Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-31
DIR. P. e. Triem was in Aurora,

III MiSOuNlile.
Edgar Brazelton spent Sunda.
in Independence.
Charles Briggs spent Sunda,
at his home in this city.
Tom Hines spent Sunday will
friends in Independence.
Jack German visited at his hons
in Independence Sunday.
Levi TODD of Edgewood was a
Dairy City visitor Saturday.
j. r. Toogood was business
visitor in Dyersville Monday.
Miss Mabel Miller spent Sun.
day at her home in independence.
The indications are for boumte-
Gus crops in this county this season
Miss Maud Crum is visiting
friends in Cedar Rapids this week
Joe Thurn and Thos. Wiley of
Edgewood were Manchester visitors
Thursday.
Maud Cary spent Sunday at
the home Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs
f. +. Cary.
Miss Elizabeth Graves is the
guest of Miss Netie Mauer, of Du-
buque, this week.
Mr.. Harvey Cooley left Tuesday
for Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada on
a business trip
Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Moore Of
San Diego, California, are visiting
friends in this city.
We noticed Farmer Lister in
town Tuesday with two loads ofhogs
Come again George.
Joe Mccormick and Allie Thorpe
were the guests of Roland Toogood
in Chicago last week.
Fred Herman visited with rel
atives and friends in Dubuque the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. Edward Sprengelmeyer, of
Dubuque, is visitingat the home Of
her father, John Hruby
MIR. and Mrs. H. Munson are
enjoying a visit from the formers
brother, of New York state.
FRANK Mccormick of Nance Co.,
Neb., has been visiting at the home
Of his father, j. Il. Mccormick.
Corn planting is finished in
this section and many of the farm
ers commenced blowing corn last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Osterhaus
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Koopmann
of Petersburg were visitors to this
city last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Houser and
family of Beloit, Wisnocsin, are
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Houser.
w. G. Kenyon arrived home
from South Dakota Tuesday morn
ing. He reports the crop conditions
as very favorable in that section.
Mrs. Margaret Mills Coleman
returned to her home in Westgate,
Monday after a short visit at the
home of her mother, Mrs. c. B. Mills.
Helen, Bernice and Theodore
Bradley of Beatrice, Nebraska, are
in this city for an extended visit
with their grand parents Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Long.
The Sunday School class of
Miss Bertha White very pleasantly
surprised her at her home on Frank
lin street last Friday evening. A
very pleasant evening was passed by
all present.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Hickather,
of Ryan, were guests at the j. U.
Schulling home last Wednesday and
Thursday. They were on their way
home from South Dakota where they
have been visiting
John W. Stahl, an adjuster for
the Farmers Insurance Company OF
Cedar Rapids has rented the old A.
r. Loomis residence on Main street
and will become resident Of this
place in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Ford have
issued invitations announcing the
marriage of their daugher, Fay D.
to Marshall Charles Sweeney OF
Usage, Iowa, which will occur Wed
nesday. June 18th at G:30 o'clock a,
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ford.
Captain j. +. Merry says that
he is much gratified on account OF
the numerous letters he is receiving
from members of the 9th Iowa, in
relation to the reunion Of that regi.
ment which is to be held in this cit,
on the 18th. and 18th Of June. Mr.
Merry thinks that the attendance
will be larger than it has been fo1
the past six years.
Il
"A merchant in Humboldt bid
defiance to catalogue houses. H,
has two-page ad in the Tndepend
ent and says he can outsell, outbie
and Guido any catalogue house il
Chicago, and he is doing it, too
Why not? His rent is less, insur
ance less, clerk hire far less, goods
come in large quantities with freis Oh
less. A man who goes into his sto-
and buys knows just what he is get
ting and the ad tells just what h
has to sell. Catalogue houses can
compete with the live country mer
chant.
"A defendant in the witness DO
at Sioux City, told the court tha
frequently" the interest and com
mission on money loaned by him
to person actually helpless, of cours