Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-20
Larry Durham was q business VII.
itor at Cedar Rapids Tuesday.

for Leigh for q weeks hunting.
Il. B. Newcomb and Bert Hockaday
were Dubuque visitors Sunday.
Mrs. s. E. Turner is recovering
from her recent severe illness.
e. b. Gould of North Fork, visited
here with friends last Thursday.
John Nix returned from q bushes.
trip to Redtield, South Dakota, Thurs.
day.
Mrs. N. T. Malsen and children
were Waterloo visitors the first of this
week.
The tax ferrets are making plenty
of business for the lawyers In Buchsn.
an county.
Mrs. L. Atwater pleasantly enter
tanned the 10 Club at tea last Monday
evening.
| Mr.. Glenn. Fangmann of Bremen
was among the callers at this office
Saturday.
Frank Mitch returned Tuesday
from Salt Lake Utah where he hal
for the past two years.
Noble Arnold has some new egg
cases, and invites poultry keepers to
call at his grocery and get one.
u-Mrs. II. v. Williams, of Dundee,
spent several days in this city last
week the guest of her sister, Mrs. E.
N. Carr.
MIR. Milton Waugh, of Chicago,
spent last Saturday and Sunday with
his parents MIR. and Mrs. David Waugh
of this city.
Mrs. G. A. Highlleld departed for
Wstermas, ILL.,, Yesterday to spend
several weeks visiting friends.
Mrs. 7. A. Hammil, of Cascade,
returned to her home Monday after Q
weeks visit with relatives in this city.
H. j. Schweitert is at Cedar Falls in
the interest of the Normal institute to
be held in this city the second week In
April.
DIR. Bessie Edmunds, of Chicago
arrived at the w G. Blake home Satur-
day morning for q visit among rela-
tives and friends.
Charles Hruby, of the Fish Hatch
cry, went to Lansing, Iowa, Monday
with 10000 brook trout, and Hugo
Crasser took q 10000 lot to Bellevue
the same day.
Mrs. Earl Bronson of Spencer who
has been the guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. May, and other relatives
here the past week, returned last Mon
day evening.
"A proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $500, to raise money to
build an addition to the school house
In Hopkinton was carried at the recent
school election held there, bya vote of
Is for and % against the proposed loan.
"A special election will be held in
Hopkinton on the 18th of April, to
determine whether water works shall
be established In that thriving town.
Having suffered so much BY fires of
late the vote in favor of water works
Will unquestionably be almost II not
quite unanimous.
Stephen Edmunds, son Of 81.
Edmunds Of this city, who is fireman
on Q Montana r. r. had narrow es-
cape from death jumping from his train
only q few seconds before It crashed
into the rear cars of train ahead, three
Of which were demolished. The engine
of Steve's train rolled down q fifteen
foot embsnkment. The many friends
of Mr.. Edmunds will join with the
Democrat In congratulations for his for
tunate escape.
-Mrs. E. o. Clemsns and Mrs. d.
Waugh entertained % :of their lady
friends at q luncheon at the pleasant
Clemans home last Saturday and all
pronounced it one of the pleasantest
functions of the season. The latter
part of the afternoonwss spent in the
impromptn program OF songs and reci
tations in which several of the older
members were kind enough to take
part.
The entertainment given BY the
Junior League of the Baptist church
in their house Of yorship last Friday
evening was well received by Q full
house. The little folks surely acquit-
ted themselves In . manner BETTING
older mindD and We predict the ability
displayed 10 evidence of useful citizen
ship In the future. Special mention 10
made of the rendering Of the solo by
Lloyd Ballard, the instrumental music
by Florence Tunls, the duet by Alice
and Angi Pierce and the Rotations BY
Arthur Cooking, Donna Scothorn, Ruth
Mcintosh and Chester Langridge. All
did well and deserve much praise.