Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
BRIEF MENTION.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lllillul

Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Oliver ar,
the porents of a baby boy born yes
terdav.
james Broadie was the guest o
relatives at Fredericksburg owe
Sunday.
MIR. Seth Brown was a visitor a
Marshalltown during the first part O
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelly de.
parted Monday for Like Preston
South Dakota, where they go to lool
at land.
Glen Kloaterlnan of Petersburg
was transacting business in this
city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles House OIL
Worthington we're trading in this
city Thursday and made this office .
pleasant call.
Dennis Carney who has been
living in Denver, Col. for the past
year is visiting at the home If his
parents in this city.
Miss Ruth Crum has entered
the employ of the Ryan Cash De
partment store, and left last week
TO assume her new duties.
Herbert Anderson who is EN-.
ployed in the steel works at Toledo
Ohio. is a guest at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Ander.
son.
REV. W. H. Ensign went IL
Chicago last Friday to attend the
funeral Of his uncle, Rev. F. e. En-
sign, who died at his home in that
city the preceding Wednesday.
Miss Mary Collard, a student at
Coe College, and Fred Collara oi
Cedar Rapids were in the city las,
week attending the marriage Of
their l,r dIler, Victor Collard, to
Miss M;lrie Becker.
~" l'ilngh very enterprising, the
pleasant lmnko man cuts out all ad
verti ing in pushing through plan.
When & ing after plumber he does
MT wri,ra sign, to make the natives
i wonder what's doing in his line"
Henry Neiman has sold his l6O
are farm near Petersburg. to Vim.
H,efer an John Niugli..g, and has
bought the w. II. N,rris farm (plrt
Of the Denton FARM adjoining this
city, paying therefor $4,000 per
acre.
Mrs David Lelloy of Streator,
~, is guest at the Leroy home in
this city. Mrs. Leroy (nee Miss
Mary McCollnm) was for several
years prior to 1875 very popular
instructor in the public schools Of
this city.
-Phe turner Of farm burrows for
the Homestead says he has noticed
that some hogs never do much
squealing, and has often observed
that some men are that way too.
Some man are both hoggish and
mnJi, h; they squeal and kick at
everything.
Miss Mabel Cunningham who
has completed her course in the Chi
cago Homeopathic Hospital, arrived
Monday morning for a several weeks
visit with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Cunningham. Miss Nell Armistead
who has been visiting with friends
and relatives in Chicago for several
weeks, accompanied her home.
The Demo, r tic party of Della
ware county has nominated JOSEPH,
Thurn for the office of Member
Of Board of Supervisors, and we can
truly say that they have made a
wise selection. Mr.. Thurn is well
qualified to Gil this position and as
he is a resident Of Honey Creek
township the voters ought to stand
by him. -Edgewood Journal.
"A ruling which very materially
affects newspapers was made by the
interstate commerce commission al
Washington last week to the effect
that after the expiration of the pres
ent year railroad mileage books will
have to be paid for in dollars and
cents instead Of advertising as here
tofore This means that ye poo,
editor will have to dig down into his
pocket when he wants to ride on the
cars. He will probably be able to,
however, as the railroads will surely
have to use printers ink and will
undoubtedly give cash or its equiv
alent therefor. Nashua Reporter.
"A new-sort of bunko game il
being worked upon citizens Of north
ern Wisconsin by crook represent
ing himself to te an expert lineman
His plan is to get to a town and fine
out the telephone company doing
business in tile place and also tn,
name OF the local manager. He thel
registers at a hotel and has the bill
charged to the telepone company
He does the same with all other bill
that lie is able to run. He hire,
men and livery rigs and has geo.
time taking in the sights His wor,
is supposed to be in taking slacl
out of the wires between the differ
int towns.
AN Illinois paper reports tn
views of Charles Burdick on tn
iowa corn crop. you know l sal,
Mr.. Burdick we Illinois peopl
think we can raise corn. Wei
when I got over into Iowa 1 foun
my mistake. The way this wa
brought home to me was peculiar
I had been travelling on the Burline
ton road towards Council Bluffs an
was amazed at the number of tu1
!nels through which we passed
/ Some of them wero Of tremendou
length. 1t took us nearly half a