The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
kAHokA. MO.



Guerdon Barnett has resigned as
county highway engineer to accept a
position as manager of overflow land
above FIT. Madison, the property of
the Water Power Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield We're, of
New Berg, Ill. and Mrs S. E. We're,
of Nashville, ILL.,, are guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Alex We're.
j. P. Bourn returned Tuesday night
from several weeks visit with rela-
tives in st. Louis and Kansas.
Thomas Bell of Kahoka and Miss
Annie Christie, of Escanabia, Michi-
gan, were united in marriage at Kan
sas City, June g.
A son was born July 5, to Prof and
Mrs. Robert ST. Clair at the home Of
the mothers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Boley.
A girl baby was born July 4, to Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. England of Washing,
ton township.
Jasper Nichols shipped five cars Of
sheep from Kahoka to the Chicago
market Tuesday.
Misses Elizabeth and Ada May
Whiteside left Thursday for visit
with relatives at Ellsberry and Troy,
Mo.
Conrad and Lew Stutz, of near An.
tioch, have purchased an E. M. & F.
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The good rain of Tuesday night
will greatly help. the corn crop IN
Clark county.
| The Kahoka base ball team will
play the fast CORN team on the Kaho-
ka grounds next Sunday, July IA.
| "A son was born Monday, July s, to
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Brooks at the
home of the latter's mother, Mrs.
Olivia Llewellyn, in Kahoka. The in
FAINT lived but three days passing
away Thursday morning. Funeral
services were conducted from the
home of Mrs. Llewellyn Friday morn
| ing at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
Matt Sexsmith. Interment in the Ka-
| hoka cemetery.
4 L, Ihoiit6oiuOiy WSAA1 w 1AeAAiSe-o
City Thursday on legal business.
Miss Mary Alice McNichols left
Sunday for jefferson City to accept a
position In the office of DIR. F. B. Hill
er. secretary Of the State Board of
Health.
Mrs. George w. Hohenberger. of
Ball, South Dakota, arrived last Fri
/ day for visit with her parents, Mr..
! and Mrs. ]. T. Townsend.
Arthur Steeples of Memphis, has
purchased the s. P. Pond Co. poultry
business at Kahoka Harley Wishert
is the local manager.
Mesdames Ed Wormhoudt and w. B.
Sisson and Misses Jessie Watson,
Mildred Evans. Lena Edelen, Anna
Donnelly and May Watson of Union
vile, left Thursday for Bluff Park
where they have rented cottage and
will spend few weeks.
The county court upon the request
of the proper number Of petitioners,
has ordered a special election in
Clark county for Saturday, August II,
for the purpose of voting on local
option.
The Kahoka Fats and the Kahoka
Leans, pulled off fine exhibition In
4 Kahoka, the proceeds for the benefit
of the Kahoka baseball club. The
score was 10 to in favor of the Fats
When the game started it was thought
that about five or seven innings would
be the limit of the game, but SC
warm had become the contest and sc
close the score that no one gave any
heed to the number Of innings played
until the score keeper announced that
the game was ended. All were stars
in the game, but the particular stars
were Oscar Douglass on first for the
fats, Peck Young in the box and jim
| Wilson in the field for the same team
The leans started off with rush
with four scores in the first inning
but they were only able to gather
three more in the game. The fats
came back In the fourth and evened
up the score and added one more
The large crowd in attendance was
kept In continuous good humor
throughout the game which was, for
green horns, pronounced above the
average. $24.s0 was added to the base
lbail boys exchequer.