The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-11
NAuvoo. Ill, JAN. II.

trees cut in the timbers hereRbouts IN
to lumber about the first OF next
month. A great deal OF this kind OF
lumber is now used by the farmers
and John meves his saving outht
from place to place He will start ~
his home place for the first cutting.
| Miss Ellen Amsler and daughter
Miss Dorothy have returned from their
Rock Island visit.
Mrs. w. F. Hertel and two children
are on few weeks visit with the
lady's mother in lincoln. Nebr
| Mrs. Laura Nestle of Fit Madison Is
| in Nauvoo for a weeks visit, the guest
OF Mrs. Ed Graf.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ] A. Meinhardt have
returned to Detroit. Mich, after Wis
lit with Mrs. Meinhardt's parents, DR..
| and Mrs. W. NJ. Haggett in Nauvoo.
Miss Sadie Jibben has returned to
iher Pekin, H.. home after pleasant
Visit with her sister, Mrs. ]. o. Boyer
land family in this city.
| Little old 1915 born Jan. 1. prom
Uses to be the best business baby Nau-
700 has had for several years and will
T, be placed on record.
| Both of Nauvoos banking houses
held their annual meeting of stockhold-
iers last tuesday and at the election
held, all the old directors were re-
elected. The Nauvoo State bank re-
ports the best business year in the-hls-
tory of the institution. the resources
having gained over 100000.
| People of Nauvoo will enjoy no more
national holidays until April Fools
day. Then we all may take day on
c. ]. Baxter of Nauvoo and his
brother-in-law, who are owners OF the
/ Gem City vineyards in FIT. Madison,
have purchased sixty more acres OF
|real estate near their property In the
Pen City and the consideration Is
something near $4,000 and it is re-
ported that these acres will be plant
ed to fruit.
| Mike Baumert, publisher of the Maui
VOC Independent, is on the sick list
and VIM. Hemmy is pushing the pencil
for the paper during Mikes sickness.
Fred Simmons, an employe at
|Schneider & Hummels store, had an
attack Of tonsilitis and was compelled
Ito remain indoors for few days.
Nauvoo's State bank has blank in
come tax schedules On hand and will
lsupply any one OF our citizens who
lhave use for document of this KIND.
Even though considerable snow fell
with us so far, we here in Nauvoo
heard very little jingle of the sleigh
bells and no bobsleds were seen on
Tour streets. It looks like the auto Is
Ialso supplanting the sleigh.
Nauvoo's ST. Rose society ladies en-
Itertained their gentlemen friends at q
tsocfal in the K G. hall Thursday even.
ling and a scrumptuous time was had
iby the attendants. Delicious refresh
lments were served during the evening.
Mrs. Madaline Argast of Nauvoo,
died in her Nauvoo home last Wednes-
iday morning at about 80 o'clock at
the age OF 81 years and 20 days. The
lady had been ailing for some time
this winter and her advanced age
with a complication of ailments caused
her death. Mrs. Argast was born In
Bavaria, December II, 1880 and cam
to the United States about 1852. She
was married to C. F. Argast in ST
Louis in the year 1856 and the couple
moved to Nauvoo in 1859 where SHIT
ihas resided continuously ever since
Her husband preceded her in deatf
about thirty years ago Mrs. Areas
WAS the mother of six children, foul
sof which are living. They are join
If. Conrad, Henry and Emil. the three
/ former residing in Nauvoo and the lat
ter in Jacksonville, Ill. The deceden
was one of Nauvoo's finest old ladies
kind and of a lovable disposition ant
numbered her friends by the score, al
lof whom sympathize with the bereayet
RELATIVES. The funeral occurred THU
Afternoon at O'Clock from the Luther
I an church. Rev. VIM F. Hertel OH
: iciatine and the remains were inferred
I lin the family burial lot in NauvoO'
j old cemetery.
Nauyoo's Woodmen mask ball &C
y ours in the opera house tonight, ant
there promises to be large crowd
q Turner's orchestra of Hamilton fur
i nishes the music.
I The Nauvoo lodge goat that has beel
n tsunmering in the wilds about Nauvo
. prooably in the hills and hollows o
+ the Kimball property on the north en'
of the city. has been brought to al
!. quarters after being rounded up. tn
goat is now busy initiating candidate
q and his goatship has big job o.
hand at nearly every meeting OF tn
!, different secret societies in Nauvoc
1t has been a long time since so man
, candidates have been taken into tn
. different lodges az there has been tai
, winter
N6uVCO ana AaSAArio S4iS~i
, not forget the day and date OF the Nat
;. VOC State banks corn school whfc
q occurs next Tuesday in the Nauvo
o opera house The school will be COZ
Quoted by an expert and who is secrs
itary Of the Illinois Corn Growers al
ISOLATION The admission will be FIRE
! and Art J. Schneider, the cashier c
. this banking house, invites all farmer
in tnis section to attend This cor
r Iscbool may teach you something ths
= you may not know and may be wort
/, your time to go.
i The more dead ones" there are
! !Nauvoo, the more lively the incentiv
= to organize q Boosters club. Our bus
l. lness men should get together and O
|, gaaize one In Nauvoo before sprih
arT1Teg.
A Sauyoo citizen who subscribed If
ticket for the Sauyoo chautauqu'
1 SAYS that the mapa9ers ought to ca