The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02


t 1t is said that an up TO date res
( taurant is new possibility for Nau
? VOC. in the immediate future, ant
that the room in the telephone eS
!. change building will be utilized 10
= that purpose. Some Quincy parue
are behind the movement.
Among other forms of good roa,
endeayor in Illinois we notice tina
, some one has suggested movement
TO repair and place in first class con
, dition the Nauvoo. Sonora and Ham
J iIton boulevard On with the gooi
work.
Miss Theresa Bowman OF Gales
burg, Ill.,, is visiting in Nauvoo, the
guest OF Mrs. Art ]. Schneider. IN the
beautiful home on knight street
+ IL the Illinois law regarding Gig
arettes is enforced, Nauvoo dealers
had better dispose of their stock on
hand In quick order and not recorder
any more, as the state. law prohiolts
sales of them.
! Now get your shooting irons ready
| The open season for killing squirrels
began last Tuesday.
DR.. Waldenar Kruger Of Nauvoo,
has made application to enter the
United States dental corps.
| Nauvoo's Catholic congregation
picnic will take place next Sunday,
and the place selected Is the T. Y.
| Mofitt grove, little over mile De-
| low the city, along the banks OF the
! lake. Extensive arrangements nave
been made for grand and glorious
time and a large percent of the peo-
! pie Of this religious faith will attend
If the weather don't interfere
This column has received an IN
4 10 NH
roast and chicken fry to be given in
Marzolfs beautiful grove. In Nauvoo.
right at the banks OF our lake, next
Sunday morning and afternoon. A
number of Nauvoo and vicinity men
have the matter in charge and they
usually have scrum2tuous time
They have all kinds OF sports IN ad-
dition to the many good things to
eat and drink and last season the
Nauvoo band was present to discourse
some of their fine music, which en-
Iivened things considerable.
The Industrial society Of the Maui
700 Presbyterian church held an IN
teresttng meeting in the church build
ing this Thursday afternoon.
1t is strange to see the large mum
her OF auto advertising cars in Nau-
700 every day now They advertise
county and district fairs, chautaiquas,
and races for miles around The
arid zones in nearly all parts is an
incentive for them to visit Nauyoo.
Blum, Bechtold and Blum, OF the
sThree-B" store In Nauvoo, have pur-
chased an Ellsworth automobile
truck to be used for q delivery in
their business
The Nauvoo interurban line from
~. Lf ND
! ually to Keokuk, is being revived
again. Messrs. Petsch and Payne.
the promoters, who are reluctant to
abandon the road, were Nauvoo Wis
itors last Saturday and claim that
they would yet be the means OF haT-
| ing the road constructed Ii our peo-
pie would encourage them by re-
signing the amounts pledged at the
beginning We are going to haul
! freight and passengers by electricity
"a new idea in Nauyoo and vicinity,
and it's going to be big factor IN
/ stimulating manufacturers in Nauvoo
and farms will be worth more IL this
/ line is built, which we are bound to
/ do Il we get the encouragement that
we desire, claim these promoters.
1 Well, let all give it TO them, for it
will cost nothing but the scratch OF
/ the pen IL the line Is not built. Maui
VOC people should remember that this
| town needs railroad transportation
| facilities and these promoters are do
ing this Just for Nauvoo and our
kfarmers. In the old days the rail
roads were all in league against the
towns and farmers. They were
crippled as much as helped by the
railroads But with the mteruTban,
] -, 8, he IN Sha
| deal from the jump. They want
every one on the line to have bust
ness interest, and it's going to be g.
great thing for this section OF the
country and Nauvoo people. The pos
| stbilites OF this inteTuTban line has
not yet been realized Social and
economic conditions are to be revo-
| lutionized and Nauvoo generally will
| be q different place when the pro-
posed interurban line is built Let
every former subscriber encourage
the men in this scheme when they
visit Us again, for all know that an
| interurban line is Nauvoo's salvation
Every church bell. and there are
four OF them IN Nauyoo, will start
| ringing al s O'Clock this Thursday
evening and continue for ten min
| utes in honor OF humanity week We
are sorry this notlce won't arrive IN
| Nauvoo In time to notify our people
| what this ringing means and what 1t
| is for However, the announ Gem ent
was made from our chautauqua plat
form last week
You should not blame the the-mom-
eter much these days for registering
so much heat. It's the weather 5
| fault IN Nauvoo they registered
near the 100 notch for several days,
| but no one was overcome by the
heats rays. NauToo is an ideal SUM
| mer resort and as two ladies from
Chicago, who are visiting IN Nauvoo,
remarked this is the loEeliest
and most beautiful spot on earth,
and wondered why some one don't
build summer hotels and homes for
tourists who spend their vacation in
other places. II Nauvoo had these
and with a little advertising the city
would be crowded every summer
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