Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-02-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BRIEF MENTION.
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thursday III Inls Guy.
Floyd A. Durey left this city
last week for Melette, s. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Wilson
spent last week in Monticello.
Pay your 1906 taxes this month
if you have not already done SO.
Mics Frances Lawman was a
guest of Miss Mable Retz at Lamont.
H. M. Maudsley of Cedar Rap
ids was Manchester visitor last
week.
Miss Nell Sullivan was the
guest of relatives in Waterloo over
Sunday.
Henry Naber of Petersburg, was
transacting business in this city
Thursday.
Miss Mabel Van Anda Of Earl
vile spent Sunday with Miss Nell
Armistead.
Mrs. Fannie Z. Crosier Of Can
ton, ILL.,, was in this city last week
for short visit.
Mrs. j. A. Strickland enter.
tanned the Science Circle Saturday
noon at a luncheon.
Edward Middleton spent last
week at the home of his sister. Mrs.
j. j. Kidder of Elwood.
Mrs. F. K. Smith is visiting i'll
Davenport at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Jennie White.
Karl Edmunds and Claude
Borland Of Fayette were the guests
of friends in this city part of last
week.
Tom Hines and Harvey Hemp
stead left the first of the week for
Chicago where they will remain
several days.
Miss Margaret Myers formerly
teacher here but now travelling for a
Chicago publishing house is visiting
relatives in this city.
q Miss Mabel Brown Of Grinnell
and Miss Bertha Brown of Belvidere
are guests here at the home of her
uncle, Seth Brown.
Mrs. j. A. Crum Of Oshkosh,
Wis. and Miss Elenor Wild of Syca-
more ILL.,, were guests here last week
at the homeof Mrs. S. l.. Crum.
Arthur Wagner who resides
north Of town was agreeably sur
.,.st Friday night by a load of his
friends who drove out from town to
spend the evening with him.
Yes, we are still giving prem
iums to the pay in advance sub
scribers new and old-to the Dem
ocrat, and have just received a new
supply of premiums for that pur-
pose.
Durham Bros. have sold their
farm in Milo township and will dis
pose of stock, hay, grain, etc., at
public sale on the 18th inst. For
'@pafticularssee notice Auction Sale
in another column.
Isl "A. Rabe has sold his so acre
farm northeast of Wood to John
Vessel of Colesburg at $65 an acre
and will give possession March first.
Mr.. Rabe and family will move near
McConnells, Ill.-Edgewood Jour
nal.
This seems to be a busy
theatrical season in this vicinity.
Three troupes changed cars here
Monday morning among them the
Haering Company, formerly Clifford
Haering, which has often showed
here.
DIR. and Mrs. P. E. Triem left
Monday for LaPort, Iowa, where
they were called by telegram an
cling the death that morn
of his mother. Mrs. Louis
Ii. Mrs. Triem had been
ailing for some time SO news Of
her demise did not come in the
/. nature of a shock. DR.. Triem's
fr.eads extend their sympathy to
him in his bereavement.
"A class in one of the grades Of
the Monticello public school was re-
quested by their teacher few days
ago, to write the names OF five prom
inent men Of Iowa. One little fell
low after pondering a long time over
tho matter. anproached his teacher
said, Il can't think ofsfve men
a Iowa who are prominent; please
may / put down Kate Maurice for
one of them?" Yes" replied the
indulgent teacher. And thus it was
III the lady county superintendent
of Jones county had her name en-
rolled in the temple OF fame. Mon
ticello Express.
The Democrat erred last week
in stating that the annual Thank
Offering of the Womans Foreign
Missionary Society had been held
We wish to correct our mistake and
state that the Thank Offering will
be held Tuesday, February 10Th, at
the heme of Mrs. Il. A. Dittmer,
who is president of the society.
Rev. 7. E. Fleming will lecture on
the topic 4 Women of Heather
Lands. Th Q will be several musical
numbers. light refreshments will
be served. Every one is cordially
invited to attend. There will be no
charge but each one will be pre-
sented with an envelope in which a
contribution Of any amount will be
welcomed.
Aaron Conner who as boy
lived near Dundee and for several
wears was employed by Ford Bros,
Of Manchester, died at his home in
Alta, Iowa, Sunday. Word was re-
ka;uad here Of hia death the sad