Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

Percy and Glen Strickland are visit
Ing Earlville relatives.
e. w. Durham was Dyersville
visitor part Of last week.
Bert Matthews is playing ball with
the Estherville ba II team.
Bert Matthews has signed to play
with the Estherville ball team.
M. +. Leroy and son, Allen, re-
turned Saturday from Streator, Ill.
Joe Weirman, of Colesburg, was an
over Sunday visitor in Manchester.
William Bartlett, of Strawberry
Point, was Manchester visitor Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Waugh de.
parted Thursday for their home in
Chicago.
The hay and oat crops, IS q rule,
are better in this county than last year.
Miss Florence Atwater returned
home from Dubuque Wednesday morn
ing
Oscar Won Oven, of Miles, Iowa, is
q guest of his brother Hugo, in this
city.
Mrs Stephen Kolsr arrived in the
city Saturday and will make her home
here.
Miss Gertrude Smith has accepted
a position in the Fair Store ss sales
lady.
Addison Williams, of Monticello,
was Manchester visitor part of last
week.
The drouth in this section has been
broken by several generous rains the
past week.
Fred Holbert visited his mother
and friends in Greeley few days the
past week.
r. A. Silvins. of Hampton, was a
guest of his schoolmste, Clarence Lis
ter, last week.
james Penny, of Plpestone, Mimi,
was Manchester visitor last week q
guest of his cousin, Harry Sullivan.
MIR. Leroy of Auburn, New York,
has recently removed with his family to
the city where he expects to reside in
the future.
+ The Manchester second nine scored
a victory over like aggregation from
Earlville last Tuesday afternoon by q
score of 10 to4.
Mrs. W. w. Hamilton and Mrs. DR..
LOOMS, of Cascade, attended the Nc
Cormick-N ewcomb nuptials here last
Wednesday evening.
The Misses Pearl and Lillian
Stuart are visiting relatives in Stirling
end Morristown, Ill They will be gone
about three weeks.
r.. w. Chambers, the cash store
man, announces that the tony mems
shoes he is offering for So is the best
ever offered for that price.
The Jones Mill Grange meets at
John Marshall's next Saturday. Every
body is expected to bring their baskets,
and to have a pieceto read or speak.
Mrs. j. X. Mitts and Miss Edith
Hoover, of Carroll, la, who have been
visiting in Manchester for several
weeks, departed for their home Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Madison, who
have been visiting relatives and friends
In the city for the past week, departed
the latter part of last week for their
home in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Time Table, M. s. o. r. R.
Through Freight any old time Hark!
Fast Mail \ ! Hum! Flying
Express Z? -Buzzl Hand
Car-carries children's excursions daily.
Arrivals and dismissals q. m. and p.
m.
-P. NJ. Littlefield, of Hopkinton,
was in town yesterday. He has dispos-
ed of all of his property in this county,
and leaves today for Nebraska with the
view of locating there if the country
suits him. He has been q resident of
this county ever since his birth, nearly
fifty years, and we predict that after
looking around Cap. will conclude that
Delaware county is good enough for
him and return to spend his remaining
years here.
Harvey Cox and Miss Mile Myhre
were married at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Myhre, in
this city, Wednesday evening. July II,
at p. M, Rev. Thompson, of the
Lutheran church, performing the mar
riage ceremoney, after which light re
freshments were served. Only relatives
of the contracting PARTIES were present.
The bride is an accomplished and rein.
ed lady and one of the most popular in
the city. Mr.. Cox is employed in the
Klopp pharmacy and is one Of the most
accommodating and faithful clerks in
Baskerville. For the present they make
their home with the BRIDES parents
The Democrat joins their manp friends
in wishing them happy and prosper
GUS welded life. -Estherville Democrat
The groom is the son of Mrs. a. G. Cox
of this city, and has many friends her
who extend to him and his bride thei
hearty congratulations.
The Crop Bulletin says; 9Th
period of unprecedented heat termtn
ated on the 9th, ami the drouth wa
broken by copious and well distributed
rains on the night of the 9th and dur
ing the day and night of the 2Sth. Th
high temperature registered on the %
and 23d broke all previous records owe
SO large portions of the state. 1t seem
marvellous that any kind of vegetation
survived that protracted period of in
tense heat, The relief was brought b