Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Miss Florence Wilson spent
Wednesday in Greeley.
Mrs. w. Burk and son Leslie
visited over Sunday with friends in,
Monticello.
Harry Toogood is here from
Chicago for a visit with relatives
and friends.
Miss Annette Works attended
the graduating exercises at Earlville
Friday of last week.
j. B. Michael of Marion, Iowa,
announces that he has posts, wood
and native lumber for sale.
MIR. Richards of Edgewood has
accepted a position with the Dairy
City Creamery Co. as book-keeper.
Mrs. Howard Blanchard of
Johnston, Colorado, is visiting
friends in Manchester and vicinity.
The Misses EMS and Chloe
Allen of Masonville who have been
visiting in this city with their cousin
Miss Mazda Allen, returned home
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Brown and
daughter, Miss Mildred, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Hollister and son, Lawrence,
returned last week from their vest
ern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hamblin of
Cedar Rapids and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Hamblin of Earlville were
guests here last week of Mr.. and
Mrs. Enos Hamblin.
The Womans Home Missionary
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal
church will hold a special meeting
Wednesday at 2.3O P. NJ. at Mrs.
Summersides for the election of off
icers and mite box opening. A tea
aud social will follow
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dutton
and the latter's mother, Mrs. A. H..
Willis, visited here last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. N. P. Hennessey on
their way from Coggon to Los An
geles, California, where they will re-
side in the future. Mr.. Dutton is
Mrs. Hennessey's brother.
Mrs. Lottie Thompson a rich Wild
ow of Grand Junction, Col. has adj
opted young Ute ludian as her,son
and heir. She saw the lad recently
and was struck with his Intelligence
He has no parents and the widow
offered him a home. The boy is
known under the name of Earle
Dennis and is Is years old.
Mrs. Rebecca Carpenter receiv-
ed word last Friday morning of the
death Of Mrs. Pet Magill at her
home at Clinton, Ill. The husband
of the deceased is Fred Alagill, a
nephew Of Mrs. Carpenter. Mrs.
Mary Denton Hoyt of Lamont, at
tended the funeral which was held
at Clinton Sunday. -
There will be an annual meeting
of the Manchester Cemetery Com
pany at the Office of Thrill & Pierce
on Wednesday evening June IL,
1907, at 1880 p. M, to elect officers
and trustees for the ensuing wear
and for the transaction of any bust
ness that may come before the meet
ing. G. e.. PIERCE, Sec'y.
The reply Of Henry Brayton
representing the cooperative cream
Ieries, 70 the article of the, Dairy
City Creamery Co., recently pub
1lished in the Democrat, appears in
this issue. The discussion pro and
con Of all matters pertaining to the
welfare of the public, is ever desire
able, in order that those interested
may be advised so that they can act
in accordance with their interests.
-Waverly Independent: The
milk condensing factory is now run
by the new boiler. They are ma
king from $50 to IT'S cases Of con-
densed milk day. Tuesday they
took in 18, 165 pounds Of milk Yes
terday they shipped 800 Cases Of
condensed milk to New York City.
Saturday they shipped 800 cases and
|27 barrels Of condensed milk to
Cleveland, Ohio. They make abo, 6
500 pounds,of. butter week for the
farmers who are patrons of the con-
densing factory. Their business is
quite satisfactory. but Manager
Baily says they could handle twice
as much milk as they are now re-
ceiying, with the same force. The
good price they are paying for
milk is working to the advantage Of
the farmers of that section of the
state.
--Waverly Independent: w. W.
Fish who lives on the w. M. Weth-
eral farm. near Janesville, has used
commercial fertilizer on thirty acres
of corn which he planted this week.
This fertilizer is dropped with the
same seeder at the same time, the,
corn is planted. 1t takes seedAr
especially built for this work. The
!, seeder which he bought Of g. L.
, Davis, Of GAINESVILLE, will drop about
, so pounds of fertilizer per acre, and
the. retail price Of the stuff is $35
!, There is only one farmer in this
, vicinity who has used commercial
J fertilizer in this way and he lives
{ in the me>neighborhood in Black
/ hawk county. We are told that his
t experience last year was SO satisfact-
ory that several OF his neighbors