Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-03
WEDNESDAY: APRIL 8, 1907
BRIEF MENTION.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AAlllAllu lllAAG

Mrs. W. A. Gill visited rela-
tives in Independence the first of
the week.
Mrs. j. J. Hawley and Miss
Minnie Hawley Of Cresco, are visit
ing friends here.
Mrs. Eva Appleby and daugh-
ter, Pauline, are guests here of Mr.
md Mrs. H. j. Wilson.
Mrs Fannie Potter of Greeley,
is visiting with friends and relatives
in this city this week.
-Roadmaster Sullivan and fam
lily are preparing to remove to Du
buque in the near future.
Rev. Tuttle was here from
= Finnell Tuesday to attend the fu-
neral of the late Miss Lillian Terrill.
Will Denton who has been Wis
ting relatives here this winter left
the first of the week for Chicago,
Ill. y
M. o. Dolly announces he is
prepared to do all kinds Of cement
and store work, in his adv. this
week.
Miss Nell Sheldon returned this
week from Chicago where she has
been the guest of friends for some
time past.
Miss Alma Leroy returned to
Sioux City the first of the week
after spending Easter, Sunday at
y her home here.
~ The Mesdames Mary Bradford
and NJ. E. Hoag arrived home Tues
day after spending the winter
months in Biloxi, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Sherwood
/ returned home Monday from St.
+ Petersburg, Florida, where they
have been spending the winter.
Mrs. Emma Bremner who has been
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
Granger this winter left Friday
for her home in Yankton, S. D.
Mrs. Snowden spent Eas-
ter at Sinsinawa Mound, Wisconsin,
with her daughter, Irma, who is at
tending St. Clara College there.
The frame house on Howard
street north of Central school build
ing is offered for sale by Thomas
Given. See notice House for Sale"
Miss Edith A. Rumsey, the
head Of the Department of History
in the Charles City High School, is
visiting this week at the home OF
j her cousin, Rev. John D. Rumsey
t4g The Ladies Aid Society of the
N. E. church will serves supper in
the church parlors on Wednesday
evening, Apr, Sd, and continuing
!, as lang as there yis need. ~ The pub.
lie il cordially invited. Z
Talking about ifs, il the oil
/, rectcrs Of the Nashville Bank re-
Gently robbed, had just had the
foresight to put gallon bottle OF
ether inside their safe there would
be three boarders in the county Jail
now.
Marriage licences we're issued
/ to the following: James Carr, Mag
gle Duffey; Robt. w. Kenny, Martha
NJ. Clute; Ole Dunton, Ollie Cleve-
land; Henry M. Pierce, Nellie B.
Simpson; and Bernard Julp, Grace
Barker.
IT. H. Carrothels, Henry Brayton
and Fl. Il. Robinson returned We'd
nesday from Des Moines, where
they went to aid the Iowa Agricul-
tural College at Ames to secure an
appropriation of thirty thousand
dollars to be used in extension work
Sof the short course in agriculture.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rizer Of
Manchester were visitors at the
home Of his brother, Henry Rizer
Saturday Mrs. John Tickner o.
Forestville visited her mother, Mrs
= John Durham, Friday. Mrs. Dur
ham has been quite sick but is mucl
better now.-Lamont Leader.
Easter was fully observed a
the Baptist church last Sunday ano
all the services were largely attend
ed. Under the leadership of Mrs
w. N. Boynton, the choir rendered
a fine program and the sermons b,
Pastor Rumsey were appropriate tt
the day. In the evening the ordi
nance Of baptism was observed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith
who reside in North Manchester
mourn the loss Of their five month
old baby which died last Wednes
day night. The child was slight,
ill when put to bed and was dea,
/ when the mother awoke in the nigh
- to care for it. The parents hav
the sympathy Of their friends il
their sad bereavement.
Monday, Will Whitney purchas
ed through the Winthrop Land Co
eighty acres of land lying near Mas
onville. The farm was owned b
Clarence Blanchard and is a goo
one. The price paid was $560(
The average price Of land in thes
parts is about the above price. In
provements of course count; br
bare land is hard to find at a les
price than $4,000. Many farms al
held at close to the $50 and SIC
an acre mark. Land is going u
year after year and is good inves
ment.-W Winthrop News.
Barker & jewell of this ci,
have been awarded the contract
put in cement dam across the ri,
er at the park in Oelwein. II
contract price is about $4,000. Tt
Oelwein Record in making the al
nouncment truly SAYS: Mr.. Jew
ell is q practical cement man an