Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-16
Miss Ennis Bores spent Thursday

! last in Independence
Geo. Whitman spent the latter part
of last week in Epworth.
My. and Mrs. w. H. Norris spent
Friday last in Cedar Rapids.
Ed. N Wolcott spent Wednesday
last on business in Dubuque.
Mrs. A. F. Clark is visiting in
Hopkinton with an invalid aunt.
j. S. Mcconnell, Hopkinton, spent
last Thursday with Manchester friends.
g. w. Packer of Silver Creek, had
business in Manchester one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Barr and
daughter shopped in Cedar Rapids satur-
day last.
-Irve Newcomb and Jesse Young
spent Thursday last with friends in
Lamont.
Miss Grace Sheldon went to Water
loo Saturday morning for weeks visit
with friends.
Mrs. Will Dewey and children are
in the city from Earlville and will be
the guests of friends here for q week OF
more
Mrs. H. G. Millen and daughter
Miss Caro-, of Earlville, were the guests
of friends in our city day or two Of
last week.
Attorney A. A. House of Delhi,
was passenger from here Saturday
morning for Cedar Rapids where he
went..on business.
"A. M. Sherwood departed Thurs
day last for the Sunny South where he
will join Mrs. Sherwood who has been
there for some time past.
Herman Nave, of Delaware, was
Manchester business visitor Friday last,
and while in the city pleasantly called
on the force in this office.
Miss Mertie Coon, stenographer for
the Iowa Fence Co. and Kennedy
Buggy Co., is enjoying two weeks
vacation with friends in Nebraska. She
departed last Thursday evening.
-Thos. Frentress who has been
studying telegraphy in East Dubuque
for some time, was the guest of friends
here last Thursday departing Friday
for Des Moines where he will continue
his studies.
Frank Rieger returned to Indepen-
dence and his dnties in the insane asy.
lum at that place the first of the week
after q two months rest and recupera-
ton needed after his severe illness of
ty phoid fever.
Invitations are out for dance to
be given the 18th of this month at Cent
raj Opera House. The hop will be un-
der the management of N. P. Malven,
who is deservedly popular as a
manager of such functions.
The Duplicate Whist organization
met at the pleasant home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Work last Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ford, non. members
of the club, have invited the ID. w. O's.
to meet with them next Thursday even
ing.
IF. 7. Williams, q brakeman on
Freight No II passing through here
afternoons and who had number of
friends in this city, was killed at Ap
lington early Saturday morning, while
making q coupling. Mr.. Williams,
home was in Waterloo.
The Waterloo Reporter says that
Joe Taylor, who was one of the party
that went to the Klondike in '9S, and
who has been spending the winter with
his mother in Waterloo, is preparing to
return to the northern gold fields in
short neutrality-suspicious. Bulletin
Journal.
Mrs. Jane E. Bethel and Mrs. Mary
Bradford departed Thursday last for
Hammond, Louisiana. They will stay
there for time after which they have
planned spending the winter at various
southern points of interest, not having
definitely decided yet just where home
will be for the winter.
Recent examinations made by the
American Commission have proved be-
You'd the shadow OF doubt that yellow
fever is not contagious. Patients have
slept in infected beds wrapped in in
fected night clothes for number of
consecutive nights and are fat and
healthy. The germ is carried through
the bite of the mosquito.
"A bad gang of robbers are operat-
ing in the vicinity of the Turkey river.
The third attempt was made at Cler-
mont Friday night. The safe in the +
postoffice was blown open and $500
worth of stamps were secured. The at
tempts made a short time before at rob-
bling the banks at Maynard and Elkader
resulted only in the wrecking of the
safes, but each time the escape was
made safely.-Independence Bulletin
Journal.
Geo. Malven departed the first of
this week for Sterling, Illinois, where
he has secured position. on q paper.
Mr.. Malven will have the job of justi-
flying the type from Simplex machine,
working with Lawrence Latimer who
has been employed there for some time
as manipulation of the machine. Mr..
Malven has an enviable reputation as a
justifier of ability, thoroughly under
standing the work. His friends here
wish for him success in his new posi-
ton.
Three travelling men at one of our
local hotels, made things lively for q
time last Friday morning. The train
they had anticipated leaving on didn't
wait for them to arrive at the depot, SO
that when they rushed up the platform,