The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-24
HARRY PURCELL
DIED SUDDENLY
Former Pennington Newspaper Man
Passed Away at Excelsior
Springs and is Buried
There,

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BoNAPARTE, Oct. "a Emil
Noske went to Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, last Friday morning in response
to telegram announcing the sud-
den death of his sisters husband,
Harry Purcell. Mr.. Purcell died sud-
denly on Thursday evening. Funeral
services were held at the late home
last Sunday with interment in an Elk
celsior Springs cemetery. Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Jenkins also went from
here last Saturday TO attend the fun
eral MIR. Purcell was formerly en-
ployed in the Pennington Herald
Office, having come to that town from
Illinois He went from there to
Ochiltree, Texas, where he was edi-
tor of a newspaper for several years.
He recently moved to Excelsior
Springs where he had purchased a
home Mrs. PurcelPs maiden name
was Miss BERTHE Noske, of Farming
ton Mr. Purcell was well known
here as he and his wife had often
visited here with her brothers, VIII
liam and Emil Noske.
Miss Mabel Scott is visiting with
Mt. Pleasant relatives this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. f. Law and Mrs
Harry Meyer and daughter Helen, Of
Troy, Iowa, were visitors at the Roy
Parr home the first part of this week.
Mrs. Brown Mcdonald of Des
Moines, is visiting with Van Buren,
relatives. The family lived in Keo-
sauqua for many years.
Arthur McCracken recently fell
from tree at his home short dis
lance west of town, and badly sprain-
ed one of his ankles, which has
caused him to travel on crutches dur
ing the past few days.
Andree Johnson went to Boone,
Iowa, Monday where he will be en-
ployed in q printing Office as linotype
operator
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coolidge re-
ceived a letter from their son George,
who is in France, Monday of this
week, stating that he was well and
that he had just returned from the
front and knew what 1t was to "go
over the top and at them"
A stock company has been organ
lied at Bentonsport to build a large
garage which will be conducted by
Arthur Davis of Vernon. There are
twenty stockholders with $50 each.
A corner lot was purchased of C. "A.
Carter and the material has been
hauled on the ground and workmen
are filing in the foundations of the
old Montgomery and Robinson store
for the laying of the concrete floor.
Mr. Davis has been in the automobile
repair and blacksmith business at
Vernon for a couple of yeras.
Miss Lorena Meek who is domes-
tic science teacher at Elgin, Iowa, is
here for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Meek, the
school in which she teaches being
closed.
Mrs. r. NJ Thompson and Mrs.
Clifford Thompson and son of ILL
nois, were recent guests at the N
B. House home here.
Miss Carrie Walter E-s returned
to her studies at Ames after a few
days visit with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs George Walter
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs Lem
Marriott are sorry to learn that they
viii move to farm near Ottumwa