Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-12-19
EARLvILLE.


recently organized will be ready for
business in temporary quarters in the
Cloud building one door north of the
post office, by January 8, 1918.
DR.. H. A. Tobie, who has been con-
fined to his bed the past ten days by
illness, is rapidly recovering.
A double game of basket ball was
played at Delhi Saturday evening, the
girls and boys of the Earlville con-
solidated schools played with the same
teams from Delhi. The score of the
girls teams resulted in II to 1 in
favor of Earlville but the Earlville
boys were not so lucky, Delhi coming
out victorious by score of II to II.
School will close Friday for a two
weeks vacation. o
Miss Ella Burrell spent Saturday
and Sunday with her mother at Ep-
worth.
Miss Lillian Kahl spent Saturday at
Delaware giving music lessons.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Richardson of
Sheridan, Missouri, have arrived for
an extended visit at the home of their
daughter Mrs. Ernest Dittbarn and
family.
The Monday afternoon club were
entertained at the home of Mrs. Nettie
Rogers.
Maurice Maroney and Peter l.. Haas
were in attendance at the poultry
show at Cedar Rapids last week Mr..
Maroney exhibited one of his fine
White Wyandotte roosters at this ex-
hibition and received second prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Robinson of
Stirum, N. D., arrived Thursday to re-
main during the winter months with
relatives here.
Boyd Williams and wife of Wheat
on. ILL.,, are here for visit at the
home of the formers mother, Mrs.
Blanche Williams.
j. w. Jacobs received postal this
week from Foss Davis, a former en-
ploye of his, stating that he had ar
rived safely in France with the Rain
bow division.
The monthly business and social
meeting of the Adult Bible class was
held in the church parlors of the Con-
gregational church Wednesday even
ing in spite of the unfavorable wealth
err conditions, and the attendance was
good and those present report a good
time.
Dale Johnson went to Rochester
Mimi. Tuesday where his foster faith
err was operated on for bladder trou-
BILE, the outcome of which was very
favorable are the latest reports.
Mrs. H. G. Yelden has returned to
her home from Finley hospital at
Dubuque and is gaining rapidly.
The various churches are busy max
ing preparations for their. Christmas
exercises and trees.
The friends of Mrs. Henry Sharp
will regret to learn she has sucered a
backset and remains in very weak
ened condition.
A number from here attended the
speech made by Captain r. Hugh Kny-
vett at the Central opera house in
Manchester Friday evening and pro-
nounced it the best one of its kind
delivered this season.
John Werkmeister was painfully in
jured Thursday afternoon while de-
livering a piano to the A. H. Bennett
home. A big plank on which the
piano was being moved up flight OF
stairs gave way and forcibly strhck
Mr.. Werkmeister on the leg. He sus-
tanned some very serious bruises and
sprains. Luckily no bones were brok-
en- and it is thought no serious re-
suits will follow.
The celebrated motion picture "The
Birth of Nation" which comes to the
Earlville opera house Saturday after
noon and evening, December %, will
be thrown on the screen with the COM
pany's own machine and an expert
operator. The company also furnishes
special music. In every way the big
production will be shown in Earlville
just as good as it has been shown in
larger cities.
J.. H. Trewin of Cedar Rapids, was
in town Friday looking after his farm
interests. Otto Mussehl, who has oc-
cupied his farm for many years, will
retire and move to Delaware where he
has purchased a home for the family.