The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-28
DOWNING, MO.
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Iowa. spent Sunday at the home of her
friends Miss Bessie Hall at this |
place.
Prof. and Mrs. Jas. Riley Of Ian.
caster, Mo-, spent Christmas with
Mrs. Rileys parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
n Ballinger, and are spending this
week with friends near Downing
Todd Millican, of Centerville. Iowa
spent yesterday with a fair friend
here.
Victor Coffey came up from KeokulS.
Where he has position with whole
sale house, and spent Christmas with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew Cot
fey.
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Ellsworth.
who live near Lancaster, Mo-, spent
Christmas at the home of Lon Slim
in Downing.
Aubrey cFat') stipp, who is bar
Der In West Keoluk spent Christmas
with his parents here, and swapped
yarns with the boys.
w. I. Cowell, president of the
Merchants Exchange Bank is spend
ing the holidays with his family at
Enidf1 Okla.
Miss Neva Bridges, who is taking
a special course in music at Memphis.
is at home for the holidays.
VIM. Jacobs and family, who have
been visiting relatives in and around
i Downing for some time, returned to
their home at Des Moines, Iowa Fri
day.
Ruby Barb arrived Monday from
Colorado, where he has been work
ing for the past year.
Charley Coffey. who has position
with clothing store at Marshalltown
, Iowa, is spending the holidays Will
home folks.
, Feed is scarce in this vicinity. Ha
is selling for $40 per ton in the field
) which is the highest price paid Il
recent years Some corn is bein
) shipped in at Gle per bushel.
Christmas tree exercises were hel
at the Christian church Friday nigh
A short program was rendered whic
d was highly appreciated.
l. There are more rabbits in the coul
Il try around Downing than ever wei
known before. They are being kille
:. and shipped to Chicago by the tho
o sands. One buyer ships from OIL
to two thousand every day.
Miss Gotzeye, a teacher in the pu
lie schools here, has been quite i'll fl
o some time. She was able to go
. her home at Edna, Mo-, Saturda
where she will spend the holida,
:" Her many friends here hope she m;
be able to return to her work VIII
school opens.
:, Prof. Edwin Strother, principal
- the Downing schools, is spending t
holidays with his family at Californ
% Missouri.
- Mrs Clark Ross has been serious
20 i'll with appendicitis for some tin
~ but is improving.
~ DIR. j. B. Bridges had narrow
?. cape from death Christmas mornii
- He was returning from visiting a
-, tient in the country. when, owing
- the roads being covered with sn'
!. and no track broken through, he Dire
~ off the end Of culvert near the picl
~ tanks. The buggy was overturr
20 with Dir. Bridges and one of
'us horses underneath. The horse v
struggling and kicking, which bruis
ne the doctor and shook him up pre-
M bad He has been confined to
10. room since but no bones were brol
We and he hopes to be out soon.
mo 1t is estimated that the toba
crop around Downing the past s
son will run about four hundred tt
and pounds. 1t is selling at pri
- ranging from ten to thirteen cents
sou pound. 1t has always been consit
ed that there was but small sect
We, around Downing where the soil
the adapted to raising tobacco. but
to year it has been raised on gro
and further out and made a good CT
the Next year the acreage will likely
Of about double that which was plan
3 this year.
10y Walter Aultman has purchased
Roseborough property in West Do
a.. ing and will move into it soon.
Tor. McWilliam family who own the p
> erty now occupied by Mr.. Aultn
will move from their farm near
aye winning to their property here
winter.