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Woman Pioneer of Delaware Prefers Modern Styles to Fashions
Mrs. Amanda Skinner of Delaware County marked her eighty fifth birthday with a party hosted by Mrs. Thomas Noonan and Mrs. Francis Farley at the Fred Skinner home in Manchester. Guests included Wealthy Ferris, Edith Skinner, and many neighbors who offered tokens and congratulations as she recalled pioneer life, crossing the Mississippi on ice and settling in Manchester after a long migration from Springfield, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hower Seeeidt Ferrie
Manchester
Amanda Skinner
Delaware County
Thomas Noonan
Francis Farley
Fred Skinner
North Franklin Street
Joe Frost
Sioux City
Wealthy Ferris
Whadsa Williams
Henry Ocker
Ll. A. Gibson
Wu Steffy
5. McKinnis
Ela Mattusch
Charles Johnson
Wesley Smith
Charles L. Adams
Ra Putnam
Byron Smith
John Lenne
Harry Smith
George Hansel
Susan Edwards
Frank Farley
Fred Stevenson
Barl June
Minnie Acers
Ralph Ortberg
Walter Schless
W. J. Burk
Howard Strain
Martin Peters
Chicago
Edith Skinner
Mississippi
Skinner
Springfield
Dunleith
East Dubuque
Dubuque
William Murphy
Webster City
Earlville
Elon Skinber
Fred
Milan
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