Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-02-27

Miss Stella Drew and Miss
Grace Walters left for Chicago the
first Of the week.
h Homer Davis who attends the
Il sdar Rapids business College spent
q apday here with his parents.
e John Fahje of Dubuque. Iowa,
spent Sunday here at the home OF
\ 1r. and Mrs. John Marshall.
Mrs. j. H. Nye who is guest
TAT the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Nye, is spending a few days in Des
noines.
Henry Davis who is attending
college at Iowa City was the guest
here Of his mother, Mrs. M. e. Davis
over Sunday.
-Bradstreets Commercial Agency
estimates that NEARLY 80 per cent
of the business failures are those
who do not advertise.
-Dan Ballard left Monday for
tASNa City where he will operate a
asssih ,lex type setting machine in the
ONCE of.the Iowa Citizen.
Miss Lucy Appleby of Cedar
Rapids arrived here last week and
! entered the office of Thrill and
Pierce as their stenographer.
d The official call for the election
in the Independent School district
Of Manchester, to be held on March
llth is published in this issue
,ss Charlie Walters expects to
leave Saturday for Cedar Rapids
he will take business course in the
Cedar Rapids Com mercial School
-Gildner Bros. are now making
specially of mems and boys shoes
which they say in their announce
ment on this page ARE stronger
than the law.
{ Bernie Belknap returned to his
school duties in Ann Arbor, Mich,
the first Of this week after spending
. a few days here at the home at Mr..
and Mrs. ]. y. Pentony.
Mrs Frank Asmus of Indepen-
'Mence visited her husband here the
firrt Of the week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Asmus will occupy the west half Of
the Goodell home after the first Of
March.
Friday, March sth, there will
be a dance at Pythian Castle. Car
penters orchestra will furnish the
music and refreshments will be
served. This dance is for the bene-
fit Of the Knights of Pythias and
all Knights and their friends are
cordially urged to be present
Mrs. F. II. Johnston who has
been a resident Of Chicago for several
years past, is the guest of her.parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Miller. Her
husband is now in New York, but
his head quarters after two or three
weeks willbe in Pittsburg, where
she will Join him after the close Of
her visit here.
MIR. B. Beal who has been liv.
ing at Littleport since his removal
e4rom this City several years ago
expects to return here this week
and make this place his future home
He has purchased a two acre tract
in the Sheldon and Harris addition
and intends to make improvements
/, thereon early this Spring.
Delaware county has a live wire
in the person of Mr.. T. III. Carothers
Of Ryan, who made such gallant
fight for the establishment of the
eastern Iowa short course at Man.
chester. Mr.. Carrothers did moi
win but he made the friends of Ced
ar Rapids sit up and take notice
The Gazette does not know wha
A.r. Carrothers' politics is, nor does
it care particularly, but suggest.
that, Whatever his politics, lie would
make good Legislative timber. Ced
ar Rapids Gazette.
Miss Kate Merten, daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. John Merten, ST., o
near Colesburg became the bride o
Mr.. Jos. Klaus, on Tuesday evening
/ The ceremony was performed at tn
home of the brides parents by Rev
4 Mcbride of the M. Z. church in tn
L presence of relatives and friends o
the contracting parties. Both brid
and groom are numbered anon,
4 Colesburg's popular and worth
young people and have legion 9
friends. They will go to hous
excepting on a farm near Colesbure
I followed by the good wishes Of all
-Dyersville Newsletter.
The many friends of John /
| Simpson. formerly of Earlville, bu
now of Waterloo, are panied to hea
of the serious and perhaps fatal &C
. cident which happened last Wed
resday at Waterloo where he is EN-
ployed as manager ofst the Chryst,
Ice and Fuel Co. MIR. Simpson
foot was caught in the gearing b
the sudden start of the machiner
and he was carried thirty feet b.
fore his cries for help attracted a
tention. His right leg was broke
in four places between the ankl
and knee, one bone protrudin
through the flesh four inches. I
was engaged as q travelling sale
man while residing at Earlville an
4 is we'll known 10 many of our reat
ers. He moved to Waterloo abo-
five years ago to accept his presel
position -Dyersville News-Lette