Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-11
THE LOCAL NEWS OF
DELAWARE. COUNTY.
FROM Our REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
HoPKINToN.

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ed home Monday from visiting i
Folga and Anamosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dufoe and Mr.. AM
Mrs Lew Reitz went Monday morn
ing to Minnesota to attend the stat
: fair.
Miss Minnie Dawson of Cente
Junction visited friends in town las
week.
Miss Mabel Westcott is in Monti
cello as a stenosrapher for Lawye
Herrick.
Mrs. Beadle and daughter Of Chi
cago visited Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
Doan last week
Prof. Bridenthal and wife arrived
Monday from Portland, Oregon, ant
are housekeeping in Mrs, Doolittle,:
residence.
Miss Neva Copeland returned OF
Tuesday from Lake Geneva.
Rev. A. NJ. Hendee is here visiting
with his family s. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wallace arriv
ed Saturday morning for a visi
with the families Of Frank Dunlap
R, A. and U. NJ. Wallace.
Mrs. Day Of stanward is ylsltitnle
her sister, Mrs. Thorpe. y
C.. r. Nelson made a business
trip to Mason City last week.
Mrs. Hattie Webster OF Waterloo
who was a guest several days iii the
j. d. Smith home returned to hel
home Wednesday. 5ss.
Rev. T. j. Hamilton left Wednesday
to meet his wife in Chicago. They
returned Friday
Rev. Thing visited in Edgewood
last week.
Harper Collar has been spending
the past week with his sister In
zAn1mosa.
Misses Blanche and Winona Cum:
mings ana Myrtle Irish visited sever
"a, days in Dubuque last week.
= The Ladies' Miss ionary Society OF
the Presbyterian church held their
September meeting on the collese
campus Thursday afternoon. After
the program, which was upon Turkey
everyone enjoyed picnic supper
About thirty-five ladies were present.
(. DR.. Lewis Dunlap left last weel
for. Meadyille, Pennsylvania, whers
he has a position as athletic director
for Allegheny College.
@ Dr.. C. E. Merriam OF Chicago made
business trip here last Saturday.
"A large number of town people at
tended the Buck Creek fair. Rev. Fcs
ter was unable to give an address but
provided President Reed Of Lenox Col
lege as substitute.
F. X. Barnes and son kept automo
biles running all day for the conven ,
ence Of those who wished to attent-
the Buck Creek fair. .ss :S 4;
The Hopkinton White Laundry IL
South 'Hopkinton announces that the
will be ready for orders the frs
Of the week. zs$
The friends of r. G.. Brooks will IS
glad to learn that he has passed thru
a second operation successfully, AM,
it is hoped he is on the way to full.
recovery.
\. The Silver Medal Contest was hello
Friday evening in the NJ: E. church.
The eight young ladies: did their best
and gave us some fine temperance,
declarations, with music by Misses
Jessie Ricketts,, Leila Morrow and Ne
va Copeland, accompanied by Miss
Nellie Campbell. The medal was
awarded to Miss Mildred Garvin who
had for her subject. "A Terrible
Charge" and was presented by Rev.
Foster. Miss Jennie DeShaw took the
second place. The winner will go 10
Earlville to contest for the gold med
al next Tuesday evening.
4. r. G. Crawford and wife RETURN
&c Thursday evening from three
weeks visit at Cresco.
Everyone is unspeakably glad that
the council have at last made an ar
rangement whereby our streets VIII
be again lighted. Stumbling along IN
The darkness is no fun, besides be-
ing dangerous to life and bones. a
town wishing to be progressive
should at least have street lights,
and after having them so many, years
it has been inconvenient to be with.
out them.
Dealers in pianos are rushing the
business Just now. Besides our deal
ers in town who always keep "a sup
ply. another firm has come in for a
couple OF weeks with a car load, and
also a travelling salesman going
around from house to house. Ev-
eryone is going to have chance.
Lenox college opens Tuesday, Sep.
.tember 10, at 10 a. m. The opening
address will be given by Rev. Allen
OF Monticello. The rodms at Clarke
Hall are all taken. Mrs. Hardness,
the new matron, arrived Thursday
morning, and her daughter, who viii
enter college, came Friday.
Mrs. Wilson of Winfield, Kansas
is here to assist Mrs. Greenup as
housekeeper at Clarke Hall.
A young son of John Garrow, who
lives over near Table Rock had the
misfortune to lose one Of his eyes last
week. He came up behind an older
brother who was splitting wood and
the ak struck his eye. He was TAX
en- to Iowa City for an operation
Mrs. Fear visited Friday and Sat
urday with her sons in Delaware.
r. C. Winch has been quite SICK
the past week.
Mrs. Charles Hull has gone to. Ut
tumwa, Kansas to visit her daush
ter. ,.& 4
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Ricketts, re