The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-24

the jail into a hen chop for his use
as place Of safety for his springers
when they get large and ripe enough
for the dining room table. 81
Nauyoo has placed cement CROSS
ing on the corner of Eleventh street.
leading to the Lutheran church This
was a much-needed improvement and
should have been built some time
ago. "
Edward Argast, ST., passed his
eighty-sixth year the fore part Of
this month The gentleman is total
ly blind and almost helpless He has
been a resident of Nauvoo for fifty
five years.
The Nauvoo Catholic school pupils
presented 'Hiawatha" on the college
campus in Carthage Friday evening
of last week.
Mrs. John Morris and child, who
have been visiting Nauvoo relatives,
have returned to their Mcdonald,
Kas., home. Miss Ruth Schleicher,
her niece, accompanied her for a
visit.
John Lghtner, Of the state Of Wyo-
ming, has arrived IN Nauvoo for a
visit.
Nauvoc may secure bathing
beach, to be located at the foot Of
Main street. where the historical
Mormon buildings, once the property
Of the Mormon prophet, Joseph
Smith, are situated. A subscription
list has been circulated among our
business men and citizens for dona-
lions to defray the cost Of arranging
safe and convenient beach. There
will be dressing rooms for both sexes,
and electric lights arranged and
every other accommodation to insure
a comfortable place for bathers.
Miss Frances, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Argast, is a happy
young lady, and all because she was
the winner of a prize Of ten pa ckages
of first class coffee awarded by a
wholesale grocery concern for the
best essay composed as to why
should persons buy their products
from their house"
Rev. Father Tho}en bapised the
baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Peck, OF
Appanoose township, in his Nauyoo
church last Sunday.
The road at the Nauvoo cemetery
extending into Sonora TOWNSHIP, has
been graded and viii now receive the
necessary gravel bed to make it last
ing.
The corn crop in Nauveo.s vicinity
is looking splendid and if nothing
more prevents and the elements are
kind. a bounteous crop this fall will
be cribbed.
Rev. Father Tholen reports that he
now has 100 scholarships for the
IN
now has $4,000 and expects to raise
$4,000 by the end of another year
Miss Leola Lange of Detroit, Mich.
is visiting Nauvoo relatives and
friends.
Harold Reimbold, who has been at
tending the Northwestern university
in Evanston, Ill.,, Is at the NauvoC
home of his parents TO remain until
next fall.
Miss Anna jackson, who is deputy
county treasurer in Carthage, is in
Nauvoo for a visit with relatives and
to recuperate after a siege Of illness.
Miss Rosetta Hertel who is absent
every season during school tern,
teaching in Muscatine, Iowa, as In her
parents Nanvoo home to visit until
next fall.
Emmett Horton of Lebanon, Neb..
is visiting relatives and old-time
friends in Nauvoo. The gentleman
was a former resident OF Nauvoo' S
vicinity and left here a good many
years ago to seek his fortune out
west.
Carl Falk and Herman Berger, Jr.,
of Nauvoo, have leased the Grand
hotel in FIT. Madison. They are Civ
ing 1t a tryout before signing per
manent lease.
Nearly one hundred of Nauvoo's
people have become members Of the
Nauvoo Cemetery improvement asso
citation. It is the intention to swell
the number to 800 names.
. A number Of Nauvoo's citizens are
already laying in their winters sup.
ply Of coal 81.
A new tombstone shop and soft
drink house has been added to Nau.
.voo's business interests in the last
few weeks.
Many travellers On the lake boure
ward from Nauvoo to Hamilton are
glad to learn that the Mt. Moriah