Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
THE LOCAL NEWS
OF The WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW and FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items Items Of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
Town.

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Mrs, c. v. Burlington spent 1ast
Thursday with her parents in Creole.
E. G. Perkins Of Delhi was a bus
mess visitor in the city Saturday
Mrs. A. L. Cougar was guest of
relatives and friends in Coggon Fri.
day
SH, j. Vanfleet of Earlville was a
business visitor in Manchester last
Thursday s.|
Miss Jennie Holmes is in Chicago
where che Is spending several days
Visiting with friends.
Districs superint ndent Rev. A.
IY, Billingsley was a. Dubuque visitor
Friday and satu.dily
Miss Grace Horton of Coggon
enters the w. L. Drew dry goods
store this week as clerk.
Miss Lizzie Millen of Earlville
was az guest of relatives in the city
| the latter part of .ast week.
Glenn Meskimen left Friday ev-
ening for Independe where he is
employed at the Gedney Hotel.
Mrs. S. A. steadman was in Wav-
erly last week as a guest at the home
of Mr.sand Mrs. H. H. Lawrence.
IL. w. Rabenau left last week for
Portland, Oregon, where he is to en-
gage in business with his brother.
The trout season which formerly
opened on March 1st was changed by
the last general assembly to April
Is.
Read what the First National
bank has to say in their change of
advertisement in this issue of The
Democrat.
The Delaware District Court con
yenes IN this city next Monday,
March IA, with Judge Franklin G..
Platt presiding.
Garry Thorpe. who is employed.
at the Ellis Hotel in Waterloo was a
guest of relatives and friends in Man
chester Saturday:
Mrs. NJ. q. Hines and daughter,
Miss Cecil, Of State Center, Iowa,
were guests Of relatives and friends
| in the .city last week.
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Miss Alma Leroy will entertain
the p. E. o. society at luncheon on
the p E. %. society att luncheon on
lext Saturday, March 12.
Mrs. S. H. Lien has returned
home from Brandt, South Dakota,
where she has been visiting relatives
for the past two months.
Miss Lizzie Millen OF Earlvill
and Miss Barbara Pirece of this
city were over Sunday guests at the
home of H. G. Millen in Marion.
Brown, The Furniture Man, has
change of advertisement this week in
which he quotes prices for his annua.
spring rug sale. Read the advertise
ment.
The Ladies of the Maccabees will
conduct a bazaar and give a supper
on Thursday, March 10, in their hall
over A. H Blake & Sons store. ES-
erybody is cordially invited.
The town of Coggon held sre-
cial election last week for the pur-
pose of voting on the electric light
proposition. The proposition was
carried by vote of 62 to %.
The marriage of Miss Mamie M.
Eults of Oelwein and Mr.. Nicholas
H. Hess occurred at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage in this city last
Wednesday morning, Rev. R. A.
Barnes officiating.
The Manchester friends of Edwin
Cobb, who was on the mound for the
Manchester base ball team last sea-
son, will regret to learn of the death
| of his father, Frank B. Cobb, at In
dependence last week.
II. S. Arnold, who lives on the
Cawley farm in Coffin's Grove town
ship, sold three hogs to Harry Drew
on last Wednesday, for which he re-
eeived $117.0O. The hogs brought IS.
per hundred and weighed 1900
pounds.
L. e. Tyler, formerly supervisor
Of the Dubuque division of the Illinois
| Central railroad and who had his OF,
flee in this city, has accepted po-
sition as roadmaster on the Chicago
Great Western railway, which car
ries with it handsome Increase II
salary.
The Manchester High school bas
ket ball team defeated the Anamosf
team a the Armory in this city OF
i Friday evening by the close scort
of % to 20. At the end of the las
lhalf the score was tie and thu
game was continued for about fly,
minutes when Drew secured fier
i basket for the locals.
II Considerable interest has bee
4 caused by the announcement of
: proposed dragged road from Dubuqu
r to Sioux City, or what is to be know
i as the river to river automobil
b route across the state. Starting i
. at Dubuque, tourists who may use
6 the improved roads will find cQnyen
|, ent stopping places about every fift
Y miles and good advantages for, ca
9 lrepairs and good hotel accommoda
: tions. Some of the towns located Q
e the proposed road are Manchester, i
h dependence, Waterloo, Iowa Fall
S Fort Dodge, Storm Lake, Cherokee
LeMars and Sioux City.