Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-18
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Mrs. H. L. Ram was Dubuque
visitor last Friday.
M. F. Leroy was in Chicago
last week on business.
DR.. II. M. Bradley was iu Web.
ster City last Thursday.
Mrs. Hubert Carr visited rela.
tives in Waterloo last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Malvin were
Independence visitors Sunday.
III. L. Ram was in Chicago on
business the first of the week
Samuel Matherson has returned
from Iowa City where he went te
undergo an operation.
MIR. and Mrs. Bert Peterson Of
Hawkeye visited with friends and
relatives here Sunday.
j. ]. Beacon was up from Ryan
Tuesday Of last week and bought a
lot of cattle from Mr.. II. Dolley.
Mrs. Rebecca Carpenter and
Nixon Denton spent Sunday at Sin
sinnawa Mount, guests of Miss Mary
Denton.
Mrs II. G. Haeberle spent Sun.
day at Mt. Vernon where her daugh-
ter Clara is student in Cornell
college.
Miss Daisy Durham of Iowa
City spent Sunday here at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Abner
Durham.
Advertised letters for the week
ending October 16, 1905: Mr..
Henry G. Porter. Mrs. Chas. Hilliar,
Miss L. Warren.
M. F. Leltoy and A. j. Collinge
went to Cedar Rapids, Monday to
attend the meeting of the I. o. o. T.
Grand Lodge of Iowa.
-iIarlo Newcomd returned to
Cedar Rapids Monday morning after
a visit here with his parents, DIR.
and Mrs. E. L. Newcomb.
Judge A. D. Long of Trip,
South Dakota, who has been the
guest Of his parents here for several
days, leaves for home today.
Mrs. Willis Calkings returned
to her home at Rockford, ILL.,, last
Saturday after visit of three weeks
at the home of Mrs Mary Prowse.
Thomas Lindsay, formerly a
resident and supervisor of this
county, now located in Nebraska is
the guest of relatives in this CITY,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Miller and
son, Roy and daughter, Mabel leave
Thursday Of this week for an extend
ed trip through the west and south.
They will go from here to Californi,
and return home by way of New
Orleans. They expect to be gone
several months.
R. j. Evans of Chicago expects
to remove to this city in the near
future. He is travelling represent
alive of the R. B. Harder Coal Co. of
Chicago with eastern Iowa as his
territory. lie says that the railroad
facilities here make Manchester as
convenient a point to travel from as
any in his territory.
George Bisgrove, son of Henry
Bisgrove Of this place, died at his
home at Burchinal on Monday, from
typhoid fever. The deceased lived
here for number of years and he
was highly respected and esteemed
by all. His moral worth and upright
character won for him many friends.
He leaves wife and nine children
and one Of the sad incidents in con-
nection with his death is the fact that
the wife and one of the sons are lying
critically ill with the same disease.
They, together with his aged father,
the brothers and sister, have the
sympathy of all in their hour of be-
MISUNDERSTANDING Phoenix.
"A merchant who had two stores
in small town tried an experiment.
He put a bargain counter in each
store containing the same articles at
the same prices. In the newspaper
of one village he advertised his
special sale counters. In the paper
Of the other he did not. In one
month in the village where he did
not advertise he sold 1884 worth of
goods. In the store where he did
advertise he sold the same goods
amounting to $l,724. In comment
ing on the result of the experiment
the merchant says: People who
got the paper with the advertisement
would pass by one store and drive
for miles to the other one, for what
they could have gotten at the same
price at my store at their doors, but
they did not know it was there.-Ex.
The Fonda Times makes the
following sensible suggestions to
Iowa farmers: sit is human nature
for any ono to desire to better his
condition, however we'll he may be
located, and very natural to believe
that the other fellow has Just a lit
tie the best of it. Some Iowa far
mers are preparing to move where
they can get cheaper land and fine
golden opportunities for the very
picking. Some will stay and some
will return, and be glad to get home
again. We notice, however, that
the places Of all who go are being
rapidly filled by men who have
means and are looking for the best
Do not be fooled. Above all, hang
on to your Iowa soil until you are
positively convinced that you car
buy better quality of soil some
where else. There is no humbug il
Iowa farm lands. 1t is worth hun
dred cents on the dollar for ever,
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