Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05


visitor Thursday.
Miss Nerva Burton of Delhi wa,
in Manchester Wednesday.
j. e. Davis was a Dubuqu,
visitor Tuesday of last week.
Miss Clara Conmerford visite,
friends in Waverly last week.
j. f. jackson of Dubuque was
Manchester visitor Saturday.
Miss Sue Paxson is home from
Omaha, for a short vacation.
Clyde Tyler of Dyersville spent Sun
day with his parents at this place.
20. A. Sisson who is now located
at Farley was in Manchester Friday
DIR. G. G. Bradley returned
home from South Carolina last Thurs
day.
John German spent Sunday al
the home of his parcuts in lndepend
e..ce.
The G.. A. r.. Morse Post meets
this Wednesday evening at 1916
o'clock.
Mrs. John Powers of Waterloo
is visiting relatives and friends in
this city.
Miss Mamie Ripper formerly Of
this place but now of Dubuque is
visiting friends here.
Rev. Mrs. S. l.. Crum was the
guest of friends in Strawberry Point
several days last week.
Ernest Bush of Colcsburg has
accepted a position in Tubbs' bar.
Der shop of this place.
Miss Ethel Cooper, principal OF
the High School has been quite i'll
for the past few days.
Minnie Kohen and Alta Wag-
ner wished at the the formers home
in Delaware last Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Crosier OF
Coggon were in town Monday even.
ing to attend a meeting of the High.
land Mobiles.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Jones are
home from an extended visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Baumgartner
who lives near Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Blair and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Durham enter
tanned at n six o'clock dinner at the
Blair home Saturday evening.
About twenty of the friends
and neighbors of hir. and Mrs. Joe
Strickland gave them pleasant
at their home last Thurs
day evening.
IS. L. Burt came home from the
western part Of the state Sunday,
where he has been working for the
Mystic Toilers. He will remain
home only few days.
County Slpt. and Mrs. +. D..
Joseph went to Hopkinton Friday
evening where Mr.. Joseph attended
the teachers meeting Saturday.
They remained over Sunday with
MIR. Joseph's parents.
The many friends and pupils
OF Miss McTavish will be glad TO
learn that she has deciced to re-
main in Manchester, and will give
instructions on either piano or organ
to anyone who wishes to take Of her.
Our old time friend jim Burton
was welcome caller at this office
yesterday. Some of our readers
may remember Carp" who edited
the Delhi correspondence years
ago. Well Jim knew all about
what Carp" was doing in those
days.
Mrs. James Lattimer of Boise,
Montana, who has been visiting at
the home Of John Lattimer in this
city for the past month, left Friday
for New York City to visit a sister
residing there. Mrs. John Latimer
accompanied her as far as Chicago,
where she will visit for some time
with the family of Bert Wellman.
The residence of Mrs. Mary l..
Ram on Wayne street was destroyed
by fire last Thursday afternoon. II
was set on fire by a train and was
burning rapidly when discovered
but by the hard work of the fire
men and other willing hands much
of the contents were saved and the
fire was under control before it was
burned to the ground. The wind
was in the right direction to burn
the residence of II. L. Ram on the
north but it was fought down ano
left that residence uninjured. Mrs
RAMS house will be rebuilt a
once.
In late decision of the Su
preme Court of this state, rendered
in the case Of the Modern Stee
Structural Co. against Van Burel
county. passing upon a practice o
the Board Of Supervisors of thi
county in vogue here TO
several years until recently, tn
court says: "In the loose and un
businesslike methods which seem t
have prevailed in the conduct of til
county's affairs, there appears I
have been some sort of genera
understanding between the mem
bers of the board that wheneve
claims or demands were presente,
on account of work done or expens
incurred, bearing the indorsemen
or approval of the individual men
Der in whose part of the county til
transaction in question occurred, tn
auditor should issue warrant fo
its payment. The list of claim
thus paid in vacation upon the az
fproval of single individual men
Der would be taken up at the ne,
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