The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-27
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The Powellton Modern Woodmei
and Royal Neighbors have announces
the date of their annual picnic.
will take place in Thornber's grow,
on Saturday. August 81, and biz
time is expected.
Mrs Kate Strom, formerly of Nau
woo. who has been making her hons
lin Fort Madison for five years. ha.
been granted a divorce from her hus
band, George Strom, who is a resi-
dent of Nauvoo.
Speaking of weddings, a Nauvot
young lady wants to know why tbs
bridegroom isn't dressed in the I'm
conventional white to match tho
bride, and a married lady friend Of
hers says it would make him unde
iservedly conspicuous.
1 1t is reported that you, can buy twc
fly swatters in Nauvoo for five cents
Those families here who have none
SHOULD invest the price at once and
get busy. Two for five cents, one fol
each hand Judging from the small
amount of flies seen in Nauvoo at the
present time a good many families
here have fly swatters and are using
them to good advantage.
Dr.. Fl. F. Stemple and wife of Fort
Madison, and his wife's sister, Miss
Elsie Dachroth, of Mason, Iowa, and
Miss Marion Masberg of Waterloo
Iowa, motored down to old Nauv DO
, and circulated among relatives and
friends last Friday evening. Mrs.
Stemple and Miss Dachroth were for.
mer residents of Nauvoo.
| July has had few very delightful
days and evenings in Nauvoo and
their cooling influence made one think
| of doing the Christmas shopping
early
Miss Mary Tholen has returned to
her Nauvoo home after a two week.
visit with relatives and friends in
Quincy.
Mr.. and Mrs Ted Brady of St.
Joseph, Mo-. have been guests in the
home of the husbands mother in
Nauvoo.
There are no legal holidays in :he
coming month of August, but many
Nauvoo people will go on one of its
own.
! Occasionally Nauvoo fellow will
investigate the value of a rare coin
and he finds out that there is from
five cents to a half dollar premium
on it.. Speaking of rare coins. have
you seen a $40 gold piece lately?
Harold, son of Captain J. w and
Mrs. Reimbold of Nauvoo, departed
recently for Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, and from that place will go
on naval reserve cruise with flo
tilla of ten Eagle boats, submarine
chasers built by Ford during the
world war The trip will be down the
Atlantic ocean and through the Pan
anna canal, thence up the Pacific
ocean and to Mare Island, California,
Harold will return overland to Maui
WOO after the two months OF the So
journ. He certainly ought to enjoy
this fine vacation.
Do you remember in the old times
when candidate was nominated y
president of these United States, a
hot time was had by both political
parties? Even "three rousing cheers"
are strangely absent now.
Over in Lee county, Iowa, when
bootlegger is caught the federal
court judges place the culprits under
a $500 bond and when found guilty is
assessed fine from $25 to 800. IN
Hancock county, Illinois, bootlegger
is placed under $1,000 bond and if
guilty is fined $500 and costs. That's
the difference, but why?
Chicago and st. Louis seem to be
far away from Nauvoo when one
wants to buy peck of potatoes. In
those places the prices was four and
a half cents the pound and in Nauvoo
from 8 to 9 cents.
The women's department of the
Nauvoo Latter Day Saints church held
a delightful and profitable ice cream
social on the lawn of their religious
temple on Wednesday of last week, i
down in our first district. There !
were over one hundred automobiles
parked near the church and the !
ladies' were kept busy serving refresh |
nents after the exercises. Elder Bur |
Ton displayed pictures of the Hawaii |
Island and described them to the
people as they were thrown on the |
screen. The Boy Scouts band of the
Fort Madison church was present and !
1iscoursed music to the enjoyment
If those present. The receipts from
he sale of sweets was s65.
Some places have announced that
saloons where they sold beverages
contrary to the prohibition law, will
low have CLOSED DOORS" That's not
Iauvoos way. Our saloon doors con-
inue to admit many to the joys of
lear beer, root beer, soda and lunch
hat would rival cafeteria if you
we're not too hungry.
Residents of the large cities may
lot believe the news that Nauvoo
,eople had to ransack closets for
,xtra cover for the beds the past
ew nights. We almost dispair Of
making them realize what fine sum-
ner weather we are enjoying here