Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

/ Judge A. S. Blair is holding court
in Independence this week.
1t is small but up-to-date in style,
that new ad. of Dove & Chambers.
| Mrs. E. II. Chapel and son Clarence
spent part of last week in Cedar Rap
ids.
&C. T. Payton, of st. Joseph, Mo-,
was guest of friends in this city last
week.
Mr.. ana Mrs. VIM. Mead spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in Cedar
Rapids.
e. A. Atwater spent Thanksgiving
in Dubuque with his daughter, Mrs.
F. jackson.
1 Mrs. J.J. Kidder, of Center Grove,
was guest of friends here over
Thanksgiving.
win Hogan and Geo. Storey went
to Sioux City last Saturday morning on
q business trip.
Clarence Yoran came home from
Mt. Vernon to spend Thanksgiving
with his parents.
-Chas. Noble departed yesterday
morning on q business trip to Garner
and Emmetsburg.
Mrs. M. F. Leroy and daughter,
Miss Dora Leroy, are visiting with
friends in Dubuque.
John Ward, Of Waterloo spent sew.
eral days of last week with relatives
and friends in this city.
"A. II. Blake & Son give the reasons
why they are selling certain lines Of
goods at reduced prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Crosier return
ed home last Thursday morning from
their extended eastern trip.
Mics Blakely, of Cedar Rapids, was
a guest over Thanksgiving of Miss
Nellie Hogan, south of town.
Arthur Miller, of Rock Rapids, Ia,
spent Thanksgiving in this city, at the
home of his uncle, g. G. Armstead.
Mrs. W. H. Healy, of Dubuque, ar
rived here monday morning and is visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. 1. stringham.
Mrs. Susie Kelsey spent Thanks
giving at home. She is student at
the State Agricultural college at Ames.
Miss Birdina Tucker who is stu
dent at Mt. st. Joseph, Dubuque, came
home to spend Thanksgiving with her
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Denton have
rented the rooms over Gregg & Wards
drug store and will use them for living
apartments.
Clarence and Florence Lister came
home to spend Thanksgiving from
Grinnell where they are students at
Iowa College.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Hadley and Mrs.
E. A. Seger, of Sioux City, were the
guests of friends and relatives here part
of last week.
Miss Mae Roney and the Misses
Stella, Nellie and Matte Gilleas left
Monday morning for visit with friends
at Emmetsburg.
Miss Amy Boggs, whoii is principal
Of the Waterloo west side high school,
spent several days of last week at her
home in this city.
John Coffee and son Luke, of
Marion, ate Thanksgiving dinner here
at the home of the formers daughter,
Mrs. Al. Severtson.
The two.hundred acre tract of land
offered for rent or sale by A. S. Coon is
desirable farm and should readily find
purchaser or tenant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clemans, Of
Cedar Rapids. spent Thanksgiving in
this city at the home of the formers
mother, Mrs. E. O. Clemans.
John Jones who is student at the
State Agricultural College at Ames
came home to eat Thanksgiving dinner
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Jones.
The Bell Telephone Company has
placed long distance telephone station
in the Clarence House office room
which will be great convenience to the
patrons of that hotel.
Roy Mason, of Abba, visited in
this city with friends part of last week.
He was student at Iowa City at the
time the war broke out and enlisted in
the Des Moines regiment. He returned
recently from the Philippines with the
51st. Iowa.
Marriage licenses were issued dur
ing the past week to Geo. H. Fuller and
Laura B. Smith, Frank E. Pinch and
Maggie Myers, F. L. Forester and
Carrie Strain, John Wolf and Mary
Allaway, and Edward j. Harrison and
Rose Mabel Bishop,
1 AT the annual meeting of the Della
ware County Agricultural Society
yesterday afternoon the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: A. $. Coon, president; John
Rector, vice president; E. j. Copger,
secretary and L. j. Gates, treasurer.
The City Relief Society met with
Mrs. Carhart Monday, December, 4th.
and adjourned to meet Saturday, Dec.
9th. with Mrs. Glissendorf. at this
time the officers for the year will be
elected. Every lady desirous that the
{ society should prosper will confer q ia.
vor by being present.
Mrs. E. Walker died in Finley hos
! pital Dubuque, Tuesday evening of
8 last week, after submitting to an oper
alton for the removal of tumor. The
remains were brought here for burial, the
3 funeral being held Friday afternoon al
9 the M. E. church, Rev. H. o. Pratt