Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
John Mertz is at home from lie

1884 oA SAsSaNNo VApiS III viz Wow.
Miss Nellie Magill of Clinton, ILL.,,
is the guest Of relatives and friends in
this city.
Mrs. M. +. Cunningham and chill
dren, Asa and Olive, have returned
from Bermidjii,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva johnson of Du
buque were Manchester visitors, the
first of the week.
"A man from his chin down is worth
dollar day; the value OF man from
his chin up is unlimited.
Misses Edith and Mertie Wells
come home on the 18th inst. from Cor
nell to spend the holidays.
Fred j. MCGEE of Fremont, Ne
braska, visited relatives here Sunday
while en- route from Chicago.
Jos. Hutchinson and r.. r. Robin
son have gone to Kansas City to buy
corn for shipment to this county.
HAPPY Hooligan' will be at Cen
trail Opera house next Saturday even
ing. See notice in another column.
ga. Hoosier Daisy" was presented
to an appreciative audience at the
Central Opera House last Wednesday
evening,
DIR. Fl. A. Dittmer and family are
expected to return soon from Chicago,
where he has been taking post gradu-
ate course.
Ned Hoyt, accompanied by his
grandmother, Mrs. A. r. LOOMS, ar
rived home Monday from Los Angeles,
California.
-Harlo Newcomb. returned Wednes-
day from Platte, South Dakota, where
he has been engaged as carpenter for
the past four months.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society of the M. E. church will meet
at the home of Mrs. Geo. Miller,
Wednesday, Dec. 18th, at 2:3O p. m.
DIR. G. L. Boyce requests us to an
nounce that he will make his regular
visits to this city every six weeks in
stead of two months as has been his
custom.
Ed. Amherst OFT, the third mum
Der of the lecture course, will be at the
City Hall Saturday evening when he
will deliver his lecture on Sour Grapes.
All should turn out and hear him.
Henry Armitage of Earlville was q
business visitor to this city last Thurr-
day. While here he had his name enroll.
ed on the Democrats subscription list
and took home with him one of its nice
premiums.
j. r. Toogood has new govern
ment thermometer that records the
lowest point reached by it during the
night. The lowest temperature reach
ed during the night is posted in the
the window every morning.
Miss Olive Stanton, former resi-
dent of this city, died at Cedar Rapids
Thursday and the remains were brought
to this city Saturday and inferred by the
side of her parents, DIR. and Mrs. J..
A. Stanton. The deceased was % years
of age.
AT the post office in this city, there
are unclaimed letters addressed to the
following persons. Mrs. Pauline Mar
tain, Misses Jennie Smith, Lizzie Little,
Mable Boyd, Rev. Y. L. Young, Messrs.
9. F. Wishard, A. s. Schellerman, Col.
Inns Manning.
Among those from out of town
who attended the funeral of Mre. Bethel
last Thursday, were Hon. j. b. Powers,
of Dubuque, Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell, of
Independence, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Limbach and Mr.. and Mrs. james Mil
lard, of Dyersvllle.
Alice, the three year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oran Pierce of Prairie
township, was seriously burned last
Tuesday by falling into pail of boiling
water. At first her injuries were
thought to be fatal but later reports
give her recovery as assured.
| Marriage licenses have been issued
by Clerk Georgen during the past week
to Charles F. Schanbeck and Lulu A
Barre; William Reynolds and Calists
Carter; Dick 7. Broers and Holda M
CLAM; Herman d. Holland and Elvint
Brockmeyer; Francis w. Dickson ant
Eva L. Bisgrove.
| Mrs. Pelia Gates died at the homt
of her daughter, Mrs. j. b. Rutherford
Friday, at the advanced age of 80 years
Mrs. Gates has many friends who ex.
tend their sympathy to the bereaved re
lstives. The funeral was held from
the Rutherford residence on Nortl
Franklin street, Sunday, Rev. H. o
Pratt officiating.
The Des Moines Daily News pre-
! diets that the price of milk to consumer
! In cities and towns will soon be sdvanc
, ed to SO cents. In many places tn
!, dsirYmen are unable to obtain sufiicien
I. milk to supply their customers. Tn
lack of nutriment in the hay owing t
, injury from excessive moisture las
j, summer is given IS cause of the shor
d age the milk production The dealer
/ in this city are as yet supplying the
II customers at cents per quart.
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