The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-01

old home scenes could not obliterate.
Mrs. Ellis daughter who has been
forced to enjoy the hospitality of the
Graham hospital people in Keokuk for
some time, was allowed to return to
Ter Nauvoo home last Friday and will
soon have completely recovered from
the knife incision she vas compelled
to receive from the surgeon to be re,
lleved from some complaint that had
to be removed. This popular Nauvoo
lady's many friends will be glad to
lear of her rapid way to her usual
good health.
Peter. Leinhardt who went to the
east states for a visit, has returned
TO. Nauvoo to finish his stay here with
fis relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Ketterers, who
have been residing in a white frame
building near the Spalding institute,
have rented rooms in the Joseph
Cchsner property, formerly known as
the "Winslow House." near the Maui
yco city park.
John, son of Mrs. Luella Stratton, Of
Nauvoo, who was In France in this
governments war service, arrived in
boston, Mass. and may be discharged
end sent home soon. Johnny was
I t>nDSOu ~ q Vhiio III tiS
service Owe there.
Fred Haas, the Nauvoo young mar
who was reported missing and killed
in action, has had a friend return to
bis Carthage home and states that to
his best belief Fred was killed, for a
corporal informed him that he saw
the Nauvoo soldier boy stretched on
the ground dead, and that the Ger
mans later returned his identification
tags to American officials. Elmer
Maize, who has returned from rance
informs Nauvoo people that he has
seen Fred several times before his
reported missing in action and also
believes him deceased.
Miss Audrey, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. e. Bidamon, who were
former Nauvoo residents, who now re-
side in Wilmette, Ill, was married re-
Gently to Geo. w. Getzon. Of the same
place.
Memorial day may be observed in
Nauvoo on May 80, in a public
end a meeting of business men and
citizens is called for to assemble In
the knights of Columbus rooms to-
night, Wednesday, at s o'clock and
everybody interested are requested to
attend.
The Nauvoo Luther League mem
hers will meet next Friday evening
and all are requested to be present
The market day sale held by the
league in Ellis Daugherty's meat en-
porium last Saturday, was a decided
success and the society cleaned up the
neat sum of $42 from the sales.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Nau-
200 M. E. church will assemble in
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Thursday afternoon and all attending
are requested to bring canned fruit
and jelly for the purpose Of dispatch
ing it to cOnvalescent soldiers who
Gle so%journing in Camp Grant, Ill.
Some Nauvoo people are wonder
ing who will serve the city as marshal
for the coming year. The present in
crmbent's Office expires at the first
meeting in May, which will be mex
MONDAY evening. The present salary
Of the office is $40 per month and
now that the saloon ven expires
after July 1 1t is believed that to
economic, the salary will be reduced
considerably. Why not abolish the
Office and let the aldermen of each ward
and mayor act as peace officers? The
present chief of police, John Johnson,
IL is reported, will ask for a raise in
salary until July /, If he is retained
in office, for he thinks that there will
be strenuous times in Nauvoo just be-
fore the saloons go out Of business
here.
Nauvoo may set that local packet
line If c. Stemen, of Ft. Madison, is
successful in securing a twin screw
sea faring steamer from the lake at
Chicago. He intends plying a boat
from FIT. Madison to Dallas City and
pentoosuc and Nauyoo to .Montrose
and Fl. Madison, making two trips
daily. He also expects to run excur.
sions with the vessel when occasion
demands.
Four lads from some n~eighOoring
town in Iowa, came to Nauvoo last
week and acted in any way hut a
gentlemanly manner while here. They
1araded up and down through our bust
ness section in their auto and crossed
the path of a funeral cortege and sang
1ulabys hat were not for a soothing
slumber and got away with these
stunts on account OF the absence of
the police chief. They left the city
shortly after, but two of them returned
II the evening with female company.
when the males were promptly nabbed
| ana QalCu lnLO GULL 1oI IlSIi ullbF
coming conduct in the afternoon.
Judge Hudson, who was not informed
OF all their actions, assessed a fine of
only So and costs. amounting to 1926.
Several men who have been max
ing a living by fishing in the Illinois
river, have come to Nauvoo and pitch
ed a tent in the bay near Anton's
first ward home. on the lake and will
NV their lucl- in NauyOO Some of
Nauvoo's flshmermen made a record
catch last week when they landed sew
-eral hundred pounds Of fine fresh fish.
Mr.. c.. A. Petsch was a recent visit
or in Nauvoo again and had little TO
say about his Nauyoo and TT. Madi-
son interurban railway proposition.
The building of the road seems to
hinge On the matter of $4,000 to be
raised by the people of FIT. Madison.
r. that amount will bring an interur-
ban railway line through Nauvoo and
Mr.. Petsch can guarantee that the
road will be constructed without delay
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