The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-11
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ling from Keokuk in his auto on the
lake shore road on this side of the
pond last Monday, he glanced on the
frozen lake when near the club house
above Hamilton and saw number
! OF ducks In an air hole in the Ice
that were attempting to gain a foot
hold on the frozen surface, but were
unable to do SO and would slide back
into the water. He stopped to In
lvestigate by going near to the ali
hole and by reaching out he gasped
| three of the ducks, two brakes and
a hen, which he placed in a box and
brought to his Nauvoo home. lie
said he could have secured more had
thine permitted. Herman intends
keeping the trio and raise wild ducks
! for the markets.
i Lou Hudson, one of Nauvoo's
grocers, intends going to one OF the
southern towns after the holidays
and may remain until early spring
time rolls round again. Arkansas
will be his objective point where he
/ has relatives.
! The Nauvoo stores will keep open
house next week during every even
ing except Sundays, to accommodate
Christmas shoppers.
| A large number of rabbits and
some quail have been slaughtered IN
! Nauvoo and vicinity during the open
season this winter. The quail law
expires next Thursday. Some of our
stores are buying cotton tails ia
ship to the city markets and retail
some of them to help Nauvoo people
to reduce the high cost OF living
One shipper asks for million and
one rabbits from our hunters, Up
ito this time he has bought the one
and is waiting for, the million to be
shot and brought to his Nauvoo
store.
Mr.. G. e. Petsch, the Nauvoo inter
urban railroad promoter, writes to
| his Nauvoo assistant that he Will
visit this city after the holidays for
a consultation with former subscrib
ers and If he succeeds in receiving
the same financial encouragement
that was accorded his former railroad
scheme, he can assure Nauvoo ties
rails and choo-choo cars during next
summer.
/ The Nauvoo grape growers and
! shippers association held their an
nual meeting last Saturday afternoon
and transacted all business that came
before them. Much of the business
was about next years coming crop
arrangements for the purchase OF
| baskets, etc.
There is one extremely poor fam
lily in Nauvoo that needs important
attention from the proper officials. Il
| is said they are almost helpless anc
diseased. Why they are not attend
I ed to and sent to the county or STATE
institution is puzzle Nauyoo canno
solve.
The coming year will be leap yeal
because it is Invisible by four, which
will give the Nauvoo girls anothel
chance to land lovesicz swain tina
they have had their matrimonial
hooks out for in the past year OF
two.
The personal property of the late
Mrs. Nancy Burt will be appraised
soon and A. J. Beger, Lenard Hud
son and William Argast have beer
selected to do the work.
The Hancock County Mutual In
surance society has had twin assess
ments for some months and recently
has resumed the single assessments
again which is gratifying the mem
bers of the Nauvoo order.
The coal miners strike has deliv
cred no hardship on Nauvoo people
OF course it affected some few fami
lies becuse of their negligence il
laying in a supply of coal last sum
mer, which is the custom of our citi
zens on account of no railroad trans
portation facilities. Even these negli
gent families had no cause to suffer
if the head Of the household was moi
too lazy to shoulder an axe and re
pair to the timber land about Nau
VOC to cut cord wood or pay the
price of the wood and the cutting.
/ Some of Nauvoo's lads and lassies
have been enjoying coasting down
the numerous hills about the city
Sleighing is fairly good, but the auto
has curtailed even this pastime with
the Nauvoo and vicinity young folks
| Floyd Heberer, well-known in Maui
WOO, has entered into another bust
ness venture. He has purchased an
interest in hardware store in Ham.
ilton.
Nauvoo's Woodmen lodge members
will elect officers at their meeting on
Thursday night of this week.
! Sidney Fowler has begun the foup.
idation for new garage On the prop
erty of Mrs. Russell in Nauvoo's
business section. The present cold
] snap has hampered the work.
/ The Jewish relief drive in Nauvoo
/ has resulted in securing the sum OF
!$116.60 which has been forwarded to
/ the proper county officiaf.
/ Nauyoo was visited by two inter.
nal revenue inspectors one day. last
week. They visited several wine eel
lars to look over the amount of juice
that was squeezed out of our grapes
last fall and how much wine resulted
( from the remaining 1919 crop. 1t is
| said that they found considerable
amount of new wine in one or two
cellars and that the owners were
summoned to appear In Sprin gfield
{, ILL.,. to testify and show cause why
! they have SO much grape wine in
their possession and to whom it be.
longs. All who made wine for their
| own use are anxious to learn where
/ they stand In the eye of the law by
making wine for their own use from
/ their own vineyards product 1t is
J said some NauyOo fellow has furnish.