The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-07

AAauooii vi SbitaSO, spent NlS
last several days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Hudson, in Nauvoo.
! Alex Getz, who tended bar in the
Leisy saloon in Nauvoo, has gone to
keokuk to remain.
Rev. M. E. Beger and wife of Ma
quon, ILL.,, were last week end Wis
itors with the lady's parents in Maui
VOC.
Mrs. ]. A. Bortz and daughter, Yer
ona, who have been making their
home in Chicago for some time, have
returned to Nauvoo, their former
place Of residence and will probably
remain here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Koechli, Of
Davenport, Iowa, were guests Of
Nauvoo relatives for several days last
week. They returned last Sunday &C
companied by Ed Boedecker and wife
who will visit for a short time there.
Oscar, son Of Rev. and Mrs. VIM.
Hertel, ST., of Nauvoo, informs his
parents by wire that he has arrived
safe in the states and was at Newport
News, Va. This popular Nauvoo couple
has had two sons In the service over
seas and Sigmund, who is at homo
here was wounded and in a hospital
for some time. Oscar was an ambu-
lance driver in France and received
hOnors for bravery for rescuing
wounded under fire.
Nauvoo people who go berrying or
picking fruit where there Is much
grass complain of the chiggers and
say they are more numerous than ever
this season.
One Of Nauvoo's sa1oopkeepers has
opened soft drink parlor where he
formerly sold liquors. Among the diff
ferent Ice cold drinks sold at this
place is one called near beer, and
seems to have a good sale. Some OF
the drinkers who tasted the stuff
since the death and funeral of John
Barleycorn, declare it Is no good, but
it was sold to them time and again for
genuine beer containing four and less
per cent alcohol and they seemed to
enjoy 1t.
Orville Kreiter, a Nauvoo lad, was
cranking a Ford auto one day last
week when the crank kicked and
struck his right arms, breaking bone
in that member
Miss Leota, daughter of Mr.. and
..
and has been engaged to
teach the coming fall and winter term
Of school in district number seven at
Adrian. This pleasant Nauvoo young
lady will no doubt give excellent salts
faction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rain, Nauvoo
young couple are rejoicing over the
arrival of fine new girl baby which
the stork brought them last Friday.
Some few of Nauvoo's housewives
have been so fortunate as to can and
jell some dewberries that were gath.
cred about Nauvoo. The crop was cut
short by not enough dew and rain
that failed to come about ripening
time. There will be an immense crop
Of blackberries If they receive sew
eral rains the first part Of this week. (,
II the saloons never come back to
Nauvoo some arrangements should be
made to turn this beautiful city into a
first class summer resort, with fine
hotels, magnificent drives on hard
roads and splendid bathing beaches.
You have heard Of up by the shore OF
he northern lakes, where the waters
ook icy blue, and the muskies are
never biting at all, though the liars
write home they do; there where they
lit by the cracking CRATE as the twi-
light wraps the hills and the Arctic
rost weaves a filmy lace over panes
md stills, doubtless It's pleasant to be
Up there, but let 1t be megaphoned
lear, that under cover white and
lean, we're sleeping serenely here.
The thrill of shooting the big stream
It Nauvoo in a birch canoe has
class, and we all here acknowledge
he grandeur and so will the visiting
mass. And out where the Rockies
mass their assault on an inoffensive
ky, and the native assures you you've
truck the spot where the altitude is
ligh-an all Of those places the seen
ry is neat which the cool winds some
ines swisk. But here in Nauvoo
the nights we seldom can ]
ot sleep. We stake our claim to en- ;
uring fame as first class summer ;
esort. not to the wild. eccentric ways I