Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-04
HIGH SCHOOLS in
DECLA|MATORlY|I' | Confess | S :
DISTRICT, MEETING TO BE HELD
in THIS CITY ON
MARCH 18TH. r4F 4
X. P. MINSTREL SHOW MUCH ENJOYED
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. WeIterien Pleas
antly Surprised on 25th 25&$ 5$
Wedding Anniversary.

,s 3 antly Surprised on 25th - 3
Wedding Anniversary. 81
3s The Northeastern Iowa Declam;
tory Association has a membershl
of forty-seven accredited High school
IN northeastern Iowa, and each Q
the schools is represented in the dis
trict contest with one representative
: In order to accommo odate the forty
seven repres entatives it is necessar
this year to hold four sub-distric
contests, one at, each of the follow
ing places: Eagle Grove, Clear Lake
Postville and Manchester At each O
these sub-district contests the thre
classes Of selections, oratorical, dram
y attic and humorous, will be represent
y ed, and one individual from each o
three classes will be selected to par
tfcipate for. honors at the final dis
6 trict contest which will be held al
Wavcrly on March Goth.
The Manchester contest will be
held at the City Opera house on
the evening of March 18th, begin
ming promptly at 1880 O'Clock. This
Z opera house has recently been pll'
In an excellent state Of repair and
is now one of the best audience
K rooms In the city. The room has
been reLecorated,% steam heat is sup
piled and everything is in first-class
condition. Seats viii be on sale OH
+ Monday morning, March 9Th, at B.
w. Grems' drug Store. Seats !. 25c.
1 to everybody. s.e3ii
s. The following will participate in
the Manchester contest:
Oratorical Glass.
Roger Brown, Heroes Of the Land
I OF Ten" Cedar Falls.
Miles Westoyer, Abraham Lincoln"
Dramatic Class.
Dtna Barr. "A Few Bars in the Key
of G., Manchester. s n
Carrie MacFarland. "Thes Littlest
Rebel, E. Waterloo
Mildred Mckinley, The Lie, Mar.
ton.
Paul strickland, "The Black Horse
@ and His Rider, Park kersbug.
Humorous Glass. s#
Myrtle Gunderson, .'An Abandoned
I. Elopement," !" Waukon. .
Alice Roosevelt" Shopping with Sam
Ackley. .3 -: s = & q
ROLAND Sexton, ..The Photography.
81 Oelwein. MI
Marion Steinhelberg, t'The Lady "A
cross the Aisle Strawberry Point
These young people have each won
hOnors by winning first place in con-
tests held in their respective towns,
and they represent the best from ten
an Va - ~. ~ .s paan
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The X. r: minstrel performance on
Tuesday evening was attended by a
1rxe audience and was a success in
every way. "a large crowd enjoyed
the street parade at noon, which was
headed by the newly organized Man
chester band,
Il The com pany as announced in last
weeks paper, was composed of local |
talent and each member is deserving
Of much credit for the manner in |
which they carried their parts. The |
poloists of Tuesday evenings pro-
gram were as follows: - 5fs
ITO have, to hold, to Love-" Rae
Dunham. -5i z.
,svx,,l ~, ,-,4 -, 80,
Wna' " = ye Mean' you ios1 k' YOU 'os s''E'
.I. " D.auy. >,,., IN ~ no,,,
NSHE s.s aun:ay 80, a. .N1i1e :, D. ~. Ll AiaIu
.n., o' 'atioh Ne1t ~, - -. f. .L isaor I1ea
Maryland, A. D. Brown.
tOn the Old ran River Line, H.
B. Commerford.
I The ladies' quartet, Mrs. E. w.
Williams, the Misses Lucille Arnold,
Marjorie Arnold and Amy Ram, IA
vored the large audience with two
pleasing selections.
The X. P. hit, vintage of 1898, in
Addie, Effie and Carrie, in
The persons OF W. D. Work, A. G.
Philipp and Garry Thorpe, was the
feature of sthe entertainment.