Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Koppels are
visiting his people in Detroit Mich.
| Kyle Jones of Bynum, Mont, was
! guest at James Burton's last week
ae had just returned from overseas
and stopped here to visit before going
on to his Montana home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mccormick left
last week Tuesday for their home in
Canada. c. /. Miller went with their
car of stock and household goods.
Several of our people attended the
chautauqua at Hopkinton last week
A. o. Billings house is going uI
rapidly. The carpenters began work
a week ago.
John Mercer has returned to his
home at Ames, Iowa
John G.. Jones has opened up 8
barber shop in J. w. Runners build
ing on Main street.
Mrs. Bessie Stoner was in the hos.
pital at Iowa City for an operation last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Haight and
children were down from Oneida last
Tuesday.
Mrs. John Smith fell in the yard
and dislocated her shoulder and
broke her arm near the shoulder last
Wednesday.
John Jones, Bert Pulver and Chas
Stone were in Cedar Rapids Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hamblin Of
Manchester were at Mrs. C. NJ Grom
mons Thursday.
\ Mrs. verena Angel is visiting hel
sister in Cedar Rapids.
Chas. Lightfoot of st. Louis, Mo.
and Ben Lightfoot Of Chicago, visited
their aunt. Mrs. C. NJ. Grommon las
4 week
| Miss Maud Glen, who has beef
nursing A. p. Harris, was called I,
Ryan to care for Sullivan boy, VIII
has typhoid pneumonia.
Lester Smith was in Fayette Sun
day.
/ Miss Elsie HOLMAN Of Belle PLANE
is visiting Mrs. E. B. Porter
i Miss Alma Harder goes this weel
to South Dakota, where she vii
teach the coming year.
Mrs. E. "A. Seger Of Manchester. MI
and Mrs. Fred Seger Of Waterloo an
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Seger Of Oneid
were here for the funeral Of A T
Harris.
The teachers for the coming yea
for our public schools, are: Primar
teacher, Florence Shining: I'd grade
Theodosia Doolittle; Bird and IT
grades, to be supplied; 9Th and ST
grades, Florence Moser: 7th and 81
grades, Mrs H. R. Jeffreys; hig
school, Leila Curran, Neva Haines, A
r. Wheeless. Supt, H. r. jeffrey.
The haulsrs are P. G. Michael, FL
Sheppard, 8. B. Lowe, Geo. Schradel
Miss Ola Jakelin is visiting friend
in Des Moines.
Will Sweeney is home from Oal
dale for few days. He is lookin
fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams, Mr.
Seward Andrews, Harold and Dial
, Morgan OF Waterloo are here to al
tend Dairy Day.
: Alfred P. Harris was born in Wal
!. rem county, New York, March is, 1872
and passed into the Beyond at Delhi
Iowa, July 81, 1919, aged 90 years,
months, and Is days. He came t
Delhi in October, 1850, being one Q
its earliest settlers and made the vii
lage his home for So years.
n He was married to Miss Adelaid
lSeger Of Earlville, December Is, 1856
who passed away April 2, 1881. Hi
oldest son, Charles, died at Caldwell
Idaho, March 90, 1906. Five daugh
4 tiers are left to mourn their father
death: Miss Ella L. Harris and Mrs
May Stone OF Delhi; Mrs. Emma GU
and Miss Rose Harris of Caldwell
Idaho; and Miss s. Adelaide Harris
LOT Long Pine, Nebraska. He is ais.
survived by three grand children
and three great grand children o
HALEY, Idaho, one brother Chafles
lone sister, Mrs. Annie Winslow, boil
OF Corinth, New York. Mr.. Harris wa
Ia good citizen and fine workman
being careful and painstaking il
every thing he undertook and many |
home in this vicinity can still show
his handiwork He was we'll know
figure on our streets until failing
health compelled him to relinquish hi
work. For eighteen months he has beer
confined to his room, where all tina
love and care could do was done t,
make his last days comfortable. Hi
work is finished, he lived to ripe
old age and passed out of life like ;
tired child in peaceful sleep. Ant
who shall say what the waking vii
lie when we draw the last breath
ind who shall know what our eye
lshall see when we pass through tn
Goor called Death?
/ DELAWARE.