Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-30
EARLVILLE.

will be fittingly observed by the peo-
pie of Earlville and vicinity. The Oak
Grove band will furnish the music
and Mayor H. J. Vanfleet will be
president of the day. The ladies will
make the wreathes and boquets for
the departed soldiers and women who
were former members of the relief
CORDS The services will be held at
the cemetery at 200 p. m. The line
of march will form at the council
room, headed by the band, Mayor
H. ]. Vanfeet and members of the G.
A. R. and Spanish-American war. 36
girls, dressed in white, with red, white
and blue bunting sashes, will carry
the wreathes and decorate the graves.
The address at the cemetery will be
made by A. NJ. Mcintosh, D. D.
Patriotic songs will be sung by a
large chorus choir and special hymns
by a male quartet. If the weather
should be unfavorable the exercises
will be held in the opera house. In
the evening the band will furnish the
music for a band concert Of patriotic
melodies and everybody is most cor
daily invited to attend. The young
ladies society of the Congregational
church will serve ice cream at the
church.
The graduating class and a number
of invited friends picnicked at Bixby
Springs near Edgewood Friday. The
crowd numbered thirty.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ham and j..
B. Limback of Dyersville, were in
town Thursday and purchased hand
some Jeffrey touring car Of P. M.
Cloud.
A. LeFevre, proprietor of Pleasant
Hill nursery, received large con-
signment of nursery stock from Japan
the past week. He states that there
will be no importations Of nursery
stock from Holland and France this
year. The state entomologist made
an inspection of the nursery stock at
Pleasant Hill this week and found all
in first-class condition.
George Nieman, who has been in
Rochester, Mimi, for the past six
weeks and where he submitted to an
operation, has returned home and is
convalescing rapidly
The annual banquet Of the alumni
of the Earlville high school will be
held after the commencement exer-
cises in the assembly room of the M.
e. church Friday evening, June 1st.
Seventy-five cents per couple.
Walter Schwandt, who has been
employed at the Jacobs and Sneed
barber shop, has accepted position
at the F. NJ. Hahn restaurant. Le-
land Kahler is now employed at the
barber shop.
DR.. A. B. Curran, district superin-
tendent, will preach in the Methodist
church next Thursday evening at
1880 o'clock, and after the service
will hold meeting of the quarterly
conference. A full attendance is de-
sired, also reports from all depart
ments of the church work.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Splinter are the
happy parents Of bright baby boy
born Wednesday, May %.
Mrs. ]. B. Swinburne of Washing
ton, D. c., and Mrs. George White of
Delhi, were guests at the home of Miss
Laura Werkmeister the latter part of
the week.
Mrs. Susie Earhart returned home
Tuesday from a several weeks visit
with her daughter, Mrs. John Robin
son, at Stirum, North Dakota. She
was accompanied home by her daugh-
ter.
Mr.. John Gibbs, who had an eye
removed about two weeks ago, is
critically i'll.
Rev. John Klaus and wife of Char
les City, spent the first part of last
week with their relatives in town at
the S. w. Klaus home.
The Franen Verein Of the Luther
an church was very largely attended
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Martin Nieman east Of Manchester.
Frank Sexton has accepted a po-
sition as telegraph operator at Du-
buque.
Mrs. A. LeFevre accompanied her
brother, Ed Cattron, to Iowa City, whe
he will remain for about month
for treatment for his eyes. Specialists
give every assurance that his eye