Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-11-06
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u. j. Pentony was Clinton, Illi-
ncis, visitor last week.
us. Jones returned Friday from q
business trip to Ames, Iowa.
II. S. Blaisdell moved to farm near
Graceville, Minnesota, last week.
IS. E. Turner is the guest of relat-
ives and friends at Geneva, N. Y.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Gillis-
pie, on last Thursday, baby girl.
"A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Pinch last Wednesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Dor.
man, on Wednesday last, ans pound
girl
Exceedingly well worded is Denton
& Wards advertisement. Don't you
think SO.
Atkins q Chapel have new deliv-
cry wagon, which is up to date in every
particular.
The Friday Afternoon Club will
meet with Mrs. Boynton this week,
Friday, Nov. g..
-R. G. Kennedy and family moved
into their new residence on Delaware
street last week.
Mrs. H. l.. Ram and Mrs. y. Akin
son were guests of friends at Stuart, Ia,
part of last week.
The Democrat is one day late this
week on account of Tuesday being
general election day.
The Dyersv!lle Commercial has
been enlarged to seven column
qusrto, all home print.
e. M. Holbrook, of New York
City, is in the city on business. While
here is enjoying visit with relatives.
Messrs. and Mesdames VIM. ID.
Hogan, Herbert o. and Sherman Harris
attended the Horse Show in Chicago
the first of this week.
The Mystic Workers will meet in
the Legion of Honor hall next Friday
evening, November 9th. The officers
are requested to come early FOR reher-
sal.
Francis E. Carr, the 10 months old
son of Joseph and Rose Carr, died at
his parents home near Lamont last
Monday and was buried in the Catholic
cemetery In this city today.
Last week ladies and misses had
their inning at d. F. Riddell s. Co.'S.
This week men, youths and boys
have theirs at the same place as per
announcement on this page.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Mary
Hamblin, Mrs. G. w. Ryan, Miss Bid
Maroney, Miss Sophina Smith and Miss
Agnes E. Nc Jevena, are advertised as
unclaimed at the post office.
= DIR. w. b. Sherman and his dsugh-
ter, Mrs. Cora Wood, departed Sstur-
day for Cleveland, where the doctor
will join Mrs. Sherman and coon there
after they intend to go south for the
winter.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M
e. church will serve supper In the
church psrlors on Friday evening, No.
vember 9Th, to which every one is cor
daily invited. Price of supper, ter
cents. The ladies are requested tc
come at any hour during the afternoon
and bring their own work and enjoy {
social time together and also take par
In the election of officers for Aid Socie-
ty for the coming year.
Here is q puzzle that puzzles every
ibody. Take the number of your living
brothers, double the amount, add tot
IS, multiply the result by five, add to i
the number of living sisters, multipl.
the result by 10, add the number Of
deaths of brothers and sisters, subtrac
100 from the result. The right hant
figure will be the number of deaths, tn
middle figure will be the number o
living sisters, and the left hand viii
show the number of living brothers.
More than 200 chickens and 40 tur
keys were taken by chicken thieve
from the hennery of H. o. Harris Il
Prairie township last Saturday nigh
} Poultry thieves belong to the crimins
class, known as sneak thieves, and Their
was time when, in other lands, this Of
4 Tense, because of the ease of accom-
! plishment and small liability of detec
ton, WAS punishable with death. 1t
to be hoped the culprits will be Apr,
hended and justice meeted out
them.
Hicks was right. He predicted
snow storm between the 1st, and 3rd, {
November. Up to noon Of the secon
1t looked as though Hicks was wronl
Z hut it came that night and Hicks {
usual proved to be q true weather prt
yphet. Every family should have one
Hicks Almanacs containing his PR
.dictions, for 1902 We give one as
,premium to every advance paying gu
scriber (old or new, who prefers 1t
.one Of the other many nice premium
Z the Democrat is giving to its pay in q
vance subscribers.
The What Cheer Patriot sizes up
certain class to be found in every TOW
and city in the country about rig
when it says that, "the power of goss
unto damnation has often been ill
trsted. Gossip has sent many q go
man to the gallows; has put the dl
graceful prison stripes onto innoce
men, and the mob spoke on and lsul
edl Gossip has sent manga virtuo
girl or woman into evil ways becar
she was literally lied out of home II
hell" 1t might have added and trut
fully, says the Marion Register, tt
nine times in ten the gossip is rott