The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-10

! furnished by the Mutual company.
The attendance was quite large at
every session during the five days
and the Community club members will
come out without a financial loss
which, is gratifying and may provide
another chautauqua for Nauvoo next
year. The weather was all that could
be desired and our farmers were regu-
lar in attending. Nauvoo's community
club, who had the chautauqua in
charge are to be congratulated over
the success of this seasons entertain
ment
Nauvoo is a fine chigger region,
which the many people who attended
the chautauqua, will testify to. At
this season it needs no admonition to
keep OF the grass" but where this
entertainment was given the lot was
covered with grass and the chiggers
got in some fine work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Meinhardt and
child of Oak Park, H., arrived in
Nauvoo last Sunday morning for
visit with the lady's parents, DR.. and
Mrs W. u. Haggett. Mr.. and Mrs.
Meinhardt and daughter, Mrs Har-
mon and two children from Donnell-
son, Iowa, came over to Nauyoo to
spend Sunday with them.
Nauvoo's St Mary's academy was
generously remembered by the pastor
of the Carthage Catholic church. The
reverend gentleman succeeded in rails
ing the handsome sum of SALTS among
his congregation and Catholic friends
and the amount forwarded to the Maui
VOC institution to assist them in clear
ing the Indebtedness on the academy
building, which was incurred during
Kieran's goidbrick scheme in 1907
when he was going to transform Nau-
VOC into growing city by giving us
an interurban line, in addition to what
he did install here Nauvoo secur-
ed modern water works plant, new
parochial residence and Spalding in.
stitute which placed the Sisters of St
Mary's academy heavily in debt. If
scheme would have built the
railroad from Nauvoo to
Fort Madison before beginning any of
the other work started here during his
reign In this city, Nauvoo would now
be on the map in all seasons of the
year and would have benefited St
Mary's institution more than anything
attempted for it at that time st.
Mary's academy is now in a fair way
% become released from the debt
hanging over the institution.
1t is noticed now and then by read
ng the local news columns of the Keo- !
tuk Daily Gate City that Keokuk bust
less men visit the towns in that city's ,
every season How .
many times have they visited Nauvoo 7
ince they have established the Gus Z
ON OF holding a Keokuk day in near .
~ towns, at their fairs and celebra-
ions. They called here just once
nd then came up in the evening. sat
SIZED the inner man at hotel ban
net and departed. Nauvoo buys a =
reat amount of goods from the
1holesale and retail merchants in Keo-
.uk and We just closed five days
session, but few, if any !
ne business man. There will be an
1flux of visitors to Nauvoo as soon
s the grapes begin to ripen. Already
here were number of persons from
owa here offering five cents a pound D.,
or quantity of grapes which they ;
rant to take to their homes and some .
7ant to buy the juice by the barrel =
DTS
L. Bakers sons have already re- q
eived two car loads Of baskets which o
'orkmen are lacking handles on and a
weeks time will have them pre-
AIRED for use of the grape crop to e
e shipped. The cars contained 90 q
90 baskets and two or more cars are +
expected to arrive shortly This Q
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