Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-17
BRIEF MENTION.
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MIR. aud Mrs. John Arduser
are the parents Of ten pound boy
baby born Monday.
-Ali-sP Pearl Lee Of Hopkinton w4s
a guest OF friends in the city during
the first OF the week.
Miss Mabel Sloanof Strawberry
Point lsa guest at the A,mlstead
home ioI short visit.
Be sure and read the adve. tise-
ment Of The II. j. Starkey sale of
registered Aberdeen Angus cattle at
Waterloo, Oct. %.
Mrs. "A. w. Meskimmen de-
parted Monday for Greenwood, Wis
consin, where she will make two
weeks visit with friends.
Geo. Simmons, who has been
employed for several months past ut
Aberdeen. South Dakota, arrived in
the city lust week for short visit
with relatives and frie nds.
Mrs. D. @. Jewett Of Month
cello is visiting at the home Of Geo.
w. Snyder in Prairie township. she
being , cousin If Mrs. Snyder.
H. j. Phelps, division passen-
ger agent of the I. @. r. r., with
headquarters at Dubuque, was a
business visitor in the city Monday.
Miss Josephine Lien and Miss
Margary Jones entertained the SEN
Tor class of the High School at the
latter's home last Saturday evening.
The Levys, who have been buy
ing horses in this market one day
each month forthe past several years,
purchased about fifteen head last
Friday.
Leon Richardson and Roy Dut-
ton departed Monday for Cedar Rap
ids where they will pursue a three
months course in the Cedar Rapids
Business College.
Ed Hunt of Waterloo, was a
Manchester visitor the first of the
week. His many friends will learn
with regret that his wife, who has
been ill for some time with con-
sumption, died at the home of her
parents south Of Coggon last Fri
day.
Arthur Fox, formerly employed
in the American Express offices at
Waterloo, was appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of George Eldredge, and arrived in
the city Last week TO assume his
duties. George Fldredge has ac-
cepted an excellent position in Col
orado.
Leonard Brender, who has been
employed at the Manchester Light.
Heat & Power Company's plant in
this city for tho past two years, left
Saturday for Park Ridge, suburb
of Chicago, where he has accepted
position With the Northside Electric
sgo, end wAerashes will also pursue. a.
course in electrical engineering at
Armours Institute. Leonard is a.
faithful, capable and industrious boy
and we sincerely trust that he will
meet with the most gratifying sue
cess.
-It leaked out during the stay in
Z Waterloo that there was baby born
over on the east side and when the
neighbors came in to see it the first
question aaked after the congratula-
tons had been extended, was whether
it had been weighed. mo" said
the father, I'VE have no scales"
Just then one Of the neighboring
women discovered that the ice man
had stopped across the street and
rushing oyer to the wagon she ex.
planned that she wanted to borrow
his scales to weigh a baby and
would be.riqht back with them. The
baby weighed Go pounds.-Water-
loo Reporter.
At the competitive shoot held at
Cresco last week between the teams
Of Company Z of that place and
company D of Manchester, Cresco
won the match by margin of forty
points. The local boys were put to.
great disadvantage by the unfavor-
ableness Of the weather, and by not
bling familiar with the range. The
highest score Of any individual on
the Manchester team was made by
Lieutenant Young who made the
second from the highest score made
at the shoot. Last evening. a repre-
sentative team composed fisk mem
bers of Co. d at iCresco arrived in
this city tostake part in return
competitive match being ht II here
today between the two teams. Rep
resentatives5 from Waterloo. Indepen.
dence and Cedar Rapids are also pre-
sent and will undoubtedly partici-
pate in an unofficial shoot. From
present indications, the weather
should be ideal, and the familiarity
with the range should put the To-
cal boys at their best. The meet
will undoubtedly be close and inter
esting.
County Surveyor d. O. Potter
has taken upon himself the difficult
and intricate task of determining the
true meridian of this county. To
aid him in his work, he has con
structed a unique apparatus in the
tower of the Court House where he
makes his daily observations. Ev-
cry evening upon its first appear
ance, Mr.. Potter determines the ex.
act location of the North Star, and
early in the morning, just as the
last star begins to wane upon the
approach of dawn, Mr.. Potter again
takes note of the exact location Of
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