Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-03

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E. M. Carr was in Chicago this
4 week.
Mrs. w. G. Boynton Of Win.
throp was in the city Friday.
Miss Maude Flint of Lamont
was in the city the first OF the week
Miss Jennie Preussner Of Dun
dee visited with friends in town
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Crosier Of
Coggon were in the city Saturday
and Sunday
The W. G. 7. U. will meet with
Mrs. H. G. Haeberle Friday after
noon, at 2:3O o'clock.
Miss Julia Rowe of Strawberry
Point is a new employee of The
Press, having begun her duties last
week. 4
Mrs. G. j. Friend went to.
Graham Friday for a visit at the
homes Of her son, Asa and daughter,
Minnie, who live near that place.
The fish car in charge of Cap
tain Cantield. left Monday for Usage
with a shipment Of rainbow trout,
and from Usage will go to Winona-
to await further orders.
DR.. G. II. Hill. formerly super
intendant Of the hospital at Inde-
pendence, and now of Des Moines,
was in the city last week, as anoex-
pert witness in the Miinch case.
The bill boards about town give
notice Of the coming Chauta uqua to
be held from the BIRD to the Both
of June. Tickets are on sale at
many of the down town stores, and
interest is growing in Manchester's
second summer entertainment.
Afford & Nichols of Waterloo
have recently expended about $50
600 in improving the electric park
in that city, and have added
Figure Eight, roller coaster and
a theatre. which will make Water
loo's amusement park one OF the
most attractive and largest in the
state. Mr.. Afford is brother of
Mrs. Hubert Carr.
Albert King of Waterloo, for
merly of this city, is in town for
a few days. Mr.. King has been
head machinist in factory in Wa
terloo for some time, but owing to
i'll health was obliged to change
work, and is now preparing to con-
duct photographing machine at
the electric park in Waterloo, which
opens in a few days.
The Rev. II. w. Porter, pastor
OF the Union (colored) Congrega-
tional church of Des Moines, will
occupy Rev. Lynde's pulpit next
Sunday. The speaker is a graduate
of a Con regational Mission in the
south. and at the time he was at
tending college learned the art Of
brick layer and carpenter work, and
at Des Moines personally assisted in
the manual work of building the
church Of which he is pastor.
w, S. Smarzo of New York left
Monday for Storm Lake and other
western Iowa points, in the interest
of John Scholl & Brother, dealers in
butterand eggs, for which he is a
Representatives. Mr.. Smarzo and his
family reside in East Orange, New
Jersey, which is about eleven miles
from New York City. East Orange
is city Of $4,000 inhabitants and
yet suburb, practically, Of the
eastern metropolis, although in
another state.
In the Sunday Record Herald
Of May "a, appeared an article on
the general cleaning up Of Goose
Island, or Little Hell" as it is com
monty called. The work was sug-
gested by Mr.. and Mrs. B. Rosing,
the latter being better remembered
in Manchester as Miss Ella Morse,
i who has been and is still connected
with the Eli Bates Settlement House.
The location Of Goose Island is near
where old Fort Dearborn stood, or
where the river empties into the
lake. 1t is, therefore, one Of the old
est settled portions of Chicago, but
has long been one of the thickly
4 populated corners OF the big city,
and field for much work,
i The owners Of stock in the
grand stand in the baseball park
| have released all claim for proceeds
] Of same for the season of 1908, and
have donated the use Of same to the
baseball club managed by B. W.
: Green's. 1t is understood that about
six hundred dollars has been sub.
scribed among the various baseball
fans about town, as we'll as others
who are interested in the matter.
1t is the intention of establishing
: a permanent baseball association fol
this city and begin the seasons play
| as soon as sufficient funds havt
!. been paid in for the use of hiring .
j battery, at least. The manager
: wishes to SO arrange the games, al
! to give Manchester the majority o
] events and agreeing with OUTSIDE
0 teams to play on the local ground
!. las often as possible.