The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-02

as well. The people OF this old town
should patronize home amusement
places and not flock to a visiting en-
tcrtainment when it comes to NauvOc
and let local enterprise go arglinl
mering for want Of patronage.
The e5-cent haircut sin continues
| to be one of Nauyoo's refreshing fea'
lures.
Mrs. Anna NfcApwash entertained
number Of friends at dinner party
last Sunday In honor of Mrs Mary
Childres. OF Fort Madison. in her
beautiful Nauvoo home ON North
Twelfth street
The kaiser intended to have his
crown enlarged, but since some OF
the NaUvoo boys, with all the other
American young men. went over
there" It has shrunk to almost moth
ing. and it win not be long until he
win need no crown at all. even II he
is so lucky as to retain his scalp. The
way the news sounds about our Amer
lean boys who are somewhere tn
France and ON other oversee soil, they
must have learned warfare Sitting
Bull and the Huns are beginning TO
realize that fact
Mrs. Charles Lugner, the wife OF
Nauyoo's popular shoe soul repair
er, was taken very Ill with appendt-
Citis last week, and last Saturday was
hurried to a Keokuk hospital. where
she underwent an operation for this
troublesome and sometimes danger
Gus complaint The news received
here the next day was that the lady
stood the operation splendidly and
that she Is getting along as well as
could be expected, which is glad
tidings to her many Nauvoo friends
and relatives.
Although he Is pretty effectuaIfy
swatted in Nauvoo, 1t should be re-
lnembered he win not stay that way,
so keep on swatting that pesky fly.
One week from next Friday begins
the Nauvoo chautauqua, which con-
tinues until the following Wednesday.
This Is a historic time in Nauvoo.
All the buildings that belonged to the
martyred Joseph Smith, the Mormon
Yrophet, and his heirs are being re-
paired and put in fine condition. to
be preserved in honor of his memory.
Someone here has done Nanyoo
people good service. He Tor per-
haps she9 spread q report of an APP
rroaching wedding which Is accord
ing to Madam RaImor. Heretofore
that lady has been too widely known
IN Nauvoo as Dame Rumor. The
Wedding win probably be a NauVoo
lass to one OF our soldier boys.
1t looks like Nauvoo people win not
need a bathing pool this summer il
the cool summer will continue and
run right on the heels of October
weather.
Nearly everywhere men are needed
in the harvest fields, and 1t is safe
venture that no hobos win bother
Nauvoo people for a handout this
season.
Fort Madison moneyed and business
men should hurry up and complete
that subscription stock list for the
Nauvoo and Pen city interurban hne,
in this section wants to
see and hear the choo-choo cars glide
over the rails from Nauvoo to Fort
Madison by January /, 1919. The
small amount for big enterprise that
the promoters ask of city the size
Of Fort Madison, which contains I'M
told wealth, ought and should be sub
scribed in twenty-four hours. And
think of the vast benefit Fort Madi-
son would receive IN a business way
from this interurban railway line.
We hope that Nauvoo mans prog
nostications will come right, about
plenty of fine sunshine for a number
Of days to come, so that the Nauvoo
vicinity farmers can get all of the
harvest out of the way, Our weather
bureau hasn't been able to do much
in that line lately.
Nauvoo parents are receiving pleas
Ing and comforting letters from their
boys in camps and lover there" and
find that all is well so far
Nauyoo is going to have safe and
some Fourth next Thursday, for only
a small amount of fireworks IS on
sale in our shop windows.
Nauvoo merchants don't have to
advertise breakfast foods these days. |
When several customers visit a store
IN purchasing expedition and order |
pounds of flour the mer-
liant gets rid of all the breakfast |
foods by supper time.
Nauvoo, with its half dozen barrel |
houses. rs a moral city, and it looks |
ike the town officials will have to |
advertise It's city Jail for rent, with |
he privilege OF purchase, soon. There |
has not been an inmate at the munich /
pal lodging house for some time.
A Nauvoo young man was fined i
several dollars and costs recently for
speeding. There are plenty more who |
,hould get a dose of the speed law,
or they are continually exceeding the |
speed limit when passing along Maui
zoos business streets.