Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
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LdWIeuce IdTket Returned fTlQby u
his home at Marshalltown.
Mrs. A. b. Holbert. of Greeley
visited in Manchester Saturday.
| Harry Gray, former resident Of
Lamont, has moved to this city.
The p. L. O's took trip up the
river on the Snale Monday evening.
w. G. Cattron and wife, of Earl
vile, were Manchester visitors Friday
| David Johnston, of Montana, lis Wis
iting friends and relatives in this city.
-Lafe Matthews and j. W. Miles
were Earlville visitors last Wednesday
| James Milroy, of Union township,
transacted business in this city Mon.
day.
"A. w. Colvin, of Armstrong, is Wis
iting friends at his former home in this
city.
Ralph Stanberry, of Mason City,
was All over Sunday guest of Clarence
Yoran.
MIR. and Mrs. James Henderson.
of Ehler, were manchester visitors Sat
urday.
! MIR. and Mrs. johnson Allen, of
Earlville, were visiting friends here
! Saturday.
DIR. Loring r.. LOOMS, of Mime
apolis, spent Friday in this city with
relatives.
Attorney w. y. Clemans, of Cedar
Rapids. was Manchester visitor part
of last week.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bronson, of
Strawberry Point, were Manchester Wis.
itors the first of the week.
Mrs. Jay Lewis and Mr.. and
Mrs. II. H. Lawrence were Strawberry
Point visitors last Wednesday.
Miss Ida Crosier who has been the
guest of friends and relatives at Tama,
Iowa, returned home Saturday.
Joe Davis, of Richland, spent a
couple of days in this city last week and
was welcome caller at this office.
Floyd Evans departed for Cedar
Rapids Monday, where he has accepted
a position in barber shop at that place.
Miss Ruth Pratt entertained party
of her young lady friends in honor of
Miss Sue Wood who will soon leave
with her parents for shelbyville, Ind.
-A.N.Smith returned Saturday from
Hot Springs. South Dakota, much i'm
proved in health by his four or five
weeks treatment at the sanatarium
there.
Last Friday Arthur Spare found q
shawl on the highway between the
farms of Watson Childs and A. d
Coon. He would like to have the own
er call and get the shawl and pay for
this notice.
Manager Malven has secured the
Preston base ball team to play two
games in this city Wednesday and
Thursday of next week. This semi
professional team and good games can
be expected.
The dance given by Waughop's or
chestra in the Central Opera House last
Wednesday evening was well attended.
The music was of q high order, every
one enjoyed the evening. The orches-
ira will give another dance next Thurs
day evening.
Squire Joseph Gephardt, of Colony,
was caller at this office yesterday.
Asked about the prospects for corn he
said, that with favorable weather from
now on, the corn crop in this section
would be, in his opinion, more than half
of an average crop.
The crack base ball team of Web
ster City is billed to play ball at the ball
park in this city Friday and Saturday
afternoon. Webster City has one of
the strongest teams in the state and
patrons of base ball should get out and
encourage their teams.
Ned Hoyt, Z. M. Carr and Hugo
Won Oven, the latter cashier-elect of the
Lamont Savings Bank, came up from
Manchester Thursday morning on bust
ness connected with Mr.. Won Ovens
taking the position resigned by Frank
Sheldon.-LamontL Leader.
| Monday afternoon the city council
and board of directors of the Manches.
ter Il Oneida Ry. Co., accompanied by
upwards of 100 guests, made trip over
the NJ. & o. Ry. from here to Oneida
and back which was heartily enjoyed by
everyone. The admirable connections
at Oneida with the two trunk lines al
that place were the subject of very ia
vorable comment.
Last Friday night fire on the Bis
sell Wheeless farm in Union township
occupied by Theo. Decker burned the
barn thereon, 800 bushels of corn, all OF
the hay, colt, pig and some farm ma
chinery. The wind was blowing strong
at the time and several fires were set to
pastures and meadows by sparks. anG
but for very hard work of the neigh
bors much other damage would hay,
been done. The origin of the fire II
not definitely known.
The Crop Bulletin says: "The weel
ending Aug, averaged from degree tt
5 degrees daily above normal, though
as compared with the preceding weel
there was fall of about u degrees il
the daily mean temperature. Thu
cooler weather, increated humidity, snt
the copious rains of July 9th and 2Sti
broke the drouth effectually except il
quite limited areas where the rainfall
was very light. The reports general,
indicate fair improvement in the con
dition and prospects of the corn crop