Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30

with tokens of the season.
The Misses Jessie Smith and Julia
Cowles are spending the holidays at
home.
There will be a grand call in the
opera house here New Years night.
Music by The Russo-Italian orchestra
Of Dubuque. Everyone is invited to
attend one of the best dances of the,
season. Supper atG riffins Hotel. Re-
member the date and tell your friends
Miss Jennie HiXon of Oelwein was
the guest of her friend, Miss Ina
Griffin, the fore part of the week.
Floyd Barthoff of Cedar Falls WIS.,
tied few days with friends here the
past week.
Frsd Ragatz, our popular drug clerk
spent Christmas with his parents in
Dubuque returning Monday.
Miss Name Pendergast spent
Christmas at her home at Walker,
Iowa.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed. Colson entertain
ed the following friends for Christ
mas dinner: Mr.. and Mrs. G. Martin,
Mr.. Turner, wife and daughter of
Jesup, Messrs. Corey and wife, R.
Quin and wife and Miss Nellie Kin
ney of Winthrop and Leon Bloom.
Miss Marguerite O'Hagan, who has
been quite ill with pneumonia, is now
arle 10 be out again.
Jas Culligan of Emmetsburg, Iowa,
is spending the holidays with friends
and relatives here.
We are in receipt of the news here
that Willie Grow, formally of this
| but now of Washington stating that
The was married at Spokane, Novem-
Der %. Will wa S good boy and
his many friends wish him health,
wealth and happiness.
H. r. Holmes of Manchester was
| in this vicinity Monday talking Kan
| sas land.
John Burns sold the pool room and
box ball alley toA.H. Cleveland OF
Manchester last week. OFT utley is
running the business now for MI
!! Cleveland.
:. Miss Kate and Edward O'Hagar
! are home for the holidays. Ed Is at
'ltending st. Joseph's college at Du
buque.
Rev. John Nolan Of Dubuque spent
Sunday with friends here.
Il. S. Pike, who has been away fol
the mast week, made business triG
10 Missouri and spent Christmas will
friends at Fairview. Illinois.
l.. j. Cooney and family spent Mon
day with relatives in Winthrop.
There will be ball here i'll the Ole
hall DecemberSO. Music by Maynard
orchestra. Supper will be served IL
the hall. All are invited.
Masonville, although little rust!
in looks enjoys the distinction OF pc
ling one of the best business towns
;. in this part of the country. Marke
prices for all kinds of produce are
always in the lead here and TN
amount of goods delivered in our Ill
tle purg is good enough evidence u
substantiate the above claim. on
merchants have enjoyed a good trao'
the past year and bytheir straightfor
ward business abilities have game
patronage and confidence of the pun
Lie OF course there are and AWAY
will be a few that imagine they cal
-I55r ~ mah sq qielsi elsewhere or oroe
etc. When short of cash they trad
al home and ask for credit. Our stocl
and grain buyers, T. o. Ryan, Behai
ard Rieger and P. Loughren arr
hustling energetic business men ant
do an immense shipping business al
ways paying the highest market price
Our town is growing but we are SAD
II ,v in need of some new buildings. l
!, we are rightly informed there Will o.
). another blacksmith shop in operation
here in the near future. John ben
!, is going to erect building for
!, blacksmith shop at once and ia
a Moore of Dubuque will run the shop
Mr.. Moore and family are to move
here next week. Another party wa
j, hooking up a room to open up anothe
!, barber shop, SO you see that we arr
progressing,a to volume of bust
ness our little town is a veritabl'
/, metropolis.
n. Heffernen Of Grundy Center j.
j spending a few days vacation herr
visiting with friedns and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Eldredge are
entertaining their neice, Miss El
!. dredge, from Fredericksburg. Iowa.
NJ Ray Brown of Manchester was
Masonville visitor Sunday.
u Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Erb entertained
a party Of friends last Friday evening
, at their home.
Jules Gleason and sister of Man
chester spent Christmas day here
J. with relatives.
Il Maurice Maroney and wife of Earl
vile were the guests of friends here
last week.
II R. Fee andfamily of Dundee spent
!, Christmas day with Mrs. Fees sis
| ter, Mrs. Jas. Gleason, south of town.
), Miss Bridget Maroney arrived here
from Greene, Iowa, last week where
J, she had bee the, guest of friends.
Mrs. John Latimer of Manchester
and formerly of this place was buried
here Sunday. The funeral was at
| tended by the sorrowing friends who
sympathize with Mr.. Latimer and
i family in their sad bereavement.
There were many other items of in
terest in the burg last week but the
writer being busy was unable to get
all the news in this week.