The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

of this city, secretary. The other
physicians attending the board meet
ing as members were Drs. j. r..
Bridges OF Kahoka, S. e. Doss OF
Wyaconda, F. NJ. Johnson Of CORN,
and P. NJ. Baker of this city.
The big Red Cross drive in Scot
land county is on. Every school in
the county was visited the past week
and each school district is organized
with the teacher as chairman.
Sheriff ]. f. Chasteen went to Full.
ton, Mo-, last Tuesday with Mrs.
Adams of Lawn Ridge, who was on
that day a%djudged insane.
Lieutenant B. !. Lawrence report
ed for duty at Camp Dodge last Sat
| urday and was assigned to duty In
Co. I'll" 163rd Depot brigade. A
ard or letter addressed thus will
reach him safely.
Oso Risk has enlisted as a mechanic
in the aviation corps and is located
at Camp Taylor. Louisville, Kentucky.
Sergeant Howard Witty came In
from FIT. Riley last Saturday and
spent Sundays with homefolks in
| Memphis. He had but a brief forty
eight hour furlough and to get back
to the camp in that time, he left on
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Slime left We'd
nesday morning for Kansas City,
Kansas, to consult Dr.. L. d. Mabie, a
specialist, who lately operated on
Mrs. slime. Her condition shows i'm
provement.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued the past week
Leroy PATTERSON and Esther Givens;
Hershel Newton and Edith Wood
small; Kimmel Tibbs and Pearl Phil
lips.
l.. J. Daughters, who has been con.
Quoting a repair shop ON the north
side of the square has closed same
on account OF i'll health. He is quite
i'll in a Dor upstairs in the Bence
building.
Alfred Alton Of Hastings was called
to his home in this city, the latter
part of last week by the critical i'll.
ness Of his baby. He returned to
|, Hastings on Sunday night, but will
return in a few days to remain in
definitely.
DIR. Thompson, pastor Of the First
M. T.. church, a few days ago receiv-
ed a letter from the chairman of the
Red Cross chapter at Braymer, Mo,
asking him to deliver a half dozen
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week. He was too busy in the local
campaign to be able to accept the
invitation.
Mrs. e. B. Oyler of this city was
operated on in a hospital in Center
vile last Friday for appendicitis and
gall stones. The operation was per
formed by DR.. Heaton and was a sue.
cess. Mrs. Oyler rallying nicely from
the ordeal. Mr.. Oyler accompanied
her to notwithstanding on Sat,
urday.
Mrs. Anna Norris, who makes her
home with her son, Herb Norris, of
this city, had the misfortune Sunday
morning to get her finger cut of
while closing the big drawer of the
flour cabinet. The third finger OF
the left hand was completely sever
ed at.the first joint. DR.. Alexande,
was called at once to control the
hemorrhage and dress the injury.
Lewis w. Hixson was born in In
diana, March %. 1888, and died at his
home in this city, on December 16
aged seventy-nine years, eight months
and twenty-four days. When a small.
boy he moved to Missouri with his
parents and has resided in this stat.
since with the exception of abou
ten years. when he lived in Iowa.
When the news was heralde6
throughout this nation early in DC
tober that a red-headed artillerymar
had fired the first American gun in
the world war, little was it dreamed
that one of Scotland county's boys
Howard Chew-a member of machine
gun squad 46-was one of the mer