The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-16
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Nauvoos Boy Scouts are down at
the Veith farm for an outing and
doing camp life and while rusttcatins
are picking strawberries for pastime
Some of Nauyoo's bankers attended
the bankers county convention
which met at the Hamilton CLUB
house last Tuesday.
All of Nauvoo's young people, both
boys and girls, can now earn dimes,
nickles and cents picking that lus-
cious fruit, the strawberry. Pickers
are in demand here and some of the
young 'uns are making good wages
at the work.
The Nauvoo canning factory Will
start preparing the pea crop some
day next week and quite force will
be employed in the factory on the
banks of this great lake at Nauvoo.
Warren Argast and bride have
come to Nauvoo and are the guests
of the groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
]. f. Argast. They will remain UNI
til Tuesday.
John Wellner Of near Nauvoo has
fallen in line with some of the other
farmers by naming his beautiful
place Green View" and has regis
tered it as such.
We were mistaken when we stated
in our last issue that the pupils OF
the Spalding and st. Mary's institu'
lions gave the plays at the audi
forum last Tuesday evening. 1t was
the pupils of the Catholic parochial
school that gave the entertainment
preceding the commencement eXer-
cises.
Nauyoo's Odd Fellows observed
their Memorial day last Sunday
They marched from their hall to the
cemeteries where they decorated the
graves of their departed members
Rev. Berryhill of the Nauvoo Pres.
byterian church delivered splendid
address to the members in the city
of the dead.
John Stadler Of Keoluk, was
! business visitor among his cigar Gus
/ toners in Nauvoo last Thursday.
| Not much attention was paid tc
/ Flag day in Nauvoo last Thursday
I Not a flag was thrown out for ar
airing in honor of the day that this
column discovered.
I. Miss Ava, daughter OF Mr.. anc
/ Mrs VIM. Pitt, ST., Of Powellton.
1 few miles east Of Nauvoo. dice
Thursday about the noon hour, a
/ the age of nineteen years. The
cause of her death was some affec
ton of the heart. She was brigh
and lovable young lady and number
ed her friends by the score and he
death is a sad blow to parents, Sis
tiers, brothers, relatives and friends
The relatives have the sympathy o
all In Nauvoo and around her hom
in the sudden taking away OF thl
popular young lady in the bloom o
. womanhood.
Mrs. Earl Laubersheimer Of Turtle,
: Oklahoma, was called to her parent
home near Nauvoo on account OF tn
serious illness of her sister, Miss Av
Pitt, who died Thursday noon
Miss Zeldo Walther has closed he
Nauvoo millinery store for the sea
son. She occupied the Russell build
ing, one Of the best business loca
tions in Nauvoo.
Nauvoo's st. Mary's academy com
mencement will occur In the inst
tutes auditorium on June 10 and &c
and the graduates will be: Catherin
Moffltt, Helen and Florence Rowle
in the academy course; Sylvia We
ter Dorothy Church, Cecilia HerbeT
and Mae Kane, commercial.
There was a bushel and half 9
Boy Scouts in Nauvoo last Monda
afternoon and nosed about the cit
as If they were looking for Germa
spies. They hailed from Ft. Mad
son while on a hike looping the loo
around Lake Keokuk. They SCENE
to enjoy their visit while in the MOI
mon city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kraus and bah
went to Keokuk last Thursday nigh
and remained until this Saturda
afternoon for a visit with Grandp
Kraus and the balance Of the rela
tives who live in the dam city. MI
Kraus' son George, came up tn hi
auto and took them down an
brought them back again. They wen
down to visit Grandpa Kraus' fin
. strawberry patch just back Of Kec
|, kul1 and indulge in that Iusc1ou
j, fruit that that gentleman is note
for raising on Keokuk's vicinity sol
The first movie show will be give
In the new airdome tonight. Satul
: day, by the proprietors who are con
posed OF three of Nauvoo's mos