Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-01
THE LOCAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
81 ABROAD.

i. ABROAD.
: REVIEW W and FORECAST OF EVENT,
= ltenss Of Personal and Genera
Nature Picked Up About
Town.
!, Mrs. 1. c. Millard and Miss Alice
, Walters were Dubuque visitors las
Friday.
Mrs. w. L. Davis left Monday
morning for volga City to visit with
: relatives and friends.
4 Mrs. G. G. Pierce is in Chicago
for several weeks visit with her
daughter. Mrs. Carl B. Stein.
The Christian Endeavor society
of the Presbyterian church enjoyed a
picnic at Spring Branch Saturday.
/ -. B. Heath of Clear Lake was
visiting In the city last week at the
home Of his sister, Mrs. H. C. Haeb-
erle.s
Mrs. Howard Smith was guest
Eof her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Wilson in independence DECORATION
Day.
Fred G. Awater jr. left Thurs
day evening for San Francisco. from
which place he sails for Shanghai,
China.
THE work on the cement cul-
vert. which spans the dry rum on
East Union street. has been COM
pleted
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Rutherford
and daughter. Myrtle. are in Clevelan
Ohio. visiting with relatives and
friends.
The Upper Iowa conference of
the, Methodist Episcopal church will
be fbeld at Charles City on Septem-
ber H.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Rice of Au-
rora Were in the city the first of the
week as guests of relatives and
friends.
Il =
The annual Children's Day exer-
cises will be observed at the First
Congregational church next Sunday
morning.
"A. McFern returned home from
Chicago Saturday evening. where he
teen on business trip for sew
ara. days.
The annual alumni banquet of
the Nanchester high school will be
given at the Pythian castle on next
Friday evening.
The pupils of the sixth grade
of the public school enjoyed picnic
at Spring Branch Friday afternoon
and evening.
! Mrs. J. c. Roney is at home from
Sioux City. where she has been visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Mccormick.
The District Court will be in |
session again on June 8. instead Of
June 6, Judge Ransier being unable
to get here until the 8th.
Bert Howe left Wednesday for
Des Moines, where he attends busi-
ness college. after spending several
days at his home in this city. i
Garry Thorpe, who is clerk in
the Ellis hotel at Waterloo. arrived
in the city Saturday afternoon for
visit with relatives and friends.
Bert Matthews has gone to Bara-
boo. Wisconsin, where he has ac-
cepted an engineering position with
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad.
Clifford Fischer was at home
from Waterloo over Sunday. Mr..
Fischer is employed in the Iowa
Dairy Manufacturing company's Of
fice
III. F. Arnold. M. F. Leroy and
Dr. H. A. Dittmer spent Thursday
in Waterloo attending meeting of
the board of directors of the Highland
Mobiles.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. F. Merry re-
turned home Sunday from Beloit, Wis
consin, where they had been spend
ing several days visiting relatives and
friends.
The commencement exercises OF
the Manchester High school will be
held at the Central Opera house on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of
this week.
Miss Josephine Lien and Miss
Margaret Dittmer have been in Mt.
Vernon during the past week at
tending the annual May Music Festi-
val or the college.
F. Morell Hamblin and Robert
FISCHER were in Des Moines last
week attending the annual Great
Western Handicap shoot. The meet
ing closed Thursday.
e. E. Brewer. formerly traffic
manager of the NJ. & o. Railway and
who is now associated with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul as travel
ing immigration agent. was in Man
chester last week.
Among those from here who at
tended the ball game at Dubuque on
Monday between Waterloo and Du.
buque We're A. G. Philips, w. H.
Hutchinson, B. w. Grems, ]. ]. Goen.