Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22

Mrs. L. j. Gates is visiting friends
in Delaware.
Hon. w. H. Norris was Cedar
Rapids visitor the first of the week.
VIM. Porter of Hopkinton was a
business caller on Manchester friends
Monday.
r.. G. Postlethwaite, of Jewel City,
Kansas, was Manchester business WIS.,
itor last week.
Miss Daisy Durham returned Mon
day from visit with her sisters, Elva,
at the State University and Edith in
Chicago.
DR.. p. E. Triem attended the annual
banquet of the Cedar Valley Homeo-
pathic Medical society at the Burr hotel,
Cedar Falls, last Thursday evening.
Miss Lydia Spear of Delaware,
Iowa, will be temporary resident of
Cedar Rapids, while she is taking
course in stenography at the local bust
ness college.-Cedar Rapids Republican
-Mrs. Frank Anders returned last
week from California where she spent
the winter Accompanying her was
Miss Clara Wolcott, Mrs Will Wolcott
and the children being expected this
week.
The Euchre club meets with Mrs.
Chas. Hamlin this Wednesday after
noon. Last Wednesdays meeting with
Mrs. Sherm Harris was unusually
pleasant, appetiztng refreshments being
served during the course of the after
noon.
We understand that two young
men were caught seining in the river at
Forestville Sunday and were reported
to thedeputy game warden. A number
of the youngsters who are pulling out
croppies here should take this as a
warning.
"A picked team, composed of DR..
Lawrence, Art Bruce, L. L. Hoyt, j.
b. Hoag, N. P. Maven and Henry
Bronson bowled at Dyersville last week
Wednesday afternoon and evening, be
Ing beaten in the five games played
grand total of n pins.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Porter of La
mont have rented q residence in South
Manchester and will move in, we under.
stand, Immediately. Mr.. Porter intends
making Manchester his permanent
home and of course will buy If he finds
home to suit his good wife.
Mrs. T. Jacobs is very Ill with
neuralgia of the stomach and for this
reason the wedding festivities planned
for Miss Fox and Mr.. Gilbert have
been recalled. The couple were quietly
married at the M. E. parsonage, Rev.
FL. o. Pratt officiating, and this after.
noon they together with MIR. and Mrs.
Norton depart for Chicago.
"A Kansas woman, who has devoted
much of her life to collecting money
for the benefit of the hea then, claims
that it takes Sl6.75 to get each dollar
to its destination, this high rate of ex
change being due to the rake-off of the
various people through whose hands
the money passes before the heather
sees'the color Of it.-Waverly Democrat.
Prof. F. d. Joseph and Hon. r. j.
Bixby Of Edgewood were Manchester
visitors Saturday, both gentlemen being
interested in the republican voters of
Delaware county, Mr.. Joseph having
announced himself q candidate before
republican primaries for the nomin-
alton of county superintendent of in.
struction and Mr.. Bixby being candi-
date for the nomination of state rep
resentative.
The Iowa City Republican of last
week mentions the election of fourteen
seniors to membership in the Phi Beta
Kappa, an honorary society of the State
University, to which only students of
the literary courses of the University
are eligible. Election to this society is
much coveted honor because only
few are chosen each year and these few
are the highest ranking seniors. Among
the fourteen, we find the name of Miss
Juliette Pierce, Manchester.
The marriage of MI. Harry Ken
yon to Miss Caroline Glnsaulus of
Manistee, Mich, which occurred in
Chicago last Thursday evening came as
very pleasant surprise ito Mr.. Ken.
yon's friends here. Harry is an un-
usually bright yonng man as his retain
ment and advancement In the work of
his choice most strongly attests His
recent appointment to the position Of
private secretary to j. F. Hartman,
vice president of the Illinois Central
Railway Co., was gratifying acknow-
Judgement of the esteem in which he is
held by his employers and here at home
all unite in sending Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
yon sincerest good wishes that their
lives may be long, happy and prosperous
together. The young couple are
spending their honeymoon In the south
Charles and VIM. Hermann OF
Coflin's Grove deal extensively in honey
and their spiaries are probably the
finest and largest In the county. Mon
days mail brought them from Louisi
ana q queen bee and about twenty Of
her subjects. all of the famous Italian
aristocracy the special car in which
this blooded lady and her friends travel
ed being about four inches long anG
Lone inch wide, having three apartment
one of which was filled with honey
Though travelling in their own specia
3 cal, the Italian queen and her suite cam
|. through from the south very cheapl,
|. two cent stamp on the back of the ca
q being seemingly the only railroad far
Q paid by the party. We believe, how