The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
MEMPHIS, MO.

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On Sunday, July %. home guard
tournament will be held at the Mem
phis fair grounds. Ten companies OF
guards will be here to take part in
the competitive drills, and a large
crowd is expected to be present. The
program follows:
1000 a. m. Band concert and pat
riotic songs by chorus.
11:20 Invocation, Rev. e. B. Thomp-
son.
1925 Song, America
1880 Address, Colonel John l..
Martin
1890 Basket dinner on grounds.
1870 Music by band and chorus.
Companies assembly.
900 General review Home Guard
companies.
2:2O Competitive company drills.
Competitive squad drills.
Closing number; Sham battle.
Program subject to change.
"Ey' Mason sends an additional
list of "old timer ball players from
this vicinity who have been asked to
participate in the big Red Cross BEN
eIlJ game " uc pldy Su a. WI ooAA,
Iowa on Labor day. The additional
PLAYERS are Dirk and John Shacklett
of CORN and Steve and John Hunolt
of Edna.
Miss May Kerr, living five miles
north of Granger, had a somewhat
nerve racking experience last Satur-
day, while helping her father shock
loats. While she held a large bundle
in her hands preparatory to setting
lit into the shock, a huge snake
| flounced from the headed end and
| fell is2uareIy across her face and
! shoulders, decorating the skin on her
nose in it's struggle until that organ
bled profusely. This episode closed
Mays career as a harvest hand, at
/ least for the season.
Fred Bell writes from ST. Joseph.
He says that he was married
on July to Miss Faye Work
man, OF Milton, Iowa, and ex-
poets to make ST. Joseph his future
home. He has splendid position in
wholesale grocery house, says work
of all kinds is plentiful with many
jobs open
Frank L. Grinstead writes his faith
er that he has passed all necessary
examinations for Y. M. G. A. secre-
taryship and is at his home in Col
vile. Washington, awaiting call
Clarence Rex, who was in charge
of a laundry In this city several years
ago now resides in Washington, D. c.,
where he has a clerical position in
the war department. He is not in the
draft. but will leave August 1, for
France on a mission for the govern
ment.
Mrs. E. Brainerd accompanied by
Miss yerna Green departed last Thdrs-
day for Colorado Springs, where they
will spend the remainder of the sum-
mer in the hope that Mrs. Brainerd
NAV find the climate beneficial to
her health
Neil Johnston, SON Of Mrs Maude
Johnston. left st. Louis, Monday
night, July Is, after successfully en-
listing in the navy as second class
seaman. He was sent to Great Lakes,
III.
Miss Azalea Little, who has been
~, .be road the past six weeks, with
a Calumet baking powder demonstra'
ting crew. fl spending her vacation
with homcfoIks in thig city.
A young man. Lewis Moore. OF
cnfnn iowa. was killed by the east
hound X T. w. passenger tram last
Saturday evening. he WEE IN roru
csr and wa, racing 10 beat the train
~ the crossing when the collision oc-
c1red. TTe was member OF the Ian
later Home Guards company. /
Mr., and Mrs. O. A. Andres and SON
co1r,er. visited with their son, Lieut..
enant pau; n, Andres, VINO joined
500 nm a brief fprlotigb. The latter
e. feeling spIsndidl1 and expects to
"a ON duty overseas in a lew weeks.
NJ and Mrs. Harry sbanes depart
ed tact sunday for their nome IN ran
sas Hr. shane il In very poor heaitn'
bayfog been quite III for seVeraI
weeks at The b0ras of rsIa1Yes ID
Granger
t,,.ttoz}og are the list Of names:
ar, r., Mcmillan, Levi ". Dalton
raros= TAYLOR Walker. CjHfora N
Ssa1t.n-.o calvin 81. Bfookhart, Aion-
a. q Peterson. Leonard u. Garrett,
Ts,ffy T|gdbAU. Manuel y. bafman'
Ianea4t4r. pearl Green.
T1e following young people rom
r a,ea~fer attended ths dance IN tnls
- fs-t Thursday night. Aessrs-
~. fseyos, Jotn Morris, WIZ. Rip
r.4,7. Wn. sh4pbefdt sba "s 80
IT, I,1Az, Mildred GraVss, iona
IT, IT, Ge,ftpae Martin, EiIzaneth
u5,aey, Hazel Ho6ysf ssfa b'fet'a
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