Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Che lDemocrat.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. |, 1902.
TELEPHONE 1874.

-Mts5 blruthh FUCKER Is "a Waletiuo
visitor.
The days have already commenced
grow longer.
Rev. J f. Nugent, of Des Moines,
was a Manchester business visitor Fri
!. day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cameron, Of
Strawberry Point, are visiting relatives
and friends in this city.
DR. and Mrs. L. z. Weber, of Cher
okee, we're guests of Manchester friends
and relatives over Sunday.
Clark Showalter, wife and son, of
Lancaster, Wisconsin,, are guests Of tile
formers sister, Mrs. Il. j. Jacobs.
Mrs. F. Il. Carey and daughters,
Maud and Maye, are visiting relatives
and friends at Mt. Carol and Pecatoni
ca, Illinois.
The Jones Min Grange will meet
at the hail next Saturday, january Bad,
for installation of officers. Bring yorr
lunch baskets.
Lee Millet, of Armour, S. ID. is
visiting relatives and other friends here.
3 This is Lees first visit to Manchester
in seventeen years.
r. w. Chambers brought in. too
late for this issue new al in which he
quotes prices on an extra quality of
box calf shoes at $3.50.
Mrs DR.. Butler, of GAINESVILLE, Wis
coEsin, and Miss Jessie Butler, of
Chicago, are guests at the Mrs. j. u.
Boggs home in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Writ Bronson and
.!chlldren Kathleen and Carl, of Spencer.
Iowa, were guests ofreiatiyes here from
last Friday until Monday.
DR. and Mrs. G. c. Bradley, MIR. and
Mrs w. IL. Hutchinson and Miss En-
y ma Hutchinson will give reception at
Pythian Castle Thursday evening.
Mrs. p. Rieger and Mr., and Mrs.
Frank Reiger returned home from Del
vein, where they spent Sunday with
Z Mrs Rieger's son-in law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Nunema6er.
All anyone has to do in order TO
become immensely rich is to save one
penny on the first day of January, and
Il then double their savings on every day
during the remainder of the month.
The ladies' missionary society OF
the NJ. E.church will hold reception
at the church parlors new years night.
Members and friends are cordially in
vited to come and have good time.
~ There will be a joint Installation
of w. A. Morse post and w. r. G. at
Y G. A. r. Hal! Friday evening, January
Sd, to which all members OF the post
and Corps and all exsoldiers aud their
families are invited.
The following letters are advertised
4 as uncalled forat the post office in this
s@city: Mechanics Gay French and Fan
on; Messra. Rev. Louis Il. st Clair,
Chas Il. Sheldon, A. L, Taylor, 5. G
Reinburg, Jno. G. Koch and Eugene
Elmeel.
Elk City Marshall y. b. Allen re-
turned home last week from a six
months visit with relatives in Chicago
and at his boyhood home in New York
state, His hale and hearty appearance
clearly indicates that the trip has been
very beneficial to his health. Mrs. Al
len, when they reached Chicago on theii
homeward trip, decided to remain there
with her daughters for a few days, hut
lis expected home the latter part OF this
week.
w. G. Cawley received q letter the
\ first of the week from his son, Charlie
who is in thedrug businessa at Honolulu
The letter covers four pages, and al
though Mr.. Cawley has given to itevery
moment OF his spare time since receiv
ing it he is no wiser as to it's contents
than before it came. From an inspec
tation of it, we are of the opinion tina
the characters are Chinese, but we ar
not sure and don't think w. G. is
Charlie wrote sometime ago that h'
4 WOuiu SlSit iiio paiciito hSlo ncAe q uhS
when, if he does not do 80 before, tn
contents of the aforesaid letter will b,
made clear
zAianchester is to have another
bsnk in the near future. The incorpor
ators are w: Norris, sY.,Ns lY.olcott
.. w. Miles j. n atthewa; IS. Ans
den, b. II. Miles and Burton Clark, VIII
compose the board of iireetors, tn
other officers ars L. Matthews, pres
dent; j. w. Miles, vice president, an
b. i. Miles, cashier. The amount q
capital stock authorized is $250G0 di
vided into shares OF 500 each. I'll
first floor of the building north of til
Clarence house, low occupied by w.
Goodwin has BEEN leased and the ne
bank will commence business as 500
as the necessary changes emo improv
ments in the premises leased can
made. The promoters OF this new
nancial institution are among the lea
ing business men of this city. NJ
Matthews, its president, has for Il
past four years been the efficient trea
urer of this county, and Ben Miles W
number of yeare the popular assists
cashier of the First National Bank. T.
Democrat joins in extending a hear
welcome to the State Savings Bank,
the business circle of Manchester.
Many of the readers OF the Den
crat were acquainted with Mr.Jose
Clark and his family when they liv
near Delhi. Mrs. VIM. Dudley, of Il
city, is in receipt OF letter from Caly
Dudley, of Lake City, this state,
which she says, that Mrs. Smith, t
eldest daughter of MI. CLARK, was in 1