Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-18
BRIEF MENTION.

-Arlo Simon spent Easter will
friends in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Hattie Rich spent caste
with friend in Iowa City,
Miss Clara Barr visited will
friends in Earlvllle Friday.
ZMiss Maude Graham was il
Cedar Rapids part of last week.
Miss Ethel Cooper spent he
Easter vacation in Belle PLANE, Iowa
Misses Ruth Crum and Eulal
Davis were in Dubuque last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Geo. Edgerley, Of Central
City, spent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
w, H. Norris and Z. B. Stiles
were in Lamont on business last
Wednesday.
Tho Woman's club will meet at
the home of II. w. Graves next Mon
day evening.
III. j. Schwiertert was called to
Colesburg last week by the serious
illness of his father.
Albert True went to Cedar Rap
ids Monday to take an examination
to enter the U. S. Navy.
Mrs. d. b. Allen visited at tine
, home of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hart
in Cedar Rapids last week.
Mrs. John Rutherford spent
last week in Dubuque with her
daughter, Mrs. Alva johnson.
The Misses Matilda Brown and
Carrie Briggmn Of Masonville are
visiting friends and relatives at
Oneida and Monticello.
e r. Denton and daughter Louise
who have been visiting with relatives
here left Monday night for their
home in Webster, S. D.
Miss Gail Bronson who was
home for Easter vacation, returned
Monday to st. Joseph's, Dubuque
where she attends school,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall G. Sweeney
returned Tuesday evening to their
home in Usage, Iowa, after short
visit in this city with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. HI. II. Lawrence entertain
ed the Euchre Club for Mrs. A. L.
Beardslee last Wednesday. Mrs.
Storey won first prize and Mrs.
Lawrence second.
-Mesdamas g. Z. Griffith and L.
H. Griffith who have been here with
their father, N. Trenchard, the past
week, returned Monday to their
homes in Waterloo.
DIR. g. L. Leigh was in this city
Sunday and Monday, leaving Mon
day afternoon for Cedar RAPIDS
{ whereMr atsaded the. Military Ball
held there that evening"
MIR. and Mrs. A.. 5. Coon de-
parted Monday for IT. Wayne, In
diana. Mr.. Coon expects to return
home the latter part OF this week,
Mrs. Coon will visit with relatives
for awhile.
e. @. Perkins, chairman of the
republican committee for this Judi
cial district, has issued call for a
convention to place ill nomination
two candidates for judges for said
district. The convention will be
held at Waterloo on May Sd. The
district is composedsof four counties
entitled to representation as follows;
Black Hawk 81, Buchanan Is, Del
aware Is, Grundy IL.
The Upton Advertiser says
there will be more wheat planted in
Cedar county this year than for
many years. There was a time when
this county ranked first in Iowa in
the production of wheat. In recent
years wheat fields have been some-
thing of 2 curiosity in this section,
but those who have put out small
tracts have been repaid, with abund-
ant returns. Last year the crop
was exceptionally good and more
will be planted this year.
The senate of Iowa is to be
strongly commended by every friend
Of the birdsin Iowa, says the Daven-
port Democrat, for the passage of
what is known as the Audubon bill
for the protection of birds, their eggs
and nests. All wild birds, resident
or migratory, are made the property
of the state and the killing Of other
than game birds, except English
sparrows, great. horned owls, sharp
Skinned hawks, blackbirds, crows
and copper hawks is prohibited.
The attention of the members
Of the city council is respectfully
called to the following from the Bur-
lington. Hawkeye; Waterloo is to
do some paving on the residence
streets this year and citizen sug-
gests that the width be limited to
Is feet, instead Of 80 feet, except at
crossings, the object being to reduce
cost and to admit of parking on both
sides Of the paving. A model resi-
dence street is a wide one parked
and forested in the middle and paw.
ed on either side from park to curb
for width sufficient to permit We
hicles to pass each SIDE"
AT the request of an automobile
owner we print the following section
of the Iowa law, regulating the
driving of automobiles on the pub
lie highway. ANY person operat-
ingsa motor vehicle shall, at request
or on signal by putting up the hand,
from q person riding or driving a
FESTIVE horse or other draft or do
/ mestic animals, bring such. motor.
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