The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-23
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glorious Fourth or july Will pc mere
and there will be no public bseiv-
| ance of the day held In Nauvoo. In
/. some cities of this state the uis-
charge of fire works prior to con
of July and their retail sale prior
to June so is strictly forbidden in
Iproclamations issued by the mayor.
|, In Nauvoo this order is unknown and
the kiddies at this early date can be
), seen now and then shooting crackers
and other explosives. July is also
the civil war veterans pension
| voucher day.
Il Harvesting has commenced In some
Icounties in the southern part of the
4 state In Nauvoos vicinity one
farmer we have heard Of has fine
field Of wheat which Is ready for the
J scythe and intends cutting it this
week. 1t is said the yield and quail
lity will be fairly good and in some
places 80 percent normal.
i Mr.. Peter McGary, Nauvoo citi-
zen for good many years. died in
his home here last Friday night at
IL o'clock after being i'll for about
two months from some affection of
the heart Mr.. McGary before com
ing to Nauvoo was resident of Keo-
kuk where he spent his boykood
days. He was around sixty years of
age at the time Of his death and
leaves his wife, son Charles, and sis
ter Mrs. Chas. Singer to mourn his
death. The funeral took place Sun
day afternoon from the Nauvoo Cath
solic church and the remains buried
in the church cemetery.
/ The Nauvoo city council will not
meet in regular session until Mon
A.x Tell VI, he
then presented one or more applica-
Snider, one of Nauvoo's wet goods
/ dispensers was granted a billiard
hall license for six tables at the
May meeting OF the council, but he
(! has not made known his intentions
/ of conducting a resort of this kind
| in Nauvoo. But one or two Of the
buildings now used for saloons will
be converted into pool halls, so reli-
able report has 1t.
Nauvoo is one of the best freight
shipping points now along the big
creek and the many auto trucks are
constantly moving about the city.
Only six more days and Nauroo
will be supposed to be bone dry. Just
think of 1t, six more shopping days.
Miss Marie Dalm of FIT. Madison,
was recent guest in Lou y. Da.in
Nauvoo family home.
/ Mrs. Ed. Simmons of Fl. Madison,
has been visiting John Buekert's
family in Nauvoo during the past
week.
Lee Railsback of Macomb, Miss, is
visiting relatives in Hamilton ard
friends in Nauvoo.
! Herman Meiertholen, Nauvoo
young lad, has gone to Rock Island
where he has taken position on the
steamer Upton. a government serY-
ice steamboat playing the above river
Improvement work.
Miss Gertrude Fulton, Nauroo
school marin has gone to Urbana, IL.
to attend summer normal for about
two months.
Mrs. Louis Giebrich and daughter,
visitors last week, guests OF Mr..
Giebrich at Hotel Oriental.
/ Rev. L. Tholen of the Nauvoo Cath
Ollie church., and sister Miss Mary,
are visiting their former Minnesota
home to remain for two weeks visit
ing their father. Rev. Murray OF
Chicago, is occupying the pulpit dur
ing the Nauvoo pastors absence.
Miss Anna Disse OF ST. Louis. Is
"a Nauvoo visitor. The lady was a
former resident of this old Mormon
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jibben and
daughter. Miss Alpha, of Wheatland,
N. D., arrived in Nauvoo last week |
for a visit with relatives and their !
many friends. They drove through in |
their car and will remain In Nauvoo
and vicinity until after July L. The |
family resided in Nauvoo before |
going to Dakota and the husband was /
engaged in the saloon business.
Mrs. Oscar Burg and children, Ken. |
meth and Marjorie, of McAllen, Texas, |
have arrived in Nauvoo for visit |
with the lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs |
John G. Schneider and other rela- /
tives.
Archie Weber, a farmer living near
Nauvoo has farm in Blackwell /,
Oklahoma, which some parties from |
pose of sinking oil wells. Oil has |
been found about a mile from !
Weber's farm and the lessees believe |
they can strike veins on the above !
named farm.
Ed Walther, a Nauvoo barber, has !
treated his wife and two daughters
to handsome new Oldsmobile ma
chine and now this excellent family |
can enjoy an outing now and then.
Mrs. John Ketterer, a Nauvoo lady, I
had the misfortune to run crochet |
needle through the first finger Of her I
right hand short time ago. A doc.
tors services was required to remove
the piece of steel and dress the IN
jury.
Nauvoo's SIX gold mines where
liquor is dispensed. are rushed every
day now regardless of weather condi.
tions. There only remains six more
days in which to do liquor shopping
and they are part of the longest days
of the year, but the saloons close on
time every evening, which is $3.50
O'Clock on the governments new
time schedule. Bootleggers and others
from dry districts are buying as
much as their money will permit and
are taking out liquors by the auto
carloads, probably to hold until after
July 1 when they will charge an i,