Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 10, 1900.
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ID. H. Young was in Chicago thu
first of the week.
DIR. j. Lindsay visited in Des
Moines part of last week.
"A new floor was laid last week ir
Kalamity's Plumber store.
Mrs. j. ]. Lindsay and daughter
Florence visited in Chicago part of last
week.
III. b. Simmons, Of Chadron, Ne
braska, is buying cattle in this vi
cinity.
-Chas IL. Day, of Dubuque, was g
business caller on Manchester friends
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Harrison are the
parents of boy baby, born Suturd y OF
last week.
Rev. G. A. Highfeld will lead the
mems meeting in the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
next Sunday.
-Miss Anna Riz, of Dubuque is
visiting at the home of her friend, MRS
E. r. Champion.
Curtis Rogers, of Newell, Iowa, Wis
tied friends and relatives in this city
Thursday of last week.
Miss Eva Carkeek, of Dubuque,
visited here last week at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. J. II. Keyes.
"A boy was bora to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Haker last Thursday at their
home three miles east of town.
Mrs. Fred Ford left last week for
her former home at Elk Point, South
Dakota, for short visit with her
parents.
Miss Dora Leroy will entertain
the r. E. o. chapter next Friday after
noon, at which time Intending Day.
WILDE observed.
Rev. d. Russell left last week for
New York City to visit his son, Daniel,
who is now pastor of Presbyterian
church in that city.
Mrs. John Ford ana Mrs. E. b,
Stiles will entertain the Whist Club
Friday evening of this week at the
home of the former.
John Smith arrived home last Sun
day morning from two weeks visit
with friends and relatives in Wash
burn county, Wisconsin.
Alex Sefstrom has purchased a lot
on Tama street just north Of the rail.
road track, of II. G. Pierce and will
erect q residence thereon this season.
-Dr. P. E. Triem has begun the
erection of barn at the rear of his
Office building on main street. The
ground dimensions will be 22x4O feet.
Under the statutes of Iowa, and
the articles of the companies, the stock
holders of railroads are not personally
liable for the debts Of tho corporations.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. b. Smith are ex-
pected home from Hammond, about
the first of next month, and will we pre-
sumo spend the summer and fall here.
Miss Iona Rollins, who is an oper-
ator on the Standard Telephone Ex-
change in Dubuque, was an over Sun
day guest Of relatives and sfrieads, in /
this city.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to j. w. Foote, of Fairfield, Iowa
and Layine Harper, of Hopkinton; and
Jacob Schwager and Myrtle L. Walters,
of this city.
Mrs. H. r. Holmes was summoned
to Maquoketa last week Monday by the
illness of her grandson, Chester Lang
ridge. At last reports Master Chester
was improving.
II. s. Tubbs is making extensive
Improvements on his building on Main
street. Anew plate glass front has
been put in and he will soon open q
barbershop and bath rooms therein.
The l. G. r.. r. is making improve
ments on its depot grounds at this
place. The yard in front of Superin-
tendent Sullivan's office has been neatly
sodded and flower gardens will soon be
laid out.
Mr.. Jacob Schwsger and Miss
Myrtle Walters were married Wednes-
day evening of last week in this city at
the home of the brides aunt, Mrs. Hen
rietta Van Kuren. Both of the con-
tracing parties are young people of
worth and have many friends here who
congratulate them on this happy event.
They expect to make their future home
In this city. Rev. H. o. Pratt performed
the cerem0ny.
IF the projected railroad from this
{ city materializes, and we confidently
/ believe it will, it can be and doubt
will be 80 operated as to connect
at Oneida with all trains carrying
passengers on the C.G w. and G. M,
Il st. Paul. This would give
many residents of the county oppos-
TUNES which they do not now have, to
reach Manchester by rail and return
home the same day.
Manchester is at last granted the
luxury of having Chicago papers in the
morning. On Monday morning the
papers came on the morning passenger
from the east, coming on the North.
western to Marion then north on the
eOhicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul to
Delaware in time to catch the morning
west bound passenger on the Illinois
Central. The change is due mainly to
the efforts of Mic Malvin of the post
office news stand and will be appreci-
ated by the reading public here.
Many of the large manufacturing
plants of the country are establishing
numerous branch factories at places IL