Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-17
TELEPHONE ,54.

WEDNESDAY,, JULY II, 1901.
TELEPHONE 1874.
FRANK johnson returned to Chicago
Saturday.
w. IL. Hoyt was Farley visitor
Monday.
Nina NJ. Merriam visited friends
in the city Friday.
-Chas. Aldous was an over Sunday
visitor at Waterloo.
Miss Maui Miller Sundayed witt
friends in Dubuque.
-Thos. Hines is visiting friends and
relatives at Winthrop.
Claude Addison visited friends al
Cedar Rapids Monday.
Bradley Lillabridge WAS Cedar
Rapids visitor Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Simmons has returned
from her trip to Michigan.
Mrs. Ashmore Kennedy is visiting
her parents at Cedar Falls
Mrs. Frank Bethel was Dyersville
visitor the first Of the week.
Several cases of diphtherla are re-
ported in family at Thorpe.
Miss Emily Martineau visited
Oelwein friends part of last week.
IF. H. Ellis has severed his connec
ton with the Excelsior Steam Laundry.
wv. j. Cowan, of Chicago, is guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sim
mons.
ID. L. Riddell & Co. announce q
great reduction in prices of all summer
goods.
Curtis Rogers, of Newell, Iowa, is
visiting his grandmother, Mrs Margar-
ct Barr.
Mrs. 7. NJ. Ziuk and daughter of
La Mars are guests at the Nix home on
Fayette street.
Joe Gladen, who has been eeriously
i'll for sometime with intestinal trouble,
is much improved.
Misses Pearl and Ruby Kenyon de-
parted last Wednesday for Mason City
for a several months visit.
The Independence and Manchester
ball teams will combat for honors at
the ball park this afternoon.
Mrs. Milton Waugh, of Chicago, is
visiting in the city q guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Waugh.
Some of friend Cary's Louisiana
irrigating wells would come handy
just now if located in the right places
in this county.
Judge A. S. Blair started Tuesday
morning for Kansas City where he will
probably be detained on business ten
days or two weeks.
Alfred Wells, of Prairie township,
marketed thirty.two of as large steers
last week as are usually seen, averaging
900 pounds each.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Barr, in Prairie township, was made
more homelike last Friday by the arriv-
al there of girl baby.
Manchester VS.. Volga City at the
ball pariA tomorrow, Thursday afternoon
,Gatke n new pitcher will do the
stwirling be locals.
Everyone Is kind y1Rzited te s.tssa
the ice cream social on Wednesday even
ing of this week to be held on the lawn
of st. Mary's Catolic church.
Letters addressed to Mrs. X. A.
Mayors, A. ID. Coley, Will Muller, and
John Haynes are advertised as unclaim
led at the post Office, in this city.
PLAT Brush leaves the latter part
OF the week for his home in Usage
He in company with his mother will
soon leave for California for months
visit.
in its statement, which we publish
lin this issue. The Masonville Saving
Bank, makes remarkably good show
ling considering the short time since
UT commenced business.
plane have been agreed upon for the
M. q o. depot building here and work
will be commenced thereon forthwith.
1t is estimated the building when fully
completed will cost $4,000.
"A teacher at 1T. Dodge said to her
primary class: elf your father gave
your mother 81 today and SO tomor-
row, what would she have2. And the
small boy over in the corner replied;
"She would have lit"
-aJust at this time the county needs
+. a new religion that will make q man
j pay his debts" says the Methodist Adj
yvocate. shouting and giving testimony
doesn't settle accouts with God or man
We bounce right into fellow and put
him out of the church if he goes to q
ball or theatre, but never say word tc
1.-The pious scamp who never pays his
debts. The latter are doing the church
more harm than dancers or drunkards
for there are more of them in the
church"
The building of new railroads, shor
lines, EXTENSIONS, etc., which was promis
edlast spring for Iowa, has proved thu'
far disappointment to Iowa people
Only one railroad is being built ant
that one is only six miles long and is
local affair This is the Manchester s
Oneida, built by merchants and bust
ness men of Manchester, Delawar
county, in order to give connection
with the Milwaukee and Great Wester'
railroads and give the merchant .
Manchester the competition they fel
-thay did not hava with nna railroad