Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-02-19

in the presence Of fifty guests At the
conclusion of the ceremony a sumptu-
GUS wedding feast was served. The
bride and groom were the recipients of
many beautiful wedding gifts. Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith at once went to house
keeping in costly furnished cottage
in Mt. Vernon. The groom holds a
very responsible position with large
hardware company at that place. Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Smith, parents of the
groom, and Robert, Burke, of this place
were in attendance at the wedding.
H. C. Staehle of Minneapolis arriv-
ed here Sunday to attend the funeral
of his wife's mother, Mrs. E. Cousins.
Relatives received the sad intelli-
gence of the death of Beatty Pooley,
aged IL years, at her home in Grinnell,
after a short illness of pneumonia.
she was the only daughter of Samuel
Pooley, former resident of Earlville.
Her mother died about one year ago
and she is survived by her father and
three brothers.
Lieutenant Merten KLAUS, Lieut.. Carl
M. Laxson, Private Earl Klaus and
other soldiers from this place were
in attendance at the county soldiers
reception in Manchester Wednesday
evening. At that time the Soldiers
and Sailors club of Delaware County
was organized with the following Of
ficers: Commander, Lieut.. NJ J. Klaus;
Lieut. Commander, Lieut.. Walter Bar
ry; Clerk, Lieut.. Hubert Phenicie;
Treasurer, Lieut. Carl M. Laxson; adj
visers, H. w. Phenicie, Joe Pentony,
C. G. Yoran. There officers will serve
until the first of July when it is ex-
pected that most of the boys will be
back from overseas to take part in the
annual meeting.
Mrs. J. w. Malvin of Belle Fouche,
South Dakota, and Mrs. Nels Goranson
of Thompson are here to attend the flu
neral Of their mother, Mrs. E. Cousins.
Private Herbert Douglas, who ar
rived from over seas at an eastern
camp a few days ago, returned home
Friday. He is in the enjoyment of
good health and glad to be home
again. He brought along number of
interesting relics among which are
steel helmet, gas mask, cartridge
belt, shells and knapsack.
Raymond Hunt of Waterloo is spend
ing a few days at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hunt.
Mrs. Frank Gienapp departed for
Waverly Saturday to spend few days
visiting her friend. Mrs. T. Lutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. Heyer Of New
Hampton were in attendance at the flu
neral of the latter's brother. L. Mel
derfrank.
Louis Niederfrank, one Of the we'll
known agriculturists of this county,
passed away at his home near Greeley
at an early hour last Wednesday morn
ing. Mr.. Niederfrank. had been in a
state OF invalidism for many years as
the result of paralysis. He was fifty
years of age and is survived by his
wife and two daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Moser and Elva. He is also survived
by his aged father, c. H. Niederfrank |
of Strawberry Point and four sisters
The funeral was held in the M. =.
church in this place Saturday after
noon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A.
NJ. Mcintosh. Many friends assembled |
to pay the last respect to one who was
held in the highest esteem by all who
knew him. Amidst profusion OF
beautiful flowers the remains were
laid to rest in Fairview cemetery.
]. c. Nieman and son Joe, Charles,
Martin and Henry Nieman of Manches-
ter were here to attend the funeral
of their cousin, L. Niederfrank.
The entire community was sadden-
ed on Saturday morning when 1t be-
came known that Mrs. Elizabeth
Cousins had passed away at an early
hour after a short illness of influ-
enza, which developed into pneumonia.
The passing of Mrs. Cousins removes
one of the most beloved women of this
place Her entire life was filled with
kindly ministrations and her death |
brings a great sorrow to the large
family she has reared Mrs. Cousins
maiden name was Miss Elizabeth
Gibbs and she was born in Wedmore,
Somersetshire, England in 1S4S. She
came with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gibbs to the United States when
she was s years Of age. The family
settled on a farm south of Earlville
when this county was a vast wilder
ness. She was first welded to James
Hunt, who passed away in 1889. To
this union were born fifteen children,
fourteen of whom survive, Robert,
James, barley, Sidney, Henry and Les
ter. all successful farmers Of this vi
cinity, and George and william, promi
nent merchants of Earlville. The
daughters are Mrs. Nellie Sperring,
Mrs. Alice Goranson Of Winnebago
county, Mrs. Phoebe Malvin of Belle
Fouche, South Dakota; Mrs. Edith Ar
mold. Mrs. Elsie Tietge and Mrs. Eva
Staehle. In 1898 Mrs. Hunt married
Cousins, native of England,
who came to this country in early life.
Mr.. Cousins passed away in September
1900. Besides her immediate family
she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. H.
J. Vanfleet and Mrs. Edward Bisgrove.
and two brothers, George and John
Gibbs, all of Earlville. Mrs. Cousins
was a remarkable woman in many