The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-09
is PIONEER
OF VAN BUREN,
Birthday of Mrs Caroline Proper, VINO
Has Lived in Harrisburg Town.
ship for Great Many
Years.

1 BONAPAR1E, Ia, jail S~1iA . 10.
Ioline Proper, one OF the pioneer resi-
dents of Harrisburg township. and the
only one left of the early residents
celebrated her ninety-fifth birthday an
lniyersary on Monday, January 6. Mrs
Proper was born In New York, Janu-
tarv 6. 1924. She and her husband,
WASHINGTON Proper, moved from New
York to Van Buren, county. Iowa, soon
after their marriage and located on the
homestead where their son ". F. Pro
iper now resides. That was in the year
1851. Mr.. Proper died In Ocstober 1871.
Mrs. Proper makes her home with her
daughter. Mrs Philip Dingley. She Is
ienjoying good health, is able to go
about the house, can sew and read and
Is as capable as most women at the
age OF twenty-five. She has resided in
this vicinity SO long and Is known TO
AN, who have given her a title Of Aunt
Caroline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lyndolph re-
ceived a letter this week from their
son, Charles in France. They were be-
ginning to feel uneasy as this is the
frs. letter they had received from
their son since about three months
ago.
James Perkins received a letter last
week stating that his daughter, Mrs.
Elmer Neatly was i'll with typhoid fe-
yer and had been taken to hospital.
Mr.. Neatly has been in hospital at
Moline, Illinois for four weeks and Is
now recovering from typhoid. Mrs.
Perkins has been In Moline with her
daughter for the past several weeks.
Shan, the oldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Whitaker. died at the home OF
his parents, near Hilsboro, Monday OF
this week, of pneumonia.
Mrs. Sidney Smith died at her home
IN Cedar township. Monday night OF
Pneumonia She Is survived by her
husband and two children.
Born to Mr. and MIS- Ernest Huff OF
Harrisburg on December 80, 1918, a
daughter
Mr. and Mrs William McGreer, who
have lived on their farm in Harris
burg township for many years, have
block south of the depot in Bonaparte
and will soon move here.
Mrs j. R Sage died last week ut
the home of her youngest son, Charles,
in Omaha, Nebraska, aged eighty-four
years The remains were taken to
Boise City, Idaho, and were inferred
beside the grave of her husband, who
died about two years ago. Four SONS
and an adopted daughter survive, they
being Frank, of Hay Springs, Nebras-
ka: William. OF Boise City, Idaho:
Samuel Of Eugene. Oregon; Charles of
Omaha, Nebraska; and Ella of Tue.
SON, Arizona
The Sage family were old residents
OF Bonaparte, living in the residence
south OF the Mrs. Ida NJ Stafford
home for many years. Mt. Sage was a
merchant tailor and his little shop
which stood just west OF the residence
will be remembered by all old Bona
parte residents. Mrs Sage was an ex-
cel1ent dress maker and lot OF wo-
men who reside here and many who
are gone had their wedding dresses
made by her. B. F. Martin purchased
the old Sage tailor shop and is still
using it for summer kitchen.
Ralph Story was taken to a Keokuk
hospital Monday for an operation for
appendicitis, being accompanied by
his brother r. NJ Story
The Clover Leaf club south of Bona
part have recently been doing Belgian
relief work. They packed and sent
large box of clothing last week.
Frank Stewart of Edna, Mo, acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed his ten-year Old
son few days ago. while hunting rab-
bits on the farm of his fatherin-law,
MIR. Paschal, near Clay Grove, Lee
county, Iowa The young son scared a
rabbit from a brush pile and then
started to run after it, getting in range
of the gun, the full charge striking
him in the head
Howard Stevens purchased the Puri-
ty restaurant, owned by Sam Holmes,
Thursday and took possession at once.
Mr.. Stevens is a good restaurant man,
having had quite lot OF experience,
being employed in this same restaur-