Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-15
MIR. Topper, of Greeley, was o
Mopoheotor visifnr Monday


day afternoon with Mrs. O. b. Dun
ham,
Mics Belle Huey has accepted a
position IN the N. p. Malven News
Stand.
-Fraz Mace of Strawberry Poirt was
a business visitor in Manchester Satur-
day last.
Frank Sheldon went to Aberdeen, S.
D, last Wednesday, where he has farm
ing interests.
Mrs. l.. A. Douglas was few days
visitor last week with Anamosa rela-
tives and friends.
Sammy" Peterson is very low at
this writing, Monday, his illness being
caused by the mumps.
The Democrat is starting new
story this week, "The Mystery of the
Bayou Woods" You will like it.
But one letter is advertised as
unclaimed this week by Postmaster
Summersides, and that one is for Miss
Ella Durfey.
-Chas. Adous left Saturday for
Qskaloosa, where he will enter the EN-.
ploy of tsil,riag firm. Mrs. Aldous
will remain here.
Scott and Will Malven the former
of Albert Lea, MINI, were the first of
the week visitors with their sister, Mrs.
Robt. Allen of Independence
A camp of gypsies sre cat home'
any time o'day near the Northside
school house. They have a much bet
ter outfit than the usual romany tribes
Lewis Lieb, of Earlville, has taken
and nearly completed the contract for
laying the foundation for Bert Acers
new residence on his farm just north of
this city.
N. J. Nenno of Buffalo, N. Y is a
guest in the Peter Boardway home, the
two gentlemen being cousins. Mr..
Nenno is on his way west and his stay
here will therefore be shortened.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Just very
pleasantly celebrated the fifteenth
anniversary of their marriage Sunday.
A number of friends from Manchester
went out and assisted the bride and
and groom in the festivities of the day.
"A letter received Saturday by Cal
vim YOran from Mrs. NJ. j. Yoran
stated that that lady was greatly i'm.
improved in health, so much better in
fact that her friends here would hardly
know her. This Ia exceedingly good
news aud all hope the climate will prove
of lasting benefit to the invalid.
"A number of our boatsmen have
built fine new landing at the foot of
West Delaware street. Having assist
ed in the capacity of boss at the build
ing of same, the writer has no scruples
in recommending the new landing as
thoroughly constructed safe in every
detail and a masterpiece of architec.
tural beauty
Harvey Hanna, of Collins Grove,
is the inventor of very neat contri-
vance whereby he is saved number of
steps each day. Some two weeks age
he strung two wires from the mail box
to the house, there being at the latter
end of the line an electric bell and dry
battery Now when the mail man
comes and deposits mail, the opening OF
the mall box lid causes the electric cur.
rent to form circuit and the bell in
the house rings. This is working fol
Mr.. Hanna go successfully that nc
doubt all our friends on the rural routes
will be having telephone attachments
from mail box to house, to save the
busy farmer or his wife the trip Il
and from the mail box which is so Otter
uselees.-News.
-"Chub" Sheldon's team though
Manchester needed an awakening Tues
day morning and when Club and LIE,
Servoss stopped them on the hayscale!
and were not engaged each with keep
ing two eyes upon them, the beasties
took brilliant start running alont
Delaware to Franklin street where they
turned south, tipping the load off ii
front of the Steadman harness shop
Club in some way escaped withou
even the appearance of danger but LIE
Se1vOss was thrown off the load an
down onto the tongue between tn
horses where he finally dropped under
meath the wagon without injury. Afte
the load was deposited in the mud, the
ran around the square and up Madiso
street to Union, thence to Frankli
and at last accounts were still runnin
t In North Manchester. 1t was surely
narrow escape for the drivers.
q The following is the crop Bullet
for the week ending April 10, 1903:
q respect to temperature and growth
a vegetation the spring is earlier the
!. usual At the central station there HI
# been an average daily excess of s
4 degrees in the temperature since Mar,
n LIST, and conditions have been about Il
r same throughout the state. The raj
ia fall has been generally below norm,
n but the great excess of moisture in t
IN soil prevented field work in March, a.
40 considerable area of low and undrai
"a ed land is still too wet for blowing
M seeding. On rolling and we'll drain
land seeding operations were beg
about the LIST of April, and the work
= now we'll advanced. The reports in,
:, cate decreased acreage of spri
wheat and larger area of oats a
!, barley than last year. Flowing
- corn is in progress, and if conditit
~ are favorable the acreage of that CT
- will be large. Grass has made an ,
" usually early start, and stock will &C
~ he on pasture Fruit bnda amman to