Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
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of Manchester were in town last
week.
Mrs. Irish visited her mother, Mrs.
Griffith, at Greeley on Monday.
Mrs. F. M. Wheeler is in Lamont
this week visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Firman.
c. P. Joseph took party of land
seekers to S. Dakota last week.
A conference of the school teach
ers of this vicinity was held in town
last Saturday.
w. A. Place was in Missouri last
week looking after some land.
Mr.. Platt has been quite sick but
is again able to be out.
Rev. Harold Anderson and his
brother, Howard, went to Iowa City
last week.
Miss Rena Dufoe returned the last
of the week from a visit with rela-
tives in Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blanchard came down
from Edgewood last Sunday and Mrs
Brooks and Homer returned with
them.
Frank Doan took an automobile triI
with Mr.. H. E. Foster to Manchester
and independence returning Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. w. NJ. Welch was up from Mon
ticello on business Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Barker and Mrs. L. F
Cummings were in Cedar Rapids last
Wednesday.
A. G. Martin was in Manchester last
Tuesday.
]. G. Mullen of Manchester was an
over Sunday visitor with his father
DR.. Jeffries was in Strawberry
Point the first of the week.
Miss Nina Cummings went tc
Iowa City last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Tyler very pleasantly enter
tanned her Sabbath school class Sat
urday.
N. L. Landers went to Cedar Rap
ids last Wednesday evening.
w. S. Beels, F. c.. Reeve and j
ID. McAllister were in Des Moines {
couple of days last week to attend
the reception of President Taft.
Miss Mae Dunlap left Wednesda,
to visit a few days in Evanston ant
Milwaukee before going to Mayfield
North Dakota, where she has a po
sition in the state Normal school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Ricklifs ant
children of Monticello spent las
Sunday at the Ricketts, home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brokan lief
Thursday to visit sister Of Mrs
Brokan's at LeMars.
Rev. Stevens has been returned t
the Methodist church here for anoth
er year.
Miss Maude Wheelock, who ha
been in Yankton, S. d. for the pas
six months is spending couple o
weeks with her mother. She viii
leave soon for Washington wher
she has a position.
R. N. Hooking visited last weel
with friends in Hazel Green, Wiscon
sin and Galena, Illinois.
Mr.. Joseph Lux has been sick TO
the past few days.
Mr.. Duncan McAllister has bough
the house occupied by Ernest Tai
madge and will soon move into town
He has rented his farm to Waite
Place.
DR.. w. C. Cummings has rented tn
Barker cottage in the west part o
town.
Miss Galliart Of Dubuque is visit
| ing Miss Cora Ricketts,.
Misses Ricketts,, Galliart and Park
hill give an entertainment in tn
Methodist church on Monday even
ing for the benefit of the Epwortl
League. These young ladies are goo
entertainers and no doubt the audi
ence will be we'll pleased.
Mrs. j. H. Quart of Washta, Mrs
p. B. Gavitt and two daughters o
Dubuque and Mrs. Frank Krentze
and son of Cedar Rapids visited OF
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Dillon
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Rickliss an
two children of Monticello visite
at the Ricketts, home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Doan an
daughter were in Elma last week. t
attend the funeral of the mother o
Mrs. Doan.
Mrs. Frank Dickey of Mechanics
Vile and Mr.. and Mrs. Bixby of Edge
wood were over Sunday visitors a
the home of Mrs. Lord, Sunday bein,
her eightieth birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson were Gale;
to Iowa City Saturday by the illness
of their son Howard.
The High school students held /;
county fair" in the opera house OF
Saturday evening, which was wei
attended. Two short plays wer
given. Sandwich, candy and pop cor
booths and several side shows, pic
lures taken and fortunes. told. The.
took in $50 and their expenses no
being very great will clear a nice
little sum for their athletics.
Mr.. Crit Winch died suddenly Sun
day morning from the effects o
scarlet fever. He lived several mile!
from town and his children had al
been down with the disease. He hat
about recovered but took cold which
resulted fatally.
Russell Doolittle visited few
days at home before resuming hi'
studies at Rush Medical, college, Chi
cago.
The sixtieth wedding anniversar.
of MIR. and Mrs. David Gearhart was
celebrated last Monday at their res
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