Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

Ciie independence Hospital IOrce, Is
home.
Manchester will have a big
crowd Thursday-Forepaugh Fish
Wild West Day.
Manchester sent a delegation
of about forty on the Dubuque ex-
cursion Saturday.
), Harvey Reyes who has employ
, ment in Minneapolis, is greeting
home friends here this week.
Miss May Denton is expected
home this Wednesday from ten
days visit at Sinsinawa Mound.
The Manchester Harp Orches-
ira will play fora dance at Straw
berry Point, Friday evening of next
week. I'D
The Sixhand Euchre ladies are
having big picnic afternoon and
evening today Wednesday-at the
pleasant Thrill Park.
Anton Mueller departed Monday
morning for Wabasha, Minnesota, to
visit with his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Brass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Allen, who
have been spending a month with
home relatives, return to their duties
in the Hospital at Independence
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Lang
worthy of Wells, Mimi, are here and
will assist in caring for Mrs. Sellens
who is seriously i'll at her home in
Collins Grove.
Attorney N. w. Scovel and fam
| lily, who have been visiting relatives
here for several weeks past, left
yesterday for their home at Allison.
I|-Edgewood Journal.
The many friends of Mrs. Re-
becca Carpenter will be sorry to
learn that she has been quite i'll for
a week past, though able to be up
and about again at this writing.
The cigar makers played Mason
vile at that place last Saturday and
returned home scalpless. Their OPP
ponents saw the home plate ten
times while they had only two
scores to their credit.
Friends of A. Fl. McGrew, who
has been very i'll for the past six
months, are glad to know that he
is able to sit up a bit each day,
though the strength he hopes for. re-
turns to him very slowly.
Letters addressed to Mrs. c. A. |
Erickson, Misses Florence Weston,
Z. M. Garner, Nellie Briggs, Messrs.
Harry Mosier, F. NJ. Mcfarland,
Herman Barker, and Geo. w. AL
bright ~ are runcalled for at the
post Office.
Mothers gone to Green Lake, |
Where the breezes play. Grandma's
gone to York State, Toseeher daugh-
ter May; Sisters gone to Newport,
Brothers at Marquette, Auntie's
gone to Como, Fathers gone in |
debt.-Ex.
Eighteen carloads of Forepaugh
Fish Wild West Show will unload |
here sometime Wednesday night or |
early Thursday morning and the
small boy will then be much in
evidence, for the elephant always
needs drink of fresh water.
AT a meeting Of those interested
in Manchester's base ball team last
Wednesday evening, the following
gentlemen were chosen as a board of |
Directors for the remainder of the
season: DIR. H. H. Lawrence, B. |
Clark, II. B. Hoag, F. B. Blair and
R. B. Davis.
Geo. Storey comes to the front,
as far as is known to us, with sweet
corn on Saturday last. A number
who also raise Vicks Earliest of the
Early report delicious corn for Sun
day dinner and we hope to see the
market display Americas favorite
vegete le before another Sunday.
Mrs. William Kliespie of Delhi,
Iowa, died at Finley hospital Friday
evening. The remains were taken to
Delhi over the Illinois Central at 5: |
90 p. m. Saturday, Her husband,
Mr.. William Kliespie, is farmer
near Delhi and is having measure
of misfortune that is indeed hard to
bear. as he lost his house and all its
contents Thursday evening. The
building was struck by lightning
and Mr.. Kliespie lost everything as
the fire was beyond control. This
accident and the death Of his wife,
lwho was a most estimable lady
comes as a calamity and his many
friends will extend to him in this
hour Of need, their most heartfelt
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph
Herald.
The Crop Bulletin for week
ending July -, 1903, says: "The
week was unusually warm with high,
per cent of humidity. The average
daily excess of temperature was to
4 degrees. On the 9Th, 9th and
10th very heavy showers, with high
winds, swept over extensive areas in
the East Central, Northeast and
North Central Districts, and the
excessive amounts of rainfall were
reported ranging from 200 to $50
inches. In about oneshalf to two
thirds Of the state the rainfall did
not exceed the normal requirement
Of the crops, and in some of the
southern localities there is scant
supply Of moisture at the surface.
| Considerable damage was done by
thigh winds and local floods in storm
swept districts, but the percentage
; of loss Of crops is not large. Numer-