Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
HOPKINTON.


several days in town last week.
w. S. Johnson has returned from
South Dakota where he has been look.
ing after his farm. He was accompa
MED home from Storm Lake by his
niece, Miss Elizabeth Ensign.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Littlefield and
children visited TO rseveral days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey at Sheriff. par
ents of Mrs. Littlefeld
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ W. Campbell OF
Rock Island Ill.,, visited for several
days with Mrs. c. l.. Campbell and
daughter.
Mrs. Lille Neil and son, Winfield
spent few days with Earl Neil who
is trainin gat Iowa City.
The southeast group of the Ladies
Aid society of the Presbyterian church
enjoyed a family picnic in the church
park Wednesday.
Mrs. B. H. Smith and children spent
the Fourth in Edgewood.
r. c. Mason of Cedar Rapids visit
ed with his brother, DR.. W. G.. Mason,
last week.
Miss Margaret Ortberg of Delaware
visited several days in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccullough of Column
bus junction visited last week with
their daughter, Mrs. W. W. Morgan.
J. W. Green left last week for Ar
mold, Nebraska, where he will help
his brother-in-law, Alex. Delosh, with
his harvesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barr, who visited for
several weeks at the homes of their
son and daughter near town, have re-
turned to Oklahoma.
Miss Margaret Gearhart Of Spring.
Vile visited several days at the home
of her uncle, N. A. Gearhart.
Mrs. w. A. l1ilroy and daughter
have returned from visit of several
weeks at Great Falls, Montana, with
Mrs. Milroy's parents. Mr.. Milroy met
them at st. Paul from which city they
came down the river by steamer to
Dubuque.
Prof and Mrs. L. G. Weld and Mrs.
]. G. Doan of Chicago spent several
days recently at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Doan.
Rev. W. H. Ensign went to Manches
ter Tuesday to conduct the funeral of
Mrs. W. W. Ford.
Clarence Piehl of Elkport visited
last week at the E. l.. Clifford home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oldfeld of Fort Col
Inns, Colo, are visiting friends and
relatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Old
field is cousin Of Mesdames Jeffries,
J. Brokaw and r. A. Wallace.
Miss Emma Brayton and Miss Jen-
ME Cummings of Delhi visited in town
Friday.
Childrens Day exercises which had
been postponed were held last Sab
bath in the Presbyterian church and
several children were baptized. The
collection for Sunday school work was
$1,000
Lewis Starr was kicked by COW and
received two broken ribs.
Lester Gearhart was home over Sun
day from Iowa City where he is TAX
ing training for the service.
Mrs. Viola Kelsey of Council Bluffs
visited several days last week at the
home of her brother, w. G. Lux.
Mrs. William Zeuch visited for sew
eral days with friends at Waterloo and
New Hartford.
The chautauqua opens Monday and
the lectures and entertainments are
said to be unusually good.
Miss Helen MacAllister is visiting
relatives in Onslow.
The prospects for pleasant weather
during chautauqua week was some
what dampened Monday morning by
steady rain but as it @'began before
seven it stopped before eleven" and
the sun again shOne.
1t is a disappointment that the New
will not be with us.
The entertainment given Tuesday
evening by the children for the Junior
Red Cross was thought to have been
unusually fine.
The funeral Of Josiah Higgins was
he'd Tuesday afternoon in the Meth
odst church, conducted by Rev. ". G.
Rowley, pastor. Mr. Higgins was
born December %, 1887, in Hartford
City, Indiana, ana his death occurred
July s. 1918 He served two years
during the Civil war in Company II Of
an Indiana regiment. In June, 1871,
he was married to Margery Ann Poor
who died a number Of years ago. Ten
children We're born to them, five of
whom are still living. They are, VIII
liam, Mrs. Mary Jane Appleby and
Mrs. Alice Stark of Hopkinton; Mrs.
Daisy Littletield OF Waterloo and Mrs.
Gertrude Appleby Of Delhi There
are also twenty-nine grandchildren
and two at-grandchildren.