Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-22

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Saturday on business.
| w. w. Ford was in Dyelsvillt
Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ford were
in Cedar Rapids Saturday.
Capt. Abner Durham was il
Coggon Saturday on business.
Rev. J. j. Ryan of Lawler was
in the city Friday on business.
Mrs. Mary Bradford spent
Thursday in Dyersville with friends
DIR. p. E. Triem has been hav-
ing his offices redecorated the past
week.
20. E. Ransier of independence
was business caller in this city
Saturday.
DIR. Oscar Dorman and mother
returned home recently from sew
eral weeks visit at Peoria, Illinois
Miss Amy Boggs was in Mime
apolis last week, Miss Fannie Haeb-
erlee assisting in the work in the
high school.
Miss Daisy Durham of Iowa
City spent Sunday in this city at
the home of her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Abner Durham.
Elias Pinch who recently pur-
| chased two and half acres on
Union street has just completed and
is now occupying his new residence
thereon.
-Newburg Brothers Of Dubuque
had representative Of their firm in
the city last week at work in Capt.
Merry's new office, making the let
tered inscription on the two front
office windows.
-Bcrdette Given is now station
ed at Ogelthorpe, Dodge, Georgia,
being member Of Troop Fl, 18th
Cavalry. Burdette has little bet
ter than a year yet to serve, and last
June was transferred to this country
from the Philippines.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Huene are
soon to move into the R. w. Thrill
residence on franklin street, recent
| Jy purchased by him from Mrs. Ada
Atwater. The property is being re-
modelled and will make one OF the
most desirable residences in the city
when complete in it's changes.
The Women s. Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church will hold its thank offering
meeting Wednesday, November %,
at 2.3O o'clock, at the home Of Mrs
Calvin Yoran. After the program {
tea will be served beginning at five
o'clock, to which all are invited.
Word comes from Messrs. o. A
Durham and Alton Durham thai
they are very much pleased with ex
listing conditions in the south. Theil
plantation is even more than they
realized it to be and are now raising
corn, cotton, vegetables and othel
cereals that can be farmed both il
the south and north to equal advant
age.
| There promises to be splen
did program at the Delaware Coun
ty Farmers Institute which con
venes in this city on the 18th, Sth
and 9th of next month. One Of thu
special features of the assembly vii
be an address by the Rev. A. B
Storms, of Ames, and lecture OF
corn growing by Prof. P. G. Holden
of the State Agricultural College
There is to be ladies department
this year, which is to be in charg
of Mrs. L. j. Gates.
"A representative Of the Inter
State Commercial college of Ceda
Rapids was in the city last week il
the interests Of that institution. Thi
is new school and the superintend
ing board are building a three stor
building that is intended to accom-
modate the requirements Of tn
college for the present, at leas
Commercial lines are studied, as i
Civil Service examinations and civ
and electric engineering. The Greg
system of shorthand is used in tn
J stenography department.
. Owing last week to lack Of tin
a story about Morse & Andrews ne
: departure in business, that of roultl
9 raising, was necessarily ommitte'
2 This firm, which has been in IL
t public eye Of this section of IL
! country for the past year on accoul
: of its creamery industry, has entere
o extensively into the poultry bus
t ness. They occupy the second ao'
t Of the A. A. Morse livery stable c
s Delaware street and employ nil
e men. The new system called IL
9 "stutfing method is used for fatte
IS ing the poultry, this diet being gi
3 en- to the fowls after a weeks reg
0 lar feeding of common food. L,
IS sixteen days this is continued, uni
W the fowl is fattened perfectly and
h ready for the eastern market. Nea
If ly all the shipments are made
le New York City. where stuffed pc,
70 try is very much in demand by cas-
il ern people. This craze was start
Or by King Edward Of England, VIII
Or he began insisting upon having t
Us American stuffed poultry on |
Or tables, in preference to the Engli
bird