The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
NAuvoo. ILL.,, NOV. =.

l Harry Baxter, a Nauvoo soldier boy
who is an inhabitant of Camp Dodge,
Iowa. came over to the home OF his
| birth for visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Baxter and brother
Richard and other relatives. Harry
was granted a furiough of five days
length which ended Tuesday night
and he enjoyed every inch OF the time
while in Nauvoo and his many friends
were glad to cross palms with him
again. He likes soldier life while sta
/ toned in the land OF the brave and
home of the free, but thinks the sit
uatton will be different when the boys
7 are called to cross the pond to fight
for the, honor of this country How
J ever, we all hope for safe and speedy
4 return of all of them when once call
| ed away.
! Miss Mary Drake Of Kalamazoo,
I Mich. ia in Nauvoo for visit with
f, her brother Prof. o. A. Drake and
/ family
Mr.. Henry Hierstefn and family of
Fl Madison are in Nauvoo for a visit.
| Mrs. Elmer Fisher left Nauvoo the
fore mart of the week for New York
City, where her husband is stationed
in the government service, doing duty
In the auditors department
Professor Drake of Nauvoo's high
school. and family met with an &C
cident last Sunday, but all luckily
escaped without injury. They were
cut buggy riding on the boulevard
along the lake here and when near
place known as Lovers Glen" nam
ed SO on account of the many Maui
VOC spooning couples who were wont
to gather there on beautiful moonlight
nights in the summer evenings, the
animal the professor was driving took
fright at some object or noise and
SHE'D, upsetting the buggy and spill
inc all out of the vehicle. There was
no damage done.
Two colored men from Burlington
we're in Nauvoo last Saturday morning
and while here loaded their Ford car
with the blooming booze that can be
obtained here and started on their re-
turn trip and when at the Rea Cross
ing on corner of Eighteenth and Null
holland streets their auto struck the
high places, shearing to one side and
threw its human and other freight out.
The men were shaken up considerably
and bruised some and the car was
damaged enough so it had to receive
attention at one OF the garag es in Maui
VOC.
l.. A. Brown and son Ed OF Nauvoo's
suburbs went to Sherman, Texas. a
| few days ago. called there by the SICK
ness of his brother, H. A. Brown.
| Mrs. James Ormsler and daughter
Miss Dorothy have returned to Nan
VOC after number Of days visit witD
1.-THE husband and father in Rock Island.
| The pupils in Miss Sylvia Kruegers
school In the second ward building
were given an outing last Monday al
! ternoon and selected the tall timber
below the city as an ideal spot to en-
I joy themselves.
! Judging from reports, the Wolf club
members mentioned several times In
these columns, are not over Jealous In
the possession OF the three wolf
hounds that the club intended to pur-
chase at cost Of thirty-fve bucks
each. They were given trial
| last Saturday afternoon and again by
the light % the moon, but without suc-
cess, whether on account of the alb
sence of wolves or their tracks, or
Hack of training we have not learned.
VIM. Pitts garage in Nauvoo was
broken into a night last week and two
Chevrolet tires, the property of Peter
1 Michael, stolen. On the same night,
| a fellow approached Ford car that
was standing in the alley-way at the
| Leisy saloon and removed the top and
silently stole away with his booty.
| He was seen making getaway speed
| by a bartender who thought nothing
| Of the tllief's action at the time. a
| search was Instituted but no clue OBJ
tanned of the top or culpit. Again on
| this evening fellow bought dozen
and a half quarts of the andre fluid
which he placed in his car in the
rear Of Smithy's place. He returned
| for a forgotten order which consum-
ed only a minute or two, but upon his
return the liquid he placed in his CON
veyance disappeared as If by magic.
The witches Of Halloween were still
abroad In the land in Nauyoo. Last
Saturday night sneak thief saw
| farmer place some groceries In MS
wagon that was standing along one OF
Nauvoo's hitch racks and when he got
ready to go to his home he discovered
the bundles missing. Loss 1915 and
another batch to be bought at the
same amount And still the h. C. |.
is soaring skyward. II this state OF
affairs continues in Nauvoo 1T will not
be long until this column will be called
/ on to report one or both OF our banks
lcarried off. Sleuths and bfood-hounds
are needed here now. What do you
make of it Watson?
| Here comes another report. A trav
cling man came to Nauvoo an evening
Hast week in an automobile. He stop
ped to take supper in one of our eat
ing places and only was gone short
time. When he returned to resume
his Journey he discovered the loss OF
fine new overcoat which he thought
|lessly left on the seat of his convey
ance.
Chas. Bidamon, who was Q former
Nauvoo boy. express agent and mail
carrier coming across the creek here
ia now in New York City, so postal
cards received by relatives inform
them.
The Red Cross society organized in
Nauyoo are talking of holding dance
~ U,ba nkspiyiup evening to attempt