Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08


friends in Waterloo the first Of this
week.
Are you reading L. G.. Wells
flour ade? New ones appear every
week.
Miss Sylvia Hovey of Indepen-
dence. is guest here Of Miss Mabel
Miller.
Rev. P. H. Ryan of Lawler was
the guest Tuesday of Father Collins
in this city.
Extensive improvements are be-
ing made on the Roland Burbridge
house on Franklin street.
Ladies', you vill no doubt be
interested in John H. Pope's, the
ladies tailor, advertisement.
/ Attorneys M. w. Herrick and
j. W. Doxsee of Monticello were at
tending court here Monday.
j. II. Nye, who is on the road
for Rathbone, Sard 4 Company
was at home over Sunday.
Homer Davis Ais home again
from Cedar Rapids where he has
been taking business course.
James g. Ash of this city was
recently granted a patent at WASH
ington on a post moulding machine.
WIN. Lepley is having his house
on Franklin street remodeled with
the intention of making his resi-
dence there.
MIR. amid Mrs. Arthur Cole of
Independence were guests here
last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. w. Giel
IS. I. Spangler, resident of
Buchanan countysfor the past fifty
years, and one of its best known and
most successful citizens, died on the
Goth ult.
II. P. Gray who had charge of
the government butter contract with
the Dairy City Creamery Co. Of this
city arrived here last week to look
after the work this year.
AT three o'clock next Saturday
afternoon Thompson & Gersuch,
who have just opened a bakery one
door east of the Press office, will
give away 100 loaves of bread. See
their local on this page.
e. E. Brewer arrived last
week from West Union to assume
his new duties here Of Traffic Man
ager for the Manchester & Oneida
Railway Co. Mrs: Brewer Is ex-
pected here this week and it is not
yet decided where they will reside.
Tho Dairy City Creamery Co.
have an advertisement in this issue
to which the attention of milk haul
ers is specially called. It also has a
change of its regular advertisement.
Dairymen will find matter in both
advertisements Of interest to them.
The committee who have the
Short Course Institute in charge met
Monday in an informal manner and
decided to appoint a committee
to thoroughly canvass the county
and ascertain what support and how
much finds could be relied on for
their work, ~ ID
Miss Dora Leroy arrived home
Hast Saturday from Hot Springs;
Arkansas, where she has been with
her mother for several weeks. The
friends Of Mrs. Leroy will be glad
to know that she is much improved
and will return home in about three
weeks.
Il. w. Lee of Minneapolis, has
purchased the photograph gallery
here of @. B. Mills and will take
possession in few weeks. Mr..
Mills has decided to retire from
business and devote his time to his
farm east of town to which he re-
Gently removed.
Some of the boys who read the
newspapers have become excited over
the announcement that the late legis-
lature passed a law relative to a
bounty on pocket gophers, and at
least one has appeared at the county
auditors Office with bundle Of
scalps. The law, as we understand
it, merely gives the board of super
visors the right to pay a bounty, and
at any rate it does not go into effect
until July.-West Union Gazette.
e. z. Brewer checked out as
agent for the Milwaukee here Satur-
day after long and faithful service
for the company. Ed will be great
ly missed in West Union. where his
friends are numerous, and who re-
greet to see him leave. The new
work which he takes up as traffic
manager for the NJ. & o., is a step
higher, and will no doubt lead to
still better things for Mr.. Brewer.
The family will remain here until
school closes. The new agent, Mr..
Bert Towle comes here from Elk
port, and with his estima BILE family
are welcome additions to our city
Fayette County Union.
The Odd Fellows anniversary
celebration at Manchester Friday
was attended by a party of forty
from this city. All speak highly Of
the hospitality extended in that city.
The parade was one of the public
features of the day and was partic-
.|ipated in by over 600 members of
the order. The program comprised
secret work. public speeches and
sumptuous refreshments. The only
accident which occurred to mar the
j day befell Robert Nehls, while leav-
ing room he passed through a
wrong door and fell down a cellar
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