Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-02
RYAN,

Chas. Peterson of Manchester had
business in town Thursday.
Mrs. 1. Zweisler and son Raymond
returned home from a visit at Fl.
Dodge, Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Graves, of Man
chester was visiting friends here
last week.
Mrs. B. Jennings spent Sunday
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Barry, at Farley.
Dennis Ryan is employed on the
Central City Newsletter at Central
City for few weeks.
Mrs. P. McElliott visited at her
mothers home in Manchester, Tues
Mrs. NJ. McEnany and little
daughter Agnes of Cedar Rapids,
are visiting the formers mother,
Mrs. Turner, this week.
Miss Mary Ryan is spending a
few weeks in Wyoming.
A number of our maidens enjoyed
the pleasures of camp life at the
DEVILS Backbone few days last
week.
Miss Mary Waddick was a guest
of Mrs. Ryan one day last week, on
her way home from Cedar Falls.
We understand the Harvest Home
picnic which was to have been held
here Aug. 18th. has been declared
off.
The base ball game at Dyersville
last Sunday between Dyersville and
Ryan was attended by an enormous
crowd from Ryan, Coggon, Central
City, Alburnette and Manchester,
who took advantage of the excursion
train, and witnessed the best game
of ball played on the Dyersville
diamond this season, which Ryan
rightly entitled to, but the ex-Three-
I Leager for an umpire who was
busted from that position, decided
the winning score in Dyersville's
favor, which was made on a caught
fowl with the runner half way to the
plate. The score was 3 to 2.
A temperance lecture was deliver
cd at the NJ. E. church one evening
last week.
A number of our young people
attended the Observation-Disclosures
ball game at Spring Branch the
first of the week.
Miss Grace Todd who is now q
trained nurse in Chicago was visi-
tor in town Friday and Saturday.
John Reilly acted as chaperon fol
number of picnickers consisting
Of Beatrice Reilly, Marcella Ryan
Maggie Hynes and Mile Gibbs
who saw the sights of the Devil's
Backbone Sunday.
The Base Ball Tournament is owe,
and it was one of the most success
full adventures ever undertaken b,
the citizens and ball players of town
Everything was carried out as ad.
vertised and nearly everyone seemed
to be very well satisfied. The base
ball boys cleared something owe,
$225.OO, and everyone certainly got
their moneys worth, as thirty-five
cent ticket entitled a person to attend
all three ball games, and $l.OO en-.
titled them to the best dance and
to the finest music given in thi,
vicinity. The first ball game be
tween Masonville and Ryan started
in the forenoon and was played in
good shape but the Nashville boys
proved a little over powered by loos
ing the game in shut out by 6
score of 10 too in Ryan's favor
The next game was won by Middle
field from Castle Grove by another
shut out by a score Of 5 too. The
last game between Manchester anc
Central City was the one. 1t was
the best and most closely contested
game played recently by two East.
ern Iowa Amateur teams. 1t was
nip-and-tuck from the start, nc
scores being made on either side fol
several innings when Mancheste,
finally succeeded in getting two
scores and held Central City down
until the ninth inning when the
Central City boys put on their bat.
ting clothes and scored three runs
thus ending the game by score Of
2 to 3 in Central City's favor. The
large crowd of spectators were in
one continual uproar from start to
finish. Davis Bros. formed the
battery for Manchester who did ex.
cellent work while Sawyer and Hatch
did the heavy for Central City. The
crowd seemed to be very well salts
fed with the days events. The
dance was attended by something
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