Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


was in the city last Wednesday OF
business.
Miss Bessie Edmonds anG
Ennis Boggs were in Dubuque
Thursday.
j. b. Frentress was doing ce
ment work in Oelwein the lattel
part of last week.
| Mrs. Emma Foote of Minneapo
lis, MIMI, is visiting with her cous
in, Mrs. M. II. Williston.
Miss Fern Lattimer left Friday
morning for Shellburg, Wisconsin
where she will visit friends.
Col. H. A. Allen, R. E. O'Brier
and S. G. Risner of Independence
were in this city on business Thurs
day.
Mrs. T. B. Powell and daugh.
ter of Cedar Rapids were guests Of
Miss Fay Ford last Thursday and
Friday.
Mrs. j. F. Merry and Mrs. H
F. Arnold are entertaining their
aunt, Mrs. Eliza Spragne, of Peca'
tonica, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamil.
ton of Cascade, are guests at the
home of the latter's father, DIR. and
Mrs. L. e. Newcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Boynton
enjoyed a several days visit in Chi
cago last week, guests at the home
of their son w. 3. Boynton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Honan
and baby of Burlington, Wisconsin
are guests at the home of Mrs.
Honan's mother, Mrs. E. A. Coon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Smith were
very pleasantly entertained by the
members of the Presbyterian church
last Tuesday evening. at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Hoyt.
Rev. j. g. Erb, pastor of the
Methodist church of Colesburg, was
in this city Thursday on his way
home from Hazel'on where he has
been attending the Methodist Dis.
trict Conference.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Sawyer Of
Howard, South Dakota, are visitin 6
at the III me of Hon. w. NJ. Sawyer
Of this city. After a visit here they
will go to California. where they
will make their future home.
Mrs. L. L. Hill and children
who have been guests at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Gildner for the
past two weeks left Saturday morn
ing for Nora Springs where the,
will make short visit and from
there return to their home in Mimi
eapoiis, MINI.
i "A local shoe dealer of Fayett,
tells the Postal Card that OCCASION
ally a person will come into hi,
store and try on shoes till he finds I
size and style that suits him The1
he will calmly walk out and sent
his order to mail order house.. I'll
IL lovely thing to have planty o
nerve.
"A petition is on circulation
among the property owners on Mali
street in Independence asking TO
the paving Of that street from tn
east end Of the bridge to the low
Grocery Co. distance Of two block
and half. Brick paving is to b
used and the estimated cost is $1.3
per square yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hollister AM
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Hunt of Man
chester were visitors in Hopkintol
Monday, making the trip in NJ,
HOLSTERS automobile. The part,
expressed themselves as delighte'
with the scenic trip. Their car
one of the modern kind and chug
chugs along as gracefully and light
ly as an airship. Cross country rid
ing under such conditions is grea
pleasure, and Mr.. Hollister and hi
friends make the most of it.-Hol
kinton Leader.
The newspapers may howl ii
doomsday their sentimental erie
against the mail order houses, an
in favor Of the home dealer, and tt
effect will not be perceptible. I'll
only person who can do really e
fective work are the local merchant
themselves, and they can do it. onl
by pursuing the methods of the ma
order houses, and that is to NAL
themselves and their goods know
to the buyers through judicious, lii
eral and efficacious advertising.
can be done in this way and in ]
other.-Charles City Intelligence
"A leading banker says of coun
erfeit bills: eff you want to detect
: bogus bill, just wet your fling
IN slightly and rub it over the cure
. number Of the bill-not the demon
nation,-but the current numb
consisting of several figures whi'
is stamped on every piece of cure
ly cy. This bit of printing is the 81
cial feature of the work. The nul
Der is printed under the tremendo
Il pressure and with an indelible i
" which is used for this and by
government only. The number
to the bad bill will blur and blot und
ar that treatment, but the good PAL
will remain unaffected"