Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-26
r.. w. Chambers spent Sunday in


VIM. Millen, of Earlville, was in
town transacting business Friday.
Mrs. o. A. Durham was Cedar
Rapids visitor the first of tho week.
Frank Eike, of Petersburg, was
Manchester business visitor Monday.
James Legassick, of Earlville, was
q pleasant caller at this Office Monday.
Charles Heath, of Breda, Ia, is
guest of relatives and friends in this
city.
w. G. L. U. meeting in the M. E.
church parlors Friday March 49, All
invited.
DIR. L. II. Loomis, of Minneapolis,
has been the guest of relatives here for
several days.
MIR. and Mrs. Hugh Clemans and
Miss Cotton were Mt. Vernon visitors
the first of the week.
MIR and Mrs. e. L. Patton and lit
tie daughter, of Ehler, were in the city
the first of the week.
M. L. Blair has been elected secre-
tary of the Thorpe Cooperative Cream
cry recently organized.
Mrs. j. l.. Belknap, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, is guest at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. j. j. Pentony.
Herman Philip, of Oklahoma, was
a guest of relatives and friends in this
city the first of the week.
The ladies of st. Johns Guild will
meet with Mrs. Pulver on Thursday. A
large attendance is desired.
Don't forget the base ball mlnstrels
to be held in the city hall April 8.
Every fan should be present.
Mrs. II. N. Cornish returned from
the South last week, where she spent
the winter with the Manchester colony
at Petersburg, Florida.
Joseph Langhammer has bought the
L. A. Loomis residence property on the
corner of Madison and Fayette streets.
The consideration paid was $500.
Miss May Denton returned to New
York City yesterday, after visit of
few days with friends. While here she
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. X. E.
Carpenter.
The missionary society of the
Presbyterian church will meet with
Miss Mary Scotield Wednesday, March
26th, at 2:30 p. m. All are requested to
be present.
Miss Bertha Clark was awarded
the medal in the w. G. L. U. contest
held at EsrlvilIe the 2lst. She recited
"a Vision of Darkness and Light"
The judges were Fl. j. Schweitert, Miss
Caro- Millen and Miss Leurs.
II. M. Barre and $. w. Barre, of
Beloit, Wis. and Frank Barre, of Chip.
pewa Falls, brothers of Mrs. b. Ii.
Keller, her son. Ben. 9. Keller, of Port
Angeles, WASH, Frank b. Gregg, of
West Superior, and Miss Belle Morse, of
Chippewa Falls, nephew and niece of
Mrs. Keller, were present at the funeral
of the late b. IL. Keller.
The postmaster general has issued
an order excluding church papers from
the use of the mails as second class
matter. He says that when such pa
pers consist wholly of matter relating
to the churches and nothing of matter
of general public character, they can
not be admitted to the mails as second
class matter-Ryan Reporter.
There was double wedding at the
Baptist church in this city last Wednes
day morning. The brides were the
Misses Kate and Edith Trier of this
city. The ceremony which united Mil
ford |. Allen and Miss Kate L. Trier,
and Theodore Dolly and Miss Edith. A.
Trier, was performed by the Rev. A. w.
Caul. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen will be at
home in Burt, Iowa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dolly on farm near Delhi. The Dem
ocrat extends its congratulations.
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The following are the judges, clerks
and polling places selected by the city
council for the city election to be held
Monday, March 81. First ward-Judges,
H. G. Smith, l.. NJ. Davis, Levi Cross
clerks, e Tilton, ID. F. Hennesey. Sec
ond ward-Jndges, A. d. Brown, w. d
Hoyt, E. A. Atwater; clerks II. r. Rob
inson, G. G. Armistesd. Third ward
Judges q. w. Storey, G. L. Adams, @
Scott; clerks, Hubert Carr and H. w.
, Lawrence. Polling places-First ward
, S. A. Steadman's harness shop. Second
], ward, Flremen's Hall. Third ward, G
w. Storey's residence.
Small men with small purposes d.
not help to make towns lively and pro
gressive. To forge ahead as com
munity there must be plenty of pusl
and plenty of generosity among thu
people, not the poor people, nor thu
poor people alone, but the rich peopl
' also. There must be a spirit of generos
! ity abroad in the land and the spirit o
}. pinch must be relegated to the real
We must look at things In this way
Whatever helps the town must he'll
J. all the people in it, more or less
n Whatever keeps the town back keep
) all who have living to make back i
d the rear. Baskerville Democrat.
n "A party of Manchester people ant
10 cipate erecting summer cottages on til
banks of the Wapsie near Quasquetol
q. AS q country ages its citizens deman
If the comforts and the luxuries of lif
ID The pleasures to be derived from a
a outing on as beautiful stream as tt
a Wapsie attracts the attention of tho
al living ten and twenty miles away, b,
he go unrecognized by the residents aio1