The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-19

print Her many friends hope she
will soon return to Nauvoo as well
az ever.
Miss Bessie Mofitt who has been
attending business college in Quincy,
has returned to her Nauvoo home for
a short stay. Lucien Rheinberger
who attended college in Quincy dur
ing the winter. has secured posi-
ton in that city with the American
Express company.
Nauvoo's Young Ladies' War Re-
lief club are allowed the use Of the
Knights Of Columbus hall for their
business meetings until their war
work business is concluded.
HaYe you Nauvoo personal prop
erty and real, estate owners paid your
annual taxes yet? If not you have
only few weeks left in which to
do SO. Either bank will receive your
money on alternate weeks.
Geo. Boeger, Nauvoo and vicinity's
stock king, purchased eighty-six head
Of hogs WHICH weighed in At 1856
pounds per porker and the age Of
them were nine. months. 1t was a
fine drove OF hogs and Mr.. Boegner
bought them from Mr.. Bolton of So
nora township. and paid $3.50 per
hundred pounds, or over $4,000 for
the drove.
Next Saturday Is the date of Wash
ington's birthday and Nauvoo's pub,
lie library Will be closed on account
of it. All business houses will be
open and the mails delivered as
usual, although it is a legal holiday.
Nauvoo's central telephone people
have issued new directory which
will be distributed in q. few days.
The new publication will contain
twenty-four pages.
Wallace Hummel is new employee
in one of Nauvoo's mercantile stores.
We have been reliably informed
that the partly finished new Ford
service station building Of JOS. Osch-
|ner in Nauvoo will be completed as
soon as conditions in the weather
will permit this spring. He Is anxious
to get inhabited in the new structure
for his spring sales here and has an
expert salesman and machinist in
this field at the present time. The
furnishing of this mammoth building
will improve the business section in
Nauvoo.
: Another candidate for one of the
paying city offices In Nauvoo has
made himself known. He wants to
succeed himself for the Office of city
clerk No one has as yet made an
application for the Office Of mayor
of this old Mormon town. Louis
Datin Of Nauvoo's second ward, and
VIM. B. Kimball Of the first district,
signify their intention to be candi-
dates for reelection to the office Of
aldermen.
The Ladies' Industrial society Of
Nauvoo will serve their annual din
ner in the basement of the Presby-
terrain church next Saturday, Wash
ington's birthday.
Quite a number of the members of
the Nauvoo Knights of Columbus in
tend going down to Warsaw next
Sunday afternoon to assist to install
a new chapter in the wet" city be
low the Keokulc dam. They have
twenty residents there who Joined
the order elsewhere.
The NJ. w. A. order has settled the
death claim of Mr.. Ed. Hudson of
Nauvoo. who died short time ago.
The claim amounted to $4,000 and
deceased was a member of the order
for about twelve years and has paid
assessments to the amount Of s202.9o.
Ed J. Brown and family of Sonora
township, are new residents of Maui
VOC. They occupy the Jos. Taas old
homestead, which Mr.. Brown pur-
chased some time ago.
A bunch of Nauvoo young folks at
tended a dance in FIT. Madison one
evening last week. The ban on So
ciety and amusements on account Of
the flu has not been removed in Maui
VOC as yet and our young people are
compelled to go elsewhere for jolly
good time.
Mrs. Lee Dighton who was former
Iy Miss Marguerite Yaeger of Maui
WOO. has been having serious time
from blood poison caused by an In
tested tonsil The lady gave birth
to a child about two weeks ago. She
is improving at this time and her
many friends in Sonora township
where she resides, as well as those
in Nauyoo are pleased to learn of
this glad news.
Elmer Schleicher who has been In
the army service since last summer
at Camp Gordon, Georgia, was at his
Nauvoo home for several days dur