Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
Mrs. l. E. Tucker visited friends
in Farley several days last week.


; guests of Mr.. Cameron's mother in this
city.
James and Bert Henderson, of
Ehler, were transacting business in this
city yesterday.
e, w. Raymond, of Independence,
came down Sunday to attend the funer-
al of NJ. E. Hooker.
"A. L. Sheldon, of Ilyannis, Neb, is
visiting relatives and old neighbors in
Coggon and vicinity.
Hugo Won Oven, cashier of the |. l.
mont Savings Bank, was business Wis
| itor to this city Friday.
The Misses Mary Link, Bess
Thorpe and Nellie German were Dyer5-
vile visitors the first of the week.
Miss Florence Day went TO Chica-
go Monday evening to purchase lii e
of spring millinery for ID. f. Riddell u
lCo.
Mics Eva A. Rowley has reopentl
the Excelsior laundry. Miss Rowl,y
came here from Waterloo and is an eN-
perienced laundress.
Mr.. and Mrs j b Thorpe will re,
move to Fayette, La in the near future,
where Mrs. Thorpe's mother resides.
Their friends here will regret their de.
parture
Perry Dudley returned last week
from Eagle Grove where he has been
for the past year. He will work his
fathers, William Dudley's farm in
Milo township.
The lecture which was to have been
given by Z Lonter Vessels at the City
Hall Monday evening was postponed,
owing to an accident to the lecturers
fstereopticon machine.
There will he two games of basket
ball played at the Central Opera House
Thursday evening between Manchester
first team and Strawberry Point and
and the local second team and Hopkin-
ton.
Bert Ryan is now the owner and in
possession of the Elmer Chase farm in
Honey Creek township, the sale having
been consumated last Friday. The
farm contains about l4S acres and sold
for $4,000
"A. r. Loomis of FIT. Dodge was
Manchester visitor Saturday. He was
on his way home from New York CITY
and stopped for brief visit with his
sisters, Mesdames Mary Servoss and
Julia Bailey.
Marriage licenses have been issued
during the past week by Clerk Georgen
to Chas. l.. Paxson and Addie May Ber-
ger, Oscar IIskanson and Hida Peter.
son and William M. E!sbury and Min
ME Brlggmsn
John Il. Bindner, of South Fork,
spent Thursday here, and was among
the callers at this Office. lie was on
his way homeward from Cedar Falls,
where he is a student in the State
Normal School.
Last Friday the sale of the Peter
Reiger farm to j ohm j. Reiger was com
pleted. The farm is located in Collins
Grove township, contains two hundred
acres and the consideration paid there
for was $4,000.
z. Patrick Keenan, was in town Mon
day completing arrangements for the
erection of fine dwelling house on his
farm in Middleield township, Buchan-
an county. He let the contract for do
ing the carpenter work to David Den
mis-, of this city.
Theodore Pohlkamp has added to
his possessions in Prairie township by
the purchase from Alfred Wells, OF
forty acres adjoining his farm on the
south, SO that now Theodore has g
quarter section of Delaware county
land.
AT the school election held here
Monday John Graham was elected to
fill the vacancy in the directors, caused
by the removal from this city of DR..
Craig. j S. Jones was elected to sue
coed himself as director and II G.
Haeberlee was elected treasurer.
Last Friday Postmaster Summer
sides received letter from the General
Supt. ofthe Free Delivery System, in
! forming him that it is the intention Of
, the Department to inaugnrate rural
, free delivery over Routes Nos. l, 2 3, a.,
) 5, 6 and Z from Manchester, on April
3 LIST.
Services will be held in the Univer-
I, salist church as usual next Sunday
morning and evening. Subject for
g morning service: "Tesus at Gethsem
J ane.' Subject for the evening service
s'Shams." Meskimen's Harp Orchestra
a will be in charge of the music and Mrs.
t A Kennedy will sing solo. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend these
r services.
|, Holmes Cowper, the noted tenor
y singer, of Chicago, will give concert
! recital in the City Hall on Monday
g evening, March 18th. Mr.. Cowper is Q
r favorite with newspaper men. He is
g spoken of by some as an artist who en-
9 ables one to appreciate Lungfellow't
: thoughts when he wrote, "Such songs
l. have the power to quiet the restless
d pulse of care, and come like the bene
If diction that follows after prayer"
e CLARK Schemmel, former wei
d known resident of this county, has beer
t. the guest of relatives and friends il
e. this city and Hopkinton for eevera
1T days. He is now, and has been eve
le since he removed from this count,
twenty five or more years ago, resi-
n dent of Norton, Kansas, and we ar
~ glad to learn that fortune has beer
kind tn him in hiS ypsrarD hnna