Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-24
Mrs. TT. Denkhoff is Visiting

Mrs. T. F. Denkhoff 10 visiting
relatives IN DyerevTlle.
20. H. Reich ardt, OF Cedar Rapids
spent Sunday with friends In the city.
i Frank ReiRer, OF Independence
Sundsyed with friends and relatives. ia
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bronson Of
Strawberry Point, visited friends here
last week.
"A d-rmsn Il NJ. "a vie, who has
been laid up by tho grip is now able to
be out again.
John Sullivan and wife and Even
Penny visited at Thomas Haleys nea,
Ryan last Sunday.
| Gems Staple1 has resigned his clerk
chip In Graham & Sons grocery and Cal
Stimson has taken his place.
-Mrr. james Hurley and Mrs.
Charles O'Hagen, of Mssonville were
Manchester shoppers Saturday.
| LATE Matthews il. came down
from Winthrop Saturday evening to
spend Sunday with parents In this city.
1 Mrs. N. s. Craig and daughters
Alice and Clara who spent the winter
at Jennings, La, returned home Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Lawrence re-
turned home Monday evening from
New Orleans, where they spent the
past winter.
Will Houser departed Monday
morning for Cedar Rapids where he
has accepted position with the Iowa
Telephone Company.
Richard Bowen, until recently q
clerk in Wells grocery, will depart next
week for Nashua, where he will assist
in the Wooden Min at that place, re-
emily purchased by his father.
The base ball fans will give dance
at the Central opera house next F:iday
evening. The seats have not been re-
replaced and those interested In base
ball should turn out and give the boys
q lift.
Licences to wed were issued to
Peter w. Hugh and Annie N. Kelley,
Samuel Stricken and Mary NJ. McCor-
mick, and Leon De Witt Niles and M.
Myrtle Whitney by clerk Georgen dur
Ing the past week.
Misses Grace Walters and Nellie
Sheldon, were hostessesto Q number Of
their young friends last Saturday even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. j.
Sheldon. Dancing and other amuse.
ments were INDUCED In and Q stump.
tous repast ser, ed to their guests.
"A. N. Smith went to Independence
Monday to visit his friend, Thos. w.
Robinson. The latters many friends
will he glad to know that his health,
both mentally and physically has very
much improved, and that he will return
home soon entirely cured of bis malsdy.
-Proceedings will be promptly co m.
menced BY the city council, We are In.
formed, to condemn for street purposes
the small piece Of land that now pre-.
vents the Intersection of Franklin and
Marion streets. It ought to have been
condemned several years ago, instead
of paying rent for its use.
-Msnchester will soon be well SUP.
piled with inmber yards II reports prove
true. ,N'olcott Bros. are about to, start
yard at the foot Of Franklin street on
the same premises for many years oc.
cupied BY N. ]. Wolcott, and later by
N. J.. W0lcott Il Sons. Fred Durey It
Is said will also open q yard near the
M. 4. o depot grounds - soon as that
railway is In running order.
DR.. H. H. Lawrence and Der,
Green's have Gloseda deal with w. A.
Abbott whereby they have become the
owners Of his drug stock and the good
will Of the business. The engaging in
this business will not In any manner
interfere with Dr. Lswrence's continu
ing the practice Of bis profession as
heretofore. Mr.. Green's 10 we'll versed In
the business having been Mr.. Abl,otts
popular clerk for the past two years or
more We do not know what Wei.
comes plans are for the future, but
hope that they will not be such as to
cause him toiesys here as he Is one Of
the best and2most snterprlsing of the
business men of this city. The an.
nouncement Of Lawrence & Green's will
be found in our advertising columns.
John Schickmsn. John A. Thrum
and Arnold Rockenstedt, pres, sec'y
and treas, respectively of District town
ship OF Bremen were In town Saturday
on official business, with the county
attorney and superintendent o: schools,
At the school election held on March 10
Q small number Of the electors In the
township voted fora school house tag.
The secretary refused to certify the
tax to the board of supervisors, giving
as his reason that the law requires that
before proposition for such . tax can
be legally voted upon, ten days notice
that the proposition will be submitted,
must be given by posting notices In FIVE
public places In the district, and that
such notice was not given. The mem.
bers OF the board In favor of collecting
the tax voted as Aforesaid have employ.
ed counsel, and the indications are that
the dispute will have to be settled by
the courts.
The Crop Bulletin says: "The pas,
week was unseasonably cold, the mean
temperature ranging from s to 8 degrees
below normal. leo formed on severa
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