Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-27
, BRIEF MENTION.

udv VI tliS ycaA.
Miss Mabel Miller was guest
of friends in Waterloo Sunday
&c. H. Moshier offers for sale
his 80 acre farm near Masonville.
Mrs. ]. Hetherington was the
guest OF friends in Lamont last week.
Mrs. Eva Appleby ofStrawberry
Point visited here with relatives last
week.
Floyd Arnold 8 home from
Iowa City to spend the summer va
cation.
Rev. w. S. Pitner. of Waterloo
was guest Of Mrs. w. A. Hines one
day last week.
Swift and Co. are packing a
consignment of butter to be shipped
to Shanghai, China.
Miss Florence Riddell OF Omaha
Nebraska is the guest of friends and
relatives in this ,ity.
Gov. Cummins will deliver an
address at Independence h
wednesday, evening.
Miss Lily Temple entertained a
number of her friends very pleasant
ly last Friday evening.
Miss Florence Lindsay is visit
ing at the home of Miss VIVA Brazel
ton in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Olive Cleveland left Mon
day for Hopkinton where she will
attend summer school.
Fred A. Hines, of Los Angles,
Col, was an over Sunday visitor
with his mother, Mrs. w. A. Hines.
--HYold Durham is at home from
his school duties at Beloit, Wiscon-
Din, to spend the summer vacation
T Ii 9 North Manchester
Woman's Club will meet with Mrs.
Fife burlington next Friday, June
29th.
Miss Laura Hyde left Monday
for llopkinton to take special work
in the summer school at Lenox
College.
John Tierney returned yester-
duy from St. Marys Kansas where
he has been attending school the
past year.
Clarence Lister returned last
week from Iowa City where he grad
mated from the dental department
this June.
Mr. Thomas Hines of Ryan
made his annual visit to this city
last Saturday, and was welcome
caller at this Office.
Bernie Belknap WHO'S attending
the law department o f Michigan
University is spending his vacation
at the home OF his aunt Mrs. j. j.
Pentony.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Blake and
granddaughter, Marion, leave this
week for Vermont where they will
spend the summer.
In the base ball game between
Oelwein and Manchester the first Of
the week, at Oelwein, the latter won
The score was 3 to 4.
Curtis Rogers Of Newell, Iowa
spent few days last week at the
home of his uncle on his way home
from Philadelphia where he has
been attending school.
The Spencer (lowa) Chautau-
gus has made no mistake; in securing
Alice lildridee the popular humorous
reader and ilapesonater; as one Of
the attractions for its meeting to be
held June 10Th to July 8.
"A. Borton has left with us ;
strawberry Of such huge proportions
that it is worthy special mention. Il
is seven inches in circumference ant
weighs one and fve-eights ounces
Can anyone around here beat it? :
Edgewood Journal.
Vim. Porter and wife and Mis-
Nora CRIES. attended the commene
ment exercises at Upper Iowa Uni
versity last week, on which occasion
Rev. Roy Porter graduated from tina
institution. Rev. Porter is at pre-
sent filling an appointment at Cler
mont, Fayette county, where he vii
remain for the present conference
year. after which his future move
ments will be determined. Hopkin
ton Leader.
The postoffice depar tm4nt a
Washington is engaged in gettin
out new postal notes Of small d.
nominations which are designed t
obyiate the business necessity c
transmitting stamps through tn
mail in lieu of coin. They includ
special forms one cent up to min
cents, to use at their face, value witt
out fee. These small notes wi
probably become available on til
first of July.
Christian Becker, a resident {
Grundy county, is dead from bloc
inflicted by rooster. Mr.. Becke
had gone to the barn yard to cate
foul and in doing SO received
scratch in the palm of the han
from the ROSTERS spurs. Little WI
thought of scratch it was pou1
ticed, but the hand and forearm COZ
tinued to swell. A physician WI
called but the poison had permeate
the system and no hopes were olfe
ed for the mans recovery and
died four days after the scratch w
inflicted.
"A jolly party of Changers al
friends from Manchester and Onei,
came up Saturday and spent the d
at the hospitable home of Mr.. al
Oo,o,J fN1,o ,,:,:t-