The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-27
REAL ESTATE
IN KAHOkA
Several Changes Made in Owners
of Town Lots, Including Store
Building on Public
Square.

KAHOKA, Mo-, Aug. 25.-Charles
Mitts has purchased twenty acres OF
land Of James Beard, lying west OF
his residence in west Kahoka. Con-
sideration, SITS per acre.
Lee Wilson has sold his pretty cot
tage, one block west of the M. e.
church, to James Hall. Considera-
tion, $2,750.
James Beard has sold his store
building on the east side OF the
square, occupied by the hardware
firm of Schnebly & Webb, to the
firm. Consideration, $4,000.
Art Brown, of Clark City, has pur-
chased the Herman Hume farm OF
100 acres in Union township. The
consideration was S65 per acre.
Guy G. Murray was in Kahoka on
Tuesday closing a deal for the Viii
liam Guthrie farm of about ninety
one acres, near st. F'rancisvtlle. Guys
many friends are predicting that he
will soon visit the recorders office
on another and more important mis-
sion.
Ed Rosencrans. OF Williamstown,
and Miss Bessie Beard, of near Ka-
hoka, were granted marriage H.
cense Tuesday.
Miss Yuma Tolman. OF Washing
ton, d. c., is the guest Of her mother
and other relatives in Kahoka. Miss
I Tolman holds clerical position at
the national capitol.
Miss Imogene Johnson left Monday
for Chicago, where she has a posi-
tion in the chemical laboratory Of
Armour & Co.
DR.. A. w. Teel, former Kahoka
physician, has arrived in the United
States from overseas. He is now in
Chicago for a few days and is ex-
pected to visit in Kahoka enroute to
his home in Glendale, Calf.
There was an enormous crop OF
watermelons in Clark county. They
are tiptop in quality and also in price.
Thomas NJ. Glen died at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. Dan Bell, in
Kahoka, August %, at the age OF 81
years. He is survived by the follow
ing children: Ada e, Walker, Of Ap-
pleton City. Mo-; Mrs. Ida M. Bell
and Silas X. Glen, OF Kahoka Mo-;
John A. Glen, of Maysville, Mo. His
wife preceded him in death in 1912.
Funeral services were conducted at
the NJ. P. church by Rev. T. K. Hol-
land, and interment was in Kahoka
cemetery. The pallbearers were vet
Grams Of the civil war.
A son, their second, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hitler of this
city, August "a.
The Kahoka public schools will
open Monday, September g. The at
tendance will probably be the largest
in the history of the school.
The Clark county fair opens at Ka-
hoka on September 2, Tuesday Of
next week, in its thirty-eighth annual
meeting. AS usual, this will be the
big annual event in Clark county and
thousands will be IN attendance. In
addition to the usual premiums Of
fered In agricultural and stock rings.
there are liberal purses in the racing
events, the entries in which promise
to be the largest in years. The early
entries in the harness races are re-
ported the largest in many years
The Community band, Of Keokuk, one
of the best musical organizations in
this section, has been engaged for
the entire fair The free attractions
are the three Roumanians. Nivarlet
and Smith, Early and Early, and
Montrose and Montrose, all star per-
formers in their particular lines. In
addition to the day program, a night
program will be given, all for one
admission. A special train will be
run from Keokuk and Intern ediate
points to the fair on Thursday. The
grounds will be ably policed during
the fair, and no disorderly conduct
will be tolerated by the fair officials
Come to the big Clark county fair,
meet your friends and make new
ones Remember the dates-Septem-
har o z and K