The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-02
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always hold the donor in fond re-
nenl0ra-ce when they gaze on TINS
valuable and holy gift.
! IL Nauvoo and Warsaw should oe-
! come saioonless towns some dry farm
ling methods would be adopted al
| Hancock county on this side or the
river and Lee county on the opposite
side, and also here and there In other
parts near by.
II is said that this part OF the coun-
ty has been selected to furnish all the
seed corn that the state ofncials can
get. because ii is located risht IN the
center Of the corn belt and Nauyoo's
vicinity is going TO furnish some OF
the best seed corn found in the state
from last years crop. The price TO De
paid for the best variety of seed corn
that will test 20 to 20 per cent ger
mination at $3.50 per bushel; 80 70 ~
per cent $3.50, and 90 to 100 per cent,
$3.50. Last week U,iliam and Henry
Ronner, who live in Sonora township.
about four miles oelow Nauvoo, made
q corn deal that will lose them sever
al thousand dollars. They sold to
Phtlip Kybury 1000 bushels of fine
yellow corn at $3.50 the bushel and the
latter was TO cart 1t away. which he
gladly did It is said the corn grown
BY the Ronner brothers will test from
near 80 TO 90 per cent termination
and IL Mr.. Kyburtz sorts it for seed
corn, tipped butted, shelled, bagged
and delivered at the states store
rooms, he Will receive $3.50 to not less
than $3.50 for the thousand bushels
he purchased. This is one Of the most
valuable corn deals ever hnown to be
made in the county.
This has been q long winter Also
broader and bit thicker than usual.
People who spend the winter at some
warm resort never know the delights
Of popping from cold winter into
spring. Blessed are the uses of ad-
versity The Nauvoo season begins
about four weeks after the first robin
warns up for the opening of spring.
Spring officially opens about the
twenty-frst of March. but 1t doesn't
arrive until it gets here. Seasons are
not made any more by dates. It's the
weather. One straw hat doesn't make
a summer When you see a flock OF
small boys swimming in the lake at
Nauvoo, we can tell the world that
summer mas come.
There were good many auto pleas
ure parties in Nauvoo during the fine
i
part Of February. They all came from
the dry zones and tarrted awhile to
supply thems selves with the fluid that
brings imaginary joys to their sys.
TENS which can be obtained in but
few towns and with which Nass~o is
beautifully supplied.
Yesterday was March / and the Of
flcial date for Nauvoo and vicinity
farmers to move to another place.
It Is reported that Curtis, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Roberts of Nau.
VOC. who was drafted into the service
at the beginning and sent to Fl. Dodge,
Iowa. is now Somewhere in France"
Mrs. VIM. Kreiter has returned to
her Nauvoo home after an extended
visit in Kansas
Miss VILLA Nelson OF Carthage,
came over TO Nauvoo last Sunday to
visit her mother and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Phil Nickel and son
and Elmer Schlieber Of Warsaw, came
up to Nauvoo last Sunday to spend the
day with friends They motored up
from the below the dam city.
Jos. Nelson and Ezra Hertenstein.
two Nauvoo young men, We're called
to Quincy last Tuesday TO appear be-
fore the district board OF examiners
and were admitted for service into
the army.
Clyde Bruegger came down from
Rock Island to Nauvoo last Monday
for visit with his mother and rela-
lives. The young man intends enlist
ing In the army and is awaiting the
arrival Of his transfer card from Cali
fornia. where he registered.
Geo. Morrill,, Oliver Argast, Frank
Huumel Of NauToo were called to
Carthage last Tuesday to appear be-
fore the local board of exams and all
o; the boys were accepted for service
The free garden seeds that arrived
from Washington in Nauvoo few
weeks ago didn't herald the approach
Of spring
There is not great amount Of
things doing in Nauvoo these days,
We only have one or two days that
We can call rushing business times
The only great rush We have Is Nau.
700 people rushing around gathering
UP enough money and then rush to the
tax collectors Office to pay their taxes
90 they can live one more year.
No more measles have visited Maui
700 since We reported the one case of
young man in our third ward dis
trict.
Once In a while you can hear man
wfao has the hardihood to say kind
word for our mail carrier that has to
cross the lake and bring the sacks
| from Mon-rose. II people will only
wait they viii get their mail all right,
says he. Quite right Everything
comes TO those who wait, but the
trouble is there amt no regular time
table in these winter days.
Following the output OF the gradual
/ increase Of the output of the egg
plant in Nauvoo this spring. the hen
/ fruit variety will fall considerable in
prices.
The bob and hand sleds do their
/ best on the Nauvoo hills when in the
l coasting season. but they will never
catch up with the reckless auto speed
er
| We may look the next day after the
wet and dry election some Nauvoo