The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-11
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HAS VISITORS
Personal Items Fom Hustlng Towr
on Des Moines River Which is
Preparing for chau-
tauQua.

1 BONAPARTE, Aug. 11.-Mrs. n
Williams and three children, Morris
IThelma and Edith, of Phan, Texas
came last week for visit with MRS
Williams parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rober
Landers. The Williams family livet
here for several years, but for the pas
three years have been in Texas, wners
Mr.. Williams has a good position VIII
a large oil company.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Bird Saddler'came las
week from their home in Councl
Bluffs for visit here at the Charles
Saddler home. William Saddler IS
fireman and is employed by the chi
lcago and Northeastern road.
Pickles are beginning to arrive al
the sailing station here in good guam
Titles. The vines are looking fine but
good rain is badly needed to, insure
la good crop.
! The Mt. Sterling ball team. which
was to have been here for a game
I! with the Bonaparte team on August
I22, chautauqua Sunday, has cancelled
the game for some reason. The Sal
EN- All Stars will be here on That date.
Lester Clark has resigned his posi-
ton as rural mail carrier and will
work for an oil company. his territory
being in Missouri. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark have just returned from an au-
tomobile trip over the territory which
he expects to work.
DR.. Miller Machin and daughter,
Mrs. Mary Machin Gardner, of Ma
comb, ILL.,, were recent visitors here
with Mrs. Martha Machin. This was
the first visit these people have had
with each other in twenty eight years.
The Bonaparte section men killed a
rattle snake having seven rattles near
Slaughter's creek one day last week.
Attend the Bonaparte chautauqua
from August q to 25.
Chautauquas that have been held
this year in this vicinity have all been
financial successes.
Mrs. Harper Pattern and son, of St.
Louis, are visiting here with her
brother, e. B. Butts and family.
Miss Susie Meadows will teach
school at Yuma, Iowa, during the COM
ing fall and winter. She has been
teaching in the country schools dur
ing the past two years.
Miss Mary Florence Marriott, of
Silver City, New Mexico, is enjoying
few weeks visit with Bonaparte
relatives.
Mrs. Harry Burnett and son, of
Keosauqua, visited here last week
with her father, George B. Meredith,
and other relatives.
R. E. Cox and wife of Chicago,
came Tuesday for two weeks vaca-
ton and visit with relatives and
friends.
Miss Vale Roberts went to Des
Moines the latter part of last week
and visited for several days with her
aunt, Mrs. r. A. Elliott and family.
A big crowd from Bonaparte and vi
cinity will attend the Donnellson fair
this week. Bonaparte and the Fort
Madison league team will play ball at
this fair on Wednesday of this week.
Dale Simsley and family have been
visiting here during the past week
with his mother, Mrs. Henry Sinins-
ley. He is brakeman on the mixed
train running between Ottumwa and
Keoluk, and with his family is NOV
ing to Keokuk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Petit, of Colusa,
H., visited here with his brother, o.
c.. Petit the first part of this week.
Mrs. Lee Rector, of Jacksonville. is
visiting here with her sister, Mrs. W.
F. Weller and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Branson, of OF
tumwa, are visiting here at the Charles
Wilkinson home.
Captain j. H. Whiteley visited with
relatives and friends here last Sun
day He had Just returned from TAX
ing a patient to Chicago for special
examination and stopped here on his
return. Captain Whitley lives in
Denver. Colorado. his work being in
the governme nt hospital just east of
that city.
L. w. Warner visited Bonaparte
friends last Saturday. He is making
his home with his sister at Muscatine
Mr.. Delaney, of Cincinnati, has been
a recent visitor here at the J. S. and
p S. Whitley homes.
Good rains fell in the northern part
of the country Sunday night, but they
missed this vicinity.
A E. Murphy is putting a new gaso-
line filing station in front of his Riv-
erside garage.
The Bonaparte Indians defeated the
Burlington Mailandts at Chester park
here Sunday by score of 10 to l. The
Burlington team was unable to hit the
slants of Storms, who was on the
mound for Bonaparte and got but six
hits, while the Bonaparte team was
Miller and Hagimier for fif-
teen hits and ten runs. The Memphis,
Md, team win be here next Sunday,
and on the following Sunday, the Sal
EN- All Stars and Bonaparte will get
together in what promises to be
good game
Miss Ethel Taylor. Of Springfield,
Ill.,. is visiting at the W. F. Weller
home and with other relatives in this