The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-18
lRsoezu0us also attended the session

4 Ksoesuura also attended the session
held Last week
The Ladies Community club O.
Bona uarre viii hare al auction Sale
III the Comm entity bah nexI Saturday
iSeYenty4fire per cent Of The proceeds
viii BE- given 70 The Red Cross AL
are asked 20 contribute articles 70,
ttsts sale. L. G. Householder is 70 Dc
the auct1oneer.
Robert T. Wilson went 10 Warsaw
Saturday for an over Sunday visit a.
the Eenry Krausiaar home
I gsn Buren county is 70 furnish fire
men 10 be ssnt 70 Camp Dodge me
week Of grne "a. The men 70 &c
have not been selected as yet as the
classification Of two or three men.
who hare been on the deferred list
is ND for consideration. and they
mar BE- advanced 70 class one, II
which case they viii be The first 70
be called
] To preTer- rastefzaness N snresn-
ing operations and the coossgzent
loss Of grain. the e. S. food admin
fs.rs1ion ii taking steps 70 guard
agaias; such Losses men with
knowledge Of threshfng business say
thare SIS big waste Il 1arsshing To
prevent this waste the government
ria have al 1ae 1hreshing machines
4 in the country inspected. with z view
that they my be placed IN excel
Lent repair, provided With ample
power, and that they are efficiently
adjusted so thar minimum o. grain
viii De flown Into the STRAW STOCK
and little grain leak from TIE ma
chine emio -Ee ground 4 survey
made by Il 2. Sloan. county admin
lst-ator shows the following thresh-
ing outfits n the county. al Of
which VIII De inspected
Eeosaagua- Lester Schrosckengosr
Zen Foroes, D T. 8oash, James z
Buske1r, Fred Nr-phey. Cz1t-sl: A
J. Moore, Harley Higgins. C. o.
Nichols. Milton; Alfred Lunsford. J..
10. Kinney. " Hartman NJ Sterling;
II. L Bennett Bonspa-Les Walter
B-znsTor6, Albert Woods. 7. z Ssr-
geant, Atonzo Sixon4 Aulg Roberts
Dentonspor; o. L. Bosrock, Ray Cox
fllltoern. Clinton Glber, Ray Jsui-
son Birmingham; Moore Bros
stockport z z Wilkins. Porter
Pz41 Hl5lsboro5 D,sTfd HixOn, Ben
TON Campel
Born On last Wednesday evening
20 Mr.. ard ArE. Sam 6. SnuIz, Of
near stockport daughter Mira
Emutz viii be remembered here ss
Miss Clara DeT-
Mrs. John NIXON was born IN 1851
In Centar1o, Canada, and died al ST
Joseph hospital IN Keokuk. On June
8. 1913. She was daughter Of George
and LG6dEe Brewster and came 70
this COUNTY, with her father when
she was sixteen years old. She was
united in marriage 70 John NIXON n
july 1880 To this union were born
six children. forr sons and two
daughters, George Lesyis, Leonard
william, Charles Ellsworth, Joseph,
and Kathryn May, and Liddie Esther.
Joseph died IA infancy, and the re-
manning children. with their father
mourn The loss Of z good wife and
mother, Mrs: Nixon also leaves two
sisters, Nrs. Wa Cornell and 4rg.
Frank Ritter of Bonaparte, and three
sseo-chlidren and three Tzndchild-
rem. She lived all her married life on
the home place near Acasto, No,
where she and her husband settled in
1882.
The funeral services were held in
the Acasto church an Monday after
noon June 10, and were in charge of
Rev. Il w. Munster, Of Pennington.
Several baseball enthusiasts from
Bonaparfe attended the baseball game
at Pennington between the Ottumwa
team and the Harrington aggrega~
ton.
jesse Scott and family Of FIT Mad
igon are visiting here at the Chas.
saddler and Robert Weiher homes.
Mrs. Otis Morreli Of Dexter, Min
nesota and Bert Close Of st. Louis,
are visiting here with their sister,
Mrs. Chas. Weiher and family.
Mrs. Ralph Hogue and son, Morris
of EIdon have been visiting during
the past several days here at the W.
Y. Weller home the first part of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Roberts and
A. @. Roberts and wife attended the
funeral of their niece and cousin,
Mrs. Frank Rowley, at Keosauqua
Last Wednesday.
Mrs. w. +. Weller and daughter,
birElat were vISltDEE al LIe j. v. |" e.
Ter home at Mt. Sterling last week.
Iowa counties are preparing for a
big drive for the sale and pledge pur
chase of war savings stamps. On the
first day of May. Van Buren, county
was in the lead in the first district,
but is below the average for the state
ON May ] the entire state had an
acreage purchase Of s4.16 per capita
On that date Van Buren, county had
only 1888, Lee County s2.61, Des
Moines county s23s, Jefferson coun-
ty $2B, Henry county s17s and
Washington county 1913. The quota
is $50 for each person. Van Buren,
county for 1913 requires $500, 400.
Bonaparte township should buy
about $4,000 The big drive is dated
for June 22-2s.
The committee here which had
charge of the Third Liberty loan has
been asked TO take charge of the
drive. Below is the war savings
stamp quota for each township in
Van Buren, county. The campaign
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