Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-17
BRIEF MENTION.

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u. @. Tucker visited here will
his parents over Sunday.
Mrs. Barney Aucutt has gon,
ts Oskaloosa for a visit with rela
tives.
e. B. Porter of Delhi was {
Manchester business visitor last Sat
,urday.
The Science Circle will NEE
with Mrs. I. F, Doty next Monday
January %.
Mr.. and Ms. Bigler of Fairview
Wyoming, visited friends in this
city last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. E. Dresser O
Coggon, were Manchester visitors
last Wednesday.
Does every ear of corn contain
an even number of rows Of kernels
and, if so. why is it SO?
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Whitney
have returned from three weeks
visit with relatives at Omaha. Neb
Mrs. J. S. Maley went to New
Hartford last Friday. She was call
ed there by the serious illness of hel
father.
I'M. X, Brown departed Wednesday
on q business trip through New
York state. Mr.. Brown intends tc
stay until May.
The Thirteen Club will meet
with Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson mex,
Monday afternoon, at A o'clock, in
stead Of in the evening.
The City Council met in regu,
lar session Monday evening. There
not being a quorum present they ad.
journed to meet next Monday even
ling.
The remains of Oliver P. An.
drews were brought TO this city Sun
dag for interment in the Manchester
cemetery. The funeral was held
Monday afternoon.
AT the annual meeting of the
Illinois Central Land Agents Asso.
citation held at Waterloo on Wednes-
day of last week, Abner Durham Of
this city was reelected president.
Joe Foster of Miffenburg, Pa,
is tho guest of relatives and friends
in this city. Mr.. Foster has a luc-
rative position at that place as gen
eral manager of a coal and grain
company.
III. G. Haeberle, Geo. Hunt, A.
HOLSTER and A. T. Robinson of
Winthrop, went to Minneapolis Mon
day afternoon, to attend the lumber
mans convention which is being
held there this week.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society will give parlor entertain
ment at the home Of Capt. and Mrs.
~. F. Merry this Wednesday even
t;.ing. Mrs. R. w. Tirrell will give
astalk on "What I saw in India. !"
Several musical selections will be
rendered. Admission 10 cts.
r Robert Kissick, the writer Of
the article in this issue entitled
ss'Subsidizing the Press, will be re-
membered by the older residents of
of this city. He was in 1868 assist
ant principal Of the public schools
of this district. The late ]. Piper
was principal at that time.
In its last week s issue the Hop
kinton Leader announces that here
after its subscription price will be
$3.50 per annum. This is move
in the right direction, Bro. Beals, as
we we'll know, for our experience in
publishing a country weekly s col
umn qnarto at $l.50 per year, salts
fies US that the Leader, a Z column
quarto, cannot be published at a liv-
ing profit for less than $3.50.
The Clermont Enterprise of
Clermont, Fayette County comes to
our table as an exchange. The en-
terpriseis published by w. R. Blake,
former publisher of the Masonville
Enterprise and who was until re-
Gently an employ Of the Delaware
County News. Mr. Blake is giving
the people of Clermont good newsy
paper and we Judge from the adver-
Using columns of the paper that the
merchants Of that city united to give
the paper their liberal support.
Over eight hundred from Iowa
attended the special short course Of
instruction at the Iowa State College
at Ames the past two weeks. The
course was designed for the giving
Of information and instruction in
the raising of corn, Judging live
stock and i'll domestic science in
ganeral. Those from here who at
tended speak very highly of the re-
suits obtained. Among those from
this county who were in attendance
were Harry Robinson, Thos. Laude
Ian, Thos. Carrothers, Geo. Lister
L. G. Clute and George Lane.
The committees of both the
House and the Senate OF the Thirty.
first general assembly were announc
ed last week. Senator Geo. w
Durham Of this district is chairman
of the committee on Suppression Of
Intemperance and also member o.
the following committees: Judiciary
Appropriations, Schools, Elections
Highways Charitable Institutions
and Rules. Representative Bixby
of this county is a member of thu
following committees: Appropria
tions, Agriculture, Schools and Tex
Books, Public Health, State Univer
sity, P nitentiaries, Annual Indus
try, Fish and game, Enrolled Bells
The latest swindle, says thu
Marion Sentinel has been designated
as 1.-THE advertising fake" and mer