Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Mrs. Anna Ward visited in Cedar
Rapids part of last week.
Mrs. Robert Haennig and daughter
Mary, were Manchester visitors Mon.
day.
Fred Packer attended the butter
makers convention held in Mason City
last week.
Hon. w. H. Norris went to Ne
braska last week on business. He Is
expected home to-day.
"A boy baby was born last Thursday
to Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cree who reside
mile south Of this city.
! Mrs. w. d. Hoyt gave six o'clock
tea last evening to number of her
friends in honor of her guest, Mrs. Jen-
ME Leonard, of Chicago.
| -Barkon u Relkin, the proprietors
of "The Fair, the new store recently
opened just north of the Clarence House,
have new advertisement in this
paper.
Mrs. q. w. Fishel, of Chicago, is
visiting in this city at the home of her
father-in-law, G. II. Fishel. She ex-
poets to remain here untllafter Thanks
giving.
M. Eldridge and wife started Tues
day for Toronto, Kansas. for visit
with the family of their son, Frank
Eldridge. They expect to return in a
couple of weeks.
Mrs. Carrie Toogood .Chaffee de-
parted Monday morning for her home
in Armenia, North Dakota, after visit
of several weeks with relatives In this
city, her former home.
-Chas. and Harry Heath arrived
home last Saturday from the Western
part of the state. They were called
here by the serious illness OF their
mother, Mrs. j. G. Heath.
Geo Emerson departed last week
for his home in Telluride, Colorado
after visit of several weeks in this
city at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Emerson.
Advertised letters for week ending
November Goth, 1899: S. S. Squires,
w. A. Jarvis, o. I. sigfred, Robert E.
Frisk, John G. Walton, M. Callahan &
Co., Malner 1t. & Pro. Co., M. A. I.
&C. B. Paul, of Wyoming, Iowa,
spent Sunday in this city with his friend
Earnest Eaton. Mr.. Paul has been
teaching school at Coggon and is coun-
ty superintendent elect of Jones county.
Sheriff Ryan, of Canton, South
Dakota wasin this city over Sunday on
his way home with prisoner from the
southern part of the state. He took
advantage of his stop to visit friends in
this vicinity.
DIR. and Mrs. H. A. Dittmer attend
ed the funeral last Sunday of Miss Etiie
Cattron at Earlville. She died Friday
of last week of consumption at the age
of thirty years. She was niece of Mrs.
William Cattron.
st. Patrick's church, at Monti, will
be re-dedicated on Thursday of next
week. Rev. j. j. Hanley, rector, has
issued invitations announcing that the
dedicatory services will begin at 1O:3Oa.
m. on the Both inst.
MIR. and Mrs. A. A. Morse depart.
ed last week for Chicago where they
will visit for about week after which
they expect to go to New York and
Vermont where they will spend the win
ter with friends and relatives.
The Merchants Carnival, at City
Hall last Wednesday evening, was quite
an enjoyable entertainment. The at.
tendance was good and the neat sum of
$35 WIS realized from the enterprise by
the Ladies of the Congregational
church.
The report Of W. j Davis, Secretary
of the Spring Branch Creamery, for the
month of October, shows 1880 lbs. of
milk received and the average test "A.
The highest price paid was Sl.44 per
hundred lbs, lowest S1.0O, average $l.15.
An excellent showing.
The funeral of Frank Kluge was
held here last Sunday, services being
conducted by Rev. Harnish in the U.
B. church. Mr.. Kluge died last Thurs
day at Sioux City at the age of forty
years, and the body was brought here
for burial. He was brother of Mrs.
Will Durey of this city.
The remains of Nelson Nelson
were brought here Sunday morning
from Watertown, South Dakota, at
which place he died. The funeral
services were held Monday afternoon
atthe Methodist church, Rev. H. o.
Pratt officiating. The deceased was
brother of Mrs. F. Peter Peterson, of
this city.
Thomas Kelley the eleven year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelley, who
reside three miles northwest of here,
met with painful accident at the
North Manchester school house last
THURSDAY noon. He was playing with
his companions during the noon hour
and accidentally fell breaking his leg at
the ankle joints.
Marriage licenses were issued dur
ing the past week by Clerk Paul to
Thomas Almond Cornwell and Norma
A. Kinton, Henry Sassen and Kate
Willenborge both of Petersburg, William
Wendt and Louise Shefflar, both of
Barryville, Fred L. Pierce and Aramin.
ia M. Lyons and Jenkin L. Evans and
Margaret NJ Smith.
The "Iowa Tax Collecting CO.. is
the name of a firm recently organized
at Newton Iowa. It's principal bust
ness is to ascertain and report for tax
alton all properly belonging to tax
dodgers which may have been kept
from coming to the knowledge of the
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