The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-08
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NAUVoO, I'LL. DEG. 8.

Nauvoo is about the only town Of
its size in the state of Illinois with
out railroad facilities. This seems
strange when you consider the
amount of business transacted here
every year and the large number OF
carloads of freight shipped in and
out Of this town and no railroad
| touches US at any point nearer than
Montrose, across the lake. We have
excellent river shipping facilities,
| however. Now that the ferry has
| been taken into her winter home
! down near the Mt Moriah bridge,
] and the steamer Keokuk discontinued
making her tr-weekly voyages, Maui
VOC seems to be cut off from the out
side world until the navigation sea
son opens up again next spring. 1t
is at this season that Nauvoo feels
the necessity Of railroad facilities
the most. It is a hard and costly
matter for passengers to get to or
away from Nauvoo during the winter
months, and the receiving OF freight
much higher. This season our people
felt the want Of railroad more than
ever before. Quite number here
are still without coal and are now
compelled to have this commodity
hauled from Niota or Hamilton
which costs them about $3.50 ton
for soft coal delivered to their
homes. Should cold weather set in
and freeze sufficiently to form a
solid and safe ice bridge on the lake
| between Nauvoo and Montrose in the
next two weeks, it will relieve the
coal situation here and make it more
| nd oh n
receive freight in and out of Nauvoo.
Earl Wood, disciple of Black
stone, of Carthage, intends opening a
branch office in Nauvoo in the near
future, so we have been informed. He
is budding young lawyer and has
served our county as states attorney
during the last term. 1t is hoped he
will hang out his single here, for.
Nauvoo's city council needs legal adj
vice now and then, as we'll as some
o: our citizens.
! The need of rest room in Nauvoo
| Is talked of again here. Time was
when Nauvoo was sorely in need Oh
room Of this character and 1t was
hardly thought Of then, because our
mercantile world was too busy filling
their tills with the almighty dollar
| These days, when rest room FOR the
| ladies is only needed one or two days
in tho wesk the proposition IS
brought 10 the notice of our people.
!: BY all means, Nauvoo should have
rest room for the ladies, and it Will
be an acquisition to our business in
terests and make visitors speak well
of the town.
Miss Josephine Packer, the county
nurse, was a Nauvoo business visitor
last week. The lady called on all OF
our schools and had tho lads and
lassies put on the scales and go
through thorough examination for
defects in health. She found the
health record in the Nauvoo schools
above tho average.
There was a government official
in Nauvoo last week who visited sew.
eral places and posted two notices
in the government postoffice here
relating to the seizure. of some wine
One of the notices read the seizure
Of thirteen and the other Of six pack
ages, and also notified all persons
who held claims on them to appear
on January in Springfield, ILL.,, and
show cause why it should not be de
stroyed.
Sheriff Bennett, of Carthage. came
to Nauvoo one day last week to serve
some papers on individuals here, and
while driving up to the city on South
Tenth street D. A. Leonard, of So
nora township, was also coming along
there in his auto. They met in col
lision. Nobody was hurt, but the
damage to the sherift's car was $3.50
There we're several old-time dances
given heretofore, and each one
proved a decided financial as we'll as
social success, and few of the pro
moters intend to try the experiment
again this winter. The event may
be set for about December 81.
Nauvoo had box supper and
amusements in the opera house one
evening last week for the benefit
of the parent-teachers' organization
which proved decided success
About thirty boxes were disposed OF
and number Of votes sold on the
homeliest man Nauvoo contained
The receipts of the enterprise
summed $11S.
Mrs. Nina Rheinberger was recent
lv elected to serve as recorder OF the
Nauvoo Court of Honor lodge.
Ed Deimer and his assistant, Henri!
Schrader, of Nauvoo, were in Keo
kuk last week and decorated will
paint the interior Of the Latter Day
Saints church.
Miss Katherine Moffit, who has