The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-18
OPERATION
HELPS CHILD
Seven Year Old Bonaparte Boy Taken
to Iowa City and Head
Placed In
Cast


BONAPARTE, Sept. 18.--Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Alexander took their
seven-year-old son, Earle, to Iowa
City for treatment last week. An
operation was performed to lengthen
a tendon in his neck which was
shortened so that hrs head was
drawn to one side. The tendon was
cut and the head and neck were
placed in a cast to keep 1t straight
while the tendon was healing.
Ed Kinsey came last week for a
short visit with relatives here and
at Keosauqua. He and his wife and
son Charles, started on their return
/ trip to their home In Wichita, Kan
sas. on Monday Of this week. Mrs.
Kinsey and son have been here for
several weeks visiting with her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Percival.
| Mrs. Fenton of Kansas City, is en-
joying a visit at the II. l.. Cassidy
home.
Warren Ewing of Chicago. recently
visited here at the J. A. Johnson
home.
VIM. Cocherell died at his home in
IKeosauqua last Sunday evening, after
a short Illness He was well known
jail over Van Buren, county, being an
iexcellent stone mason and doing work
all over this section to the county Tor
many years. He is survived by his
wife and :. two sons, Arthur OF Bona
parte, and Curtis of Keosauqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Elliott of Des
Moines, came the latter part Of last
week for visit at the w. H. Roberts
home here, and with other relatives.
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but Mrs. Elliott and daughter re-
NAMED for a longer VISIT.
Mrs. ". C. Andrews was here the
latter part of last week, completing
| her arrangements for removal to TT.
imembered here as Mrs Carrie Spence
icently married and VIII make their
home in Ft. Madison at 1907 Second
street.
DR.. c. F. Neis who has been an
officer in the veterinary corps U. s.
army, has returned to Mt. Sterling
land resumed his practice.
Miss Marion Gustin arrived from
Denver, Colo, Saturday evening for
her first visit with her aunt, Mrs. W.
H Roberts, and other Bonaparte
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson and
Mrs. Hattie Bell have returned to
their home in FIT. Worth, Texas, after
an enjoyable visit with Bonaparte
| relatives.
Miss Robert Montgomery recently
visited at Bentonsport with her
friend, Miss Lucy Storms.
Lieut. Robt Leffler of Ames, has
been visiting his brothers, George,
John and Rex. He has recently re-
ceived his discharge from the army
with forty percent disability because
of injury to his lungs resulting from
pneumonia.
Rev. f. S. Seeds and family moved
to Fairfield on Monday of this week.
i Miss Mary Gustin of Denver Colo,
field circuit during the coming year.
| Miss Mray Gustin OF Denver, Colo,
Joined her father here Saturday even
ing for a weeks visit at the w. II.
and A. s. Roberts home.
Quite a crowd from Bonaparte and
vicinity attended the Jefferson county
fair at Fairfield this week.
]. S, Hooper is buying and shipping
lots of wheat, oats and corn from his
grain house here.
Miss Refa Dick has gone to Cedar
Falls to resume her school work at
the state normal there.
A. w. Shaffer has opened coal
mine on the Chas. Witt farm about
three miles from Keosauqua. Mr..
IShaffer has operated coal mines
around Bonaparte for several years
and the last one he had been working