The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-04

mas gone to Hamilton to work IN Tho
garment factory there.
MISS Marie Luedloff, one of Nan
Vo9s most pleasant and non,,iar
young ladies, has gone to IT Madi.
son to accept position IN the fomn.
tam pen factory there.
| Miss Nettie Williams os Nauvoo
departed for Colorado Sprinps Cole
where she will remain during the
winter. 'Ao
Mrs. Elvina Cassin who has heen
guest IN VIM. Haas Nauvoo home
lcago. ~ onr
-, mr. ana Mrs. Harold Rheinberger,
ene hewlyweds. have returned to
, T' from their honeymoon trip.
uesday evening their Nauvoo young
lauoie friends save them q rousing
charlVarl and Harold did the hand.
sune oy them by coughing up" the
wherewith to treat them to goodies
W SATISFY the most fastidious.
Da boedecker has returned to Nau-
wy from Spirit Lake, Iowa, to remain.
oscar Hertel of Quincy, is visiting
MS Nauvoo parents. He intends to
80 TO Salt Lake City, Utah, soon,
l"nSio ne mas position.
only four weeks until Christmas
arrives and Nauvoo people may not
40 their shopping early on account of
the nlgh cost of many things that are
suitable FOR presents. But the toys
must be purchased for the kids and
~ would be we'll to do this shopping
early so as to get the best choice Of
things.
The Jack Kohler players who occu-
pied tho NAuvoo billboards for four
nights the last week end met with
poor success in drawing crowds on
account Of the disagreeable weather.
On Thanksgiving night, the only one
of the four they had good house.
Advent is here and the most re-
ligious people will abstain from all
entertainments and amusements OF
all kinds until that gladstone day,
Christmas arrives.
The Ladies' Industrial society of
the Nauvoo Presbyterian church held
free birthday dinner today for the
members of this religion. The regu-
lar meeting of the society members
will follow the dinner.
The Nauvoo ferry boat has been
showed in the creek near the Walter
slaughter house. An attempt was
made to take the little steamer to the
nit. Moriah harbor about seven miles
below Nauvoo but the icy lake inter-
fered and she will probably remain
where she now is during the winter.
Nauvoo people have received no
mails from last Sunday morning, I'M
til Wednesday afternoon. The lake
here was too choppy to make a trip |!
Monday and this was followed by ice
forming on its surface making it dam
gerous to attempt to reach MontroSe. |
Our people are getting tired Of the de-
layed mails in the winter months and |
they are talking of making an at
tempt to have the mails brought from |
keokuk or F't. Madison when the trip
cannot be made across the lake to
Montrose. Just think of a govern
ment postoffice with two rural routes |
established in connection and no mall |
received for over two days. Powell
ton, suburb of Nauvoo, with only |
sprinkling of inhabitants, has better
mail service than Nauvoo with sal
aried postoffice. There should be
some arrangements made with the
officials connected with the mail serv-
ice to remedy this matter when 1t i
could be as easily done with automo- !
bile service. The business men and |
people of Nauvoo should and they are
talking about making an attempt to
rectify the mails during these winter
Miss Opal Parker who has been WIS.,
ting her parents in Nauvoo left for
Peoria Wednesday to resume her po-
sition there.
1t showed in Nauvoo on Thanks
giving day, Nov. q. According to the |
old tradition, that on whatever date
OF the winter month the first snow /
falls first, that many SHOWS will fall |
in the same locality during the win |
ter. Four snow falls have visited i
Nauvoo so far and some of our men
folks are marking the calendar to
learn If the tradition is a true one.
Lee, son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pitt,
of Nauvoo, is going to see more OF
Germany and the Huns. He has re-
enlisted in Uncle Sans service for
one years visit in German country.
Fred Walter, who shot himself with
a shot gun on Thanksgiving morning,
Is getting along fine and will soon be
around as we'll as ever. 1t was close
..,I1 Janyh ond 10 6nubf.