Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-19
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Manchester Saturday last.
DR.. Hugh Livingston was here
from Hopkinton Monday.
Vernon burlington spent las,
week with Greeley friends.
Hear Henry Watterson at Cen.
trail Opera House Friday night.
Harrison Blanchard of Hopkin.
t ton was in Manchester Saturday.
John White of Worthington
was q Manchester visitor Monday.
Garry Thorpe was down from
, Oelwein over Sunday and Monday
g. b. Davis of Delaware was
one OF our pleasant callers Saturday
John Davis and II. G. Smith
attended the races at Oelwein Mon
day.
4 Mrs. Henry Percival visited
/ last week with her daughter at In.
dependence.
| Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson
of Forestville have baby girl born
to them last week.
A. Thorpe was quite seriously
i'll the last of the week but is some
better at this writing.
Mrs. Maud Holmes Langridge
and sons were down from Straw
berry Point last week for a short
Visit.
Mrs. J. II. Allen is spending
three weeks with Milwaukee, Wis
consin, and Galena, Illinois, rela-
tives.
Bert Boehm has bought his
brother Johns ninety acre farm near
Greeley, paying therefor $50 per
acre.
Mrs. G. b. Otis is at Mason City
attending Grand Lodge of the
leehekahs, as a delegate from the
local lodge.
Howard Gardner, former resi-
dent with his parents here, now OF
Beatrice, Nebr, is guest with
friends here
Miss Gladys Davis, daughter of
Joseph Davis, Of Strawberry Point
accompanied her father to MancFes-
ter Monday.
Seats can be reserved for the
lecture course Mt H. G. Smiths drug
store, commencing at s o'clock this
Wednesday morning.
Gaps, bed blankets, heavy un-
derwear and shoes are some of the
seasonable specials mentioned in
the Racket store adv this week.
Miss d. Faye Ford departed
last Tuesday night for Elk Point
South Dakota, where she will be
guest with her brother Fred and
family.
-Masonville Enterprise: Brown
the furniture man of Manchester,
delivered a large load of furniture
at q. Il. MulvehilPs home on Tues
day last.
Leslie Chase arrived Wednes-
day last from Fort Collins, Colorado
for a visit with his father and other
relatives and friends in this city and
vicinity.
Henry Watterson, tho great
southern editor and best known lee
turer in America. opens this seasons
lecture course at Central Opera
House next Friday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. r. T. Merriam,
who came north from aIuskogee,
Indian Territory, last Tuesday and
remained guests with friends here
during the week, are in Chicago on
business.
Last Wednesday evening the
Maccabees initiated three new mem
hers, Mesdames Baxter and Hatch
and Miss Elizabeth Graves. Lady
Nelson, state commander, was. pres
ent. Supper was served and social
time enjoyed.
Arthur Roberts Of Windsor. Ill.
will preach Sunday morning at half
past ten i'll the Universalist church.
Everyone is most cordially invited
TO hear Rev. Roberts, who is very
fine speaker and pleasant gentle
man TO meet.
Mrs. George Wilson was i'll
last week and her mother. Mrs
Merriam of Coggon, and sister-in-
law, Mrs Robert Merriam of Ryan,
were here assisting in her care the
greater part of last week. Miss
Anna Merriam is here this week.
Byron Smith met with an I'M
fortunate accident Saturday evening
whereby he broke his collar bone.
He was riding north on Franklin
Street on his bicycle. when he struck
a depression in the street throwing
him violently to the ground, with
the result above.
"A reception in honor of Rev.
Wagner and family will be held in
the NJ. e. church parlors on We'd
nesday evening Oct. 10. Every
member of the church and of the
congregation are invited to be pres
ent and thus give the new pastor
and wife royal welcome in our
midst.
| Hon. w. Fl. Norris has been
appointed Representative of the
Grand Master for the Tenth inspec-
ton district, which covers the
states Of Minnesota, Illinois and
Wisconsin and is numerically the
largest district within the jurisdic-
ton Of of the Grand Encampment
Knights Templar
| "A very interesting letter from
i tha nen IF Mrs II w Rroza1ton ;o