several hundred Subscribers and read
err In Nauvoo This lady IL ar
optfmist, and shs II bound to make
two smiles grow on many faces
where but one or none grew before
Thanks.
The man who wrote beautiful
snow Is dead as FAR as Nauvoo is
concerned this winter.
Prohibition Is the principal tzis
among the csmels In Nauyoo. but
business al the Ssuyoo bars - stiil
rushing
The Nauvoo coal men and plumber
certainly danced belstsd ioy-isngo
last FRIDAY morning when the mer-
curry felt il. ~ay toward the bottom
OF the tube Just what do ron think
Of the ground hog now as q weather
to-ecaster-
Miss Zelda Walther was IN Quincy
during the week attending the mil
livery openings there
John johnson who has been In
Moline, Ill, during the past several
months, has returned to his Sauyoo
home
Messrs. e. J., T. p. and c. ]. BaI-
ter were In Astoria, Ill, last week
to visit their brother Dr. A. j. Bax-
ter who has been very ILL The doc
tors many NauToo friends are
pleased TO know that he is getting
much better now
Lou Hudson, John Koehler. Wm-
Sno-szili Il john fseimSosa, Car.
golf. Fred Schleicher and Sam Guam
were called 10 Keokuk last Monday
to testify in damage suit brought
by Smith Brothers. possessors OF an
island near Fit Madison and which
was flooded By the water power
peoples dam
R. s. Latta Of Nauyoo appeared In
the district court IN Keokuk last
Thursday and Friday as defendant
in a suit brought by L. e Williams.
well known In Lee county, Iowa, and
Hancock county, Illinois. who IL Is
alleged that defendant signed con-
tract for sale of his farm in 1883
of eighty acres near Montrose for
thirty days, and farm has been sold
ten years ago b. Mr.. LattA- Attor-
ney Williams claimed per cent OF
sale by contract which amounted 10
s1a4sa Mr- Latta claimed i. vas a
verbal contract and signed only for
thirty days, but the plaintiff by show
ing a folded and printed contract
form for life After the jury was out
about long enough to read and de
i Il ate oTH the JUICES instructions,
found for the defendant The case
was contested by two OF Iowa's most
able attorneys, Judge Parsons for
plaintiff and F. VI Bellinger for de
PENDANT. Afr. Latta says the suit cost
him about 800 to win the case With
no redress and the plaintiff gets on
very easy on account OF the county
being compelled to pay the costs.
Nauvoo'g Odd Fellows ball VIII
take place in the Nauvoo opera house
next week and none but those dis
guised will be allowed TO dance IN
til masks are ordered removed.
Nauvoo's city council met in regu.
| lar session last Monday night and
granted permission to Floyd Heberer
| to plant a gasoline pump in front OF
| his garage This body of law makers
adjourned to meet again next Mon
day evening 10 argue the matter 0:
revoking Nsuvoo saloon keepers
| license.
| Elmer Fisher Of Nauyoo has been
selected as the next grand juror for
| the coming March term Of court to
! be held in Carthage.
The Nauvoo opera house is deac
| TO the Nauvoo world as far as movie
dramatic or vaudeville shows are
concerned. Manager Elmer Fisher
/ has not had anything in this line
since the medicine show last Deem
! Der.
/ Miss Dolores Inttemeyer was hon
ored with pleasant surprise party
! one evening last week. the occasion
being her fourteenth birthday ami
versary. A number Of her school
mates arranged the party and enjoy
ed the time in playing games and
partaking of a dainty luncheon
| Next Monday will be ex-Presiden'
! Lincoln's birthday. Wonder IL he will
| ha In