Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-30

WEDNESDAY'M MAY 80. 1900
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Read Harry Stewards essay on the
cherry season"
Alex Blair, of South Fork, was in
the city Monday.
The twelve year old son of N. Wall
is sick Of scarlet fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. 9. II. Day were In
Chicago the first of the week.
Mrs Ellen Gaffney, of Silver Creek,
shopped in Manchester Friday.
Morris Mayer, Of Oneida, was tran.
ssctlng busine So here Saturday.
Miss Jennie Lsnghammer visited
in Dyersville Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. j. G. Flemming is seriously
Ill and but small hopes are entertained
for her recovery.
gel-Miss Jessie Russell was the guest
of her aunt, Ms. Mary Doolittle in Hop.
kinton last week.
Rev. Craft, q sonin-law of T. F.
Wescott, of Hopkfnton, died Friday at
his home in Waterloo.
Mrs A. A. Anderson returned
Thursday from visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hal Philips in Chicago. I.
Attorney b. @. Perkins, R. H. Bow
man, B.A..Stone and j. w, Swinburne,
of Delhi, were county seat visitors Mon
day. .
Mrs. Ed Cox and son, of Omshs
arrived in the city Monday Tor visit
with relatives and friends In this vi
:inity.
Mrs. Horace Atwatef was the guest
ofMrs. j.. F. jackson in Dubuque last
week. MI. Atwates Joined in the visit
over Sunday. ~ =
Jerome Sabin left yesterday morn.
ing for Dubuque to accept q position as
time keeper with q steel gang on the
Illinois Central.
n. Edmunds and son, Kit, departed
Monday evening for Charles Mix county,
s. D., to look over the land there with q
view to purchasing.
Mrs. F. NJ. Pardee and two sons, of
Corwith, Iowa, arrived in the city
Thursday for an extended visit at the
home of Mrs. T.. G. Kline.
To be appreciated, after dinner
delicacies must be tempting to the ap.
petite. This thought is suggested by
Peterson Bros. announcement.
The mems meeting next Sunday will
be led by DR.. e. S. Pettijohn, an emf.
nent physician of Chicago. All men
are cordially invited to be present.
Mrs. John Jones and daughter, of
Somonauk, ILL.,. departed Friday for
Storm Lake, Iowa, after a visit of
week with relatives and friends here.
Marriage licenses were issued the
past week to Fred Miller and Grace
Meyer, Charles E. Trip and Ellen E.
Reed, and D. L Quinette and Ellen NJ.
O.Brien.
Mrs. J. R. Toogood departed We'd
nesday for Syracuse, N. Y, where she
will visit for some time in her former
home with relatives and other friends.
The Six Handed Euchre Club de-
fies the summer heat and continues
meeting on each Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. W. D. Hogan entertains thu ladies'
today.
Jackson Tucker, of Manchester,
was in town last Sunday en- route home
from Holy Cross where he had been for
several days looking after his land in
terests. He owns quite q large number
Of farms in that part of the county
Dyersville Newsletter.
The other evening, while young
man was calling, with his little sister,
at residence quite q distance from
this city, the little girl was yigor-
ously embracing one of the young
ladies of the house. Some one re-
marked of the little tot: "How very
affectionate she isp eyes SO like her
brother!" responded the young lady I'M
thinkingly. And then she wondered
why everyone laughed.
One hundred and forty men at
tended the mems meeting at the City
Hall Sunday afternoon which was ad-
dressed by F. B. Smith, Of Chicago,
international Secretary of the Y. N. c..
A The meeting was in charge of Sec
rotary Champion, Rev. Grail led in
prayer and Austin Brown conducted
the song service. Mr.. Smith spoke for
nearly an hour, his subject being "a
Strong Man" He made several strong
comparisons of what constituted
strong man and every man present
went away feeling that he had been
benefited. The meeting was very sue
cessful one.
"A Manageable Mutual Benefit as
ISOLATION is the title Of one of the latest
organizations, having for its object the
fleeing of those who are ready to let 60
of their money. Its pretended object
is to lay up money for the wedding
day. Members who expect sometime
to marry pay assessments which,
accumulated, are supposed to form
fund from which o. stated amount is
paid to the member who marries. I'm.
like the members of a life insurance
company the member does not need to
die to winnie simply marries. a COM
pany of this class, says the Monticello
Express, existed in Cedar Rapids fif-
teen years ago, but it couldn't stand the
pressure of all its members marrying
within three weeks after joining, and
1t went up without assets enough to
buy bridal boquet.
The two negroes who burglarlzed
DR. r. Al. Hefner's reaidance last wenk