Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-23
Mrs. j. P. Dodge is reported as

Mrs. j. P. Dodge is reported as
slowly improving.
Rev. Mrs. Crum spent the past
week at her home in Boone.
Burton Clark, this week, in his ad
gives his aim in storekeeping.
Phil Pawley, of Cedar Rapids, was
interviewing friends here yesterday.
Mrs. A. H. Blake has recovered from
a severe attack of the prevailing malady
grip.
Mrs. Agnes Geide June is visiting
at the home of Mrs. J. B. Thorpe for
few weeks.
The Neighborhoud Whist Club meet
tonight, Tuesday, with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Norris.
Miss Myrtle Whitney returned last
Friday from visit in Texas with her
sister, Mrs. Will Keyes.
Mr.. d. L. Niles, of Cedar Rapids
was an over Sunday guest at the Geo.
Ford home in this city.
Sister Mary Quinus has returned to
st. Xaxiers Convent here after an alb
sence of nearly month.
Miss Jessie Miller, of Thorpe, Wis
tied at the home of her cousin, Elme r
Gates the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. w. Jewell spent
the latter part of last and the first part
of this week in Cleveland, Ohio.
w. N. Lichtenberg and Herman
Westhoff, of Colesburg, were pleasant
business visitors on our streets Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Hennessy are NOV
ing into their new home on Delaware
street, recently purchased OF Mrs P.
Roche.
The L. A. S. of the Universalist
church meets with Mrs. Joe Edmunds
on Butler street this Tuesday afternoon,
January %.
The place in the drygoods empor
ium of B. Clark left vacant by the resig-
nation of Jos. Gloden is being filled by
Fred Marman.
Mrs. 7. W. Kinsey, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Abbott
the past month returned yesterday to
her home at Belvidere Illinois.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Whitney, who
for several weeks past have been visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. Will Keyes, in
Texas are expected home this week.
The date of the next w. G. I. U.
meeting will soon be announced and
the public is looking forward to another
of these popular and interesting features
of the Union.
The last session of the Collins Grove
@. L. s. G. was very pleasantly enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hersey.
The next meeting will enjoy the hospi-
tality of the home of Mrs. Frank Law
renee.
Last week Hubert Carr passed an
examination before the Supreme Court
at Des Moines, and was admitted to the
bar. He will, however, continue his
studies at the iowa College of Law I'M
til he graduates from that institution.
The following letters remain IN
called for at the postoffice in Manches-
ter: Miss Hanna Penny, Mae Van
Duyne, Mrs. Ida M. Schuyler, F. b.
Hardy, A. T. Boyer, L. c. French, Fred
Hamilton. American Steel Wire Co.,
Mrs. F. j. Gegg.
Hon. w. "a. Norris, M. F. Leroy,
M. Beehler, L. R. Stout, Burton Clark
and A. ID. Brown departed Monday for
Clinton to attend Convention of the
Consistory, the three last named gentle
men being initiated at this time into
the Scottish right of Masonry.
Relatives in this city have received
the sad intelligence from G. A. Fishel
that he is very low with Inflammation Of
the bowels. Mr.. Fishel is son of G. A.
Fishel and is well known throughout
this county. His many friends here
about are very anxious over his condi.
ton.
-"His Brothers Keeper, or The Chris
tian Stewardship" is the title of q new
story, the latest production from the
pen of the Rev. Charles A Sheldon.
While the story has all of the interest
of fiction, its aim is to instruct as well
as interest the reader, and no one who
reads it but will be benefited thereby
We have secured the right to publish II
in the Democrat and the opening chap
ter will BIZ found on the seventh page
of this issue.
Installation of Officers.
| Lady Nelson, Deputy Supreme Com
mander, will install the officers elect OF
the Maccabees, Wednesday evening
January 23rd.