Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-13
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BRIEF MENTION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, llllAIuuM.l

E BRIEF MENTION. !
Observation-Disclosures llllAlAlAMnll
Mrs. A. Hollister is visiting in
Delevan, Wis.
B. Baxter spent last week in
Cedar Rapids.
e. ]. Cougar was Dubuque
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. G. A. Boggs is confined 10
her home with la grippe.
R. A. Denton has change in
his adv. on the first page.
Allen Leroy was hone Monday
from Beloit, where he attends college.
Dave Murphy of the Dubuque
Telegraph Herald was in Manches.
ter Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Drybread was q
est here last week of Mr.. and
1Mrs. H. j. Wilson
Eugene Plum Of Cedar Rapids
visited here last week with his
cousin Edward Farwell.
Johnnie Lillis has no use for
Z; gen who try to engage in the bank
inepbusiness after dark.
The Science Circle will meet
with Mrs. Geo Pierce next Monday
evening, March Is, at 1870.
Mrs. D. M. Gilchrist came up
from Ryan Monday evening for a
weeks visit with relatives.
n. @. Smith has new adyer-
tisement this week in which he
talks of wall paper, paints, etc.
Miss Grace Walters left Mon.
day for Montour, Iowa, where she
has accepted position as milliner.
Mrs. G. H. Circuit and daughter,
Blanch, Of Edgewood, spent Sunday
IN this city the guests Of relatives.
-Geb. Emerson of Telluride,
Colorado, arrived here last week for
alyisit with his mother, Mrs. Frank
li:nEmerson.
Mrs. NJ. r. LeRoy left the first
Of the week for Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, where she will remain for some
time on account of ill health.
. Next week Monday Mrs. A. B.
20 hart and Miss Jennie Holmes
are planning to attend the Dress
Makers Convention in Chicago.
Miss Gertrude Wallace arrives
this week from Mt. Vernon, where
she attends school, to spend the
spring vacation here with friends.
Mrs. Paul Gilbert left last week
for her home in st. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Gilbert has been visiting here
for some time with her mother, Mrs.
T j. Jacobs.
Friends of Miss Sue Hoag will
regret totlearn that Miss Hoag still
remains in serious condition of
/ health, there having been no change
for the better in some time.
~ DR.. Frances Ehler leaves today
for her home in Oelwein after a
weeks visit here with her parents
! Mr.. and MrssJohn Ehler, and hel
lsister, Mrs. 0scar Hockaday.
y John w. Cliff, sat- one time a
resident Of. Delhi at which place he
was married to Miss Susie Alger
Dec. 81, 1876, died at Des Moines
D last Monday. He is survived by his
wife and three children,
The Young Peoples society o.
the Congregational church invite
their friends to spend an evening in
China and Japan, on March 10
Curios will be on exhibition, and re-
freshments appropriate to the occa
sion will be served. An admission
fee Of 5 cents will be taken by ;
Chinaman.
About thirty of the friends an6
neighbors of A. Funk dropped in OF
him on Tuesday evening to help hin
spend the evening before his depart
ure. for Europe. The evening wal
spent in playing games and cards
the guests departing at a late hou.
\ wishing Mr., Funk a happy journe,
and a safe return.-Egewood Jour
nal.
Thursday, March Ia, there viii
be a basket ball game at the Contra
school house between Manches
& ter High School and Leno
IACollege, second team. Th
game will begin at s:l5 an,
the admission will be Is and 2
cents. This is the last game Of tn
season and it should be we'll attend
ed. By reason of poor support il
the way of attendance the local tear
is slightly in arrears financially
The Manchester team is good on
and deserves the support of Mar
chester people. Come out ard see
good game between Manchester an
Lenox oniThursday evening.
The Hopkinton Leader, we b,
leive is right in saying, that "thos
who read the proceedings of ii
board Of supervisors printed in IL
official papers last week will ha,
noticed that the report of the st
\ ward of the poor farm was "appro'
ed" Wehaye no doubt that IL
report was good one and satisfa
tory. but if the balance of the ia
payers of the county are of the san
mind as the Leader they would
Ypleased to know the details of Il
report, There are other reports
officials made to the board of supe
visors which are approved" by th
body without conveying any intel
gence whatever to the tax payer
It is a fact beyond dispute that Il
taxpayers not only want to know
the fullest extent Of the affairs