Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-12
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY AND CITY.
TELEPHONE tsA.
WEDNESDAY, AUG.-l2, 1903.

in Manchester.
Miss Cora Hanna of Coggon
was last weeks guest with her
uncle G. NJ. Hanna, here.
The Union Milwaukee and NJ.
4 o. depot at Oneida is to be en-
larged to accommodate the service
Tho watch given away at the
III. g. Smith pharmacy was awarded
to Mildred McGee, she having OBJ
tanned $7l.60 worth Of coupons.
Mrs. j. J. Hawley of Stockton,
Illinois, is very welcome guest
with Manchester friends, being en-
tertained in the w. N. Boynton
home.
Editors Joseph Mccormick of
the Herald and Willard Coltman
of the News attended the Editorial
meeting at Mason City last week
Thursday and Friday.
The midsummer carnival and
circus opened at Nutwood Park
in Dubuque Monday and will con
tinue all Of this week. The leading
features are the Jabour shows and
Lockharts troup Of trained elephants.
Chas. o. Harrison, formerly a
barber here and later of Fairbanks,
has returned to Manchester and has
opened a new shop under the L. A.
Loomis building. Mr.. Harrison will
be welcomed back by a large num-
Der Of his former patrons.
j. New of Masonville brought
into this Office, Tuesday, q curiosity
In the shape of a potato vine bearing
tnbers at the joints, some over foot
from the place where the vine came
from the ground, and measuring 4
inches in circumference Winthrop
Review.
"A party of eight picnicked at.
the Fish Hatchery last week Thurs
day. These were Of the personnel
of the party: the Messrs and Mes
danes @. F. Hesner and +. A. Dens-
more of Edgewood and the Mes
danes Graf, Russell, and Walker
and Miss Zenita Graf of Fayette.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. Yoran re-
turned Wednesday morning last
from Albuquerque, New Mexico,
where they have been for number
of months because of Mrs. Yoran'sf
i'll heath. It is pleasure .tb all to
learn that the invalid, though
fatigued from the long journey home,
is better for her stay in the south.
The secretary Of the State
Agricultural Society informs us that
the indications are for even larger
show of cattle at the State Fair to
be held August 81 to 20, than last
year, and the best horse show ever
son the State Fair grounds. Reunions
of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry and
thirty second Iowa Infantry will be
held August %, on the Fair grounds.
Ackley World.-A new use will
besfound for the telephone, which,
in the;opiuien of the writer certain
ly takes the prize. A mother called
up central and told the operator that
Sshe was going out for visit and
would take the receiver down and
place it near the baby 80 if the
baby cried central would know it
;sand call her up at the house to
( which she was going Next!
The Charlton Ga. Herald man
rs in trouble. He read in newspaper
Of q man that died moving his lawn.
He put the paper away carefully
that he might take ithome and show
his wife. Unluckily the paper was
lost through some strange interven-
ton of Providence, and now the
editor is advertising for a copy. He
wants his better half to see that
notice If she loves him she will then
refuse to let him NOW the lawn. II
she doesn't, perish the thought, he
might as well die anyhow Western
Publisher.
People should be warned against
the agents representing the B. r
Boutwell, nursery at Des Moines
hey worked film fam game
in Delaware county last year, and are
now getting in their work about
sWaukon. At the latter place they
agreed to set out and care for 60(
trees for John Sweat, and he signed
what he supposed was contract t.
that effect. Later he discovered
that they held his contract for $6O(
worth of trees. Sweat caused the
arrest of e. R. Ogden and w. II
Hoey, two of the agents. He also
commenced action to annul the con
tract. The agents were discharged
by the justice, Monticello Express
John Murray Of Sand Spring wa
found dead in his bed last Sunda,
morning. The deceased was about Z
years old, and had been residen
of Delaware county for many years
Mr.. Murray was a man Of high char
acter and unimpeachable integrity
The funeral services were conducte
at the Sand Spring Catholic churcl
last Tuesday morning by Rev. job
Nice ormick. The deceased is SUI
vived by his widow who is in feebl
health, two unmarried daughter
living at home, one married daugh
ter, Mrs. Martin Kane, and two SOM
one Of them living on the old home
stead near Sand Spring, and tn
other in the vicinity. Monticell
Express.
Independence Bulletin Journa
Word has been received by the locs
committee in charge, that all Of th
sovereign officers Of the Woodma
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