Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-30
Ernest Eaton, Of Des Moinea. is

visiting at the parental home in this
city.
Mrs. R. +. Carpenter spent Sunday
at Epworth, the guest of Mrs. Chas.
Hustled.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet with Mrs. G. A. Highfield, 5Os
Main street, next Friday, June LIST, 2:3C
p, m.
-Lafe Matthews jr. has accepted 6
position with the Excelsior aundryl.and
entered upon tie duties of his position
yesterday.
Louis Wheeler, of Hopkinton, war
q business visitor In Manchester Tues
day. The Democrat acknowledges 6
pleasant call from the gentleman.
VIM. Thorpe, for many years {
resident of this county but who now
lives at Greene, a., visited part of las
week at the home of his father, j. b
Thorpe, north of town.
The commencement exercises O.
Lenox College at Hopkinton will b,
held from June 10th to 14th inclusive
The fortieth anniversary of the colleg,
will be celebrated on the 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Howard ant
daughter, of Hartley, spent seYera
days Of the past week with relatives il
this city Mr.. Howard is q brother Of
Mfs.-W. S. Beels and Mrs. Howard is {
sister of o. @. Clark.
i III might not be, q bad idea fol
Auditor Merriam's friends to look aftel
his interests in this county when dele
gates to the state convention are elected
Some Of the delegates to the count,
convention elected last Saturday are BY
no means Merriam men.
Through Agent r, NJ. Marvin
pensions have been granted to Fred
Frentress and Mrs. Asa Miller, both Of
Honey Creek township. Mr.. Frentress
receives So per month dating from DC.
tober 10, 1897, and Mrs. Miller SO pc,
month from July 8, 1899.
"A program consisting of music and
Rotations together with a discussion
Of the question, "Resolved that those
who favor prohibition should vote the
prohibition ticket will be given at the
home f-Mrs. Amelia Wood on Mon
day evening, June 4th, at 7:30 o'clock.
A cordial invitation Is extended.
The members of WA. Morse Post
Womans' Relief Corp, all ex:soldiers
and Spanish American soldiers are re.
quested to meet at G. A. r. hall with
memorial badges Wednesday May Both,
at Q q. NJ, to march to cemetery.
By order
GEO. CoMMERFoRD, Commander.
The members of the Thirteen Club
held their annual club tea last Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. r. l..
Brooks. 1t being the last meeting of
The year officers were elected as follows:
president, Mrs. F. II. Paul; vice-presi.
lent, Mrs. H. @. Haeberle; secretary,
Mrs. R. L. Brooks; treasurer, Mrs. L.
After the short business SEES.
sion the members enjoyed very pleas
ant social evening.
AT the annual meeting of the
Science Circle the following officers
we're elected: Mrs. z. NJ. Carr, presi-
lent; Mrs. A. A. Morse, vice-president;
Mrs. F. T.. Newcomb, secretary and
social committee, Mrs. jennie
Jones, Mrs, Flora Beels and Mrs. Mary
Pierce. This club has just closed q
rear of pleasant and helpful study,
md the program In the club calender
promises another year of interest and
pleasure, the first meeting of the year
being on September 10th.
"A reunion of the children of the
ate Mrs. Elizabeth Clark was held at
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. q. G. Clark
n this city last Friday. There were
present j. w. and F. T. Clark, Of
Washington, ID. G.; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
J. Jakelin, of Lamont; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Howard and daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Colby and son, Of
Hartley, lowe; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Larabee and daughter. and Mrs. Cora
Quitmeyer, of Forestvills; Misses Anna
and Florence Clark, of Lamont, and F.
]. Clark, of Richland township.
Word has been received here snnounc-
ing the death of Henry Ryan at Frank
in, Oregon, last week. Deceased was
'ixty- eight years old and was son of
The late II. L: Ryan, and q brother of
VIM. Ryan, of this place; the late d. l..
Ryan, and Mrs. II. A. Morse and Mrs.
". N. Cooley, of Franklin, Oregon.
Mr.. Ryan was q former resident Of
Delaware county, coming here in 1854
and remaining until 1887. He has
many friends here who will read of his
Heath with genuine sorrow and regret.
The deceased leaves wife, q son and a
--"Did you ever happen to think ?
said A. V. Radon, of Kansas City, to
the New York Tribune man, "of how
much better it would be if people
would atlix stamps neatly and in upright
position upon their letters instead of
the heller SHELTER manner which is SO
generally preyalent2 Besides. it is
treating in a fitting manner the MEM
Dry of those great ones in the history Of
the Republic whose features are held in
living memory by me ans of the past.
The father OF his country has rot
come down to US historically as one
likely to enter the presence of a lady on
bis nese, or even when carrying you a
notification that your bank account is
overdrawn, to do SO while skating
On his left eyebrow"
Thomas j. Nc Donsugh, aged six
teen years, died at Mercy hospital at