Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28
BRIEF MENTION.
Lent begins today.

IN GOWn la6C Iludv.
Geo. Hobbs was an Edgewood
visitor last Tuesday.
VIM. Hahsey was in Chicago
last week on business.
Howard Clemans of Cedar Rap
ids visited here part Of last week.
II. A. MCGEE went to Chicago
this week with car load of cattle.
Floyd Arnold was at nome from
Iowa City last week for short visit.
"A. Hollister and G. w. Hunt
lave returned from their western
trip.
IS. w. Kenyon, of Arlington,
called on Manchester friends last
Saturday
MIR. and Mrs. Thos. Elder
have removed onto the Hoyt farm
near Ryan.
w. A. Roe has returned to Des
Moines after three weeks visit in
Manchester.
MIR. VIM. Davis and Thomas
Cox of Greeley visited in this city
last Friday.
w. L Dudley and wife left last
week for visit with relatives at
Redfeld S. D.
Miss Barbara Jones Of Williams
burg is guest at the home of her
uncle Seth Brown.
Geo. Simon OF the firm Of Simon
4 Atwa,er, is expected home from
California this week.
-Chas. Nolan and wife of Cedar
Rapids were guests at the home of
G. L. Adams last week.
-B. w. Jewell of Omaha was in
the city last week enroute home from
business trip to Connecticut.
Mrs. L. Hubbell of Edgewood
was guest Of her daughters, Mes
danes Geo. and Oscar Dorman, last
week.
Mrs. Henry Luthermer Of Del.
vein was visiting friends here last
week, guest at the home of Miss
Mary Link.
Miss Fannie Haeberlee left last
week for Welsh, Louisiana, for
visit with her friend, Mrs. Alice
Craig Daniels.
"A number of Manchester peo-
pie attended a dance at the home of
Fred Brownell, north of town, last
Thursday evening.
The 1rma Opera Company will
appear at the Central Opera House
on March 81. Calvin Martin Of
this city is member of the COM
pany.
The bill to remove the circle
from the ballot passed the senate
last Saturday by vote of 81 to 6.
The friends of the measure predict
that it will become law.
-Nels Wall who for the past two
years has been employed by J. T.
Scharles at LeMars has returned to
make his home in this city. He is
contemplating starting tailor shop
here.
Mrs. ]. F. Merry was in Sioux
City last week to attend the meeting
of the Iowa Woman's Home Mission
airy society of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Merry is president of the So
ciety.
Mrs. n. N. Robbins has remov-
ed TO Manchester from Baxter Iowa,
to make her home with her son,
VIM. Robbins, who is lineman of
the Delaware County Telephone
Company.
p. A. Mather, for several years
employee in the dry goods store of
w. T.. Drew, has severed his connec-
ton with that institution and has
accepted position in the Manches-
ter yard of the Hollister Lumber Co.
Everyone who can find it con-
venient to do SO should not fail to
take advantage of the $1,5O round
trip rate to Des Moines Saturday,
March 10 over the NJ. & O. and Chi
cago Great Western Rys. The legis-
lature will be in session affording
the excursionists an opportunity Of
visiting it. The excursion is under
the auspices of the Ladies Society Of
the Methodist Episcopal church and
school children are especially invit-
ed.
If you ask man for an ad, or a
few locals, he will tell you that he
don't believe in Advertising pa
per is never read. But let him be
caught huggi ng the hired girl Oh
chasing,a piece Of calico up the
street after dark, or struggling will
Jug Of 'tamerack," if the printing
office is in the garnet of twent,
story building, he will climb to the
top to ask the editor not to publish
it in the paper where everyone viii
read Tx.
The candidate-he kissed tn
baby and rubbed the heads Of San
and Sue, and swore the twins wer
beautiful and wished he had fey
but that don't count. He aske,
about the tough pie crust h
vainly tried to chaw and begge
to get the recipe, of course tickle
ma-but that don't count. But jus
before he left he winked, and wag
ged his lower jaw, and then slippe
out and had a drink with pam
that's what counts.-Ex.
-Chas. Cox and family start tt
night for their new home near Ri,
erside, South Dakota. where Nj
Cox recently purchased farm. Til
entire family is held in highei
estaam in Central CITY and their d.