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

Miss Clara Barr was the guest O.
friends at Delaware Monday.
Mrs. j. Limbsck, of Dyersville, wa
q guest of Miss Mary Link, Friday.
Miss Grace Walters was the guess
of her sister, Alice, at Cedar Rapids
Sunday.
Mesdames E. E. Newcomb and 1. G.
Newcomb are guests of relatives al
Cascade.
Willard Coltmsn was guest Of
relatives at Galena and Rockford, ILL.,,
last week.
| Il. Q. Preussner and son, Don, de
parted Tuesday for six weeks hunt in
Montana.
| Mr.. q. Y. Keiser and Mrs. Sherman
Harris are guests of friends and rela-
tives In Illinois.
Miss Grace Matthews and Miss May
Foster, of Earlvllle, visited friends in
this city Friday.
Byron Bronson, of Lisbon, N. d
Is the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Il. Bronson.
Don't fail to pay your attention to
the "Missouri Girl" at the Central Opera
House Thursday evening.
Mrs. H. A. Granger returned Mon.
day evening from an extended visit in
southern Iowa and Nebraska.
Judge and Mrs. E. p. Seeds expect
to return to Washington next week.
Miss Bertha Seeds will accompany
them.
Frank Mather returned home from
Winthrop last week. He has resigned
bis position with the HOLSTER Lumber
Company.
Deputy Sheriff Morgan, of Ryan,
and Frank Lawrence, as bsiliff, are as
sisting Sheriff Fishel in the perform.
ance of his duties in the district court,
The Manchester Womsn's Club
will hold reception in honor of Mrs.
II. M. Hawley, at the home of Mrs.
Henry Lawrence, on Thursday evening
October 8, at eight o'clock.
Miss Ruth Psxson, national secre-
tary of the Young Women's Christian
Association, who has been guest of
relatives and friends In this city return.
ed to Chicago Wednesday evening.
John Morley has resigned his posi-
ton with Lewis Bros. and has accepted
a position with Denton & Ward at
Mcintyre where he will have charge of
the jewelry department Of that firm.
Jerome Sabin returned last week
from Dexter, Minnesota, where he has
been employed in grain elevator. He
expects to go to Rochester, Mimi, next
week where he intends, to start u |
bowling alley.
w. G. Kenyon went to South Dsko.
ta Tuesday. He was accompanied by |
Enos Hamblin, who will assist In repair |
ing some houses and building out
buildings on the farms owned by Mr..
Kenyon in Cnas. Mix County.
Some miscresnt entered the barn of
E. $. Cowles Monday night and literally
slashed one of his harnesses to pieces.
There is too much of this kind of work
fgcinson and some,6 one will'have % be
made an example of IL It is not atopped
-Drs. 9. l.. Leigh and II. H. Law
renee went to Des Moines Tuesday to
attend the meeting of the knights of
Pythias grand lodge. Mesdames VIII
Barr, Geo. Storey, j. h. Allen, Hortense
Barry and A.C. Philip will represent
the Rsthbone Sisters Of this city at the |
meeting.
-Mrs. Harriet Duffey has purchased |
the Manchester Steam Laundry of I,
w. Lsmpman, taking possession Mon
day. Mrs. Duffey has had considerable
experience in the laundry business and
will no doubt make success. Mr..
Lampman will assist for few weeks in |
the laundry.
The big republican rally scheduled
to take place In this city Saturday after.
noon and evening was ssore dissppoint
ment to those having the meeting in
charge. The wet weather combined
with the dampened srdor of the rank
and file of the republican party kept
the attendance down to the size of
the usual school house meeting It
is estimated that three or four hundred
people were 10 attendance at the after
noon session to listen to Congressman
Lands of Indiana and yet smaller
audience greeted the republican nom.
inee for congress from this district,
Judge Birdsall, and Hon. E. P. Seeds
In the evening. Senator Dolliver
and Congressman Cousins, who were
billed to speak, were unable to be
present.
TITS ever thus. "Good times"
breed speculation, and horde of fakirs,
fraudes and cheats of various kinds.
Old receptions are repeated and new
ones invented. The old and well work
ed patent right note game, has not been
played here but to limited extend for
several years, but, never fear, 1t will
have its day again. Tricky travelling
doctors, insurance humbugs, lightning
rod swindlers, transient and travelling
merchants, unreliable nursery agents
and horse company organizers do not
neglect us. They fish not alone for
well-.to do ignorant suckers, yea, verify.
many are the we'll Informed that are
caught In their seductive nets, and many
of them, not satisfied with being pluck
ed once, will walk into the net when
ever opportunity ia offered. Barnum
was pretty near right when he said,
people like to be humbugged.
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