Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
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Miss Daisy Durham is HON
from Iowa City fora short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. CLARK ar
. here from Forestville to-day, Tues
!. day.
The Lester Clark manslaughte
case began before Judge Blair to
i day, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Just art
& down from Edgewood to-day visit,
I ing their relatives and friends.
Jos. Davis of Strawberry Point
is making his Manchester friends
/ glad this week. He drove down this
morning. s.
II; Harry Franks returned Satur-
day from Thorpe, Washington, where
ne has been visiting sister since
early spring
The Delaware County Abstract
Company arc giving out to their pat
rons handsome souvenir calendar
that has received many delightful
compliments.
4 Mrs. Lu Bronson and Miss
Mary Lahey attended the Loes.r-
| Lahey wedding at Masonville this
Tuesday morning, the bride being
Miss Lahey's sister.
| Morris Hetherington of the
Wells Fargo Express Co., leaves
to-day for vacation trip to Kansas
/ City, and possibly on to California.
| He will be gone about six weeks.
Mcssrs. Storey & Goodhile have
dissolved partnership, and Mr.. Good
lille is removing his share of the
stock of goods into the Eaton build
ling, to be vacated by Mr.. Lawman.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Clark ex-
1 pect to leave Thursday for an ex-
tended visit with relatives in the
west, their first stop being at Charles
City where Mrs. Clark has a sister.
j. M. Holbrook Post and w. r..
G., at Delhi, will serve dinner at
noon, and at $50 p. m. will install
officers for the ensuing year, next
Friday, January 6. All members are
requested to be present. Visiting
Comrades will be welcomed.
The marriage last Wednesday
evening of Miss Fern Elder and Mr..
Ross Hart at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elder
in this city, by Rev. Tuttle, was one
of the prettiest home weddings ever
witnessed in Manchester. Seventy
five guests were present to offer
fluctuations to the Young couple and
the OCCASION was madoa very beauti-
full and happy one. The bride is a |
comedy maiden, intelligent and
graceful and Mr.. Hart is one of our
most promising young men, occupy
ing the trustworthy position Of night |
operator at the Illinois Central |
station here. They are spending
their honey moon with air. Harris |
relatives in Omaha.
-One,of Grocer William LATER
tvs delivery men came near having
a runaway Tuesday morning., notii> !
ing more serious than spill out"
Understanding. A number of |
packages and oneof the racks and
the seat were uncermeoniously |
dumped in front of the Carnegie |
Library where they lay for some
time to the curiosity of every passer-
by who had not seen the accident
"A special from Mavuoketa to the
Dubuque Telegraph-Hera says: A
yule-tide wedding of considerable So
cial Importance occurred here We'd
uesday at high noon, at the residence
of the brides parents, DIR. and Mrs
A. B. Bowen, in this city The home
was beautifully decorated and illumi-
mated and the always impressive ring
ceremony was used, Rev. Malcolm
Dana, of the Congregational church.
officiating. DR.. Bowen, the father
of the bride, was the republican can
didate for state senator who so near
lily defeated Thomas Lambert of Sa-
bula a couple Of years ago. He is
also the most expert surgeon in east
ern Iowa. Mrs. Thomas herself is
very accomplished young woman, a
graduate of Oberlin college and
teacher of Latin in the high school.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Thomas, the groom,
is graduate of the State University
and one of Maquoketa's rising young
attorneys. He was for two terms
county attorney and has considera-
BILE prominence in republican state
politics Mr.. Thomas is now in the
limelight by reason of his being as
|signee for the defunct Sloane bank,
and from his vigorous efforts to OBJ
tain all the assets. in sight for the
benefit of creditors. The young
couple went to Chicago for weeks
honeymoon.
About sixty of the many friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Sly met at
their home on Wednesday of the
thirtieth anniversary, of their mar
riage. The guests come unannounc-
ed and indeed unexpected to the
worthy couple who were not plan
ming upon celebration. AS most
of the party were grangers they had
prepared for a granger dinner.
Everyone was filled and more than
,|twelve baskets were left. The day
twas proftably spent in merry con-
: versation. Before departing a fine
,, clock was presented to Mr. and Mrs.
! Sly as token of the kindly regard
in which they are held. Several
:; who wished to be present were de-
tanned but the following were pres
! ent; G. w. Mead and wife, Rev Tuttle
and wife, Henry Brown and wife,
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