The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

the members of Nauvoo attended.
Miss Emily Hudson of this city was
selected to serve as president of the
league in place of Elmer Boegner,
who was called into service The
young people had a pleasant time at
the Desney home.
Mrs. A. j. .Beger invited a number
of lady friends to her Nauvoo manse
last Saturday afternoon to attend a
party given in honor of her daughter
ln-law, Mrs. Donald Beger of Bartles-
vile, Okla. What with refreshments
and doing this and that, lovely time
was had by all.
Nauvoo's city council met again
last Monday evening and opened the
bids for sewer construction work.
Cameron, McManus & Joyce of Keo-
kuk were the lowest bidders, the
amount being $1,000 complete AL
bert Rain, Nauvoo bidder, was
about $500 higher than that of the
keokuk firm. Work on the sewer
may begin in short time if some
legal technicalities do not arise and
some citizen who is opposed to the
improvement does not begin injunc-
ton proceedings to put stop to the
work
Edward Ischer and wife of st.
Louis are visiting at B. Clement and
wife's home in Nauvoo.
George E. Layton and family of
Galesburg, ILL.,, are visiting with the
lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Milo Full
ton, in Nauvoo.
John Voorvart, a travelling sales
man for an eastern shoe concern, is
visiting his mother in her Nauvoo
home.
Mrs. L. H. Hildebrand, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. K. Parker and family in Maui
yoo has returned to her Quincy home.
The Nauvoo Hancock County Mu-
tual, of which order Miss Hazel Mills
is a member arranged a pleasant
farewell party for the lady last Mon
day evening. Miss Mills will leave
Nauvoo soon to enter the army school
for nurses at Camp Grant. A delight
full evening was had by all who at
tended the party, and delicious re-
freshments were served.
Some Burlington parties, who came
to Nauvoo last Tuesday in Ford
auto, ran into a telephone pole at
Robert Schneider's residence in the
Third ward district Two men. two
women and child were the occu-
pants and strange to relate none of
the occupants were injured, although
the car ran with full force into the
pole. The windshield smashed, fem
der broken and the radius rod
bent was the damage done to the car.
Clarence Jemisan and Aloysius
Bergmeier of Nauvoo were brought
before the county court at Carthage
last Saturday and both declared in
sane by commission. They were
taken to the Jacksonville, Ill, asylum.
]. M. Fisher, assistant cashier of
the Nauvoo State bank, received
telegram from Interurban Railroad
Promoter Petsch informing him that
he would arrive in Nauvoo on Thurs
day morning of this week and ar
range the right of way matter and
other details of the interurban line
that Nauvoo is to get, so that con-
struction work may begin next
month and our people may yet be able
to ride on the cars into the Iowa Pen
city by January 1, 1919. Nauvoo has
nobly and generously raised the
amount OF SUCK SuDSCIlpIlOu anu IL
the business men and property hold
ers of Fl. Madison don't raise the
share asked of them, the promoter
ought to turn the line the other way
and run into Keokuk.
Two bank examiners were in Maui
VOC last Tuesday looking over the
business of our State bank, and 1t
took them all day to look over the
volume of business done by this great
monied institution. After completing
their work they found Cashier A. j.,
Schneider and his assistants work
in apple-pie order and not flaw to
be placed to their discredit.
Circuit court will convene in Car
thage August 5. There are no cases
docketed from Nauvoo.
Louis Koerschgen flew into Nauvoo
again on July 4, his annual date for a
visit, and remained over a day or
two longer. He says he is located
over in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he is
blacksmithing and claims to have
quite little bank roll since locating
there.