Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30

IS. K. Myers was in Cedar Rap
ids Friday.
W w. Smith Of Hopkinton wa
in town Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. W.. Funk AM
daughter, Viola, visited in Delaware
last Thursday.
"A. M. SOLVE and A. N. Long wer,
in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Thurs
day and Friday.
Mrs. D. G. Gearhart and Mrs. N
A. Gearhart of Hopkinton visited il
| Manchester last week.
r.. w. Fishel departed this morn
ing for st. Paul and before returning
will visit at points in Wisconsin.
Mrs. c. o. Noble and Mrs. G
Burbridge were in Cedar Rapids las
week, returning home yesterday morn
ing.
Miss Josephine Powers returned
to Williams Thursday, after a sever
al weeks. visit with relatives in this
city.
Eric Barr left Saturday morning
for Annapolis, Maryland, by way OF
Mount Vernon, after several weeks
visit In Manchester.
Mrs. F. B. Assmus returned home
Saturday afternoon from Independ
ence, where she had visited during
the week with relatives.
Mrs. F. F. Cary and daughter
Mrs. L. L. Plat, Of this city left
Friday for Pecatonica, Illinois, where
they expect to- visit with friends for
a week or ten days.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the directors of the Man
chester Cooperative creamery com
pany was held Friday afternoon in
the Delaware County State bank
building.
-Alonzo Wells, assistant instructor
in engineering at Cornell college, was
in the city Saturday and Sunday, Wis
iting at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. G. Wells, returning to
Mount Vernon Monday.
III. T. Smith. proprietor of the
Clarence house, states that Septem-
Der has been month of unusual bus
mess activity in hotel business. The
register contains the names of from
30 to so names day of business men
and transient salesman.
The Hon. w. j. Bryan said when
asked if advertising pays, "The fell
low who tries to attract business with
out advertising is like the fellow who
throws his sweetheart a silent kiss
II the dark. He knows what he is
doing, but nobody else does" 3
IL. Matthews, ir., Charles Walters
and Rae Durham are working for a
pure food grocery wholesale house.
located in Ohio, in this state; Messrs.
Matthews and Durham being. in Bur
lington, while Mr.. Walters is work
ing Waterloo and immediate vicinity.
Iowa is favored land this year.
Taken as whole its crops are bount-
iful. The corn was backward and
unpromising for a long time but the
phenomenally warm weather Of the
present month has wrought wonders
in the corn fields. The crop has
matured and the yield will be well
up to the average Of ordinary years.
The many victims Of hay fever,
who reside in Manchester, have been
passing through several weeks of
suffering and aggravating experien-
ces. A few have sought relief in
Michigan and other northern states,
while the balance seek comfort thru
medicinal remedies. The hot, dusty
and dry weather of the past weeks
has increased the conditions making
this fever unbearable.
"A CCUuGuL oluS WdAA OOAA6 AeAAA
in front of the Ballard property on
West Main street. between the Clar-
ence house and laundry buildings.
For several months pedestrians have
waded and worried through the COW
ering Of gravel and sand which con-
tinually washed and worked its way
over the old worn out boards. Cross
ings of the same material have been
constructed, connecting the series Of
cement walks
H. A, Allen of Independence was
elected colonel of the 53rd regiment
of the Iowa National Guard, at a
recent election held by various com
panies comprising this regiment
The office is for term Of five years
and as Colonel Allen has been in di
rect command for several years, his
experience will admirably fit him to
perform his duties. Colonel Allen is
well posted in military affairs and
his promotion is deserved.
The city council met in extra ant
adjourned meetings on Tuesday
Thursday and Friday evenings, tt
consider the new ordinances. the
readings of which were finished las
week. The town code will be pub
lished in book FORM making. perhaps
one hundred and fifty pages. Othe
cities have their ordinances in pam
phlet and book form, and Manches
ter falls in line by having the ord
nances revised and published, tire
hundred copies Of which will be print
ed, and later placed on sale.
The Cedar Rapids carnival al
tracted large number of peopl
from Manchester to its week q
!. pleasure. On Thursday, the Illinoi
II Central ticket office sold nearly tw
/, hundred tickets, and Friday brougt
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