Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-13
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of the week with carload of stock.
-Mre. E. Is. Stiles returned the first
of the week from three weeks visit
in Chicago.
George Knoll of Chicago was an
over Sunday guest with Miss Batemsn
in this city.
win Ward is able to attend to bust.
ness again after long and severe i'll.
ness of typhoid fever.
Niles Faye Ford was down for over
Sunday from Lamont, where she is
teaching successfully.
CLARK Satterlee, who is attending
the State Normal at Cedar Falls, called
ON friends here over Sunday. u
Mrs. Ernest Springer, who was the
the guest of Mrs. E. A. Segar, last week,
returned Saturday to her home in Sioux
City.
Waiter Hunt, q traveller of the grip,
was home over Sunday, thing which
has not happened for more than four
months before.
Rev. Kirkwood was Chicago Wis
itor last week having gone into the city
to attend the graduating exercises of
his alma mater.
e. ii. Hoyt is expected home from
Lebanan, 5. d., this week, and Leslie
will then go out to the ranch for
couple of weeks.
Floyd Peet, wife and the Junior
member of the firm of the Edge
wood Journal were over Sunday guests
with friends in Manchester.
From the Mount Vernon Hawkeye,
we learn that Ira Cunningham OF this
city will be Editor-in-c chief of the Royal
Purple for the ensuing year.
The storm last Saturday afternoon
was very severe in the vicinity of Ryan.
Hail fell to the depth of several inches,
aad the ground was.deluged with water
Mrs. j. H. Allen has again left her
husband-for two weeks for which
length of time she will visit rela
tives and friends in Galens, Illinois, and
Benson, Wisconsin.
"A large number of former Cornell
ians In Manchester and vicinity will be
interested to learn that In the Inter
state Oratorical Contest held last week,
Cornell's orator won first honors.
Green house proprietor Adams has
fifty pots of lilies, each having from
three to five blooms, which he is hold
ing back for Decoration day. Those
who have seen them say they are per
feet beauties.
Among the court proceedings, we
omitted to mention the cases of Grouse
VS.. Cowells which was settled and costs
paid, and Pentony We. Keller, which was
dismissed. These should have been in
serted under the heading Law"
The Misses Ethel and Mildred
Johnston, theformer student of the
Commercial college and the latter a
stenographer, both of Cedar Rapids,
spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs.
Ellen G. Johnston, and friends here.
Friends of the family are panied to
hear of DR.. w. B. Sherman's illness at
his Cleveland, Ohio, home. DIR. e. c.
Bradley was called to his side, leaving
for Cleveland Monday morning. 1t is
the hope of everyone here that the Doc
tors i'll health is not so serious as is re-
ported.
Rev. Scott of Brantford, Ontario,
was the pleasant guest last week of his
brother J.W. Scott, and wife in this city.
Rev. Scott is unfortunate in that he has
but recently been called upon to bury
his newly welded wife, for whom he
had gone to California and whom he
laid away in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
which place was her home.
Gus Raymond has sold his residence
In North Manchester toEli as Pinch, and
will move in the near future to indie
pendence. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
have lived in Manchester for number
of years and they have many friends
here who regret that they have made
this decision, but best wishes will fol-
low them to the new home.
I Ralph Lawson had very narrow
escape from serious injury Thursday
noon. He was leaning against one of
the posts overlooking the culyert on
Main street where the workmen are ex-
cavating and building, when the post
suddenly gave way precipitsting him
eighteen feet onto the rocks below. He
fell upon his head and physician was
called fearing that the young man was
badly hurt. However, nothing hut
bruises seemed to be the result and
Ralph is out again as brand new as
fever.
u The Doves were chsperoned up the
river Monday afternoon by Com
madore, j. b. Hosg boat load
Of these gay and buxom lassies sailing
ollthsomely up the Maquoketa and put
ting to shame the rain that insisted up
, on dampening their frolicsome spirits
, A lunch like you read about in "Whst
to Eat" was stored away with ar
) avidity that was charming and rapid
ity that would have been alarming out
side of this especial circle, each mem
, Der of which is, from an appetite point
!, of view, in good and regular standing
AS matter of fact the very uglinesl
i of the weather made the pleasure O.
the crowd seem but the greater-ant
!, anyway the Doves can always eat AMI
/ talk.
The Crop Bulletin, for thu weel
. ending May II, says: "This has beer
: the most favorable week of the seasol
j, for field work. The average tempera
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