Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-10-04
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4 and baby returned to Edgewood Tues
l. day after an over Sunday visit a
: the Brooks home.
8 Mr. and Mrs. Neville were her.
= from Cedar Rapids Tuesday visiting
: among their relatives.
= Mrs. Lake OF Anamosa visited or
Tuesday at the collar home.
Miss Mae Dunlap entertained G
number of young ladies on Tuesday
! evening. She returned to her duties
in Mayville North Dakota on Friday.
Mrs. Rosalia Cummings arrived
! home Wednesday from Ann Arbor
where she has beenf or over two
months with her daughter, Mrs. Stan.
ley Trevarathan.
Rev. Frank McCuskey, wife and
baby came from Monticello Friday
and spent the day with Mrs. Mary
/ Dooittle.
4 Mrs. Ferguson, who had been visit,
ling her daughter, Mrs James John
! son, returned to her home in Man
\ chester Saturday morning.
4 Mrs. Davis and daughter of San,
i Spring were in town Friday
j Mrs. F. X Barnes went to Airing
ton Tuesday and returned with her
sister, Mrs.. Percy Wheeless, who
i with her children had been there Wis
iting for several days.
i William McCutchen Of Albion Wis
slted last week with G. X. Nash. He
had been to Central City to attend
she reunion OF the 21st Iowa regiment
CT which they were both members.
/ r. N. Hooking has been visiting
q at Galena the past week.
i A sister of Mrs. Harry Sills. who
was formerly Miss Ida South and
her husband, have been visiting here.
Mrs. Coy.e and daughter of Mont.
! cello visited at Mrs. E. F. Mains
the first Of the week.
The Woman's missionary society OF
the Presbyterian church meets We'd
nesday, Oct 4, at $3.50 p, M. at the
home Of Mrs. A. D. LeClere.
Mrs. E. F. Main. Mrs. E. Hucker
and daughter were in Monticello on
Friday.
w. =. Reed and wife Of Manches-
.er were Sunday visitors in town.
Ed. Green has rented the hotel at
Delhi and win take possession very
soon.
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Copeland and
Mrs. Otis Smith were Manchester Wis
itors Saturday.
f. E. Williamson is building
new barn as his was DESTROYED by
Tire few weeks ago.
There.is to be one more base ball
game this season. The working men
against the leans on Tuesday after
noon. Admission ten Gets. The pro-
ceeds win go towards public drink
ing fountain.
Our eauinoctial storms seem to
have been little late this season,
out for the past few days they have
been coming down most any time
and any way until we would gladly
share with the dry parts of the coun-
try.
Mrs. Hattie Willard and two daugh-
tiers, Della and Ada, attended the
wedding of Miss Lucy Willard to Mr..
Conrad at Waterloo Setember 20.
The 18th District w. c. !. U.
held very interesting sessions on last
Thursday afternoon and evening and
al, day Friday. The convention OPP
ened with devotional exercises leo
by Mrs. Drummond Of Dubuque, after
which came appointing Of committ1ees
and enrolment OF delegates. An IN.
teresting paper by Mrs. Klaus OF
Manchester, was in her absence, reao
by Mrs. Haeberle. The subject was
..The greatest need Of our community
which was give mas law eh1oroe
ment". Mrs. Wright OF Ear1VllAe
gave an excellent paper on equal sur
rage Mrs. Hurford, state president
rave talk on state wide pron'Di.
ton" and gave encouragement tha'
If would soon be enjoyed by iowa.
Miss Tinkham OF Dubuque gave
renort from the National Chrls'lah
Endeayor convention at Atlantic Clty
last summer in reference to Its TAX
ing m work along temperance lines
On Thursday evening the opening ex.
ercises were conducted by Miss I1nk'
ham. A reading, "The Bridal Wine
Cup". was given by Miss Alma Fat
terson Of Cascade, after which tne
state president gave an address on
"world wide prohibition. Friday
morning was given to reports OF
unions and department secretaries
These were very encouraging aho
showed large increase In member
ship. At Maquoketa there are one
hundred and forty members. Since
the last convention, new union mas
been organized at Preston, one al
Cascade with forty eight members
and they we'll realize the need OF
such work in their town also ehe
nnion at Earlville was revived. the
18th district stands first In me
state in increase in membership An
exceedingly fine paper was read by
Mrs. Jesse Murry, formerly OF Ma
ouoketa. In the afternoon MIS-
Hutchins, district president, gave
report of the years work. She GER
tainly has not been weary in wen
doing, but has worked beyond her
strength and as she has served 1or
five years declined reelection. An
interesting exercise was given by the
Young people and conducted by Mrs
nrrmmnnd Mrs. Hurford conduct-