Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-09
Miss May Van Dyne returned Mon

| Miss May Van Dyne returned Mon
day morning to her home near Water,
loo.
\ Mrs. Fred Williams, of Chicago, is
visiting friends and relatives in this
city.
| II. N. Arnold announces ship
ment OF choice olives in his change of
sd. this week.
p. q. Stevens, a student of Lenox
College occupied the Presbyterian pull
pit here last Sunday.
| The attention of every reader of
the Democrat is called to the Racket
Stores new and enlarged ad.
| "A number from here contemplate
attending the county fair which will
be held in Monticello this week.
| Gregg & Ward advertise low prices
in window shades. Read what they
say in their ad in another column.
MIR and Mrs. Joe Hoag went to
Hopkinton last Friday to witness the
Hopkinton- Manchester ball game.
Parties indebted to A. Thorpe on
book account should read the second
epistle to them in another column.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Philip, Miss Jen-
ME Holmes and Be-t Hoag expect to go
into camp at Quaskueton next week.
g. s. Lister and family returned
home last Monday after pleasant
week in camp on the Quaker Mill
pond.
MIR. and Mrs. Il. A. Fishel are en-
joyng visit from their niece, MiRs Ida
Bruce, of Iowa Falls. She will remain
here about three weeks.
Marriage licenses were issued from
the Clerks office to the following dur.
ing the past week; Floyd Mitchell and
Mary Mosier, John w. Carroll, Rock
we'll Ia, and Matilda q. Ripper and
John Ham and Mary ). Nutting.
Letters addressed to Miss Sarah
Leonard, Mrs, Fannie Butler, Mrs.
II. II. Bow nan, Mrs. Emma Richards,
Mrs, Mary Stone, Mrs. w. Garland,
Mrs. Louisa Stone, Wesley Bloom, Geo.
Sheppard, G. H. WEIGH and John Hart
man are unclaimed at the post office in
this city.
DR.. E. q. Dlttmer returned home
last week from Elma where he has been
assisting physician with his practice
for several weeks during the absence
of the latter. He has gone to Morning
Sun, being called there by the illness of
his wife's mother. Mrs. Dittmer has
been there for some time.
"A party from here pitched their
camp on the Quaker Mill pond last
Monday morning and will spend the
week enjoying out door life. The
crowd is made up of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Sias, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas Baumgartner, and Miss
Kate Commerford.
Two or three days after the late
republican county convention 81. ]
Schwietert who was given the nomina-
ton for county Superintendent, caused
a letter to be published in the Press an
nouncing that he declined the nomina-
ton. He has since reconsidered for the
reasons stated in card published in
another column at his request.
Mrs. Emile Strew died at her home
in this township last Saturday, aged
80 years. The only surviving member
of her family is son, Theo. Max Strew
of Decatur City, this state. The flu.
neral services were held last Sunday at
her late residence, Rev. Melchert, of
Ryan officiating, and the remains were
laid to rest in the cemetery in this city
Ralph Stone the seven year old son
of Nr. and Mrs. Stone who resides near
Edgewood, died of dysentery in this city
last Thursday evening. He was taken
sick the fore part of the week while he
in company with his mother were visit |
ing at the home of d. M. Conklin. The
funeral services were held last Sunday
and the interment was made in the
Edgewood cemetery.
w. H. Long, of Delaware, was a
caller at this Office Monday. He spent
last winter in California and other
points on the Pacific coast and says he
saw no place on his trip that suited
him as well as Delaware county. AS q
rule that is the case with all residents
of this county, they return glad that
this is their home. Of course there is
now and then an exception but they
are few.
Bronson u Carr are advertising for
sale the LOOMS tract of land near the
Backbone in Richland township, at the
extremely low price of $500 per acre.
This offer is only good during the re-
naming days of the present month.
There are about 615 acres of this land,
enough to make two or three good pas.
lures, with running water in each. This
is an opportunity to purchase land not
likely to ever again be duplicated in the
county.
-Chas. Blair arrived here last Mon.
day morning from New York City, for
visit with his friends and relatives
here. After remaining here short
time, he in company with his wife and
children, who have been here for sever
al weeks, and her parents, DIR. and Mrs.
w. B. sherman will depart for Cleveland,
o., where they will be guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Sears. Mrs. Sears will be
remembered as daughter of DR.. and
Mrs Sherman.
| Nine of the Manchester ball play
ers got together last Friday and went
to Hopkinton and won game from
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