Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-16

School will be out Friday TO
a two weeks vacation.
Harlo Newcomb is home from
Plat, s. d., for visit.
-Adelbert CLARK was a Dyers
vile visitor Wednesday.
e. H. Hoyt was Thursday
visitor with Lamont friends
w. G. Kenyon is expected home
from his South Dakota farms this
week.
q Denton & Ward have an ad,
that you will not fail to see this
week.
Atty Fl. +. Arnold spent Thurs
day last on business in Cedel
Rapids
The Misses Belchen of Golden
were traders in Manchester markets
Saturday.
Masonville Enterprise: James
and Thomas McCool were in Man
chester Tuesday.
Mrs o. G. Clark Of Forestville
was Friday and Saturday visitor
with Manchester friends.
We wonder if our readers ap.
preciate the advice the First Ma
tional Bank is giving to them this
week.
Cashier Dolphin of the Ryan
State Bank and Squire Beacon also
Of Ryan were Saturday and Tues
day visitors in Manchester.
The annual meeting Of the
stock holders Of the First
National Bank, will be held
at its office January 9th as per
notice in another column.
Mrs. Me. Blair was a guest
last Wednesday at the wedding fes-
tivities when Miss Mable A.; Hesner
and Mr.. DeForest L. Alcorn were
united in marriage at the brides
home in Edgewood.
Edgewood Journal: DIR. New
man was in Manchester Tuesday on
a business trip. 9 q 9 Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ross, of Manchester, visited
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. o. Sevey at their home in
this city lastweek.
Lamont Leader: The restaurant
and lunch counter which has been
run by Frank Cass for the past
three months was sold Wednesday
to A. g. Williams of Manchester
who will take charge at once and
conduct the business. Mr.. Williams
has been in the restaurant bust
ness at Monticello and is an ex-
perienced man at the business. Mr..
Cass will take a trip south in the
near future.
Dyersville Newsletter: Last
Saturday morning in Delhi occurred
the death of Mrs. Fl. Durham, the
wife Of Hiram Durham, Of heart
failure Deceased was among the
old settlers Of Delaware county and
her death will cause deep sorrow
among wide circle of friends and
relatives. Mrs. Durham was cou-
sin of the local editor Of this paper.
The funeral was held in Delhi at IL
o'clock Monday morning.
A new fraud is reported as being
perpetrated throughout the country
towns of Iowa by man wearing a
government badge and claiming to
be in the secret service and looking
for counterfeit money. He enters
q store, displays his badge and asks
to look over the cash drawer. He in
variably finds several "counterfelts,"
which he confscates, Any objec-
ton made by the merchant to this
procedure, it is said, causes the So
called government employee to threat
en- to call to his aid the United
States government to assist him in
his examination, and the effort
generally is successful.
The Dyersville Newsletter of
last week contained the following:
j. j. Mitch, Of Manchester, manu-
facturerof the "Blue Ribbon" cigar,
has purchased the copyright of ]. ].
Hitteniller's float in the last Dyers-
vile carllval parade and will place
the Autograph on the lid of cigar
boxes as a brand. The picture repre-
sents an old man and his wife, &C
companied by two kids, going to the
races. The aggregation consisted
Of a donkey hitched toa sulky and
driven by John Klocker, made up
as clown. The old lady, Chas
Warren, as negress, led the bride
and the two kids, Chas. Lippert as
tumbler and Geo. Sloan as clown
created all sorts of merriment along
the line Of march by their acrobatie
performances and the roasting they
gave to friends and visitors. The in
scription onone side read, when
not going we stop at Hittemiller's.
and on the reverse side, I'VE are
headed for Hittemiller's." Mr. Mitch
says that he is highly pleased WIT
the DESIGN and when the new brane
is placed on the market each purch
aser will get a smile with his smoke
George Allenstein died at hi
home in Lamont Wednesday Dec. 2
aged 80 years, s months, and L da.
For the pas. two years he has bee
in feeble health and when the EN-
came it was not unexpected. Deceas
was born in Germany April |, 1926
In 1861 he left his home land an
came to the new world with viev
Of building home for himself. Tn
year following he was united j
marriage to Mary Neumann VIII
still survives him. They settled o
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