The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
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John Kraus was Fort Madison
Lsinegs visitor last Thursday.
Partieg coming from Iowa TO SaUTo<
most every day for wet goods ars
,ticed TO bring their families for
easure trip algo TO the Mormon city
hey patronize our stores. meat shops
lafectfonarieg. ice cream parlors
sanut and popcorn stands, and oui
ting houses do big business. Aau
10 Is q big business place tnese days
The date was Jan Z. 1913, on which
complete the Sauyoo-Fort Madison
tera-t,an railway line IL Nauvoo peo-
IL succeeded IN raising their amount
stock subscription. Our people
ave done 70. Much win have to be
one now In that brief time A cur.
3ry glance shows that the promoters
i'll have to prove to every respective
lind that they VIII have TO hustle 70
egin construction work before that
Eme. There win be roses and bon
ons for them IL they will start work
ven before the fret Of the year anc
i've this old Mormon town a railroad
they win be condemned tc durance
lie. The eternal vigil OF Nauvoo peo-
lie for this railroad has never relax
d, Fort Madison business men may
I'd. but not 80 Nauvoo. She admon-
shes and encourages the promoters.
sppIaudes their success and points the
ray to greater Sauyoo. But the
promoters have a task TO do before
he first OF the new year. They must
shape their affairs and start TO work
IN this railroad soon
a number Of Nauvoo people are
,rsy now attending neighboring chau-
auquas and fairs.
Quite number OF Nauyoo and VI
,fnity people have purchased new
touring carg since the first Of the
rear. Names Of cars furnished at reg
alar advertising rates.
A monument in memory OF Joseph
Smith. the Mormon prophet. may
some day rise and look over Nauvoo.
q city which he founded about three
quarters Of a century ago. The srec-
ton and unwilling or the monument
has been delayed and Overwhelmed
BY the people Of his church, but rasy
intend TO at last render due honor To
their founder For many yeArs the
grave OF this nartyred Mormon PRO
phet has been neglected by the Feo-
pie Of this religious denominaiol. 80
Tar as a memorial tribute was c1--
cerned The neglect will be repaired
by hitting monument In honor ot his
memory. 1t will be no mean memorial
10 the man who saw in the river
slopes and the rolling hills Of three
quarters OF century ago the site OF
a future great city. While this great
Mormon prophet seemed to glimpse /
the future greatness OF Nauvoo and /
his religion, he foresaw in IL the first |
city OF the greatest nation Of the
world And 1t would have been, and /
he did not build fretter than he knew
when he and his people started to
build up NGuvoo on the banks OF the
river. had ne been al
lowed to live. The world OF Nauvoo
of 1913 would have been vastly DIFF
serent from the world Of the early 40's.
Hig prophetic vision can hardly be
pictured of the Nauvoo in this Missis u
sippi valley today had he not been r
sacrificed. This statue or memorial
20 be erected should receive the hear
.y endorsement Of every Nauvoo citi-
zen, and visitors when coming tc the .
sity will be shown this fitting tribute 1.
10 the man who was here when viii
1erness was king" For city like 4
Nauyoo with it's romantic history and
bid Mormon landmarks that abound
N It's annals, Nauvoo is singularly 4
acking in memorials of It's founders. Il
Did buildings and pioneers.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Kramer, 7,
Who died in her Nauvoo home last :,
evening was held from the .
Catholic church Friday morning at (
o'clock, Rev. Father Tholen officiating. +
rhe remains were inferred in the
Nauvoo Catholic cemetery.
Bluff park. across the pond from
Nauvoo, IS said 10 be more popular
Ibis summer than ever before. II is
the most beautiful summer resort in
Ibis section, except Nauyoo
g The navy bean crop in Nauvoo this
year is going to be another large one.
we will have plenty of Boston bak-
ed" and soup to tide us over the com
ing winter season
Henry Leinhard, of Nauvoo, who is
In one of the southern aviation en-
camps. writes his parents
here that he is well and getting along L
rapidly with his flying machine. He
Informs them that he expected to be
allowed to visit Nauvoo at any time,
but so far was unable to secure a fur.
Tough.
Charles Lugner visited his wife in
The Keokuk Graham hospital again
last Thursday afternoon and finds her
rapidly improving The lady expects
TO be able to leave the institution in
Il week or SO and return to her Maui