Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
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Warren Dickinson, OF Dubuque,
visited friends in the city yesterday.
Hollis Brownell, janitor of the
Court House Is confined to his home by
illness.
Mrs. j. b. Thorpe left yesterday
morning for visit with relatives at
Fayette.
M. 1. B. Richmond went to Sioux
City yesterday morning with car load
of cattle.
John Ehler left Monday morning
for visit with friends at Dyersville
and Petersburg.
| Prof. j. p. Hughett, of Cedar Rap
ids, will occupy the Presbyterian pulpit
next Sunday morning and evening.
1 I'D Luthmers who is now in bust
ness in Sumner, Iowa, came down Mon.
day and is visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taylor are the
parents of baby boy born last We'd
nesday at their home north of Mason
vile.
DIR. VIM. F. King, president of
Cornell College, was the guest of
friends in this city the first of the
week.
| Mrs. Maggie Johnson Kellogg left
Saturday for Macon, Mo-, after visit
with friends and relatives at her former
home.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Blanchard of the poor farm is
recovering from an attack of scarlet
fever.
james McCarren returned home
last Friday from Des Moines, where he
has been attending Highland Park
College.
Mrs. w. II. Seeds went to Water
loo last Monday evening for visit
with friends. She will remain there
about three weeks.
"A. NJ. Hunt, who is in the employ
of the Mccormick Harvester Co., has
returned to this city to remain during
the coming season.
Miss Kate Shimmen departed Mon
day evening for her home in Pecaton-
lea, Illinois, called there by the serious
Illness of her aged father.
Mrs. j. B. Hoag returned home
last Saturday evening from Cleveland,
Ohio. She was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs G. $. Giddings.
| -Anders & Philips change of ad
was received too late for insertion in
this Issue. They announce that they
have large and beautiful line of valen-
tines and invite inspection.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Blaisdell have
taken up their residence in this city.
They moved here last Saturday and
will reside in the house on west Butler
street recently vacated by E. w. Sedg-
wick.
| Mrs. Edward Meader died of pneu-
monia Thursday of last week at her
home in Delaware. She is survived by
a husband and twelve children. The
funeral services we're held last Saturday
afternoon.
George Malvin, Will Houser and
Dell Skinner went to Independence Mon
day night to be present at the reorgan-
ization of Co. E, of the 49th Iowa,
which will in the future be part of the
Iowa national guard. y
The "Deestrict Skule" entertain
ment given last week by the Women's
Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A. was de-
!, cided success and much credit is due to
those who had it in charge. Over $50
was cleared for the association.
The members of the Presbyterian
congregation have extended call to
Rev. G. A. Highfeld, of Waterman,
Illinois, and he has written assurance
! of his acceptance. He will enter upon
his duties the first Sunday in March.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Balloon left
yesterday morning for Wheaton, Illi-
nois,- to attend the funeral of the
formers mother, who died of paralysis
last Monday at her home in Marshall
town. The deceased was sixty nine
years old and had been patient suffer.
or for many months.
The state president of the W. c. T..
u, Mrs. Marion H. Durham, will give
a temperance address at the Methodist
church Sunday evening next. She will
also speak in the M. E. church to the
ladies of Manchester on Sunday after
noon at three o'clock. The evening
service will be Union meeting.
Harvey E. Leonard was found dead
in a bed in Ell Paso, Texas, last Monday
morning. His death is thought to have
resulted from disease of his throat.
lie was well known in this city, having
been for several years conductor on
the Manchester and Cedar Rapids
branch of the Central. His wife sur
wives him.
-Scharles s. Sebeek have now got
their stock in place in the Bradley Il
Sherman building and invite all those
in need of anything in the line of mer
chant tailoring to give them q call. They
have full line of gents furnishing
goods and make specially of cleaning
and repairing wearing apparel. The
announcement of their opening will BIZ
be found on the fourth page of thil
paper.
The tenth anniversary banquet Of
the First National Bank of this city
held at the Clarence House last
Thursday evening, could not well hav'
been improved upon in any respect
/: Every arrangement was we'll up to tn,
standard of perfection, and LANDLORD
Dixson and his able assistant, Robert
w. Johnson, have reason to feel PROUD
Of the manner in which the banquet wa
served. In the estimation of the write
! it could not have been improved upo1
D in any hotel in tho state The Ovid