Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
"a. S., Lister was in Dubuque


Tuesday in Independence.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. f. Merry
left the first of the week for Chicago
Mrs. A. j. Pease was the guest
of Mrs. q. @. Madison at Edgewood
last Tuesday.
i r.. III. Barr went to Chicago
yesterday with two cars Of fat cattle
for the market.
The N. Denton property on Gay
street has been purchased by E. II.
Hoyt of Lamont.
Mrs. G. w. Long left last week
for Deland, South Dakota, for a
stay of several months.
| Bert Hoag attended conven-
ton OF electricians which was in
progress at Clinton last week.
Mrs. Morrison of Dubuque, was
a guest here last week at the home
of Mr.. and MrsyD- F. Young.
Irwin Rowland, a former resident
of this city, is guest at the home
of his brother, Ross Rowland.
Mrs Harry g. Parsons of Ana
mosa is visiting here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Dun.
ham.
Mrs. A. G Mitchell of Merri-
dan, Iowa, was guest here the first
of the week of her brother, Rev. w.
Ensign.
Arthur L. Lain Of Grand Rap
ids, Wis, was an over Sunday Wis
itor in this city the guest Of his
grandmother, Mrs. E. T. Lain.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Allen en-
ljoyed visit last week from their
daughter and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Giles, of Kansas City,
Mo.
-Gildner Bros. this week adyer.
tise special line of $500 mems
and youths nobhy suits, the par.
ticulars of which are given in their
space on this page.
Boys on the farm will be glad
to learn that the state legislature has
authorized bounty of 10 cents per
head on pocket gophers. This will
prove a paying pastime for wide
awake country lad.
Mrs. Flora d. Palmer of Phila-
delphia, one of the officers of the
Board of Home Missions, will
speak at the Presbyterian church
on Wednesday evening at 1870.
Everyone is cordially invited.
The members of the local G. A.
R. and w. R. G. are notified that on
the regular assembly days of those
orders a flag will be suspended from
a window Of the G.. A. r. hall. This
will serve as an announcement Of
regular meetings.
Rich Houlahan disposed Of
forty acres of his land at the edge
of town to Gottlieb Heiserman one
day last week at $125 per acre, Mr..
Houlahan taking Mr., Heisermans
two story brick building as part pay
ment.-R Ryan Reporter.
Wire fencing Of various kinds
is now in general use, and the sea-
son of the year for its greatest de-
mand is near at hand, therefore
those in need of it will be interested
FIN the Manchester Lumber Cos..
new announcement in this issue, 3 : I.
The next regular term Of the.
district court in this city will begin
next Monday. Judge g. E. Ransier
will preside. This will not be a
ljury term, and no cases will be
heard other than those that can be-
disposed of without the aid of a jury.
-Burdette Given arrived here
last week from Chattanooga, Tenn,
where he has been stationed with
the Twelfth United States Cavalry.
His three year term of enlistment
has been served and an honorable
discharge granted him. For over a
year of his term he was with his
regiment in the Philippines.
If the "Cobblers' Fuel Secret"
exposed in an article on the first
page of this issue of the Democrat,
proves to be all that is claimed for
it, there will be mighty big saw
ing in fuel bills when the new fuel
is generally used. Try it and send
us your report of your experiment
for publication.
A number of the high school boys
went to Hopington. last Saturday to
play game of ball. They got the
worst Of it and were decidedly quiet
when they got off the train on their
return. They do not have much to
say except that they think Hopkin-
ton ran the best club on them when
the understanding was they were tic
play with the seconds.--Monti-
cello Express.
The Scientific American gives
this recipe, which the whole world
ought to know: At the first indi.
cation of diphtheria in the throat d
a child make the room tight and
close, take a tin cup aud put in
quantity of tar and turpentine, ii
equal Tarts. Then hold the cul
overia fire SO as to fill the room
with fumes. The little patient OF
r Iinhaling the fumes, will cough ant
spit out all.the membraneous mat
9 ter, and the diphtheria will pass out
0. The fumes Of, the tar and turpentin,
loosens the matter in the throat ant
d thus affords the relief that has BAT
fled the skill of physicians.
ri Baseball games?-You bet !
e like them; ] attend whene'er l can
+ as a rooter I'm an expert; Pm ev'r,
f inch fan whan tho boyna how