Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
Band concert this Wednesday

Guy Crosier was a Cedar Rap
ids visitor Sunday.
Miss Faith Crumb is visiting
friends at Webster City.
VIM. Hunter of Clarinda was
the guest of friends in this city last
week.
Mrs. Henry Luthmers of DEL
vein visited friends in this city last
week.
Senator Newberry of Strawberry
Point was in town Friday on legal
business.
George Maven of Hampton
Sundayed with relatives and friends
in this city.
The Iowa State fair begins
next Monday and will continue all
of this week.
John Anderson who has been on
the sick list for the past week is
convalescing.
Work OF putting up the electric
wires for the lighting Of fair grounds
is in progress.
Mrs. A. v. Morey of Kansas
City is the guest of her mother Mrs.
II. G. Graham.
Prank Belknap is enjoying a
visit from his friend Olney Allen of
Aurora, Illinois.
e. NJ. Carr has been engas
in legal business at Clinton, Illir
for several days past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bronson
returned Monday from ten days
outing at Okoboji Lake.
Harvey Reyes of Fairmont Min
nesota is the guest of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Reyes.
MIR. and Mrs. H. F. Arnold and
DR.. and Mrs. H. A. Dittmer leave to-
day for two weeks outing at Clear
Lake. \
Note the excers showing
made by the DelaN- yor.-- State
Bank in their staten ~ in qx.other
column. "
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Cary, and
DR.. and Mrs. N. S. Craig OF Jcn
nings La. are here for a months
visit with friends.
Misses Nellie Laird and Theo-
dore Collins of Shellsburg Wiscon-
sin are guests at the home of County
Recorder Lattimer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman of
Dubuque were guests the latter
part of last week of the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. ]. Cougar.
Are you going to the Worlds
Fair, or do you wish to visit the
South? In either case E. j.
Breckon's advertisement should be
consulted.
Letters addressed to Mrs.
frankie Skinner. Miss Serena Hum
bic, Mr.. J. II. Luse and B. F. Leach
are advertised as unclaimed at the
Post Office,
The new bridge across the
Maquoketa river in this city is
finished and will be ready for service
as soon as the approaches are COM
pleted by the city.
The next great attraction in
this city after the circus, will be the
Woodmen's picnic August 25. fol-
lowed by the county fair September
9th to 9th inclusive.
The L. A. Society of the U. B.
Church will hold an Ice Cream
social on the Church lawn Saturday
afternoon and evening Aug. 20.
Cream and cake 10 cents.
The Manchester Lumber Co.
sent in an adv. to late for this issue
and wish tostate that they are sell
ing hard coal delivered at $3.50 per
ton or at the yards for 5000.
Should we be favored with
good weather, our coming county
fair will be hummer" Never in
its history has the effort been made
to secure attractions as has been
made this year. And what's more
it will have EN-"
The first statement to the
Auditor of State of the recently
organized Dundee Savings Bank, is
published this week. The bank is
located in wealthy community; its
stockholders are men of means and
its officers capable, efficient and
experienced bankers. Watch it
grow, as grow rapidly it surely will.
The editor of this great moral
family newspaper patronized the
Illinois Central railroad when he
journeyed to St. Louis. When il
comes to passenger service and max.
ing the newspaper man think he is
the salt of the earth, the Old Reli-
able Illinois Central has all of the
other roads beat a mile. Most every
employe we met was good, natured
and gentlemanly, and they were
boosting for the road as though they
had been schooled by Capt. Merry
A newspaper man who doesn't have
Il good word for the Central is {
freak.-Spencer Herald.
The Eastern Star and Masoni,
Home committee were in this cit,
last Thursday, for the purpose ofin
vestigating the advantages Offered
here as a suitable place for the loca
ton of-the proposed home to be es
l