The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-23
Mock Wedding. Of Miss Prospect Tee
and Mr.. Cheer Up Melted
Forty-eiaht Dollars
as Profits.
R. R. TIME TO CHANGE
Rev. Mason Engaged to Take Charge
Of Bentonsport, Besides
His Own
Church.

ttves and friends here Thursday.
Charles Weiher opened his Fair
store last Saturday afternoon. He Is
located in the old Fair store building,
formerly occupied by F. M. Sturdi-
want.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Ketcham OF
Pennington, visited here with the
Chris:y and Ketoham families last
Monday They departed in the even
ing for Fl. Worth, Texas, for visit
with relatives. They will stop at
Hot Springs enroute, for a visit with
S. R. Meek, former Bonaparte boy,
who is there for medical treatment.
Misses Margaret Tasting and Ethel
Cornell were over Sunday visitors IN
Ottumwa with relatives and friends.
The ladies OF the M. E. church are
planning to have their annual Easter
dinner and bazaar April 7, 1917.
Mrs. Bert King. son and daughter
returned to their home in Valley
junction the first Of this week, after
! visit here at the ". Q. Thompson
home.
The Baptist Sunday school held a
penny social at the church last even
! ing. A good crowd was In attend.
ance and everything was sold that
was offered for sale.
Mrs. D. w. Riggle was in Cedar
Rapids last Wednesday in attendance
at the funeral Of her sister, Mrs. New
| lon.
Born to Professor and Mrs. r. f.
| Newcomb of Des Moines, on TUESDAY
March 10, daughter. Both parents
we're former teachers in the Bonaparte
schools.
W. M. Kelley of Keokuk has moved
into the Neiswanger property mere
He will be employed by Mike Fem
berg in the junk business.
]. B. Moore this week purchased
an Emerson-B rantingham tractor OF
Blackford Bros. 1t has twelve horse
power on the draw bar and twenty
horse power on the belt. A gang OF
three 14-inch plows came with it. The
work Of this machine will be watch
ed with much interest by oul
farmers.
/ Indications are that there will be
a time card change soon on the X.
ID. NJ. division Of the railroad. Peh
tions have been sent to Des Moines
officials by Douds. Keosauqua, Ben
itonsport, Mt. Zion and Bonaparte
asking for a change of time SO that
there would be two through trains
daily to Des Moines and also con
nection allowing Chicago mail to ar
rive here in time for rural free de
livery the same day.
| The members of the Bonaparte
board of education for the coming
year are D. W. Cheney, w. /. Boyle
r. n. Cresap, Robert Meek and VIM
Blackburn.
On account of delayed trains from
Centerville and Eldon, Judge Vermil
lion did not reach Keosauqua until
Tuesday of this week. There was nc
court Monday. Arthur NJ. Bartlett IL
court reporter and L. X. Savage Is
court bailiff. The following Crane
Jury was sworn in and instructed
Tuesday forenoon: d. r. Hornbaker
T. d. Morris, c. A. Howard, H. A
Whitmore, w. 8. Work, j. L. Arnold
A. R. Daniels. The grand jury Off
Gals are: John Norris, bailiff; Miss
Iona Maltbie, clerk.
The case of the Royal Coliiery Co
vs.. Pitt Plummer on account, was
continued; also the case of j. G
Forbes VS.. Emil Ronger ct al, ven
doris lien; also the case of DAME
Albright VS.. Jesse Mulinex ct al, tc
set aside deed.
Wills were probated as follows:
Estate of Levi Anderson, J. +. An
derson, executor, without bond; es
tate of d. o. Brill, r. E. Agnew, ad
'ministrator, with bond at $4,000; es
tate of Porter Peasants, Earl v
Funk, administrator. with bond al
$4,000; Warren Peasants, Earl v
Funk, administrator, with bond a
$4,000.
The first ca Sc to be called for tria
was the partition case Of Dora !
Ritz VS.. Isaac Pool ct al, on, Wed
nesday forenoon.
The home talent play, "A Public
Wedding of Prospect Tee and Cheer
iIJp." was given last Thursday nigh
by a company of eighteen Bonapartt
players. The play was written by
one of Bonaparte's own people. wht
has had much experience in writing
The play was dec.ied success, the
net proceeds being S4S Miss Rit;
Marley gave an excellent reading
and two groups of school girls san,
a series of songs. w. c. Page an(
son furnished one of their splendid
Aeolian-vocalions and several excel
lent records were played. CocherelP:
Bonaparte orchestra gave some ex
ceIlent music also. Little Miss Delpht
Lydolph sang two solos. At the
close. the entire company sang cod
to Bonaparte," which was writer
especially fof the occasion by thu
writer of the play.
The Bonaparte high school gradua
ton exercises are to be held June ]
G. A. Sutton of Keokuk was
Ronaparte business visitor few day
ago.
+ A. T. Stick1er of Winfield, Iowa
was here last week shipping SOM