Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
Mics May Sheldon is q Chicago

: Hon. and Mrs. r.. w. Thrill are In
Des Moines.
DIR. 9. @. Bradley is in the east on
a business trip.
Norman Ackley was q Clinton
visitor last week.
Miss Hilma Sefstrom is making an
extended visit In Chicago.
Miss Ida Crosier is visiting friends
and relatives in Tama, Iowa.
Mrs. Chas. Kellogg, of Mason, Mo-,
is guest of friends and relatives here.
The. Misses Madaline and Ollie
Tucker were Dubuque visitors yester-
day.
Joseph Hutchinson and E. NJ. Carr
went to Chicago Sunday on NJ. s. o.
business. ~.
Miss Emily Otis has returned from
Independence where she was in atten-
dance at the Teachers Institute.
Mrs. L. E. Johnson, of Harrisburg,
Pa, was a guest of her sister, Mra.
Hubert Carr the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. Geo. Peterson and Mrs. l.. L..
Tread Well, of Rockford, ILL.,, are visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. U.
Carter.
Philip Pawley has returned from
Cedar Rapids, and is now on the Illi-
nois Central pay roll at the station in
this place.
Senator Cal. ID. Clark, of Wyoming,
has been in the city several days, called
here by the demise of his brother-in.law
Henry F. Hamlin.
Mrs. Peter Wagner and children
left Monday with her household goods
for Algona, Iowa, to join Mr.. Wagner
who has secured employment there.
e. NJ. O'Meara, of North Fork
township, transacted business in town
last Thursday, and before returning
home made an agreeable call at this Of
flee.
II. G. Shinneck, route agent of the
Wells Fargo s. Co. was in town yester-
day, making arrangements for the
opening of an Office here for his COM
pany.
Wallace Butler left last Monday
night for Sioux Falls, s. Dakota, where
he will spend some time in assisting in
harvesting the immense crop of grain
in that country.
r.. F. Stewart was caller at this
office Monday. He estimates that the
present outlook for the corn crop in
Prairie township is about one-third of
an average crop.
Mics Gertrude Anderson gave
party last Saturday evening in honor of
her friend Miss Martha Clemans, of
Cedar Rapids. Those present report
an enjoyable time.
Cal. Atkins brought in his ad too
late for publication in this issue, in
which he announces there has been
drop in the price of sugar and wishes
you to call at his store and take advan-
tage of the low price.
Letters addressed to Miss Millie
Minkler, Miss Eta Minkler, Miss Mar
ths Hackbarth, Mrs. Sarah Y Dung, Geo
Usher, Elmer CARRIER, VIM. Duncan
and S. 7, Pierce are unclaimed at the
post office in this city.
Marriage licenses were issued to
Geo. A. Newman and Mamie Park
hurst, VIM. Newman and Clara Stimp-
son, Henry q. Cramer and Anna b.
Domeyer, and Irwin G. Newcomb and
Burnice b. Mccormick were issued by
Clerk Georgen during the past week.
Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Caul are visit
ing at various points in this state. They
will be gone about month. The ser.
vices at the Baptist church next Sunday
morning will consist of a report of the
Young Peoples convention held at
Chicago. Further announcements will
be made later.
The new post office ruling just gone.
into effect imposes fine of $500 or one
years imprisonment on anyone who
through carelessness or otherwise takes
some ones else mail and fails to return
1t Immediately. This applies to papers
as well as. letters and other valuable
mail. People when taking their mail
from the office should examine 1t before
going out of the building. -Ackley
j World.
The Ladies' Missionary Society Of
the Presbyterian church will meet with
Mrs. w. W. Ford Wednesday evening
| at 1880 p. m. Subject: Review Of the
Year. An interesting feature of the
program will be papers read. prepared
by absent members of the society, Mrs.
Miller, of Cedar Falls, and Mrs. Paul,
of Des Moines. Special music will be
furnished The ladies will please notice
the change in time of meeting.
Dixon the dry spell says: cit does
no good to grumble, and we ought to
bear In mind that the weather will be
colder by and by; to.the present hot con-
ditions 1t is hard to be resigned, but the
weather will be colder by and by. The
corn is looking sickly as most every
body knows, and there isn't much real
comfort when the noisy south wind
I, blows, and the hot sun cooks the corn
leaves and the perspiration flows but
the weather will be colder by and by.
i Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. vii
liam Kraus, who lived about four miles
Z south of Garnavillo and few milet
north of Luxembourg, went out to carry
lunch to the men who were working in
the field. While the men were eating
she went q little ways from where the!
were to q spring after Jug of water
near which place she was bitten on thu