Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Prouse of Rockford, Hi
Dis, is visiting at the home Of his

Henry Prouse of Rockford, ILL
nois, is visiting at the home Of his
mother.
MIR. and Mrs. A. A. Palmer and
daughter, Edith, spent Saturday
with friends in Monticello.
4 Joseph Mansfield left last week
for visit with his daughter, Nora
and family at Freeport, III.
Miss Gertrude Stewart left Fri
day for Princeton. Minnesota, where
she will visit for some time.
MIR. and Mrs. Dan Ballard Of
Iowa City spent the first Of the week
at the home of William Haller.
i Mrs. G. E. Lynde went to
Minneapolis Thursday for a visit
with friends, and will also spend a
few days in Mason City and Alden.
Mrs. G. Sanborn is in Vermil-
lion, South Dakota, where she is a
guest of llr. and Mrs. Charles Bar
rett, expecting to be away some
time.
John Fishel of Kalispel. Mon
tana, a nephew of R. w. Fishel, left
last week for the week, after having
spent few days, with his uncle in
this city.
Chapel & Son were repainting
the B. CLARK, Hutchinson 4 At
water, Harry Munson, Bronson &
Carr and Jos. Hutchinson buildings
last week.
"A. @. Philipp, Il. @. Smith and
b. w. Green's will attend a conven.
ton of the National Druggists asse-
citation, which meets in Dubuque
this week.
Hunt Armistead of Rochester,
Minnesota, was in the city the first
Of the week, as a guest at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. g. G.
Armis' cad.
The Epworth league of the
Methodist Episcopal church will
serve ice cream and cake Wednesday
evening, on the lawn of DR.. n. A
Dittmer's homs.
Fred Rabenau,, who attends the
State University, was in the city
Saturday and Sunday, returning 10
Iowa City Monday, where he will
spend the summer.
DIR. w. E. Boynton, the eye,
ear and nose specialist of Chicago,
is in the city for the summer, and
has his offices in,the Boynton Jewell
| ry store on Main street,
The large handsome catalog Of
the Oelwein Business University
is off the press and Mr.. r. E. Elk
lund, the president, is DESTROYS of
having every young man and young
woman interested in education send
for one of them.
There will be an ice cream
social at the Rocky Ridge School
hous Friday evening, July 10. to
which every body is invited
The social is under the auspices of
the Sunday School. Cream and cake
l0cents. Remember the date.
Mics katherine Brewer, q.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E
Brewer, left Saturday, with her
grandfather, J. r.. Cook, for Dem
YER Mr.. Cook had charge of the
Milwaukee special train, which left. 4
Sunday for the Democratic National
convention go .li5.5s
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Hambliin
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary Saturday. July 4th. The
day was enjoyably spent at their
home and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. L.
Hamblin of Earlyille and Mr.. and
Mrs Ben Hamblin of Cedar Rapids
were the out of town guests.
How can you make twenty
three cents with two coins? With
a twenty and three cent piece,
both uncommon and almost forgot
ten denominations, this is possible.
j. G. Nye recently picked up al
twenty cent piece, which was passed
for quarter. and also had one of
the old three cent coins, both Of
which are seldom seen nowadays.
Charles Williams was in the
city Saturday, enroute from Mime
apolis to Kansas City. Mr.. Will.
liams is an appraiser of machinery
and Of buildings, and was recently
Engaged in examining and esti-
mating voting machine, recent
invention, which is used generally
in the large cities at elections. The
machine registers automatically the
votes cast for the candidate, as well
as adding the total votes, as does an
adding machine. Mr.. Williams is
in Kansas City and is appraising
several buildings and their contents.
There is such possibility of
disease resulting from the use of q
a common drinking utensil at public
drinking fountains and at school
houses where the water is passed.
and all scholars, both diseased and
we'll. use the same cup, that the Mon
ticello school board has determined
upon introducing into its school
houses and upon the school grounds
fountains where the water may be
drank without touching the
lips to any cup or utensil. The
theory Of disease has been SO thor
oughly developed that every precau-
ton should be taken to protect the
we'll from the contamination of germs
that infest those who have consump-
ton or other communicable diseases.
People would not think Of using in
common an unwashed table fork,
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