Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
kit Edmunds is at home from 5.

KIT Edmunds is at home from S
Dakota.
-Mrs. Byron Bronson is at home
from Lisbon, N. ID.
Mise Marie Halter is the guest of
friends in this city
ben Miles was Cedar Rapids bust.
ness visitor Friday.
Mrs. w, l.. Dudley visited relatives
aud friends AT Eariville Saturday.
Henry Vorwald, of Dyersvile, was a
Manchester business visitor Monday.
Mat. Clemans of Dyersyille was a
Manchester business visitor Saturday.
Mics Winnie Towne, of Waterloo.
was the guest of Manchester friends
last week.
Mrs. Joseph Edmunds was guest
of friends at Arlington the latter part
of last week.
Miss LonG Vie, of East Dubuque,
Illinois, wast est of friends in this
city last we
---Susg <son of Omaha, Nebraska,
spent last week with relatives and
friends in this city.
Mrs. A, y. Philip is visiting rela-
tives and friends at Webster City and
Sioux City this week.
Miss Clara Poet returned to
Epworth Monday to resume her studies
in Epworth Seminary.
DIR. Oscar Dorman is at Clsrksville,
being called there by the illness of his
brother, Dir. Losee Dorman.
Mrs. II. G. Cosgrove. of Dubuque,
was an over Sunday visitor with rel4-
tivcs and friends in this city.
Miss Nettie Hockadsy departed
Monday for Epworth, where she will
attend the Epworth Seminary.
M. j. DeLaey, of Ryan, brought in
10 young wolves to the County Auditor
Monday for which he will receive 500
as bounty.
Joseph Mansfield, who has been
the guest of relatives and friends in
this city, returned to his home in
Waterloo Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Moore departed
yesterday for Hosmer S. d. where they
are guests of the latter's parents, Mi.
and Mrs. Il. +. Sias.
r. l.. Kortright has been granted
patent on tension device for binders
Mr.. Kortright's many friends hope that
the patent will prove gold mine for
him.
Mrs. II. a. Won Oven took the
Great Western limited on Saturday
morning for Washington, ID. G, to be
gone month visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Seeds, and her sister, Miss
Bertha Seeds. In the meantime Hugo
will run first class bachelors hall I'm
til her return. - Lamont Leader.
Sixteen dipsomaniacs of the indie
pendence hospital made break for
sty Sunday while out for a walk
with three attendants. Two OF them,
Henry Miner, of Cedar Rapids, and
Frank Crowley, of Iowa City, were
shot. Neither one was seriously
wounded, both receiving shot In the
thigh. Five of the men were re-
captured, the others making good their
escape.
j Four of the Dyersviile bowlers
came here Friday afternoon and con-
tested for honors with the local bowlers
at the Malyen alleys both afternoon
and evening. In the afternoon the Has
beens defeated them in series of five
games by total of 100 pins. In the
evening the Invlncibles were their ad
versaries and they were again defeated
in series of three games by score of
of "a pins.
"A. G. Bissell, who'll below Wood,
had patch of ground that brought him
good income last year. lie sowed
seven acres to rye and this yielded him
81 bushels to the acre. 1t was seeded
at the same time and from this he got
two bushels of clover seed to the acre.
The rye he could have sold at the time
1t was threshed at 70 cents bushel,
and the clover seed he sold at $500 per
acknowledgement Journal.
Allison Doolittle departed the first
of the week for Chsdron, Nebraska.
where he has accepted position as
Agent of the American Express Go.
Mr.. Doolittle has for the past several
years been agent for the company at
this station and has ever been oour-
teous and obliging official. His many
friends extend congratulations on his
promotion. Eugene Williams who has
been assistant under Mr.. Doolittle will
have charge of the company's office in
this city. He is an honest, courteous
young man and the company has made
no mistake ip their selection of agent.
Will Hartford ia the possessor of
two flint arrowheads which he is in
clined to prize quite highly. He found
them last Monday while he was chop
ping timber near Thos. Carson's place.
He was splitting up the butt of a bass
wood log that had been felled and the
two arrowheads dropped out of one OF
the crevlces. The log was about -four
feet in diameter and the heads laid very
near to the heart, evidence that they
must have been there for great many
years. They may have been left in the
tree by young Indian bucks who were
prscticing at a mark, or they may be
the relics of some early war when the
darts flew thicker than hail.-Hopkin
ton Leader.
The announcement at the close Of
the morning services, last Sunday, b!
Rev. Henry w. futile, of his resigna-
tlon as pastor of the Congregations
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