The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-05
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| ated on at the St Joseph hospital in
Keokuk about three weeks ago., re-
turned to her home Sunday evening.
While Mrs. Peters is still quite weak
| from the operation she is doing
as well as can be expected.
The o. E. S. initiated three ladies
into the mysteries of that order Fri
day evening. June %. The candidates
being Mrs. Blanche Pancake and the
Misses Mary Alice, and Margaret
Simmons. The degree team did
some fine work as each member car
ried out their part without mistakes.
About forty five members of the Keo-
kuk O. E. S. witnessed the initiation
and were guests during the evening
of the local order. Several of the
visiting members gave very interest
| ing talks and the evening was greatly
, enjoyed by those in attendance. Pa
triotic punch was served.
| Miss Erma Gromes, who has been
on the sick list since Saturday is
slowly improving.
Miss Marie Jackson was the guest
of her uncle Mr.. John Rickert and
| family of Keokuk from Sunday until
Thursday.
The name Of Miss Lucy Kiser was
omitted by mistake among the list or
names of the young ladies, who are
enjoying camp life in the Nichols
cottage for two weeks. A telephone
was placed in the Nichols cottage
Tuesday for the benefit of the pa
irons of the cottage and their friends
during the camping season
Lehman Athey, who has been as
sisting his uncle Harry H1ttner In
the harvest field returned home
Tuesday. Mr.. Hittner is farming at
some point in this county
Mrs. Minnie Peacock of Keosauqua
Iowa and her friend Miss Lena Har-
worth of Selma, Iowa, spent Tuesday
evening with the formers sister Mrs.
Harris Hasford and family. Mrs. Pea
| cock was on her way to visit her
son Bates Peacock, who is in train
| ing at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ken
! lucky and Miss Harworth was en-
route to Washington D. G. to accept
government position
Miss Helen Sullivan spent last
week visiting with her aunt and fam
| lily Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson of Carthage
and with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sullivan of Burnside. Her
sister Miss Delta Sullivan was also
the guest of her relatives at Burn
| side Saturday and Sunday.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs
| Hamrick and family sympathize with
them in these trying days of war,
for no matter how patriotic the peo-
pie are there are few fathers and
mothers who can see their boys go to
war without the feeling that Abra-
| ham had when he was called on by
the Lord to offer his son Isaac as
sacrifice. In the last call their son
Lester Hamrick left for Camp Grant
and yesterday morning. another son
Ernest departed for the Great Lakes
Naval station, near Chicago. Both or
these boys are highly respected and
will make dutiful soldiers, and after
The war is over and the boys return
home, not only these soldier boys
will be proud that they answered
their country's call, but the parents
and other relatives will also smile
among their tears that their sons
were among the many brave boys
who fought for freedom.
Mrs. Lena Carter and daughter Els
Their of Great Falls, Montana, are in
the city, where they will visit their
many relatives for several months
II will be remembered that the lady's
husband. Judson Carter was acct
IDENTIFY killed in railroad wreck sew
eral months ago while making one of
his trips as engineer. Mrs. Carter is
daughter of our townsman John
Rickert Sr. The lady has many old
time friends here who are glad to
see her and her daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Hosford, who
left Hamilton Monday evening en-
route to Philadelphia, Penn, to make
their future home, will visit with
their brother Frank Hasford and fam