Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

WEDN ESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1902.
DIR. G. L. Leigh has returned from
his visit to Chicago.
r.. w. Porteous left yesterday
morning for Ethan, S. Dakota.
M. Keiser left yesterday morning
on business trip to s. Dakota.
j. j. Pentony leaves to-day for 9
business trip to st. Paul Minnesota.
M. F. Leroy and son Allen, re-
turned Sunday from trip to Chicago
Mrs. r. E. Carpenter left Monday
for visit with relatives at Clinton, LII
Lester Shaffer, Of Central City
spent Saturday and Sunday in this city
e. M. Carr is attending the Demo
cratic State Convention at Des Moi1es
R. S. johnson and family and Mrs
Chas. Hamblin left Monday for Belle
vue.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Bronson have
.eturned from their outing at Lake
Okibojl.
-Giedeons Big Minstrels will be at
the Central Opera House, Friday even
Ing, Sept. 9th.
DIR. and Mrs. j. w. Scot left yes.
terday for st. Louis, where they will
visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Dickinson, OF
Dubuque, were the guests of friends
here over Sunday.
Contractor Cook arrived here Mon.
day and has commence work onthe Car.
negie library building.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Long left yes.
terday for visit with friends and rela.
tives at Brainard, MINI.
Harry Austin leaves this week for
Ames, where he will resume his studies
in the college at that place.
Mrs. H. A. Granger left Monday
for visit with friends and relatives at
different points in Nebraska.
Miss Alma Bruce departed yester-
day morning for Kirksville, Missouri,
where she will resume her studies in
the school of Oestopathy at that place
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood returned to
their home in Boston, Mass, after q
visit of several weeks here with Mrs.
Sherwood's parents, Mr., and Mrs, S, l..
Doggett.
The Carpenter Company, which
present "For Her Sake" on Saturday,
Sept. 18th, comes well recommended
and promises to be the melodramic
treat of the season.
Miss Mabel Cunningham leaves
this week for Cedar Rapids, where she
will enter the Cedar Rapids Business
College, and take course in short
hand and typewriting.
"A. S. Coon presented this office
with some very fine Duchess apples q
few days ago. They were splen did
specimens, and Mr.. Coon will please
accept our thanks for them.
The sixth Annual Carnival will be
held at Cedar Rapids from Sept. Goth to
Oct. 4. The, attractions heretofore have
been of high order, but this year prom
Uses to be the best and biggest of all.
Miss Mary Griffin, who has been
spending the summer at the home Of
her mother, Mrs. r. b. Griffin, has re
turned to Des Moines, where she will
resume her position as teacher in the
city schools.
The new kindergarten department
of the schools opened Monday with an
enrolment of twenty-five. Prof. At
kinson desires that 1t be understood
that all children between the ages OF
five and six In the independent school
district of Manchester, will be received
in this grade.
Miss Edith A. Durham will go tc
Chicago next Tuesday to take two
years course of instruction in kinder.
garten work. She will be accompanied
by her cousin, Harry Boynton, of Chi
.cago, who has been the guest here Of
his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Dun
ham, for several weeks.
The S. p. Wadley wholesale poultry
and egg house of Dubuque, have opened
q branch house here, of which Henri!
Percival of this city is manager. IL
making this selection of manager, Mr.
Wadley has made no mistake as Mi
Percival is thoroughly conversant will
the business, having been engaged in !
for many years in this city.
The funeral services of Mrs. A. o
Moore, whose death occurred last Sun
day morning, were held at the famil
residence on Main street yesterda.
afternoon, Rev. Bixby of Edgewood
officiating. 9For many years prior t
her marriage to Mr.. Moore, about 81
years ago, she resided at Edgewoot
but Immediately after her msrrisg
& came to this city which has since bee
her home. For the past four years sh
has been an invalid, the result of
stroke of paralysis. She was fifty-tw
years of age at the time of her deceas
and is survived by her husband, wh
during her long illness spared no effol
to contribute to her comfort an
to aid in her restoration to health. 81
was kind and devoted wife, goo
neighbor and true friend, and her d.
mise is sincerely mourned by all VII
knew her.
The Crop Bulletin for week endIn
Sept. 1st, 1902, says: The average ten
perature of the past week was slight
below normal. The rainfall was 9,
cessive in all parts Of the state exec
the eastern counties. On the night
the 18th phenomenally heavy shove