Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-10
II. F. Arnold was a Dubuque
visitor the first of the week.

advertisement on this page. Read it,
Rev. w. j. Suckow delivered an
address in Davenport Monday even
ing.
Nixon Denton spent last week
III Lamont with his aunt, Mrs. +.
FL. Hoyt.
B. w. Green's in his change OF
advertisement gives a number Of
prices on wall paper.
Miss Rhea SCHNEIDER will re-
main in Minneapolis and attend the
Holy Angels Academy.
Geo. Packer and family left last
week for Columbia Falls, Montana,
where they will reside in the flu
ture.
Mrs. Alpha Meskimmen left the
first of the week for Chicago where
she will make her home in the flu
ture.
"A dance will be held at the
Armory in this city Thursday, April
18th. Music by Bills Harp Or
chestra.
Everett B. Todd left Friday
for Norfolk, Va, to enter naval SER
vice. He has enlisted as an
electrician.
Mrs. Jennie Greenfield of
Hubbard is visiting here at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Gates.
Miss Grace Hoag, who is visit.
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. o. Harris.
was an over Sunday visitor with her
brother in Dubuque.
Miss Emma Suckow, Harry
Seeds and Percy Strickland returned
to their school duties at Grinnell
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Fl. Hoyt were
here from Lamont the first of the
week en- route to Chicago where
they will attend Grand Opera.
The Highland Mobiles regular
meeting next Tuesday evening,
April l6. Supper will be served.
All members are requested to be
present.
Mrs Marie Hubbell, Mr.. ane.
Mrs. John Coolidge of this city and
Mrs. Coolidge of Edgewood left
here Tuesday for Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
Geo. w. Snyder and wife ex-
pect to visit Oelwein next week.
Mr.. Snyder is the chosen delegate
from the First Presbyterian church
church to attend the Presbytary
which is to be held at Oelwein
April l6, II and IS. We bespeak
for them an enjoyable time.
The knights of Columbus held
a meeting in Dubuque Sunday and
initiated fifty new members into the
order. At the close an elaborate
banquet was served at the Julien
Hotel. Those who attended from
here were Jos. Mccormick. AL.
Thorpe, j. J.. Goen. VIM. Lafferty,
Joe Evers and F. N. Beacon.
A leading dairyman of Daven-
port has made the statement that
the milk supply of Scott county is
falling short $4,000 a day. He de-
clares that it is not shortage Of
cows but the kind of dairy cows the
farmers are now raising. A farmer
cannot raise beef and dairy cows at
the same time.
60. A. Peterson, of Manchester,
the genial manager of the Delaware
County Telephone Company was in
town Tuesday on business. The
new directories printed by our Job
department shows a large increase
in the number of patrons on all
lines. The service has been greatly
improved since the present company
has taken charge. Leader
At Joint session of the genera
assembly last Friday j. S.. Jones o.
this city was elected as one of the
trustees of the state agriculture
college at Ames. Mr.. Jones former
ly held this position and his election
to it at this time is a recognition o.
his ability in this line of work and
responsibility. Charles e. Picket
Of Waterloo was elected as the thire
district member of the board of re
gents of the state university.
Banker Lillis, of Masonville
was in town Saturday on business
His bank, which recently wen
through the sensational experience
of being dynamited and robbed, vii
soon be in better shape than ever
with new safe and newly Furnished
room. The banks actual loss il
money is about $24O, all the res
Of the $4,000 or $4,000 taken hav
ing been recovered. What loss tn
bank had Was covered by insurance
Independence Conservative.
Not a single morsel of food la
passed the lips of Mrs. Harriet NJ
Closz, prominent infdel and FIRE
thinker of Webster City for owe
thirty-one days. She stopped eatin
March 4 in an attempt to starve GU
an attack of rheumatism. She use
only water as her diet and continue
to do her homework with no sign c
fatigue. She has lost little strengt
and says she will continue the fas
a couple Of weeks longer. She liza
been active in her chosen work fc
several years and is we'll known i
that part of the state.-Ex.
The friends of Rev. R. Wolf
are mourning his death which OF
CURED at his home in Mt. Verno
on Tuesday, April 2, 1907. I'll
: funeral was held in this city las
!. Friday from the Methodist Epil