Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-31
]. BRIEF MENTION.

Chris Bohren was Coggon
visitor the first of last week.
will Sheldon, of Wheaton ILL.,,
: was the guest Of relatives here last
week.
Father J. j. Handley of Monti-
cello shook hands with Manchester
friends last Friday.
Mrs. Harry NJ. Bradley has is
sued invitations to a luncheon this
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. II. A. Dittmer is in Des
Moines where she is taking treat
ment at the Iowa Sanitarium.
Mrs. Robert Haennig and
daughter, Genevive, of Prairie, were
shopping yesterday in this city,
--Thos. Sedgwick Of Whitewater,
Wisconsin, has been renewing &C
qaintances here the past few days.
Miss Mae Denton, who is a
teacher in Sinsinawa Mound College,
spent Sunday with relatives in this
city.
Il. w. Chandler formerly con-
nected with the Pressof this city has
been appointed postmaster OF Fonda,
Iowa.
The Offices of tho Delaware
County Abstract Company over the
First National Bank are being re-
modelled.
Mrs. Geo. W. Durham went to
Dss Moines last Thursday to remain
for a TINA with her husband, Senator
Durham.
The lawyers of Black Hawk
county are making an effort to Sc
cure the location of a United States
court at Waterloo.
Mr.. j. w. Miles and daughter,
Miss Idell. leave this week for q Wis
it of several weeks with Ben Miles
and family in Oklahoma.
The writer of the verv interest
ing letter from California in this is
sue was for number Of years resi-
dent of Delhi, this county.
-Behan, Reiger and Richmond
shipped car of cattle and a car OF
hogs to Chicago Monday. Mr.. Reig-
er accompanied the stock.
-C. A. Morrison, the horse buyer,
will be in Manchester at the Hennes-
sey Bros. Stables Friday and Satur-
day, February 8 and 10. See local
in another column.
County Auditor, R. B. Davis
and County Treasurer, T. D. button
were in Des Moines last week in at
tendance at meetings Of the county
auditors and treasurers of this state.
Sherman Turner was success
fdlly operated on for appendicitis at
the Mayo's hospital at Rochester,
Mimi, last Thursday. His friends
will be glad to know that he is rap
idly recovering.
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I'll. j. Kramer, II. @. Kramer
and Henry Scherbring of Colony
were in town Saturday and made
this Office pleasant call. Mr.. ii,
j. Kramer has recently purchased
an eighty acre tract of the Thos. S
Davidson farm in Colony township,
and Mr.. Scherbring the remainder
of it-l60 acres, and their business
here was principally in relation
thereto.
Geo. 2. Thompson has sold his
265 acre farm north Of Manchester
known as the Thornburg place, to
Conrad Wendall. Mr.. Thompson
bought it two years ago for SAT pei
acre and receives for it S55 per acre
The timber he has sold from it more
than pays Tor the improvements he
has made on the premises, SO that he
makes net profit in the transaction
of over $1,000.
The third annual sale Of the
Delaware County combination sale
company held here last Saturday
was a success and entire satisfaction
was expressed by those who offered
stock for sale and by those who pur
chased. Every animal offered fol
was sold. There were twenty-eight
head of swine sold at an aggregate
price Of $547.5O. The twenty-fous
head of cattle brought $1,000, max
ing q total of 2l47.50 for the sale
"A freight train was wrecked OF
the Illinois Central, a short distance
this side of Central City last Sunda.
afternoon. The third car from tn
engine broke down aid sixteel
heavily loaded cars followed it int
the ditch. About six-hundred fee
of track was torn up. The caboos
and two cars at the rear end OF tn
train were left on the track. All Q
the train crew was either on tn
engine or in the cahoose and YER
fortunately no one was injured
Traffic was completely tied up unit
Monday afternoon.
If all the suckers were dea
suah concerns as the Globe ASS
Of Chicago, against which the GOV
eminent lately issued fraud orde
would not. EXIT twenty-four hour
They advertised to sell $3.50 pa
of shoes for 81 cents and strange {
it may seem, their mails were foo'
ed with remittances from those wan
ing to take advantage of this phi
anthropic offer When will Poop
learn that it costs about so much
buy goods any place? A catalog'
house cannot sell SD pair
shoes. that are good value and wort
that money any cheaper than al
merchant in any town in Iowa. Th
same rule applies to any other a
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