Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
r. F. Miles is in DUBUQUE.

-FrtnksJo hnsNn, Chicago, is visitn,
r .latives aid ntiier friends IN Manches
ter and vicinity.
Ben Gllleas, Of -CaIbondale, Illinoip
is the guest;ot frjeilds in this city. MI
Gilleas arrived Monday. !.
Miss Ennis ROggs is to receive
The Doves Friday evening this week
Dinner will be served at ak thirty.
Mr.. and Mrs. CIV Keagy are en-
Pertaining q number Of friends at thei
pleasant home on. Butler street Thu
Tuesday evening. es ss8
2 The Doves, or some of them, are
|sleighing tenight,- Tuesday and thu
roads about town will probably b'
worn and the Doves themselves wear,
before the endis come. :
MIR. and Mrs. r.. w. Thrill are en-
tertaining two companies of frlend'
this week.: Wednesday and Frlda,
evenings they will receive from sever
thirty to ten thirty,
w. A Gsinappe, of Delaware, and
Ino. Il. Majors, Of New Vienna, were
among the business visitors in our city
the frat of last week. Both gentlemen
pleasantly called at this office.
Miss Francis Porteous is In Chicago
visiting friends, guest in the Mrs.
Benz Skinner. home. Fred Porteous,
who accompanied, his sister to the city
returned Monday.
The Christian Endeavor Society, OF
North Manchester; will give a social a,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. c. l.. Adams
Friday, February, 10. Price 5 cts
Everybody cordially invited.
Miss Nora Snyder departed FOL
Harvard, Illinois, last Friday. where
she will visit friends. From Harvard
Miss Snyder goes to st. Paul where she
will join her father, Phil Snyder.
e. j. Conger Jr., until within the
past week. on employe of this paper
from which he resigned to go west, will
depart this Tuesday evening for Snoho-
mish, Washington. Geo. Clemens &C.
companies Mr.. Conger.
The annual election of fire chief
and first and second assistants will be
held at Firemen's hall in this city on
Tuesday evening, February 18th, at
7:3O o'clock.
AUGUST MILLER, CHIEF.
1t has been arranged to attach q
coach to the 40 train to accommodate
those who wish to attend the Catholic
dance to be held at Esrlville next
Thursday evening. The coach will be
attached to the 2 o'clock freight for the
return.
Byron Bronson for several years a
.employe of this office and for the past
year or more it's foreman hes purchased
an interest in the Strawberry Point
Mail Press and assumed its publication.
Mrs. Bronson will join him at their
new home the latter part of this week.
Rev. DR.. Crippen preached at the
M. E. church in this city last Sunday
morning and in the evening addressed
the young people on educational mat:
ters, Or. Grippen is an interesting and
scholarly speaker and the; Sunday SER
vices were full of enjoyment to the
congregations.
Unique heart invitations inscribed
on the onn ssiaejn red ink with true
love verse and on the other. with 8
neatly worded Invitation, have been re-
,ceiveds by. the friends, of Miss Myrtls
Whitney. AS the heart indicates, this
Kensingt ton afternoon is on Thursday
of this week.
The appointment of Judge Seeds OF
Manchester, to an,impprtant position in
the war department is one OF the best
that could have been made. He may
have deserved the recognition for party
reasons, but he deserved it more on &C.
count of his character and ability
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
I'D. Moore ia under the necessity Of
wearing his right hand in sling as .
result of an operation, on the third
finger of that hand, performed last
Saturday. The finger was injured last
summer in playing ball and at the time
was not properly set, consequently had
to be cut open and reset.
In these days of prosperity there is
no reason why single person should
be poor or of good money shy. One
cannot always own bank snd handle
bales of dough; One may not even gel
job to shovel frozen snow; No post
office may come his way, with it's fat
generous fee; He may not own single
ship. to earn the subsidy; He may no,
stand in with the cops SO he can ge
much tin by showing gentle farmers
where the tunnel walls caved in. Ye,
II grant all that; still, he is not an objec
yet for pity, for can't he stub his TOT
and sue for damages the city?-Chi
cago Record.
The Baptist people are having ,
very helpful series of revival meeting
and it is intended to continue then
through the present week. Sunda,
evening the audience room was NOR
than filled with an earnest congregation
of christian workers, and the interest i
continuing to grow. Rev. Canin
the pastor of the New Hampton Bsp
fist church who is assisting Rev. eau
is an eloquent speaker and his sermon
through his interesting treatment o
religious questions are drawing man
to the meetings.
Capt. j. F. Merry, of Dubuque, ha
lately given Epworth Seminary
donation of $4,000 toward the erectio
of new Chapel, which the authoritie
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