The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06

additions to the church were accepted
/ last Sunday night, three OF which are
candidates for baptism.
| Asa Houston and wife are visiting
| in Chicago, having accompanied her
father. Mr.. Eben Leveritt, to the home
| of his only living sister in Warren,
ILL.,, and then going with Mr.. Leveritt
to Chicago and seeing him safely
started for the home of his son, Prof.
Frank Leveritt, of Ann Arbor college,
/ Ann Arbor, Mich, where he will make
his home with his two sons, Charles,
V no is on a farm five miles from Ann
Arbor, and Professor Frank, who is
| in Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter visited at the
home of Mrs. Jarrett in West Point
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Sawyer visited
friends near Bridgeport last Friday
AS old Nell. their good horse for the
last thirty-fve years, has now gone to
the horses happy hunting ground, Mr..
and Mrs. Sawyer are now on the look
out for another good steady and quiet
horse. Thirty-five years faithful ami
NAL in family is certainly a good
record.
Misses Matte Alexander and Katie
Sniff visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gates in West Fort Madison last
week
| Emery Goss has returned to his stu
dies at Knox college, after a short
Easter vacation at home.
Miss Irene Cummings has returned
to her school duties after a short va
cation spent with home folks. She
will be here to help her father and
mother when they move, the first of
June, as the resignation of Rev. Cum
mings is to take effect the first of
Congregational church here.
| Rev. Fl. S. Hem has gone to Green
| Bay to conduct the funeral of Mrs.
Tibbs, mother of Frank Tibbs of this
/ place.
Mrs. Sherman Woods has gone to
Green Bay to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Tibbs.
Mrs. Fred Geldmacher gave party
last week at which was announced the
engagement of her only child, Miss
Silver, who is now a student at Mt.
Holyoke, to Mr.. George Day of near
| Oberlin, Ohio.
Mrs. Woodruff has new incuba-
tor of the "Old Trusty" kind, and
says she don't care if the hens won't
set.
Mrs. Mckay got twenty chicks from
| 40 eggs as her first effort with an
incubator.
"Shure'' eggs will go up.
Death visited the home of Henry
Roller and took the beloved wife on
the morning of April 2. Death came
as relief, after months of suffering
Anna Chris enson was born in Chica-
go on July IS, 1874; was the daughter
of Ida and Jacob Christensen; was
married to Henry Roller on April IL,
1908, a. Denmark. and departed this
! life at her home here on April 2, 1910,
at the age of thirty-five years, seven
months end eight days. She is sur
vived by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob CE1isenson; one brother Lewis
! Christensen; one sister, Mrs. John Kol-
Her; her husband and several nieces
and nephews She will be greatly
missed in home and social life. The
floral offerings were beautiful Her
Sunday school class and also the
ladies' entertainment committee, of
which she was member, as we'll as
others, sending beautiful floral pieces
The funeral services were held at
the Congregational church, at 8
O'Clock Sunday afternoon, but the in
terment was delayed until Monday at
| l. o'clock a. m, as telegram was re-
ceived at noon on Sunday that her
brother Lewis and wife were coming
from their home in Kansas, and could
not get here till Monday morning. She
is not dead but sleepeth.
/