Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-01
e. S. Stahl Of Cedar Ranids

MI. l. d. Richmond shipped a
carload of hogs yesterday via the NJ.
| go.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Gates returned
home Thursday from Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Permission to wed was granted
last week to Will kreeb and Mary
Winans.
Miss Frank Lovelace spent
Tuesday in Cedar Rapids consulting
an oculist.
The Misses Florence Wilson
and Lucy Appleby returned Mon
day from visit in Monticello.
This section was favored with
several showers Of rain Saturday and
Sunday. followed by slight fall of
snow on Monday.
Cal Martin returned home
Monday from Chicago where he
has been since his Season closed
with AL G. Fields Company.
The next meeting of the Jones
Mill Grange will be held at the
home of Mr.. A. S. Coon on Rock
Prairie on Saturday, May 4th, at IL
a. IN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. M. Carr started
this Wednesday morning for Los
Angeles, California, expecting to be
gone from home for at least three
weeks.
Miss Mary O'Rourke is spend
ting the week in Monticello. Miss
O'Rourke leaves next week for
Murdo, S. d., where she intends to
remain permanently.
w. L. Drew announces the re-
ceipt at his store of a new and COM
plets stock of the latest styles of
mems, boys and youths clothing,
and extends an invitation to inspect
it.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Stiles leave
today for a pleasure trip to Wash
ington, New York City, Boston and
other points of interest in the East.
They expect to be gone several
weeks.
Sunday Garry Thorpe, Jimmie
German, A. Nachtman and Tom
Hines went to Dyersville in the lat
ter's auto. The machine broke
down and they were forced to aban-
don it and return on the train.
The quarterly statement of the
Farmers Savings Bank of Mason
vile, made to the Auditor Of State
on the 10Th inst. is reproduced in
this issue of the Democrat, and the
showing made is an excellent one.
There will be regular meet.
ing of the Rathbone Sisters this
Wednesday evening and all mem
bers are urged to be present, as
there will be some Grand Lodge
members entertained here this eve
ming.
The Mesdames Chas. Adams, H.
A. Dittmer, G. w. Miller, j. Ing
strom, S. K. Myers, e. Sedgwick, j.
Schwager and A. A. Palmer are in
Independence attending a Woman's
Foreign Missionary Convention
which convenes there today.
The w. II. G. and G. A. r.
hold ajointtmeeting this evening in
their hall. The program will be
confined to the histories of Grant
and Sherman and music appropriate
to the occasion. A cordial invita-
ton to be present IS extended to old
soldiers and their families.
Located in rich farming
community as it is, the healthy
growth of the Dundee Swings
Bank was to be expected, and
the expectation is being fully
realized, as shown by its last
statement made by the Auditor
lOf State, published in this issue.
The Nineteenth Annual Con-
vention of the Fourth District Chris
tan Endeavor Societies will be held
at the Congregational church in this
city on the 7th and Sth Of Nav.
Among the speakers are three es-
pecially fine ones from Dubuque,
DIR. G. L. Cady, Rev. j. T. Bergen
and Rev. G. NJ. Orvis.
Today is tho tlirtieth wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. P. d
Flanagan and they invited a large
number of relatives and friends to
their spacious country home to
assist them in celebrating the event.
The dav was spent in Teasing, gam
es and dancing and was thoroughly
enjoyed by those in attendance
This worthy couple were presented
4 with vast array Of handsome and
useful presents as reminders of the
event.-Ryan Reporter.
MIR. Howard l.. Ram, editor OF
the Manchester Press, is to be APP
pointed postmaster of his home
town. Congressman Birdsall has
notified him that he will be recon-
mended to the president for the po-
sition.- We extend our heartiest
congratulations. 1t was long age
understood that the position had
! been promised Mr.. Ram, but the
"progressives" went after his scalp,
and succeeded in holding off the ap
pointment for time. Ii Mr.. Ram
makes as good a postmaster as he is
/ a newspaper man, the public viii
have no occasion to complain
Monticello Express.
An alarm Of fire was turned il
to the central telephone office a
$3.50 last Friday evening by some
, unknown person who said that on,
Of the Hutchinson houses was burn