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VOL. XLI ETHAN S. COWLES DIESXMMONT S OCCURS AT DEATH OCCURS AT HOV HIS DAUGHTER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. CANE TO DELAWARE COUNTY IN 1852 Funeral Service* Were' Held From the Church at Lamont at 10:30 O'clock This Morning. The many .Delaware county friends deeply regretted to learn of. the death of E. S. Cowles at the home of his daughter, Mrs, May Fowler, at Lamont on Monday afternoon, July 5th, 1915. The funeral services were held froiu the home at 10 o'clock this morning and- at the Methodist church at 10:30 o'clock. A Six nephews of the deceased acted as pall bearers. Interment was made in Campton cemetery. Ethan Smith Cowles was born in .Hampshire, Massachusetts,. on June 25, 1829, being eighty-six years and ten days old at the time of his death. (V At- the age of fifteen years he came to St. Charles," Illinois, and" in 1852 lie removed to this county, but soon after returned to Illinois and was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe Eddy in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles came to Delhi the same year of their marriage, and resided at that place -for one year. In 1856-they removed to Richland township in tills county and entered the land which Mr. Cowles owned-for many years and which was known as the "Campton Farm." Mr. Cowles established the Campton postoffice in 1857 and was appointed as postmaster. He served as Justice of Peace for several years. In 1877 the deceased was eleci sheriff of Delaware county, a positii 'which bo very ably filled for a nui ber of years. Tlie deceased serv In the army In the 7th Iowa Cav alry. £fter the death of Mr. Cowles' wife, which occurred on October 18 1905, he "made his home with his daughter, Mrs. May Fowler at La mont. Six children were born to, Mr. aid Mrs. Cowles. One son, H, F. Cowles, died in April, 1915. The surviving children are two daughters, Mrs. May Fowler and Mrs. Anna Bergen, both of Lamont and three sons, E. E. Cowles and E. S. Cowles, of Manchester, and H. D. Cowles of "Waterloo. The death of Mr. Cowles marks the passing tof a devoted father, good neighbor, a loyal citizen and It "is "with the keenest regret that lie wilT be missed among his many friends "-as well as in his family. The sorrowing relatives are extended the deepest sympathy of a host friends. -v of DISTRICT COURT Judge George W. Dunham lias made the following entries- in the court dockets during the past week: Probate. Estate of John Rubly. Will ad mitted to probate on testimony of Fradk Steeber. ." Trusteeship of Anna D. Bisljfip. The trusteeship of Anna D. Bishop et al is hereby closed. Report of the trustee approved and his actions as trustee as reported approved. Distribution of the funds as -eported is authorized and approved. Trustee is discharged and his bondsmen re leased. ^Guardianship of James Kel|ey et al. Hearing on final report jjet for July. 1,6 ^915, i.AilLl.3 Chancery. VeruaP lummer Bloom vs. Henry Bloom. TrlaLato court. Divorce granted •'•**&& PURCHASE DELIVERY AUTO TRUCK. W. iffr Lafferty has purchased a netf 'twenty-seven horse power Inter national auto delivery truck from the W. D. Hoyt Co., for the purpose of delivering groceries to his city patronage. The auto is equipped to carry about ninety orders of grocer ies at ono time and the delivery trip can be made in much less time than with a horse and wagon. Mr. Laf ferty is the first grocer in the city to purchase a delivery truck. A thirty gallon oil tank is to be at tached to the new truck for the pur pose of carrying oil for the patrons and this will he a great convenience over the former way of carrying the oil in cans. Mr. Weidger had been a resident of Manchester for many years and was about seventy years old at the time of his death. He was a membe/ of the W. A. Morse Post, G. A. R. Mr Weidger's wife passed away in this "city on November 30th, 1914. MRS. C. E. SWINBURNE CRIT ICALLY-ILL. The many Delaware, county friends of Mrs. C. E. Swinburne will deep ly regret to learn of her critical ill ness at the home of her daughter, Mrs O- W. Smith, at Hopkintoh. Mrs Swinburne was taken ill at her. home at Delhi about three weeks ago and was taken to the home of her daughter, where she is being tender ly'cared for. Word was received from l&e bedside of Mrs. Swinburne this morning that there is no change FOR 1 JOSHUA W. WEIDGER. The death of Joshua W. Weidger occurred at the home of his neice, Mrs. Annie F. Christy at Auvfergne, Arkansas,-on Wednesday, June 30th, 1915. Mr. Weidger left Manchester early this summer to spend several months with relatives in Arkansas. Jn her condition. to come. Eimnm at post Or# io» at I I MANOnaaTaR. Iowa, AH W. C. T. U.-CONVENTION AT CAS CADE. The twelfth district meeting of the W. C. T. U. is to be held at the Baptist-church in Cascade on Thurs day and Friday of this week. A number of the members of the W. fS. T. U. of this city aro planning to ttend the convention. A very in teresting prograim has been planned for the occasion. Mrs. -W. H. En sign of Hopkinton, who formerly re sided in this city, will read a paper at the Thursday afternoon meeting, on "The World's Situation on Tem perance." On Friday afternoon Mrs. A.. C. Carter of this city will read a paper entitled: "Reminiscences of Temperance." A number of other papers will be given by prominent members of the W. C. T. U., and a number of excellent musical selec tions will be given.' The state pres ident, Mrs. Ida B. Wise-Smith, will be present at the Cascade convention and will give an address at the af ternoon session Thursday. WEEKLY BULLETIN., The week was unseasonably cool, tlie average temperature being about degrees below the normal. The rainfall was also less than the nor mal except in the south central and south-eastern counties, where it was heavy and of daily occurrence. The frequent rains prevented haying and harvesting in the southern counties and the cold weather retarded tho growth of corn. However, good prog ress -was made in cultivating corn over the central, and- northern coun ties and the'erop is thrifty though backward, and with warm weather will make rapid growth. Some fall wheat and rye was cut, but over most of tlie area where the grain is ripe there was too much rain to do any harvesting.- Showery weather al so retarded ripening of grain and pre vented the ^curing of clover hay. Po* tatoes," garden truck and fruit, espe cially apples, are in excellent condi tion. GEO. M. CHAPPEL, r.,, Director. iVSOTOR RACES. The' motorcycle and -automobile races which were to have been held at the fair grounds in this city- on Wednesday afternoon of last week, will be held on Thursday of next woek. A large number of entries have already been made for each of the races and it is expected that a large crowd will be in attendance. See the advertisement regarding the races on the eighth page of this is sue. BENEFIT OF REST ROOM. Plans are being made for a horse racing program at the fair grounds in this city on Saturday, July 24th, for the benefit of the rest room. The program and further- particulars will bo published in the next week's issue of Tho Democrat. NORTH MANCHESTER.-. Mrs. Effie Burrington spent Sun day with her brothers at Strawberry Point. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll of Strawberry Point were callers at the Burrington home, Saturday. John1 Carroll, who was recently op crated on at Park View hospital, has recovered so as to be wheeled about in a chair.' He is at the home of his sister, Mrs. Effie Burrington. Mrs. Fred Skinner and baby daugh ter of Clarion, Iowa, are visiting for few days among old friends, and are guests of Mrs. William Burk. Mrs. Maggie Smith of St. Louis, Missouri, is spending the summer with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Davis. ,, Joseph Davis spent the Fourth with his children at Strawberry. Point. Mrs. Howe of Oklahoma is visiting her old neighbors and friends and is a-guest of Mrs. Frayer on South Brewer street. Mrs. Howe formerly lived in North Manchester. The ladies of North Manchester are asked to remember that Thursday is the day for the Charity Circle pip nlc at Tlrr ill's park and all are urgi Skoomd-OlaubUattir, I Ai) THE LATE E S. COWLES GIVE UP SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN. The search for Andrew K. Bowles, missing man of Whittler, Iowa, whose disappearance was mentioned In last week's issue of The Democrat The following is, taken from a dis patch from Cedar Rapids which is dated July ,6th, regarding tlie young mau: a scrap of paper, letter or anything olse that would indicate Bowles con-1 ancee and himself. I can not under stand it, but am living in hope that my boy still is living and that we shall hear something from him soon, Mr. Bowles said. ATTEND FUNERAL OF MOTHER. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stier were call ed to Grand Mound, Iowa, on Tues day of last week by the serious ill ness of the former's mother and whose death occured on last Friday morning. The funeral services were held on-Monday of this week. The Manchester friends extend their sin cere sympathy to Mr. Stier. GREELEY. has been abandoned after hundredsItheme.' "Can War Be Abolished?' of his friends have spent more than a week in hunting for him* Abso-1 sermons on themes suggested by the lutely no trace of the missing man Igreat European, way. The three fol was obtained and his family and friends are at a loss to understand what has become of him. The young man's father yesterday church searched his son's trunk and clothing left behind with the hope they would develop some clue, but there was not templated leaving his employer of his 11693,346. This sum represents 85 per own volition. Mr. Bowles says cent of the total undistributed,, ho can not understand his son's ret- $815,701 colL^ettr?^^ tome-bile ljn son-tor leaving, if. leave lie-did, and lijenses up to the -morning' of April 1st' he knows of no reason why lie should I Doris Young Connor was born at LaFayete, Ind., July 1, 1837, and died in Kansas City, Kansas, June 29, 1915, aged 77 years, 11 months and 28 days. Mrs.. Connor wns of a family of twelve»children, there be ing 8 sisters and 3 brothers, all of whom are gathered in tho home on high, with the exception of her brother, J. M. Young, who lives at this place and one sister, Mrs. Maria Watters, of Roy, Colorado. She was married to Jefferson Connor at Colesburg, when twenty-three^ years of age and afterward moved to Kan sas. The husband died March 17, 1908. Mr s. Connor then moved California, where she made hor home I Worth., with J. B. Robinson and wife. Mrs. Wright.. Connor had been in the best of health and decided to make her a visit to her sister and the brother, whom slio so dearly loved, leaving her home May 12th. After a visit to the sister in Colorado, she continued hor journey and arriving in Kansas City, June 3,. where she stopped over td visit a friend. She was taken ill the next day, and word was sent to her brother and the nieces,- Miss Arlle Young and Mrs. George Hollenbeck went to see if they could bring her home with them, but she was riot able, to come, and the ladies remained with or thlf3 MANCHESTER CHURCHES. Baptist. No preaching services at the Bap tist church next Sunday morning. St. Paul's. Sunday school will be held at 2:30 o'clock on next Sunday and preach ing services at 3:30 o'clock. Christian Science. The Christian Science society meets in the Universalist church for several months.^ Morning service at 10:30. Subject for the lesson oil next Sunday, "Sacrament." Methodist Episcopal. Rev. W. S. Skinner of Delhi will occupy the pulpit on next Sunday morning. On Sunday evening union services will bo held at this church and Rev. Suekow will give'an illustrated talk on "Missions." United Brethren., In the absence of the pastor, there will be no preaching services on next Sunday. ... The mid-week' prayer and bible study on Thursday as usual. Tho W. M. A. will hold its July meeting on Saturday with Mrs. Sa mantlia Skinner. Dinner Will be served. ,, Presbyterian. Morning Worship at 10:30. Sunday School, 11:45. Christian Endeavor, 6:30. Union evening service in the M. E. church at 7:30. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Congregational. 10:30 Morning Worship. Sermon I This is the first of a series of four lowing sermons will deal with Things That Make Tor Peace, The Ultimate Basis of Peace, and The World's Se curity for the Future. 12:00 Sunday Schpol and Men's Class 7:30 Union Service in tho M. E. 11 DISTRIBUTION'OF 1915 AUTO TAX Iowa counties during the month of May received from the first 1915 dis tribution of the. automobile tax. j0taj sev have- been .assaulted. "His financial1256 was placed to the credit of the affairs-were in good-: condition he IHighway Commission. had more than two months salary! The new law went into effect May coming to him his home life wasl8th and in the next distribution pleasant and I personally know there I which takes place August 1st the had been no trouble between Ills fi- I counties will get ninety per cent, of until a short time before she was Manchester. Much credit is due to called. The body was brought to I Councilman E. W. Williams, who Greeley, June 30. Interment was I began plans early in the summer to made in Grant View cemetery, beside I Miss Fern Sherman and mother, I Hagenbeck-^Wallace circus that it is of Cherokee, are visiting relatives., in I eh per cent or $65 the total the state will retain five per cent, and five per cent, will be placed to the credit of the .Highway Commission. Pottawattamie and Kossuth coun ties share the distinction together of making the heaviest draft on the au tomobile fund. Each has twenty eight townships. and' the share per township for the distribution be ing $422 makes a total of. $11,816. The fourteen counties whicli have but twelve townships draw the small est individual sums or $5,604 each. The following is the amount recelv ed by counties In northeasternvlcwa Allamakee.. .. Black Hawk.. Bremer.. .. .: Butler .. Cerro Gordo.. Chickasaw.. .. Clayton Delaware.. .. Dubuque.... Fayette.. .. .. Floyd.. ... Franklin- .. MANCHESTER IOWA. WEDNESDAY. JXJ1Y 7. 1915 .$7,596 7,596 6,908 6,752 6,762 5,064 9,284 6,752 7,596 8,440 5,486 6.572 Grundy. .. 6,908 Howard.. .. .... 5,064 Mitchell.. .. .. .. 6.752 Monona ..• 8,018 Winnebago.. /. .. ....... .. 5,064 Winneshiek. .. .. .. 8,440 .. .. .. •v^.V .. 5,486 •V:.... 7,696 LARGE ATTENDANCE AT CIRCUS. One of the largest crowds which has over -visited Manchester .was here on last Saturday afternoon and even ing to attend the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, which gave two performances at tho fair grounds on that day. At the afternoon performance there were 11,000 in attendance at the -main en tertainment and about 2,000 attended the wild west show immediately fol lowing the circus performance. The management of the circus stated that tlie most cordial treatment was re herlceived by all during their stay in securo her husband. The funeral was held ity. and also for the entertainment from the M. E. church. Re,v. Alex-1 those connected with the circus, ander officiating. •.•? I it can be truthfully said of the one 0 Greeley. jver visited Manchester. The polite Roy Smith and wife and Mrs. L. I ness 0 E. Smith were Wood Center visitors, absence of the rough element were Saturday. I very strong features. The entertain Mrs. S. B. Sloan entertained the erS) Social Circle Tuesday afternoon. I trained horses were all of the high Several gentlemen were invited to I ea meqt her brother, Mr. Jennings. lance at the performances declared Mrs. Hoyt, of Dubuque, spent a that the circus, from beginning to few days with her son at this place, end, was one of the best they had Mrs. George Hollenbeck of Du- ever attended buque, Lester Young and family, of The circus came to this city from Manchester, Mrs. Mary Bartlett, Mr. Monticello where they gave two per Lester Hibbins of Cedar Rapids,,| formances on Friday, and from here were in attendance at the eral, Friday. this excellent show for this the cleanest circuses that has the attendants and the entire animals and clowns, and the order, and every one in attend- Connor they went to Perry, Iowa, where they' bim when they met on Southern ave- showed on Monday. nue late last night. LOCAL TEAM DEFEATS RYAN FIRST GAME OF SEASON ON HOME GROUNDS PLAYED ON LAST MONDAY. STRAWBERRY POINT HERE TODAY Local Management Has Scheduled Number of Games to be Played in Near Future* Tho Manchester base ball team de teated the Ityan team at the West Main street park in this city on last Monday afternoon by a score of 7 to 4. Tho game was the first of the. scascn to be played on the home grounds by tlie local team. The Manchester team secured one run in the first inning, five' runs in the thirc inning and one in the eighth'inning. Ryan secured their four runs in the eighth inning. The feature of Mon day's game was the batting of Tol mie. Tlie local team is playing against Strawberry Point on the West Main street grounds this afternoon. The following is the lineup of the I teams for last Monday's game: Manchester AB PO A E Mason, cf ., Tolmie, ss Clemans, 3b Newcomer, Orton, lb .. Matthews, Malvln, If .. Dutton, rf ..4 .4 3 ....4 2 ..4 ....4 ....3 ...3 Bundy, .. Totals .". Ryan Kool, ss Gaffney, rf Dolphin, 3b Arnold, lb .'. O'Brien, ».\ McCusker, 2b Prabel, cf Gilchrist, If Steele, Two base lilts—Tolmie, Bundy. Home run—Tolmie. Struck out—By Bundy 14 Steele 9. *s3Jf by* pitchei^Q.le^^^^affn Umpirss—Burnside and "-x*" Ry- GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY July 2nd, 1865, Peter Wragg', was united in marriage to Theodosia Rich. Tliey have lived together as husband and wife for fifty years, and on the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage July. 2nd,'. 1915, by invita tion, friends were assembled to the number of about two hundred to do them honor. The father of Peter Wragg, was one of the very early settlers in Union township, Delaware county. Peter the eldest son enlist ed in the war of the rebellion, in 1861, 2nd Iowa Cavalry. He served his country with credit to himself and his family. He was seriously wounded in the groin with a minnie bullet, frcm which wound Peter has has suffered fifty years. The old veterans are few and far between, but six cf his old soldier comrades were able to attend his golden wed ding this company-as-might be ex pected was cosmopolitan. Peter is' no man for red tape, although he may he one of the wealthiest citizens in Delaware county. Automobiles were banked in all tho available space, the vast barn room on this farm was taxed to its umtost. The day was emblematical, of their married life, "sunshine." I pass hastily by the elaborate menu furnished this army of guests. Rev. Skinner Sr. gave the Invocation, aft er a few very, appropriate remarks. Rev. Skinner is an adept in this ca pacity and I advise all, Individuals, corporations, societies or other as semblies requiring the service of a minister to call on Rev. Skinner Sr. for his services. 11 said tills company was cosmopoli tan as there were in this company guests, hired men, farmers, me chanics, merchants, lawyers, doctors, senators, poets and many others of local notoriety. Peter is-a modest man. He would not stand for a second ceremony,, but he had a photographer from Hop kinton on the ground, who took the pictures of the company so far as he was able, also tlie photos of the six old veterans yet on earth as his comrades. As a local eyent, there has nothing surpassed it, as enjoy able in this part of the country. I might add that his friends presented room on htis farm was taxed to its easy chair, upholstered in kangaroo MIDKIFF-WHEELESS. The marriage ol Miss Josie Mid kiff and Mr. Archie Wheeless will take place at 7:30 o'clock this (Wed nesday) evening at the home of the bride's parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Midkiff, in this city. Rev. W H. Ensign of Hopkinton will perform the ceremony. The wedding will be at tended by immediate relatives and a number of close college friends. The young couple Will go to Denver, Colorado, on their wedding trip. They will be at home at Sloan, Iowa, after September 1st, 1915. The bride is an accomplished young lady and her many' Manchester friends join in extending congratula tions to Mr. and Mrs. Wheeless. She graduated from Lenox college ^t Hopkinton last June. The groom graduated from Lenox College with the class of 1914 and during the past year has been superintendent of the high school at Sloan, Iowa, and he has accepted the same position for the coming year. 'V been 2 4 0 15 5 2b 0 :.. .0 1 ..31 7 7 27 7 3. AB II PO A E :....l ...4 ...4 ...4 ...3 ..4 .. .3 ,...4 .. .4 0 .1 1 1 0 1! 1 10 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .. ...31 4 3 24 12 0 balls—Off Steele, 2 Off Totals Base on Bund^, 4. Left on bases—Manchester 3 an 1. preventing the1 spread., weeds. XX YOUTH IS SERIOUSLY STABBED BY MISTAKE. The following is taken from the Register and Leader of this morning and is dated from Dubuque on July 6: Michael O'Meara, aged 18, residing on Railroad avenue, is in the hospital with a knife wound in the right groin that may prove fatal, and Rob ert Anderson, a barber from Man chester, is in the county jail charged with the crime. It is reported An derson had quarreled with another man and later mistook O'Meara for ADVERTISED LETTERS. Letters remaining uncalled for July 5, 1915, at the Manchester post office: Amerland, Henry. Bailey, Addle. Beck, Otto. Foster, J. H, 1 PROSPERING IN MINNESOTA. S. E. Turner of this city received a lettor last week from S. L. Hill of McGregor, Minnesota, in which he states that he and his family are greatly pleased with their new home in the neighboring state, and that crcp conditions are fine. Mrr Hill I day morning, July 6, 1915. wants to correct a report which was —Misses Josephine and Bess circulated here to the effect that the Thorpe expect to leave in the near country in which he now lives,' has future" for San Francisco to attend "drowned out", and that crops the exposition. had been ruined. In his letter lie. stated that this Is hot so. While they had more rain than was neces sary for some crops, on the whole, everything is dofng nicely. Mr. Hill formerly resided near the Lind say bridge, northwest of Manchester,. and traded his farm there for a large tract of land In the vicinity of Mc- CUT WEEDS BEFORE AUGUST 1st. The state highway commission is calling the attention of property own ers to the change in the state law which requires weeds to be cut be tween July 1st and August 1st. The commission says: The Iowa weed law as amend ed by the Thirty-sixth general assembly places the final limit on weed cutting August 1, two weeks earlier than formerly. Weeds must be cut between July 1 and August 1. Formerly the dates were July 15 to August 15. The change-to the earlier dates was made because it was ,found that the seed of many noxious V? Partous, Miss Malaka, Farm. Putnam, Louis J. Schwartz, Rev. J. F. Smith, L. Torney, Geroge Turner, Jack. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office July 19, 1915, if not called for before that date., MARRIAGE LICENSES.- L. F. Burkhard^, age 39, and Flor ence E. Boles, age 29. —Clarence Jones was a guest of friends in Oelweln on Monday. —Editor J. W. Doxsee, of the Mon ticello Express, is a visitor in the city to-day. —Misses Lyda and Rose Hedlund aro spending several days at mount, Minnesota. —W. H. Hutchinson left on 'Tues day morning to look after land in terests in Canada. —Manchester and vicinity was vis ited by a heavy rain, storm Tuesday evening and this morning. —Mrs. W. H. Hutchinson and daughter, Miss Delight, left on Tues day morning for San Francisco, Cal ifornia, to attend the exposition. —Lightning struck the cupola on the residence of Mrs. M. F. LeRoy on East Main street about four o'clock this morning and-considerable damage resulted. —R. C. Keagy left on Sunday morning for New York City to enter the offices of the Laymen's Mission ary Movement and will have charge of the Rural Work Department. —The large pavilion at Delhi will be the scene of a social dance on Friday evening, July 9th, of this week. Reiger's orchestra will fur nish the music. The public is in vited to attend. —Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blake left this morning for Chicago, where they will spend several days, after which they will take a pleasure trip on the lakes. They expect to be gone about three weeks. —The report of the First National Bank of this city at the close of business on June 23, 1915 is publish ed in another column of this issue, which shows that institution to be in an excellent financial condition. —The A. A. Cooper Wagon and Buggy company have a half page ad vertisement on page eight of this issue of The Democrat in which they give some interesting facts re garding their complete line of bug gies and wagons which they have on display at the Novelty barn in this city. For particulars regarding their stock, read their announcement. Fair LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE ARE DOING AT HOME AND ABROAD. REVIEW AND FORECAST OF THE WEE1 Items of a Personal and General Nature Picked Up About the City. —Miss Vira Collinge is a visitor in Dubuque, to-day. —Mrs. Sherman Harris .went to Le Mars, Iowa, on Saturday for a visit witli friends. —William Boulting of Chicago has been a guest of Cal Martin during the past week. -P. F. Madden' left on Tuesday night fcr Davenport to attend the shoe men's convention. -Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson are tho parents of a son born on Tues- —Ray Zirtzman of Dubuque arrived I in tho city on Saturday for a visit I at the home of his parents, Mr. and Ms. H. F. Zirtzman. the 1,ome of tlle latter 3 and Mrs. H., C., Smith. Gregor. His many Delaware county I County Superintendent F. P. |to Manchester on Tuesday friends will be pleased to learn that Walker was at Ames during the past after a visit in, East Dubuque^ he is pleased with his new home, [and that crop conditions are prom ising big yields this year. —air. and Mrs. George Mernitz of I and family of Earlville weref Chicago are visiting, in the city atjof the former's mother, Mrs week attending the meeting ot the su- relatives and friends. perintendents of the state. -Edgar Brazelton cf Chicago •Mrs. Emma Williams returned to I part of the past week in: the her home at Adel, Iowa, last week Mrs. Bessie E. Hcwe of Oxford, I Mississippi, is a visitor in the city, a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs: George Frayer. Mrs. Howe formerly) resided here. —Ben Hamblin of Cedar mother, guest Mr. and. Mrs. T". C. Stldham' of Chicago are spending several days in Manchester visiting at the home °f the latter's parents, Mr.- and Mrs. Edward Meskimen. —Mr. and Mrs. John Parrott and children, Lula and Andrew, spentItn-gg^a,/ arrived in' Manchest the latter part of the past week at the home of Charles Parrott and family in Monticello. •Mrs. Mary Sloan of Adel, Iowa, is expected to arrive in the city to day for a visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. B. H.Byers. Mrs. Sloan is an aunt of Dr. Byers. Miss Dora E. Hendrick and-Miss Towner went to Charles City on Saturday Jor a1 visit with relatives and friends. They returned to Man chester oh Tuesday morning. of the Congregational church will I meet at the home of Miss Florence Bailey on Thursday, July 4th at 2:30 p. m. AU are invited to attend. —A Ijaso ball benefit dance will I bo held at the Central opera house on Monday of next week. Music will be furnished by the Haerlng and Harrington orchestra of Postville, Iowa. .. -. —Miss Loretta Killease recently! sister. Mr. Walker returned to completed the stenographic course I Chester on Tuesday morning andi| in tlie Cedar. Rapids Business college I Walker and daughter regained ft and has accepted a position with the I longer visit. American Trust Company in Cedar I —Henry Schmidt is erecting#^ Rapids. I cottage on his lot on Liberty sit* —Mrs. Jos. Hutchinson and daugh-ITlie carpenter work is being. ter, Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson, leave I under the supervision of Fred' JjL next week for a month's trip through] tho west, visiting the exposition at San Francisco, and other points of interest. —Wayne Smith has been called to this city by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Frank Barnd. The many friends cf Mrs. ^Barnd will re gret to learn of her illness but will be pleased to learn that achange for the better is noted in her condition. —Menne Lubben, who lives near Oheida, was in the city on Tuesday afternoon on his way home from' Rockford, Floyd county, Iowa, where he had been a guest, of relatives. Mr. Lubben was accompanied to Rock ford by one of his sons, who will re main at that place for some time. —Miss Ruth Suckow arrived in the city on Monday morning from Bos ton, Massachusetts, where she has been attending the Curry school '^of Expression for the past two years. Miss Suckow graduated from that ex cellent school in June and. later in the summer will organize classes in expression in Manchester and rounding towns. .Ht,h.* '•"•."rrM NO 2 —H. D. Wagner of Central was in the city last Fridayj business trip. —Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Yor the parents of a daughter Sunday, July 4, 1915. —Mr. and Mrs. Alton DunI to Strawberry Point on Mo" a visit with friendB. .—Mr. and Mrs. Ear Hutslon|. terloo were guests on aturday( and Mrs. B. S. Mullen. JVjfo —Miss Ella Catcs. was af relatives and friends in the first of the week. —Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Independence are spending a with relatives in Manchester. -Mr. and Mrs. Gortia B»lV to Strawberry Point on visit .with relatives and frien —Thomas W. Purcell, editor. Hampton (Iowa), Cin-cnicie^S visiter in the city during ttieti week. —Miss Eliabeth- Smith 'of^ Vernon is p. guest in the citjs| home of her,friend, Mrs. Floy Arnold. —Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey reside north of Manchester, parents of a daughter, born oi^ day, July 5, 1915. —Miss Alma Duba returne: Manchester on Tuesday artcr a visit in Watqrloo .wlt fives and friends. -John J. Hutter. linotype pi this office, leic on Fxiidayfl^ noon for a visit with his fan Marengo, Illinois. .'4-z Colt" Mr. and Mrs Charles? Parents, Mr. Hamblin, on Saturday., —Miss Stella Mutsohler r" at after a visit in the city at the home Mrs. J. W. Brazelton. of Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Byers. —Dr. H. A. Dittmer left opf Mrs. J. U. Schilling of this cityMay morning fpr '30,es A^aines•?£' and a relative from Independence tend a meeting: of the state 1 are planning a trip to San Francisco, health, of which lie is a mem California,- in the near future. —Special: communication of Man chester Ledge, No. 165, A. F. & A. I M., will be held on Friday evening,] July 'Jth. Work on third degree. the home of his parents* memo —Miss Bracell, Pelley of I spent several days.of the pas visiting in- the city at the hom I her friend. Miss Gertrude Long| —Mrs.. Florence Lemjper of'Du)| arrived in the city Friday for a visit at the home of he ents, Mr. and Mrs. George —Mrs. J. Mi Burnside of Wau* Iowa, was a guest of liei^son, .JL Rapids I city, several days during' Mrs. Burnside and-Mrs week. auto bus to the show ground* Saturday, had the have his wrist broken, when automobile collided with the ma which was driveh^byvajr. Stowep —Miss" Sue Paxsoii o^?H»aha week for a Visit with her trie relatives.1 Miss Paxson 4s an tor in tlie Omaha High school^ spends her summer vacations', her friends here. -The' Woman's Foreign- MM society of the U. B. chin meet with Mrs. George Sklnn an all day meeting Satiirdaj 10th. An interesting prcgran^ been prepared, and each jnei urged to be present. -Capt. and Mrs. J. F- Mei -The Woman's Missionary Society [on Tuesday morning for Chicac I spend several days. From Cl! I they will go to Roscoe, II I and Beloit, Wisconsin, to visit ', relatives and friends, and return home on Saturday of,! I week. —Mr. and Mrs. E. T. -Walk^ I daughter, Miss 11a, went to Fre, Illinois, on Monday morning visit with Mr. Walker's mothet I er. The building will be modern I all respects when completed, will add greatly to the appea I of that part of t)ie city. -The city of Independence rci —Rev. and Mrs. C. K. Hudson and two children left this morning for I ly purchased a lung motor, a maiV a pleasure trip to Los Angeles and I costing $150 and used for carrying, San Francisco, California, and Port-1 mechanical respiration and in caa| land, Oregon. They will, return drowning, electric shcck, and ga^J by .way of Canada. 'J -The young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Goen had the misfortune to liavo hip nose broken on last Mon day afternoon, when he was strucli by a foul ball while attending the ball game at the celebration at Delhi. smoke asphyxiation. Other IoW^?, ies having such devices are Dubu I and Muscatine. •J. R. Inman -of Red Oak in the city on Monday morning,*? spent a short time with'his frt before, going to Spencer, Ohio, w! he joined his wife for a month1 cation with home folks. Mr. Ii was superintendent of the Mam ter schools for seven years, and? ing the past two years he lias! at the head of the schools at Oak. He has* been re-elected ti same position at Red Oak at a some increase in salary. •While Manchester peqple attending the circus on the grounds Saturday afternoon bur. were prowling about the resid section of the city. A well gentleman" was seen on East street* going from house to during the afternoon. A numjber homes were entered according reports, ,but little of valuables taken. We are told that the lar made a small haul in the C. Keagy home on "Howard street, in ing away with about twelve in money and a number of sur-Jrings, which were, valuable ke sakes.