Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Delaware County Fair this

Ed Hunt of independence spent
Sunday in this city.
DIR. and Mrs. j. w. Scott were
Dubuque visitors Tuesday.
Miss Laura Tubbs is St. Louis
Worlds Fair visitor this week.
Miss Nina Scott began her
first term of school near Edgcwood
Monday Sept. 9Th.
j Miss Bertha Barr returned
from a weeks visit with relatives at
Edgewood Monday.
4 Miss Marie Walker departed
Tuesday for Lexington, Missouri,
where she will attend college.
"A key was stolen from Mr..
Gurney at Thorpe recently. It con-
tained fifteen gallons Of new cider.
-Messrs and Mesdames H. A.
Dittmer, FL. T. Arnold and Art Bruce
returned home from an outing at
Clear Lake Monday.
Miss Lucy Shimmin who has
been a guest of her sister, Mrs. j.
!. Merry returned to her home at
Milwaukee Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hoag and
son returned Friday from Pine City,
Minnesotg where they have been
enjoying an outing.
Miss Nina Crockett of Roscoe,
ILL.,, is a guest at the Mr.. and Mrs.
J. T. Merry home. Miss Crockett
is neice of Mrs. Merry.
The rural mail carriers of this
county are said to be laying plans
for big banquet to be held in this
city on Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. j. F. Merry and sisters,
Miss Lucy Shimmin and Mrs. G. NJ.
Fancher visited their sister, Mrs.
Sire at Logan part Of last week.
Miss Gertrude Anderson is a
Chicago visitor. She will go from
there to Hoytville, Ohio, for visit
with her sister, Mrs. Bessie Dewey.
Mrs. Celia Rooney, who has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. M.
d. Hines, the past week, returned to
her home at Independence Thurs
day.
Attorney Geo. H. Phillips and
family, of Oelwein, passed through
this city Monday in his automobile
car on their way to GAINESVILLE. Wis
consin.
Marriage licenses were issued
during the past week by Clerk Cor
gen to James Smock and Helma
Pierson; and Leroy S. Cass and Miss
Nellie j. Bailey.
Quite a number from here at
tended the ball game between the
Dyersville team and the Boston
Bloomers at Dyersville Sunday. The
game resulted in victory, for the
Dyersville team by score of Is to 8. |
Hon. Frank F. Merriam has
disposed of his interest in the print
ing office plant recently purchased
by him in Muskogee, I. T. At the |
time he bought it the plant was
valued at $4,000, and was sold by
him at valuationiof $4,000.
Mrs. Peter Johnston, who has
been a guest at the Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Morse home for some time,
returned to her home at Spokane,
Washington Saturday. She was
accompanied on the trip home by
Mrs. Eugene Williams, who is visit
ing relatives there.
II. P. O'Hare, young but noted
socialist, has been engaged to deliver
several lectures at Ryan this week.
An effort was made by Mr.. Chas. |
Hickethier to have the lectures de-
livered in this city, but he informs
us, he was unable to secure a nall
here for that purpose.
Ruth, the little year old daugh-
ter of Elmer Eckert and wife living
near Edgewood, fell in five gallon
jar filled with water while playing.
She fell in head first and when dis
covered was almost dead. 1t was
only by the prompt assistance of
nearby neighbors that the child's
life was saved. Mail Press
Misses Juliette Pierce and sis
ter. Florence Atwater, and Belle
Mcintosh departed Monday for Deer
Lodge, Montana, where Miss Pierce
has position as instructor in the
college there and Miss Atwater has
a position as teacher in the high
school. On their way they will take
in the sights at Yellowstone Park.
The labor day picnic held at
Nashville Monday was a grand sue
cess. A large crowd from the sur
rounding territory being present.
The Misunderstanding Branch
base ball team were defeated by the
Masonville Ball tossers by score Of
IL to 3. Good speaking, races and
sports of all kinds were much in
evidence.
-Lonnie Wells had an exciting
experience Monday forenoon with
a team Of horses hitched to lumber
wagon. While on the west side the
team became frightened and set out
} at a two minute clip for town. The
team crossed the bridge and in max
l ing the turn to go up Franklin
street slipped on the pavement and
fell. No damage was done except
! to a bicycle which was on the wagon
and fell off and was run over.
Last Friday afternoon the large
30x60 foot barn of VIM. Moore who
lives q miles south east of Straw
berry Point was struck by lightning.
J Mr.. Morris IA year old son who was
in the barn was instantly killed and
) Jerry Raster Of Delaware received a
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