Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-09
Cora Smith was in Ceda

Mrs. Cora Smith was in Ceda
Rapids over Sunday.
Mrs. o. O. Clark is visiting
relatives in Des Moines.
Miss Kate Lyness of Ryan wal
a Manchester visitor Monday.
e. A. Kinton, of Graham, Iowa
transacted business in this city
Tuesday.
j. McEwen and VIM. Smarzo
were Colesburg visitors the first o
this week.
James McElmeel of Hopkinton
visited here last week with hi
brother John.
Mrs. Ola Edmunds went to
Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday for d
several days visit.
Max Rathberger of Chicago is
in this city this week in the inter
ests of the Chicago Examiner.
Mrs. Ed Meskimmen enjoyed
visit the first of the week from he,
frien d Mrs. Il. E. Vinton of Aguas.
calientes, Mexico.
Monday James McC ormick sold
one of his residence lots on Gay
street to Mrs. Dele Putnam. Con-
sideration Sl375
Mrs. Anna Turner of Magnolia,
Mimi, who has been guest here
of her sister Mrs. Mary Hatch, left
Monday for Dyersville.
Miss Jessie Tyler and Miss
Marguerite Connolly were Sunday
visitors in Waterloo with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. G. Meskimmen.
-Thos. Given has purch ased the
house west of the Congre gational
church formerly owned by him and
known as the Taft place.
Mrs. w. A. Dudley is enjoying
q visit from her daughters, Mrs. NJ.
I. Heath Of Swalesdale and Mrs. D.
d. Atwood Of Eagle Grove.
Bear in mind the auction sale
OF cattle, horses and hogs tomorrow
Thursday on the Bronson & Carr
farm a miles northwest of this
city.
Miss Bertha Schroeder who
teaches in the public schools was
called to her home in Gutenberg
the first of the week by the death Of
her father.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Gray of
Thope were guests here Saturday Of
Mrs. Thos. Dillon. Mrs. Gray left
that afternoon for visit with rela-
tives in Independence.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Burk of this
city are having the pleasure of en-
tertaining Mr.. Burk's parents, who
are here from Muscatine. This is
Mr.. Burk's first visit to this city.
The Delaware County Insurance
Company completed a full and salts
factory settlement with L. G.. Wells
four days after the burning of his
two barns which were insured in
that company.
Mrs. Philip Pawley desires,
through our columns, to express her
gratitude to the Modern Woodmen
for the prompt manner in which
they paid her in full the amount of
insurance on the life of her late hus-
band. - t''.:114i
Rev. and Mrs. T. p. Fleming,
Rev. j. g. Erb of this city; Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Cox of Oneiday6anda Mr.
and Mrs. FL. Allshouse Of Cogeon,
left here Tuesday to attend the
Methodist Conference being held in
Cedar Falls this week. Seii
Earl Newcomb is working in
the postoffice here this month as
weigher. Every piece of mail leav-
ing or coming into the office will be
weighed and record kept of it. Com
mencing Saturday, October 18th,
the mail will all be counted for one
week.
Dieter Bros. will present first
class, refined vaudeville at the City
Opera House Wednesday and
Thursday nights. On the first
night ladies will be admitted free
with one reserved seat ticket.
Tickets are on sale at B. Grem's
drug store.
The following young ladies
will serve supper at the Congrega-
tional church this Wednesday even.
ing: Mesdafnes A. w. Stearns, H.
NJ. Bradley, 81. j. Schwietert, A. d.
Brown, 81 B. Atwater, R. S.. john
son, Fred B. Blair and Chas. j.
Seeds and Misses Alma LeRov and
Jennie Holmes.
There is no use debating it, no
man can figure out that any CON.
munity, rural or otherwise, is better
off for patronizing the Chicago mail
order houses instead of buying for
their needs in Iowa towns and cities.
1t simply can not be figured ont
that way. When the rural towns
and communities are denuded of
good stores, lands also will have
lost some of thier attractiveness and
some Of their values. All farms
and no towns means proper people,
socially and financially-Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Miss Josephine Hog an and Mr.
Bernard Smith were married at the
Church Of the Immaculate Concep-
ton in Castle Grove township, yes
terday morning by Father Murphy.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Michael Hogan, and is young lady
of many graces and domestic vir-