Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-17

make an x in the
opposite some one of tn,
candidates for anv partic.
ular office will signify {
neglect or refusal on the
part of the elector to VOTE
for any one for that office
Mr.. and Mrs. Curt Madison O
Edgewood were Manchester visitor.
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jesse Dewey and Miss Ger
tude Anderson visited in Dubuque
on Mordly.
Miss Ruth Crum, who is EN-
ployed in store at Ryan, spent Sun
lag at her home here.
OF the ninety-nine county SUI
perintendents now in office in this
state, nineteen are women.
Lew Young went to Cedar Rap
ids Monday where he will remain
for several days on business.
DR.. and Mrs. E. T. Afford q
Chicago are the parents ola baby
boy born Monday evening
The Misses G 0 o,drich and
Oleson of independence spent Sun.
day visiting friends in the city.
Jos. Hutchinson returned Mon
day from Crookston, Minnesota,
where he was called to look after
business interests.
Rev. Ensign was called to Vim:
ton the first of the week to attend a
meeting of the Presbytery to be held
there during the week.
"A. Hollister, John Cruise and
John Carr went to South Dakota
last week to spend several days in
hunting small game.
Miss Ruth Graves, who has been
guest at the Walters home in this
city for several weeks past. returned
today to her home al Racine, Wiscon-
sin.
Miss Nina Carhmt who is attend
ing the State Normal at Cedar Falls,
was an over Sunday visitor at the
home of her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
"A. l'. Carhart.
William Nokes If Reading
Massachusetts, was in. the city the
forepart Of the week on business
connected with filling large con-
tract for horses.
Special meeting of Manchester
Lodge, No. l65, A. F. & A. NJ,
Thursday evening, Oct. IS, 1906.
Work on the second degree. A full
attendance is desired.
Twelve persons from this vi
cinity took advantage of the low
rates offered over the NJ. s& o.. and
@. G. W. to make short trip to
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Mrs. J. H. Allen and Mrs. W.
3. Coltman departed Monday for
Galena, Illinois, and Plattville and
Benton, Wisconsin, for an extended
visit with friends and relatives.
Miss Mary Durley went to Man
chester Friday afternoon to spend q
week with her sister, Mrs. Jas.
Priest. Mrs. Frank Millard Of
Northfork returned home Saturday
afternoon from Grand River, Iowa,
where she visited with relatives.-
Dyersville News Letter.
"A gentleman driving an auto
mobile on a country road met an old
fashioned couple. They jumped to
the ground and the automobile came
to a halt. The gentleman of the car
stepped forward and offered to help
lead the horse past the machine.
"Oh, never mind the horse, said the
old gentleman, you. lead the oldlady
past that thing and Til get the horse
BY all right"
An Oklohoma editor gives out the
following valuable piece Of informa-
ton: Some Of you fellows who never
had a million dollar like us editors,
do not know of what the big pile con.
sists. We will put you on. When
you have a million dollar bills and
pile them on top of one another, and
you want to take off the top one, you
will have to reach 2G7 feet. IL you
lay them down, end to end, you will
have to walk liz miles. Ii you had
the amount in silver dollars, the pile
would be u miles high. And SO on
We know, because we tried 1t the
other night, but the bed broke dowr
and we woke up"
MIR. and Mrs. Alex Livingston
living near Hopkinton, claim to b
the Oldest residents of Delawar,
county, and Mrs. Livingston is sait
to be the Oldest living resident o
Iowa. The Livingstons have livet
in this county since 1887, but tire.
years prior to this date Mrs. Liv
ingston became resident of Da
buque county. The Livingston boy,
came to this section of the countr,
from the Selkirk settlement in Brit
tish America, attracted to Dubuqu,
by marvellous stories of the grea
wealth of the lead mines just opened
up at that time. The journey wa
made overland with OK teams. Tn
country WIS filed with savages ant
hostile Indian bands and experiences
4. guides were necessary to pilot tn
party on its way to safety. Arriv
ling at Dubuque after manv vicissi
tudes the party found the stories o
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