Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
BRIEF MENTION.

Miss Anna Morley visited friends
in Ackley last week.
Miss Ethel Alger of Edgewood
is visiting friends here.
Edward Hollister is an Elgin
business visitor this week.
"A baby girl was born to MIR.
and Mrs Geo. Dorman March LIST.
-Burdette Young and Cecil Adj
ans were Dubuque visitors Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Wade was
Cedar Rapids visitor the first Of the
week.
j. E. ALLAN of Benton, Wis.
was the guest here last week of j.
II. Allan.
Mrs. w. F. Merrill of Sioux
City was a Manchester visitor Sat
urday.
Tom Hines has installed an
electric tire Welding machine in his
garage here.
H. H. Lawrence advertises Old
Kentucky Shoes for women in his
space this week.
Miss Bess Thorpe spent Sun
day in Waterloo as the guest of
Miss Nell German.
Miss Mildred Smith and Miss.
Rose Sullivan spent Saturday with
friends in Dubuque.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hetherington
left Monday for Belgrade, Nebraska,
to visit their son, Harry.
Miss Stella Drew and Miss
Grace Walters returned the first of
the week from Chicago.
Miss Stella Putnam of Iowa
City, was entertained last week at
the home of JEW. Rabenau.
Roy Dptton, on account Of i'll
ness is home from his school duties
at the Cedar Rapids Business Col
lege.
.-Chas. H. French of Hawarden,
Iowa was the guest of his mother
Mrs. j. G. French several days last
week.
Mrs. n. Burns, last Thursday
sold her LOG acre farm near Greedy
to August Luense for $4,000 per
acre.
Miss Nettie Douglass who has
been the guest Of her Cousin, Doc
tor ]. w. Scot went to Waterloo last
Saturday.
Rev. W. j. Suckow will deliver
lecture next Friday evening at
Strawberry Point. His topic will
be Hold your Horses"
Mr.. and Mrs. R. johnson of
Waterloo were called here last week
by the illness of Mrs. Johnson's
mother, Mrs. John Kerr.
Miss Susie Small returned to
her home in Devil, 81 Lake N. D. after
spending 2 few weeks in this city
with relatives and friends. .s
Mrs. Jennie Nc Cormick was
called TO-. Dewitt Monday by the
death of her brother, Matthew Boyle.
She was accompanied by her son
Joe.
Miss Florence Hetherington
left the first of the week for Par
kersburg where She has position
in the millinery department of. a
j. B. rutherford has purchas-
ed of Mrs. Summers her residence
property on franklin St. The
price paid we are informed was
$3.50.
AS told in the Hills, which
was played here last Friday night
attracted . good sized audience and
received a. great deal Of favor
able comment.
Word has been received here OF
the continued i'll health Of R. W.
Thrill who has been in Louisiana.
Mr.. Thrill is now at sanatorium
in Houston, Texas.
Last Friday, Charles Thorpe
sold to D. W. Ryan one hundred
and thirty-seven acres lying west Of
and adjoining the latters farm in
Honey Creek township. The conside-
ration paid was $500 per acre.
-Thos. Ryan Of Masonville was
a caller at this office Saturday. He
expects to leave the last of this month
fora trip Of several weeks visiting
with friends in Nebraska, Wisconsin
and other states.
-Eilt ], Huls became the owner
of the ]. G. French l6O acre farm in
Milo township last Thursday, by
purchase from Mrs. Laura E.
French. Tie consideration paid was
$1,000 per acre.
"A yeartago this spring John
Beals bought the Oscar Wellman
farm near Nashville, paying there
for $4,000 per. acre. He has now
sold it to Behan & Reiger for $1,000
POI oCio'
We presume that few if any of
the readers of the Democrat, are
patrons of the catalogue houses. If
any Of them are they will learn their
mistake by reading the article COM
1nencing on first page of this issue,
entitled Farmer and Merchant"
The Democrat received COM
munication from Colesburg with a
request to print it. Not being signed
by the writer we cannot under our
rule comply with his or her request,
and have therefore consigned It'll to the
waste paper basket.
Farmer j. F. Merry, by re.
cent purchase from breeder in
New York, has added two thorough.
bred Holstien heifers and bull tc