The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-19

heard at Nauvoo's port. 1t is hoped
that Captain Blair's popular steamer
ikeokuk will continue in the Quincy,
Keokuk Nauvoo and Burlington trade
this season for the FIT. Madison, Maui
VOC and keokuk interurban line VIII
not be in operation before the end Vi
1920 and Nauvoo needs this mode OF
river transportation. Should the
steamer. Keokuk be sold it is claimed
that some other boat will enter this
trade.
4 Mrs. Eugenia Baxter, who has been
an inmate of the Jacksonville, Ill, IN
stitution for over thirty years, died
there last Saturday morning OF can
Ger of the breast. The lady was the
wife OF Mr.. r. j. Baxter of Nauvoo.
She was sixty-four years OF age ut
the time of her demise. Decedent
leaves four children to mourn. They
are Bayard and Miles of Leayen-
worth, Kan, Mrs. Florence Snyder OF
Hillsboro, H., and Miss Alice of Kan
kakee, Ill. The remains were brought
to Nauvoo and the funeral held from
the family home Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. VIM. Hertel of the Nauvoo
church officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hudson and MI.
and Mrs. John W. Bertschi had the
pleasure of entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Wcolley Of keokuk, Mrs. Frank
Woolley Of Minneapolis, Mimi, Allan
tW,oolley and Miss Martha Tahafero
iof Denver, Colo, last Sunday in their
Nauyoo homes.
The Nauvoo opera house manage
ment has resumed the picture shows
since the flu ban has been removed
and the interior of the playhouse re-
decorated.
Miss Alice Baxter of Kankakee,
m, and Bayard Baxter of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, were called to Maui
WOO and attended the funeral of their
mother last Tuesday.
The season of social gayety closed
Tuesday at midnight in Nauvoo. al
though the influenza ban stopped
social festivities for time here. But
all social happenings are brought TO
close now for a period OF. six weeks
at least, on account of the advent OF
Ash Wednesday.
Quite number of valentines were
received by the Nauvoo young folks
and among them sprinkling Oh
comics.
born on February %, leap year day.
glorious celebration of the event, al
though they have only one birthday in
every four years.
4 The wife of Orville Hummer OF
Nauvoo, has brought suit and asks
for $4,000 damages of her husbands
mother, Mrs Addie Hummel. The
charge in the suit is the alienation
! of her husbands affections. Orville
Hummel and his wife have been maxi
. ing their home with the husband
mother from the beginning of theif
marriage Some time last fall theirs
Z was family quarrel in the home
when the mother had her sons wife
arrested for attempting to shoot her
and she was placed under a peace
bond and from that time has lived
with her parents in Nauvoo.
q 1t is reported that Jos. Ochsner has
disposed of the brick building known
in old times as the Winslow house
= which is situated on the corner across
from the opera house and the Nauvoo
city park Ochsner traded the prop
!. erty for FIT. Madison real estate. The
Fizz family who occupy part Of The
building, now intend moving TITO
Mrs Mary Childres residence on
South Thirteenth street. ,,a#
! The cold wave that struck Nauvoo
a few days ago repaired our ice
bridge and made it again safe to
cross on it's surface from Nauyoo TO
Montrose, but warm weather may
cut it short in a day OF two.
About half dozen flags were flung
to the breezes in Nauvoo on Line Inns
birthday. Washington's birthday oc-
ours next Sunday. The flags ought 70
l., -, hy N.t,t.
WOO citizens. 49, ... -
There was fire scare in los.
lCrums repair and cleaning shop on
Tuesday of last week. A gasoline
lstove which was in use became a
jroaring fame and est the walls
iablaZe. The furnace was showed out
'iof doors and Jos. Welter's hand
chemical smothered the flames about
the rooms Not much damage result
led from which might have been a
serious blaze. .a.
On one day of this winter people
did not like to see the sun sn';ie.
= On this day this winter the sun shone
itself all day and it was February 2,
that old Candlemas day, that treach.
,erous sun, the precursor Of six weeks
more winter, a faith placed in Ey
people over one hundred years, ago
by the people Of many nations. The
cold wave of the past few days made
tNauvoo people take notice that there
may be some truth in the ground hog
theory after all
I Jos. Crnn expects to receive his
new pool tables to arrive from Cri-
cago in q few days. They will be
shipped to Niota and brought 10
iNauvoo by motor truck. .@- ~.
Some of Nauvoo's people are com
planning about the shortage of their
coal pile which they housed early
last year and which they had reasons
to think would last until warm
weather came round again. There is
coal to be had at Niota if not in Nau-
VOC, but the price for soft coal would
be about ten or twelve dollars the
ton delivered here. %.
Jason Crunr Of Warsaw, is again in