The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-16

people as most of them came volun-
tarily to the meetings, which the
committee held ON two Saturdays at
Community hall, and purchased their
quota of bonds. Bonaparte city went
over the top in the first few days.
The township quota will be all in
this week.
E. C. Miller who had public sale
last Wednesday at the Mrs. Anna
Dick home northeast of Bonaparte,
will move this week with his family
to Modesto. Calf, where their future
home will be made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker McCracken
and Mrs. Albert McCracken were
notified last Sunday morning ofrthe
serious illness of their son and hus-
band, Albert McCracken, at Camp
Dodge. They departed at once by
auto to be at his bedside.
Mrs. Margaret Humphrey of Farm
ington, is visiting at the Mrs. Kate
Humphrey home, and with other rela-
tives here.
Sixty relatives and friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Roberts helped cele-
brate Mr.. Roberts birthday at their
home last Sunday, Oct. 13. The
folks all brought well filed baskets,
a big dinner was had and all report
having a most enjoyable day.
The last Keosauqua high school
football team made the Bloomfield
team look like a well shocked corn
field, at KeosauQua last Saturday,
when they defeated them 40 to o.
The Keosauqua team is very fast on
the open style of play and also at
forward passing and it was the kind
of playing that allowed them to run
all over the Bloomfield team on Sat
urday.
Joe Cox and family of Croton, Wis
tied here last Saturday at the Mrs.
| S. Cox home, while on their way
home from Chicago where they had
been for a weeks visit with relatives.
The Rhynas and Wells sale which
was held last Friday near Stockport
was again a success. About sixty
head of pure bred shorthorn cattle
sold for an average OF almost $500
per sale. A monster crowd was in
attendance.
Nyuu.rI Zane who moved here from
their farm east of town last March,
moved to Pennington the first part
of this week.
]. l.. Safer, Bonaparte real estate
man. has sold the Z. A. LOOMS farm
OF 100 acres in Henry county. to T.
A. Stanley of HiilsDoro, for con-
sideration of $4,000.
A. J.. LeiIler and son John. were
called to Boone, Iowa, last Saturday
morning by the serious illness OF
their son and brother, Lieut.. Robert
Leffler, vino was very i'll with pneu-
,uonia. He was enroute from Ft.
Sheridan to Columbia, Mo-, where he
was TO be a military instructor, when
he became i'll.
Mrs. Emma Bridge received notice
a few days ago of the death OF her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sidney p.
Bridge, at Urbana. Ohio. Mrs. Bridge
died on Sunday, Oct. 6. Mr.. Bridge
died at Urbana, Ohio, several years
ago. He will be remembered here
as he spent most of his lift in Bona
parte and was wool sorter for Meek
Bros. here for several years. He
went from here to Jacksonville, ILL.,,
and from there to Urbana, Ohio.
where the family resided for several
years.
The Bonaparte community hall is
being improved by being reshingled.
Enough money was made from the
sale of chautauqua tickets at our
chautauqua in August to make some
needed improvements on this hall.
Community hall is the property of the
Ronaparte Commercial club, who pur
chased the building about two years
ago. II is used for meetings held by
the Commercial club and the Ladies'
Community club, also for church din
ners, social5, etc.
Mrs. Minnie Ryland, who has been
in an Ottumwa hospital for the past
few weeks. was taken to Iowa City
ifor another examination a few days