Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
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kota.
Mrs. Marsha Coolidge arrived
home Monday night from few days
visit with friends in Strawberry
Point.
E. G. Madison and wife left here
Monday night on week or ten days
trip, including stops at Manchester,
Waterloo, Voorhees,, and Oelwein to
visit friends.
Wilson Halfhill and family left
here this Thursday morning for
Cedar Rapids, where they will make
their future home. We wish them
abundant success.
Mrs. G. H. circuit and daughter
Blanche returned home Monday
morning from visit with her moth
err, Mrs. E. T. Lain at Manchester.
! R. @. Cooking and son, Neil, are
visiting relatives at Erie. ILL.,, part
of this week, expecting to return
home tomorrow morning.
Miss Anna Merkle and brother
Joe arrived here Saturday from
Austria. Miss Merkle left here last
! August and spent the winter in her
\ native home. They are at present
: visiting at the home Of A. Funk and
) family.
The town council has purchased
new set of books for the town clerk
9 and treasurer. The new books are
required by the new law passed last
: winter and hereafter when you ex-
t pect to get any money from the town
you have to make out an itemized
: bill and swear to its being correct.
The town clerk will administer to
J, the oath.
9 H. f. Boyer was at Fayette Tues
day attending meeting of the
: Executive committee of the Upper
/ Iowa University. This committee
9 is composed of Pres. Shanklin, Prof
=. Dickman and P. D. Peterman o:
a Fayette. Il. F. Arnold of Manchester
IS and H. F. Boyer of this place.
~ The Misses Lizzie, Caroline ant
- Rosa Moser Of this place and thei
= cousin, Miss Mary Bagby, from nea
Manchester, drove over to Colesburl
o. yesterday for weeks visit will
VI relatives and friends.
M Miss leila Smith has been oblige'
"a. to take vacation from her duties a
A teacher in the York school on ae
90 count of illness Her school wa
n without teacher for two week
a. past, but Miss Mildred Trip is oc
at. cupying the position for Miss Smit
a. now.
it's H. NJ. Barr had quite an excitin
,lo time at his place Saturday mornin!
aw during which time a battle roy
Ic- ragged for few minutes. In tearin
nd down an old rail corn crib he di
ri covered some rat holes in the grour
nix underneath and as fast as one Of tt
ms. varmints made an appearance
red dispatched it. 1t soon became t.
sic warm for him though and he let O.
the a yell like an lggorote for assistan
nd from headquarters and his go'
lay wife responded. Grabbing hoe
re she cleared the fence at one jun
she was on tho field of action in e
one actly two seconds and a half by
der (stopped) watch and lit into the he
,wn Of monsters just as her husband W
,er- ready to give up in despair. Y
af- can rest assured there was somethi
ing doin' for few minutes, hoes, ere
re. bars and sticks filling the air, a
tenn when the mortal combat had be
mer fought to finish there we're six
ygs. four dead rats lying on the groul
lust two more having got away ali
the This is the greatest death loss
iect one time we ever knew of the X
The and if there ever was woman
cles this world who deserved a Carne
d in hero medal it is Mrs. Barr. N
rity women go into fit at the sign {
into mouse, let alone a whole army
here rats. Henry was up town after
N of affair was over and could see
en- running everywhere, in his mil
acts. eye. If you value your life d
say rats to him.-Journal.