Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
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; Mr.. and Mrs. T.. j. Mills, a son.
Mrs. Gene Lyness is very sicl
at the home of her parents southeas
of Nashville.
w. s. Page of Colesburg ha'
been appointed one of the policemen
of the Iowa Senate. His salary il
$1,000 a month.
Miss Mary Hayden, formerly bool
keeper for the Iowa Fence Company
has accepted a like position with the
Denning Fence Co. at Cedar Rapids
Miss Hilda y all has accepted {
position with Scharlcs, the tailor, al
his LeAIas establishment, and Miss
Wall departed for that place las
week.
1t is said that our Silver Greek
neighbors are 10 have saw mill
parties from Central City having
decided to open up such an industry
at that place.
Fred Warner Of LeMars, known
in Delaware County through his long
time residence at llopkinton, was
calling on Manchester friends last
Tuesday e ening.
Geo. b. Dukek of Mayville, Ore.
gon, is the guest with his father
George Dukek, and sister, Mrs. Au.
gust Miller, in this city. Mr. Dukek.
twenty years ago, resided at Ryan
and Delaware County was "home'
to him.
"A Missouri news paper office was
shot into with bucks.lot last week by
the local grocer because in his atl
reading "a fresh stock of dairy but
ter daily" the printer used an III
instead of I'd" in the word dairy"
We agree with the Fayette County
Union, that the printer takes more
chances than any man on earth.
From Progress and Prosperi-
ty" edition of the Pensacola (Florida)
Journal, we learn that Frank l..
Mayes, son Of the late James o.
Mayes of this county, is now the
editor and manager OF the Journal.
Pensacola is a city Of 10000 inhabi-
tants, and the Journal is the lead
ing daily paper published there.
According to the official report
of the secretary of state, crime is
decreasing in Iowa, the convictions
for criminal offenses having been
l37 less in 1903 than the year pre-
ceding it. In our own county of
Delaware, the criminal cases on the
court docket have for several years
past been few and far between, and
it is seldom that its Jail has an oc-
cupant.
"A bereaved husband up in the
Dakota border has posted this notice
on pine tree: "My wife, Sarah,
has left mi rancho when | didn't
boo a thing Too hur and | want it
Distinctly understood that eny man
as takes hur in an Keers fur hur ON
mi account Will git himself pumped
SUI full ov Led that some .tenderfoot
will locate him for mineral claim.
A; 4 XRsd to the H. j j. sanslsnt aa
In the course of debate on the
question, Resolved thar lie is
sometimes justifiable," one of the
wranglers called his opponent liar
and the argument took a practical
course right there. The doctor says
they will be out in a few days if
blood poisoning does not set in
where the gentlemen in the ailirm-
alive bit the right index finger of
the gentleman who held up the mega
tive end Of the proposition. Esther
vile Democrat.
He criticised her pudding and he
criticised her cake; he wished she'd
make the biscuits his mother used
to make; she didn't wash the dishes
and she didn't make the stew, and
she didn't mend the stockings as his
mother used to do. Oh, we'll, she
wasn't perfect, but tried to do her
best, until at length she thought it
time for her to have rest. So, when
one day this man had growled and
whined for the whole day through,
she turned him up and famed his
pants-as mother used to do.
tuesday afternoon of last week
the stock holders Of the State Saw
ings Bank met for the election of Of
fcers and directors; with the result
following: President, L Matthews;
vice president, j. w. Miles, cashier,
w. W. Matthews; directors, Burton
Clark, W. N. Wolcott, G.. S. Amsden,
and F. III. Burbridge. 1t is pleas
ure to the friends Of this institution
to learn that tits in Furnishing
condition and its business has been
such during the past year that on
the LIST Of April a six per cent divi-
dent will be declared.
Mrs. Jones had hired two men
TO help with her house-cleaning
"Those picture frames" eyes," an
swered one Of the men, "and if yo,,
could let US get some whiskey, why,
it is the finest thing to clean them
with. ooh "she answered. eff Whis-