Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-23
Rev. Melchert of RYAN spe,


his home with illness.
IN. Fischer is spending the
week in Strawberry Point.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hutchinson are
{ spending the week in Chicago.
Burton Clark advertises spring
dress goods in his adv in this issue.
Mrs. Mary Milligan visited
friends in Earlville the first of the
week.
DIR. G. S. Lister visited last
week with friends at Burlington and
Iowa City
W L. Drew quotes reduced
prices on dress goods in his adv.
this week.
Miss Grace Walters as accept
ed position in P. Newcomb's dry
goods store.
Mrs. Paul j. Gilbert of st.
Joseph, Mo-, is visiting at the home
of Mr.. A. j. Jacobs.
Charlie Campbell who is now
travelling auditor for the |. @. was
in this city over Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. j. b. Harris Of
Schaller, Iowa are spending the
week at the home of J S. Downs.
Those who are in need OF paper
hanging and painting will do well
to read Fisher q Son 8 adv. in this
issue.
w. G. Kenyon returned last
week from Platte, S. d. He was
accompanied by an unwelcome car
buncle.
Mark Sheldon, who has been
in Seneca, S. d. for some time past,
returned last week to his home in
this city.
Miss Florence Wilson went to
Cedar Rapids Monday morning,
where she will spend the week with
relatives.
"A. Hoag and family expect to
remove to st. Louis in the near fu-
ture where they will make their
future home.
Mrs. Isabel Garghill Beechcr,
fourth number OF the Star lecture
course, will be at the City Hall,
Wednesday evening, January Both.
Life is rather strenuous these
days. Pedestrians are kept guess,
ing as to what will happen next.
Swimming, sliding or skating are
among the possibilities.
-G. w. Fairchilds Of Cedar
Rapids was in this city last week.
He and his family will leave in
few days for st. Petersburg where
they will spend the winter.
-Stearns & Mccormick have.
rented the Ford building in the
City Hall block and will move their
stock of groceries and general mer-
chandise into it in the near future.
Two games of basket ball will
be played next Thursday evening at
the Central one between the local
high school team and the high
school team from Independence and
the other between the Manchester
and Hopkinton teams.
John Edmunds Of Platte, S. d.,
formerly of this city was taken TO
Chicago hospital last week. For a
time his health was in afprecarious
condition but in a letter to his town
paper the last Of the week he stated
asllat he was improving and expected
to return home in about three weeks.
We think the weather man got
next to the lat comments on him
that we hung on the copy hook Fri
day and decided to take the tip and
mako a large display Of winter
4 specialties. No more swimming
suits on the counter, just furs,
skates and sleighs.
Every Senator in Des Moines
has clerk that is luxury that
never happened in Iowa until real
"reforlners" got in. Now what will
the senators do with their clerks?
Even when only the chairman Of
committees had clerks the state
house was filled with loafers. They
ought to turn man like John
Cownie Of the state board Of control
loose among the "reformers". He
could teach them economy.-Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Friends of Mr.. G. E. sager of
this city sympatbize with him in
+, the loss Of his sou. Erwin, his only
) child, which occurred at his home
in Smithborough, New York, last
5 Saturday. Erwin Sager was born
!, within live miles Of scarborough
in 1864 and always resided there.
+ He is survived by his wife and one
) boy, Floyd, 10 years of age. On
!. New Years day he was taken with
e typhoid fever, from which he never
! recovered. Mr.. Sager is SO over
come by the sad news that his
physician deems it advisable fol
!, him not to attend the funeral.
!, At the annual meeting Of the
!. board OF directors Of the Illinois
n Central railway held in New York
n last Wednesday, +. B. Hartman
II was elected general manager of the
If road. Mr.. Hartman was born ane
;. raised in Dubuque and was superin
e tendent of the Dubuque division o
IS the Illinois Central until abou
II three years ago Mr.. Hartman il
$ we'll known here His duties a
: superintendent brought him to Man
10 chester several times every week
N and his friends are pleased to hea
At Of his rapid rise to one Of the mos
At important positions of the "ol'
lie reliable"
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