Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-31
Ned Hoyt was Dubuque visit
or Thursday

juno 2lst. will be the longest
day in the year.
20. l.. Randell of Earlville was
in this city Saturday.
e. NJ. Carr was in Marshalton
Saturday on business.
III. L. Ram was Waterloo call
er Saturday afternoon.
Judge Blair is holding court at
Independence this week.
Margaret Myers spent Sunday
at her home in Waterloo.
j. r. Toogood was in Cedar
Rapids on business Thursday.
Earl Wallace was in Indepen-
dence the latter part Of last week.
e F. Mulvehille of Nashville,
was in this city a few days last week
Mrs. Ed Meskimen and little
son, Ray, spent Sunday in Dubuque.
Eugene Emerson went to Chi
cago Saturday morning on business.
III. 2. Robinson went to Stock
ton, Illinois, on business Friday.
Miss Della Matthews of Earl
vile, was Manchester visitor Sat
urday.
Joe Thurn and Thos. Wiley of
Edgewood were Manchester visitors
Thursday.
John Ward Of Carbondale, Ill
inois. has beer visiting relatives and
friends here.
Charles Malven visited with his
sister, Mrs. Robert Allen, in indie
pendence last week.
Harlo Newcomb, who is attend
ing business college at Cedar
. Rapids, was home over Sunday.
Mrs Tim Priest was the guest
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
During at Dyersville last week.
Mrs. Flossie Mitchell of Edge
VOC twas a guest of her sister Mrs.
Mpe Robbins part Of last week,
Geo. Strong, who contemplated
gong into the jewelry bushes here
has gone to Manchester. = Greeley
Home Press.
Frank Wesley Of Lamont was
visiting friends in this city Saturday,
and Sunday the guest of his sister
Mrs. Joseph Walker.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Sand Greek church will meet with
Mrs. Freemen Smith Thursday
afternoon, June LIST, at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. BESSIE Anderson Dewey
returned to her home in Hoytville,
OHIO, Saturday after visit with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Anderson
ss..rs Floyd Peet and little son
Arno went down to Manchester
Monday evening for a several days
visit with her parents near that
place. Edgewood journal.
Mrs John Graham left Satur-
e day morning for Cherokee where
she joined her mother and party
OF friends who left Monday for a
three months tour in the west.
Clarence Yoran who has been
attending the University OF Min.
nesota, arrived in this city Saturday
and will spend his vacation at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. Yoran.
The people Of Wright county
have taken advantage Of the State
drainage law. The contract has
been let by its supervisors for thu
construction Of a drainage canal
eight and one half miles in length
and ranging from four to eighteen
feet in depth.
Manchester is the prettiest tow
Of its size in this State. Ithas ueve
had a boom, but has grown steadil,
with the growth of the country
That it is u good business point i
evidenced by the fact that there i
not single store building unoccu
pied.
The seventeen year-locust"
r due this year, so we are told. The
appeared in 1854, 1871, 1888, an
now in 1905. This prophecy az
plies only to the eastern part Of tn
state. They are not due in til
southwestern part, or sections unit
1912. They are expected to appea
about the last of May and renal
with us two or three weeks. 1t
hoped they will not do much dan
age to trees, and it is expected the
will not. The number appearin
each section will be regulated b
in local conditions largely.
If you toot your little tooter an
then lay aside your horn, there's nc
soul in ten short days will kno
that you are born. The man WI
gathers pumpkins is the man wi
plows all day, and the man wi
keeps a-humping is the man VIII
makes it pay. The man who adve
tises with the short and sudden jel
is the man who blames the edit
because it didn't work. The ms
who gets the business has a lor
and steady pull and keeps his tra'
paper from year to year quite flu
He has faith in all the future, CT
withstand bankrupt shock, an
like man Of Scripture. has b
business on a rock.