The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-01

town, returned to his home in South
Dakota last week.
Miss Mildred Daugherty is employ
ed in the dry goods department OF
the Doughty general store.
J. C. Davis and family departed last
Monday for Baraboo, Wis, where
they will visit with the Arthur Rounds
family.
Mrs. Kate s. Moody and daughter
Eleanor, Of Keokuk are visiting here
at the N. S. Moody home.
Mrs. w. r. Wilson and daughter
Miss Lola, Of Lacon, H., are enjoying
visit here at the P. A. Doughty home
and with other relatives.
Mr.. Isaiah Meek and Miss Ruth
Noske were married Wednesday ev.
ening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
II. p. Jenkins in Valley Junction,
Iowa. They will return to Bonaparte
Friday evening and will make their
home here. Mr.. Meek is the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Meek. His
bride Is the second daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Noske. Both are re-
spected young people who were born
reared and educated here and have
the best wishes of the entire com
munity.
The National Pickle and Canning
Co., has seven hundred acres OF
pickles this year at Bonaparte, Farm
ington, Cantril, Mt. Sterling and Keo-
sauqua. On Saturday they took in
LOO bushels and on Monday 2,13S
bushels. They are prepared to take
care of about forty thousand bushels.
The fast Bonaparte ball team ad-
ded another scalp to their belt last
Sunday when they beat Charleston
here at Christy park by the onesided
| score Of 16 to 0. The batteries were
for Bonaparte, Carter, Percival and
Steadman, while Wyrick and Weber
worked for Charleston. The same
teams play today at the Old Settlers
reunion which is to be held at Don
Nelson.
The Bonaparte schools will COM
mence Sept. 8, being one week late
on account of the chautauqua.
N. M. Glasgow and wife of Troy. re-
visited here the first Of the week
with their daughter. Mrs. Roy Parr
and family. They went from here to
CORN, Mo-, for visit with relatives.
Robt. Haney of Creston, Iowa, came
Monday to visit with his brother. w.
e. Haney. who is seriously i'll at his
home here.
GUY Pickard came from st. Louis
Wednesday evening for visit at the
C. A. Packard home His wife and
daughter have been visiting here for
the past several weeks.
Mrs. Marie Bower Of Fl. Worth,
Texas, came Tuesday evening for
visit with relatives here and at Farm
ington.
Hugh Hamilton, the fourteen
months old son of James and Leta
Easter, passed away Tuesday even
ing after a several weeks illness from
bowel trouble. He was one of the
pair Of twins born June 6. 1915. and
had always been in good health up to
the present attack. His twin brother
John Henry, died a little over week
ago from the same cause. Besides
his parents, there are three little Sis
ters, Edith, Katherine and Roberta.
Clarence Shredder, wife and daugh-
ter Geraldine are visiting here at the
John Beck home. They have been
conducting a hotel at Birmingham for
the past several months.
M. w. Akers of Chicago, has been
visiting with relatives here and In
Harrisburg. Forty years ago he was
pastor Of the Baptist church OF Harris
burg for eighteen months.
Mrs. Sarah Edmondson and niece,
Miss Francis Glasscock and Frank
Dawson motored to Omaha. Neb., on
a pleasure trip the latter part Of last
week.
Miss Bernice Tyler Of Vernon visit
ed with her lriend, Miss Anna Robb,
of Monmouth, H., at the ]. w. Fitz-
gerald home here last Tuesday.
Mrs. P. A. Doughty has returned
home from a two weeks trip to Chi
cago, where she has been purchasing
goods for the dry goods department
of the Doughty store.