Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-07
Mrs. R. A Denton was in Dubu

was IN the city Friday.
IS. A. Steadman was in Waterloo
last Wednesday on business.
Thomas Parkinson of Greeley
was In town last week on business.
George Simons arrived in town
from Aberdeen. South Dakota, last
week.
III. A. Granger was in Indepen-
dence Mon1ay and Waterloo Tues
day on business.
Mrs. A. B. Holbert and Mrs. Ger
i trude G. Cole of Greeley were in the
city last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. W. Lampman en-
tertained at their home the past few
days Miss Grace Noyes of Dubuque.
Mrs. Mary Burns was seriously
Ill last week at her home on Frank
lin street, heart trouble causing the
breakdown.
III. H. Lawrence advertiscs this
week in The Democrat visit of
Buster Brown" and his dog "Tige. /"
who will be in town today (Wednes-
day..
"A district meeting of Baptist
churches was held at Cascade last
week, the Rev. S. S. Stephenson. pas
tor of the local church, being in at
tendance.
DIR. E. b. Newcomb left last
Thursday for Portland, Oregon, where
! he will visit his son, Harlo. DR.. New
comb will remain in the west for sew
eral weeks.
Major John +. Lacey of Oska-
loosa, republican candidate for Uni
ted States senator to succeed the late
William Boyd Allison, was in Man
chester last Wednesday.
Mrs. j. D. Kennedy of Oswego,
Illinois, is visiting in the city with
friends, expecting to remain for sew
eral weeks. Mrs. Kennedy was a
former resident of Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Trowbridge
leave today wednesday, for their
4 home in the state of California, af-
ter having enjoyed several months
q visit with Delaware county people.
The Delaware County Agricultur-
al society began paying the premiums
on exhibits at this years Fair last
Thursday, the vouchers being issued
at the Delaware County State bank.
Mrs. w. j. Lawrence and children
leave this week for Pasadena, Cali
fornia. They have been entertained
in Manchester several weeks by rela-
tives, and also visited in Winthrop
a part of last week.
The Manchester & Oneida railwl
engine. No. 2, will be placed in the
Milwaukee repair shops at Marion
In a few days. The G. NJ. & st. r.
company will provide substitute To-
connective for the NJ. & o. while the
repairs are being made.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Ballard
left Thursday for Beloit, Wisconsin.
where they intend to make their flu
ture home. Their son, Lloyd, is now
/. attending the college in that city,
and his parents decided some weeks
ago to remove to Beloit.
u The Upper Iowa conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church is be-
s ing held this week at Mount Vernon,
Bishop W.. S. Lewis presiding. The
delegates from the local parish are
c. o. Torrey and c. w. Keagy; al
ternates. G. H. Klaus and s. X. Mey-
crs. The Rev. r. a. Barnes will, of
course, attend the conference, as sew
eral other members of the church ex-
pect to do.
The city is building a cement
sidewalk on the north side of West
Marion street, from the corner Ct
First street, extending 60 feet east.
or as far as the Hoag property. This
walk will necessarily have to be re-
inforced on the north side by wall
or additional grading, and when com
pleted, will be an improvement long
needed by the people who are going
and coming from the west part of
town or to the Illinois Central de-
pot. I'M
The postoffice department at
Washington made effective Thursday
October l, ruling, recently concur.
red in by the English government
that the postage rate on letters mail
ed in the Uuited States, addressed
to points in any part of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, reducing the same to 2 cents
an ounce or fraction thereof, the
same rate now in force in this coun
try. The charge before this time was
Is cents.
"A b. Holbert is expected home
this week, from trip in Europe
where he made large purchase o
UUEScsS, fLuc animals arriving AZ Lille
country in three consignments: FREQ
Holbert in charge of the first. Ton
Holbert returning with the second
and Mr.. Holbert following with the
third, The work of the erection o.
buildings and residence at oneid'
has been delayed. on account of thu
;family's recent absence. but the con
s operations in the proposed building
Judge Seeds was in Plainfiel'
last week, campaigning for the re
publican party. Judge Seeds is reall,
optimistic regarding the outcome {
the fall election, and states that tn
east is for Taft, without doubt. PEI
haps the Judge is persuading himsel
to believe that, in order to make sur
In his own mind that the office
n,d{tor to still Onou 4