The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-28

been in failing health for several
years and a few days ago decided to
go to Arkansas for a visit with his
daughter and family, He had been
there but short time and was taken
seriously i'll. Relatives here were
notified and his daughter, Mrs. e. J.
Hill started for Walnut Ridge to be
with him, but he passed away a short
time before her arrival. He leaves a
son, William Radestock, and two
daughters, Mrs. June Fitzgerald, OF
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and Mrs.
Minnie Hill, who resides a few miles
northwest of Bonaparte.
/ Mrs. Mary Hornbaker. Of Farming
ton, visited here with relatives sew
eral days last week and attended COM
mencement exercises, her grandson
Phil S. HoTnbaker being one of the
graduates from the Bonaparte high
school this year.
Mrs. George B. Meredith returned
to her home here last week, after
several weeks stay in Missouri. where
she was called by the serious illness
. of her mother.
Decoration day services will be
held at Sharon church on Tuesday.
May 49, The w. C. T. o. will serve
the proceeds will be given to care for
and comfort the wounded soldiers and
s,lilors at the base hospital at Camp
Dodge. large number of the U. S.
boys who were wounded in France
will be cared for at this hospital. 1t
lis expected that there will be large
crowd at Sharon on this occasion and
that the receipts will be liberal, be.
cause of the good cause for which it
will be used.
Mrs E. E. Wagner and son Richard,
who have been visiting with relatives
here for the past several months, de-
parted for their home in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania Monday of this week.
A large crowd was here Saturday
night and Bonaparte merchants had a
good trade. The Saturday night pic
ture show always draws large crowd
on that night when the roads are good.
c. w. Wassam, one of the instruc-
tors in the State university at Iowa
City, delivered the address to the 1918
graduating class Of the Milton high
school last week. Mr.. Wassam will
be we'll remembered here by our peo-
pie as he was platform manager at
our chautauqua last summer. He de-
livered a couple Of lectures here at
that time and is live wire and keeps
the folks highly entertained from the
time he starts to talk until he tells
the audience good night" 1t is hoped
by the chautauqua patrons that he
will be with US at our big chautauqua
this season. which will be held the
last week in August.
Alva Myers received message Sat
urday evening telling him of the ser
ious illness of his daughter, Miss
Villa, who is a telephone operator in !
Kansas City. The message came in |
the evening train, and he drove to FL |
don and arrived in Kansas City on
Sunday morning. The family here !
were notified by telephone that Miss
Myers was better at that time. Her
illness was caused from the measles |
which settled in her eyes and she was
very sick for several days, but it is |
hoped by her many friends here that !
she will soon be able to accompany !
her father to her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Seeley and |
daughter, Miss Florence Seeley and |
Benjamin Seeley, a son, of Mt Pleas |
ant left last week for Washington. i
d. c. Last Saturday afternoon. at the |
new Willard hotel Miss Seeley was |
W Will ser
geant in the United States marine |
corps. Sergeant Lodwick is a grad ;
uate of Iowa Wesleyan at Mt. Pleas !
ant and Miss Seeley is also. 1t was |
there that the romance began. He |
later attended law school at the Uni !
versity Of Chicago and when war was |
declared by the United States, he en- |
listed in the marine corps and is now |
the fourth officers training