The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-11
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NAUvoo, ILL. AUG. II. SXALf.0AZ

This is the season of the year III
Nauvoo when there are several nun
dred Jars of jellies and preserves pun
up that nobody is ever going to taste
until the first fruit failure season
comes along.
, In all this country there are no
better advertising places than uhe
beautiful city parks, but all that mas
been written about them every new
| description brings an added sense OF
wonder why Nauvoo clings to its httie
one-acre plot when there are num-
! Der of ideal spots in the city Tor a
| fine large park that would be FOUND
| interesting by every lover OF scenic
beauty. Nauvoo always needed line
large park, but it seems she will never
! get one.
One of Nauvoo's most popular young
| ladies recently returned from WISH
| to distant cities and reports she mad
good time and saw everything TO De
seen.
There was time in Nauvoo when
persons hid their money about their
premises and one favorite place was
the stove and forgot about it until
after they started the fall fires. 1t was
foolish custom, of course, but there
are sillier ways of burning up money.
But this is not done in Nauvoo these
days because Nauvoo banks have over
one-fourth as many dollars on deposit
as has the Keokuk banks and this
town has only one inhabitant to every
fifteen in the dam city. This goes to
show that our people are thrifty and
NJ n n
The Nauyoo State bank now has de-
posts amounting to S1,100,000. which
no doubt is larger than any town OF
it's size in this state or any otner STATE
in the union. And the cause of this
could be summed up pretty well In the
little idea of trust. Nauvoo people and
our farmers have this trust in the Nau-
VOC State bank because the Officials
composed of ]. NJ. Fisher, president
Art J. Schneider, cashier. and Elmer
Fisher, assistant cashier. are conser-
yative, painstaking and always nave
the financial welfare OF the deposltors
at heart Trust is almost the highest
thing in life. 1t is the cement or CIV
ilization. Trust is the very foundation
of banking. You believe in banking,
in the principle. The idea that NauVoo
and vicinity people trust these bank
ers with their surplus funds, and put
these funds at the service of the COM
munity as a whole through loaning
them to persons who again redeposlt
them, to be reloaned and redepostted,
so that the bank, bundle of 1nd1v1-
dual trust of rich and poor. becomes
one of the fulcrums upon which CIV
ilization turns. 1t is rather a hlgn
calling to be banker.
Some Of the Nauvoo boys who are
working in Chicago are getting home
sick. SO 1t seems from letter
that they wrote home. They are up
over their eyes in work in the windy
city of course, but it Is the good old
summer time now and the beautiful
sights and big noises OF the city can't
keep them from seeing the o1s-en
fields and big shades trees around
Nauvoo or from hearing the buzzing of
the bees in the orchards on their par
ent's property.
You can hear the discussion now and
then in this city whether Maui
VOC shall remain a showless town,
such as 1t has been for year or more.
Our community club ought to wrestle
with the problem. The argument In
favor OF movie show for several
nights in the week is because our rest
less, pleasure seeking youth Of both
sexes is forced to hike to Keokuk or
Fl. Madion for their amusement and
is spent elsewhere. Added to this Ia
the more vital argument that the Nau-
VOC younger set would be much bet
ter off at home than foot loose and
roaming around In other towns This
last argument ought to be sufficient
to win over a permanent movie show
for Nauvoo. In time, Of course, 1t may.
Miss Marion Argast, OF Detroit
Mich, Is visiting her parents and
friends in Nauvoo. Miss Marion was
formerly ono of our hello" girls IN
Nauvoo's central telephone station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Reiner OF
Keokuk, visited the lady's father, Sis
tiers and brothers in Nauvoo last week.
Edward Argast, Jr., who has been
visiting relatives in Rock Island for
several weeks. returned TO Nauvoo
last Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marston have
returned from pleasant visit with the
lady's parents in Knoxville, Ill The
reverend gentleman occupied his pull
pit again Last Sunday in the Nauvoo
NJ. e. church.
Barney Juttemeyer OF Nauyoo has
gone to Mcdonald, Kansas, to look
after his farm possessions he has in
the grasshopper state.
Mrs Ed Walther, daughters Zelda
and Leota, with Mrs. Chas. Reimbold,
motored to Quincy last Friday.
Harry Hummel, another Nauyoo sol
der lad, has returned to his Nauyoo
home He left for army service over
year ago and was sent to Camp Cor.
don, Georgia, where he has been ever
since, and while there was the bugler
for the camp. Elmer Schleicher, an
other Nauvoo soldier is still stationed
| in that camp.
| Clark Storey, bright Nauvoo LAD,
/ has gone TO Pennington, Iowa, 20 dc
tend the chatauqua and dispose of nov
elites for the amusement of the little
lads and lassies After that he IN
tends TO follow the fairs.
The Nauvoo public school will begin
the fall and winter session Tuesday,