Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

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Klamity says about combs in his adj
this week.
Mrs. Philip Keagy OF Epworll',
was a guest at the home of G. w.
Keagy the past few days.
-Gildner Bros. will in the near
future add mems shoe department
to their clothing business here.
Allison Granger, of st. Louis,
arrived Monday for visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Granger.
Miss Gladys Crosier went to
Coggon yesterday morning for a
weeks visit at the home of her bro
ther.
Hunt Armistead, of Blue Earth,
Minnesota, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.
Armistead.
-Gildner Bros. invite you to read
what they advertise in the line of
grips, trunks, and suit cases in their
ad this week.
The Young Ladies Aid Society
of the Congregational church will
hold an ice cream social on the lawn
of w. Il, Hutchinson on Wednesday
evening, August l6. Ices, ice cream
and cake will be served. The public
is invited.
The following letters are adver-
tised as unclaimed at the post office
and will be sent to the D. L. O.
August 81, 1905. Mesdames Huldah
Leomer, Lou Bronson, Amandy Pat
ton, Misses lnez Miller, Della Paun,
Messrs. VIM. Smith and Ernest Perry
and a package for Mrs. P. G. Taylor.
The annual picnic of the Con-
gregational Sunday school will be
held next Friday at Hoyt's springs.
All interested in the church and
Sunday school are invited TO particle
pate. Conveyences will start from
the church at $50 a. M, accomodat
ing all those who have no other
means of conveyance.
james SHEPPARD, one of the old
and highly esteemed residents of
this county died Monday morning
at his home in Hazel Green town
ship He was seventy nine years of
age and one of the pioneer settlers
of this county. He was born in
Maryland and came west in early
life, locating in this county. He is
survived by ten children, his wife
and one child having preceded him
in death. The funeral will be held
at = o'clock this Wednesday after
noon at the Bay church.
| The Iowa climate and crop
bulletin for the week ending Au-
gust Z, 1905: In the larger part Of
the state this has been an ideal week
for growth of immature crops, with
good conditions for harvesting and
threshing the ripened cereals The
oat crop is mainly in the shock or
stack, and threshing returns indi-
cate a yield above the average of
recent years. The harvest of spring
wheat is nearly finished to the north
line of the state, and the general
condition Of this crop is fairly good
in the districts where the acreage is
J largest. There have been but few
reports of damage by rust. Corn
has advanced rapidly in response te
high temperatures and generally
ample moisture. 1t is caring
heavily, and the earliest planted
fields make good showing of roast
ing ears. The crop as a whole is
) very promising. Pastures are hold.
( ing out notably we'll. The apple
: crop has steadily declined, and ex
pert fruitmen report not more thar
. a third of the normal yield for the
state. The August LIST report o
crop correspondents has been tabu
: lated, showing following estimate:
! of the condition of crops on the
percentage basis: Corn, 81 per cent
spring wheat, 93: oats, 81: flax, rs
y potatoes 90; pastures, lob; apples
9 40; grapes, 81. Last year at CORE
: spending date the estimates were
!. Corn. IS; spring wheat, rs: oats, IS
!. flax "a; pastures, o6; potatoes, l0l
. apples, 10, grapes, So.