Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-21
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visitor last week.
Mrs. Rose Austin was Dubuque
visitor several days of last week.
r.. A.Gray,of Milwaukee, is visiting
Manchester relatives and friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Miller, of
Thorpe, were here the first of the week.
Miss Lottie Rooney, of Independ-
ence, was Manchester visitor last
week.
Mrs. Il. o. Eaton and son, Ernest,
returned last Wednesday from their
eastern trip.
The Misses Matte and Nellie Gil
leas, of Carbondale, Illinois, ARE guests of
Manchester friends.
The gentlemen of the U. b. church
will give an ice cream social at the
church lawn this evening.
Miss Hazel Potter, who has been a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mitch, returned home Thursday.
Guy Crosier, student at the Cedar
Rapids Business College is spending a
couple of weeks at his home in this
city.
The Cedar Valley Creamery Co., of
Cedar Rapids, has secured lease of
the creamery at Ehler for term of six
years.
Mrs. r. L. Carpenter entertained
few of her lady friends last Wednesday
evening at tea given by her in honor
of Mrs. w. b. Sherman.
Mrs. Ed Mosier and two daughters,
of Ft. Dodge, who have been guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Loop
returned home Monday.
Sylvester Torey and daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Edmunds were called to Forest
vile last week by the serious illness of
the formers sister Mrs. j. G. Fay.
Mrs. Firmsn and daughter, who
have been the guests of Manchester
friends and relatives for the past three
weeks returned to their home in Chi
cago Monday.
r.. w. Chambers, this week, adver-
tises mems fine shoes, "style, workman
ship and quality of the best values ever
offered in Manchester at prices rang
ing from 1926 to $3.50.
About 300 from here attended the
base ball game between Oelwein and
Earlville at the latters place last Fri
day. Skel Roche won his game, hold
ing Oelwein down to ~ hits.
j. v. Murray, of Sand Spring, was
Manchester visitor the first of the week,
and was pleasant caller at this office.
He said the corn crop will average con-
siderable more than half of an ordinary
crop in this section.
w. D. Hoyt came up from Quas
queton last Saturday and says that the
gasoline launch which parties from here
took down has been moved over to the
Cedar. The fishing at Quasqueton did
not prove as good as was expected.
Mrs. G. II. Day and son, Clark, went
to Chicago Monday, where they will
spend the winter. Clark will next
month enter business college where
he will spend several months learning
bookkeeping, shorthand and typewrit-
ing.
Mrs. ii. A. Granger, gave delight
full tea to number Of her lady friends
last Saturday evening in honor of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. John Bremner, nee
Emma Loring, of Ysnkton, S. D., who
has been visiting friends here for sever
al days, the guest of Mrs. II. A.
Granger.
&C. o. Noble, of Manchester, Iowa,
dealer in imported horses, arrived in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Noble, who is &C.
companied by E. L. Simpson, OF. the
same place, looked over the handsome
animals at the Coad farm, and may de-
eide to purchase some of them before he
leaves the city.-Fremont, (Neb.) Her
aid.
Edgar E. Phares, known to many
Of the residents of this city, who formed
his acquaintance during his several
visits with relatives residing here, died
at his home in Clinton, ILL.,, on the l4th
inst. He leaves surviving, his wife,
Mrs. Name Magill Phares IA sister of
Mesdames j. L. Belknap and j. j. Pen
tony and two children.
The animal meeting of the Della
ware County Harvest Home Associ--
alton will be held at the Fair grounds in
this city, August Both. An entertaining
program has been prepared for the oc.
casIon. j. w. Swinburne, the secretary
of the Association will be at the Fair
grounds Saturday forenoon of this week
for the purpose of selling booth and
amusement privileges.
/. Nv. q. Kenyon of this city recently
made trip to south Dakota and was
SO well pleased with the section of that
state visited by him, that he invested in
several tracts Of land there. He has
also secured options on number of
other tracts, the descriptions and prices
of which appear in his announcement
on the fourth page of this issue of the
Democrat. Mr.. Kenyon is one of the
oldest and best known residents of this
city, having been engaged In business
here almost continuously for nearly
forty years. His reputation for honesty
and integrity is second to none, and
those wishing to invest in real estate in
South Dakota, will further their own
interests by consulting with Mr.. Ken
yon before doing SO.