Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
THE LOCAL news OF y
!. DELAWARE, COUNTY
NEWS HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST
WEEK GATHERED ~ OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
4. !. WEEKLY HISTORY TERsELY TOLD

Interesting Compilation Of Items Of
I. Moment Throughout the
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+, i. T. ,.. DELHI.
MI. and Mrs. Harvey Shirley are
parents Of son born Sunday, April
26. I. i34i tfs, t. ,..
r.. W. Hartman was in Manchester
Wednesday. .,
Tyler Furman was in Cedar Rap
ids and Troy Mills last week.
q Miss Margaret cCuskey of Mon.
ticello was a guest Of Mrs. Mary Doc
Little last week.
Mr.. and Mrs John Madison are. the
parents of daughter. 81
Next Sunday will he observed as
Mothers Day at the M. E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Toomer attend
ed the wedding Of Mrs. Toomer's sis.
ter at Dyersville last Tuesday. " :
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Doolittle and
sons Of Madison, Wisconsin, arrived
Saturday for am extended visit with
Mrs. F. B. Dooaittle. :
I. Mrs. Cora Porter was called to-
Strawberry Point Saturday by the
death Of her uncle, Levi Noble. !:
5 "A number Of ladies, met at the
home OF Mrs. T.. M. Barnes on We'd
nesday afternoon and organized
\ literary club which will meet ON the
second and fourth Thursdays of the
month. III u N a.5;a @ sa
Rev. R. C. Lusk of Nashua was a
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Stimson last
Wednesday.
Ross d. Davis Of Delaware and
Miss Rose Holdridge Of Delhi were
married at Earlville, April 90, by Rev
IA. w. Virgins, pastor Of the Con-
gregational church Congratulations.
y Rev. J. S. Westfall attended a
joint session of the Dubuque and
DEBORAH districts conference at Fay
cite three days last week. q.
Mrs. j. r.. Gochey, who passed
away at Parkview hospital, ManchesI
ter, last week, will be remembered
by her friends as Miss Ella Mckee,
formerly Of Delhi. esq
.sI5 E. &c. Perkins was in Dubuque on
Tuesday. "a b s ~
& Mrs. C. M. Grommon and son Clair
attended the funeral of Mr.. Bailey at
Manchester last Wednesday.
5 X Mrs. F. E. Stimson and Mrs. e. J.
Hopkins we're shopping in Dubuque,
Wednesday. z
WNlE Sweeney has moved to Far
-Hy, where he will do cement work
Mrs. j. w. Hartman and Mrs. j.
w. Rimmer and son spent Friday in
Manchester. I'd slt .s5 s.
The township hall is being re-
Rhingled and otherwise repaired.
Mrs. j. B. MCGUIRE has returned
from a visit in Chicago. S5g5
Mrs. Esther Logan and daughter
OF Dakota are visiting her father, J.
M. Phillips.
Mrs. Blackstone of Sioux city is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Aava
Smith. '.s@ Eis.aaGs' i
Fred Petition Of Manchester had
business in Delhi Friday.
Mrs. Frank McDonough Of West
Union is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Mitchell.
$8 S Mr.. and Mrs. George White enter
tanned a company of young people ON
Saturday evening.
Miss Marjorie Minkler of Edge
wood visited Hazel Erisman the
first OF the week.
Mrs. Ed Sheppard is on the sick
List. #5, ~
Mrs. George White was shopping
In Dyersville Friday. i-
4 Prot. Tre2ona was called to Ga
lena, Illinois. Saturday by the SER
ious illness OF his sister.
Mrs. Sloan of Strawberry Point WIS.,
tied her son Jesse at this place Dv-
or Sunday. w.. .,
Mrs. Fred Peet of Lamont visited
her sister, Mrs. John Wheeler, last
week. s.|, 49,
n Mr.. and Mrs. E.. G. Adams and
Mrs. E. J. Hopkins We're in Manches-
ter Friday. G.
There will be lecture in Delhi,
May 20, on the cause, prevention and
cure Of hog cholera. Let every per
son interested he in attendance.
May LIST was pay day for Silver
Spring Creamery company for the
month Of March. They paid CSC
per pound for butter fat.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Doolittle were
in Hopkinton Friday evening.
. During the severe electrical storm
Sunday afternoon, lightning struck
the barn on the Thos. Simons' farm,
where N. o. Talmadge lives. The
barn was burned to the ground with
all its contents, there being no time
to save even the five head of horses
which persisted in the flames. The
same hour Gene Morgan's house in
town was'sstruck by lightning and
badly damaged; but fortunately no
one was injured.
HoPkINToN.
Miss LueIla LeClere spent last
week in Monticello.