The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-09
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Several Nauvoo young men attend
ed dance in Ft. Madison last Thurs
day evening. They report a fine
time and the fair sex royal enter
tainers.
May next will be the anniversary
of the sinking of the Lusitania. Sup
pose Nauvoo and vicinity people cele-
brate the defeating of the kaiser on
that date.
The Nauvoo Industrial society of
the Presbyterian church met at the
home of Mrs. Albert G. Rain last
Thursday afternoon.
If an article we read asserts,
apples are great brain food, there
should be barrel of them in one
or two Nauvoo homes where the
heads of the household discuss this
war.
Mrs. Theo. Ochsner who died last
week, was member of the Hancock
County Mutual in Nauvoo and car
ried an insurance of $4,000 in the
order.
Only eighteen more days of Febru-
airy. Won't NauvGo people be glad
when spring time rolls around again.
They are making arrangements to
plant, plant and plant more than
heretofore. Already some people are
inQuiring about patches of ground to
rent.
Mr.. Chas. Koechli Of Ft. Madison
who formerly resided in Nauvoo, is
reported very i'll. He has been housed
for several weeks.
The greatest pleasure some few
Nauvoo fellows get out of their auto
mobiles is not driving them during
these winter months.
Roy Bruegger who purchased the
property in Nauvoo formerly owned
by his brother, expects to occupy 1T
some time next month. Emile o.
Baxter and wife who are living there
have rented the Catholic parsonage
built during Keirans reign in Maui
VOC.
One of Nauvoo's citizens who had
been in the west says that he praised
his home town to a company he was
introduced to and when they went
home they began looking up beautiful
Nauvoo. The next time they met
him they said they couldn't find it
on the map. They can't in the win
ter months.
Harold Hart of Nauvoo. who is
now working for the Santa Fe rail-
road in FIT. Madison, was in Burling-
ton and applied at the recruiting
station there for admittance in the
navy, but was rejected.
The coal man and the plumber GER
tainly had prosperous business so
far this winter. Their services were
in demand in Nauvoo as also else
where more this winter than for
many years heretofore.
A miscellaneous entertainment will
take place in the Powellton hall to-
night, Saturday, for the benefit of
the Red Cross society. Some Nauvoo
young people are going out to enjoy
the festivities and help swell the
Red Cross fund.
Nauvoo merchants have received
notice that when they sell flour to
a customer they must insist that the
customer must purchase pound for
pound in other cereals, which 81
cludes potatoes as well. If a GUS
toner buys sack of flour. weighing
forty-nine pounds he will be com
PEELED to buy the same number Of
pounds in other cereals. The out
come will be awaited with interest
here.
With the mercury in Nauvoo feel
ing it's way toward lover the top"
of the tube the past few days, just
what do you think Of the grounding
as forecaster?
James Whitfield. who died in st.
Joseph's hospital in Keokuk last
Monday, was Nauvoo resident for
many years. He has one sister, Mrs.
Mittie Hubbard, formerly of Nauvoo,
but who now lives in Fit Madison.
Another sister, Mrs. D. Patten, for
merly of Montrose, but now resi-
dent of the state of Washington, also
survives him.
Mrs. Frank MCGEE of Hamilton has