Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

luS tlbltOE ldst week.
Miss Bessie Edmunds is at hom
from Hot Spring, S. ID.
Herbert Anderson is student q
the Athenaum In Chicago.
Allison Doolittle visited at Council
Bluffs and Omaha last week.
Mics Mable Button was guest O
relatives in Coggon last week.
C. w. Miller returned from bust
ness trip to South Dakota, last week.
MRS. Hubert Carr spent Frids,
with relatives and friends in Water
loo.
Mrs. w. H. Hutchinson is guess
of relatives and friends at Cleveland
Ohio.
Mrs. Forest Crosier was guest Of
relatives at independence part of last
week.
Bert Cox, of Omaha, Neb., visited
with friends in this city part of las,
week.
"A son was born to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. 9. L. Adams, Wednesday
Oct. 1st.
-Mrs. S. L. Turner is making an ex-
tended visit with relatives and friends
at Geneva, N. Y.
&C. H. Bsbcock, of College Springs,
Iowa, was guest of friends in this
vicinity last week.
-R. v. Lucas was chosen for the
position of post master of Esrlville at
special election Saturday Sept. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Sheldon have
gone to Wheaton, Illinois where Mr..
Sheldon will have charge Of dairy
farm.
Among those from here who attend
ed the G. A. R. Encampment at Wash
ington, d. @. are R. w. Terrill, A. b.
Terrill, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Keagy, J.B.
Thompson, Mrs. r. W. Fishel and o
E. Huene.
The Carnival held at Cedar Rapids
last week drew goodly number from
this city. Those present report large
attendance at the Fair and gay 1t was
one of the best street fairs they have
ever witnessed.
Marriage licenses were issued dur
Ing the past week by Clerk Georgen to:
Herman j. Prested and Mslinda M.
Montgomery, Willard Moore and Hor
tense b. Breach, William j. Patten and
Ola b. Davis, Hiram 7. Robinson and
Hattie Stone.
The Manchester base ball team had
their scalps taken by the Nebraska
Indian aggregation at the fair grounds
in this city last Tuesday afternoon, by
score of Is to g. Klaus was in the
box for the locals and pitched good
game but his support was decidedly yell
low. The red men played . fast
snappy game and far out clsssed the
locals.
&C. S. Amsden has disposed of his
interest in the hardware store of Car
harht & Amsden to Mr.. j. e. Nye,s of
West Union, and the business will
now be conducted under the firm name
of Csrhsrt Il Nye. Mr.. Nye lie said to be
apractical plumber and steam filter and
comes highly recommended. Mr.. AIMS.
den In company with w. N. Wolcott
will spend the winter in the sunny
south.
brakeman John Powers, who near
ly met death in an accident at Fort
Dodge few days ago, is reported to be
slowly improving. His worst injuries
are to his knee and leg, where the
wheels passed over 1t. 1t is now thought.
that an amputstion will not be neces.
sary, although it is feared his knee will
be stiff after recovery. He is still in the
hospital at Fort Waterloo Re.
porter.
Among the appointments made at
the annual session of the Upper Iowa
conference of the NJ. E. church held at
Marshalltown last week were: Msnches-
ter-H. o. Pratt; Colesburg-C. w.
Rodgers; Delhi-H. R. Salisbury; Earl
ville-B w. Soper; Edgewood-F. T.
Heating; Greeley-John Dawson; Hop
klnton-W. E. Ross; Lamont-W. A.
Wolcott; Masonvllle-C. w. McCord;
Silver Creek-C. H. Taylor; Straw
berry Point-O. G. DePuy.
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the w. q. T. U. of this state was held in
the Methodist church in this city last
week. There were In attendance lis
delegates, representing unions from all
parts of the state. The program for
the four days of the convention was
crowded full of subjects of interest to
temperance workers. The officers of
the state union conducted the sessions
with business-like energy and efticien-
cy which speaks we'll for the success of
the work they are carrying on. One OF
the special features of the convention
was the meeting Thursday evening in
the Opera House where Rev. A. j.
Wheeler and Mr.. Brown held debate
on thesubject Prohibition VS.. License 2
The sessions of the convention were at
tended by many visitors who united
with the delegates in pronouncing the
meeting one of profit as we'll IS general
interest.
AN editor of q country newspaper
has no business to make mistakes. He
ought to know what suits each indi
vidual orhe ought to take each item be.
fore it is published and let the person
whom it concerns censure it.An editol
has plenty of time to do this as all b,
has to do is to hunt news and clean
rollers, set type, clean the floor, pei
short items aud hustle advertising presl
the papers, fold them and mail them