Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
WEDNESDAY, JULY .. 1902.

Miss Dora Hills of Des Mones 10
guest of Miss Helen Granger.
Miss Eva Rector of Oneida wa
shopping in this city Saturday.
Miss Pear! lluent OF Chicsgo is {
guest OF her psre It's, Mr.. aud hrs. o lG
Huens.
Boyd Brakeman, Of Independence
was guest at the Frank Andeys home
last week.
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. $. ismblln ar,
guests OF relatives and ffienda III Del
Rapids, S. ID.
Miss Edith Rant has returned
home from Chicago Sic VIII spend the
summer here.
Florence HOLSTER Of Peca;ouica
ILL.,, is q guest at the a. a. HOLSTER
home i'll this city.
w. L. Gildner Of the finn of Gid
ner Bros. has gone to st. Paul to pur-
chase stock of iur coats.
ACu 1hiisl3 sun VI Dtl ci.Q SifS. ~
N. Smith spent the Fourth With rela-
T.. es at Greene, Butler Co.
The Misses Flo. Church of Elms
and Arlie Young of Greeley are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hollenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Gates, OF
Sioux Falls, S. d., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Carr last Thursday.
Mrs. R. A. Kennedy is making a
several weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Cedar Falls and Des Moines.
Miss Euphenia Coffey, of Marion,
who has been guest of her sister, Mrs.
A. L. Seyertron, returned to her home
Thursday.
August Philip is in Sioux City
this week In attendance at the meeting
of the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Asso.
citation now in session in that city.
Re-. Hamlin has accepted posi-.
ton with the Williams & Huntington
lumber yard at Cedar Rapids. He be
gan his duties with the new firm the
first of last week.
The Volga City baseball team
passed through here. Thursday en-
route for Webster City, where they
played game with the nine represent,
ing that city, on the Fourth.
DIR. w. E. Boynton of Chicago, is 8
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. N.
Boynton. Mr.. Boynton will remain
about week and during his stay here
will open an office over Boynton Il Nc
Ewen's jewelry store. See his notice in
another column.
Rev. j.. J. Fitzpatrick of Dubuque
and Rev. Thos. Rowe of Strawberry
Point were here Tuesday morning and
took the train for the west. They
stopped off at Winthrop and were
driven down to Monti where they will
ruralize with Father Hanley for short
time along the banks of the placid Buff
falo. We are Informed that Father
Hanley has fine meadow and they in
tend ITO make hay. while thesun Shines"
-Dyersville Commercial.
Married: At the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Margaret Fowells, of Fay
cite, yesterday, Mr.. Charles Dormsn OF
this place to Miss Anna Fowells, Rev.
st. John officiating. The bride was
formerly successful school teacher in
the city schools at Fayette and later at
Spirit Lake. Mr.. Dorman lie one of our
popular dentists and liked by all who
know him. The best wishes of their
many friends are theirs. They immedi-
stely took up housekeeping here in their
pleasant suite Of rooms over N. w. Ma
sons store Strawberry Point Neil
press.
The firm of Grass6eld Bros. dig
solved partnership the first of the week.
E. A. Grasstield having purchased his
brothers interest in the store In this
CITY. p. A. Grassfeld has started a
shoe store at Upton, Iowa, and his host
of friends In this city wish him an
abundance of success in lis new home.
Grasstield Bros. have worked up large
business in this city and no doubt the
store under its new management will
merit and receive generous patronage
from the buyers in this vicinity. Watch
for r. A. Grassfeld's announcement in
next weeks issue of the Democrat.
MIR. Holland, superintendent of fish
hatcheries for the state of Colorado,
was practical joker; but has ceased to
be, for while at least. One evening
q few days ago, he set big steel bear
trap in the basement of the Colorado
capitol building, intending to brighten
the janitor next morning, and have
some fun. Later he went into the base
ment In the dark, and all alone, thought
lessly inserted his left foot into the
gaping jaws of the trap, which were
fairly yawning for something about as
good as he, and then with three of the
inch-long teeth of the wicked machine
sunk in his ankle to the bone, made ar
engagements to spend the night right
there. They found him next morning,
enjoying the joke SO much that he was
hardly able to laugh any longer. He
may save the leg, but he is likely to be
cripple for life.
"A pretty wedding took place yester
day morning at Belmont when Arthur
McEnany and iss Sadie Keegan pro.
nounced the q sthat joined them for
life. The cere q \ was performed by
Rev. p. ii. Rya, "A the presence of g
large number OF she relatives and
friends of the contributing parties. The
bride presented very handsome ap
pearance in costume of white silk, hel
maid of honor, Miss Rose Coleman, be
ing attired in gown of white satin
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