The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-29
ZION DEPOT
| IS BROKEN open
burglar Loots Depot and Carries or
railroad velocipede, Cigars
and Canned
Goods
In VAN BUREN, COUNTY
|r,nk exhibited at keosauqua During
Victory Loan Campaign
Attracts Many
People.
In VAN BUREN, COUNTY

poNAPARTE, April 29.-I4ate Sat
,rday night or early Sunday morning
arc Myers restaurant and the depot
!. MI Zion were broken into and
sho,It five hundred cigars, some to.
Eh,cco. canned goods, ETC.. were taken
srom the restaurant, and a railroad
ss,octnede and a rainooat belonging
i Agent Fulton were taken from the
tanot. The two railway tool houses
we're also broken into, but nothing
Int some bolts, which 1t is supposed
rera used to break into the restau-
rant and depot, was taken from the
,wo tool houses. There is no clue
n the thieves, and it Is not known
# this time which way they went
m the agents velocipede. No one
seems to have heard the man or men
Il work, and no suspicious charac-
ters were noticed in that vicinity.
Several Mt. Zion citizens went as far
vest as Eldon on a motor a Sun
day. and another party went down
the railroad several miles. but neither
party was able to find q clue to the
robbers.
A great many people from Bona.
parte and vicinity went to keosau-
qua last Monday to see the tank
which was on exhibition there as an
advertisement for the Victory loan.
Several exhibitions were given dur
ing the day. The tank a a small
one. but worked on just the same
principle as the big ones.
Harry c. Weller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. f. Weller. OF Bonaparte, was
born in Sangamon county, Illinois,
September 81, 1886. and died at Ora
ham hospital, In Keokuk, April 10.
1919, at the age of 36 years, Z months
and 90 days. his death being caused
BY pneumonia. He came with his
parents from Illinois to Clark coun-
ty, Missouri, when nine years OF
age, where they resided for several
years. Mr.. Weller was married to
Clara May Boyer on December 20.
1905. In 1909 they moved to Colo
RADIO. where they resided for two
years. They then moved back to
Missouri, where they lived until 1916,
when they moved to a farm near
Primrose, Iowa, where they were
living at the time of Mr.. Weller's
death. He was the fourth son of a
family of nine children. He was a
very successful farmer and stock
man, and death coming to him so
early in life was a sad blow to his
wife and son, his father and mother.
brothers and sister. and his large
circle of friends. His last illness
was of only a few days duration. He
was taken sick in Keokuk while at
a hotel and was moved to the home
OF his brother, Edgar, who resides
on a farm lear that city. Pneumonia
quickly developed and he was taken
to Graham hospital, where everything
was done by the hospital doctors and
nurses, relatives and friends. but he
passed away Sunday afternoon, April
ID. He is survived by his wife and
son. Lloyd; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Weller, and one sister, Miss
.Vergia, Of Bonaparte; five brothers,
James and Fred, of Pennington;
Jlstus c.. Of Mt. Sterling; Edgar E.,
OF Keokuk, and Arville L., of keo'
sauqua, and a large circle of friends.
The funeral services were held In
ShSocto, ho.y ShuiSu,
by Rev. s. H. Smith, Of Mt. Sterling,
and the remains were tenderly laid
to rest in the cemetery at that place.
The many beautiful flowers sent by
loving friends gave evidence OF the
high esteem in which Mr.. Weller was
held by all.
Miss Mary Alice Wallingford,
youngest daughter of Henry Wal
lingford, of Harrisburg township,
and Mr.. Perry A. Still, Of near Hills
poro, We're married at the Presby'
terian manse in Keokuk on April 16,
Rev. Ezra Newcomb officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Still are very popular young
people in their community and have
the best wishes Of a host Of relatives
and friends for a long and happy
future. They are now at home on
a farm north Of H~illsboro.
Mrs. Harry Burnett, of Des Moines,
mas been visiting here with her sis
Ter, Mrs, Anna Meredith, and other
relatives in this vicinity during the
past week.
Plans have been set in motion
looking toward the holding in keo'
sauqu on July 4 of what it is hoped
VIII prove the biggest celebration
ever held in the county. On that
aate 1t is planned to stage a monster
welcome to the returned soldiers OF
me world war and to have the sol
uiers entertained, not by Keosauqua,
put by the people of the entire coun-
y. The plan was introduced and
discussed at a special meeting of the
A~eosauqua Commercial club held
last Thursday evening, and 1T was
ene unanimous opinion Of the large
number Of men present that it should
not be a local affair, but that all the
people of the county be asked to
JON In a monster celebration IN
honor of the soldiers. Definite plans
as ' the nature of the celebration
were not made, but the chairman OF
,he meeting was instructed to ap-
point an executive committee OF five
members to formulate plans and take
general charge of the proposed ceie-
loiaflop b c0mmittee Wiu-aoi