Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-27
Joseph Hutchinson is in. Chicago

Joseph Hutchinson is in Chicago
this week.
Miss Sadie Cameron ID home from
: winter spent in California.
Lack of space prevented US from
telling all we know this week.
Il. Raymond was guest in the
Fred Glissendorf home over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 9. E. Bronson spent
part Of last week and this at Okoboji.
Mrs. Samuel Ferguson was a Man
chester caller Monday, from Hopkin-
ton.
Miss Agnes Murray of Waterloo
WAS few days visitor with Msnches-
ter friends last week.
Mrs. Rebccca Carpenter arrived
home Friday from n months visit with
relatives At Clinton, III.
Geo. Chapman of the CLERICAL force
in the b. Clark store, WAS an over Sun
day visitor with CoIesburg friende.
Mrs. II. a. Wheeless and mother,
Mrs. VIM. Young, spent Sunday in the
! Luke Scsnlon home in Collins Grove.
Mrs. r. &. Dewey and little daugh-
ter .Ieannette concluded short visit
with relatives and friends here, return
ing Sunday to their home In Hoytville,
Ohio.
Tho Misses FlorencelDay and Cor
della Riddell, who have been living in
the pleasant Williston home during the
past winter, arc now costly esconced
in "apartements" in the Beardslee
home.
The Manchester Creamery Com
pany will pay all creamery patrons Fri
day of this week instead of Saturday
1.-THE usual monthly pay day. the
change being made because Saturday
is Decoration Day.
The Six-hand Euchre club meets
this week on Thursday afternoon with
Mre. Caro- Ssbin, the change in the day
being made on account Of the High
School class day exercises to be held
Wednesday afternoon.
The Lawrence & Grems Drug store
is palace for neatness these days.
Paint inside and out, the fountain and
new soda counter, and the pretty new
linoleum have all added materially to
the pleasantness of the store room.
Miss Jennie McCarren will go to
Ann Arbor, Michigan the first of June
to attend the graduating exercises,
james McCarren being one of the grad
yates from the law department of the
University at that place. Miss McCar-
rem will also visit in Detroit before re-
turning home.
The Womans Club had a special
meeting Friday evening, with their
President, Miss Angie Nix, at which
time the following ladies were chosen
as topic committee; Chairman, Mrs.
Ida Elder; and Mrs. H. A. Carter, Mrs.
Van Anda and Miss Clara CONNER
ford. The annual club picnic occurs
soOp.
Mrs. Percy Langridge was the
lucky winner of the big prize in dot
contest this week. Two hundred dol
lars in cash was the reward for her
patience in counting pin-head points In
printers Ink, but because another also
got correct count Mre. Langridge will
get but half the prize. One hundred
dollars found is not bad though.
1t is with deep regret the friends of
Ellie Cornish hear of her grave illness
at her home in this city. Mrs. Cornish
underwent an operation Monday, from
which she rallied brightly and she is
suffering no pain, all of which keeps US
hopeful that this life that has been q
constant source of cheerfulness to so
many of us may be spared to an end
yet many years distant
The last weeks issue of York
vile, Illinois, paper had very fine
half tone picture of Charles e. Moore,
brother of Mrs. j. ID. Kennedy of this
city. Mr.. Moore died Wednesday, May
18th. he was highly respected in his
home city, holding various positions of
trust in Yorkville, among them being
that of postmaster. he was yet in
middle life, being but fifty three
years of age and in bis death Yorkville
lost splendid citizen.
| After along invalidism extending
over period of more than two years,
Mrs. Joseph Kelley laid down the
burden of pain and sickness on Tues
day of last week. Mre. Kelley was the
mother of three children who with
their father survive the departed; one
daughter, Mrs. Amos Satterlee, and
two sons, Edward and James. The
funeral services were held Wednesday
last, Rev. McCord officiating, and burial
!. was made at the Masonville cemetery.
MIR. and Mrs. B. w. jewell are very
welcome guests In Manchester this
week. They are on their way home to
Omaha from Milwaukee, where they
were in attendance upon the meetings
of the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of
the World. MIR. Jewell was unsni-
mously reelected az member of the
Executive Council, and for his services
T as Chairman of the Finance Committee
8 his salary was raised to $4,000. per year
{ His reelection by unanimity Of
? choice is a readable index of the esteem
8 in which he is held by his co-workerl
8 and his advance in salary is substan
Il tisl recognition of the work Mr.. Jewel
is doing for the order.
The crop bulletin for week ending
May 25, 1908, says: Continued wet ant
cloudy weather during the past week
with very heavy local downpours, in