Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-03
THE LOCAL news
OF THE WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF EVENTS
Items of Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
Town.

chester.
E. NJ. Carr attended the Jeffer-
son Day banquet at Des Moines on
Monday evening.
Mrs. S. A. steadn1an is a guest
ct the home of her daughter, Mrs,
Fl. H. Lawrence, at Waverly.
-Mr. and Mrs. e. j. schacherer
and Miss Bess Thorpe were guests
Of Dyersyille relatives and friends
Sunday.
-Thos. Given went to Columbia,
South Dakota, last Wednesday
morning caalled there by the illness
of his son-in-law, jay Lillibridge.
The district convention of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. of the Methodist Church will he
held at Jesup on theA and II inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Matthews Of
Chicago arrived in the city last
week for a visit with relatives and
friends, guests at the home of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Matthews.
Rev. j. f. Mooore, Mrs. Frank
Ha.l and Mr.. A. B. Terrll attended
the spring conference of the North
easterp Iowa association of the Con,
sregational church held az Wayerly
last week
The copious rains which have
visited this section during the past
week have been grea. benefit to
the SOIL The moisture came down
gently and the ground absorbed it
all. More would do no harm.
Miss verda simpson, VITO has
been attending the Brown College
OF Music at Clinton, Illinois, arrived
home last week Miss Stimpson went
to Ryan Saturday, where she has or
ganized class of music pupils.
sc. S. Acres has built platform
at his residence on Franklin street
Asa tile purpose of cleaning rugs of
all sizes, mattresses, ETC., by means
of his vacuum cleaner. Goods will be
called for and delivered. Phone 497.
Manchester friends of Mrs. j.
e. Wagner regret to learn of her
critical Illness at her home at Sara
toga Springs, New York. Her hus-
Band was former pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in this
city.
j. B. Evers, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Maley of Dubuque and Miss Jessis
Maley of this city go to Isabelle,
South Dakota, Thursday, where
shey have filed on homestead claims
and expect to remain there and
prove up the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wills Acres return
cd home last Friday morning from
St. Petersburg, Florida, where they
spent the winter. Mr.. Acres says
the weather was delightful and the
number of northern tourists there
was greater than ever before.
Tile woman's Missionary soci-
ETY. Of the Congregational Church
will meet at the heme of Mrs. NJ
d. Arnold Wednesday af ernoopS
May 10. Mrs. Moore will be leader
Mrs. Frank Hall and Mrs. ]. A.
Strickland are the committee on
conveyances. A large attendance is
urged.
Glen Chapman went to Waverly
last week and will be employed in
the Former hotel, taking Al Thorpe's
place as clerk. Mr.. Thorpe has
taken his brother, Garry's, position
At the Ellis hotel al Waterloo and
larry Thorpe has gore to Fort
Dodge, where he has accepted a po-
sition in the New rWahkonsa hotel
to be managed by R. w. Johnson.
Miss Mildred Brown, who is a
student at obenin, Ohio, was oper-
ated on at hospital in that city
Thursday morning for appendicitis.
Word has been received here thar
the operation was successful and
Miss Brown is getting along very
nicely. Nrr -and Mrs. Brown are with
their daughter at oberlin, Mr.. Brown
is expected home the latter mart of
this weeek
.
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