Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-03
THE LOCAL NEWS OF
DELAWARE COUNTY
FROM our REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
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Miss Mabel Wilkinson, who spent
couple Of weeks with Mrs. H. L..
3 Main returned to Monticello Monday.
Miss Myra Joseph and Mrs. A. L..
Barker and little son, visited in.
Manchester on Monday.
Jim Hill, a chinaman from Straw
berry Point, was in town over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Locher of Month
cello were in town Wednesday.
Miss yerna Bacon has been visit
ing in town for several days.
Mrs. Irish was a Greeley visitor
Wednesday,.
Maud Thompson was in Edgewood
Wednesday, the guest Of Mrs. Blanch-
ard.
Lewis Cramer went to Kansas City
Thursday evening for visit.
A. G. Smith and little daughter,
Laura, went to Dubuque Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler left Thursday
evening for their new home in West
Branch, where Mr.. Tyler has the po-
sition of principal of the public school
for the coming year.
Mrs. Coyle of Monticello visited
her sister, Mrs. Main Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. b. Morgan were
Manchester visitors Saturday.
Two automobile loads of base ball
( boys stopped in town awhile Thurs
day afternoon on their way from
Monticello where they played and
lost a game to their home in Straw
berry Point.
Mrs. Macarthur returned from a
visit in Davenport Monday and was
accompanied by Mrs. NJ. H. Mac
Arthur and baby.
The old friends of Rev. ]. F. Bin
denberger will be interested in know
ing that he has resigned his position
as field agent for Upper Iowa Univer
sity at Fayette and has gone to Ney
City, N. Y. as pastor Of church
under the district superintendent, un
der whom he began ministerial ser
vice, when a student.
Mrs. Frick Of Freeport is the CUES
Of her sister. Mrs. Burns.
Mrs G. w. Gearhart and two chill
dren of Springville and Mrs Emms
Fiske Stuart and two children o
j Garden Plain, Ill. visited Wednesda!
with Mrs. Margaret Merriam.
Mrs. o. M. vanSwearengen o
y Strawberry Point came down Thurs
day to see Mrs. Hooking, who ha
been quite i'll for some time.
The bread baking contest brough
large number of people to town OF
Wednesday. Seventy-nine loaves o
bread were entered, and every on
looked good enough to eat. At leas
half of them were brought in from tt
country. Miss Marian Hansche, G
Lacrosse, who represented the Lis
tern Mill Co., decided on the result
and also demonstrated the science o
I bread making. The first prize, a fin
KITCHEN cabinet was won by Mis-.
Grace Strane. The second, large
mirror, by Miss Robb, the third, two
sacks of flour, by Mrs. Bert Moore
the fourth, one sack of flour, b!
Mrs. w. G. Lux. The bread was al
made from the Marvel flour.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Buchanan ant
daughter of Dubuque, John Buchanan
and son of Spokane, Wash, and Mrs
Kenny and son Of Dubuque came ii
an automobile last Saturday to vlsi
Mr. and Mrs. LeClere.
Harry Pulver brought four yount
coons to town Saturday, which he
captured with their mother, near hi;
home and which was making wa,
with his chickens.
Mr.. Morrow left Monday for Ellen
wood, MINI. to look after his farm
there.
Alice and Clemma Johnson enter
tained large number of their play
d i y * Il
mates on Thursday and had as merry
a time as such little people can al
ways have.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will serve dinner on the grounds
Harvest Home day. All who do not
care to bring their own lunch can
get dinner with them.
NJ. Riley is here from wadena
MINI. to remain during the thresh-
ing season.
Franklin Deshaw and Jay Griffith
are building new houses on their
farms just north of town, and e. H.
Deshaw will begin next week to build
IN his farm to replace the one that
burned in the spring. He has al.