Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2s, 1902.
Leslie Hoyt is in Lebanon, S. D.


WEDNESDAY, MAY %, 1902.
Leslie Hoyt is in Lebanon, s. d.
w E. Gildner transacted business
In Waterloo, Monday.
Charlie Smith, of Chicago, Is q guest
OF friends in this city.
DIR. and Mrs j. j. Lindsay and
daughter, are III st. Paul
Mrs. Ii. L. Miles Is u guest OF rela-
tives at Jacksonville, Illinois.
MIR. and Mrs. q. Il. Bronson IRE
spending q few days in Chicago.
Guy Crosier, of Cedar Rapids, visit
ed relatives and friends in this city last
week.
The High School teachers enter
tanned the senior class on picnic Mon
day afternoon.
Miss Clara Greten, Of Ryan, WAS an
over Sunday visitor at the home Of her
uncle, A. Lippert.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Anna
Whitman, Mrs. q. Il. ,Cornwell, Steve
Fisher and A. r.. Heath.
Mrs. r. F. Hockaday, of Stone City
Is here to attend the Commencement
and Alumni exercises this week.
w. q. Kenyon started Monday for
Charles Mix county South Dakota where
he has large real estate interests.
Edward Hall, of Bangor, Me, is in
this city visiting his aunt and uncle, Miss
Florence Bailey and q. j. Bailey.
Mics Florence Carpenter, of Rock
Rapids, a college friend of Miss McIn.
tosh, is visiting at the Mcintosh home
this week.
The Fifteenth Annual Banquet of
the Manchester High School Alumni,
will be held at Pythlan Hall next Fri
day evening.
About fifteen fans from this city
attended the base ball game at Oelwein
last Sunday. Dyersville was defeated
by score of to 3.
On account of the Commencement
Exercises, prayer meeting at the Con-
gregatlonsl church will be at seven
O'Clock Thursday evening.
Miss Wayne Lippert departed for
Oelwein, Iowa, this afternoon to be
present ct the graduation of her cousin,
Miss Mable Eller, which is to take place
tomorrow. She expects to be gone two
weeks.
Next Saturday is pay day or the
patrons of the Manchester creamery.
The total receipt Of milk at the creamery
for the month Of April was 45O, $40 lbs
average test 81. average price paid 60
cents per hundred.
The rainfall of the past three weeks,
while extremely heavy and productive
of considerable damage In some local.
tiles, was taken all In all la great bene-
fit. The skies are again clear and blue
and the prospects for abundant crops
of all kinds were never better In Della
ware county.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson
and their four children started for
England last Monday, where they viii
probably remain all summer and pos
sibly part of next winter. Their host
of friends OH this side of the big sea
wish them s-pleasant voyage, and re.
turn home on the earliest date which
their business interests will permit.
The new residence of b. F. Miles
on Gay street caught fire last Wednes-
day evening. Smoke was seen coming
from the roofsand but for the timely
assistance of neighbors and the fire de-
partment the house would have been de-
stroyed. The damage done to the building
was slight and fully covered by insur
ance. The origin of the fire is q mystery
The particulars of the killing Of
Warren Curtis in Oregon, last March
were given in the Democrat soon aftel
the occurrence. Two of the persons i'm
plicated in the murder, George S. Millel
and James Colwell, have recently hat
their trial, were found guilty of murder
in the second degree, and sentenced tx
life imprisonment In the Oregon statt
penitentiary.
Rev. Henry w. Tuttle will com
plete thirteen years in the psstorate Of tn
Congregational church of this city mex
Sunday. The subject of the sermon II
1.-THE morning will be "The Gospel Whicl
Does Not Wear Out" in the evenin
the concluding sermon of q series upol
the Public Library on the theme "Litel
sture and Life" with special referenc
to the influence Of Hebrew literature.
The funeral services of Mrs. d. {
Clark, of Omaha, were held at the Of
Clark home on Sunday. Mrs. Clark fo
short time was resident of Mar
chester, and during that time forme
many strong attachments. Mr.. d. {
Clark is General Manager of the Unto
Pacific Coal Company and was accom-
panied on his sad mission by Geo.
Black, of Rock Springs, Asst Supt., b
Mr.. Doane, of Omaha, Mrs. D. A. Clsr
and son, Mrs. Boyd, wife Of Ex.Govel
nor Boyd, of Nebraska, and Senator
ID. Clark and Mrs. Clark, who will
remembered by all our old residents.
The Crop Bulletin for week endir
May 26, says: The week was war
and showery. The average daily e,
cess of temperature was from eight
ten degrees. Fully three ourths Of Il
state received very large excess
rainfall, the smallest amounts being I
ported from stations In the northwes
ern counties. In numerous localitit