Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-20

-Ad. Gibbons, of Anamosa, wa
shaking hands with friends here las
!. Saturday.
Mrs. O. A. Peterson has returne'
from her visit with friends in Omaha
Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. N. Tuttle hav,
gone to Syracuse, New York for visi
of several weeks.
Mrs. Matte Dill and daughter
Name Mcbride, of Denver, are visiting
friends in this city.
Bills have been distributed here
advertising the Anamosa fair, to be
held August % to 90.
VIM. Frentress has returned from
Los Angeles California and will re-
} main here for several months.
keep in mind the date of the Della
ware County Fair to be held at Man
chester September 18th to 10th.
}, Prof. L. 7. Eaton, of Highland
Park College, Des Moines, is visiting at
the home Of his parents in this city.
il Bert Rutler, who has been visiting
relatives here, returned last Saturday
to his home in Evansville, Wisconsin.
Earl Davis has returned from Dor
chester, Wisconsin, where he visited
with his sister, Mrs. Jessie Brownell.
l, Don't fail to read the new serial
that begins in this issue, entitled "Pro-
fessional Brethren" by George E.
Walsh.
| Mrs. Milton Waugh has returned to
her home in Chicago, after a visit of
several weeks in this city at the home
of David Waugh.
/ -Robt. Denton was in Mcintyre
part of last week on business In con-
nection with Denton & Wards drug
store at that place.
/ The heavy rains have delayed the
oat stacking in this section. This
county needs all the sunshine it can get
for the next six weeks.
Mrs. M. w. Sheldon and daughter
Grace returned home last Friday after.
noon from South Dakota, where they
have been for several weeks.
Harry Toogood departed Monday
morning for New York state, where he
will visit friends and relatives. He
will be absent for several weeks.
"A party composed of Lloyd Jones,
Harold Durham, Ralph Stetson, Bernie
Belknap and Francis Durham are en-
joying camp life at Quasqueton.
Mrs. N. S. Craig and daughter Clara
and Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Carey, of Jen-
nings, Louisiana, are visiting friends in
this city. They expect to be here for
SO veral weeks.
Miss Alpha Millette, of Chicago,
was visiting here last week, q guest at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Blake.
She left Saturday morning for visit
with relatives in Waterloo.
The heavy rain of Sunday night
washed out a section of the track on the
Cedar Rapids branch near Cedar Rap
ids, delaying the morning passenger
from that city several hours.
IF. j. Sheldon has received new
milk wagon for use in his business that
is the finest ever seen in this city.
1t was manufactured by Shipman,
Bradt q Co., of De Kalb, Illinois,
and is perfect turnout of its kind.
On Tuesday of next week, August
26, Gollmer Bros. 81 Schumans' circus
will show in-this city. The circus ag-
gregations have systematically "passed
up" Manchester for some time, this be-
ing the first one to visit this city for
several years.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Roe and dsugh.
tiers, Mrs. Chas. Massey and Mrs. Geo.
Hill, of Arlington, and Mrs. Frssier
Mace, of Strawberry Point, visited here
last week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Q. o. Torrey. They returned to their
homes last Friday.
Quite q number from this vicinity
attended the Woodman Picnic at La
mont last Saturday. The ball game
between the Strawberry Point and La
mont teams resulted in victory for
the latter by score Of s to 1. E. L..
Moore, Mic Malven and Elmer Hesner
of this city played with the Lamont
team.
Judge Blair went to Independence,
Monday to hear petition for an in
junction connected with the removal of
the Winthrop stock yards. From the
number of witnesses subpoenaed on
each side it is reasonable to infer, that
the stock yard question is an all-absorb-
ing topic in the next town west of
Nashville.
-Oelwein is having big Elk's car
nival this week. To-day is Woodmsn
Day and large crowd is expected.
The railroads have made rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip,
which will remain in force the rest of
this week. Thursday is Elk's Day,
Friday, Union Labor Day and Satur-
day, Masonic Day.
| About one hundred and ten attend
ed the Jones Mill Grange picnic which
was held last Saturday on Miles Blair's
lawn in this city. After doing their best
to empty the well filled dinner baskets,
those present devoted the afternoon to
visiting and having a general good
time. Miss Eta Fox gave several
reading selections which were well re-
ceived.
20. A. Pierce and E. w. Kirkpat-
: rick have consummated deal with
: Atkins Il Chapel whereby they become
/. owners of the stock of furniture owned