Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14
M H. Willtston was in town 4
part OF last week. Us


III Waterloo Friday.
August Miller was in Mario
Thursday on business.
Frank Keiser was in Cedar Raj
ids Friday on business.
u. G. Littletohn OF independence
was in the city Wednesday on bus
ness.
-. H. Cleveland was out to DaI
las. South Dakota. last week on bus
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Cloud were
Dubuque and Earlville a part Of las
week.
n. D. Joseph enjoyed a visit from
his uncle. Thos. Joseph Of Quincy
Illinois. last week.
Frank Merrill of Nora Spring
was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E
Gildner last Wednesday.
w. J.. Davis and August Mile
left Monday, for the Rosebud Ian,
iiear Dallas, South Dakota.
Lawrence HOLSTER spent satul
day and Sunday at Belvidere, at tn,
home Of his brother, 3. H. HOLSTER
~. s. Jones was at Ames las
week. attending conference Of ,
beard Of advisors for thhe State col
lege.
James T. Edwards Of Chicago
i. rmerly Of this city. was in Manches
ter last Thursday. visiting will
friends;
Mrs. A. ]. Temper of Waterloo
was a guest at the home TO her par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Lister,
last week.
Miss Bertha Seeds OF Oel&ein wa.
in the city part of last week. as
a guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. J. Seeds.
IL. Matthews is making business
trip through western Kansas and
Montana, and at Clancy, Montana,
will visit his son, Burt Matthews,
who is located in that city.
Mrs. Hugh Middleton went to
Mount Vernon Friday morning. to at
tend the Methodist Episcopal Upper
Iowa confidence, and to visit her
daughter, Miss Pearl, who is stu
dent at Cornell.
Miss nellie Hatch. has secured a
position in the Ackley public schools.
and went to that place Wednesday of
last week. Miss Hatch is a graduate
Of the State Normal school, at Cedar
'alls and will make an Instructor Of
.bility.
IS. R. Young went to Independ-
5nce Thursday night to assist in
The placing of Standard Linotype
which Is being installed In
the. offices of the fBnlletin-Journal,
ne of the best country newspapers
in Iowa.
Mrs. Jennie Gates Greenfield Of
Hubbard is in the city, called here
On account of the Illness Of her faith
er, Geo. L. Gates. Mr.. Gates has
been confined to his home for the
past few months. and Mrs. Greenfield
is assisting In his care.
On next Thursday afternoon. the
will hold rally at Cen
tral opera house, the Hon. Walter Il
Smith, congressman from the Ninth
Chas.. 3. Pickett, candidate
for Congress from the Third district,
and other speakers will be heard.
Miss Idell Miles is planning to,
spend portion of the winter in New
York City with relatives, and study
music. She expects to renew her
work along vocal lines. The Hon. J.
". Miles will go to Oklahoma City
later, in company with Miss Miles,
where he will be guest OF his son,
b. F. Miles, for several months.
Mrs. William T. Rigby Of vicks.
burg, Mississippi, was q guest of
and Mrs, ]. F. Merry part
Of last week, arriving in the city
Wednesday. Mrs. Rigby formerly
lived in Manchester and at Mount
Vernon, and is we'll known here
Captain and Mrs. Merry and Mrs. Rig
by were in Eariyllle Thursday. where
they visited with relatives. -
Kansas lands attracted a number
OF Delaware county people last week,
Messrs. Burton Clark, Benz. Utley,
S. Hewling, H. R. Holmes, 3. Ham
bin, John Wilson, ]. W. Hartman and
Swan Ericsson being members of q
party which left Manchester Tuesday.
Real estate men in the Sunflower
State are advertising In an extensive
manner the possibilities and advan-
tages Of Kansas.
Miss nellie Armistead returned
home from Chicago Thursday night.
Miss Armistead was a guest Of her
aunt, Mrs. nellie Medbury. and Of Mrs
Mabel Cunningham Williamson. Dick
who spent several weeks
In Manchester at the home OF his
grandmother. Mrs. Charlotte Cum
bingham, last summer. accompanied
Miss .Armtstead to this city, and win
visit Tor several days here, Mrs: Gun
expecting to return with
Master Harry to- Enlargement week
George underwood secured from
q relative, Jacob Arnold Of Buchan.
on county. 10 kernels Of Texas corn
last spring. and! planted them on q
piece of ground on his property In
Manchester. The seed .sentsup 10 fun
grown stalks, which bore '22S ears OF
corn. several OF them containing Is
rows Of Sc kernels each. which would
make about thousand kernels to the
ear. The stalks measured ~ feet ant