Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
MANCHESTER IOWA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1910.
&c. A. Peterson was business
visitor in Dubuque, Saturday. 81

visltor IN 0uDuQue, Saturday.
/ Mrs. G. w. Long and Mrs. w. H
Long were guests Of relatives in Earl
Vile last week.
DR. and Mrs. C. S. Lister ha,
as their guest over Sunday, Mrs. DR.
Joynt, o. Jesup.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Prentice, ol
Earlyille, were guests of relatives in
the city Wednesday,.
IA. p. Teiril returned home
Wednesday, svening from several
days business trip at Iowa City.
James Rizer, of Ryan, was in
the city Friday morning, on his way
to Dubuque on a business trip.
"A. w. Lindahl and Thos. F. Don
nelly. OF Coggon, were business Wis.
TORS In town one day last week.
w. NJ. Denton of Gettysburg,
South Dakota, is visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Denton.
The local basket ball team go
to Dubuque next Monday evening to
play against the high school team of
that place.
The Ladies Aid Society of Thorpe
will bold basket and grab-bag So
cial at the church on next Thursday,
February 10,
"A melodrama, Gust a Woman's
Way will be presented at the Cen
tral opera house on Thursday even
ing. February 10.
Miss Florence Meskimen, of Ga
lena, Illinois, arrived in the city last
week, for a several days visit with
Manchester friends.
Mr.. ard Mrs. 4. j. Griffith and
little sen of Albert Lea. Minnesota,
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Scott last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Matthews and
VIM. Sawyer were in Earlville Friday
attending the funeral of the late
John Young, q pioinser resident Of
that place.
-Chas. Herman held public sale.
on his farm west of this city Thurs
day. Mr.. Herman expects to move
to Waterloo with his family about
the last of this month.
Mrs. ]. w. Wright and son Guy
departed Friday morning for Wind
sor and Freeport, Illinois, where
they are visiting with relatives and
friends for several days.
q The Northeastern Iowa Editorial
Association will meet at Cedar Falls
on March "a and, 25. The National
Editorial Meeting is being held in
New Orleans this month.
The Delaware. County Combina-
ton Sale will be held at the Novelty
barn in this city on Thursday, Febru-
ary "a. H. P. Jones is the sale mana.
ger. Read the advertisement in an
other column. :
Ii is expected that the Inter
County Spelling Contest VIII be
held in independence some time in
Aprik The counties which will par
ticipate are Fayette, Blawkhawk, Blu
chanan and Delaware.
Capt. and Mrs ]. F. Merry de-
parted for New Orleans, Friday
morning where they will spend
several weeks. going from, there to
California, expecting to return t1
Manchester about the middle of
March.
The board of education at Inde-
pendence have decided to submit to
the people of the Independent dis
trict the proposition to vote on is
suing bonds in the sum of $43, 900 for
the purpose of erecting a new high
school building. The proposition will
be voted on at the school election to
be held on Monday, March IA.
Her friends will be pleased to
learn that Miss Elsie G. Scott, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester c. Scott,
formerly of Manchester but now of
Waterloo, has recently successfully
finished course in the Waterloo
College of Commerce. This institu-
ton furnishes shorthand and com
mercial courses, Miss Scott gradual
ing from the former. There We're
one hundred graduates from both
courses this year.