Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-18
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1a, 1908. :
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rciati,es at Esrlyille last week.
Rev. Henry W. futile of Grinnell
WAS in the city Friday on business.
Mrs. L. u. Tyler, Mrs. Frank
Slack and Miss Viola Stlmson we're
In Dubuque Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown oi
Messryey were In the city last week,
visiting with friends. I
Mrs. John Mertz and daughter,
lola, We're guests of friends at Earl
tiiie a part OF last week.
Jay Smith and family are moving
to Des Moines this week, to make
the Capitol city their home.
Miss Constance Smith }of Water
loo was guest of Miss Grace Reils.
bach Saturday and Sunday.
MIR nd A..s- Is,;..:, Law OF Clevc
land, Ohio, are guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. sabin of this
city.
Mis-. H. F. Arnald left Thursday
for Beloit. Wisconsin. where she will.
& b., guest of her sister, Mrs. Stevens
fer several days. lA
George Hooker Left last Wednes
day for Wisconsin, where he will
spend several weeks at the home Of
his niece, Mrs. Alfred Doe.
Mrs. William Barr and daughter,
Aetna. left Thursday for Atlanta.
Georgia, where they will spend 3
greater part of the winter
II. q. Clark $ at home from Pu-
lss.i, New York. where he enjoyed a
visit with his brother, Charles Clark,
whom he had not seen for twenty-fou,
years.
The Ladies Aid society Of the
Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
w. H. Long on, east Main street.
There will be sale of all kinds Of
fancy work Bring scissors and thin.
bile.
Miss Vina Perkins Of Minneapolis
was guest Of Miss Jessie Tyler last
week, having visited at Chicago for
s,me time and returning to her home
In Minneapolis by way of Manchhes-
ter. Miss Perkins is a trained nurse.
MIR. and Mrs. Miles E. Blair ar
rived home Thursday evening from
Rochester, Minnesota. where Mrs.
Blair has received medical attention
st the we'll known hospital, and IL
now much improved, which will be
good news to her many friends
this city.
MR.. and Mrs. r. L. Kortrtght hav
moved to Wadena. Minnesota, from
Coggon. where they have been livint
since their departure from Manches
ter year ago. Mr.. Kortright in,
tends to do an auctioneering business
ut Wadena. His son. Roy. is also 10
Gated at that place.
Capt. H. G. Utley is at Independ-
ence, today attending an officers
school of instruction, which is lin
charge Of Colonel H. A. Allen. There
win lie about twenty-five company Of
ficers Of the Iowa National Guard
and side arm drills. military
tactics and innumerable subjects for
discussion and study VIII be taken MP
Mrs. Margaret Smith and daugh.
tcr, Miss Ada. went to Rochester,
Minnesota, Monday, where an oper
alton for appendicitis will be per
formed upon Miss Ada, who has pee,
y for several days. G. j..
Foardway will go to Rochester, thi,
week and accompany Mrs. Smith and
daughter on their return to Manches
ter.
Mrs. A. A. Palmer and daughters,
Edith and Ruth, leave newt weel
for South Dakota, where they viii
Join Mr.. Palmer, who has located ii
the western part Of the state. Mr..
and Mrs. Palmer and family have re
sided in Manchester for several years
and prior to that time. lived at Spring
Branch. Their departure from this
city is source Of regret to their
Y friends.
reports from the western part Of
the state. which were received last
week over the Western Union tele-,
graph wires. indicated that the flur-
ries of snow which visited Manches-
ter and this section, were more gen
seral around Fort Dodge. LIE Mars and
other western towns. The trains ar.
irving in town Saturday morning
from the west and Cedar Rapids were
covered with snow; the freight cars.
which are more exposed to the wealth
err, holding several inches OF winters
mantel. :
For the first time this fall, the
river was completely frozen across,
from bank to- bank, Friday morning
with thin coating Of ice. The news
Of this incident prompted the small
boys heart to suddenly rejoice. and
to Immediately ask his mother ques-
5tlons. whether or no the river would
be safe by Thanksgiving day.
straightway, he began pelting the
smooth and icy covering of the water
with small pebbles. and finally with
rocks, which, Of course, crashed
through the eighth Of an inch coating
Z Indicating that the river wasn't safe.
However, il this cold weather con-
tinues, the youngsters may enjoy ice
skating to their hearts content In a
couple of weeks.
III. j. Wilson, who recently moved
to Portland, Oregon. where he Is
managing tie Hotel Brellin, left Mon
day for that city, after several