The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
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ing the elements interfered and they
We're compelled to adjourn to the K
G. hall where they concluded the fes.
tlvlties. They did fairly well with
the sale of sweets, succeeding in re-
ceiving about forty dollars.
Mrs. John H. Wolff, Mrs. William
Loewenstein and Mrs Frank Morgan
of Keokuk will come to Nauvoo to.
morrow for visit with relatives and
friends and enjoy chautauqua week
The former two ladies will be guests
of Mrs. Lou Argast and family, and
the latter a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Bertschi.
Everett Guam of Nauvoo's rural
district entertained a number of in.
innate friends at dinner party at
the home of his parents, where the
guests enjoyed all kinds Of good
things to eat.
Many places in the rural districts
they are telling what great crops they
are going to raise this year. Nauvoo
and vicinity has great expectations
too. but here we wait until the crops
are harvested before giving the fig
ureS.
of July this year. There were quite
number Of visitors in the city dur
ing the day and evening and there
were two attractions here to enter
tain them. The Keokuk Concert
band of twenty-eight pieces came up
on the steamer Keokuk at $3.50 and
during the afternoon and early even
ing delighted our people and visitors
with music. In the opera house a
continuous moving picture show was
given and many attended to get rest
and enjoy the movies. Many people
came to the city during the day and
remained just long enough to get a
supply from our barrel houses and
then wandered away again. There
was also number of private picnic
parties In and around the old Mormon
city. There was only one arrest made
during the day and evening.
The Montrose chautauqua across
the creek from Nauvoo will start
July "a, at Bluff park. People from
Nauvoo are going over and see the
entertainment.
Nauvoo has an old-fashioned man
who gets up in time every morning
to hear the song Of the birds.
From next Friday until next
Wednesday the Nauvoo library open
hours will be from 7 to 7:45 p. M.
and on Saturday and Wednesday aft
ernoons from 2 to 2:30 o'clock.
The Nauvoo First National bank
has just published a fattering state
ment and shows its resources are
1895 1871, a gain of nearly $4,000.
The deposits are 1915, 610.31, gain of
over $4,000. The bank officials can
well feel proud Of its advancement,
taking into consideration the large
amount of money extracted from its
vaults by our people for war necessi.
ties.
We interviewed number of our
grape growers and they informed us
that if nothing interferes from now
on until ripening time there will be
an enormous crop of grapes harvested
in Nauvoo this fall.
Those persons who claimed that
flying machines were dangerous
should pay more attention to automo-
bile races and joy riding.
Joseph Oschsner's new building TO
be used for a service auto station,
beats the Nauvoo interurban line in
only one way-the Ochsner Nauvoo
building was started last year and
no one knows when it will be finish
ed. for work has stopped again until
next August, while the Nauvoo inter
urban line has not yet begun con-
struction work.
Rev. Frank Marston of Hamilton
will resign his charge in the M. e.
church there next fall and occupy the
pulpit in the Nauvoo church, besides
attending to the duties of the work as
principal of the Nauvoo high school
We will welcome Mr.. Marston and his
most estimable lady as permanent
residents of this historical and beau.
tiful city and may their stay among
us be a most pleasant one
Art Voorvart, who is now some
where in France, writes to his Nauvoo
home that he has so far been unsuc'
cessful in meeting any one who was
acquainted with him in these states
His letter was written under date OF
June II.
Frank Ed, a Nauvoo soldier boy
who is now in Camp Gordon, Georgia
was a married man before he was
sent to training quarters. On May 81
be was married to Miss Hazel War
nor of Fort Madison. The wife is
now at the training camp visiting he1
husband.
Jessie Nelson, of Nauvoo, who Is
first lieutenant in the United States
aviation corps in Miami, Fla, was a
Nauvoo visitor from last Saturday UNI
iii Monday with his mother and fam
ilv. The young man momentarily ex
meets to be sent to France.
DIR. J. A. Bortz, who is captain IN
+ha medical service, has been trans.