The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-27
{6he NAUVOO
.15zss: =: .s5z : Gate City
NAuvoo. ILL, JULY 81.

"a. e chautauQud VEGA - wv
Do : entertainment is worth going
Ine zee It should be patronized
:. one. for you should remem-
e w. net proceeds will be donated
~ Red Cross society.
!ps are wondering, watching and
sn to see how many of Nau-
''u Young men will be drafted and
~ day or so you hear some
bss' .hout the new saloon to be
" Va in Nauvoo by q Quincy firm
W.. annlied for license on July /,
. sv have not begun operations.
'1 desire a suitable location, but
s,i,ding is hard to get in Nauvoo
md the firm doesn't want to
~ or buy on account of the un-
aaintv of Nauvoo remaining a wet
= a after 1917. The Quincy men
intend to conduct this wet
AZ house were expected to come
Sauyoo last Tuesday or Wednes-
to complete a deal for loca-
hit have failed to appear.
/. is said whiskey in Nauvoo has
en a jump in price. 1t is now
ling at IS cents to IS cents the
IN account Of the government
ting lid on its manufacture.
This wonderful valley. When the
m season opened in the vicinity
Nauvoo the gloomy prophets had
Dir inning. But here we are at
end of July and instead OF con-
ling with the Illinos and Nauvoo
rinity farmers we may congratulate
\ on another successful season.
M the congratulations may be ex-
nded to other states. Probably the
inois and our farmers, from the
andpoint of probable results, are
mewhat more fortunate than those
other states. Already the nearby
Ruyoo farmer has harvested an oat
|op Of over an average quantity and
lceptional quality. and splendid
" crop. And with normal rains a
Ne corn crop Is assured. In Nau-
bo's section the one failure IL wheat,
Ii as against that may be counted
fair return In the above crops. The
auvoo apple will be as numerous as
was last year and will be redder
Id of finer aroma. And Nauvoo Is
biting ready to handle one of the
tggest grape crops in its history.
|erhaps the most striking lesson of
he year is the marvellous recupera-
he powers of the Nauvoo soil. The
bckward season In the early spring
bid other conditions, 1t has COPIED
tccessfully with that adversary and
bw needs only normal conditions to
bme into September and October
|th bursting granaries, stuffed mows
bid well filled cellars. This is
onderful territory, that stretches in
j directions from Nauvoo. It reveals
5 possibilities only when put to a
ST.
Sister Loretta OF Nauvoo's ST.
ary's academy has returned from a
sit at Arlington, Ill.
Miss Villa Nelson who is engaged
Carthage, is In Nauvoo for the
eek visiting her mother and rela-
YES and attending chautauqua.
Misses Magdalene and Hazel Argast
I'VE returned to Nauvoo after a de-
I'd family at Basco, Ill.
John Voorvart. a former Nauvoo
W but now Of Denver, Colo. is
sitting his mother and relatives in
e city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Huntley, son and
RS. Chas. Huntley of Rock Island,
!, spent several days recently with
m. Huntley and family in Nauvoo.
Mrs. Geo. Anton of Nauvoo visited
r. and Mrs. Cecil j. Baxter in TT.
adison last weeks end. The hus-
nd went up to the Pen City and
ent Sunday with them.
Miss Opal Akers of Denver, ILL.,, is
sitting friends in Nauvoo and at
nding the big chautauqua.
Mrs. G.. w. Smith of Keokuk Is
sitting relatives in Nauvoo, the
ests of her brothers, the Baxter
rs. in Nauvoo, and attending our
autauqua, the finest in this section.
Mrs. Ed Colt and daughter Of FIT.
alison, are guests at the lady's
rents home, Mr.. and Mrs. c. j.
Ster. The little son Is spending
summer here with his grand
rents.
YRS. Thos. McKittrick OF Fl. Mad
a. is visiting her brother, J. B.
i and family, in Nauvoo.
YRS. P. j. Lauth OF Burlington Is
ltlng her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
nry Leppert. in Nauvoo.
Mrs. l.. A. Berryhill Of Keokuk, is
Nauvoo visitor and guest of her,
lsin, Mrs. Anna Nickowash.
,iackberries are ripe in Nauvoo,
y wild and tame, but the crop is
short one.
Illls Roberts, who has been Ill
n typhoid fever, is able to be
'und again.
me Hancock county editors who