The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-10
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Clay Ketcham fell from ,oaa .,
grain few days ago at his homo ues,
,,nl ION and injured his spine and was
L -; Tor couple of hours auC
LIS condition was very serious. He
rs suine"hat improved during the
past thre or four days.
MISS Gladys Dick resigned he. no
sltlon IN the dry goods department OF
ahe Whitley general store few DAYS
aso. MRS. William Steadman is now
Dick. pi''ee u MISS
MIS-. Bert King and two children OF
valley junction are enjoying a visit
mere with her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs
w. 0. Thompson.
MISS Borland Of Kansas City is Wis
lung here with her sister, Mrs. X.
N. Cresap and family.
bonaparte chapter, A. B. p. e O.
recently gave to the Red Cross and
war work fund a check for s5S.O2.
S4542 was the proceeds from a pict.
ure show and $1460 from the col.
iectlon and sale of old newspapers and
MAGAZINES. Committee No. 1, of which
! Mrs. Georgia Meek is chairman. had
charge Of the work.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Cass Beard on
saturday, Aug. 8, 1918, a daughter.
MIS-. Beard will be remembered here
as MISS Lillian Wiley, formerly of
Bonaparte.
Inc address given by County Super
in1endent OF Schools, Mr.. Carroll at
the Franklin school house last Thurs
day night, was excellent. He also ad-
dressed good crowd at the Harris
purg township hall, Tuesday evening
Of this week
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Ridgeway Of St.
Joseph, Mo-, are visiting here at the
Mrs. Ida Janis home.
Threshing is progressing rapidly in
this vicinity. Oats are yielding from
40 to 60 bushels per acre. Wheat and
rye are also quite good The acreage
OF timothy cut for seed is much smaller
than usual. The price of timothy seed
runs from $500 to $500 for August de-
livery.
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Zane and
daughter, Ollie, visited in Ames last
week with their son and brother, Ed
Zane, who is in an auto instruction
school there
The Bonaparte ladies whist club
met last week with Mrs. Meek, this
being the first meeting Of the club for
several years.
Mrs. Ed. Wagner and son, Richard
came last week from Pittsburgh,
Penn, for a visit here at the Miss Mol
lie Wagner home.
There are six days in the Bonaparte
five day midland program and an ex-
ira day at the start. Two excellent
speakers and a good musical company
come on Sunday the first day.
Mrs. Otto Kato and two children, of
Green Briar, Mo-, came last week for
a visit with her mother. Mrs. George
Meredith and family.
Miss Crysta Miller will teach the
Franklin school this fall and Miss
Margaret Fletcher will teach an eight
month term at Bear Greek.
Following is the obituary of a
well known Bonaparte man, who lived
in Van Buren, county for many years:
Thomas G. Fender was born in Bonn
county, H., November, %, 1874 and
died at his home in Bonaparte, Iowa,
August 2, 1918, aged 73 years, eight
months and nine days. He was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fender, who
for many years made their home on
farm near KSosauuaq. At the age OF
Is Pender. enlisted in the service in
the Civil war and was twice wounded.
He returned from army service and
was united in marriage to Miss Olive
January, 9, 1870 and for
many years they made their home in
Mrs. Pender died in 1911.
One son, Charles was born to this
union in 1872. He died at the age OF
80 years.
Mr.. Fender is survived by two SIS
tiers. Mrs. Henry Aylor, Of Keosauqua
and Mrs. Hannah Delaney, who made
her home with Mr. Fender for sew
eral years, of Bonaparte. and one
brother, Ellsworth Fender of Council.
Bluffs, Iowa and several other rela-
tiveS.
The funeral services were held here
at the later's home last Sunday after
noon and the interment was in the
cemetery.
Twenty-six relatives of Orville
Weller, surprised him last Sunday, the
occasion being his 22nd birthday an
niversary. An enjoyable time was had
by all and the special feature was the
big dinner served at noon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Rector and son, Lauren, OF
Hannibal were present on this occa-
sion and are now visiting at the w. F.
WALL homo hero