The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-18

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IL p. M, Bonaparte high school.
The Bonaparte chautauQua begins
on Labor day.
cream social at Harrisburg las
"Wednesday evening was attended by
large crowd. Rev. Shank made a yer,
interesting address. The membership
canvass is about completed and Har
risburg will probably have about one
hundred members.
Mr.. Hennigh of Newcastle, Ind, has
been visiting here for the past week
at the D. w. Riggle home.
| Lee Page, who is employed on g
large ranch in Wyoming, met with q
very painful accident a few days ago
While helping to move large engine
with several teams. the team he was
driving started before the rest and he
was pulled close enough to the engine
| so that the wheels ran over his foot
breaking several small bones and
making it necessary for him to go to
a hospital. The injured foot was plac-
| ed in plaster cast and at last reports
he was getting along nicely.
Mrs. Aus. Hollowell of Keokuk has
been visiting here at the G. B. Ray
Miss Nellie Johnson has been en-
ployed in the dry goods department of
the Whitley store during the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Schneider of Chi
cago are expected here this week for
| their annual vacation and summer Wis
| 1t at the Mrs. Laura Henkle home.
Henry Kraushaar and friend. Mr..
Hinkle, of Warsaw, ILL.,, visited with
Bonaparte friends last Sunday. They
made the trip on motorcycle.
G. w. James departed Monday morn.
ing of this week for northern Iowa,
where he will visit for several weeks
with relatives and friends.
The Bell Telephone company has
had force of men working near here
the past week. They were repairing
the line and resetting lot of poles
which had been loosened and put out
of line by the recent big rains This
gang of workmen are working out or
Ottumwa and at present are working
between Bonaparte and Harrington.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Carnahan, who
live short distance norwest OF here,
have been having family reunion
during the past week. The boys all
came home as follows: Tom, of Rich
mond, Calf: Ernest, of Adatr, ILL.,;
Fred, of Hastings, Neb.; Ed, of Akron,
Ohio, and George, Of Bonaparte. Their
daughter, Miss Ora, Of Macomb, ILL.,,
is here also. This occasion was the
first time in sixteen years that the
children have all been at home at the
same time.
A gospel team of five men from the
First Baptist church of Ottumwa held
three meetings at the Bonaparte Bap-
fist church last Sunday, having large
audiences at each meeting.
H. G. Donnelly, manager OF the
Union Telephone company here, has
recently rebuilt and installed a switch
board for the Union lines at Birming-
ham and is at present working on an
other one.
w. F. Weller visited at the home
of his son near Donnellson several
days the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Ralph Hogue and son. Morris,
of Eldon, were visitors here at the
J. o. Morris home a few days the
latter part of last week.
Several auto loads of Bonaparte
people went to Oakland Mills last SUN
day and spent the day picnicing and
fishing.
George A. Demple and wife motored
here last Thursday from their home in
Keol1uk and spent the day at the
George Rigler home northwest OF here.