Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Arthur Breed is teacher of the Eads

| 0TOV6 6CuOUl.
, CLARK Day visited in Chicago the
fore part of last week.
ID. II. Finch was a Cedar Rapids
business caller last Wednesday.
Harry Stewart, ''the pure food gro
cern handles the white wine vinegar.
Mrs. H. A. Dittmer and children
visited with relatives at Greeley last
week.
| Prairie chickens are ripe and the
laws of Iowa now permits them to be
slaughtered.
Mrs. B. W. Jewell and Miss Ennis
Boggs visited with Edgewood friends
Thursday of last week.
Miss Augusta Stewart, of Wayerly,
| N. Y, is visiting in this city, the guest
of her uncle, G. E. sager.
| Superintendent Blanchard and wife
of the poor farm were among the guests
of the city on Woodman picnic day,
| Albert Retz went to Sioux City yes
terday to look after train load of cat
tic shipped from the far west to his
company.
This being the first school week
since vacation, Kalamity dubs himself
at the close of his advertisement. The
Scholars Outfitter."
e. G. Dolan has sold his 24O acre
farm in Adams township for $4,000.
He bought the farm fourteen years ago
paying for it $4,000.
M. Beehler departed last week for
Mt Clemans, Michigan, where he will
seek rest and recreation. His son,
Charles, accompanied him.
Mrs. Leftwick, of Burlington, Kan
sas, and p. W. Beacon, of Adams,
Mimi, were guests of their brother,
+. N. Beacon, in this city last Thurs
day.
The Nj. & o. R'y Co. has let the
contract for the construction of its line
OF road to Oneida to the Manchester
Construction Co., and the grading will
probably be commenced within the next
week or ten days.
Mrs. H. F Philip, who has been
visiting friends in the city for the past
two weeks returned to her home in
Chicago Friday evening. Mr.. Philip
remained for further visit with rela.
tives and friends.
John Cook, of Hopkinton, visited
with the family of his uncle, VIM.
Cook, in Collins Grove and attended the
Old Settlers Meeting and Woodlands
Picnic here last week. He favored
this office with q pleasant call.
| Our old friend Arnold Bockcnstedt,
accompanied by Joseph Vessels. was
before the board of supervisors yestef-
day and got the road running through
Mr.. Vessels farm in Bremen township
relocated, thereby benetitting the farm
! without injury to the highway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert M. Crawford,
of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, were the
guests of the family OF Thos. Given for
several days, returning home last Mon
day. Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Given
are sisters. Mr.. Crawford is the pub
Usher of the Mineral Point Democrat.
The Six Handed Euchre Club met
with Miss Beehler on West Butler
street last Wednesday afternoon. Next
Thursday they spend the afternoon and
take tea with Mrs. q. q. Barry at Barry.
vile. Anticipatlons of jolly after
noon and tempting supper are rum
ming high.
The editor of the Greeley Home.
Press will vote for Mckinley unless
well here is what he says about 1t, draw
your own conclusion; ga lady in
Greeley bet another one that we were
q democrat-she lost, but we can say
q melon would come mighty near
making US change our political faith
| AT the special election held Monday
to determine whether or no a franchise
for an electric light plant should be
granted to E. w. Hoag by the council
there was much larger vote polled
than was anticipated. OF tho 512 bal
tlots cast 44s were in favor of granting
the franchise and only SO against it.
IT'S we'll
Last Friday eveninga number OF
the believers in Christian Science Of
this city met and organized q Chris
tian Science Workers Society. The
officers elected are: president, Mrs. j. w
May; Clerk, Mrs. Charles Noble; Treas
Mis-. M. l. b. Richmond; First Reader,
Miss Floy Cooley; Second Reader, Miss
Mamie satterlee. The society will here
after hold regular services every Sunda.
afternoon at three o'clock in the Uni
versalist church in this city.
The missionary society of the Pres
byterian church will meet at Mrs. Cros
by's home at $50 p. m. this (Wednes
> day. afternoon. The following is til,
program: Devotional exercises; Foreign
, Emigration, Mrs. Walter Lawrence
! Work Among Chinese in America, Mrs
W. W. Ford; Chinese Memorial to Rey
Il Dr. John Hall, Miss Dain: Work Anon,
4 Jannbese in America, Mrs. L. G. Preuss
ner; TSo Homes, Mrs. Hoyt; Poem, .'Th
Great Record" by kite Galpin Perkins
Tread by Mrs. Crosby.
"A farewell party in honor of Mr.
on d Mrs a. w. Woodland was held q
the larson. xe 1.-THE Golden church las
Thn,,,day md about seventy-fiy
friends Of this ssppy couple were pres
ant. 1,he tables were fairly loade
with good things to eat and tho a
aembled company di, ! Justice to th
meal. They presented Mr.. and Mr.
Woodland wish sack of money as
token of the esteem in whicl lucy wei
hold in the commnnitv and ltot BY