The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

last Sunday to undergo an operation
for rupture. His daughter, Miss
Mary, who is trained nurse, is with
him.
Nauvoo will be without dairy
after February IS, unless some other
individual or company embarks in
the business. Frank Schleicher who
has been conducting the present
dairy for a few years In Nauyoo, has
notified his customers that he is done
and no more milk will be delivered
after next Wednesday. Not many
families keep COW these days in
the old Mormon town and unless
dairy is started UP soon after next
week, there will be a number of milk
less households. &N
Miss Winifred Heisy who has been
visiting her grandparents in Nauvoo
for several months, has returned to
her Clinton, Iowa, home.
mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hudson. Mr..
and Mrs John W. Bertschi of Nau.
WOO, attended the funeral Of Mrs.
ALLEN Wooley In Keokuk last Friday.
Mrs, Sidney Fowler, who has been
in st. Louis in answer to a sick call
I of her sister-in-faw, has returned to
her Nauvoo home. While in the Mis-
tsouri metropolis the lady went
through siege Of influenza.
There will be some lively times in
Nauvoo when Mr.. c. Petsch, the
interurban railway promoter. begins
work on the Nauyoo and Fit. Madison
railroad next summer. -. .....a
JOS. Kirschbaum, Jr., who sustain-
led bad fall on the lakes ice and
injuring his hip few weeks ago. is
now about the house Of his sister,
Mrs. VIM. Haas. He travels around
on crutcheS.
! Nauvoo officials Of the Grape Grow
ers' union have disposed of the Maui
VOC 1920 grape crop under their c9B.
tract to the Popel & Giller firm IF
Warsaw. They receive four cents
tper pound for the entire crop and
the grower will deliver the grapes in
barrels to the lakes banks TO be
loaded on barges and conveyed to
| Warsaw by the river route. This will
do away with considerable work and
expense at harvest time and the
grower will receive about as mu:h
money for his crop. But it will dis
| tribute much less money among our
laboring people.
| Al Rain, ST., is the official selected
| to act as president OF the Nauvoo
school board in place OF j. h. Argast
who resigned.
| The Ladies Priscilla club members
were delightfully."- entertained in Mrs.
JOS, W. Welter's NauVoo home last
| Thursday afternoon. The time was
spent in doing needle work, social
/ converse, etc. Before the departure
OF the guests a delicious collation.
was served.
! Some kids .confscated a case OF
soda water from JOS. Crum's place
CT business a night recently. Later
one of them was given the third de-
gree and he confessed his part in the
accomplices. Nothing was done in
the matter in a legal way.
The Nauyoo volunteer fire laddies
enjoyed their annual banquet in the
engine house room on Thursday night
Of last week. Card games were the
chief amusement and tempting
luncheon was served. All members
were present and scrumptuous time
had by all.
Henry Leirhardt, Jr., came to his
Nauyoo parents home from Chicago
on Thursday Of last week on account
of being i'll and for some time con.
fined in hospital in the windy city
He will remain here and get well
quickly after breathing the pure air
in Nauyoo.
Nauvoo ST. Rose society of the
Catholic church selected officers at
their meeting on Wednesday evening
of last week. The following ladies
were elected: Mrs. VIM. Yaeger,
president. Mrs Aug 7 Roger vice
president; Mrs. Lou V. Datin, score
tary; Mrs Lou Schoell, treasurer.
VIM B. Kimball OF Nauvoo, was in
Chicago several days during the
week, attending to some business
matters.
Next Saturday arrives sweet
hearts day" the day claimed by the
patron saint of lovers, good ST. Val.
entine. In the days of old, missives
were more romantic than in these
prosaic times. Romance ruled and
the little blind god took advantage
lof all sorts OF cunning devices in