Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
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;t:ss T. "A. FOote and J. W.:Platt wer
te1ected directors to succeed then
3selves, at the shool election Monda.
1.-THE proposition to bond the distrte
! for a new school building, and to- Sc
1.-The old site and buildings carried b
fas good majority There. were onl
Enfne. contrary votes, SO that the. re
Esnlt was well-nigh unanimous. Th
Eptesent building has done. duty 70
upwards Of forty years, and is no
what "a school building should be Il
this day and. age of the world. S
1.-The prospect for a new building /
Ehaiied with delight by both old an
young. "a; .z5$
There will be a aschool entertain
maIt given at the opera house Frida
Ieyening. March goth, to which all ar
}tcordial1y invited. A; small admission
|.fee will be .charged-only 10 cents,
VIM Hammond made a bushes!
trip 10 Dubuque, Saturday.
w s.. Page was an over Sunday
guest Of his son and wife at Water
loo, going from there to Webs ter CT
tyz for q visit at, the Harley Barn
hart home 5;s.sa$
MIR. and Mrs: George Walker ar,
at home from a. pleasant visit will
Dyersville friends. ~ !. tE,z
;;sssRev. O. J. Felter was at Fayette
during a part of the week, visiting
home folks. So. ... ,75.i ~. l:sa
;9ssE Irmscher is recovering from his
recent illness and is able to be uI
and about the house. S&5"5
The Maurer Sisters will pres ent the
last number of the Entertainment
course. on the evening OF April 18th.
eAndrew Platte, former resident O
this place, and an uncle of J.F w
Platte, died recently at his home al
Deep River, Iowa. He was upwards
!of@eightys years Of age. n
t9Air. and Mrs. j. W.ISmith were Sat
,Igday visitors at Dyersville.
sss.S;R alph Hyde is at home from. the
sH I. u, for. the summer. e n
4 YJacob Lands is visiting his laugh'
tyr at Independence and will also Wis
III his friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Austin,
.af Randalia, before his return.
IL. "A. Kocher has been in Des
Moines. on business during the week,
apd made his Bristow friends fly
i1g visit EN- route home. Il
eiSA1r and Mrs. j. B. Brown spent
Sunday with relatives at Greeley.
;,FVm. Adams Of Dyersville was a
Monday caller in the burg.
Ss5I:A1rs: A, j. Herman passed away
OH March Sth, ait Arcadia, Florida, at
which place the family has resided
fot several years. A. j. Herman is a
brother Of George Herman of this
pIaco and has the sympathy Of a
host of friends in the great sorrow
that has come to his home. Mrs. Her
M IN was a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Ddilg lass Peck and the early years
ofsher life We're passed here. Only
one member of the Douglas Peck fam
ily3 survives, a 4 daughter living at
CARRIER oklahoma. Y y!
~. FL. Haefner of Charles City is
here IN the interests of the Sher-
man Nursery Co. II 81
The Colesburg Entertainment AS
s0ciation met last Wednesday even
ing for$4 the election Of officers and
the transaction of such other business
as might come before the meeting.
The following officers were. elected
for the ensuing. year: President, A.
III Iandis;; vice president, 7. A..
Foote, secretary J., r. Grimes, and
trstps;ssi irer, VIM Hammond. !. RI \, sSl & 4
Genrge Keller was a Dubuque visit
or Wednesday and Thursday at the
home of his brother, Harry Keller.
VIM Hunt moved during the week
into the house formerly occupied by
the llwood Funk family. The Kirch-
baum family viii move into d the
house thus vacated, and the house
they vacated will be taken possess
sion of by Mr., and Mrs. Albert Cor
kow,, who are to return here from
I
Clarence Keller Of Marcus was a
guest at the Frank Keller home the
fore part Of the week. .{sf
/ 1t is with profound regret that
our people learn Of the. death OF Mrs.
R. T. Westren, which occurred re-
Gently following an operation in a
hospital at Butte, Mont. They were
living L at lMederville, Montana. Rev..
W'estren has the sympathy of all
In this time of. sore affliction.