Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF The PAST week

NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF REGARD
ING ACTIVITIES OF NAN
CHESTER PEOPLE.
LOCAL FACTORY HAS GOOD YEAR
Farmers Buy Pure Bred Hogs ff0n
breeders in Neighboring
Counties.
The Fortnightly club will meet
with Miss Laura Norris, next Monday
hight.
The Audubon club will meet with
Mrs. Geo. w. Dunham on Tuesday Of
next week.
Mrs. Lizzie Lawrence was called to
Cedar Falls last week on account OF
the death of her brother.
"A. r. LIE Roy left Monday night for
Los Angeles, California, to visit. his
mother, who is spending the winter
there.
Mr. and Mrs. w. C. .loer are
spending few days. with friends IN
Manchester Mr.. and Mrs. Gloer have
just returned from several weeks trip
in the south and are now on their way
to their home in Des Moines. While
in the city they were the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Fardy.
County Clerk O. n. Dunham il
sued marriageelicenses to the follow
ing persons during the past week: Ar
thur G.. Plat and Fern A, Connor.
John G. Grohs and Rosa 4. Sandhagen.
Orman Britt and Hazel "A Erisman,
Vincent ]. Bechel.i and Cecil A. Grona-,
mon, John Gilman and Jennie Ham
kins.
We have been informed that j. A.
Strickland has purchased the Reynold
property on East Union street which
Mrs. Robert Fishel purchased last
summer. We have an idea that Mr..
Strickland will make some notable
changes to the property when he re-
turns from his winters so-journ in
sunny California.
E H. Frentress Of this city IS in
the local hospital, and Is making
nice recovery from very serious OPP
GRAFTON to which he submitted last
week. Mr.. Frentress has been suffer-
ing from an infection in the bones In
his left wrist, and 1t was found neces-
sary to operate on the bone, It is nov
issiieysd tbsf s6e hsnd ana fingers can
be saved.
The Delaware County Abstract
and Loan Company is having rush
of work. the like Of which it never had
before in its history, this time OF tho
year. This rush is due to the large
number of land deals that were nego-
tiated last fall, and all of these par
ties interested in the deals are now
anxious to get their abstracts perfect
ed for the March settlement.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Hall have pur-
chased the residence of r. w. Thrill
on Franklin street, which is now oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Har-
ris. Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hampstead
will move into the house now occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, on March LIST,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hall will move into
the home they purchased on Franklin
street.
Hog raisers in Delaware County
will note with interest the large adj
vertisement of Edward Cook, who an
nounces hog sale to be held in the
heated pavilion Of the fair grounds on
January 26th. Mr.. Cook offers "a OF
the choicest hogs that he has in his lot
and will be sold to the highest bidder.
We urge our farmer readers to give Mr..
Cooks advertisement careful consid-
Grafton.
&C. B.eDaumgartner went to Min
neapolis and st. Paul, Monday night,
to attend lumbermen's convention.
this week. While there he will meet
many managers OF lumber yards who
have been selling farm equipment
manufactured by the National Manu-
featuring Company. When Charley
comes home he will bring with him
long list of orders for gates. posts and
other articles manufactured by the
company.
"A number Of pure breds have been
brought into the county by several OF
the progressive farmers during recent
weeks. Howard Cook Of Coffins Grove
township purchased seven head Of full
blood Duroc Jerseys at sale held BY
one of the prominent farmers near In
dependence last Saturday. Orris Mil
ler purchased two head at that sale.
and Roy Duffey, George S. Ranta and
Howard Scanlon each purchased one
fine animal. at this sale. Geo. Banta
also purchased a fine gilt at sale at
Mechanicsvile recently. 1t is very evi-
dent that many of the farmers of Del
-ware county are realizing that I
pure-bred animal requires no more
care and certainly not any more feed
to raise than does the ordinary ami
NAL.
The National Manufacturing Com
pany held its annual meeting on Nom
day Afternoon, for the election Of Of
ficers for the coming year. The COM
pany has had very successful year
during the past year, notwithstanding
the difficulty of getting material OF
all kinds. During 1920 some very i'm
portant changes will be made at the
Nationals plant. New buildings are
contemplated and considerable new
machinery will be installed. The COM
many has M rdiRic,,lfu In s-a-a.--