Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-06
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| WIFI lTl6nuS III CulcaSO.
| WI. Strain of Richmond, Virginia,
is visiting friends in Manchester.
i The Ladies of the M e. Aid society
took in S22 at their May breakfast.
Mics 10 Powers visited Strawberry
Point friends last week Wednesday.
| g. w. Miller left for Missouri this
Tuesday morning to look efter land.
/ -Mrp. M. r. Doolittle of Hopkinton
visited friends in Manchester last week.
Hon. NJ. w. Harmon of indie
pendence was Manchester visitor Fri
day of last week.
w. b. Smith returned from Ham
mond, Louisiana, last week, called here
by the illness of his son, L. q. Smith.
| Mrs. Harriet Rollins of Dubuque
was visitor last week with friends
here, guest in the Seger and Hadley
homes.
MIR. and Mrs.. K. w. Kingsley and
daughter, Mrs. Carrie Bean, of Straw
berry Point, were Manchester visitors
last week.
The Misses Stewart and Miss
Lillian Bateman were Sunday visitors
In the Will Durey farm home south
west of town.
| Webb Lsmpmsn was visiting
friends here the last days of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lampman are now re-
siding in Des Moines.
in the Cornell-Drske game at Mt.
Vernon last Wednesday, the former
won by score of 6 to 4. Bert Mat
thews is captaining a great team this
year.
The Snow and extreme cool wealth
er of last Wednesday and Thursday
will be responsible for an almost COM
plete failure of the fruit crop over
northern Iowa.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
Society will serve supper in the church
parlors Wednesday of this week. Serv-
ing will begin at half past five. Every
body is cordially invited.
Miss Lila Baxter of Ida Grove is
the guest of her nncles, Will and Luke
scanlon, in Collins Grove. Miss Baxter
was called here to attend the funeral
services of Mrs. @. Starlight at Ryan.
Il
President Dan F. Bradley, of Iowa
College at Grinnell will occupy the
pulpit of the Congregational church
Sunday morning and evening, Mr.,
Tuttle going to Grinnell to speak be-
fore the students.
Superintendent Atkinson gave out
the grades of the seniors for their past
four years work on Friday morning,
the three receiving the highest marks
were Miss Bell Graham, SO g. l6; Miss
Mary Bailey, 90 1916 and Harry
Smith, 81 ID -16.
The total number of pieces of mail
carried by the carriers going out Of
Manchester during April were 27,23O.
Il. s. Beal on Route No. 6 carried 1852
pieces, this being the highest number
carried by any during the month. The
average; humber Of pieces carried were
1880.
B Ross, who has seen resident
Of southern Californis, nesr San Diego,
for the past 20yeArs, is'ms Ring his sister,
Mrs. S. j. Edmunds, avlsit. Mr.. Ross
owns small vineyard of grapes from
which he sold last year, 6ssl tons of select
rsisins. He was formerly resident of
Jones county, Iowa, and says that he
has no desire to change his residence
for any of Iowa's best soil and climate.
Mr.. Ross will visit Herkimer Co.,
N. Y, where he was born and still has
some near relatives living. He will
i not return to California until fall.
Last Wednesday evening at The
home of the BRIDES mother, Mrs. 9.
| Young, occurred the marriage of Mr..
William Smisor, Of Webster City, and
Miss Ida Young, Rev. Caul of the Bap-
fist church performing the ceremony
J The wedding was private, only mem
bers of the family and the most init
mate friends of the bride being hidden
to witness the ceremony. MIR. and Mrs
Smisor departed the same evening fol
Webster City, where Mr.. Smisor has a
lucrative business as machinest Mrs
Smisor has large number of friendt
here whose best wishes follow her Il
her new home in Webster City, thai
> her welded life NAV be long and hap
I, py.
-Edgewood had very disastrou
fire last Wednesday morning, lightning
striking the building owned and occu
pied by James s. Sons at about hal
: past two o'clock and spreading rapid!
10 the j. D. Whipple and DIR. Newman
I buildings. James & Sons had larg
Istock of general merchandise worth a
:. least $4,000 totally destroyed, with n
!. insurance. Mr.. Whipple's buildin
cost $4,000 and carried no insurance
= DIR. Newman's building was damage
{, but furniture and contents were save
. for the most part. The meat markt
81 sustained a loss estimated at 5000. d
g Blanchard lost $500 in office furnish
e. ings. The windows Of several of II
Vi buildings nearby were broken In an
IL the total loss is said to be at least $2(
r. 600.
=, Robert Patterson made this office
~ pleasant call Tuesday and gave us
y brief account of bis travels since lea
ing his home in Washington last ia
a. which We give below: Mr.. Patters'
IT. was one OF the pioneer settlers of Del
ng ware county, settling In Richland tow
ng ship in 1858. Ten years later he eros