Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
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TELEPHONE NO. ts4.
Miss Blanche Lawrence is visiting
relatives in Davenport.
Miss Mabel Rubel, of Waterloo, Wis
tied friends here part of last week.
Miss Louise Till, of Independence
visited friends here part of last week
y. T. Foley, of Cedar Rapids, wa.
the guest of his mother IN this city last
Friday.
Ben Mathers expects to 60 to Abba
next week for short visit with friends
at that place.
Mrs. Henry Kirchoff, of Dyersville
spent several days of last week with
friends in this city.
Miss Fac Ford returned Monday
evening to Iowa City after spending
Thanksgiving at home.
Mics Clara Commerford was the
guest Of Miss Lena Robinson in Chi
cago several days last week.
>-Dolph Heune, who is attending
school in Cedar Rapids, spent Thanks.
giving with his parents in this city.
VIII Malven departed yesterday for
Charles City where he has q position
with the Iowa Telephone Company.
Miss Maggie Sherlock went to
Dundee Monday, where she has been
engaged to teach thecoming winter.
The attention Of those having
horses to sell is called to the local of II,
E. Light, entitled, Horses Wanted"
The Y. NJ. c. a. membership con.
test resulted in q tie. The reds ard the
greens each scoring eighty.sev points
Mr. R. Bixby, of Cushing, Is., was
IN the city last week to attend the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. E. L. Walker.
Miss Lena Rollins, who is studying
shorthand in Dubuque, spent several
days Of last week at her home In this
city.
Mrs. Herbert Doneghy, of Macon
and Mr.. j. Woodbridge, of Mexico, Mo-,
are guests of their sister, Mrs. Austin
D. Brown.
Miss Clara Commerford arrived
home Monday morning from five
weeks visit with friends in Chicago
and Milwaukee.
-Chas. Huene came home from
0elwein the first of the week and will
visit at the home of his parents until
after the holidays.
Harry Parsons and John Barrett, of
Waterloo, attended the Thanksgiving
dance last Thursday evening at the
Central opera house.
Kalamity Thorpe is making pro-
digious arrangements for the holiday
trade. He says he will; Guido all his
previous efforts In that line.
Miss Jennie Seeley left yesterday
morning for her home in Waverly
after weeks visit in this city at the
home of her uncle. j. L. Seeley.
Miss Pearl Pierce, who is an in
structor in the State Normal School at
Cedar Falls, came;home to eat Thanks
giving turkey with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. q. Pierce.
Owing to the dissolution of the firm
Of Storey s. Abbott, those indebted to
them are, by notice IN another column,
requested TO settle before the COM
mencement of the new year.
The Epworth League of the
Methodist church cordially invites all
its friends to "Candy Pull" at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Otis on
next Friday evening, December 9th.
win Matthews was at home from
Cedar Rapids over Thanksgiving. He
is student at the Cedar Rapids Bust
ness college and expects to graduate
from that institution in about three
weeks.
"A. N. Smith is at ssnitarium in
Mt. Clemens, Mich, receiving treat
ment for an attack of muscular rheu-
matism from which he has been suffer
ing for several weeks past. Mrs. Smith
is with him.
"A. D. Brown now designstes him.
self as the "chair man" because Of
the large sale Of chairs at the
chair sale in progress at his store the
past week. He will continue the sale
another week.
John w. Swinburne has purchased
printing outfit and will soon issue a
newspaper at Delhi. He is deserter
from the journalistic ranks, but we vel.
come his return and hope he may be
successful. -Earlville Phoenix.
Letters addressed to Miss l.. Blanch
Davis, Miss Maud Lull, Miss Maud
Masterhaus, ~; Mrs. s. /. Allen, Mrs
Mary Baldwin, Mrs. M. A. Grow, ~
1fdr. viii Barker, Mr.. George R. Jones
}(2); Mr.. Ivey Penny are advertised at
unclaimed at the post Office in this city
The. hospital at Independence il
quarantined, there being fifteen cases Of
diphtheria among the inmates and at
tendants. Miss Emma Malven, of this
city, who has been working in that in
stitution for several months, is just re-.
covering from an attack of the dread
disease.
HI. Schweitert, the superintendent
elect of this county, is a native of Col
ony township, and was at one time ,
teacher in the schools of this county
For the past five years he has been at
tending school at Cornell college. W.
bespeak for him the same loyal supper
Of the teachers that the present super
intendent has received. The success 0
this officer is largely dependent upol