The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Mrs. E. w. Hardy, Mrs. Alva Hardy
and Mrs. Edward Denton visited rev
days the first of the week with Mr.. and
Mrs William White of Keokuk.
Clarence Emory OF FIT. Madison
formerly of this city, met with an ac-
cident a few days ago while at ms
work as switchman in the G. u. q e.
railroad yards. The nature of his IN
iuries are fractured big toe and
badly bruised foot His many friends
here will regret to learn of his accl-
dent and will wish him speedy re-
covery from the injury,
Mrs, Elmer Francis and sons Meryie
and Melvin, who left Keokuk a few
months ago to make their future home
in Davenport, where Mr.. Francis had
position in laundry, returned 10
Keokuk Sunday to live at 713 High
street. where. they form erly resided.
Mr.. Francis will continue his location
at Davenport for he has good posi-
ton there. Mrs. Francis was a former
Hamilton girl, who before her mar
riage was Miss Kate Blevins.
Hiss Meta Denton entered the tn
State Commercial college OF heokuk
as student Monday.
| Mrs. Hurley Moore was the guest OF
Mrs. Henry Bailey of keokuk tues
day.
p. c. Byers has returned home from
| a business trip to ST. Louis. MI. BY
iers is doing a land office business III
ituying and shipping horses.
! Miss Sarah James of Atwater, ILL.,, is
enjoying a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. X.
B. James this week.
Miss lola MCLEAN is spending the
week with Miss Lydia Vance OF Den
yer, Ill.
John Sullivan of Burnside visited
his son John sullivan and family Wed
lnesday and Thursday.
The Live Wire Sunday school class
of the NJ. E. church held their regular
class party at the home of Miss Beu-
lah White Tuesday evening. after the
,fbusiness meeting was over games ana
various amusements were greatly en-
loved Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served. About thirty IN
number were in attendance as the hus-
bands and first cousins" of the young
ladies had been invited to attend.
The Misses Marie and Mildred Mills
of Warsaw, were guests of their uncle,
IL. w. Berdolt and family Wednesday
, of last week. Mrs. Julius K. Eye
mann. also of Warsaw, was caller
with Mr.. and Mrs. Berdolt and Mrs. {.
NJ. Brant Wednesday.
A garden school exhibition Will be
held in this city in the gymnasium
room at the high school building Sep
| TENDER Is at 2 p. NJ The school pupils
who entered the contest last spring
will have on exhibition the flowers
and vegetables that they planted ana
icultiyated and prizes will be awarded
to those who have the best on eXhlol-
ton. It is also desired that our citl'
zens bring fruits, flowers and veget-
ablse to have on exhibition to assist
the committee in having the room Wen
decorated and also make a better dlS'
ply in order to have the contest more
interesting and the committee Is anX'
lious for the parents and friends of the
school pupils to attend the contest and
thus keep up the interest of the school
pupils in devoting part of their time
to cultivation of flowers. Prizes will
also be awarded the day of the exhi'
I,bition to the pupils who have the best
gardens as the committee has inspect
ed the gardens. The public is cordlal
Ily invited to be in attendance
| Frank Hosford of Milford, Iowa, has
written his parents here of some eX
element Gas Mr.. Hosford expresses III
THAT happened at farmers home near
ILigonier, Ind, few miles from NIL
| ford. The farmer hired strange man
or tramp to help do his threshing ano
this stranger was the first in to dinner
land small daughter of the farmer
saw the man putting something into g
dish of beans and very shortly the
stranger feigned TO be sick and left
before he ate dinner. The little cir
told her father what the stranger hac
done and he at once procured a shot
gun and locating the man made hin
eat some of the beans and in three