The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-25

| benefit connected with 1t to remind
us of the great responsibility that Is
resting upon us, especially upon our
women who have responded so mag
niftcently. From now on, since our
country's entry into the war, refresh
ments may be dispensed with at SO.
| Gals as a conservation measure ana
| work table substituted for the din
/ ing room board in the Nauvoo homes,
where hospitality resigns supreme.
| Frank Reed and wife have leased
the Nauvoo M. e. church parsonage
and will occupy the residence.
Nauvoo people have during the
mast week raked up and burned the
rubbish. A great deal of garden has
been made, although many OF our
people have not begun yet.
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
| Ieininger is wrestling With the
measles in their home in the south
east edge of Nauvoo.
Mrs. Raymond Herbert OF the
southeast country was taken to st.
Joseph's hospital in Keokuk last
! Tuesday where she submitted to a
serious operation and from which she
successfully passed through. me
friends of the young wife will be
pleased to know that she is on the
rapid road to recovery now.
Mrs. Earl Martin has been taken
i'll and is belfast in her Nauvoo
home.
Frank Kerl, the Nauvoo inventor
of machines sending death-deaiing
explosives and bombs that when they
strike some hard object will spread
tongues of flames that will consume
towns and cities, has come forward
and is willing to take the RESPONSE
bility Of our city affairs upon his
shoulders and will consent to be
MAYOR of Nauvoo If our people want
him and will file his petition TO al
low his name to appear on the lnde-
pendent ticket. He was candidate
for the same office last year kerl
is the only one so far to come for
ward and declare his candidacy for
mayor of Nauvoo, and the city cleo
ton is only three weeks Off.
Nauvoo's city council members met
in special meeting last Tuesday
evening for the purpose of acting on
Mayor Arbuckle's resignation and
decide upon the legality OF placing
names for this office on the official
ballot. To make things sure OF their
actions the members appointed the
clerk and two aldermen were Sc
lected as a committee to secure legal
advice and go to Carthage to consult
attorneys, during which time the coun-
ell adjourned to Thursday evening 10
hear their report.
The statement Of the First Ma
tional bank in Nauvoo was published
few days ago and shows an in
crease of $4,000 in resources and
deposits since three months ago.
Messrs Fred Salm and Geo. Dach-
roth, the able and polite cashiers of
this financial institution will soon
bring the banks deposit to the $780,
900 mark and the resources are not
far from that sum now. This bank
is enjoying a substantial and increas-
ing growth and the business will be
brought up to the leading banks Of
the country If it's present growth
continues. The above proves that
Nauvoo is a moneyed town.
1t is now definitely announced
that the steamer Keokuk will begin
making trips between Quincy, Keo-
kuk. Nauvoo and Burlington, on
Tuesday, March 26. and the whistle
will be heard in Nauvoo next Tues
day morning which will be a well
come musical sound to our people
after being isolated from the outside
world during long, cold and tire
some winter Now Nauvoo is still
on the map, and it will be passing
strange If the business activities in
Nauvoo will not grow to large dimen-
sions as the open season goes along.
Theo. Gross. Nauvoo's township
tax collector, returned his books Fri
day to the county treasurer in Car
thage. He informs us that all but
$1,000 on the real estate was col
lected and but small amount of
taxes on personal property remains
unsolicited on account of parties re-