Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10

ner Bros. adv.
| Faith Ryan of Ryan spent Tues
day in this city.
Mrs. Ward who has been quite
sick is gaining rapidly.
The many friends of Mrs. Hem
Messy will be sorry to learn that she
is no better.
-Mesdames w. N. and w. E.
Boynton spent Monday with rela-
tives at Winthrop.
Unless all signs fail we are to
have more and better attractions at
our next county fair than ever be-
fore.
The Young Ladies' Society of
the Congregational church are to
meet Thursday afternoon of this
week with Mrs. Alice Philip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Allen of
Independence, were over Sunday
visitors in the city, guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Malven.
DIR. w. E. Boynton departed
Monday morning for Omaha, where
he is attending a meeting of the
Nebraska State Homeopathic Medi-
cal Society.
Father McMahan of the Servite
Order is in charge of St. Mary's par
ish, Father Conden having returned
to Granville the home of the priests
of that order.
Commencing August 18th and
continuing for one week only, two
blue trading stamps on cash sales
will be given at w. L. Drew's store.
Consult his announcement in this
issue.
John Malvin of this city has re-,
ceived notice that he has drawn
number 1885 in the Rosebud Res
ervation land drawing scheme, but
as there are only 2,4OO claims Johns
draw is nil.
James McElliott of Chicago at
tended the funeral of his uncle
James McElliott whose funeral was
held on last Saturday at the Bel
mont church, Ryan. 1t was the lar
gest funeral ever held in that vicin-
ity.
1t has been estimated that the
railroads received upwards of ST..
100000 in railroad fares from those
in Uncle Sans lottery. The rail-
road companies could afford to buy
up other large tracts of land and
open them on the lottery plan, says
an exchange.
Otto Fahnstock, son of mer-
chant of Emmetsburg and q graduate
of the University of Minnesota, is
believed to be dying as the result of
smoking cigarettes. When the
young man entered Minnesota Uni
versity few years ago he had no
bad habits. Early in his college
course he began the use of cigarettes
and soon after returning home he
contracted tuberculosis as the result
of the habit. Physicians say he has
only few days to live. He is 81
years old.-Record- Herald.
Fair Secretary j. ]. Pentony,
has just closed a contract with Prof.
John Z. Baldwin, the national air
king, ex-Spanish-American war bal
loonist and bomb shooter, for four
of his high class ascensions. Prof.
Baldwin has five parachutes in mid
air at one time, exploding dynamite
bombs that can be heard from thir-
ty to forty miles, also an imitation
snow storm, special trapeze feats in
mid air, concluding with his daring
leap for life in his special red white
and blue war parachute. Remem-
Der the dates September 6, Z, SO.
"A western editor retired from
journalism and his goodbye is
couched in these terms: "The un-
dersigned retires from the paper
with the conviction that all is van
ity. From the hour his paper start
ed to- the present time he has been
solicited to lie upon every given sub
|ject, and can't remember having
told a wholesome truth without d.
minishing his subscription list or
making an enemy. Under these cir
cumstances of trial. and having a
thorough contempt for himself, he
retires in order to recruit his moral
constitution"
An Iowa man moved to Kansas
a few months since, and after trying
the country through the blistering
Of the sand and sun, finally conclud-
ed that he had had enough OF it and
left the following farewell written on
the wall Of his Kansas residence:
-Four miles from democrat, si1
, miles from postoflice, twenty-five
miles from a railroad, fourteen miles
, from school house, forty.one miles
from a church, bothered to death
7 with republicans and fleas, half .
mile from water and a quarter of /
mile from HI. God bless oul
home. Gone back to Gods country
get a fresh start" -
Nevada Waterman.
' Look out for this graft. It's .
new one and is being worked il
, various sections of the country.
stranger approaches farmer an,
offers to sell him a water tank whicl
. he guarantees will prevent waite
y from freezing in zero weather. Fail
q ing to make sale he induces tn
: farmer to act as salesman and la
him sign contract for one tank t
be used as sample. as Mr.. Strange
2 is very DESTROYS to place one tank i,
u each township. A few weeks latel
). couple of accomplices come nlon