Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

Will enter the Hahnemann hospital
| for treatment.
Hon j. b. Satterlee of Washing
ton, d. G., is visiting relatives and
old acquaintance in this city He
will remain here until after election.
MIR. and Mrs. w. ii. Acres and
Miss Phoebe Lyman depart Thurs
day for ST. Petersburg, Florida,
where they will spend the winter.
Special meeting of Manchester
Lodge No. l65, A. I. and A. NJ.
Thursday evening, November lst,
for work. A full attendance is
desired.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the
Golden church will serve hot meals
all OF election day at Mrs. James
Warrell's. They solicit the patron
age Of all voters of Hazel Green
township.
Miss Mabel Cunningham re-
turned to Chicago yesterday after
spending several weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Cunningham.
Miss Cunningham will enter the
ranks of the professional nurses.
The best ever heard in this
city" That is what nearly every
one is saying about the concert Civ
en- by the Chicago Madrigal Club
at the City Hall Opera House last
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Jennie Jones, City Librar-
ian, who has been spending several
weeks visiting with her son at
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and visit
ing friends and relatives in different
parts of the east, returned to her
home Yesterday
The State University Of Iowa
has enjoyed the greatest growth dur
ing the past year of any school in
the United States. The present en-
rollment Of 1915 shows gain OF
eighteen per cent over that of last
year.
The basket ball team of the
Manchester High School has COM
menced active training, and a game
has already been arranged to be
played with Waterloo at that place
on Thanksgiving day. Arrange
ments are being made for game at
Lenox College.
"A. Cleveland's billiard hall was
entered Sunday morning and the
till robbed OF five dollars. Entrance
was effected by removing the iron
side walk grating over one of the
windows on the east side OF the
building. The work was OBJ
viously that Of local talent, as the
manner in which the work was
executed showed perfect familiarity
with the local conditions.
The Auditor, Clerk and County
Attorney, constituting the board
for deciding the names of those who
shall appear as candidates on the
county and township tickets were
engaged Monday in hearing con-
test between the Cummins and
standpat republicans as to who are
entitled to be the republican can
didates for township offices Of Elk
township. The decision was in favor
of the standpat nominees.
| Official notice has been reciev-
ed by the local office from the Post
Office department at Washington
that the recently circulated petition
to carry pouch mail on the afternoon
passenger on the Illinois Central
arriving here at 2. 40 o'clock has been
granted, and that the new service
will be commenced on November
LIST. A closed pouch with mail for
Dubuque and Chicago will also be
carried on the east bound afternoon
train leaving here at 1888 o'clock.
i Under the new service, eastern mail
will arrive in the city about seven
teen hours earlier than heretofore.
The old residents of this county
will be panied to learn of the
death Of Mrs. Rebecca Falconer
which occurred last Saturday at her
home in the Silver Greek settlement
from stroke Of paralysis. Miss
Rebecca Pierce was born at Beverly
Farms, Massachusetts. on July %
1887 In 1857, she was united in
marriage with Chas. Falconer, and
Immediately moved to this county
which has since been her home. She
is survived by husband and eleven
children. The funeral was held
yesterday morning and intermeni
was made in the Silver Creek GENE.
terry.
The Courier, smarting under
the sting Of public castigation and
cancellation Of many subscriptions
because Of its wanton assault upon
the personal and judicial integrity
+ of Judge Blair, retorts, in its issue,
last evening, that it has no regrets
to express and no apologies to Offer
for the injustice it has done one o.
the purest and most upright men ii
the state. But what with the con
,, domination the course OF the Courier
. has invited and the rebuke awaiting
= it at the polls, the paper will bt
,, made to feel the error Of its vicious
act before many days. Perforce
q because Judge Blair had the frank
ness to state he could not vote fol
= the governor, the Courier turned
& against him its mud batteries in al
attempt to besmirch as fine char
!, acter as is enjoyed by any man il
u owa.-Waterlop Times Tribune.
!, Election Dinner 25c.
= The Ladies of the Sand Cree
d, church will serve dinner on electio,
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