Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Gertrude Wallace spent Monday

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Rev. j. j. O'Mera went to Cal
mar Monday.
Mrs. j. w. Funk is seriously
ill at her home in this city.
AIR. F. X. Detwiler was in Sum
ner on business last Thursday.
james Rogers, Of Earlyille, was
in town Thursday OH business.
Grant Brayton shipped q car
load of cattle to Chicago last week.
Rev. Clarence Miller, of Water
loo, spent Sunday in Manchester.
Clarence Klonus and wife oil
Ryan spent Sunday in Manchester.
IN. Tchirgi OF Dubuque was i'll
Manchester Tuesday on business.
MIR. A. c. Phillip was in Earl
vile on business "Wednesday after
noon.
Fifty thousand brook trout
were shipped to Waukon Monday
morning.
Mrs. Chas. Bronson and Mrs.
Henry Bronson spent Monday in
Dubuque.
Miss Floy GARNER Of Edgewood
is visiting at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. o. r. Huene.
Mrs. Norma Butterfeld Merwin
is here from Chicago for visit
with relatives aud friends.
Miss Gertrude Porteous Of Ce-
dar Rapids visited friends here
several days last week.
Ben Mather and Rose Peterson,
of Independence, were guests at the
home OF the formers mother Sunday.
] Mrs. E. o. Clemens of Sioux
City is here for visit at the home
of her son, Hugh Clemens, of this
place.
Willis Cunningham, who has
been visiting the past few days in
Monticello, returned to his home
here Monday.
Mrs. B. Rees Jones returned to
her home in Des MONIES Saturday
afternoon after visit at the home t
Mrs. Jennie Jones.
IS. A. Steadman's harness shop
and A. Boln's meat market have
been treated to new coats of paint
during the past week.
Mrs. Bessie Anderson Dewey
and Miss Gertrude Anderson were
guests at tie home OF Can Clemens
of Cedar7Rapids over Sunday.
-Mrs..F Durham and daughter
Of Strawberry Point passed through
here Thursday, on their way home
from Chicago where they have been
visiting.
Rev. H. w. futile and L. Is.
Stiles went to Sioux City Monday,
where they will attend the Iowa
Congregational State Association Of
Congregational church ministers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Langridge
of Strawberry Point returned Friday
morning from Epworth, where they
have been attending the Dubuque
Baptist Association.
Ionic Wells was home from Mt:
Vernon last Thursday He was en.,
route to Chamberlain, s.. D., where
he has secured q position with the
Northwestern Ry.
Miss Margaret Myers, who is Q
teacher Of the 9Th grade in the pub
lie schools, went to Waterloo Sat-
urday 10 be present ut the funeral
Of her cousin, Miss Carrie Smith,
which occurred Monday afternoon.
"A petition fol paving Main
street, between the, bridge and Fourth
avenue, was put in circulation,
last week, and it is beng signed by
a many Of the property owners on
the neutrality-suspicious. Conserv-
alive.
AT Emmetsburg the business
men have procured an expert from
Ames, rented room and are test
ing seed corn for all farmers who
bring it in. 1t has been discovered
that scarcely more than fifty per
cent of the seed corn being tested is
fit for planting.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Helen Granger, daugh-
ter of Mr.. ard Mrs. H. A. Granger,
to MelvinJ. Yoran, which will take
place at the First Congregational
church, Thursday evening, June
first.
/ The census of Manchester, while
it shows only an increase of fifty in
tho past five years, shows up much
, better than most of the other towns
around us. Although we are not
making very rapid strides in in
| crease Of population at least we are
a little more than holding our owl.
:. Postmaster Summersides has
8 Just added to his postoflice outfit. q
distributing table that is not only
a pretty piece of furniture, but is
so planned and constructed as to be
r very convenient, and will make thai
t branch of the work of the boys il
3 the office much easier and more ex
III peditious than heretofore.
8 The city census has been almos
9 completed, our populatian being reg
|. istered as 3,42O. q decrease of mor'
than 200 since the census of fv,
ri years ago. This seems to be tn
II experience in nearly all towns o
d this class in the state, while many o
>: the lager towns are rapidly on tn
:, increase in population lndepend
], ence Conservative.
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