Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
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WEDNESDAY. MAY. 8, 1900.
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Geo. Acres was Dubuque visitor
Saturday.
M. Gollobitz transacted business at
Ryan Saturday.
John Cameron and Thomas Sim
mons are home from Chicago.
Miss Griess, of Hopkinton, was
visiting with Manchester friends Satur-
day.
Geo..W. Hunt, of the IIollister I.um-
her Co., was transacting business in
Dubuque last Thursday.
Mrs. L. r. Champion visited rela-
tives and other friends in Dubuque the
latter part of the week.
Mrs. Will Denton departed Thurs
day of last week for Chicago where
she will spend sometime visiting with
friends.
"A wandering orchestra furnished
the inspiration for a social da ce at the
Central opera house last Wednesday
evening.
w. Gienapp, one of the prosperous
farmers of the vicinity of Delaware
was an agreeable caller at this office
Saturday.
Mrs. H. w. Russell went to Du-
buque Saturday for few days visit
with friends.
Miss Clara Commerford who has
been attending the Epworth League
convention at Monticello as delegate
from this city, returned home Satur-
day.
DIR. Clack, 9 prosperous dentist of
Clear Lake. Iowa, was q guest at the
homes of Mrs J. B. Satterlee and j. w.
Miles, Thursday and Friday Of last
week.
MIR. and Mrs. G. II. Day moved
their house hold goods from Dubuque
to this city last week and now are at
home in the J. F. Merry residence, cor
ner Franklin and Union streets.
lit is expected that the City Hall
Theatre Company will refurnish and in
other ways renovate the City Hall room
and stage, contemplating the need Of
these Improvements when the play sea-
son opens.
The attention Of those engaged in
raising draft or buggy horses is called
to Geo. Nieman's advertisement. He
has several as fine horses as have ever
been kept in this county, description
of which he gives in his announcement.
DR.. T. G. Matthews arrived on
Wednesday afternoon from Miles City,
Montana, looking well and feeling
ditto. He is just in time to give the
boys pointers in horseshoe pitching
and may stay long enough to go fish
ing.-Earlville Phoenix.
Work has already been commenced
on the foundations of the new electric
light and power plant. II considered
advisable this company car furnish the
new railroad with electric power suffi-
cient to operate the line, not alone to
Oneida but very much further.
Gal. Atkinson, though still young
man, has seen long service in the groc-
cry trade. He has pre-empted q half
column space in the Democrat and will
devote it to informing the readers of
this paper of what he has to sell and
the inducements he has to offer his
patrons.
"A rustic youth with laughing eye,
Sat on stump munching pie. A lop
cared mule, with q paint brush tail,
nearby on clover did regale. A bum
BILE bee came sailing along, and paused
to sing the mule song; but the mule
for music had no ear, 80 his heels flew
through the atmosphere and over the
top of an apple tree the boy scared on
to eternity.
That Dyersville will have base
ball team the coming season is now an
assured fact. At meeting held last
Wednesday evening the club was organ
lied and the captain and manager were
elected. The grounds will be rettted
and improved and new uniforms will
be here as soon as the order can be
filled. With the exception of Brueck-
ner the aggregation consists entirely of
new men. The "Dyersville Colts" as
the team ID named, will 60 into train
ing at once and in few weeks will be
able to pound leather all over any field
in the neighborhood. Commercial.
Mrs. Elizabeth Seeds gave q tea on
Friday evening last in honor of the
engagement of Miss Ethel Seeds to Mr..
Hugo Won Oven. Guests were admitted
by Miss Bertha Seeds, sister of the bride
to be, and after the removal of wraps,
they were ushered into the east parlor
where Mrs. Seeds met them and an
nounced the good taste of Mr.. Won Oven
in hisselection of helpmhte. Tea was
served atsix, and the table was hand
somely decorated, each guest receiving
as favor beautiful American Beauty
rose The dainty supper served by Mrs.
Seeds and Mrs. U. b. Durham, was
thoroughly enjoyed by all and the hour
following was pleasantly spent in Soc
ial conversation interpreted with
music. Those present were the Mes
danes F. W. Ford, j. B. Hosg, e. B.
Stiles, Byron Bronson, and the Misses
Ethel Seeds, Grace Ford, Irene Jones,
Mary Kenyon, Emily Paxson, and Ber-
tina Seeds.
An organization, to be known as
the City Hall Theatre Co. has been per.
fected in our city the past week, where
by it is proposed to give Manchester
play goers first class entertainments
the coming winter. The company is
Differed as follows: President, w. N.
Wolcott; Vice-president, E. H. Hoyt;
Secretary, F. B. Blair; Treasurer; Geo.
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