Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-26
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Lawrence & Gre ms space next week.
Albert Lusk and son, Clyde, are
visiting relatives aud friends IN Mime
apolis, Wis ,onsin.
&C. E. Shaffer, of Colesburg, was a
Manchester business vi.itor Thursday
and Friday of last week.
Alfred Trip has rented the Sand
hagen farm in llichland township, and
is already in possession of same.
New spring goods have been re-
ceived at the Burton Clark Store, as an
nounced in his advertisement on this
page.
Charles Livingston, of Platteville,
Wisconsin, has accepted q position as
clerk in Allen 4 Storey's clothing
store.
Ma. and Mrs. Floyd Morse depart
this week for the Sunny South, where
they expect to remain for several
months.
F. Tunis and family are nicely set
tied in the Tom Robinson house on
Union street, having recently removed
from East Main street.
There is no better flour made than
that made by the Quaker Mill &c.
Read what is said about the White
Pearl brand in it's new adv.
Mrs. Geo. W. Durham departed
Friday for Des Moines, where she in
tends to spend month with her hus-
baud, Representative Durham.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold a market day next
Saturday at L. G. Wells grocery store,
beginning at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Misses Weston and Mcintosh, of
Lamont, were callers at the home of
VIM. Mcintosh Friday, while on their
way to quarterly meeting at Central
City.
$. E. Turner, the Main street feed
man, has a carload of corn on railroad
track for sale. He is also making q
special price on barrel lots of flour. See
local.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Devine have the
sympathy of their many friends in the
loss of their ten months old son who
died last Tuesday evening. The funer-
al was held Thursday at the Monti
Catholic church.
Don't fail to read w. q. Kenyon's
local, "IIaye Not, in another column
of this issue. He advertises some
choice lands in the Dakotas, all on the
east side of the Missouri river at prices
that will astonish you.
John Reilly and Anthony Swindle,
of Ryan passed through here Monday
evening on their way east where they
will purchase lumber for the Ryan
Farmers Cooperative Lumber Co.
which was recently incorporated at
that place.
Robert Barr and his brother, John,
shipped two car loads of prime beef
cattle to Chicago last week. One car
load of the cattle averaged 1900 pounds
per head and sold for 1926 per hundred.
While Iowa steers sell in Chicago for
$93.75 apiece, the price of Iowa corn
lands will continue to boom.
An exchange tells of woman who
makes her own coffee. She takes equal
parts Of bran, oat meal and uses enough
egg and molasses to mix them well
Then she slowly roasts the compound in
the oven until it looks like ground cof-
fee. This, it is says, makes 'cotfee"
that you cannot tell from the import.
ed, and issaid to be very healthful.
The KIP. Lodge of this city has
decided to give banquet and ball on
Friday evening, March 7th. The ban
quet will be given in Castle Hall at
$50 p. m and the dance will COM
mence at the Central Opera House at
900 p. nj. The dance and banquet will,
in one sense, be separate entertain
ments and invited guests can attend
either one or both just as they prefer.
John Barnd had the misfortune to
have his arm broken last Saturday
| afternoon While driving dray team
near the elevator on the west side the
horses became frightened at an engine
and ran sway. He was thrown from
the seat and the drsy passed over his
right arm breaking it in two places
above the elbow. The team was stop
| ped at the corner of Delaware and
Franklin street before further damage
was done.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
sand Creek church gave social at thu
home of John Hitler last Friday even
ing, Feb. 2lst. An appropriate pro
gram was rendered by the members O
society. John Mslven was present ant
entertained the guests with his musica
voice as auctioleer. About two hun
dred we're present and enjoyed boun
teous supper. The receipts of tn
evening netted the society $4,000.
p. Louter Vessels, of Bloemfon
, tein, Orange River Colony, Soutl
Africa, will deliver lecture in Cit
Hall on March 10th. under the ausplce
+ of the Manchester Star Lecture Course
The lecture will illustrate his descriI
lions of South Africa with stereoptico
a views and moving pictures. This lei
q ture is not a part of the regular lectul
q course, and for that reason, season ticl
J. cts may not be good for admission
Tickets good to all parts of the houi
IS will be on sale for 25 cents.
h Capt. J. F. Merry and wife. WI
70 left here Monday night for the sout
a have reached Vicksburg, where Mr.
Merry will remain couple of mont
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