Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-04-12
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.

L
Miss Mae Palmer, an instructor
in the local high school, was an over
Sunday visitor in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Idell Miles attended con
vention Of the state library associa'
tion held at Waterloo last week.
jesse Nye of Lincoln, Nebraska
has been visiting in the city for sew
aral days with relatives and friends
Misses Blanche Bishop and Aida
Hyde are at home from Iowa City
spending the spring vacation with re
!atiyes,
Miss Alice Walters was an over
Sunday visitor at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. l.. Walters,
in Waterloo.
Mrs. Thos. Powers and children
of Coggon arrived in the city Friday
evening, for a visit with relatives
kand friends.
MIS-. Ida Newcomb leaves this
week for Tohauhchi, New Mexico
where she goes for an extended Wis
| it with her son, Charles.
Mrs. Jennie E. Bronson returned
home from Long Beach, California,
Thursday, where she had been spend
inp fba wintar months
E. w. Hoag and j. ]. Eckert re.
turned home Saturday evening from
Wall Lake, Iowa, where they had
been on short hunting expedition
John Midkiff, who lives in the
east part of town, received painful
burns about the face and hands last
Saturday evening, when a furnace
exploded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Maley OF
Dubuque, arrived in the city Friday
evening for visit at the home Of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. S. Maley.
Miss Edith Wells, who is an in
structor in the schools at Ames
fIowa, isis been at home for the past
several days visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Wells.
Miss Maude Graham, who is an
instructor in the schools at Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, is visiting at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Graham, in this city.
Joe Arduser of Coggon arrived
in the city Friday evening. On Sat
urday morning he departed for Des
Moines, accompanied by his son, Joh1
Arduser, Of this city, where the
former went to undergo an operation
Mrs. Blanche Clark Rice and
Miss Mable Westcott of Aurora
were in the city the latter part
of last week visiting with relatives
and friends.
An Easter cantata, Seven Last
Words of Christ" will be rendered
at the Methodist Episcopal church
next Sunday evening by large
chorus under the leadership of Mr.
H. L. Ram.
Miss Bessie Anderson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Anderson, ar
rived home from Chicago last week
Miss Anderson in Just recovering frol
an attack of blood poison while she
was employed at Hahnemann hos
pital.
%. A. Rudorf, who has been a
Hot Springs. Arkansas, for the ben
eft of his health. for the past sever
al months, visited here the latte.
part of last week with Mr.. and Mrs
]. U. Shilling, eppute to his hom,
at Canton, South Dakota.
The H. G. Smith pharmacy wa
opened last week Just one door mort
of the Clarence House on Frankli
street. The store will be unde
the management of II. T. Smith an
Harry Scothorn of Lamont, regis
tered druggist, who was formerly Ell
ployed by Mr.. Smith, has accepte
the position of clerk in the ne,
establishment,
B. F. Hedland of MaMhalltow
has accepted a position as clerk
the P. F. Madden shoe store. Nj
Hedland has had II years experienc
in the shoe business and will III
doubtedly make Mr.. Madden an eff
cient clerk. Mrs. Hedland and chi
dren will arrive here next week an
| will occupy the cottage recently co.
4 pleted by o. G. Clark on GAY stree
: y. sherratt and family moved
: Manchester last Week from Wellma
: Iowa. They Will reside in the job
!, son residence on Prospect street. M
Sherratt will beSa partner with IN
Sibert in the new jewelry a.ore
be opened in the Bradley and She
; man building on Franklin stree
1t is expected that the store will
y opened about the Goth Of this mont
i %. N. Ford Of Central City,
y wrestling promoter, was in the ci
r. Friday and engaged the Cent?
r. Opera house for wrestling toul
70 ament to be held on April 81. T
feature of the evening will be t
match between Kid ondler of Dow
ID Iowa, vs.. Max Buckley, of Minneal
v lis, Minnesota. A preliminary mat
I'd will be between two good midd
weights.