Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-29

ing the past week to Geo. M. Minkler
and Sarah 2. Wright and Rodny @.
Dewey and Bessie j. Anderson.
There will be an entertainment
given In the M. E. church, on Friday
evening, June 18th, for which please
watch for farther notice in the near
future.
Ralph Durham and Howard Glenn
ans were in Strawberry Point Saturday
and engaged in tennis tournament
with players of that place at whose
hands they met defeat.
'-Chas. Peterson goes to Chicago the
last of this week to buy anew exchange
for the telephone company, the one in
present use being to small to accomo-
date the patrons of the company.
j. j. Goen is driving as hobby and
neat an advertising and delivery rig as
is usually seen about these prats. The
vehicle is used for the delivery of cigars
to his patrons in the surrounding towns.
George Van Alstyne an old and
esteemed resident of Collins Grove
township, died last Friday, aged SO
years. The funeral services were held
Sunday and the remains inferred in the
Collins Grove cemetary.
Uncle Sans office holders and how
to become one are among the subjects
treated in the Blue Book over which
Judge Seeds has been deeply bordering
of late. Some of the results of his in
vestigations he gives the reader rs of
the Democrat in letter in this issue.
The Missionary Meeting of the
Presbyterian church will be held in the
lecture room of the church, Wednesday
May goth, at 2 p. M, the subject being
Porte Rico. Missionaries in Porto Rico
Mrs. G. E. Smith. Financial Out
come-Miss Mary Scofield. Medical
Work of the Mlssionary-Mrs. 9. A.
Hightield. Development of the Indus
tries.-Mrs. w. J. Lawrence. A Plea
for Porte Ricsn Women. -Mrs. Mum
son. Selected-Mrs. d. Russell.
"A lady of this city, who recently
visited Chicago, states that she had the
pleasure Of being present at the COM
mencement exercises of the Chicago
kindergarten Institute, of which Miss
Ella Morse of this city is graduate
this year. Miss Morse's Manchester
friends will be pleased to learn of her
success; she graduated with the first
honors of her class, and has accepted q
lucrative position for the summer in
kindergarten work in Cleveland, Ohio.
DR.. Addison Ferry, a former Inde-
pendence boy who is now successful
physician at Delhi, has fallen heir to q
comfortable fortune by the death of an
uncle in Massachusetts,. Six thousand
dollars, the first installment of his por-
tion of the estate, has been paid him
at the settlement, which takes place in
abouta year, DR.. Ferry receives the
balance, which will be more than the
amount already received. DIR. Ferry'e
Independence friends will congratulate
him on his good fortune.-Inde.
pendence Conservative.
| The funeral of Steven E. Meserve
who died at his home in this city last
Friday, was held last Sunday from thu
II Universalist church in this city, ant
was under the auspices of the w. A
Morse Post, G. A. Il. He was born il
Connecticut in 1888, and enlisted as
private in the 18th Mass. Infantry, ant
for gallant service was promoted t,
lieutenant. He had been a resident o
| this city for the past thirty-five years
He is survived by his wife, and daugh
> ter, Mrs. James W. Roe of Ceda
f Rapids, and Edward Meserve of Del
r Rapids, South Dakota.
I Our proof reader is responsible fo
J. several errors in the article "In tn
Heart Of the Pecos Valley" publishe
last week. He permitted the types
9 say that the churches at Roswell "a
have flourishing commercial clut
8 with elegant club rooms" when tt
}, copy expressley said, the town has ffv
9 church organizations; Methodist, Chris
J. ian, Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyte
h ian all having good editices, ands Con
(! meroial Club with elegant club room
el etc. The school building now bein
u erected there will cost $4,000, instea
10 Of 5000, and the orchard referred to
N the article will consist of 1000 inste,
ID 10000 acres.
10 The school board met at Ryan Ia
SO Tuesday and awarded the contracts +
" the new school building and elect
teachers for the fall term. John M
p girl secured the mason work and Jam
" McC usker, the carpenter work, and t
OF building will be started as soon
Is: school is out. The. teachers elect
an were grammar department., Franc
q Porteous; intermediate, Anna Magi
of primary, Mary Magirl. The gramm
q department was rendered the prese
ill incumbent, Miss Minnie Young b
en- she declined to accept 1t at the prese
ys salary. Miss Young has made ma
n friends among the pupils and patrc
We of the school during her stay here a
If they all regret to have her relinqu
Mt her position. Miss Glissendorf Y
to also a,great favorite with the little OF
en- but she did not apply for the sch
lagain. Ryan Reporter.