The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-08

D. c., where she hay q clerkship in
a department Of the government. Miss
Cornell was one of the Bonaparte
school teachers about three years ago.
| A large crowd Of Bonaparte people
went to Sharon to attend the Harvest
festival last Saturday.
| Postof1ce Inspector Wellborn Wis
tied the Bonaparte, Pennington, Mil
: ton and Birmingham postoffices the
past week.
Van Buren, county people are surely
indebted to Hon. v. R. MoGinnis Of
| Leon. Iowa, for his speaking cam
fourth Liberty loan. His addresses,
seven in all, had much to do with the
| splendid manner In which the county
rallied to the support of the loan.
| Dr.. F. M. McClurg of Keosauqua
+, has been appointed to act as the
dentist member of the local exemp-
ton board. DR.. McClurg will serve
without pay, in an advisory capacity
and will make an examination Of the
! teeth of all the registrants at the
time they are called for physical ex-
animation.
The wonderful success Of the fourth
Liberty loan campaign in Van Buren,
county is largely due to the excellent
advertising campaign carried out, and
credit for the successful management
of the publicity department is due H.
e. Blackledge of Keosauqua, county
publicity chairman. The plans were
all his, and in most instances he per-
sonally executed them. The auto
tour Of the county was Of incalcul-
ohl Nv To- 1aAo
onstratet his ability as an executive
by his management of that feature.
The trip was made absolutely on the
announced schedule, and without q
hitch of any kind.
George v. Leff1er of Stockport,
wife and son, were visitors at the w.
H. Roberts home the latter part of
last week.
The warehouse Just back Of the
Doughty general store has been I'M
proved during the past week. by being
re-roofed.
About seventy young friends Of
Audrey Miller, who lives about eight
miles northeast Of Bonaparte, held a
delightful farewell party at his home
last Friday evening. He attended the
Bonaparte schools last season and
large crowd of his guests on this en-
joyable occasion were friends and
schoolmates from Ponaparte. The
Miller family will have public sale
in a few days and will move to Cali !
fornia, where their future home will
be made.
Three cheers for good old Iowa and
for Van Buren, county. Iowa was the |
first state in the union to go "over !
the top in the fourth Liberty loan !
campaign Van Buren, county was one
of the first counties in the state to go
over and Keosarqua was the first
town in the county to announce her
quota has been raised and exceeded
The rapidly with which the county's
quota was raised was somewhat of
surprise even to those directly IN
charge of the work. When the quota
of $774,6O0 was announced Tuesday OF !
last week it almost staggered the COM
mittee. But they soon recovered ana
redoubled their efforts to make the
loan a success. And how they succeed
ed may be imagined from the state
ment by Chairman Therme, that the
sales in the county will reach SS5O,OoO
and may POSSIBLY go higher 1t was
just two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
2sth, when word was CIV
en- out that Keosauqua's quota had
De6n T6dCHeu anu ny CFChlhe IhO |
hao gone away beyond the SzT,6O0
mark. About four o'clock word was re-
ceived that Pennington had exceed
ed her quota and the good news was
rapidly by that time. $780,
600 was SUBSIDIZED in the county Sat
urday. and by Monday noon the chair
man notified state headquarters that
Van Buren county's quota had been
A majority Of the residents
Of the county have not yet been heard
from. and it will be sometime before
a complete report can be made, but
the drive is now practically over.
Miss Berna Blacknen visited IN
several days last week
with her sister, Mrs. H. R. Jones and
family.
The day of good old fashioned fam c
ly Of large number is not entirely
past. as is proven by the new draft y
which has brought to {
light several Iowa families that would I
delight the heart OF Teddy Roosevelt. is
The latest claim is Mrs. Ida Moore. I
Thing few miles west of Bonaparte, S
who has nine sons. With one except