Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
Manchester will celebrate.

Manchester will celebrate.
"A. ii. llollister spent last week In
Wisconsin.
%. II. Moshler of Masonville was a
Friday visitor in Manchester.
Winthrop Review: Mrs. o }.
Metcalf was Manchester visitor Mon
day
Mrs. NJ. linlhert visited at Greeley
and StrawLerr, Point last week and
this.
--E. L.. May of Lamont was the uesl
OF Manchester friends the last OF the
week.
-s,:Irs. Fred Jsssen of Dundee war
1 tn, 8 s 1,s Mis-. Nj. E. Blair,
Grin Greenwood of Strawberry
Point was q Manchester visitor the first
of the week.
Oar May queen had rainy reign
this year, but back in New York state
I her reign was rsinlesa.
-Chas. Reisner and family went
Friday to Independence for two
weeks visit with friends.
a. Day, formerly Manchester
boy, now of Valley City, N, d., was the
gl.est of relatives and friends here last
week.
Regular meeting, Nazareth Com
msndery, X T. this "wednesday even
Ing. Members are especially requested
to attend.
-Messr George Moore and q. Snyder
attended the State Convention of Pro
hibitionists at Marshalltown the 9th.
They were delegates.
Flower Mission Day will be OBJ
served at the county poor farm on Sun
day at 2:3O P. m. Rev. Gilbert has
charge of the services.
Mrs. A. Q. Philip will entertain
the Young Ladies Society of the Con
gregational church this week Thursday
afternoon at 2:3o o'clock.
The Morro Castle display and the
dynamiting of the Maine on the Fourth
will be q picture lesson for tho young
sters. No one IN Delaware county will
miss it.
The Ward sisters have started q
restaurant on Main street in the Shell
don building, formerly occupied by the
Minnie Barr millinery stock. Later
they will serve lunches in connection
with their baking business.
Marshall Graham is attending the
Masonic Grand Lodge ct Marshnlltown
this week. In his absence d. b. Allen
is wearing the the star-and he looks
sort Of familiar in it too, may be be.
cinse he wore the same for SO many
years previous to Mr.. Graham's assum-
ing the same.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will hold u Rubber
Social at the home of Mrs. Dooiittie
Friday evening of this week. Light
refreshments free. AdmissIon-sll the
old rubbers you can bring The pro-
ceeds will be used in the construction of
q new cement walk In front and beside
the church the ladies especially invite
you toicome.
Independence Conservative; John
Ward, of Carbondale ILL.,, spent Sunday
here, in the home of Mrs. Edith Till.
He returned Monday, accompanied by
his wife and baby, who have been visit
ing her mother for several weeks. y =
Miss Carrie Ktrchbeck, of Colesburg,
secretary of the Dubuque District For
eign Missionary Society, has been a
guest of the Warburton family south of
town, for several days. She returned
home Monday.
Peter Boardway had load of corn
come in last Wednesday and while un-
loading same, he made a rich find.
Buried in the grain were farm &C.
count book, q promissory note for S15O
and chattelf mortgage for the same
amount, both of which latter docu-
ments were properly executed and in
favor of the same party and were dated
the l4th of last month. Mr.. Boardway
has returned the valusbles to their
owner in Missouri.
ELIAS Pinch departs today Tues
day. for visit with his daughter, Mrs
Len Metcalf at New London, MINI.
MIR. Pinch announces his intention OF
remaining all summer if he finds the
native Minnesotsns compare favorably
with his Manchester friends, and fur
ther that climatic conditions and Min
nesota soil prove par with the weather
and mother earth of Delaware County
If these requirements are not met Mr.
Pinch will return Immediately, hi
says. With such stringent qualitica
tions for new home, we feel sure the
Democrat may safely predict Mr.
Pinch's arrival home by the last of the
present week.
The Dyersville Commercial las
week chronicled the golden weddin,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Goerdt. o
their marriage fifty years ago the Com
mercial says: They were married ii
the primitive log church without iloo
where the devout worshipers stood ant
knelt on the ground to offer their pray
ers and songs of thanksgiving to Co
and the redeemer of mankind. Every
thing in the lineiof civilization in thes
parts was then in its infancy and tn
wild animals roamed in the primevs
forests and the wide expsnse of prairie
followed by the Indian who was tn
apparent monarch of all he surveyed
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