The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27

700 home, where her many friends
viii De glad TO see her.
II The picnic supper given by the Nau-
VOC Presbyterian church ladies last
Thursday evening on their church
lawn was wen attended and the SPLEEN
did eats enjoyed by those present
Threshing IL going On very rapidly
IN Nauvoo's vicinity and 10 complaint
heard by the farmers about the crop,
which indicates that it Is a good one
| The Sauvoo Red Crogs chapter is
ist!Il working earnestly getting hos
ipital supplies ready for the boys -over
there" and the state camps Their
worE is comnendable.
/ The seryice flag. which was made
icy the Sauvoo Young Ladies War
Relief club and which hangs from one
! Of the large windows in our 2ostof1ce
as reminder Of local ones who have
/ left Eauyoo to serve in this country's
call has had several more stars added
to It during the past week II now
! contains efghty-nine stars for Nauvoo
and vicinity boys who are in the
camps and In France.
Nauvoo canning factory laborers
VIII rejoice when this commercial In
stitution's wheels oegin to revolve
again, for the contract tomato crop
ripens and all of US are hoping that
II viii be an exceedingly large one as
well az the sweet corn crop.
From Nauyoo vicinity farmers
comes the news that people in this
city in a measure can solve the meat
problem. They say that the young
rabbit crop fs a large one. Let Us
hope they VIII not be as big a frost
as some crops turn out to be this
coming winter.
Nauyoo hardly ever has boarder in
the municipal lodging house When
an arrest of some fellow is made,
which is very seldom, he usually has
the wherewith to pay his fine.
A rare thing occurred in Nauyoo
this week. II was the sale OF bust
ness lot, William c. Reimbold sold
to John Kraus lot 4, in block 10, in
Wells addition to Nauvoo. This lot
is situated on Mulhoiland, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. right
IN the heart of Nauvoo's business sec
ton and desirable piece OF real es-
tate William c. Reimbold is a lucky
Sauvoo land gpeculator. He purchas-
s6 several lots from Paul Ritter. who
Inherited the property from his father.
the late George Ritter, who is well
KNOWN By the older inhabitants OF
asokuk. al very reasonable price |
and has more than doubled his in
Tesrrnent in those he sold. John
Rraus intends erecting business
building on his purchase to be usec
for q cigar factory and billiard room
IN the near future.
Conrad Argast's family have receiv-
a 10 -x,y1r
wrote from an eastern coast city in |
which he states that he and his com
'any were about ready TO start for |
rance. He was informed by those /
n authority that If he wished to write +.
! letter to the folks at home that he |
lad better get busy for it was his |
asst opportunity to do so while in the /
itates. Harry probably proceeded to |
10 so at once and a letter to his par !
.Its is expected at any time now.
Frank Kramer and Frank Clark OF |
j orTigon. H., Mrs. Annie Cheney of /
fairfield, Iowa, Mr.. and Mrs. John !
teinbold Of Warsaw were called TO ,
Sauvoo 10 attend the funeral of their 1
elatiye. Mrs. Sarah Kramer, Friday |
A good deal of land about Nauvoo
viii be leased UP" as soon as the IN. |
erurban promoters succeed in getting
he construction gangs at work.
Some river men, speaking of the |
.teamer Keokuk, our local packet run
ling on the lake here, declare she will 1
never tip over in rough weather, for
very time the boats metacentric gets
ow the boat takes on another load of
'arrel goods at Quincy for Nauvoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob LutZel of Iowa
Jity, Iowa, spent the week visiting .
riends of the lady in Nauyoo, and
While here were the guests of Mrs.
carrie Gross. Mrs. Lutzel was Miss
carrie Alderman before her marriage
md was born and raised in Nauyoo.
rhe lady is also well known in Keo- !.
TUX, having held several responsible +
positions in the dam city. II
The Nauyoo Taber Lumber compa-
ly received another lot of supplies
his week from their main yards IN
<eokuk. This firm is doing big
in Nauvoo and when they
tarted operations here many of our
,eople wondered what Nauvoo needed
With such a gigantic enterprise, and
all sorts of things such as
railroad coming through Nauvoo
ure, the Keokuk dams responsibility
or many factories locating here, etc.
I proved otherwise and began as
aging venture from the start.
j. +. Mapes, Nauvoo's produce deal
r, is buying a large lot of poultry
hese days and when you sell him a
hicken he's not afraid to make
Idle hot with m !