Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-11
NEWS HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST
WEEK GATHERED BY OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
/ WEEKLY HISTORY TERsELY TOLD
,lntsre sting Compilation Of Items Of
NJ Moment Throughout the
County.
: DELAWARE,

SE SeYeral from TINS place atLende
the KIP Minstrel at Manchester Q
Tuesday and Wednesday, nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vanter yisite
friends at Earlyille Thursday.
Mrs. J. \ F.. Dawson and daughter
lnez were tMasonville visitors Wet
4 nesday. s. & s. e.
siJ. Nv. Rice ~of BOWS, Iowa, 4 wa
transacting business in town Tues
z day. .s; 5
as. Walker Of Dyersville passe
through here Thursday enroute t
Manchester. u; s u 81 s
"A. Bort Of Hopkinton was
/. business caller in town Thursday.
Mrs.. Walter Davis OF Sioux City
"A Iowa, Is here visiting Mr.. Davis pal
\ snts, Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Davis.
Mrs. William Raster returned froI
II Stockton, Ill, last Sunday. Mrs
n Raster visited her daughter, Mrs. a
v Trumblee. 81
a. Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Paris visited
\ the parents of the latter, Mr.. AM
n n Mrs. w =. Davis, Of Manchester OF
4 Thursday. /.
Chas. Hull Of Hopkinton was tran
#sacting business in town Thursday.
Ssz3 Mr.. and Mrs. i. p. Ball returned
to Delaware Wednesday. They hav'
been spending the winter at Ham
mond, La.
Mrs. Elfreda Anderson arrived OF
Thursday from Waterloo. Mrs. And
@erson will visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Ortberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Durham o.
this place attended the X. P. Min
strel at Manchester "Wednesday. ev
3enfng Miss Jessie Matusch o.
EdgeWood, sister OF Mrs. Durham
accompanied them.
F.. Dawson was a Manchester
passenger Tuesday. II
4 Elmer Manson visited his broth
er Oscar at Greeley Friday
Frances Ryan spent Saturday anG
\ Sunday with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Ernest Ryan. Miss Ryan is
teaching In the Delhi public school,.
"a. q. Philip, who lived northwest
OF here has moved to BOomsfield,
MINI. "a, & ss5.
~ Miss Bessie Dawson was Man
chester caller: Saturday: .5s s
Mr.. and Mrs. Algot Johnson were
the guests Of Mrs. Johnson'S par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf, Manson on
] Sunday. Il
Mrs. Susan Young Of Manchester
visited at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. "A. j. Russia, Thursday.
-. G. Raster was; in Waterloo Fri
day on business. 4 h, .;sg
Peter Person attended a sale near
Oneida Saturday.
4 Rev Skinner OF Delhi preached at
the M. E. church here Sunday in the
absence of the regular pastor, Rev.
Westfall |, who was conducting funer-
~ services at Delhi
s. L. w hite5 Of Manchester was in
town Friday on business. Il, X: 49,. y,ss
ssH z. Larson was Manchester
caller Wednesday. u .sl " Fl Il.
Fred Richardson Manchester was
In town Thursday on business.
Mrs. p. c.. Carroll and daughter,
Edith and son Homer were visiting
relatives in Greeley Friday.
Mrs. Fred Woellert. Mrs Ernest
Claus and son returned Friday from
an extended trip in Colorado.
q Carl Larson visited with his par
sents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larson, on
Saturday and Sunday. Carl Is attend:
Ing business college in Waterloo. 4
Geo. Chase was in Delhi Thursday
on business. ssas
Mrs. Robt. Davis and two daughters
Roberta and EmOgene were Man
chester callers Saturday. I: "a "a y
$s =. Il. Payne of; Cedar, Rapids was
Z business caller in town Thursday. j
Miss Mullan and Miss Ruth Coates
were passengers to Mancheter on
Thursday. Y. n
VI Elmer and William Manson were
In EarTville Wednesday.
s Miss Anna Person spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pet
Ell Person. Miss Person is work
Ing for William Bowers Of .Manches-
ter. 5
s*ss22N els Nelson was home from Ce-
dar Rapids Thursday. E.
III Mrs. Mary Philip has moved to
Earlville from her farm northeast of
town. 81
Henry Mack returned Friday from
Greeley where he has been working
for his brother-in-law, Oscar Manson.
AZ Miss Hattie Benson was a Man
chester caller Tuesday. n
y Peter Mortenson, section foreman
for the Illinois Central. is able to
be about once more. Mr., Mortenson
contracted pneumonia while working
at the clearing of the freight wreck
three weeks ago.
AT meeting Of the ball club held
Wednesday night plans were formed
for the reorganization of the team
that repres ented Delaware last year.
q We are glad to report this week
that e. P. Coates, who has been crit
icallys Ill with typhoid fever at his
home In the east part of town, is
steadily improving and expects to
be up In a few days. Miss Atkins Atkins,
who has been working on the case,
Returned to Dubuque Sunday AFTER
noon.
Miss Mary Weldon and Mr.. Carl
Killers visited friends at Earlville
Sunday.
Harry Beddow Of Cedar Rapids was
in town Sunday renewing acqualnt-
ances among old time friends.
@ Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Maxwell were
Manchester visitors Tuesday.
William Stock was in Delhi Satur-
day on business. I. I,
z Harry and Mary Davis Of Spring
Branch were guests at the Robt. Dav-
Is home Friday. !.
81 Miss e Margaret Minihan attended
church at Earlville Sunday.
81; Mrs. j. B. Clark of Delhi visited
Saturday with her daughter, Mrs.
Birney Davis. !.
Miss Alta Maxwell of near Almoral
spen+ the latter part Of last week
with her sister, Mrs. Phil Paris. west
Of town. !,
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Person and
family were the Sunday guests of
his son, Dannie, at Oneida.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.. Nichols and
daughters visited near Manchester on
Sunday.
Miss Nellie Raster of Manchester
was calling on friends in Delaware on
Monday.
The members Of the baseball cluh
are planning basket social to be
held at 5. f. Dawson's on Saturday
night, March IA. The proceeds will
be used to purchase the necessary
parapheneia for the team this year.