Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-16
e. S. James was a Thursday

e. S. James was Thursda,
visitor in Ryan.
-Anders & Phillip have pretty
adv concerning wall paper this week
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Coolidge
spent part of last week with Edge.
wood relatives.
H. M. Barr was elected school
director i'll District No l, Honey
Greek last week.
Harry Reeves and Clifford Main
came up with the Hopkinton team
for the basket ball game Friday.
Winthrop Review: Homer Dut-
ton, of Manchester, was visiting his
uncle, Postmaster Higman, Tues
day. Mr.. Dutton expects soon to &c
to California.
MIR. and Mrs. William Porter Of
Hopkinton were Saturday visitors in
Manchester. This is Mr.. Porter's
first time out since last October
sickness keeping him bedfast or al
least indoors all of the Intervening
time.
The Juvenile Base ball Minis.
trel Company, who gave Manchester
such an enjoyable entertainment a
short time ago, will appear at Straw.
berry Point March 25th. The musi.
cally inclined of that city will not
miss hearing the boys.
Friends here have heard will
pleasure of the birth of little son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gilbert Of
Duluth, MINI. The little man has
the attendance of his grandmother
Mrs. Jacobs, who has been visiting
her daughter for some time.
-Dyersville Newsletter: Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bud Kenney and Mrs. s. Ken
ny and son, Will, of Earlville, wert
Dyersville visitors Tuesday. g Chas
Binning returned from Oneida and
Manchester Monday afternoon al
which places he had been visiting
for several days.
-An Baskerville school ma'am
was very busy with class in spell
ing last week. The word orphan
was spelled correctly but none could
define it. The teacher said, think
again; now, | am an orphan" One
of the little boys replied at once, 81
know!" when requested to do SC
said, Its a woman what wants to
get married and can't. Democrat
Here is the waya Benton county
man confessed at a revival. He had
been pressed to repent, and finally
got up and said: Dear friends, 1
feel the spirit moving in me to talk
and tell what bad man I have
been, but | can't do it while the
grand jury is in session. " "The Lord
will forgive" shouted the preacher.
II guess that's right" said the peni-
tent, "but he amt on the grand
jury"
-Edgewood Journal: Mrs. A.
Densmore, Mrs. Fl. Rosenkrans,
Fleming, Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
Stone and others attended the Holt
ness meeting at Manchester Sunday
% Put Hatfield from near Manches-
ter visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Hatfield at their home here,
few days last week, Mr.. Hatfield,
who was injured by falling some
nicely. =
According to the Minneapolis
Journal new game is gaining favor
in Missouri and the Dakotas. This
is the way it is played: A young
man calls on his girl and takes along
a small red apple. At the proper
time he losses the apple in the all
If it come down he kisses the girl;
lift stays up he dosen't. This seems
like nice game, and one that
should prove popular in this vicin-
ity, providing the apples hold out.
-Dyersville Commercial: Peter
o wens of Manchester was a Overs.
vile visitor last Saturday. s. Miss
Mary Link Of Manchester visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Smith and other relatives here
several days Of the week. q John
Vorwald, Jr.; went to Dubuque the
first Of the week where he attended
court as a member of the grand jury
Mrs. George Krapa Of Kingsley
was here Thursday visiting at the
home Of Mrs. Krapf and other rela
tives in this city. She was on hel
way home from Dubuque where sht
had attended the funeral of the late
Ferdinand Luthmer.
DR.. w. H. Steele, the writer O
the article on second page Of this
issue Of the Democrat, entitled
1.-TWO days on the St. Vrain," wa
we believe, born in this city; in an,
event we personally know that HI
resided here from his infancy unit
his early manhood, and will be re
membered by many of the older resi-
dents here. His parents had a larg
family dependent upon them 70
support, and their means were YER
limited. Yet though hampered b
poverty he succeeded in securing Al
education, learned a profession an,
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