Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-05
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d. j. Parls OF Delaware was IN
Manchester Wednesday last
Frank Dobbins is home from q
several months visit in Colorado.
John Henry of Strawberry Point
was a Manchester caller Thursday.
j. j. Pentony was business
visitor at Salem, Missouri, last week.
Mrs. ]. G. Hadley spent a part
of last week with relatives in Dubu-
que.
Mrs. b. B. Briggs and son,
Charles, are visiting the Worlds
Fair.
Will Lepley joined company
of friends last week Tuesday to take
in the big Fair.
Mrs. Lottie Pierce Roberts has
returned from a visit with West
Union relatives.
w. w. Matthews was pleasant
visitor with Earlville relatives and
friends last week.
j. X. Young, a prominent bust
ness man of Almoral, was in Man
chester Thursday last.
Herman Brockmeyerand daugh-
ter of Colesburg were Manchester
visitors Wednesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Putnam of
Wisconsin are here for visit with
Mr.. Putnam's parents and friends.
Miss Celia Blake of Volga
City was a last week guest in the
home of her uncle, A. H. Blake,
here.
Captain and Mrs. Merry spent
last week, Mr.. Merry in Mississippi
and Mrs. Merry with relatives in
Illinois.
Mrs. II. Carr and little daugh-
tiers Virginia and Helen, spent a
part of last week with Waterloo
relatives.
Mrs. +. K. Main came up from
Hopkinton last Thursday for visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas Lepley.
Mrs. P. G. Clark was pleasant
guest last week from Webster City
with her mother, Mrs Ram and
other relatives.
Mrs. II. w. Tuttle is entertain
ing her sister, Mrs. E. w. King of
Disco, N. Y, and friend, Mrs.
Hattie Weber Of New York City.
Mrs. Horace B. Atwater and
son, Robert, are home from an ex-
tended visit with Mrs. Atwater's
parents in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Mrs. A. G. Cox, Mrs. VanAnda
and Mrs. Freeman were delegates
from Earlville in attendance upon
the w. G. I. u. convention here
last week.
-Chas House ofWorthingtonwas
a last week visitor with his daughter
Mrs. Fred Wall, Mr.. House also
made the Democrat office a very
pleasant call while at Manchester.
The Mesdames W. N. Boynton,
A. M. Sherwood, S. X. Meyers and
B. II, Reynolds, accompanied by
Mrs. Baker Of Waterloo, were guests
at the pleasant home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. P. Ball at Delaware last
Wednesday.
-Hopkinton Leader: Several fox
es have been captured in this vicin.
ity of late. il. Brownell got one
last week, some of the boys out
coon hunting captured one Monday
night, and Sandy Hopkins got fine
one Tuesday afternoon while hunt.
ing rabbits along the bluffs. AL
are of the grey variety and were
fine specimens.
r. II. LOOMS Of Earlville hat
accepted the position in this city as
manager Of P. Newcomb's Peoples
store, of which he took charge las
week. Mr.. LOOMS is a valuable
business man, having had many
years experience in handling large
stocks of goods and Mr.. Newcomt
was indeed fortunate to secure 81
efficient salesman. Mr.. LOOMS il
a married man but does not intent
to remove his family to this city a
present.
i. j. Christie of Marion, has
says the Monticello Express, been in
dicted by the grand jury of Grund,
county for the alleged offense of OBJ
tanning property under false pre-
lenses. Christie offered liberal pa
to advertise his Bull-Domingo min
ing scheme in the Democrat but hi
offers were rejected. He howeve
succeeded in placing large advertise
ments in two or three other paper
in this county, and it is therefor
quite probable that he placed som
of his "get rich quick stock" here.
The young men from Hampto
who were arrested at Eldora durin
the Hardin county fair for sellin
White Rose, have settled their cas-
with the county attorney. 1t seem
that the county attorney Of Hardi
county had the stuff examined b
chemists at Iowa City and Ames an
found that it contained less than
per cent of alcohol. Under the Gil
cumstances the Hardin county au
thorities were very glad to releas
the Hampton men and pay them fe
the eighty-five cases of White Ros
which had been seized. Hardi
county is also to pay the costs of tt
Cascades Moines Register.
-Gerd Jansen Ahlrichs died
the home Of his daughter, Mrs. Jaco
Matthiessen, of Sand Springs, Q
Thursday, September %. Tt
deceaseGsM born in Hanover, &c