The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-25
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w. A. House and daughter OF
South Dakota, visited the ladys
friend. Mrs. Chas. Lugner. In Nau
WOO day last week. They are now
visiting the mother of Mrs. House IN
Keokuk.
DIR. g. w. Fegers Of Nebraska City
Nebraska. was visitor among
friends in Nauvoo last Monday.
Mrs. John H. Wolff Of keokuk,
came up to Nauvoo this morning for
a several days visit with her niece,
Mrs. Lou Argast and family.
/ Misses Hazel Hudson and Ger
trude Fulton have returned to their
Nauvoo homes from a two weeks
visit in Chicago.
Mrs. Knoener OF st. Louis is to ar
rive today for visit with her friend.
Mrs. Jas. Welter, in Nauvoo.
Mrs Oscar Patterson OF Flint,
Michigan, arrived in Nauvoo, last
Monday for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Hudson.
Miss Mary Kraus of Keokuk, who
visited her brother, John and family,
all of last week in Nauvoo, has re-
turned to her home, from where she
will go to Chicago for a visit.
Nauvoo people and our farmers en-
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day and during the night hours,
which was fine for the tomatoes,
corn, grapes and numerous other
things. 1t is thought that the short
drought is broken from now on.
Mrs. Amelia Wolf reached her
eightieth birthday on Wednesday OF
last week, and members of the W. K.
G. and ladies of the Industrial society
arranged pleasant surprise party
in the afternoon at the Nauvoo home
of her daughter, Mrs. John Buckerf,
and the party presented this veneer
able old lady with a birthday cake,
containing eighty candles, represent
| in the number of years Of her birth
| Mrs. Wolf is enjoying excellent health
and bids fair to remain with her rel
atives and friends for several years
yet.
st. Rose society's ice cream social
in the X. c. hall last Saturday after
noon and evening was well attended
and the ladies succeeded in realizing
nice little sum from the venture.
Miss Ellen Koch Of Warsaw, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ellis
Daugherty, in their beautiful Nauyoo
first ward home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Schaefer OF Ft
Madison, have been visiting relatives
in Nauvoo the past week.
Florence and Edward Moffltt Of
Minneapolis, Mimi, are in Nauvoc
for visit with their grandma, Mrs
Samantha Moffitt.
Mrs. Julia Boquet and son, Leo, O,
Keokuk, visited with Nauvoo rela
tives a day last week. Miss Anna
Baumert accompanied them to the
dam city for a visit.
Despite the cynics, Nauvoo Is grow
ing more upright with her five sa
looms. Very few arrests are made
and you only occasionally see lean
ing tower paradtng our bushes:
thoroughfare and when one-is seer
he is soon Strengthened by our popu
lar, but strict police chief, Ed Doe
decker.
1t won't be long now before the
grapes are ripe in Nauvoo. All Nau
VOC people and her neighbors art
strong for that season Of the year
when the grapes ripen and we lik'
to hear the boys go over the situation
editorially, because along with thu
grapes so many other things ri2en
Around general ripening time Is tn
time we find there's most to writ,
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narrow we won't throw in a littl
extra boost for the Nauvoo crap
crop. Some people do not know
what the Nauvoo grape tastes like
Hark you, friends, the Nauvoo crap
is the most delicious fruit raised IL
Illinois or any other state. And
is better than the California fruit
because it comes from Nauvoo il
Illinois. 1t may grow elsewhere il
the world, but its proper home Is Of
the banks Of the Father of Waters
about twelve miles from the Keoku
Daily Gate City office, in the Dan
City. Some people do not know tn
Nauvoo bluffs whose pedestals ar
laved by the silvery waves of LAX
Keokuk and where the grape vim
loves to weave it's richest pattern
Of living green upon the wire t
support the luscious fruit. The
have not seen the beautiful appl
groves that bear the finest fruit i
this union and where any one VIII
loves the beauties of nature, loves t
dwell All, they have never dreame
an hour on the shores of the lake
, shady banks, whispering the ok
old story to a willing ear, while tn
, moonbeams danced above the vine
yards and the only sound was tn
: croaking Of the frog mingling wit
i, the twitter Of the birds in the grove
That's where the fine grapes grow
my brother, and that's where me
and women never grow old. Com
and let us lead you thence, and lie
your heart grow young in Nauvo
and in the place where the grape ril
ems and Joy and health ride on tn
wings Of every breeze and wher
loves sweet song shall never die
Hast heard the call? Another wore
When in doubt where the fines
grapes grow, or as to any other goo
and gracious thing, think OF Nauvoc
And we can add that now the pros
poets for a fine grape crop In Nat
VOC this season looks very promising
The High Tension clubs outing G
Keokuk. occurred last Saturday an
the members steamed Up to Nauvo
on the Sidney, arriving here abou
IA o'clock in the afternoon and tn