The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-06
kAHokA, MO.
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Circuit court convenes next Monday.
The docket is not large.
The thirty-fiSth annual meeting Of
the old settlers was held in Kahoka
Wednesday and drew large crowd, |
said to have been the largest ever
recorded In the history of the associa
ton. The weather was ideal. the |
weather man being especially good to
| us on this the most important occas-
lion of the year President T. L.
Montgomery presided. and d. n. Laps |
Hey was the secretary. Invocation was
pronounced by Rev. w. F. Laidley, and
Attorney James H. Talbot on behalf
of the mayor delivered the address of
welcome. President Montgomery re
sponded. Hon. j. d. Rebo. OF Way
land. gave short and interesting adj
dress in the afternoon, followed by
Hon. Clark s. Thomas, of Elgin, H.,
who was secured for the occasion
j through the republican state commit
i tee. He was most interesting orator
4 and all were more than pleased with
his effort There were ia exhibitors
i in the corn show, which by the way
i was new departure for old settlers
i day. This exhibit was in charge of L.
i A. Townsend. S. E. Arnold, Fred Tin
inert and Grayaon Hardness were the
4 Judges. The awards we're as follows:
Yellow corn-Philip Riley, of Grant
!. township, first, SIS; w A. Dunn, Mad
ison township, second, $40; ". A.
! Taylor. Jackson township, third, So.
) White corn-Alonzo Ash, Union town
, ship. first, SIS: ". NJ. Miller, Madison
, township, second. $40; Martin Dank-
, er, Jackson township, third, SIS. The
, baby show, as usual, was the big at
, traction, especially for the ladies. This
, exhibit was in charge OF Mrs. J. N.
} Woodruff The following were award
} ed prizes:
, Fattest baby months old and I'M
) der, Robert Hayden, 2 Sarah Calvert,
) l3, Arch stehl
> Prettiest baby Is months and I'M
} lder Sol, Glen, son of A. L. Wood
} ruff. 2, Anna, daughter of Jos. Can
, dolah, 8, Mary Anna, daughter of H.
, G. Meyers
} Prettiest baby months and under
} 1S-Odie Lee, son OF o. L. Morris of
, Kahoka; 2. Rose, daughter of j. F.
; bert Blum of Kahoka.
Prettiest baby under six months old
, I'll, Richard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
, Charles French, Kahoka; 2, Frances,
3 daughter of C. Hays, 5 Edith, daughter
, tot S. E. Arnold. city.
Twin babies. Forest and Ernest
. children of w. Hagerman; 2, Howard
. and Harold, children OF N. w. Bog
. ener.
: TITO chair no .iHe eldest settler Pre-.
: ent not previously awarded, was Civ
= en- to August Hauptmann; to the old
= est lady, Mrs. Joseph Thompson.
. Cane to the oldest man on thu
= ground, not previously awarded, VIM
= Casey. Umbrella to the oldest lady
= Mrs Beall
2 The music of the day was furnished
. by the Kahoka band and the glee club
y lcomposed of Miss Dorothea Thomas
. leader, Mesdames C. B. Hills ant
. Walter Seyb, Misses Cordona Hays
= Ermine Spangler and Clara Talbot
= Messrs. A. G. Bridges, Il. P Spanglel
. and Frank Hays. with Mrs. B. L
. Gridley organist.
= At the conclusion OF the judges
. decision in the corn show Col. F. T
= Dubois auctioneered the corn OF t
. the highest bidder and the proceeds
. amounted to $40.
= George Zimmerman, Sr., died at tht
. home of his daughter, near Kahoka
. Tuesday. aged 81 years Funera
= man church in Kahoka, Thursday
. conducted by Rev. w. Becktold. In
. terment in the German cemetery De
. ceased is survived by the following
. children: Geo. Zimmerman, Jr, 0
= Omaha, Neb.; Carl. of San Francisco
= Cal; Leonard, of kahoka; Mrs. Sc
q phia Smith, of near Medill; Mrs
= Margaret Behnke, of .1amilton, HI.
. Miss Katherine, Mrs. Anna Rauschel
q Mrs. Marie kfrchner, of Kahoka, an
q Mrs PHILIPPINE Kopp, of Hamilton, II
= C. T. Duer and Louis Neff are al
. tending the state fair at Sedalia thi
y week.
. VIM. Dunn has purchased the Dor
= aldson farm of $50 acres near Clar
y City.
= The play presented at the oper
. house Wednesday evening was largel
= attended and over 800 realized. TIL
= play was put on by Joe Wavering [
= Co., and was pronounced first clas:
= too.