Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-12-25
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umn.
MIR. and Mrs joe ITosg are Mime
epolis, Wisconsin, visitors.
Misses Mamie and Peral Gibson,
of Thorpe, were in the city Monday
The Board of Supervisors will meet
in regular session the first Monday in
January
Mr.. and Mrs. James Legassick, of
Bremen, we're Manchester visitors
Thersdsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Grassfied will
spend today, Christmas, with relatives
at Marion.
-Bnrdette Given is home from Mi :
neapolis, Minnesota, where he is attend
| ing school
Miss Mae Rooney is home from
jackson. Nebraska, to spend the Christ
mas holidays.
The Masonville Bank makes very
creditable showing in its statement, in
another column.
Herbert Russell has bought tract
of land in Dakota and will move there
in the near future.
-Madge Pentony and Cecil Hines
are home from their school duties at
Sinsinawa Mound.
Miss Nellie Vance, who is student
at Madison, Wisconsin, is spending her
| vacation in this city.
Clarence Lister who is attending
school at Grlnnell is spending his holt
Day vacation in this city.
Mr.. Milton Waugh and wife, of
Chicago, are guests of the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs David Waugh.
erommy and Cecil Hines, students
at Prairie du Chen, Wisconsin, are
spending their holiday vacation with
their mother in this city.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Mary
Cook, Miss Ada b. Croyle, Miss Adrlia
Cox, II A. B. 10y, Jno. Master, and
Joe. Hensey are advertised as unclaim-
ed at the post office.
The report of the First National
Bank of this city, which appears in
tits issue, is more than ordinarily salts
factory to the stock holders. The item,
undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid, 1896 3d." speaks for itself.
An exchange says that a new order
has been issued to the effect that letters
on rural routes must be stamped when
they are placed in the boxes. 1t is not
the business of the carrier to stop. take
off his gloves and lick stsmps-not this
kind of weather anyway. Buy few
stamps and keep them on hand SO that
when You have letter to send you will
have the necessary stamps to stamp 1t
with.
The Webster City Review warns the
public to be on it's guard for three fellows
making house to house convsss sell
ing dress patterns. After you have
made the purchase another gang comes
along claiming to be detectives and say
the silk has been stolen. They know
all about the deal and of course can
describe the silk, and you are out your
money. Better patronize your home
merchant.
Monday was "rusher" at the
Clerks office, in the marriage lire of 4
business, four licenses to wed having
been issued by clerk Georgen on that
day. Permits to wed were issued dur
ing the past week to, j. Edward Bud
den and Anne Muehlenkamp; Frank
Schmock and Libhie Barr; James G.
Belknap and Margaret Milroy; Grin II.
Davis and Flora NJ Gilbert; John Car
roll and Polly Culbertson and Benja-
MN Nj. Ferguson and Minnie NJ Kieth.
-4e eritors, are in receipt of two
beautiful boquets sent by b. G. Keller,
Port Angeles, Washington, for which
he has our sincere thanks The boquets
were picked in a flower garden on the
18th day of December. In the letter to
his parents, Major and Mrs. B. II. KEEL
Ter, he says the flowers were grown out
doors, and that at the date of
his letter, 18th inst, flowers are grow
ing there, the same as they do with
us in summer. We haven't heard
of any one who picked flowers in
the open on that day in this neck o.
woods.
Judge Plat came here Monday to
hear the case of Frank Goerdt VS. John
'Schlictma an, an action brought to de-
termine whether the plaintiff or defend
ant is the legal president of the board
Of directors of the district of Bremen.
One witness was put upon the stand
and before his evidence was heard in
full, the case was continued to await
the decision of case from that town.
ship, now pending in the supreme court,
which it is said will be decisive of this
action. Considerable interest is felt in
thescase by residents of Bremen town
ship, aud quite number of them were
present, among whom were: Frank
Goerdt, Conrad Schumuker, A. IL
Funke, John Slichtman, Arnold Book
enstedt, Joseph Bagge, Jno. a. Trnmm
and Messers Sllckerman and Hilder-
brand.
Mrs. Harriet colwell Cruise.