The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-18


burg, S. /. Downs; Bonaparte, Levi
Cummings; Pennington. e. Beard;
Vernon. L. W. Fowler; Henry, Arthur
Rinabarger; Chequest, v. N. Casady;
Jackson, O. A. Younker; Des Mofnes,
Charles Sheets; Washington, George
Barker.
The state dues are one dollar per
year. More than forty members en-
rolled and the directors will each
conduct a campaign for members in
their townships. The prospects are
now that the county will have a live
organization.
B. B. Vance and wife of Keosauqua.
with Mrs. Vance's brother, w. H.
Roberts, and wife and other rela-
tives.
E. B. Scott purchased the schrep-
fer farm few miles east Of Bona
100 acres.
Miss Zarooki Mesrobian gave an
address at the Bonaparte Baptist
church last Wednesday evening in
the interests of the drive for funds
for war relief in the east. Miss Mes
robian came to the United States
from Armenia about eight years ago.
coming on the same ship with Rev.
Vartanian, pastor of the Bonaparte
Presbyterian church. She was edu-
Gated at Springfield, Mass, and at
Columbia university from which col
iCse she graduated in January this
year. She has MT heard from her
relatives in Armenia since the war
started in 1914 She does not know
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money for her support in school up
to that time. She has since sup
ported herself and completed her
She expects to return to Armenia as
secure passport. She gave brief
history Of her country and accen.
tuated the need for prompt action
in order to save what few people who
are left alive and get them back as
nearly as possible to their own
homes where they can be self-sup-
porting.
Don Proper has moved his house
hold goods from the Myers property
to the Spence property recently
vacated by o. r. Perkins and family.
The Van Buren, county board Of
sale of $4,000 in bonds to Bechtol
& Co., of Davenport, at 5 percent
with $1,000 premium. This money
will be used to take up outstanding
warrants.
Several Bonaparte stockholders
were in Fl Madison last week at
tending the annual meeting of the
Perfection Tire Co.
The contest to determine what boy
from each county shall get free
trip to the state fair will be held
this year by the county farm bureau.
The free trip will be earned in a
stock or grain judging contest de-
vised by the county agent. to interest
boys along agriculture lines.
Workmen from Pennington loaded
car of pickles for shipment from
the Bonaparte pickle station last
week.
The trial jury for service at the
March term Of the district court.
were drawn the first of last week
The jurors are called to appear at
1890 a. m, March 10. Following
are the ones selected: Roy Bailey,
Selma; w. M. Kisling, Stockport; J..
NJ. Ratcliff, Cantril; o. A. Dulin,
Selma; Otto Woods, Bonaparte; Otto
Meredith, Bonaparte; Gilmore Plow-
man, Douds: Frank Thurman, Farm
ington; J. r. Sherman, Keosauqua;
Austin Perkins, Bentonsport; Pro
Deahl, Birmingham; w. C. Lane,
Stockport; A. w. Bennett, Mt Ster-
ling; L. C. Warner, Stockport; Joshua
Work, Cantril; Fred Deal, Milton;
James Dorothy, Stockport; L l..
Clark, Stockport; ]. l.. Therme, Keo-
sauqua; l.. c. Gregory, Stockport
Ellie Sheets, Cantril: c. M. Phelps,
J Douds; John Salter, Douds; VIII
liam Boyd, Milton: J. Harlan, Stock
II port; ]. f. Lazenby, Stockport; Eli
Hill. Bentonsport; George E. Hol.
/ land, Milton; Lee Smith, Mt Ster-
ling: W. H. Gentner, Pennington; c..
B. Gall Stockport; Mark Aylor Keo-
sauqua; Clayton Randolph, Bentons.
port; Luther Mason, Douds; o. /.
Wa tson, Stockport; George Sayler,
! Douds.
| Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Solo
mon and Mary Miller, was born near
Lafayette, Indiana, on July 9, 1874
/ There were three children In the
| family. all of whom are deceased.
| They came to, Iowa when she was
twelve years of age and located IN
| 4 log cabin on the south bank of the
Des Moines river opposite Bonaparte,
the bank OF the river then being
about where the first pier of the
bridge is located.
In September of 1870 she was united
in marriage with George N. Mitchell
and all of their married life was
spent in Bonaparte. Three sons were
born to this union, they being George
E., of Monmouth. H.; frank E., who
died in 1912. and Bruce H. of Val
ley Junction, Iowa.
/ The husband and father died in
Inlay of 1909. Mrs. Mitchell continued