The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
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| .NauVOOS LADIES Pr1SCllla clUD ~
| dated to meet during this week.
Messrs. George Boegner and al
Schmitz were over in Iowa last week
and purchased a lot of cattle for feed
ing purposes to be got in readiness for
| the market. ~ ~
| In visiting Nauvoo now you will
find the hub without the hubbub.
When the interurban line passes
through here you will find the hub OF
Hancock county in Nauvoo.
Ed Simmons all home talent Maui
| VOC minstrel show will be staged
about the 18th or goth OF February.
| Nauvoo's Score club members will
give one Of the best social parties OF
| the season In the opera house Wed.
nesday evening, February 3, and Dan
! Agnes orchestra OF Keokuk Will fur.
nish the music for the occasion. 1t is
/ said number of young folks from
| Keokuk and Fort Madison will he
| present.
Rev John Neve who lives in the
north part OF Nauvoo met with an &C
cident last Friday while hauling .
wagon load Of wood. He ran over q
tree stump which struck his foot and
4 caused a fracture Of a bone. in one
OF his legs.
/, Nauvoo Odd Fellows have issued
handsome invitations for their coming
mask ball, to take place next month.
/ "A number OF lady friends pleasant.
lily surprised Mrs. c. Steinmetz at her
Nauvoo home last Friday afternoon.
They came with well filed baskets of
good things to eat which was served
i before the departure Of the guests.
The ladies as well as the hostess had
a very enjoyable afternoon.
Lent opens this year two weeks
| earlier than in 1917 and the 1917 so
cial season viii therefore be consid-
cred curtailed. Ash Wednesday, the
/ beginning of Lent, this year falls on
| February Fl, Easter. the closing day
OF the abstinence period will be April
IS. Last year Ash Wednesday was on
/ March S and Easter was on April %.
! Rev. Berryhill Of the Presbyterian
| church is arranging to deliver lee
! lures once a month on Sunday even
| ings with stereopticon views, in his
! religious temple. He intended begin
ming these illustrated lectures last
i Sunday evening. but the minister as
well as the congregation were disap-
| pointed on account of the non-arrtval
OF the picture machine, but expects to
| have everything ready by Sunday
evening, February IL.
Several towns in this state are hav-
ing their ordinances revised. 1t would
/ be a great blessing II Nauvoo's city
council would revise our city code.
Next Friday is known as ground
hog day and IL the little animal comes
/ forth from his hole and he sees his
shadow. he will return for another lin
iReYinx sleep Of six weeks and accord
fnK to tradition, we will have that
much more winter weather. Should
! hts hogship fail to see his likeness.
caused by the sun being obscured.
then we can get ready to plant spuds
on March II.
There are . number OF reasons for
! thinking that NsuvOo IS slated to be-
come the largest city in Hancock
i county, after the interurban railway
line is built through this town
| It is said that a woman in Chicago
committed suicide last week who had
daughter attending ST Mary's acad-
envy in Nauvoo. The daughter. aged
about fourteen years, was notined OF
her. mothers death and left for the
city Immediately.
! January Is . dull month in most
kinds OF mercantile business, but last
Saturday was an exceptionally busy
i day In Nauyoo.
February IA is known as St Vaien-
tines day and February u as nag
day. The former. no doubt, will re-
ces-s more recognition in Nauvoo
| than the latter.
] twenty-five years ago butter in Maui
VOC was worth nine and ten cents
! pound. Those good old times.
The winter is half over. cold wealth
.er is o nthe ebb; it's only one snort
day until the month OF Feb
One OF the features OF the Nauvoo
home talent minstrel snow VIII DC
! the fine parade headed by the oand
on the day of the entertainment
! Our basket ball team Will engage
/ the Hamilton high schooi team IN q
controversy next Saturday afternoon.
: in the Nauvoo opera house and
/ good game is expected. On next Fri
1 dav evening the Commercial team OF
Nauyoo will go to Fort Madison and
| engaged the Business college team in
a game of basketball.
Next Friday is Publication or Can
dlenuas day In Nauvoo's church cal
endar-
LAST Sunday was beautiful day
ana MANY Nauvoo people were out
faunttng about the city and skating
ON the lake. Several young fellows
/, STATED to Fort Madison on the lake
which was covered with an inch or
two OF water.
II Messrs Yetsch and Payne don't
hurry I'M and complete that subscrip-
tion paper for the Fl. Madison and
fNauvoo ;nterurban railroad. spring
/ will be upon US before construction
work begins. It Will be too bad II this
! latest of all railroad schemes Tor
| Nauvoo falls through at this stage OF
the game after our business men and
1 citizens have been so coerced into
subscribing that ss5,ses with the as
surance that the road would be built
The Editor.