Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Mrs. Lewis Atwater went t,


Michael Flynn of Adams town
ship, was in the city Monday.
w. T. Merrick and f. A. Harris, Of
Earlville, were in the city Monday.
Merle Elder is spending few days
visiting with friends in Masonville.
-Scharles, the Tailor and Grasstield
Bros. have illustrated ads. in this issue
e. B. Stiles and Geo. Durham
were Masonville business visitors Tues.
day.
John Pentony is employed as AS
sistant to the Engineer on the new
line of railway.
Miss Clara Post left Monday fol
Jacksonville, Illinois. where she will
attend Business college.
Mrs. Hattie Lamey, of Onslow,, ar.
rived the fret of the week and is visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. Lou Bronson.
Dan'l Brownell, Curtis, Wisconsin
is here for two weeks visit with his
brother, Chas. Brownell, and wife.
Mrs. King Goodwin has returned
from an extended visit among relatives
and friends in the State of Vermont.
Miss Marie Haller, Chicago, arrived
Monday evening and is visiting in the
Mrs. u. j. Skinner home in North Man
chester.
Mrs. Chas. McC ormick, though not
yet able to be up, is getting along nice
ly and her friends are feeling sure of
her complete recovery.
Mrs. Nellie Morris returned to
her home in Cedar Rapids Tuesday
morning after an extended visit with
her sister, Mrs. H. Gray.
w. j. Nix, Waterloo, and Mrs. L. j.
Rumsey, Dyersville, who were Gale d
here by the death of their father, j. r.
Nix, returned Saturday to their respect
i've homes.
Justice of the Peace Pearse officiat-
ed Monday at the marriage of REESE NJ.
Merrick and Miss Alice Sandercock
Both of the contracting parties live in
Eariville.
Mrs. I. Crosby and daughter, Mrs.
Pinch and family, departed Tuesday
morning for Austin, Minnesota, where
they will visit Mrs. Crosby's daughter,
Mrs. Sabin, for week or more.
Mrs. L. NJ. johnson and daughter,
Miss Grace, arrived last week and are
guests in the home of Mrs. Johnson's
parents, M. and Mrs. d. d. Allen. They
will remain until Thursday of this week.
The Mystic Toilers will have their
regular meeting next Monday evening,
at which time very important business
will come before the lodge. Every
member is earnestly requested to re.
member the date and to be there.
e. E. Farwell gave grand open
ing of his new store last Saturday, and
the day was more than ordinarily sue.
cessfnl, hundreds OF people calling and
listening to the music and looking over
his new stock of goods in the musical
and jewelry lines.
Mrs. j. w. Shelhamer, mother of
Mrs. W. ID. Goodwin, and son, Joe, ar.
rived Saturday from Springville for a
visit of two weeks at the home of her
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Goodwin,
Rowley. are also guests in the w. d
Goodwin home this week.
Frank Merwin, who has spent the
summer among the Rocky Mountains
spent few days with relatives and
friends in the city, departing Tuesday
morning for Dubuque where he has ac-
copied position as Assistant Secretary
of the Y. NJ. G. A. of that place.
Three marriage licenses were issued
during the past week. Frank Solder
Masonyille, and Mary Berkeley, Delhi;
Reese NJ. Merrick and Alice Sandercock
both of Esrlville; Marion Dillon, Cas-
cade, and Frances II. Winters, Hopkin.
ton, were the contracting parties.
The w. r. c. ladies' will serve din
ner today, Wednesday, in the Pythian
Castle on Main street. The ladies be-
longing to the Relief Corps are famous
cooks and the Henderson crowd will be
promptly served and we'll fed if they
come to the W. r. c. head quarters.
Letters addressed to the following
persons are unclaimed at the post office
in this city: Miss ELIZABETH Burrows
Dtr. and Mrs. Chss. Philip, Nahum j..
Bachelor, Win w. Wrunans, Harlan
Hindershop, A. S. Graham, VIM. Pekin
Burns 2, II. b. Jilsop, Morris Sol, ID. A.
Slife, and o. II. Bruce 2.
Tuesday afternoon the High school
gave program on China, the Seniors
and Juniors doing the debating and orat-
ing and the two lower classes preparing
essays and giving recitations, all upon
some phase of China and the Chinese
question. The schools of the city are
for the rest of the week-'cause this is
fair week.
Last Thursday deal was consum.
mated whereby Alex Stearns became
an equal partner with Z. W. kirkpat.
rick in thu cold storage plant. MI
Stearns has engaged q second clerk
Emory Newton, for his grocery bust
ness and expects to spend the create
share of his time in the new Compsny's
office. Messrs. kirkpatrick and Stearns
will continue to handle fruit in carload
lots and otherwise do general coo
storage business. Mrs. Z. H. Stearne
will take charge of the books in the
Stearns grocery store.
VIM. McCusker, of Hazel Greer
township, brought to this office last Fri
day two of the best ears of corn w
have seen this year. Mr.. McCuskel