The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
M e MpHIS, MO.
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J. D. Bondurant, ST., and W. ?.
Bondurant of kirksville, Chas. Bon
durant and Davis salisbury of Madi-
son, Mo, and. Cornelius Carson and
Joseph Bondurant of Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia. drove over from Kirksville last
Monday and spent the day with w.
f. II. Bondurant and family of this
city.
Maurice Raines, who has been
studying military tactics at the OIL
GERS training camp at FIT. Riley the
past few months, was few days
ago handed his com mission as second
lieutenant in infantry section. HIS
host of friends extend congratula-
tons and are quite sure he will make
good as a military officer
At the residence of Elder M. }.
Nicoson on Sunday, August IL, at
4:3O p. NJ, occurred the marriage OF
Joseph H. Barker and Miss Mildred
Estill The groom Is son OF q. ID.
Barker and Is one Of the prosperous
Young farmers Of Scotland county.
The bride is the second daughter OF
James Estill and wife, who live near
Meadow church. This splendid young
couple has the congratulations ana
best wishes of a great host of friends.
| Mrs. l.. p Roberts received tele-
gram last Saturday announcing the
death in a hospital in Dickinson,
North Dakota, of her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Hanley. Deceased had been
a sufferer from cancer of the stom-
ach for some time and her taking
away was not wholly unexpected.
The remains were brought to Month
cello for interment on Tuesday. Mr..
and Mrs Roberts and son, Wallace,
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Bumbarger
were present at the funeral obsequies.
VIM. Hoover is quite i'll at his
home in this city, suffering from
acute kidney trouble.
VIII Raymond of Centerville spent
Wednesday in Memphis, the guest
of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Raymond.
/ Mrs. Lillian Reddig of Centerville
! is the guets of her mother Mrs. j.
| n. Harle, and other relatives in Mem
phis.
Misses Ruby and Helen Guy re-
turned the latter part Of last week
{ from a two weeks visit with relatives
in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs H. J. Linn and Edna,
Gene and Stanley Alexander OF Keo-
sauqua spent yesterday with Mrs. B.
f. Sheets in this city.
Prof. Jas. Hixson OF Webster
Groves, Mo, and Mrs. Margaret John
son of Sidney, Iowa, are the guests
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. W.
Hixson.
Paul Fl. Andres has been officially
notified OF his assignment as eighth
alternate in the second officers train
ing camp at FIT. Smelling, Minnesota.
John A. Craig came up from Han
nibel and spent Sunday with home
| folks. He has Joined the aviation
! CORPS as a stenographer and has sue
cessfuIly passed the examination.
The chautauuua Is now in full
/ swing with the best program ever
/ presented here. The sale OF seats
| went a trife slow, but the few that
we're left unsold were taken up by
the guara nteers and everybody is
happv and enthusiastic over the
| splendid array Of talent sent 10 our
city this year.
Indications are decidedly favorable
for a cbautauuua next year The pro-
gram has made good and our people
are 10th to part company with such
an enterprise.
! j, X. HUDSON went ~ 4'ti''HS So'A'
Iowa, Earl Mcdaniel to Knox CITY
and &c" Mason went to Knox City
on Tuesday to get entries in the
speed ring for our big fair.
Major f. P. Grinstead departed
last Thursday night for Naco, Ari-
IONA. to join his regiment-the First
Arizona infantry. He expects orders
soon to sail for France.
W. G. Reckard, who is serving IN
the ouartermasters department, is now
somewhere in France" as he wrote
his mother from New York that he
expected to sail August 6.
Memphis friends regret to hear of
the illness of Irving Turner, former
emp1ove of the Farmers Exchange
bank in this city. He Is now at
Rochester. Mimi, for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shepherd and
babv motored over from Pawnee, Hi
nois. last Friday for a visit at the
home Of Mrs Shepherds parents. Mr.
, and Mrs. F. L. Beard.
Prof. B. l. Lawrence who is visit
, ing with home folks. has received
, notice Of his entrance to the second
training camp of the officers trainins
corps at Fit Smelling, Mimi, and viii