Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-29


northeast of this place, occurred tn
death of Mr.. John Michaels, at tn
advanced age of seventy-six years
Mr.. Micbaels and his wife retire,
from active tanning some years ag,
and made their home in Greeley un
til about six weeks ago when the in
firmtties of age compelled them t,
submit to special care and they cam,
to the above stated home. Mr.. Mich
aels. is survived by his aged wife ant
children. Interment was made a
Greeley last Tuesday. A numbel
from this vicinity were in attendance
Edgewood is one Of the nine town.
in the state whose post-office be
comes one of the third-class order at
ter January /, 1910. BY this change
the postmaster in future vii
be appointed by the presi
dent himself instead Of by the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster genera
as in the past. and his salary is
also raised to $110O per annum.
VIII Knickerbocker received {
painful injury to his left eye one
day last week. He was grinding E
piece Of steel on an emery stone
when a tiny chunk broke out and
flew in his eye. Little heed was
paid to 1t for few days until the
pain became too great to bear and
a physician was consulted, and thu
foreign visitor was speedily removed
is not known whether his sigh
will be impaired to any extent or r. :.
Jas. Cross lies seriously i'll at his
home with pneumonia.
Miss Mae Wiley Of Manchester
spending this week under the pa.
rental roof at this place.
Mrs. Mulvaney still continues veF
low at this writing.
Jas. Freeman has gone to New
York for an extended visit with his
sister there.
Spencer saedlar, who is attendin
a medical school in Chicago is home
for a Christmas vacation.
Misses Lou Densmore and Elsie
Hatch are home from Mt. Vernon for
the holiday vacation.
The basket ball game in Hesner's
Opera House last Thursday ght be-
tween Hopkinton and the Edgewoot
High school team was most excl.
ing one from start to finish. The
home team had the modification of
suffering their first defeat this seas
on by a margin Of four counts "Jin >
Wiley the star man for the loca S
was out Of trim, having been on the
sick list for several days previous,
and the boys say he was hardly fit
for such strenuous work, having
missed the practiyce plays of late
They, however, feel proud to say the
visitors found them no easy mark
after all A return game viii be
given in the near future.
DR.. Sleeter, who has been assisting
DR.. Hanson in his practice the past
several months will leave soon fol
Rockford, Iowa, where he will assume
command of a fine practice made va
cant by the death of an aged ply.
stefan there. He has made himse
extremely popular with a host OF
friends here and will, no doubt, be
able to do the same in his new field
OF work.
Miss Kate and Matilda Funk spent
Christmas at home.
John Sieve bought well-matched
span Of colts from j. j. Schacherer,
one day last week. He will use the
team in drawing the mail around his
route. They, no doubt, will make an
excellent pair of drivers for that
purpose. Consideration $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Waldo spent
Christmas with relatives at Earl
vile.
The school has been closed for a
weeks vacation and the teachers
have all departed for their various
homes to spend their brief lay off.
Alvin Stone our up-to-date barber,
has been on the sick list.
Mrs. Andrew Ross has returned
from Dorm, Iowa, where she spent a
couple of weeks with relatives.
Chas. Todd and wife took a little
outing Sunday of last week by walk
ing out of town a mile and a half to
visit at the Dick Way Home. The
correspondent can distinctly remem.
her the time when Chas. would not
have walked half that far If livery
team could have been available
When asked about it he remarks that
time has tendency to change a
mans habits Of life.
Miss Lottie Breed returned home
from Rock Elm, Wis. last Friday to
spend Christmas with her mother,
Mrs: Jennie Breed.
J. ]. schacherer and family spent
Christmas at the ]. B. Putt home.
Rufus Norris and wife spent Christ
mas with the latter's mother, Mrs.
Jennie Breed.
John Funk, jr. of Lennon, South
Dakota spent Christmas with home
folks here.
Henry Wiley sr. and family spent