Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-25
MIR. and Mrs. Martin Parker ar,


WIN. Herman was business visit
or in Dubuque last week.
Ross Cameron, of the Point, was in
town the first of this week.
w. G. Hitchcock is dangerously ill
at his home on Franklin street.
James L. Grapes, of Strawberry
Point, was in this city Saturday.
Mrs. r. L. Balloon and son, Carl are
guests of friends in Marshalltown.
Charles Pratt returned Friday
afternoon from Colorado Springs Mo.
M. Beehler and son, Charles re-
turned Friday from the Buffalo Ex-
position.
An excellent representation of the
Majestic Steel range is shown in Geo.
s. Listers new adv.
II. j. Jacobs will depart for Spring
field Ill. this week for visit with a
brother residing there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sedgewick, of
Central City were guests of the for
mers parents over Sunday.
-Harkness and Karl Taylor, of
Usage are guests of their grand par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Taylor.
Major Keller and w. Ii. Norris are
having cement cutters laid in front of
the stores occupied by Kline & Madden
and Ward &Denton Franklin street.
Pinch & Iillibrldge in their an
this week, tell why their
business is increasing and particularly
specify some new and desirable articles
of furniture now in their stock.
-Kalamity Thorpe changes his title
with the seasons. Now he designates
himself, as reference to his announce
ment of fall and winter goods will
show, as 1.-THE Winter Wearing APP
parel Outfitter."
Mrs, Minerva Beckner died at her
home on Main street Monday at the
age of SO years, after an illness of a
years duration. The funeral will be
held this morning at II o'clock from
the Christian church at Greeley, Rev.
futile officiating.
IF. X. Gregg has sold his stock of
drugs &c to Denton & Ward. The pur.
chasers took possession yesterday. The
firm is composed of r. A. Denton and
VIM. Ward. Mr.. Denton will take
charge of the business here, and Mr..
Ward will manage their drug store at
McIntire, Iowa. We have not yet
learned what Mr.. Gregg's plans are for
the future.
The medical fraternity recently dis.
covered that salt water could be used
to prolong life but it remained for a
Clinton housewife. says the Advertiser,
to discover that salt water will keep a
bouquet of flowers fresh for two weeks,
where if they had been placed in ordin-
airy water they would have withered in
two days. Bouquets which have with
cred or dropped can be revived and the
flowers will brighten by simply putting
them in brine.
But little business was transacted
at the meeting of the council held last
Monday evening. Bills sggregating
$l56.47 were allowed, the cutters in
front of McIntosh's marble works on
Main street, the store buildings of A. l..
Terrill and Mrs. Eliza Russell on Frank
lin street, and the sidewalks adjoining
the lots east of Hennesey SONS cooper
shop on Marion street were condemned
The proposition of the Kennedy Buggy
Co. for twenty foot alley on the east
side of their factory to railroad track
was accepted. The proper committee
was instructed to prepare an ordinance
requiring cleaning of snow off of side.
walks.
The annual meeting of the Far.
mers Mutual Fire and Lightning In
surance Co. of this county, will be held
at the court house in this city Oct. LIST,
at 10 o'clock q. m. Officers will be
elected and other business transacted.
A full attendance of members and
others interested in insurance is re-
quested. The question of insuring live
stock running at large will be consider.
ed at this meeting. The annual state
ment of Secretary M. E. Blair, shows
the amount of risks in force Oct. End
1900 to have been $47S .835OO. Amount
in force Oct. LIST, 1901 s519, 725,Oo an in
crease of $4O,S9O,OO. The cost of in
surance to the members the past fiv,
years has been only 81 cents for eact
hundred dollars, a fraction over ten
cents on each hundred dollars for on,
year.
Some one who has studied the pc
culiar facilities required of the countr,
school ma'am pay her the following ell
logy: She must be primary, inter
mediate, grammar grade, and higl
school teacher combined; she must b
able to build fires, adjust fallen stove
pive, put in window panes, sweep, dust
split kindllng, drive horse, keep GU
of the neighboring quarrels, know how
when and where to whip bad boy, un
derstand the school laws, raise none
for libraries, keep all kinds of record
plant trees on Arbor day, be of goo
moral character and pass an examine
tion In all the branches of modern ed,
cation. She receives for these accom-
plishments thirty dollars a mont
Think of girl getting that salary. OF
of this she pays her board, buys hi
clothes, attends the summer schoc
buys educational papers and furnishs
the slate pencils for the pupils. Wit
is left she adds to her bank account {
starts bank if she prefers.-Ex.
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