Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-11
BRIEF MENTION.

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MIR. and Mrs. /. Moreland ar
visiting relatives in Colesburg
Mrs. Bert Green's is yisitinl
relatives in Danvillc, Indiana.
Robert Dudley of Chicago spen
last week here with his parents.
Henry Goodhile was bushes
visitor in Seneca, S. d.. last week.
Nh. and Mrs. John Jones ar
guests of friends in Port Arthur
Texas.
Mrs. Charles Mccormick an'
two children are guests of relative
in Waterloo.
Mrs. Ed Raymond of Indepen
dence is a guest here of her sister
Mrs. Herbert Allcock.
A marriage license was ISSUED
the first OF the week to Cora Men
denhall and Glenn Gardner.
in Ia inning ball game played
at Masonville Sunday Ryan defeated
Masonviile by a score Of A to 3.
Miss Fannie Haeberle left the
first OF the week for Epworth where
she viii teach in the seminary.
Miss Edith Lyttle, VIII has beer
guest here of Miss Hazel Tucker
left Monday for her home in Coggon
Mrs. Margaret Barr is seriously
i'll at her homs in this city. Her
many friends hop, that she may
have a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Holbrook
went to Dyersville Sunday, the for
mer returning Monday and the
lattersfor short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Yoran
left here last week for Chicago,
where they will be guests of tile lat
ters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Stock
ton.
Mrs. s Fl. Jones who has been
here for some time past with her
daughter Mrs. e. B. Bolander re-
turned Monday to her home in
Kewanee, Illinois.
The fall millinery opening at
w. L. Drew's store will be tomorrow
('rhursday) and the day after. Lad
les see his announcement of this
event on this page.
Monday morning the Misses
Bell Graham, Laura Hyde and
Helen Bradley and Mr.Percy Strick-
land left for Grinnell where they
will attend school
Harry Smith who has been here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Smith, the past week left
Monday for Iowa City where he will
attend the state university.
Last Saturday Mr., j. E. Cock
ing sold his 234 acre farm in Rich
landtownship to Chester G. Coleson.
Consideration $4,000. Mr.. Il. @.
Hall was the agent Though whom
the sale was made.
miss a gIiessl ssof l}snyef
Colorado. who has been visiting
relatives here the past month left
Monday for Waterloo, where she
will remain several days before re-
turning home.
Burton Clark announces the
fall millinery opening at his store
for Wednesday and Thursday, Sept,
18th and 10Th, Miss Lovelace will
be in charge of shisdepartment dur
ing the coming season.
Tho Manchester Woman's Club
will hold their first meeting for
l9O7-O Monday evening Sept, 10Th
at the home of Mrs. NE Davis.
The club program will be ready for
distribution at this meeting.
Mrs. Lottie Breed Of Edgewood
was Manchester visitor last week
She leaves in the near future for
Rock Elm, Wisconsin where she
has accepted a position in the public
schools of that place.
Owing to the inability to Sc
cure farm hands, the farmers Of Des
Moines county are reducing tie size
of their farms. according to the re-
ports of the Burlington real estate
men. Owners Of farms composed
of as high as 500 acres of ground
are selling off slices of their proper
ty and before long, farms in that
vicinity will average from eighty to
100 acres each.
Much complaint is heard now
a-days from the travelling public of
the poor ACCOMMODATIONS furnished
by the railroads. Almost every pas
senger train on the Illinois Central
and Great Western in this part Of
the state is crowded on every trip,
1t is common sight to see women
with children, standing in the isles
or sitting on the arm rails of the
seats The great increase in travel
is doubtless due to the new 2 cent
fare law, which reduced the cost OF
railroad travel one third. The rail
road employees say they have never
seen SO many people travelling or
found it so hard to find seats for all
The railroads seem to be making nc
effort to accommodate the marked in.
crease in passenger traffic 1t would
seem that considering the state Of
public feeling, the railroads can i'll
afford to exasperate and discommode
the public.
Beginning Oct l the new
foreign postal rate adopted at the
meeting of the last universal postal
convention in Rome in April vii
become. effective. The new rates
makes the charge for foreign post
age 5 cents for the first half ounce
and 3 cents for each additional hal
half OUNCE instead Of 10 cents fol