Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-16
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city the first of the week.
Arthur Middleton was business
visitor in Manchester Saturday.
Robin Denton was transacting
business in Masonville Monday.
Miss Belle Huey, of Golden, was
the guest of Miss Grace Malvin Satur-
day.
Miss Nora Maroney was the guest
of Miss Jennie Langhammer Friday
last.
The North End druggists, Gregg &
Ward advertise fullline of machin.
cry oils,
Father P. H. Ryan, of Ryan, was
business visitor in Manchester the first
of the week.
WIN. Giles went to Lamont yester-
day to do some work in the cemetery
at that place.
III. Sabin and j. b. Rutherford re.
turned the latter part of the week from
a Dakota trip.
H. Philip, of Earlville was the
guest of his brother, A. c. Philip, and
wife last Friday.
r.. W. Johnson left Sunday night
for Waterloo where he has accepted
position in the Logan House.
e. E. Rrice. Of Dubuque arrived
here Saturday morning and is assist
ing w, d. Goodwin in his barber shop.
Attorney b. e. Arnold went to
Colesburg Monday on business con-
nected with the projected Colesburg
railroad.
%. Q. Clark sold team of large
grey horses to parties in Strawberry
Point last Saturday. The consideration
was $500.
Clyde Heath resigned his position
Monday as night clerk at the Clarence
House to accept the day clerkship at
the Globe.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Jackson came
put from Dubuque Friday and re-
NAMED until Sunday evening with rele-
tives in this city.
Marriage licenses were issued the
past week to Bert II. Hamblin and
Mabel 1. Haigh and Frank 1. Plank
and Verga L. Foote.
C. w. Miller received last week at
his agricultural Implement warehouse,
two car loads of buggies and wagons,
and invites an inspection of same.
MIR. and Mrs. b. ". Jewell returned
Sunday evening from Omaha where
Mr.. Jewell attended meeting of the
executive council of the w. o. w.
Mrs Ona Glissendorf Searles re-
turned to her home in Waterloo the
latter part of the'week after short visit
with relatives and friends in this city.
Miss Anna Glissendorf has been at
home the past two weeks, her school in
District No.6, Collins Grove township
having been closed on account of the
scarlet fever.
Mrs. Rebecca Carpenter is having
very neat improvement in the shape
of cement side walk made in and |
about her place at the corner of Gay
and Franklin streets.
"A. j. Browns five room cottage on
the corner of Tama and Howard streets
is rapidly nearing completion, and
when finished will be very convenient
and pleasant residence.
Mrs. @. s. Giddtngs, who has been
visiting her daughters, Mrs Will Hutch
inson and Mrs. j. b. Hoag, and other
friends in Manchester for some time, re-.
turns Friday to her home in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Miss Edith Durham leaves Thurs
day for Washington, ID. G., to take an
examination for position in the Cen
sus bureau. She will stop. off in Chi.
csgo while enroute for few days visit
with relatives there.
The Manchester second nine and
the Strawberry Point high school team
crossed bats in game of base ball on
the latter's diamond Saturday afternoon
resulting in a victory for Strawberry
Point by score of IA too.
Miss Blanc, of Walker, trained,
nurse graduate from the Iowa Homeo-
pathic Hospital at Iowa City, arrived in
the city Monday and is assisting Miss
Elva Durham in caring for the sick at
the home of Mrs E. o. Clemans.
Mr.. Frank Spence, of White :Oaks,
New Mexico, is visiting here at the
home of his brother, q. Spence and
wife. He is one of the Spence Broth
ers, who own and operate a large sheep
ranch at that place-Aopkinton Lead.
or.
An emergency meeting of the
school board was held Sunday evening
at which 1t was decided to close the
public schools of the city Friday of
this week as precautionary measure
to prevent the spread of the scarlet
fever.
We hope that the letter from H.
L. Walter, on another page will be fol-
lowed by others from his pen. Mr..
Walter was formerly engaged in the
photograph business here, but for the
last ten years OF more has been aocated
at Jonesboro, Ill.
| Three stock cars loaded with
blooded horses were attached to the
east bound passenger train Saturday
night. The horses had been on the
road since the Tuesday previous, being
enroute from California to Chicago,
where they will be entered in the com.
ing Chicago Derby.
The warm weather of the past few
days has caused q large demand to be