Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28
Happy New Year to you all.

New Year.
Geo. Simmons is here fro,
Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Prices are quoted on men
trousers in Gildner's adv. this yeel
DIR. @. L. Leigh was a Chris,
mas guest with his parents at Overs
w. Scofeld is home from q,
extended visit with New York stat
friends. ''''
Miss Margaret Vance is spend
ing q few days with Cedar Rapid,
friends. l'io'
Harry Parsons, a u. L. u. SIN.
dent is visiting in the Abner Dun.
ham home.
Miss Avis Goodwin was a Xmas
VISITOR from Cedar Rapids with
DIR. j. A. May and sons snent
few days last week with lndepends
ence friends. i'0As'
y, flames Broadie of the Central
i,harmacy is visiting relatives nj
fredericksburg. ~
-B. Clark is having n bo,;,,,v
closing sale this week, and his adv
VIII interest you.
az MIR. and Mrs. Harry KENYON Of
omcago are pleasant Yuletide guests
WI Il relatives here.
Bert Barr and aunt, Miss Min
me Barr, spent Xmas with CHICAGO
relatives and friends.
Miss Ora Gates of the State
Homeopathic hospital, Iowa Civ
Is home for holiday visit.
Henry Prowse is home from
rockville, III, for visit with his
mother and Manchester friends
Miss Olive Tucker has entered
~. Lukes hospital, Chicago, to take
training for a professional nurse.
The Misses Ethel and Mildred
johnston o. are enjoying a vacation j
IRON oiilce duties in Cedar Rapids, q
Miss Clara Commerford attend 4
ca the marriage of her friend Misc
day. oo sun ,
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Briggs were e
here for Amas, guests in the home t;
q a. Mrs. Briggs parents, Mr. and
IBurdette Griffin of Minneapolis d;
and the Misses Sadie of St Paul and at
Nary Of Des Moines are home to til
spend tho holidays. y
Will ]. Dick was a short t;ro ~
caller on Manchester friends Friday IA
enroute from Chicago to Waveriv
to spend Xmas with his parents.
County !, 20, Superintendent joseph
and City suaasiffn Miss Boegs
attending the State Teachers
ting in Des Moines this week.
MIR. and Mrs. II. j. Conger
were guests on Christmas with their
daughter and husband, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Frank Hoffman in Dubuque.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Williams
spent the last Of the week and Sun
day with the latter's parents, Mr..
aud Mrs. A. Alcorn near Edgewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. B. Baxter had
as their Xmas guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. w. Baxter of Rochelle, H., and
Mr.. and Mrs Guy Mitchell of Rock
ford, Iowa.
Miss Emma Paxson visited her
sister, Miss Ruth Paxson, in Chica-
go last week, both young ladies re-
turning to spend Christmas with
their mother here.
Miss Elva Durham, superin-
tendent of the State Homeopathic
hospital, Iowa City, and attorney
Ralph Durham of Clark, S. d., were
home for Christmas.
Architect I. T. Carkeek Of Du-
buque was out Saturday. An ad-
dition is being contemplated for the
Central school building and Mr..
Carkeek is interested in planning
same
The Knights and Ladies of the
Golden Precept will meet this Fri
day evening December 30, at 1870
o'clock for The election of officers.
Refreshments will be served and
full attendance is desired.
MFR. and Mrs. Will McCaffrey
and Miss Eta Sherlock of Waterloo
are guests in their mothers home
here. Miss Sherlock will remain
here, having accepted position
with the Manchester Telephone Co.
Among the students whose
homecoming we noted last week
we neglected to mention Miss Isa-
belle Graham and Clifton Hitler,
who are here from Cornell, and
Messrs. Geo. McEwen, Francis Dun
ham and Fred Tunis, from Ames.
The "boys" of The Club with
headquarters in the suit of rooms
over the Stewart-Lawrence grocery
were the recipients last week of
gift Of a pair Of possum, sent
from Chotau, Oklahoma, by B. F.
Miles. We understood feast is in
course Of preparation.
Among the many applicants
taking the examination qualifying
them to succeed James Bishop as
rural route carrier, John Arduser
passed highest, getting an average
Of over SO, his nearest competitor
being 3 per cent lower in average.
Mr.. Arduser has entered upon his
duties.
Mr. z. NJ. Carr and Mr..
and Mrs. Hubert Carr. enter