Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-26
Miss Annette Tush visited in Chi.

The Baptist Sunday school pie
mis-. is to be today (Wedhesday) o.
2 the river.
! Miss Fannie Haeberle is at HON
from several weeks visit Wit
friends at Riceyille
Norman Ackley and AL Thorp
are In Chicago aud expect to spen,
= y several days in the state of Ohio.
Manchester won from Winthrop
at the base ball tournament held q
Ryan Friday by score of 4 to 8.
l The Fourteenth biennial reunion
of Crocker's Iowa Brigade will b,
held at oskaloosa, on Sept. 8 and 10
) 1908.
Mrs. John Snyder and Miss Mae
Hamilton returned home Wednesda,
. from visit with relatives at Wat
], erloo
X. Robinson was at home part
, of last week, and left Sunday for am
other extensive trip through the
| south.
Mrs. VIM. G. Knapp returned re-
Gently from q most enjoyable visit
IN her girlhood home in the state OF
New York.
Mrs. G. G. Armistead and daugh,
ter, Miss Belle, -Sisitdd at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Jamison at
Oelwein last week.
Captain and Mrs. j. f. Merry en-
certain at six o'clock dinner this
(Tuesday) evening at their home on
Union and Franklin streets.
Miss Florence Mccoy Of Waterlt Q
Who has been visiting at the II. c..
Haeberle home for several weeks. re.
turned to Waterloo Saturday morn.
ling. :
The Franklin cafe recently man.
aged by Harry e. Mnnson, has been
purchased by Harry G. utIey, who
VIII conduct the restaurant and to.
bacco store, as we'll as the NJ. &
o. lunch room. Mr.. Munson's plans
ior the future are not definite as yet.
Geo. R. Estabroot, a former well
known resident and business man of
TINS city, born and reared in this
county, died at Marshalltown on the
10th inst. For the past ten years
Or more he has been resident of
Marshalltown, and was the secretary
OF the Fisher, Governor Co. of that
city He was prominent in politics.
being for several years. a member Of
1.-The Iowa state republican central
committee
"A picnic, to be held at the coun-
ay farm September IL, will be Of in
tefest to the people of this COM
munity. as a discussion of the growth
OF alfalfa in this section of the state
VIII be led by the Hon. j. H. Trewin
OF Cedar Rapids. and an explanation
Of experimental work will be given
~ Professor King from Ames. Other
speakers for the afternoons are R
Bixby of Edgewood, e. C. Perkins OIL
Delhi, L. j. clute and A. NJ. Cloud.
Manchester has finally won the
county championship in base bah, as
q result of the game at. Earlyifel
wndff the ipcais d 81 sfE ii
The neighboring ball club by a score
of1t3 to- Two hundred and thirty.
three tickets We're sold to EarlyiIle
that day by Ticket Agent H. j.
Fierce, and 1t is estimated that fiyel
hundred people from this city at
tended the carnival The ball game.
however, was the feature of the days
entertainment.
Miss Mae Hamilton very pleas
antly entertained a few friends atl
her home southwest of this city. the
evening of August 18th. An elegant
supper was served, games were
played and every one left saying they1
had enjoyed themselves immensely.
Those present We're the Misses Ellen
Johnson, Mable Dutton, Gertrude Lee.
Care. Nellie Jones, M. Walsh and
Emily Brown and Messrs. Fred and
A. LIE Clare, Arthur Wagner, Earnestl
Somers, Bert Cfosier, Ray Hamilton
and and Rev. W. H. Ensign.
Posters and hand bills, gaudy and
startling advertisements, are now an
liouncing harvest homes, county fairs,
plcnics and all manners of out OIL
door entertainments for the enjoy
ment of people, and the railroads arel
among the keen to secure their pro-
portion of the monies spent. Thel
state is well represented at the fair
held at Des Moines this week, andl
the show windows about town are
showing advertisements for the Del
aware county fair, to be held the
third week in September.
Mrs. j. NJ. Dorman of Peoria. II
linois, formerly of this city, and well
known in the county and vicinity,
was accidentally shot and seriously
injured at her home last week, dur
Ing the time a burglar was intrud-
Ing in their home. Mr.. Dorman
struggled with the burglar, and in the
scuffle. a. revolver was discharged,
the bullet entering Mrs. Dorman'sI
right lung. cutting and wounding the
organ. Mrs. G. w Dorman of this
city was their guest at the time Of
the unfortunate accident. Although
the physicians of the injured party
report an encouraging condition of
the pulse and Temperature, yet the
wound was of such nature that a
complete recovery cannot be con
sidered as yet
The innumerable instances where
the statements are recorded regarding